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The following is an introduction as to who is Muhammad SAW
as will be covered with this treatise.
MUHAMMAD peace and blessings of Allah be upon him (SAW)
is the last prophet of Islam. He is the Prophet who is revealed
the last Holy Scripture, Qur'an, by Allah SWA (all praise be to Him)
through the Arch Angel Gabriel. He is the seal of all prophets
till the day of judgement as stated in the Qur'an by Allah
SWA (all praise be to Him). Muhammad SAW lived between
571-632 AC. All other prophethoods claimed after Muhammad SAW,
is a treason against Islam, against Qur'an, against the message
of Allah SWA. Muhammad SAW is from the seed of Ishmael, another
messenger of Allah and son of Abraham also a messenger of Allah.
He is the Messenger that previous holy scriptures foretold his
coming. The above mentioned verse from the Qur'an is from
Chapter 33, Verse 40 whose rough translation is as follows:
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men,
but (he is) the messenger of Allah, and the seal
of the prophets, and Allah has full knowledge of
all things.
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Commentary on the above verse: When a document is sealed,
it is complete, and there can be no further addition. The
Holy Prophet Muhammad SAW closed the long line of Messengers.
Allah's teaching is and will always be continuous, but there
has been and will be NO Prophet after Muhammad SAW. The later
ages will want thinkers, and revivers, not Prophets. This is not
an arbitrary matter. It is a decree full of knowledge and wisdom,
"for Allah has full knowledge of all things."
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DROPLET VOL 1, No 11, Part 2
A D R O P L E T
From The Vast Ocean Of The Miraculous Qur'an
Translations from the Arabic and Turkish Writings of
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, The Risale-i Noor
VOL 1, No 11, Part 2
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NINETEENTH LETTER
MU'JIZAT-I AHMEDIYE RISALESI
(A TREATISE ON THE MIRACLES OF MUHAMMED SAW)
(continued from Droplet Vol 1, No 11, Part 1)
SECOND SIGN: The Noble Messenger (SAW)
declared His prophethood, and presented to humanity a
decree as the Glorious Qur'an and manifest miracles
which number, according to the scholars, one thousand.
The occurrence of those miracles in their entirety is as
certain as the fact that He declared himself prophet. In
fact, as a shown by the words of the most obstinate
unbelievers quoted in various places of the Wise
Our'an, even they could not deny the occurrence of His
miracles, but only called them -hasha wa kella!-(Allah forbids)
sorcery, in order to satisfy themselves, or to deceive their
followers. The miracles of Muhammad (SAW) have the
certainty of confirmation by consensus of Ulema (scholars
of Islam) to the hundreth degree.
The Miracle is the conformation by the CREATOR of
the universe of His declaration of Prophethood; it has the
effect of the words,'You have indeed spoken the truth !'
Suppose that you said in the assembly of a ruler,
while being observed by Him, 'The true ruler has
appointed me to such and such position. 'At a time when
you were asked to prove your claim, the word 'Yes'
uttered by the ruler would sufficiently support you. Or, if
the ruler changed his usual practice and attitude at your
request, this would confirm your claim even more soundly
and more definitely than would the word 'Yes.'
In the same way, ALLAH's Most Noble Messenger
claimed: 'I am the envoy of the CREATOR of this
universe. My proof is that He will change His unbroken
order at my request and my prayer. Now look at my
fingers: He makes them run like a fountain with five
spigots. Look at the moon: by a gesture of my finger, He
splits it in two. Look at that tree: to affirm me, and to bear
witness to me, it moves and comes near to me. Look at
this food: although it is barely enough for two or three
men, it satisfies two or three hundred. 'Further he shows
hundreds of similar miracles. However, the evidences of
the veracity of this high being and the proofs of his
prophethood are not restricted to his miracles. All his
deeds and acts, his words and behavior, his moral
conduct and manners, his character and appearance
prove to the attentive his truthfulness and seriousness.
Indeed, many people such as Abdullah b. Salam, the
famous scholar of the Children of Israel, came to belief
merely by seeing him, and said, 'No lie can hide in this
face, nor can any fraud be found in it!'
Although many of the researchers have concluded
that the proofs of the prophethood of Muhammad and his
miracles number about one thousand, there are
thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of proofs of
his prophethood. And hundreds of thousands of
truth-seeking men (muhakkikiin) with varying opinions
have affirmed his prophethood in an equal number of
ways.
