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Sort of a "Mrs. O'Leary's" tank theory? Moooo.
| 19 | talk.religion.misc |
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
| 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) write:
Nice of you to DELETE BOTH YOUR responce and the item that prompted it.
to whit:
^^^
To which YOU responded:
To which I correctly pointed out the following:
As I said this is sloppy and DUMB {YOU should resounded by DISCOUNTING the Mac
NOT giving "Maxtor 245 meg IDE drive for $320" example. By giving an
example you give the IMPLIED consent that for MAC info to be INCLUDED
in the SCSI discusion.}
Ok I will do this V E R Y S L O W L Y so you can understand
REGUARDLESS of whether it is a Mac or a PC SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 are DIFFERENT
from each other as is asynchronous and synchronous SCSI-1. All of these
have DIFFERENT SPEEDS and COSTS. Lumping them all together as 'SCSI' is
dumb and sloppy. Take again the quote later on as an example of the problem
in the PC world {The spec list was so that you knew where the numbers were
coming from in the article. It shows the article is CORRECT in it
staments about SCSI but not CONSITANT}.
With the way this thread has gone how do you tell :-).
Already GAVE them. YOU keep deleting them! So here are the Specs
on everybody AGAIN {With some added info}:
SCSI-1 {SCSI-1 controler chip} asynchronous range: 0-3MB/s
synchronous range: 0-5MB/s Both common to the PC world; difference is
mainly in software not hardware.
SCSI-1 {SCSI-2 controller chip; also called SCSI-2 (8-bit)}: 4-6MB/s with
10MB/s burst. This is advertised as SCSI-2 in BYTE 4/93:159 FOR the
PC and AT THESE SPEEDS.{NOT the Mac, the PC.}
{I have not seen the following for EITHER the Mac or the PC}
SCSI-2 {16-bit/wide or fast mode}: 8-12MB/s with 20MB/s burst
SCSI-2 {32-bit/wide AND fast}: 15-20MB/s with 40MB/s burst
On the other interfaces let DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu speak:
asynchronous range: 0-5MB/s {infered from BYTE 4/93:159}
synchronous range: 0-8.3MB/s.
Note that I ALSO give the AVERAGE through put for SCSI-2 which holds true
a Mac OR IBM/PC clone with the correct hardware and software.
And since PC ADVERSIZEMENTS are using Theoretical performance figures WHY
CANNOT WE?
With PC articles like the following it is obvious that the problem is NOT with
SCSI but with the PEOPLE WHO REPORT IT! {Like YOU.}
Look at the inconsitant use of SCSI in the below quote:
(My comments in {})
"Although SCSI is twice as fast as ESDI,{This is asynchronous SCSI-1 with
a SCSI-1 chip} 20% faster than IDE..." {this is BOTH asynchronous SCSI-1 with
a SCSI-2 chip AND 8-bit SCSI-2} PC Magazine April 27, 1993:29
The ARTICLE is confused, NOT SCSI. The TERM is a mess from inconsitant use
NOT because the interface itself is a mess.
SCSI means "The set of SCSI interfaces composed of SCSI-1 AND SCSI-2"
NOT 'SCSI-1' as some people want to use it.
To read CONSITANTLY the quote SHOULD read:
{asynchronous SCSI-1 with a SCSI-1 chip}
"Although asynchronous SCSI-1 is twice as fast as ESDI, one third the
speed of IDE..."
or {asynchronous SCSI-1 with a SCSI-2 chip or 8-bit SCSI-2}
"Although SCSI-1 with a SCSI-2 chip and 8-bit SCSI-2 are eight times as fast as
ESDI, 20% faster than IDE..."
NOTE the NONUSE of 'SCSI' by itself. This eliminates ambaguity. | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Sure. Why keep using oil? A hydrogen/electric economy would likely be
cleaner and more efficient in the long run. The laws of supply and demand
should get the transition underway before we reach a critical stage of
shortage. | 14 | sci.space |
SWELL ITEMS FOR SALE - HARDLY ANY COMPUTER STUFF
o LOTUS 1-2-3 Student Edition for DOS ...................... $10.00
This does just about everything that standard 1-2-3
Release 2.01 could do, but not as much of it. Worksheet
size is limited to 64 columns by 256 rows, there is no
translation facility (for importing data from other
packages), and the Student Edition does not write files
that can be accessed by Release 2.01. Includes manual,
original distribution diskettes (5 1/4" - 360K), and key
board templates.
o Subaru Service Manuals ................................... $10.00
This is not a complete set, but includes sections 4, 5
& 6 which cover MECHANICAL COMPONENTS (suspension, wheels
& axles, steering, brakes, pedals & control cables, heater
& ventilator, air conditioning), BODY (body & exterior,
doors & windows, seats, seat belts, interior, instrument
panel), and ELECTRICAL (engine electrical system, body
electrical system, wiring diagram, and trouble-shooting).
These are the genuine Subaru issue manuals. They are for
model year 1986, but have plenty of good information that
applies to other years as well.
o Miscellaneous Darkroom Equipment ........................ $75.00
Solar enlarger (several objective lenses) with easel and
timer, negative carriers for 35mm and 2 1/4 x 3 1/4, misc.
printing masks. Developing tanks, thermometer, trays,
constant-temperature bath, ground glass, mirrors, darkroom
lamps, glassware, el-cheap-o tripods..... and (as they say)
MUCH MORE!
o Beautiful Antique Buffet ............................... $1500.00
Solid cherry (no veneer). Handmade, with very interesting
dovetail corners in the drawers. Built (we think) around
1880. Not gaudy or covered with gew-gaws; a simple, elegant
piece of furniture, but too big (60" long, 37" tall, 24"
deep) for our little Cape Cod house.
Will deliver pricier items (ie, over $10) anywhere in the Rochester
area. (And will consider delivering the others.) Will deliver any
of it on (or near) UofR Campus between now and graduation. | 6 | misc.forsale |
I read an article about the benefits of a VLB motherboard. It said that a
true VLB board supports bus mastering, otherwise it is just as good as an ISA
motherboard.
Doesn't all VLB motherboard support bus mastering? I just bought a 486-33 VLB
and the tech manual does not explicitly state the words "local bus mastering"
but it said it "supports bus master and slave modes". Are these terms
synonymous?
Thanks. | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
This might a real wierd idea or maybe not..
I have seen where people have blown up ballons then sprayed material into them
that then drys and makes hard walls...
Why not do the same thing for a space station..
Fly up the docking rings and baloon materials and such, blow up the baloons,
spin then around (I know a problem in micro gravity) let them dry/cure/harden?
and cut a hole for the docking/attaching ring and bingo a space station..
Of course the ballons would have to be foil covered or someother radiation
protective covering/heat shield(?) and the material used to make the wals would
have to meet the out gasing and other specs or atleast the paint/covering of
the inner wall would have to be human safe.. Maybe a special congrete or maybe
the same material as makes caplets but with some changes (saw where someone
instea dof water put beer in the caplet mixture, got a mix that was just as
strong as congret but easier to carry around and such..)
Sorry for any spelling errors, I missed school today.. (grin)..
Why musta space station be so difficult?? why must we have girders? why be
confined to earth based ideas, lets think new ideas, after all space is not
earth, why be limited by earth based ideas?? | 14 | sci.space |
While rummaging through a box of old PC (5150) parts, I found a half-size
board that looks like a comm port board. It was made by Forte Data Systems and
has a copyright date of 1986 on it. The board provides a male 24-pin connector
and has 3 jumpers of 3 pins each, two labelled A B C. I plugged it into my PC
and ran Advanced diagnostics several times, changing the jumper positions each
time, but the system did not recognise a comm port.
Does anyone have a clue as to what this board might be or how to configure it?
I could use another comm port if it's free. | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Does anyone have any Russian Contacts (Space or other) or contacts in the old
USSR/SU or Eastern Europe?
Post them here so we all can talk to them and ask questions..
I think the cost of email is high, so we would have to keep the content to
specific topics and such..
Basically if we want to save Russia and such, then we need to make contacts,
contacts are a form of info, so lets get informing.
==
Michael Adams, nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu -- I'm not high, just jacked | 14 | sci.space |
Not if you've scored four runs, you don't! Why strain even the best pitching
staff? Why not make it easier for them?
In the 2-1 game, the best pitching staff in the world can't compensate
for a blown call, a bad hop, a gust of wind. Winning close is the
wrong way to win; both keeping opposing runs down AND scoring a lot
yourself are insurance against the "Shit happens" aspect of baseball.
Not every great teamhas even *good* pitching. The Big Red Machine of
the 70's was league-average in pitching. But somehow, Rose-Morgan-Bench-
Perez-etc. managed to win 100 games more than once, peaking at 108. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Hello,
I have three software packages for sale:
1. The Norton pcANYWHERE version 4.5 for dos. This software
include host and remote software. It can control both
dos and windows 3.1 (both standard and enhanced modes)
activities. Registration card is enclosed.
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2. The Norton AntiVirus for windows and dos version 2.1. It
can update virus information any time. It also support
networks. Registration card is enclosed.
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3. DeltaGraph Professional for Windows 3.1. This is the BEST
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card is enclosed. Reg. Price: $495.00
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Thank you for your attention. | 6 | misc.forsale |
maybe the missile didn't hit directly such that his body
gets "desintegrated." of course, destroying 10 houses to
kill someone is not a surgical operation, or is it?
| 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
I'm looking for software (hopefully free and runs on Unix box) which will
keep track of statistics for my company softball team (batting avg. etc.).
