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What's the difference, in practice?
It amounts to your saying, it's disgusting but should be legal,
***or***
someone else saying, let's allow the parties involved to decide what is
disgusting.
Or, if you're like me, you think that it ISN'T a coercive law, because
some children can't make informed consent.
Bri... | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
1st round:
----------
PITT vs NYI: PITT in 4.
It looks like a safe bet. NYI has been bagging it of late.
NYI and NJD have a showdown Friday night for the honour
of Pittsburg anyway. Pigsburg in 4.
WASH vs NJD: WASH in 6.
I think that NJD have a solid team and will compete with
WASH. I agree though with WASH ... | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Tektronix 453 scope for sale:
- 50MHz bandwidth
- portable (NOT one of the 5xx series boatanchors! :^)
- delayed sweep
- works fine
- I don't have the manual (they are available from various places)
- no probes
- $275 + shipping
Email me for more info...
Regards,
Keith
| 12 | sci.electronics |
Source: "Men Are Like That" by Leonard Ramsden Hartill. The Bobbs-Merrill
Company, Indianapolis (1926). (305 pages).
(Memoirs of an Armenian officer who participated in the genocide of 2.5
million Muslim people)
p. 193.
"Their [Muslim] villages were destroyed and they themselves were slain or
driven out of the c... | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Darren> In an earlier article, I explained that what many people find
Darren> arrogant about Christians is that some Christians profess
Darren> absolute certainty about their beliefs and doctrines.
and
Darren> In short, the problem is that no matter how good your sources
Darren> are, if any part of your doctrines or... | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
I'm planning to buy a new VLB/EISA system with a good graphic performance.
So far I looked at the ATI GUP VLB as my favorite graphics-card. But
recently I heard something about a new card from Miro. It was the Miro
Crystal 24s with 3 MB and True Color support up to 1024x768. It costs just a
little more than the ATI. ... | 1 | comp.graphics |
long
The NRA is successful because (among a number of things), on the drop of
a hat, they can get a congresspersons office flooded with postcards,
faxes and phone calls. Certainly, with our way-cool Internet powers of
organization, we can act in the same way, if such action is appropriate.
As long as we are kept inf... | 11 | sci.crypt |
Does anyone have the addresses to any of the following hockey teams
located in the Czech/Slovak Republics, Finland, Russia or Sweden?
Any information on how to find these addresses would also be appreciated.
Aik
Assat
Brynas
Budejovice
Chelabinsk
Djurgarden
Dynamo
Eskulap
Espoo
Farjestad
Frolunda
HPK
HV-71
Hifk
Ilves
... | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
And another one:
Hasn't enyone heard of a leader's recon? This is when the leader of the
assult goes and looks at the objective to see if anything has changed that
would affect the mission. Even the Freshman cadets here in ROTCland
know about them. Mostly because they know it as the part where they
lie on the... | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
Whats the difference between a V.32bis modem and a V.32bis modem?
I'm not being entirely silly here: what I'm pointing out is that the
modems that they have already approved for data transmission will work
just fine to transmit scrambled vocoded voice.
--
Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com | 11 | sci.crypt |
I agree, although I would have no idea how to go about doing it. But
you've got my vote.
--I'm outta here like Vladimir
--Alan | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
A new alternative to Scouting for those "unacceptable to BSA" for reasons
of religious or sexual preference:
From: "BOYD R. CRITZ, III" <71611.365@CompuServe.COM>
Subject: EnviroLeague
"Birth Announcement" on March 7, 1993, from EARTH Forum, CompuServe
Information Service
=====================... | 0 | alt.atheism |
Though some may argue about the nose of the camel, it's worth noting that
the government proposal is limited to scrambled telephony. If it is only
used for that purpose, and does not extend to electronic mail or file
encryption, then it IS an improvement over the current mass-produced
standard civilian technology which... | 11 | sci.crypt |
:I recently had a case of shingles and my doctors wanted to give me
:intravenous Acyclovir.
:
:It was a pain finding IV sites in my arms...can I have some facts about
:how advantageous it is to give intravenous antibiotics rather than oral?
:
I think some essential information must be missing here, i.e., you must be
s... | 13 | sci.med |
Too many clues, not enough substance. You ask a lot of
good questions, though, but they are questions *you* should
be worried about, not me. I'm not the inerrantist here.