The Wise Our'an alone demonstrates thousands of
the proofs of his prophethood, in addition to its own forty
aspects of miraculousness. Since prophethood is as a
phenomenon of humanity, and hundreds of thousands of
individuals who claimed prophethood and performed
miracles have lived and passed away; then, the
prophethood of Muhammad (SAW) is of a certanity
superior to that of the prophethood of all the others. For
whatever evidences, qualities and attributes became the
means of the prophethood and messengership of all the
messengers such as Jesus (AS) and Moses (AS), they
are all owned in a more perfect and comprehensive
fashion by Muhammad (SAW). And since the causes and
means of prophetic authority exist more perfectly in the
person of Muhammad (SAW), this authority is to be found
in him with more certanity than all the other prophets.
| 19 | talk.religion.misc |
Has anyone experienced a faint shadow at all resolutions using this
card. Is only in Windows. I have replaced card and am waiting on
latest drivers. Also have experienced General Protection Fault Errors
in WSPDPSF.DRV on Winword Tools Option menu and in WINFAX setup.
I had a ATI Ultra but was getting Genral Protection Fault errors
in an SPSS application. These card manufactures must have terrible
quality control to let products on the market with so many bugs.
What a hassle. Running on Gateway 2000 DX2/50.
Thx Dave L
| 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Would someone please give me the address for Texas Ranger
ticket orders. Thanks very much. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ !!!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It is my impression that net etiquette does not allow companies to
use the net to directly advertise their products.
In addition to improper etiquette, this product is a mailing list
used for generating junk mail.
Am I correct in assuming this is improper, and if so, what can be
done to penalize such an improper use? | 6 | misc.forsale |
Lack of build quality was the thing I notced on the first 2 LH's I
saw months back. The panel gaps were large and non-uniform between
the 2 cars I saw - the kind of thing you expect and accept on a
Mustang - but not from Chrysler's savior. I drove one of the low
end cars, and thought it was more than adequate. I'd prefer
an LH to a Taurus from my brief experience.
Craig | 7 | rec.autos |
It is appropriate to add what Himmler said other "inferior races"
and "human animals" in his speech at Posen and elsewhere:
From the speech of Reichsfuehrer-SS Himmler, before SS
Major-Generals, Posen, October 4 1943
["Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression", Vol. IV, p. 559]
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One basic principal must be the absolute rule for the SS man: we
must be honest, decent, loyal, and comradely to members of our own
blood and to nobody else. What happens to a Russian, to a Czech,
does not interest me in the slightest. What the nations can offer
in good blood of our type, we will take, if necessary by kidnapping
their children and raising them with us. Whether nations live in
prosperity or starve to death interests me only in so far as we
need them as slaves for our culture; otherwise, it is of no interest
to me. Whether 10,000 Russian females fall down from exhaustion
while digging an anti-tank ditch interest me only in so far as
the anti-tank ditch for Germany is finished. We shall never be rough
and heartless when it is not necessary, that is clear. We Germans,
who are the only people in the world who have a decent attitude
towards animals, will also assume a decent attitude towards these
human animals. But it is a crime against our own blood to worry
about them and give them ideals, thus causing our sons and
grandsons to have a more difficult time with them. When someone
comes to me and says, "I cannot dig the anti-tank ditch with women
and children, it is inhuman, for it will kill them", then I
would have to say, "you are a murderer of your own blood because
if the anti-tank ditch is not dug, German soldiers will die, and
they are the sons of German mothers. They are our own blood".
Extract from Himmler's address to party comrades, September 7 1940
["Trials of Wa Criminals", Vol. IV, p. 1140]
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If any Pole has any sexual dealing with a German woman, and by this
I mean sexual intercourse, then the man will be hanged right in
front of his camp. Then the others will not do it. Besides,
provisions will be made that a sufficient number of Polish women
and girls will come along as well so that a necessity of this
kind is out of the question.
The women will be brought before the courts without mercy, and
where the facts are not sufficiently proved - such borderline
cases always happen - they will be sent to a concentration camp.