If you know of any please post or respond to me by e-mail. Many thanks.
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Here is a story. I bought a car about two weeks ago. I finally can
get hold of the previous owner of the car and got all maintanence
history of the car. In between '91 and '92, the instrument pannel
of the car has been replaced and the odometer also has been reset
to zero. Therefore, the true meter reading is the reading before
replacement plus current mileage. That shows 35000 mile difference
comparing to the mileage on the odometer disclosure from. The
dealer never told me anything about that important story.
I hope that I can return the car with full refund. Do u think this
is possible? Does anyone have similar experiences? Any comments
will be appreciated. Thanks. | 7 | rec.autos |
To:All
Hi,
Does anybody have the source code to the externel processes that comes with 3D
Studio, and mabe som kind of DOC for writing the processes your self.
/Lars
+++ Author: Lars_Jorgensen@p7.syntax.bbs.bad.se, Syntax BBS, Denmark | 1 | comp.graphics |
Using XPutImage, your source is maintained by the client and the
destination is maintained by the server, thus you incur the overhead
of transporting through whatever client-server communications
mechanism you are using.
Is it possible for you to maintain your source images in pixmaps?
These are maintained by the server, so copying them into a window is
much cheaper.
Also make sure you are not sending any unnecessary XSyncs, or running
in XSynchonize mode.
-- | 5 | comp.windows.x |
W/r/t performance, converter lockup is purely irrelevant. The lockup only
occurs at light throttle settings and serves only to improve MPG. Mind you,
a converter clutch does a lovely job of improving MPG, but the additional
mechanical advantage of the converter gives you more acceleration (vs. locked
converter clutch) than its inherent losses take away.
| 7 | rec.autos |
If it works it's only due to the heat produced by the laser. | 13 | sci.med |
0 | alt.atheism |
|
I have never been to Wisconsin, though I have been to
neighbor Minnesota. Being a child of the Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
I found that there were few states in the provences that stood
out in this youngster's mind: California, Texas, and Florida to
name the most obvious three. However, both Minnesota and Wisconsin
stuck out, solely on the basis of their politics. Both have
always translated to extremely liberal and progressive states.
And my recent trip to Minnestoa last summer served to support that
state's reputation. My guess is that Wisconsin is probably the
same. At least that was the impression the people of Minnesota left
with me about their neighbors.
The only question in my head about Wisconsin, though, is
whether or not there is a cause-effect relationship between
cheese and serial killers :) | 0 | alt.atheism |
Last year Brein Taylor was in A ball, probably at Tampa in the
Florida State League. I believe he began this year in AA which
is Albany. Hopefully George won't rush him and he'll be
allowed to progress at his own rate to AAA and then to the
Bronx. This guy is the real thing. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
I think he is trying to mislead people. In cases where race
information is sought, it is completely voluntary (the census
possibly excepted). | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
I am having problems with a Motif application that when run on another machine
(with different X paths, etc) can't find the XKeysymDB file. This causes a large
warning output:
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate
Warning: ... found while parsing '<Key>osfActivate:ManagerParentActivate()'
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfCancel
Warning: ... found while parsing '<Key>osfCancel:ManagerParentCancel()'
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfSelect
Warning: ... found while parsing '<Key>osfSelect:ManagerGadgetSelect()'
...
....
....
etc.
as the file is in a different location, but Xt seems to only look for it in
the place where it is on the machine the app was compiled on. Is there any
way to read the XKeysymDB manually with an X/Xt call so that additions to
the XKeysymDB can be distributed with the application ? I have used trace(1)
to find out what was going on, but I need a fix so that these translations in
the application can be recognised. | 5 | comp.windows.x |
From: Center for Policy Research <cpr>
Subject: Symbiotics: Zionism-Antisemitism
Zionism and the Holocaust
-------------------------- by Haim Bresheeth
The first point to note regarding the appropriation of the history
of the Holocaust by Zionist propaganda is that Zionism without
anti-semitism is impossible. Zionism agrees with the basic tenet
of anti-Semitism, namely that Jews cannot live with non- Jews.
The history and roots of the Holocaust go back a long way. While
the industru of death and destruction did not operate before 1942,
its roots were firmly placed in the 19th Century. Jewish
aspirations for emancipation emerged out of the national struggles
in Europe. When the hopes for liberation through
bourgeois-democratic change were dashed, other alternatives for
improving the lot of the Jews of Europe achieved prominence.
The socialist Bund, a mass movement with enormous following, had
to contend with opposition from a new and small, almost
insignificant opponent, the political Zionists. In outline these
two offered diametrically opposed options for Jews in Europe.
While the Bund was suggesting joining forces with the rest of
Europe's workers, the Zionists were proposing a new programme
aimed at ridding Europe of its Jews by setting up some form of a
Jewish state.
Historically, nothing is inevitable, all depends on the balance of
forces involved in the struggle. History can be seen as an option
tree: every time a certain option is chosen, other routes become
barred. Because of that choice, movement backwards to the point
before that choice was made is impossible. While Zionism as an
option was taken by many young Jews, it remained a minority
position until the first days of the 3rd Reich. The Zionist
Federation of Germany (ZVfD), an organisation representing a tiny
minority of German Jews, was selected by the Nazis as the body to
represent the Jews of the Reich. Its was the only flag of an
interantional organisation allowed to fly in Berlin, and this was
the only international organisation allowed to operate during this
period. From a marginal position, the leaders of the Zionist
Federation were propelled to a prominence and centrality that
surprised even them. All of a sudden they attained political
power, power based not on representation, but from being selected
as the choice of the Nazi regime for dealing with the the 'Jewish
problem'. Their position in negotiating with the Nazis agreements
that affected the lives of many tens of thousands of the Jews in
Germany transformed them from a utopian, marginal organisation in
Germany (and some other countries in Europe) into a real option to
be considered by German Jews.
The best example of this was the 'Transfer Agreement' of 1934.
Immediately after the Nazi takeover in 1933, Jews all over the
world supported or were organising a world wide boycott of German
goods. This campaign hurt the Nazi regime and the German
authorities searched frantically for a way disabling the boycott.
It was clear that if Jews and Jewish organisations were to pull
out, the campaign would collapse.
This problem was solved by the ZVfD. A letter sent to the Nazi
party as early as 21. June 1933, outlined the degree of agreement
that existed between the two organisations on the question of
race, nation, and the nature of the 'Jewish problem', and it
offered to collaborate with the new regime:
"The realisation of Zionism could only be hurt by resentment of
Jews abroad against the German development. Boycott propaganda -
such as is currently being carried out against Germany in many
ways - is in essence unZionist, because Zionism wants not to do
battle but to convince and build."
In their eagerness to gain credence and the backing of the new
regime, the Zionist organisation managed to undermine the boycott.
The main public act was the signature of the "Transfer Agreement"
with the Nazi authorities during the Zionist Congress of 1934. In
essence, the agreement was designed to get Germany's Jews out of
the country and into Mandate Palestine. It provided a possibility
for Jews to take a sizeable part of their property out of the
country, through a transfer of German goods to Palestine. This
right was denied to Jews leaving to any other destination. The
Zionist organisation was the acting agent, through its financial
organisations. This agreement operated on a number of fronts -
'helping' Jews to leave the country, breaking the ring of the
boycott, exporting German goods in large quantities to Palestine,
and last but not least, enabling the regime to be seen as humane
and reasonable even towards its avowed enemies, the Jews. After
all, they argued, the Jews do not belong in Europe and now the
Jews come and agree with them.
After news of the agreement broke, the boycott was doomed. If the
Zionist Organization found it possible and necessary to deal with
the Nazis, and import their goods, who could argue for a boycott ?
This was not the first time that the interests of both movements
were presented to the German public as complementary. Baron Von
Mildenstein, the first head of the Jewish Department of the SS,
later followed by Eichmann, was invited to travel to Palestine.
This he did in early 1933, in the company of a Zionist leader,
Kurt Tuchler. Having spent six months in Palestine, he wrote a
series of favourable articles in Der STURMER describing the 'new
Jew' of Zionism, a Jew Nazis could accept and understand.
This little-known episode established quite clearly the
relationship during the early days of Nazism, between the new
regime and the ZVfD, a relationship that was echoed later in a
number of key instances, even after the nature of the Final
Solution became clear. In many cases this meant a silencing of
reports about the horrors of the exterminations. A book
concentrating on this aspect of the Zionist reaction to the
Holocaust is Post-Ugandan Zionism in the Crucible of the
Holocaust, by S. B. Beth-Zvi.