Let me know when you are ready to get serious. | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
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The federal government has mandated that all passenger cars by model year
'95 return to the floor mounted dimmer switch.
A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has
found that an unacceptable percentage of after dusk collisions were the
direct result of unskilled drivers getting their l... | 7 | rec.autos |
I hear George Bush (remember him?) will receive an honors degree from
some Kuwaiti University for contributing to certain Kuwaiti interests
not too long ago. Do you think it would add much to his resume? ;-)
| 5 | comp.windows.x |
Anyone familiar with this video card? What chipset does the winjet use - S3?
As I am in the market for a VLG video card, what is the best chipset among
S3, Cirrus Logic and Tseng Lab (ATI is out of the question - too expensive) ? | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Is erythromycin effective in treating pneumonia? | 13 | sci.med |
09 Apr 93, Jill Anne Daley writes to All:
JAD> What exactly is a definition of sin and what are some examples. How does
JAD> a person know when they are committing sin?
To answer briefly: sin is falling short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
Steve | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Unless I've got my notes mixed up, 939 F.2d 499 comes close to this.
Regular guy. Blue-collar worker at a regular company. Hauled into
court. Convicted. Appeals to 7th circuit. Makes all the right
arguments (his brief is cited by Mr. Teel as an example of a
"winning" brief). Shot down, 3-zip by the 7th circuit. ... | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
Hi. I am working on a project for my marketing class and I'd like to
ask your help. The assignment is to come up with a product and create a
marketing plan for it. Technical issues are not terribly important at
this point. Well, my group's plan is to market a "full page" monitor
for laptop computers. It would be a... | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
If you don't already know it, you should call the bank/credit union/
finance company that holds the loan on your present car and get the
current payoff cost.
If you are trading in your current car on the new car, subtract the
payoff amount from the trade-in the dealer is giving you. (If this
turns out to be a negati... | 7 | rec.autos |
15 | soc.religion.christian | |
>Hi... what alternatives to the Express modem do Duo owners have (if
>they want to go at least 9600 baud)?
>Every place in town says they are back ordered, and part of the reason
>I want a laptop mac is so I can use it as a remote terminal from
>wherever I am, but I really would hate to have to wait 2 mont... | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Hi! Everyone,
Since some people quickly solved the problem of determining a sphere from
4 points, I suddenly recalled a problem which is how to find the ellipse
from its offset. For example, given 5 points on the offset, can you find
the original ellipse analytically?
I spent two months solving this problem by using ... | 1 | comp.graphics |
Depending on how you plan to use your SUV, I might recommend also
browsing Trailer Boats and one or more of those Pickup, Shotgun,
and 4WD magazines. The car rags mostly seem to consider recently
graded pea gravel to be offroading and ten sacks of redwood chips
to be a bedload. Considering that most of these SUVs se... | 7 | rec.autos |
Right on, it is every citizen's right and duty to FORCE government
accountability.
(anecdotes deleted)
Also keep in mind that cops will LIE in court to get their way! (don't get
me started by asking how I know ;) If you decide to fight you have to be ready
for this as well as devise strategy to make the cop's story... | 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Not completly true. For AT class and later machines, IRQ5 is
reserved for LPT2. Since it's rare to have a second parallel
port in a PC, it's usually a good safe choice if you need an
interrupt.
On the other hand, we just ran into a problem with that here
at work on a Gateway computer (4DX-33V). It has a Modem on C... | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Yes, I do.
My argument is that the sole purpose of the death penalty is to
kill people. That is it's primary (and I would argue only)
purpose. To continue to kill people by a practice that has
almost no utility, especially when you know you will be killing
innocents, is unconscionable.
At the very ... | 0 | alt.atheism |
If Brad's analysis is correct, it may offer an explanation for why the
encryption algorithm is being kept secret. This will prevent competitors
from coming out with Clipper-compatible phones which lack the government-
installed "back door." The strategy Brad describes will only work as long
as the only way to get c... | 11 | sci.crypt |
[In looking through my files this weekend, I ran across some lyrics from
various rock groups that have content. Here are two from Black Sabbath's
"Master of Reality". I'll say this much for the music of the '60's and early
'70's, at least they asked questions of significance. Jethro Tull is another
to asked and wrot... | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
I don't think FD is a problem. Since FD is much sloooooooowwwwwwer
than HD, the overhead of double buffering doesn't matter.