This we must do, unless these one million Poles and those
hundreds of thousands of workers of alien blood are to inflict
untold damage on the German blood. Philosophizing is of no avail
in this case. It would be better if we did not have them at all -
we all know that - but we need them.
| 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
The MIT tapes come with documentation written by Keith Packard on the Shared
Memory Extension to X. Look in: mit/doc/extensions/mit-shm.ms
I found this invaluble. Unfortunately, there is a bit of work to set up the
shared memory segments, making an XImage from it, etc. Also, there is an
extension query to determine if the server supports it, but you still need to
test if the server is running on the same host and if shared memory is enabled
in the kernel. I have written layers of convience routines which make all this
transparent.
As for the XView code, well, I doubt that would be considered interesting.
The interesting stuff is done in a C object library. People interested in this
code can Email me.
Regards, | 5 | comp.windows.x |
The quick answer: Revelation 12:7-9
"And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon and his angels who fought back. But he [the dragon] was
not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great
dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent, called the devil and
Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled down to the
earth, and his angels with him."
The earlier part of chapter 12 deals (very symbolically) with why
Satan rose up in battle against Michael and the good angels in the
first place. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
It may be that they just didn't mention it, or that they actually haven't
thought about it. I got the vague impression from their mission proposal
that they weren't taking a very holistic aproach to the whole thing. They
seemed to want to land people on the Moon by the end of the decade without
explaining why, or what they would do once they got there. The only application
I remember from the Av Week article was placing a telescope on the Moon. That's
great, but they don't explain why it can't be done robotically.
But I'm a _member_. Besides Bill, I hang out with you :)
| 14 | sci.space |
They must be shipping that good Eau Clair acid to California now. | 14 | sci.space |
To construct a Kirlian device find a copy of _Handbook of Psychic
Discoveries_ by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder 1975 Library of
Congress 73-88532. It describes the necessary equipment and
suppliers for the Tesla coil or alternatives, the copper plate and
setup. I used a pack of SX-70 film and removed a single pack in a
dark room, then made the exposure, put it back in the film pack and
ran it out through the rollers of the camera forinstant developing
and very high quality. It is a good way to experience what Kirlian
Photography is really and what it is not. As you know all ready,
it is the pattern in the bioplasmic energy fieldthat is significant.
Variations caused by exposure time, distance from the plate, or
pressure on the plate, or variations in the photo materials are not
important. | 13 | sci.med |
Oh come on, Silly, all you have to do is cut a hole in your hood and
put a tube there so you can get to the oil fill hole. What do you
think all those big air intake things are for on those hot-rod cars?
They're just for looks only...little does anyone know, they provide
access to the oil-fill hole. | 7 | rec.autos |
This drive is less than one year old. The cartridges have all been bought
since then. All is in excellent condition and still under warranty.
Due to a change in system use, I now need a large, contiguous drive.
Offer includes:
SyDos 44i internal drive
SCSI adapter card and cables
All original documentation
Software
All original packaging
8 cartridges totalling over 350Mb (no bad sectors or defects)
The installation was a breeze on my 386 clone.
I will trade for something near 300Mb IDE, or sell for $450.
I will also consider trading for 4 4Mx9 30 pin SIMMs at 70ns. | 6 | misc.forsale |
I have a Diamond Speedstar 24X board that I want to program
for 24 bit 640x480 graphics, or possibly 800x600 16 bit color.
Does anybody have any libraries supporting these modes on this
board? Even somes simple routines to set the graphics mode and
plot individual pixels would be a great help. I plan to use the
routines with djgp.
Thanks in advance. Please respond also via e-mail. | 1 | comp.graphics |
Secular laws seem to value criminal life more than the victims life,
Islam places the rights of society and every member in it above
the rights of the individual, this is what I call true human rights.
As a Muslim living in a non-Muslim land I am bound by the laws of the land
I live in, but I do not disregard Islamic Law it still remains a part of my
life. If the laws of a land conflict with my religion to such an extent
that I am prevented from being allowed to practise my religion then I must
leave the land. So in a way Islamic law does take precendence over secular law
but we are instructed to follow the laws of the land that we live in too.
In an Islamic state (one ruled by a Khaliphate) religions other than Islam
are allowed to rule by their own religious laws provided they don't affect
the genral population and don't come into direct conflict with state
laws, Dhimmis (non-Muslim population) are exempt from most Islamic laws
on religion, such as fighting in a Jihad, giving Zakat (alms giving)
etc but are given the benefit of these two acts such as Military
protection and if they are poor they will receive Zakat.