In the case of the Kastner episode, around which Jim Allen's play
PERDITION is based, even the normal excuse of lack of knowledge of
the real nature of events does not exist. It occured near the end
of the war. The USSR had advanced almost up to Germany. Italy and
the African bases had been lost. The Nazis were on the run, with a
number of key countries, such as Rumania, leaving the Axis. A
second front was a matter of months away, as the western Allies
prepared their forces. In the midst of all this we find Eichmann,
the master bureaucrat of industrial murder, setting up his HZ in
occupied Budapest, after the German takeover of the country in
April 1944. His first act was to have a conference with the Jewish
leadership, and to appoint Zionist Federation members, headed by
Kastner as the agent and clearing house for all Jews and their
relationship with the SS and the Nazr authorities. Why they did
this is not difficult to see. As opposed to Poland, where its
three and a half million Jews lived in ghettoes and were visibly
different from the rest of the Polish population, the Hungarian
Jews were an integrated part of the community. The middle class
was mainly Jewish, the Jews were mainly middle-class. They enjoyed
freedom of travel, served in the Hungarian (fascist) army in
fronline units, as officers and soldiers, their names were
Hungarian - how was Eichmann to find them if they were to be
exterminated ? The task was not easy, there were a million Jews in
Hungary, most of them resident, the rest being refugees from other
countries. Many had heard about the fate of Jews elsewhere, and
were unlikely to believe any statements by Nazi officials.
Like elsewhere, the only people who had the information and the
ear of the frightened Jewish population were the Judenrat. In this
case the Judenrat comprsied mainly the Zionist Federation members.
Without their help the SS, with 19 officers and less than 90 men,
plus a few hundred Hungarian police, could not have collected and
controlled a million Jews, when they did not even know their
whereabouts. Kastner and the others were left under no illusions.
Eichmann told Joel Brand, one of the members of Kastner's
committee, that he intended to send all Hungary's Jews to
Auschwitz, before he even started the expulsions! He told them
clearly that all these Jews will die, 12,000 a day, unless certain
conditions were met.
The Committee faced a simple choice - to tell the Jews of Hungary
about their fate, (with neutral Rumania, where many could escape,
being in most cases a few hours away) or to collaborate with the
Nazis by assisting in the concentration process. What would not
have been believed when coming from the SS, sounded quite
plausible when coming from the mouths of the Zionist leadership.
Thus it is, that most of the Hungarian Jews went quietly to their
death, assured by their leadership that they were to be sent to
work camps.
To be sure, there are thirty pieces of silver in this narrative of
destruction: the trains of 'prominents' which Eichmann promised to
Kastner - a promise he kept to the last detail. For Eichmann it
was a bargain: allowing 1,680 Jews to survive, as the price paid
for the silent collaboration over the death of almost a million
Jews.
There was no way in which the Jews of Hungary could even be
located, not to say murdered, without the full collaboration of
Kastner and his few friends. No doubt the SS would hunt a few Jews
here and there, but the scale of the operation would have been
miniscule compared to the half million who died in Auschwitz.
It is important to realise that Kastner was not an aberration,
like say Rumkovsky in Lodz. Kastner acted as a result of his
strongly held Zionist convictions. His actions were a logical
outcome of earlier positions. This is instanced when he exposed to
the Gestapo the existence of a British cell of saboteurs, Palgi
and Senesh, and persuaded them to give themselves up, so as not to
disrupt his operations. At no point during his trial or elsewhere,
did Kastner deny that he knew exactly what was to happen to those
Jews. | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
We tried to ship an X server once that only supported a 24bit
TrueColor visual. The main problems we encountered were:
1) Clients written with logic like the following:
if (DefaultDepth() != 1)
/* Assume default depth is 8bit */
These clients need an 8bit deep visual in the root window
to run correctly.
2) Other clients didn't even bother to do that much, and just
outright assumed they had a *dynamic* visual class, with a
dynamic colormap. XStoreColors doesn't work on cmaps
associated with Static or TrueColor visual classes, but
many clients don't bother to check, they just start
throwing XStoreColor calls at you.
Though both are clearly client error, this is the case with so many
clients that it's easier for you to expose 8bit PseudoColor as a
default root window visual, than it ever would be for all these client
writers to change their clients to do the right thing.
-- | 5 | comp.windows.x |
12 | sci.electronics |
|
I think all Powerbooks use the same 2 Meg upgrade, but the
4 Meg and 6 Meg upgrades are different for the PB100 than
for the other PBs.
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
"...a la Chrysler"?? Okay kids, to the nearest thousand, how many
dollars did the government spend to "bail out" Chrysler? More than zero
you say?
Bzzzzzzzzzt. Wrong answer. | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
i am in need of a motif-based graphing package to integrate into a large
software package under development for distribution to universities. it
can be either public domain or commercial, although a commercial package
can't have royalties required for binary only distribution. we need 2-d
graphing capabilities at a minimum, but 3-d would be nice. any info would
be appreciated and i will summarize if there is interest.
thanks,
mitch | 5 | comp.windows.x |
Hello,
I am looking for carbon-doped rubber. Or an highly elastic material that changes its resistivity, or some
other electrical property when streched.
If you could email me any info you may have on material names or companies that make the stuff
it would be highly appreaciated. | 12 | sci.electronics |
How about the nickname Bake "Flamethrower" Timmons?
You weren't at the Koresh compound around noon today by any chance, were you?
Remember, Koresh "dried" for your sins. | 0 | alt.atheism |
: medtronic.COM (Dale M. Skiba) entirely missed my point in my previous
: COMMENT:
: Shortly after that post, I realized two things: I was running a fever of
: over 102, and that I probably should not have gone directly from reading
: alt.slack to posting on this august newsgroup.
: >: >it is not ad hominen to point out that Mr Archer willingly prints blatant
: >: lies
: >: >in defense of Bible inerrancy, and thus is worthless as an expert witness.
: >: Okay, Im game, give us a listing of blatant lies from _Encyclopedia of
: >: Biblical Difficulties_ or other Archer writings.
: >That would be interesting. If only a very short list can be generated,
: >I think it is more likely that Mr. Archer, with his inerancy mindset is
: >not always impartial and made a doozy of a mistake. (IMHO I also think
: >that this mindset tends to generate these sorts of mistakes...)
: >On the other hand, if a long list can be generated, it is more likely
: >that Mr. Archer intentionally uses deception in hs books. (Why should
: >he be deceptive just with Tyre?)
: So, Archer is just sitting around, rubbing his hands and plotting how next
: to deceive? OK, lets _see_ the list...
This was an open question. I assumed that if Mr. Archer is a chronic
liar, someone whould have documented it. This assumption is based on
how talk.origins regulars have documented numerous cases of Creationist
deceptions (such as Duane Guish and his friends).
No long list of Archer mistakes has yet been given, so this may be just
an isolated incident...
| 19 | talk.religion.misc |
The description of the chip's operation evidently leaves out some of the
key management aspects. Either the K_P is the secret key corresponding
to a public key which is broadcast at message initiation, or it is the
result of a Diffie-Hellman key exchange or something similar. Either
way there must be some protocols beyond those described here. It isn't
clear whether they are implemented in the Clipper wiretap chip or must
be provided by other system components. | 11 | sci.crypt |
In addition to startup time, I leave things running because my PC doubles as
a fax machine.
However, this is off the original subject. I didn't get the replies on BIOS,
CMOS, and DOS clock/date logic. All I know is that I've been running this way
for many months and it is only recently, the last month, that I have noticed
the intermittent clock problem. As I stated, it is not always the date that
doesn't roll forward, sometimes I notice that the clock is several minutes
behind where it ought to be.
When unattended, the following are generally running minimized in Win 3.1:
Clock, WinFax Pro 3.0, Print Manager, MS-Word 1.1, File Manager, Program
Manager
A random screen saver is generally running too.
| 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
"Manufacturing Consent," a film about the media. You alternative movie source
may have this; or to book it in your local alternative theatre, contact:
FILMS TRANSIT * INTERNATIONAL SALES
Jan Rofekamp
402 Notre Dame E.
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H2Y 1C8
Tel (514) 844-3358 * Fax (514) 844-7298
Telex 5560074 Filmtransmtl
(US readers: call Zeitgeist Films at 212 274 1989.)
-s | 0 | alt.atheism |
I understand Caddy is working on one, double battery, super high perf
engine, more gauges, a bit 'stretched', etc, lots of communication equipment,
the works. Color selection is limited though.
The problem is that the guy at 1600 Penn. Avenue is about to get it
(Pres. Clinton) (Last time it was a Lincoln, this time a Caddy).
Not to my knowledge; I know GM does conversion work for things like
hot climates (i.e. the Chevy Caprices sold to the Middle East) but
things like that are always done by third parties, NOT the manufacturer.
Maybe you will need to buy a specific package that has beefed-up everything,
perhaps the police cruiser package on the Caprice/Crown Vic and start from
there.
"And I wuz drivin' along in my armored Seville STS and this punk pulls out
of nowhere with an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) but the bulletproof
windshield stopped him" :-) Don't think many people on the net have a need
for bulletproof cars.
Check with local armored service companies/security/bodyguard places. They'd
know best. I think your average luxury car dealer will have a coronary if
you told them "I'll take the blue Caprice, with options FZ01 (Fuzzy Dice),
PR11 (power everything), and AR007 (Armor).
I believe an article on the conversion process appeared in the car press within
the last few months.
Spiros | 7 | rec.autos |
Has anyone use Snooper or MacEKG or any other similar diagnostic
software.Any comparisons/reviews on these products would be very much
appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help
Cheers
--
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
From: Center for Policy Research <cpr>
Subject: From Israeli press: Nazi methods.