Ken Nakata | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
We have a setup with with 13 polaroid transducers and rangefinders. We
would like to fire these three at a time with about 5 ms between
firings. The three that are being fired do not fire in the same
direction.
To further explain the situation, assume we are firing sonars A,B,C
5 ms apart each other. We should normal... | 12 | sci.electronics |
...deleted lines...
As I live in Sweden I remember the day perfectly well. We changed
side 1967-09-03 (or 03-SEP-1967). I don't remeber the exactly time but
it was in the night. (in the 'big' cities like Stockholm & Gothenburg
all trafic was forbidden, exept busses and taxis, during the whole
weekend.) The day wa... | 7 | rec.autos |
Hi. I am having some interesting problems with my Boca graphics card, which
is based on the Cirrus Logic chipset (I am not sure exactly which one). The
problem is as follows:
If I use any Windows driver at 800x600 except for the 64K-colour driver (ie
16 colour or 256 colour), the image on screen becomes too tall - ... | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
: From: pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
: Indeed, were it not for the government doing everything possible to
: stop them, Qualcomm would have designed strong encryption right in to
: the CDMA cellular phone system they are pioneering. Were it not for
: the NSA and company, cheap encryption systems woul... | 11 | sci.crypt |
Basically, there are two algorithms determining whether a point is inside,
outside or on the polygon. The first one is Ray (or half line) method. In
this method, you can draw any ray, if the number of the intersection point
of the ray and the polygon is even, then it is outside. If the number is odd,
then it is inside... | 1 | comp.graphics |
I am starting to work on a project using DDE to transfer data. The
application came with an Excel macro which can transfer the data.
I need to 'port' it to 1-2-3W. 1-2-3W uses a very different setup
for DDE macros.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to good references? I have
downloaded "WW01117: Windows Dynami... | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
After the marvelous "time-out" call by Chris Webber (which resulted in
a technical foul, since his team had no time-outs left) perhaps Webber
will take the place of Bill Buckner as the master of choke. At least
this Red Sox fan hopes so.
Ted
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
: Logic alert - argument from incredulity. Just because it is hard for you
: to believe this doesn't mean that it isn't true. Liars can be very pursuasive
: just look at Koresh that you yourself cite.
This is whole basis of a great many here rejecting the Christian
account of things. In the words of St. Madalyn M... | 0 | alt.atheism |
The Toshiba has a 200ms access time, the NEC has a 280ms access
time, right around the Sony/Apple. Access time is, of course,
somewhat important, but not as vital in the case of CDs as data
transfer rate.
All the drives are double-speed drives with maximum data transfer
rates of 300K/second. Any is a good choice. Appl... | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware | |
Nope. Here in Northern California, a newspaper recently did a survey,
asking if people favored stricter gun controls. A full 40% said no.
Here, in one of the most Liberal (it wasn't always a swear word :( areas
of the country, nearly half the people don't want additional controls, let
alone revocation of RKBA...
M... | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Internet Society Symposium on
Network and Distributed System Security
3-4 February 1994, Catamaran Hotel, San Diego, California
The symposium will bring together people who are building software and
hardware to provide network or distributed system secu... | 11 | sci.crypt |
"Deeply rooted rivalry?" Ahem, Jokerit have been around since 1967 and joined
the top flight only in the early '70s. Helsingfors IFK have been around since
1897 but fans only started taking hockey seriously in the 1960s so I think
you're exagerating here.
That's a rather bold claim, in the light of how successful t... | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
[good points on buddhism, etc. deleted]
just because one says christianity -- true christianity -- is hard to
follow faithfully does NOT mean that one discounts the validity and
difficulty of other religions. i admire those of any religion who are
willing to make the kind of sacrifices and dedicate themselves
spirit... | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
I think you will find that the Mac SE can PRINT grayscale images, loaded
with the proper software. However, the Mac SE cannot DISPLAY grayscale on
its screen or any attached video because that ability is not in the ROM.
So, while you might be able to PRINT grayscale, you'd have a hard time
SEEING the grayscale i... | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
This is the official Request for Discussion (RFD) for the creation of two
new newsgroups for Microsoft Windows NT. This is a second RFD, replacing
the one originally posted in January '93 (and never taken to a vote). The
proposed groups are described below:
NAME: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.setup
STATUS: Unmoderated.
P... | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
NJ> : >And, while we are on the subject, has a captain ever been
traded,
NJ> : >resigned, or been striped of his title during the season? Any
other
NJ> : >team captain trivia would be appreciated.
Mike Foligno was captain of the Buffalo Sabres when he was traded to
Toronto. | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Sorry!! :-)
Call the four points A, B, C and D. Any three of them must be
non-collinear (otherwise all three could not lie on the surface
of a sphere) and all four must not be coplaner (otherwise either
they cannot all lie on a sphere or they define an infinity of them).
A, B and C define a circle. The perpendicular... | 1 | comp.graphics |
General question: Since the world was discovered to be
round, the definition of Saturday is, if not ambiguous,
at least arbitrary. How would someone answer this?
Also, when the calendar was changed (Gregorian to Julian?)
was the day of the week changed or just the date? Once again
this points to the arbitrariness of t... | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Fret not, you made it.
Not while we still have our guns. <evil grin>
Hey, gang, it's not about duck hunting, or about dark alleys,
it's about black-clad, helmeted and booted troops storming
houses and violating civil rights under color of law.
Are YOU ready to defend YOUR Constitution? | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
First off, I haven't used W4WG (but I think that's about to change!).
The problem is the LASTDRIVE command and the way NetWare in general (and
in this case NETX in particular) adds drives to the device chain.
Setting LASTDRIVE=Z means there are no "unassigned" (as opposed to
"unused") drive letters for NetWare to u... | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
You may want to inquire about taking Lupron as a medication. It's
supposed to be a new treatment, and it's described in Nov. 1992
issue of J. of Obst. and Gyn. | 13 | sci.med |
I missed the first part of this thread; are you switching line level or
speaker level audio?
If line level, there's a single chip 4x1 *stereo* audio switch available
that switches 4 two-channel inputs into 1 two-channel output, and also
has a mute function, all controllable with ttl inputs. LM1037, I think?
If speake... | 12 | sci.electronics |
I have between 15 and 25 nosebleeds each week, as a result of a genetic
predisposition to weak capillary walls (Osler-Weber-Rendu). Fortunately,
each nosebleed is of short duration.
Does anyone know of any method to reduce this frequency? My younger brothers
each tried a skin transplant (thigh to nose lining), but the... | 13 | sci.med |
If there is anyone attending the ISSA conference in Arlington, VA next
week, I would appreciate them getting in touch with me. | 11 | sci.crypt |
David
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
If anyone has the current Moto Guzzi National Owners Club
address please e-mail it to me. Thanks in advance!
T.K. | 8 | rec.motorcycles |
was...
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Archive-name: hockey-faq
rec.sport.hockey answers to Frequently Asked Questions and other news:
Contents:
0. New Info.
1. NHL
2. NHL Minor Leagues
3. College Hockey (North America)
4. Other leagues (e.g. Europe, Canada Cup tournament)
5. E-mail files
6. USENET Hockey Pool
7. Up-coming Dates
8. Answers to some frequ... | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Note: I am *not* a cable freak, so I might have completely
misunderstood what you said. Also, my math is frequently noted for
being wrong, so you'll better check the calculations yourself.
I assume that 14.4K means 14.4K Bits. So if we assume one start and
one stopbit, and no protocol overhead, the effective numbe... | 11 | sci.crypt |
From article <1qkkl5INNbvo@hp-col.col.hp.com>, by theckel@col.hp.com (Tim Heckel):
--When I was selling Nissans last summer, I sold a '92 SE-R in early August
when its supply was getting quite scarce. The car was black with ABS,
Value Option Pkg, and power moonroof. I sold it for $12,900 plus tax.
Naturally, ... | 7 | rec.autos |
I read this morning that Sid Fernandez left last nights' game with stiffness
in his shoulder. Does anyone have any information as to the extent of the
injury (if indeed there is one), or weather the cold air in Colorado just got
his joints a little stiff?
Thanks for the help... | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Yeah, the news is true...the Leafs lost to the Wings 6-3.
Wish I could say I'd seen the whole game but my husband wanted
to watch "Young Guns II" on another channel. Sometime between
the first time I tuned in and d saw the Leafs tie and the next time
I tuned in and heard the score was 5-1, something happened.