After the Fatwa didn't Rushdie re-affirm his faith in Islam, didn't
he go thru' a very public "conversion" to Islam? If so he is binding
himself to Islamic Laws. He has to publicly renounce in his belief in Islam
so the burden is on him.
Mas
| 0 | alt.atheism |
On two separate occasions I saw Dick Allen (back when he was Richie)
homer at Shea off the middle of the black centerfield hitter's
background screen. I think both shots would have traveled 500 feet. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Enemy? Sounds like that's the viewpoint of the stereotypical rednecked
conservative -- 'always been commies, always will be.' I suggest you
listen very carefully to the stuff Yeltsin and his people are saying
and compare that with the very anti-West slogans coming from his
opponents in the Russian congress. I sure know who I want to back.
Oh, BTW, Germany has sure come back as a terrible enemy after WWII,
hasn't it?
Better to let them degenerate into civil war? Remember all those
nuclear weapons in Russia. I cannot imagine that they would not
be used in a civil war. If nationialists take over and, even if
they prevent a civil war, most feel they must take back large
parts of land that are in other countries (like Ukraine.) I also cannot
imagine Ukraine giving up land without a fight, possibly nuclear.
How does this affect us? Well, we are on the same planet and if
vast tracks of Europe are blown away I think we'd feel something.
A massive breakup of a country that spans 1/6th the planet is
bound to have affects here. (Of course, there is also the
humanitarian argument that democracies should help other
democracies (or struggling democracies).)
Seriously. Everyone has different opinions on what is stupid.
My two "causes" are aid to Russia and a strong space program.
Someone else will champion welfare or education or doing studies
of drunken goldfish. That is why we have a republic and not a
true democracy. Instead of gridlock on a massive scale, we
only have gridlock on a congressional scale.
BTW, who is to decide 'stupid?' This is just like those who
want to impose their 'morals' on others -- just the sort of
thing I thought Libertarians were against.
Actually, my politics are pretty Libertarian except on this one issue
and this is why it is impossible for me to join the party. It seems
that Libertarians want to withdraw from the rest of the world and
let it sink or swim. We could do that 100 years ago but not now.
Like it or not we are in the beginnings of a global economy and
global decision making. | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
As of yet, there has been no description of the general principles
behind the Clipper proposal. For example, is this a public key system
or a private key system? If the latter, then I don't see how the
system could work (given that the keys are tied to the device and
not the person).
Further, the escrowed 80-bit keys are split into two 40-bit chunks.
I would guess that the availability of one of these 40-bit chunks
and a reasonable key-search machine, would allow you to read the traffic.
I'm not suggesting that this is a deliberate weakness of the system,
but it does make you think. Of course, this is easily fixable by
giving out two 80-bit chunks which could be x-ored to generate the
real 80-bit key. | 11 | sci.crypt |
From: [email protected] (Amanda Walker)
> Oh great. Wonderful news. Nobody can listen in--except the feds.
Hey, it's better than the status quo.
I am far less worried about "the feds" tapping my phone than high school
scanner surfers who get their kicks out of eavesdropping on cellular and
cordless phone calls.
I'm a political dissident. I'm scared shitless of the feds listening
in on my calls. My opinions are the sort that would get me
"disappeared" in a slightly less free society -- and who knows what
sort of society we will be in in five or ten years? I have friends who
have had their phones tapped -- none of this is theoretical to me.
As for "its better than the status quo", well, first of all, you can
get a cryptophone from companies like Cylink today -- and they work
well. In addition, a number of groups are now working on building
software to turn any PC into a privacy enhanced phone right now -- and
they are all working in overdrive mode.
And yes, I'd rather just see all crypto restrictions lifted, but this is at
least an incrememental improvement for certain applications...
There ARE no crypto restrictions... yet. You can use anything you want
RIGHT NOW. The point is to maintain that right.
--
Perry Metzger [email protected] | 11 | sci.crypt |
Sounds like a job for a universal time reciever. I don't know the
logisitics of the situation, but if you could just place a reciever in
snow and place the oscillator in a nice lab somewhere else, your
problems should be solved.