/* Written 4:38 pm Apr 16, 1993 by cpr@igc.apc.org in igc:mideast.forum */
/* ---------- "From Israeli press: Nazi methods." ---------- */
FROM THE ISRAELI PRESS
Newspaper: Ha'aretz Date: 14 February1993 Author: Gideon Levi
Subject: NAZI methods in Gaza
Title: In the neighborhood of Hope, among the rubble
(Excerpts)
Mahmoud Jowara'r stared at me long and sadly: "I worked my entire
life in order to built that house and this is what is left". Only
TV could transmit the full sadness of his face. "You say that we
teach our children to hate you, but what do you expect to happen
to a child who sees this ?" And once again he wraps himself in a
lengthy silence, his face crumbling into weeping. Mahmoud stood in
the field of rubble that was once his home. The term
'dispossession' has an absolute meaning here. Nothing is left of
what he accumulated during his entire life, only the rubble of a
house and shreds of belongings.
Once again Khan Yunis. Once again demolished homes. Last Thursday
there was a search for wanted people here. Once again the IDF
forces employed the new method, fired and bombed and shot missiles
and placed explosives. Already three times during the past weeks I
have gone out to see the destruction and each time I was more
horrifying scenes. This time they hit the largest number of
houses, 17 according to the IDF estimate, ten of them completely
demolished. But not only that: the method has also become more
brutal. Three weeks ago, in Tufah neighborhood in Gaza, the
residents were still told to remove their valuables from their
homes. This time the army skipped that part; three weeks ago the
handcuffed men, inhabitants of the demolished homes, were supplied
with some water and one apple during the 12 hours they had to
stand. This time there was only water. Three weeks ago they were
even allowed to go out to the toilet. This time the soldier just
gold them: Piss and shit in your pants. And thus, last Thursday,
some 45 men stood for about 12 hours, their hands bound behind
their backs, their eyes blindfolded, without food, with wet pants
on their legs and a terrible feeling of humiliation in their
hearts, listening to the sounds of the explosions destroying their
homes, one after the other.
(...) | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Disclaimer -- This is for fun.
In my computerized baseball game, I keep track of a category called
"stolen hits", defined as a play made that "an average fielder would not
make with average effort." Using the 1992 Defensive Averages posted
by Sherri Nichols (Thanks Sherri!), I've figured out some defensive stats
for the second basemen. Hits Stolen have been redefined as "Plays Kurt
Stillwell would not have made."
OK, I realize that's unfair. Kurt's probably the victim of pitching staff,
fluke shots, and a monster park factor. But let's put it this way: If we
replaced every second baseman in the NL with someone with Kurt's 57.6% out
making ability, how many extra hits would go by?
To try and correlate it to reality a little more, I've calculated Net
Hits Stolen, based on the number of outs made compared to what a league
average fielder would make. By the same method I've calculated Net Double
Plays, and Net Extra Bases (doubles and triples let by).
Finally, I throw all this into a a formula I call Defensive Contribution, or
DCON :->. Basically, it represents the defensive contribution of a player.
I add this number to OPS to get DOPS (Defense + Onbase Plus Slug), which
should represent the player's total contribution to the team. So don't
take it too seriously. The formula for DCON appears at the end of this
article.
The short version -- definition of terms
HS -- Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to Kurt Stillwell
NHS -- Net Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to average fielder
NDP -- Net Double Plays -- Extra double plays turned compared to avg fielder
NEB -- Net Extra Bases -- Extra bases prevented compared to avg. fielder
DCON -- Defensive Contribution -- bases and hits prevented, as a rate.
DOPS -- DCON + OPS -- quick & dirty measure of player's total contribution.
National League
name HS NHS NDP NEB DCON DOPS
Alicea, L. 50 21 2 -1 .160 .865
Sandberg, R. 108 42 1 1 .134 1.015
Thompson, R. 65 20 5 -1 .104 .852
Lind, J. 66 8 -2 1 .027 .571
Doran, B. 31 -1 4 0 .014 .705
DeShields, D. 51 1 -2 1 -.002 .755
Harris, L. 25 -4 0 1 -.019 .602
Lemke, M. 43 -1 -5 -5 -.038 .573
Morandini, M. 37 -9 -6 0 -.069 .580
Randolph, W. 13 -16 3 -1 -.088 .582
Biggio, C. 34 -26 -4 0 -.091 .656
Stillwell, K. 0 -43 -3 -1 -.236 .336
Ordered by DOPS
1.015 Sandberg
.865 Alicea
.852 Thompson
.755 DeShields
.705 Doran
.678 *NL Average*
.656 Biggio
.602 Harris
.582 Randolph
.580 Morandini
.573 Lemke
.571 Lind
.336 Stillwell
American League
---------------
name HS NHS NDP NEB DCON DOPS
Fletcher, S. 59 18 5 1 .116 .811
Reed, J. 83 17 3 1 .071 .708
Ripken, B. 56 9 -1 -1 .044 .631
Baerga, C. 67 0 10 0 .029 .838
Blankenship, L. 34 2 2 1 .023 .757
Miller, K. 34 -4 1 -1 -.016 .725
Alomar, R. 62 4 -9 -2 -.020 .812
Knoblauch, C. 50 -13 7 -3 -.024 .718
Bordick, M. 37 -4 -2 -1 -.025 .704
Kelly, P. 42 -1 -5 -1 -.039 .636
Whitaker, L. 40 -8 -1 -2 -.041 .806
Reynolds, H. 47 -6 -5 1 -.043 .603
Sax, S. 56 -6 -9 -1 -.052 .555
Sojo, L. 28 -11 -3 0 -.075 .602
Order by DOPS
.838 Baerga
.812 Alomar
.811 Fletcher
.806 Whitaker
.757 Blankenship
.725 Miller
.718 Knoblauch
.708 Reed
.704 Bordick
.691 *AL Average*
.636 Kelly
.631 Ripken
.603 Reynolds
.602 Sojo
.555 Sax
More discussion --
DCON formula: ((NHS + NDP)/PA) + ((NHS + NDP + NEB)/AB)
Why such a bizzare formula? Basically, it's designed to be added into the
OPS, with the idea that "a run prevented is as important as a run scored".
The extra outs are factored into OBP, while the extra bases removed are
factored into SLG. That's why I used PA and AB as the divisors.
For more discussion see the post on Hits Stolen -- First Base 1992
--
Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Assuming you are presenting it accurately, I don't see how this argument
really leads to any firm conclusion. The material in John (I'm not sure
exactly what is referred to here, but I'll take for granted the similarity
to the Matt./Luke "Q" material) IS different; hence, one could have almost
any relationship between the two, right up to John getting it straight from
Jesus' mouth.
The version of the "usual theory" I have heard has Matthew and Luke
independently relying on Mark and "Q". One would think that if Luke relied
on Matthew, we wouldn't have the grating inconsistencies in the geneologies,
for one thing.
This is the part that is particularly new to me. If it were possible that
you could point me to a reference, I'd be grateful.
Because it closes up the gap between (supposed) writing and the existing
copy quit a bit. The further away from the original, the more copies can be
written, and therefore survival becomes more probable.
I'm not really impressed with the "theology" argument. But I'm really
pointing this out as an "if". And as I pointed out earlier, one cannot make
these arguments about I Peter; I see no reason not to accept it as an
authentic letter.
The best analogy would be reporters talking to the participants, which is
not so bad.
But the statement of divinity is not in that section, and in any case, it's
agreed that the most important epistles predate Mark. | 0 | alt.atheism |
Many of you ask me whether I approve of severe human rights
violations by Arab States becuse I focus on Israeli human rights
violations.
Let's make things clear: My opposition to H.R. violations in Arab
States is total and without qualification. No Arab State is and can
claim to be democratic. No Arab state claims to be democratic.
I am born in Palestine (now Israel). I have family there. The lack of
peace and utter injustice in my home country has affected me all my life.
I am concerned by Palestine (Israel) because I want peace to come to
it. Peace AND justice.
If anybody has legitimate claims towards Arab states, he should present
his claims and ask for support. Jews who left Arab states are fully
entitled to make claims and should do so, if they consider their case has
a merit. It is their basic right to return to these countries, if they
wish. If not, they should not complain and compare themselves to the
Palestinians who have been struggling for the right of return since
Israel was established and whose right is upheld by the United Nations
quasi totally. If Jews feel discriminated in Arab countries, they have a
legitimate claim that any decent person can and should support.
Human rights violations by Arab States don't justify, legitimate nor
are the cause for Israeli breaches of international law and human rioghts.
Israeli breaches stem from the Zionist concept, which can only be
implemented by negating basic rights to Palestinians.
Israeli trights and Palestinian rights are not symmetrical. The first
party has a state and the other has none. The first is an occupier and
the second the occupied. For any meaningful relationship to emerge, some
symmetry must be established. As long as Israelis and Jews don't realise
the necessity of a change of perspective towards the Palestinian people
and as long as Israelis and Jews don't want to exorcise their own
past towards the Palestinians (the Naqba of 1948, etc.) and refuse to
acknowledge that the creation of Israel was dependent upon the removal
of most Palestinian Arabs, there will be no base for a real trust.
When I read the first time the list of the 383 Arab villages
destroyed by the State of Israel in and after 1948, I got a shock.
I hope others will be touched by this discovery and think about the
meaning of such massive destruction and destitution. | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
That's very true. I live in Richmond, home of the AAA Richmond
Braves, and they have this guy Ryan Klesko who hit 17 HR's at home
last year. Now that doesn't sound like a whole lot, BUT the way the
"Diamond" is built, Home runs are a rarity. In fact, Ron Gant,
Brian Hunter and David Justice all proved they could hit in
Richmond. When they were sent to the majors, they never came back.