Please n... | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
I am working on a problem of scheduling classroom, and I will like to know if
you have some software, papers or articles about it. If you have something
relate it, please let me know.
thanks | 5 | comp.windows.x |
Dynamic RAM is not based on flip-flops; there's basically a single
transistor and capacitor to store each bit! Static RAM is based on
flip-flops, and is much more expensive and much less dense. And
neither has any parts that "move", if electrons and thermal expansion
are ignored...
Chris
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
[...Dr. England's story deleted, it was a nice read the first time
through...]]
It isn't so much a matter of 'interpretation' of Bible texts
that sets Mormonism apart from orthodoxy as it is a matter of
*fabrication*.
About 20 years ago, _National Lampoon_ had some comic strips
in them that were drawn by Neal... | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
You're drifting off topic. In any case, if you check on any of the
topics devoted to gun rights issues, you will find ample evidence that
the "misinformation" is your assertion that the term "the people" in
the Second Amendment has mysteriously taken on a meaning diametrically
opposite the meaning of the exact same ... | 11 | sci.crypt |
There are no Mariner craft from which we are still receiving data. I believe
you are referring to one or more of Pioneers 6 through 9 (launched from
December 1965 through November 1968), which were put into solar orbits to study
interplanetary space. I recall reading that at least one of them was still
functioning 2... | 14 | sci.space |
I'm planning on buying a joystick (first time since I sold
my Amiga five years ago :) for a PC. I have no idea what
kind of stick I should buy. Many people have recommended
variety of Gravis'es models. Are they any good/the best?
-- Willy | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I ride my bike regularly to classes with my book bag. I take
the shoulder straps on the bag, and hook them around the rear turn
signals. I works fine. You probably will want to attach it with
a bungee cord to keep it from shifting to one side or another.
| 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Hi all,
Could anybody please tell me where I might be able to find device drivers
for a couple of older Gateway ethernet cards? I don't have the model number
off hand, but they have only a BNC connector, and a header connector for
a Novell keycard (one has one installed).
I'm looking at using th... | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
There is a number you can call which will return a synthesized
voice telling you the number of the line. Unfortunately, for the
life of me I can't remember what it is. The telephone technicians
use it all the time. We used to play around with this in our
dorm rooms since there were multiple phone lines running betwe... | 12 | sci.electronics |
No flames please, but I picked up this discussion a bit late and I
am really curious...
What exactly *is* the $25 network?
Something to hack together N serial cables?
Something with N serial drivers? | 12 | sci.electronics |
Yarn of Cargo of Human Bones [1]
Copyright, 1924, by the New York Times Company
Special Cable to The New York Times
PARIS, Dec 22, -- Marseilles is excited by a weird story of the arrival in
that port of a ship flying the British flag and named Zan carrying a
mysterious cargo of 400 tons of human bones consi... | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Heard last night that Paul Kuryia will be playing for the Canadian World
Hockey team this year. He was on a local radio station when a friend of
the familty called to congratulate him on the invitation. Meekly Paul told
the host that he didn't think they wanted it out yet. This morning I heard
that he is destined to... | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
You must not have tried very hard. I just opend mine in about 2
seconds. Take a look on the bottom, it has a dial that turns to open
much like the older ADB mouses used to have. It's a bit harder to turn
at first but it is quite simple to open.
Well, if you don't match up the pins correctly you will have so... | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Paul Prescod pontificating:
PP>> Libertarians oppose BOTH waiting periods AND background checks
PP>>-- or ANY prerequisite for exercising rights that are supposed to
PP>>be guaranteed.
PP>Let me get this straight. Unlike the other idiots in this newsgroup,
PP>you actually support anybody having unlimited a... | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
It is good to remember that every translation is to some extent an
interpretation, so (as you point out below) one must really go back to
the original Arabic. Regarding the verses relevant to nature, I prefer
to use Dr. Maurice Bucaille's translations (in his book, "The Bible, the
Qur'an and Science") for in gener... | 0 | alt.atheism |
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Could someone please post any info on these systems.
Thanks.
BoB
--
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Robert Novitskey | "Pursuing women is similar to banging one's head
rrn@po.cwru.edu | against a wall...with less opportunity for reward" | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Hi!
I need a Windows 3.1 driver for the Matrox PG-1281 CV
SVGA card.
At the moment Windows runs only in the 640x480 mode.