Just a suggestion. | 12 | sci.electronics |
Hello,
I just canceled my support of the Cable Regime and I would like to at
least pick up the 3 networks and NBC. :) I do not have tons of
money nor even a few pounds so what I am looking for is the best solution
for reception for under 100 dollars. I have seen modules that you plug
into your wall outlet that "supposedly" make your entire house an
antenna. I have to admit, even with my limited knowledge of wavelength
and aerial reception, this seems dubious in its claims for "excellent
reception" at best. I'll try anything, though, if it WORKS. I am in
a non-mountainous area, approximately 50 miles from the transmitting stations
which are pretty large (Montgomery Alabama pop. 200,000) and Colombus Goergia,
pop. 100,000+. Any recommendations of products, brand-names, prices and
company info (catalog ordering numbers, addresses etc.)? Thank you in
advance. | 12 | sci.electronics |
I know. You have this fucked up idea that anybody who prefers Alomar
to Baerga must be a Jay-Lover and Indian-Hater. Sorry, you got that
one wrong! I hate the Jays and don't care one way or the other about
the Indians. But objectively, Alomar had the better offensive year
last year, so I have to pick him.
You admit T&P as a reliable(?), objective source? Then you will note
that they rated Alomar as the better offensive player, chosing Baerga
over Alomar only because of his defense.
That's a joke! (Alomar might not be a gold-glover, but he's certainly
no worse than Baerga defensively.) | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Well, I used to get mad, and either try to communicate my anger to jerks,
or to, uhm, educate them in how to improve their manners in traffic.
Now I just try to get them off my tail.
In heavy traffic I slow down a bit, mostly so I have more buffer zone in
front to balance the minimal buffer behind, but I also often find that the
jerk behind will notice traffic moving faster in other lanes, switch
into one of them, and pass me - which is fine, because then I can keep a
better eye on the jerk from behind, while looking ahead, rather than
from in front, while splitting my attention between ahead and the mirrors.
In traffic so heavy that there is no way for the jerk to pass,
I might pull over, as if to look for a street number or name,
(still ignoring the jerk) just to get the jerk off my tail.
If this all sounds, well, wimpy or un-Denizenly or pessimistic, or perhaps
(for any psych types) passive-aggressive, consider that I prefer to get
my adrenaline jollies from riding, rather than from yelling at jerks.
A ride can improve my whole day, while yelling at a jerk is likely (for
me) to ruin my ride or my day with my own anger. In the worst case,
yelling at the jerk could ruin my life - since even a tiny jerk in a
cage behind me is better armed (with the cage) than I am on a bike.
On the other hand, you might try subtly arranging to be the last
vehicle to legally cross one or more intersections, leaving the jerk
waiting for cross traffic (and thus off your tail), or crossing
illegally (hopefully in front of the waiting police).
Like almost everything here, your choices and mileage will vary.
| 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Hi... I'm not a religious guy so dont take this as some kinda flame (thanx
in advance)
I want to know why there are so many different versions of the bible? There
"....contains inaccurate data and inconsistencies."
Thanx in advance... Shaz....
[I'm not sure quite what you mean by many different versions.
The primary distinction in versions you see today is in the style
of the translation. It's pretty unusual to see significant
differences in meaning. There are a few differences in the underlying
text. That's because before printing, manuscripts were copied by
hand. Slight differences resulted. There are enough manuscripts
around that scholars can do a pretty good job of recreating the
original, but there are some uncertainties. Fortunately, they are
generally at the level of minor differences in wording. There are
something like 3 or 4 places where whole sentences are involved,
but with recent discoveries of older manuscripts, I don't think there's
much uncertainly about those cases. As far as I know, no Christians
believe that the process of copying manuscripts or the process of
translating is free of error. But I also don't think there's
enough uncertainty in establishing the text or translating it that
it has much practical effect.
Whether the Bible contains inaccurate data and inconsistences is a hot
topic of debate here. Many Christians deny it. Some accept it
(though most would say that the inaccuracies involved are on details
that don't affect the faith). But this has nothing to do with there
being multiple versions. The supposed inconsistences can be found in
all the versions. I'm surprised to find a reference to this on the
title page though. What version are you talking about? I've been
referring to major scholarly translations. These are what get
referenced in postings here and elsewhere. There have certainly been
editions that are (to be kind) less widely accepted. This includes
everything from reconstructions that combine parallel accounts into
single narrations, to editions that omit material that the editor
objects to for some reason or the other. The copyright on the Bible
has long since expired, so there nothing to stop people from making
editions that do whatever wierd thing they want. However the editions
that are widely used are carefully prepared by groups of scholars from
a variety of backgrounds, with lots of crosschecks. I could imagine
one of the lesser-known editions claiming to have fixed up all
inaccurate data and inconsistencies. But if so, it's not any edition
that's widely used. The widely used ones leave the text as is.