If you can hit in Richmond, you can hit anywhere. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
I was just wondering if there were any law officers that read this. I have
several questions I would like to ask pertaining to motorcycles and cops.
And please don't say get a vehicle code, go to your local station, or obvious
things like that. My questions would not be found in those places nor
answered face to face with a real, live in the flesh, cop.
If your brother had a friend who had a cousin whos father was a cop, etc.
don't bother writing in. Thanks.
| 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Has anyone written or seen a C library or C++ class for fixed-point math,
or good articles about same?
I pretty much know how to do this, but I have a few other wheels to invent
at the moment...
Thanks! | 1 | comp.graphics |
HELP!
Maybe anybody know names of conferences in
Please help Me find any information for next keywords:
echocardiography and cardiology+dopler
I hawe no informatins on this subjects 2 years becouse i leave in
Tbilisy.
sorry for my bad english!
MY adress: irina@kiria.kheta.georgia.su
| 13 | sci.med |
You know, I was reading 18 U.S.C. 922 and something just did not make
sence and I was wondering if someone could help me out.
Say U.S.C. 922 :
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for
any person to transfer or possess a machinegun.
Well I got to looking in my law dictionary and I found that a "person"
might also be an artificial entity that is created by government
and has no rights under the federal constitution. So, what I
don't understand is how a statute like 922 can be enforced on
an individual. So someone tell me how my government can tell
me what I can or cannot possess. Just passing a law
does not make it LAW. Everyone knows that laws are constitional
until it goes to court. So, has it ever gone to court, not
just your run of the mill "Ok I had it I am guilty, put me in jail"
Has anyone ever claimed that they had a right to possess and was told
by the Supreme Court that they didn't have that right?
| 16 | talk.politics.guns |
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 | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
long
disk
I don't know how many times I've posted this the net. No one EVER
listens.
Once and for all: Floptical Media is only $1.40 a megabyte if you don't
know where to buy it. I am bying my flopticals at $30 per 2 disks. I
see that as $.75 a meagabyte, NOT $1.40. No, I'm not buying in bulk, I'm
not getting a special deal. $.75 a meg is good in my book, Approching
floppy price.
Any questions on my source can be sent to ctr@po.cwru.edu.
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
News-Software: UReply 3.1
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A couple of points on this thread.
1. We have been using our processes since way before Challenger. Challenger
in and of it self did not uncover flaws.
2. What Mr. Spencer says is by and large true. We have a process that is
not dependent on "sophisticated tools" (CASE tools?). However, tools
cannot fix a bad process. Also, tool support for HAL/S (the Shuttle
Language) is somewhat limited.
3. The Onboard Flight Software project was rated "Level 5" by a NASA team.
This group generates 20-40 KSLOCs of verified code per year for NASA.
4. Feel free to call me if you or your organization is interested in more info
on our software development process.
Bret Wingert
(713)-282-7534
FAX: (713)-282-8077
Bret Wingert
| 14 | sci.space |
The key word is `spilled'. If semen was spilled anywhere where there
was a chance of procreation it was OK. If it was spilt on the ground or
in to a man it was a big sin, ditto with animals. The jews said sex=pro-
creation.
Homosexuals didn't breed, there fore they are evil and should be stoned
to death.
Stoning non-breeding population was fine. Only the breeders were
considered to be worth much.
Xavier | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
Implicitly you are assuming that goals scored against Winnipeg with Selanne
on the ice can be blamed on him...Roger, he is a FORWARD. Winnipeg has a
lousy defensive record anyway. Let's put it another way. John Cullen's +/-
is terrible. What's your excuse for him? That his powerplay points don't
count? Neither do Selanne's...
Knowledgeable hockey observers the world over would agree that
feeding Selanne so he can score does contribute in a meaningful way to
winning.
You're worried about Teemu when you have Glenn Anderson on your team?
What he does best is score...so I refer you to my comment above.
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
I only want to say that I agree with Noam on this point
and I hope that all sides stop targeting civilians. | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
->In article <1993Apr9.151914.1885@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>, mccullou@snake2.cs.wisc.edu
->>
->>In article <monack.733980580@helium> monack@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (david
->>>Another issue is that by having to request to not be required to
->>>recite the "so help me God" part of the oath, a theistic jury may be
->>>prejudiced against your testimony even though atheism is probably not
->>>at all relevant to the case.
->>>
->>>What is the recommended procedure for requesting an alternate oath or
->>>affirmation?
->>>
->>>Dave
Sorry for using a follow-up to respond, but my server dropped about a weeks worth of news
when it couldn't keep up.
When the you are asked to swear "So help you god" and you have to say it, ask which one; Jesus,
Allah, Vishnu, Zues, Odin. Get them to be specific. Don't be obnoxious, just humbly ask, then
quitely sit back and watch the fun.
---
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James L. Felder |
Sverdrup Technology,Inc. | phone: 216-891-4019
NASA Lewis Research Center |
Cleveland, Ohio 44135 | email: jfelder@lerc.nasa.gov
"Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, other people gargle" | 0 | alt.atheism |
Actually, it is simple.
A person P has committed a crime C in country X if P was within the borders
of X at the time when C was committed. It doesn't matter if the physical
manifestation of C is outside X.
For instance, if I hack into NASA's Ames Research Lab and delete all their
files, I have committed a crime in the United Kingdom. If the US authorities
wish to prosecute me under US law rather than UK law, they have no automatic
right to do so.
This is why the net authorities in the US tried to put pressure on some sites
in Holland. Holland had no anti-cracking legislation, and so it was viewed
as a "hacker haven" by some US system administrators.
Similarly, a company called Red Hot Television is broadcasting pornographic
material which can be received in Britain. If they were broadcasting in
Britain, they would be committing a crime. But they are not, they are
broadcasting from Denmark, so the British Government is powerless to do
anything about it, in spite of the apparent law-breaking.
Of course, I'm not a lawyer, so I could be wrong. More confusingly, I could
be right in some countries but not in others...
| 0 | alt.atheism |
I need some help with a multi port serial board of unknown origin. I'm
hoping someone knows what this board is, or, even better, what the various
switches and jumbers are used for.
Anyway, here's description of the card: It is a 16-bit card, although
I noticed that none of the contacts in the 16-bit extension are connected
to anything. It has 4 NS16550AN chips in sockets, and 4 corresponding
connecters labeled COM1 - COM4. There is also an external female connector
with 37 pins. There are 8 banks of 8 switches, 2 banks of 4 switches, and
7 jumpers. I believe that I have determined, by following traces, that
SW5 and SW6 (12 switches in all) control the interrupt level for each of
the COM ports. SW5[1-4] are for IRQ3, SW5[5-8] are for IRQ4, and SW6[1-4]
are for IRQ5. The other switches are beyond my meager ability to follow.
The only identification printed on the board is "MULTI SERIAL PORT BOARD"
across the bottom. There is a box for serial number, but it is blank.
Immediately below the words "SERIAL NO", but not in the box left for
the S/N, are the numbers "1990 2 8".
Anyone have any clues? Your help is greatly appreciated.
| 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
The chemicals are gone Thanks for all the response
| 6 | misc.forsale |
Finally you said what you dream about. Mediterranean???? That was new....
The area will be "greater" after some years, like your "holocaust" numbers......
*****
Is't July in USA now????? Here in Sweden it's April and still cold.
Or have you changed your calendar???
****************
******************
***************
NOTHING OF THE MENTIONED IS TRUE, BUT LET SAY IT's TRUE.
SHALL THE AZERI WOMEN AND CHILDREN GOING TO PAY THE PRICE WITH
**************
BEING RAPED, KILLED AND TORTURED BY THE ARMENIANS??????????
HAVE YOU HEARDED SOMETHING CALLED: "GENEVA CONVENTION"???????
YOU FACIST!!!!!
Ohhh i forgot, this is how Armenians fight, nobody has forgot
you killings, rapings and torture against the Kurds and Turks once
upon a time!
Ohhhh so swedish RedCross workers do lie they too? What ever you say
"regional killer", if you don't like the person then shoot him that's your policy.....l
i
i
i
Confused????? i
i
Search Turkish planes? You don't know what you are talking about. i
Turkey's government has announced that it's giving weapons <-----------i
to Azerbadjan since Armenia started to attack Azerbadjan
it self, not the Karabag province. So why search a plane for weapons
since it's content is announced to be weapons?
If there is one that's confused then that's you! We have the right (and we do)
to give weapons to the Azeris, since Armenians started the fight in Azerbadjan!
Shoot down with what? Armenian bread and butter? Or the arms and personel
of the Russian army?
| 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Let me clearify Mr. Turkish; | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
I have recently graduated and am looking to move into a bigger house,
leaving me with a condo to sell... It was originally listed at
59,000, but is now listed at $54,900. The following is a list of
features.
Master Bedroom 14x11
Bedroom 11x10
Living Room 16x13
Dining Room 10x9
Kitchen 9x11 w/ extra cabinets
1 Full / Modern Bathroom
Full wtw carpeting /new/ excluding bath, Oil hot water heating
/converting to gas this summer/, central air, condo fee $183/mo
INCLUDING heat; hot water; landscaping; pool; tennis courts.
In addition: washer, dryer /both in condo/, refrigerator, dishwasher,
2 ceiling fans, all window treatments /I don't understand why I can't
call them curtains.../, and a mantle!