If you have a driver for this card, please send it
with the OEMSETUP.INF to
bockamp@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE
Thanks!
| 1 | comp.graphics |
To everyone who wants fonts in Vivid/POV/Polyray.
The Borland BGI font converter is VVFONT18.ZIP.
This program can be found on FTP.INFORMATIK.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE directory
pub/dkbtrace/utils.
Also WUARCHIVE has mirrored this site (directory graphics/graphics/mirrors/
ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/pub/dkbtrace/utils.
The... | 1 | comp.graphics |
You are probably referring to the products of
Opto Diode Corp.
750 Mitchell Road
Newbury Park Ca 91320
805 499-0335
The make some amazing IRLED's. The really high-powered devices are arrays of
3, 6, or 9, LED's on a TO-66 header. The 9-chip model puts out 6.5 Watts in
response to a 5 Amp, 10 uS. pulse a... | 12 | sci.electronics |
468DX2/66 EISA/VESA. Royal, among others, is celling such a system for $2010.
--
Penio Penev x7423 (212)327-7423 (w) Internet: penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Hank Greenberg would have to be the most famous, because his Jewish
faith actually affected his play. (missing late season or was it world
series games because of Yom Kippur)
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
The home office number for ENVIRONET is (301) 286-5690 (note area
code change). A friend of mine used to use it to get LDEF data, but
he had to apply for a login name and password. I have a call in for
more info, which I hope to get in the morning. | 14 | sci.space |
<stuff deleted>
Good gravy! Decibels are all *ratios.* The question that remains in
any ratio is the reference unit used. Sometimes, this will be a reference
power, such as 1 milliwatt (given a certain circuit impedance which
should also be included in the fine print or known, like 50 ohms
in an RF circuit of that i... | 12 | sci.electronics |
The operation going on in Somalia is a peacekeeping/peaceenforcement
operation where force may be used. It is not a war. It is also legal
under international law, which is higher than US law. The operation
is occuring under the ageis of the United Nations. Can't get a higher
authority ... | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
ekdfc@ttacs1.ttu.edu (David Coons):
> > The rules say baseball is a game between two teams of nine
> > players each. Let's keep it that way.
niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent):
> Not any more the rules don't say that. So that's a pretty dumb
> argument.
REALLY??? My little mind be boggled!... | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
He also ignores a few other things. While organics would become
significantly more expensive were all the oil to disappear (and thus
some things would no longer be economically feasible), oil is hardly
an irreplaceable resource any more than most other consumables. As
supply decreases, prices rise and alternative... | 14 | sci.space |
This is the new Buffalo one, the second since he's been with the
Sabres? I recall a price tag of over $700 just for the paint job on
that mask, and a total price of almost $1500. Ouch.
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
H E L P !
I have a problem in which I'm getting increasing frustrated every day...
Some background about my PC:
- American Megatrend BIOS (clone 386 SX) with 32M of RAM
- config.sys file:
device=c:\dos\himem.sys
dos=high,umb
device=c:\windows\emm386.exe noems
files=30
buffers=30
stack=9,256
- autoexec.bat f... | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
: At the company I worked for previously, I received a file that was des encryped
: and the person that had sent it, went on vaction. Rather than wait two weeks
: I set up a straight frontal attack with one key at a time. It only took two(2)
: days to crack the file. No, I don't have any faith in DES.
: A.G.
Fun! ... | 11 | sci.crypt |
#
#
# Is there an Xt call to give me my application context?
# I am fixing up an X/Motif program, and am trying to use XtAppAddTimeOut,
# whose first argument is the app_context. What call can I use
# to give me this value?
#
Use XtDisplayToApplicationContext() to retreive the application context.
Patrick L. Maha... | 5 | comp.windows.x |
Voyager has the unusual luck to be on a stable trajectory out of the
solar system. All it's doing is collecting fields data, and routinely
squirting it down. One of the mariners is also in stable
solar orbit, and still providing similiar solar data.
Something in a planetary orbit, is subject to much mor... | 14 | sci.space |
: Has anyone ever heard of a food product called "Space Food Sticks?"
I remember those awful things. They were dry and crumbly, and I
recall asking my third-grade teacher, Miss G'Francisco, how they
kept the crumbs from floating around in zero-G. She had no clue.
I have not seen anything like them in today's space ... | 14 | sci.space |
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