(Weeeeelllllll, almost as is. It's been alleged that a few
translations have fudged a word or two here and there to minimize
inconsistencies. Because translation is not an exact science, there
are always going to be differences in opinion over which word is best,
I'm afraid.) | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
[deletions]
People with advanced science degrees use state of the art equipment
and spend millions of dollars to simulate tornadoes. But tornadoes
do not require intelligence to exist.
Not only that, the equipment needed is not really 'state of the art.'
To study the *products*, yes, but not to generate them.
Oh, I will. :->
Sincerely, | 0 | alt.atheism |
Does anyone know of any good shareware animation or paint software for an SGI
machine? I've exhausted everyplace on the net I can find and still don't hava
a nice piece of software.
Thanks alot!
Chad
| 1 | comp.graphics |
Whatta ass!!!!!
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Ok, then where is the info for the Licensing kept? Which file? In the
organization box I put my address, and when I moved, I wanted to change it, but
couldn't find it. I could find my name, but not the organization.
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| Robert S. Dubinski | Aliases include: Robb, Regal, Sir, Mr., and I |
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| Marquette University ||||||||||| Math / Computer Science Double-Major|
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| Internet Address: 2A42Dubinski.vms.csd.mu.edu | Milwaukee, WI | | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
I am looking for comments from people who have used/heard about PhotoShop
for Windows. Is it good? How does it compare to the Mac version? Is there
a lot of bugs (I heard the Windows version needs "fine-tuning)?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated..
Thank you. | 1 | comp.graphics |
Well, it's that time of year again here at IU: graduation.
Unfortunately, this means that I am out of here, more than likely for
good. I cannot say if I'll be in here under another username or not, or
even if I'll ever get back in here at all. I am leaving this part of my
ministry to another brother, John Right. So, have fun and remember that
flaming can be considered slander. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
What interpretations? Just read it as it's written.
"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free
state, the right of the people, to keep and bear arms, shall not be
infringed."
Where does it say "The right of the people to be members of a militia shall
not be infringed" or "The right of the militia to keep and bear arms shall
not be infringed?" NOWHERE.
"Well-educated businessmen being necessary to the ability of the nation to
compete in the international marketplace, the right of the people to attend
schools shall not be infringed."
Would you "interpret" this to mean that only businessmen should have a
protected right to attend schools? Why or why not? | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
What happened in Waco is not the fault of the BATF. If they would of
had the proper equipment and personal then they could of captured the
compound on the initial assault and none of this would of happened.
The BATF needs more people, better weapons and more armored
transports. When they meet hostile fire they should be able to use
more force instead of retreating to a stand off. If you are going to
do a job then do it right. The BATF is there to protect us and they
must have the proper equipment and people to do the job.
With the WoD and the increased crime in the streets the BATF is needed
more now then ever. If they blast away a few good fokes then that is
the price we all have to pay for law and order in this country. Look
at all the good people that died in wars to protect this great country
of ours. | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
Since I'm not all too keen on this area of hooking them up, I'm
asking for help. I know better than to hook a 12v, 1a stepper line to
one, unless it can take it; however what about if I've got a 24-60v
stepper. What sort of curent limmiting circuitry would be involved (a
small schematic would probably be helpfull).
Also, I've looked into the TIPC2701N by TI, and I was wondering
if I should use the same suggested (by you replying to this message)
current limiting circuitry on each of the 7 mosfets in the package as
that illustrated in the schematic (which you the replyer would hopefully
help me with).
... hmm... different request...
Thanks.
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Inspiration | ___ |
comes to | \ o [email protected] |
those who | ( ^ ) [email protected] |
seek the | /-\ =] Baden de Bari [= |
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this is a test
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I remember reading a thread a few days ago that mentioned removing an external
syquest drive from its case and dropping it in the internal drive of a Centris.