Large storage room in private basement, plenty of undesignated
parking.
If you'd like to free me for the bliss of regular homeownership,
please call Kathleen Sullivan at the Rohrer&Sayers Real Estate Agency:
609-546-0004. She'll arrange for a showing off.
Now for that disclaimer caca: Subject to errors, changes, ommissions,
withdrawls, and sales without notice.
This posting is not to benefit or at the request of any commercial
agency. I simply want out. Flames can be sent to /dev/null | 6 | misc.forsale |
Actually Alomar is a two-time gold-glover (91-92).
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Walther,
I'd have a look at the maximum resolution the combination of the video card
and screen would have without flickering. I'd only suggest using the color
screen if it does 800*600 without flickering. If this is not too small for
your tastes at a 14"....
Personally I'd prefer the mono-screen as I always have quite a few windows
open. If you only run one program at a time or rarely switch maybe the
color 'surplus' is worth trading in the smaller size. If you want to
develop programs you will always have to check the colors. I used a
14" mono screen (worst of both worlds) and was surprised how the colors looked
I choose on a color screen. | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
:
: McGuire's makes a plastic scratch/removing compound and a plastic
: polishing compound which really work great as well.
A useful tip.
How about someone letting me know MOTORCYCLE DETAILING TIP #19 ?
The far side of my instrument panel was scuffed when the previous owner
dumped the bike. Same is true for one of the turn signals.
Both of the scuffed areas are black plastic.
I recall reading somewhere, that there was some plastic compound you could coat
the scuffed areas with, then rub it down, ending with a nice smooth shiny
finish ?
Anyone any ideas.
thanks
tony | 8 | rec.motorcycles |
For a brief, but pretty detailed account, try Hempel's _Philosophy of
Natural Science_.
This smacks a bit of ideology -- the supposition being that Toricelli's
subsequent descriptions of his reasoning are not veridical. It gets dangerously
close to an unfalsifiable view of the history and methodology of science if
we deny that no subsequent reports of experimenters are reliable descriptions
of their "real" reasons.
But my point is that this type of case is *not* a rarity. In fact, I was
going to point to Pasteur as yet another rather common example -- particularly
the studies on spontaneous generation and fermentation. I will readily
concede that "ridiculous reasons" can play an important role in how
scientists spend their time. But one should not confuse motivation with
methodology nor suppose that ridiculous reasons provide the impetus in the
majority of cases based on relatively infrequent anecdotal evidence. | 13 | sci.med |
>
> I am looking for an algorithm to determine if a given point is bound by a
> polygon. Does anyone have any such code or a reference to book containing
> information on the subject ?
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
/* +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| Function : PuntBinnenPolygoon |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| Auteur : Cornelis Wessels |
| |
| Datum : 11-01-1993 |
| |
| Omschrijving: Bepaalt of de aangeboden VECTOR2D p binnen of op de |
| rand van het polygoon P valt. |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| Wijzigingen : - |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+ */
CLIBSTATUS PuntBinnenPolygoon ( POLYGOON *P, VECTOR2D *p )
{
VECTOR2D o, v, w;
INDEX aantal_snijpunten, N, n;
aantal_snijpunten = 0;
N = GeefPolygoonLengte(P);
GeefPolygoonRandpunt ( P, N, &o );
for ( n=1; n<=N; n++ )
{
GeefPolygoonRandpunt ( P, n, &v );
if ( o.x >= p->x && v.x < p->x ||
o.x < p->x && v.x >= p->x )
{
w.x = p->x;
InterpoleerLineair ( &o, &v, &w );
if ( w.x == p->x && w.y == p->y )
return(CLIBSUCCES);
else if ( w.y > p->y )
aantal_snijpunten++;
}
KopieerVector2d ( &v, &o );
}
if ( aantal_snijpunten%2 == 0 )
return(CLIBERBUITEN);
else
return(CLIBSUCCES);
} | 1 | comp.graphics |
Forgive me if this is a FAQ (I have checked the list but I cant find it).
I have a problem with the cursor within Xterm on MONO (not grayscale monitors)
The problem is that when I have an character application that displays input
fields in reverse video the Xterm text cursor gets lost on the edge of the
input field.
The solution would appear to be to set the xterm cursor to a line rather
than a block, but how do you do this. I can't find any means although
various sources seem to indicate it can be done.
When the xterm loses the input focus the cursor becomes an outlined block.
This would also be preferable but I can't seem to force this to be the
default either.
Configuration is : Motorola 88K X11R4
Please reply by email if poss.
Thank you
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I prefer a manual to an automatic as it should be. I believe that automatics
should only be manufactured for people with physical disabilities who otherwise
would not be able to drive. Automatic transmissions allow drivers to be lazy.
More time is available to fiddle with the radio or to look at the scenery
instead of concentrating on the road. The manual transmission keeps the drive
always doing something, granted it isn't a large movement. Plus, driving should
be FUN! Driving a manual is fun, driving an automatic is a chore.
In the case of shift speed, automatics can be made to shift far faster
that any human could move a stick. If I was racing, I'd want and automatic. For
normal driving go with the manual.
| 7 | rec.autos |
I don't think this is the case, at least not on all jetskis. On my
friend's jetski, bars turn left to go left. Anyway, all you're doing
there is changing the yaw of the jets, so the relationship between
the handlbars and the rear-mounted jets is completely arbitrary
(simple linkage could make it work either way).
It seems to me that jetskis are even more irrelevant to this discussion
than snow skis. But it *has* been an amusing digression.
Hey Ed, how do you explain the fact that you pull on a horse's reins
left to go left? :-) Or am I confusing two threads here?
| 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Hi, baseball fans! So what do you say? Don't you think he deserves it?
I
mean, heck, if Dave Winfield (ho-hum) is seriously being considered for it,
as
is Lee Smith (ha), then why don't we give Dave Kingman a chance? Or Darrell
Evans! Yeah, yeah! After the Hall of Fame takes in them, it can take in
Eddie
Murray and Jeff Reardon.
Well, in any case, I am sick and tired (mostly sick) of everybody
giving
Hall of Fame consideration to players that are by today's standards,
marginal.
Honestly, Ozzie Smith and Robin Yount don't belong there. They're both
shortstops that just hung around for a long time. Big deal.
Let's be a little more selective, huh? Stop handing out these honors
so
liberally. Save them for the guys who really deserve it. Face it, if
something
isn't done, there will be little prestige in the Hall of Fame anymore. When
certain individuals believe that Steve Garvey or Jack Morris are potential
candidates, the absurdity is apparent. Gee, can these guys even compare to
the more likely future Hall of Famers like Kirby Puckett or Nolan Ryan?
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Hello,
Has anyone built cxterm (X11R5) on a MIPS platform. If you have,
please send me email as I don't read this group. I've a bunch of questions...
:-)
Thanks | 5 | comp.windows.x |
[..]
Hello. Firstly, what do you exactly mean by "fundamentalist"? I will
for the time being assume that what you mean is that your friend believes
that the bible is God's word to mankind? I suspect that what happened
to him is what he'll call being "born again"? Anyway, was that recent?
If the answer is "yes" to all the questions above, it is quite
understandable. However, IMO, I'ld rather give advice to your friend!
I think I've been through something similar to him, and one thing I can
say is that the basic problem is that each of you are now trying to
communicate from different worldviews. Why he talks about those things
is because they are now "obvious" to him. What is "obvious" to him is
not obvious to you. Secondly, why he may be very persuasive is because
from his point of view, he has been on "both sides of the fence". This
I mean that before he turned "fundamentalist", you two are agreeable
because both of you see things from the same side. If suddenly, as if
a new world of reality has suddenly opened up to him, it is like the
discovery of let's say a new continent, or a new planet. To him, he's
got to tell you because he has seen something much more wonderful than
where he was, and what he thinks is much better than where you are now.
You have got to realise that from his point of view, he means well to
you, eventhough he may end up offending you. To him, it is worth that
risk. Nevertheless, it is really up to him to respect where you stand
and listen to you as well. At this moment, it may be difficult because
he is either very excited or feel it is too urgent to keep quiet about,
however, he may not realise that he's really putting you off.
[...]
So far, I've only been trying to explain things from his side. However,
I do understand how you feel too, because I wasn't a Christian for a good
part of my life as well. I was quite turned off by Christians or
"fundamentalists" who were really all out and enthusiastic about their
faith. They really scared me, to tell you the truth. Unfortunately,
"religious belief" is a very personal thing, just as your agnosticism
is also a very personal thing to you. Since the Christian belief is
inevitably at odds with anything non-Christian (religious or otherwise),
it will be a touchy matter. Like all friendships, it will take both
sides to do their part to make it work. In this matter, maybe you can
do your part by telling him nicely that you are not able to dig what he's
trying to convince you about, that it's beyond you or not your concern
"for now". Don't tell him it's nonsense, because to him it is reality -
and that would be a real insult. He'll also have to be careful not to
insult where you stand too.
Like I said before, I wish I could give your friend some advice too.
I'll admit that I did similarly to some of my friends when I became a
Christian. In some ways, I wish I could have done things a little
differently. However, it was difficult then because I was so excited
and just blabbered away about what I've found! To me, it was too good
not to know. To some, I was crazy, and I didn't really care most of
the time what they thought. You will probably think he's crazy too -
but God is very real to him, as real as you are to him. Keep that in
mind. And he thinks he can convince you because since God is so real
to him, he doesn't see why God can't be real to you too.
I don't know how helpful this is to you. But all the best anyhow -
this is quite a challenge for you to face. By the way, personal
conviction: nobody is "beyond saving" except the one we call the
devil and his hosts. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Apple has really confused people with this whole thing. I think
we'll be answering this question for about the next year or so. There is
no "option" to get an FPU on a C650. What you have is a choice of CPUs:
there is the 68LC040 that does not have an integrated FPU like the full
'040 and is only present in the base 4/80 model of the C650 (AppleUSA).
And there is the full '040 which you get when you order anything other
than the base 4/80 configuration. Therefore, since you have ordered one
of the 8MB versions with on-board Ethernet models you will not be
getting the LC040. But even if you wanted to have the LC040 you wouldn't
be able to order a C650 with 8MB RAM, on-board Ethernet and an LC040.
It's not an "option."
Also, a note to people out there that have 4/80 C650s and C610s
thinking that there is an optional FPU, the '040 class chip cannot
recognize an external FPU, so there is no socket on the motherboard for
a FPU chip and you cannot go out and purchase an FPU on a PDS card or
something like that. The only way to get an FPU in these machines is to
replace the LC040 with a full '040. And if you have a C610, you will not
need to worry about a heat sink if you do replace the LC040 with the
full '040, but if you have a 4/80 C650 you do need to have a heat sink. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.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.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 8 | rec.motorcycles |
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5. GEM chart, graphics, word, publisher, ... V.3.0 - make an offer. | 6 | misc.forsale |
There's only one car that really fits your needs. It's spelled: | 7 | rec.autos |
Aviation Week March 15 1993 p.48
"the CBO estimates that matching the capability of 100 C-17s would
require 70 C-5s at a total cost of $14.4 billion. This option is still
more than $10 billion cheaper than completing the C-17 program, which
the CBO estimates will cost $24.7 billion."
Sorry, I was nine billion off. The C-5s would be ten billion cheaper.
Well, California voted overwhelmingly for change, right?
The argument to continue military programs just to support jobs is
a poor one. It's kept quite a few bases open that should have been closed
years ago, wasting billions of taxes.
| 18 | talk.politics.misc |
I am an idiot. The plaintext that's relevant is the session key.
If you know that, you probably don't need a roomful of chips, do you?
If you were going to brute force something interesting, that'd be the
message stream, which is sort of approximately known by, say, a bug in
my office. Then your roomful of chips could get the session key. Which
I change every morning.
Really, it's just a whole lot easier for the illicit wiretappers
to stick a bug in your phone. | 11 | sci.crypt |
I have the same problem and was about to post this....
Hello duo owners (and Apple technical people :-)
I have a new duo 230 which appears to have a problem waking up from
sleep when running on battery power. When woken (usually for the second
time) after sleeping, the wake fails and the screen appears with a
corrupted image of broken horizontal lines and control can only be
recovered with control-command-poweron or the reset key at the back of
the machine. The problem occurs even when the system is stock standard
(no extensions, no virtual memory, a fully charged new battery, system 7.1
etc). I have not had the problem when the machine is plugged in to AC.
I've checked that the battery is properly seated (it appears to be fine).
What's going on here ? Anyone else had this problem ? Is it software or
hardware ?
If you have a duo 230 and a bit of time, try repeatedly sleeping and
waking the machine on battery power and let me know if you see the same
behaviour (and let Apple know too !).
Many thanks to anyone who can clear this one up for me.
Bruce
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Bowman tended to overplay Francis at times because he is a Bowman-style
player. He plays hard at all times, doesn't disregard his defensive
responsibilities and is a good leader. Bowman rewarded him be increasing his
ice time.
Jagr can be very arrogant and juvenile and display a "me first" attitude.
This rubbed Bowman the wrong way and caused him to lose some ice time.
Throughout the year, Francis consistently recieved more ice time than
Jagr. Althouhg I have never seen stats on this subject, I am pretty
sure that Jagr had more points per minute played that Francis. When
you add to that Jagr's better +/- rating, I think it becomes evident
that Jagr had a better season- not that Francis had a bad one. | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
You misrepresent me, Selim. The hard evidence for my statements about
his lack of objectivity are presented quite clearly in the book
"Orientalism" by Edward Said. Edward Said, by the way, is a Christian,
not a Muslim.
Regarding Bernard Lewis:
Him being a Zionist gives him a political motive for his
giving misrepresentations and half-truths about Islam.
Read "Orientalism" by Edward Said -- see the evidence for yourself.
In fact, I may post some of it here (if it isn't too long).
I haven't read Lewis's article, so I can't comment directly upon it, and
have only spoken about his writings _in general_ so far, that his
political motives make him a biased writer on Islam. His anti-Islamic
polemics, as I understand it, are often quite subtle and are often based
on telling half-truths.
Again, read "Orientalism" by Edward Said. I am _not_ asking you to take
what I say on trust, in fact I am urging you not to do so but to get
this book (it is a well-known book) and check the evidence out for
_yourself_.
If slavery is _in reality_ (as opposed to in the practice of some
Muslims) opposed by Islam, then using slaves for sexual
purposes is necessarily opposed too.
I understand your point of view, Selim -- I think, rather, it is _us_
who are not getting through to _you_.
Some of the points you repeat above I have already answered before.
Regarding women, I have made posting after posting on this subject,
showing that Islam is not anti-woman, etc. However, have you been
completely ignoring my postings or just missing them? I just reposted a
very good one, under the title "Islam and Women", reposted from
soc.religion.islam. If this has already disappeared from your site,
then please email me telling me so and I will email you a copy of this
excellent article.
IMHO, your understanding of the issue of women in Islam is sadly deficient.
Regarding slaves, _my_ posting on slavery -- the second one I made,
which is a repost of an article I wrote early last year -- is based
completely on the Qur'an and contains numerous Qur'anic verses and
hadiths to support its point of view.
Our approaches are different -- you are arguing from a historical
standpoint and I am arguing directly from the teachings of the Qur'an
and hadiths. Now, just because people say they are Muslims and perform
a particular action, does that automatically mean that their action is
part of Islam, even if it is opposed by the Qur'an and Sunnah? No! Of
course not.
Let me give you a concrete example, which might help clarify this for
you. The Qur'an prohibits drinking. Now, if a person says "I am a
Muslim" and then proceeds to drink a bottle of beer, does this now mean
that Islam teaches that people should drink beer? Of course not, and
only an idiot would think so.
Do you see my point?
You are judging Islam here on capitalist terms. Capitalism is an
ideology based largely on the assumption that people want to maximise
their wealth -- this assumption is in opposition to Islamic teachings.
To say Islam is bad because it is not capitalist is pretty unthinking --
Islam does not pretend to be capitalist and does not try to be
capitalist. (This does not mean that Islam does not support a
free-market -- for it does in general -- but there are other parts of
capitalism which are opposed to Islam as I understand it.)
One can postulate numerous reasons for this. Your theory is that it is
because Islam is not secularist and capitalist, etc. etc.
Selim, I will give you a clear historical example to show you the
fallacy of your views if you think (as you obviously do) that
Islam => lack of education and power.
For a large part of history, the Islamic world was very powerful. For a
significant section of history, the Islamic world was the foremost in
the sciences. So to say that Islam is, for example, anti-education is
completely absurd. You try to blame this situation on Islam -- history
shows that your conclusion is false and that, instead, there must be
other reasons for this situation.
Well, Selim, your viewpoint on women in Islam makes me question the extent
of your knowledge of Islam. I really think you are not
knowledgeable enough to be able to judge whether the Muslims are
following the Qur'an or not.
The Islamic world was at the forefront of the world in science at one
stage -- yet somehow, in your theory, it is by "following the Qur'an"
that Muslims are backwards in education. Selim, it is _your_ thesis
that is anti-historical, for you conveniently overlook this historical
fact which contradicts your theory.
You have certainly not shown this; you have merely stated it.
So far, it seems to me that your view on Islam being anti-education is
quite contrary to history. That you are so convinced of your views
makes me wonder just how objectively you are trying to look at all of
this.
I think, Selim, you should consider taking your own advice.
Here too.
Selim, you have such conviction of your viewpoint, yet you demonstrate
ignorance, not only of Islam but also of Islamic history (particularly
with respect to Muslims being leaders of science till about 1400 or so I
think). Yet you say that your viewpoint is based on history!
Selim, if I remember right, you say in one of your earlier posts that
you are an apostate from Islam. I think you should slow down and start
thinking clearly about the issues, and start _reading_ some of our
postings about Islam rather than ignoring them as you so obviously
have. | 0 | alt.atheism |
tes:
A friend of mine who smoke pot every day and last Tuesday took 5 hits of acid
is still having trouble "aiming" for the bowl when he takes a dump. Don't as
me how, I just have seen the results.
Boy, I really wish we we cut the drug war and have more people screwed up in
the head.
| 18 | talk.politics.misc |
I remember someone mention about a 150meg syquest. Has anyone else
heard anything about this? I'd be interested in the cost per megabyte and the
approximate cost of the drive itself and how they compare to the Bernoulli 150.