. . I was going to do that with my 610, but had a couple of questions. My
PLI 80M syquest drive has a wire from the drive to an id# switch on the
outside of the case. Where do I connect this switch?? Can the computer just
"tell" with internal drives?
I noticed that the drive will lay over part of the motherboard (I
didn't look closely, but I seem to recall it laying over the ram that's
soldered onto the motherboard? Would that cause problems?
One last question! Is there anywhere to order a faceplate cover?
the drive's front panel is smaller than the space left in the case (the
drive's panel is the same size as the spotsBM clone's cases). Should I just
cut a hole in the plastic panel that is currently holding tmpty place? | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
CH> Concerning the proposed newsgroup split, I personally am not in
CH> favor of doing this. I learn an awful lot about all aspects of
CH> graphics by reading this group, from code to hardware to
CH> algorithms. I just think making 5 different groups out of this
CH> is a wate, and will only result in a few posts a week per group.
CH> I kind of like the convenience of having one big forum for
CH> discussing all aspects of graphics. Anyone else feel this way?
CH> Just curious.
I must agree. There is a dizzying number of c.s.amiga.* newsgroups
already. In addition, there are very few issues which fall cleanly
into one of these categories.
Also, it is readily observable that the current spectrum of amiga
groups is already plagued with mega-crossposting; thus the group-split
would not, in all likelihood, bring about a more structured
environment.
| 1 | comp.graphics |
Yeah, the "Feingold Diet" is a load of crap. Children diagnosed with ADD
who are placed on this diet show no improvement in their intellectual and
social skills, which in fact continue to decline. Of course, the parents
who are enthusiastic about this approach lap it up at the expense of their
children's development. So much for the value of "interesting anecdotal
results". People will believe anything if they want to.
| 13 | sci.med |
I wrote...
and it has since turned out that all the mirror sites I looked at were
fooled by a restructuring at the original site - zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu -
and hence were in a mess. That and a pointer to 'imconv' should get
me started. Ta muchly.
Cheers
Markus | 1 | comp.graphics |
Unfortunately, you seem to lack the ability to rate players. Dave
Winfield has had a better career than half the people in the Hall of
Fame. Eddie Murray and Darrel Evans are both one of the top 100 players
of all time. Lee Smith has had probably the greatest long career
of any relief pitcher since 1960, with the possible exception of Gossage.
On the other hand, Kingman probably isn't one of the best 750 players
of all time.
And Reardon, though a good pitcher, isn't in Smith's class career wise.
We're talking 2 of the top 50 players of all time here. There probably
aren't 5 shortstops in history who were better than these two.
Garvey sucked. Morris, while a very good pitcher, simply doesn't
belong near Cooperstown.
Gee, can these guys even compare to
If Puckett and Ryan (okay, no if there) get into to the Hall, they will be
marginal Hall of Famers (unless Puckett keeps hitting like he did last year for
a while longer)
To put this in perspective, here's a listing of the linear weights
values of the careers of the players you mention. In parenthesis
is how high they are up on the greatest ever list if they make it.
While no one would claim these are perfect rankings, they should give
you a good value of these guys' careers as compared to average players.
Robin Yount 43.0 (41)
Ozzie Smith 42.1 (45)
Dave Winfield 40.3 (53)
Eddie Murray 37.5 (68)
Darrel Evans 35.2 (80)
Kirby Puckett 24.3 (180)
Nolan Ryan 21.6 (219)
Jack Morris 11.8 (478)
Dave Kingman 0.4
Steve Garvey -5.8
To give you an idea of how these numbers compare to those in the Hall:
Of the 71 eligible players whose career stats equaled 35.0, 64 are in the Hall
of Fame. The ones who aren't include 4 19th century players, Ron Santo, Bobby
Grich, and Bob Johnson.
Of those eligible who score between 30.0 and 34.9, 15 of 25 are in. Of
those eligible who score between 25.0 and 29.9, 24 of 44 are in.
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Now, take a good look at at, an tell me man, there is no Christian
Devil? There is, is real, is a virus, a meme, infecting and possessing
the good people and keep 'em from becoming human beings with emphasis on
the being! Is not a matter of good people an evil people, is all good
people see, but some good people vexed of the Christian Devil. An it
can't be burn out or lynch out or rape out. Only wise up let I rise up.