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Hank Greenberg was probably the greatest ever. He was also subject to a
lot of heckling from bigots on the opposing teams and in the stands, but
it never seemed to affect his performance negatively. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
I'd appreciate it greatly if someone could E-mail me the following:
(if you only know one, that's fine)
1) Specs for the 68040 (esp. how it compares to the Pentium)
2) Specs for the 68060 with estimated cost, release date, etc...
I'm interested in speeds, systems it can run (Windows NT, RISC, or whatever),
costs, bus info, register info. All the technical info.
I am hoping that the 68040 can win yet another battle against the intel people.
:) Thanks for any info you can give.
Thanks. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Can someone tell me whether or not any of the following medications
has been linked to rapid/excessive weight gain and/or a distorted
sense of taste or smell: Hismanal; Azmacort (a topical steroid to
prevent asthma); Vancenase. | 13 | sci.med |
The real problem w/ the Stealth from what I've heard is that Diamond won't
tell anyone how to program their proprietary clock stuff, so X under Linux
and 386BSD won't run....
| 1 | comp.graphics |
I understand and sympathize with your pain. What happened in Waco was a very
sad tradgedy. Don't take it out on us Christians though. The Branch
Davidians were not an organized religion. They were a cult led by a ego-maniac
cult leader. The Christian faith stands only on the shoulders of one man,
the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, Jesus Christ. BTW, David Koresh was NOT
Jesus Christ as he claimed.
God be with you,
Malcolm Lee :) | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
As a person who is very sensitive to msg and whose wife and kids are
too, I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE FOOD INDUSTRY WANTS TO PUT MSG IN FOOD!!!
Somebody in the industry GIVE ME SOME REASONS WHY!
IS IT AN INDUSTRIAL BYPRODUCT THAT NEEDS GETTING GET RID OF?
IS IT TO COVER UP THE FACT THAT THE RECIPES ARE NOT VERY GOOD OR THE FOOD IS POOR QUALITY?
DO SOME OF YOU GET A SADISTIC PLEASURE OUT OF MAKING SOME OF US SICK?
DO THE TASTE TESTERS HAVE SOME DEFECT IN THEIR FLAVOR SENSORS (MOUTH etc...)
THAT MSG CORRECTS?
I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!
ALSO ... Nitrosiamines (sp) and sulfites... Why them? There are
safer ways to preserve food, wines, and beers!
I think
1) outlaw the use of these substances without warning labels as
large as those on cig. packages.
2) Require 30% of comparable products on the market to be free of these
substances and state that they are free of MSG, DYES, NITROSIAMINES and SULFITES on the package.
3) While at it outlaw yellow dye #5. For that matter why dye food?
4) Take the dyes and flavorings out of vitamins. (In my OSCO only Stress
Tabs (tm) didn't have yellow dye #5) { My doctor says Yellow Dye #5 is
responsible for 1/2 of all nasal polyps !!! }
KEEP FOOD FOOD! QUIT PUTTING IN JUNK!
JUST MY TWO CENTS WORTH.
Sig: A person tired of getting sick from this junk!
--
Walter Lundby
| 13 | sci.med |
^^^^^^^^^
huh? it might be interesting. he is relating the story as I have heard
it, btw.
huh? care to back that up? | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
My wife rarely carries a purse, so all of her crap ends up in my pockets!
| 7 | rec.autos |
Bzzt.
The manta was a two-door sedan in the US.
It had a 1900 engine.
Was sometimes referred to as an Opel 1900.
Manta's are also ve hot and fun cars too.
| 7 | rec.autos |
It's all my fault.
I am in violation of one of my own rules:
"Avoid FollowingUp to a Barf posting."
Those damned, spiking Israelists, right, Barfling?
"Trained Seals"? You mean the ones that flap their flippers making
"Arf, Arf! Arf, Arf!" sounds?
In your own diseased mind, you now seem to believe that tax exemption
is equivalent to government funding. Holy Shit, Batman! The US
government is now one of the major supporters of the Catholic Church
-- in violation of the rules of separation of Church and State!
Quick, Bill! Commandeer all the churches and give them to the People!
Or does your anti-logic only apply to the mosques belonging to what
you have described as "Ragheads" or perhaps the synagogues of those
you have characterized as "Hymies"?
| 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
From time to time I have made reference to a book called "The Two Babylons"
which is a book written by Alexander Hislop (mid 1800's) about the Babylonian
mystery religion and its flight through history. I was unable to put it down
the first time I read it, but others have found it dry. It has numberable
references and illustrations. If you are interested in purchasing your own
copy, you can call Moody Book Store @ (312)329-4352 and order it for $16.99 and
they will ship it to you.
It is a good book just to get the reference titles for your own digs into the
mystery religions. I have found it invaluable for that purpose alone. But for
those who only want to skim the subject, it comes highly recommended.
Just a note to my RC brothers and sisters. You may find this to be a
diatribe or you may find it to be a test to the origin and true nature of the
origin of RCism. If you are offended by anything that asks hard questions
about your denomination (as to whether or not it is "Christian") then perhaps
you should just passover this offer. To those who are a little more
adventurous, go for it and later, please contact me with you reasons pro or con
on the scholorship of this book. I really would be interested. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
: I'm looking at the following three SUV's; anyone who's driven all
: three have any strong opinions?
:
: Ford Explorer
: Toyota 4Runner
: Nissan Pathfinder
Well, I was just in your position and I drove all three and liked
all three. It was a toss-up. I marginally went with the Pathfinder
based on reliability and looks.
I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. | 7 | rec.autos |
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Then why do we really need national health insurance then? Wouldn't it just make
more sense to find some way to cut down on the cost of malpractice insurance?
And maybe that's not such a good thing. I also read somewhere that it is next to
impossible in Canada to litigate against the health system-class action suits
are nearly impossible, and you can't sue the provincial health officials at all.
Oh no. Don't let the AMA know about this. They have enough power as it is. Ask
most Americans whether they'd like the doctors' lobby to get more powerful.
Well, yeah, tell us about the National Defense Medical Centre outside Ottawa.
Theoretically it's limited to service personnel, but some studies I've heard
about have suggested that about half the patients there are civilians who not
only have connections but aren't "urgent" at all.
The problem is, in a system where hospitals' annual budgets are approved by the
government, how do you keep political considerations out of medical decisions?
I bet that if you're an MP or MPP, or good friends with one, you're put on any
hospital's "urgent" care list no matter how minor your problem. Which is OK
unless you're someone who gets bumped off the list for some bigshot.
Hmm. How much difference would it make in the figure of percentage of GNP spent
on health care if dentistry and optometry were included in the accounting?
Maybe Canada spends proportionately just as much on health care as we do.
So what happens if the health care systems financially collapse. Bob Rae, the
second least popular man in Ontario, warned Ontarians a few years ago that if
they didn't stop cross-border shopping in such huge numbers, "the services they
expect from the province just won't be there in a few years" (Fortunately for
them (and less fortunately for the retailers here in Western New York) the
Canadian dollar went back to a more realistic value). He didn't say so, but I
knew he meant the OHIP. What would happen if his warning turned out to be the
truth? Would the private insurers take up the slack? They'd be under no
obligation to. Of course, they could eventually make money again, but if what
you say is true, they'd be loathe to do so (and out of practice in handling
such basic services, too).
Would that it were free. Americans would start another revolution if they had
to pay taxes at Canadian rates.
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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. | 6 | misc.forsale |
How do you define war? Do seiges and constant attacks on villiages
count as acts of war, or is that only when the Jews do them?
January, 1948: Arab Liberation Army attacks Kfar Szold
1000 men attack Kfar Etzion, 14 miles south of Jerusalem,
after cutting off the supply lines to it.
Attacks on Yehiam (Western Galilee) and kibbutz Tirat Tzvi.
By Mid-March, The Jewish settlements in the Negev had been cut off from
land links with the rest of the Jewish population.
The Etzion group of villiages, near Hebron, had been cut off,
while 42 members of a convoy trying to supply Yehiam were
slaughtered, cutting off the villiage.
Jerusalem was under seige, being cut off from its supply route from
Tel Aviv (the bombed out supply trucks have been left on the side
of that road to this day in memoriam). By this time, 1200 Jews
had been killed.
Of course, this isn't war, since it's only the Arabs attacking.
Just like last week when the Fatah launched Katyusha rockets
against Northern israel. Where does uprising end and war begin?
Will it still be 'Intifadah' when the PLO brings in tanks?
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I just read articals on this in Road and Track and Car and Driver
(Is that one mag or two? =B^), and I was wondering if people out
there have any opinions that differed from what these mags have to
say...
I'm looking at the following three SUV's; anyone who's driven all
three have any strong opinions?
Ford Explorer
Toyota 4Runner
Nissan Pathfinder
Currently I'm leaning toward the Toyota, 'cause I've had big success
with Toyota trucks in the past, and 'cause I think it's the best
looking of the three. But I thought I'd see if anyone has any strong
opinions....
Thanks!
-Karl
| 7 | rec.autos |
I've gotten migraines after exercise, though for me it seems to be related
to exercising without having eaten recently. | 13 | sci.med |
} A note on the lighter side, I've noticed most gun-banners (some of my
} friends included) are the one who make comments that indicate they are
} more likely to resort to violent. So are they really banning guns so they
} wouldn't end up shooting someone else?
Could be.
It is also likely that since they feel they are more likely to resort to
violence, they have a hard time believing that anyone else would react
otherwise. | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
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