Christian Devil is real man, how else can you explain five hundred years
of history, even more? Can only be explained by Christians invoke
Christian Devil.
you keep on knocking but you can't come in, i got to understand you've
been living in sin, but walk right in and sit right down, i'll keep
on loving you, i'll play the clown, but bend down low, let i tell you
what i know yah
i've been 'buked brothers and i've been stoned, woe, woe, woe, now i'm
hung by a tree in the the ganging on a few, woe, woe, woe, it doesn't
matter who the man is who lives the life he loves, it doesn't matter
what the man does or the honest life he loves, i want somewhere, i want
somewhere, hallelujah, hallelujah, somewhere to lay my head, woe is me
only ska beat in 'eaven man
stiff necked fools, you think you're cool, to deny me for simplicity, yes
you have gone, for so long with your love for vanity now, yes you have
got the wrong interpretation mixed up with vain imagination, so take jah
sun and jah moon and jah rain and jah stars, and forever yes erase your
fantasy, yeah, the lips of the righteous teach many, but fools die for
want of wisdom, the rich man's wealth is in his city, the righteous
wealth is in his holy place, so take jah sun and jah moon and jah rain
and jah stars, and forever yes erase your fantasy, destruction of the
poor is in their poverty, destruction of the soul is vanity, yeah, but i
don't want to rule ya, i don't want to fool ya, i don't want to school
ya, things you, you might never know about, yes you have got the wrong
interpretation mixed up with vain, vain imagination, stiff necked fools,
you think you're cool, to deny me for, oh simplicity
love to see, when yah move in the rhythm, love to see when you're
dancing from within, it gives great joy to feel such sweet togetherness,
everyone's doing and they're doing their best, it remind i of the days
in jericho, when we trodden down jericho wall, these are the days when
we'll trod true babylon, gonna trod until babylon fall
then I saw the angel with the seven seals saying, babylon throne going down | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
I would like the opinion of netters on a subject that has been bothering my
wife and me lately: liturgy, in particular, Catholic liturgy. In the last few
years it seems that there are more and more ad hoc events during Mass. It's
driving me crazy! The most grace-filled aspect of a liturgical tradition is
that what happens is something we _all_ do together, because we all know how to
do it. Led by the priest, of course, which makes it a kind of dialogue we
present to God. But the best Masses I've been to were participatory prayers.
Lately, I think the proportion of participation has fallen, and the proportion
of sitting there and watching, or listening, or generally being told what to do
(which is necessary because no one knows what's happening next) is growing.
Example. Last Sunday (Palm Sunday) we went to the local church. Usually
on Palm Sunday, the congregation participates in reading the Passion, taking
the role of the mob. The theology behind this seems profound--when we say
"Crucify him" we mean it. We did it, and if He came back today we'd do it
again. It always gives me chills. But last week we were "invited" to sit
during the Gospel (=Passion) and _listen_. Besides the Orwellian "invitation",
I was really saddened to have my (and our) little role taken away. This seems
typical of a shift of participation away from the people, and toward the
musicians, readers, and so on. New things are introduced in the course of the
liturgy and since no one knows what's happening, the new things have to be
explained, and pretty soon instead of _doing_ a lot of the Mass we're just
sitting there listening (or spacing out, in my case) to how the Mass is about
to be done. In my mind, I lay the blame on liturgy committees made up of lay
"experts", but that may not be just. I do think that a liturgy committee has a
bias toward doing something rather than nothing--that's just a fact of
bureaucratic life--even though a simpler liturgy may in fact make it easier for
people to be aware of the Lord's presence.
So we've been wondering--are we the oddballs, or is the quality of the Mass
going down? I don't mean that facetiously. We go to Mass every Thursday or
Friday and are reminded of the power of a very simple liturgy to make us aware
of God's presence. But as far as the obligatory Sunday Masses...maybe I should
just offer it up :) Has anyone else noticed declining congregational
participation in Catholic Masses lately? | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Subject: Re: Eugenics
/
;Probably within 50 years, a new type of eugenics will be possible.
;Maybe even sooner. We are now mapping the human genome. We will
;then start to work on manipulation of that genome. Using genetic
;engineering, we will be able to insert whatever genes we want.
;No breeding, no "hybrids", etc. The ethical question is, should
;we?
Two past problems with eugenics have been
1) reducing the gene pool and
2) defining the status of the eugenized.
Inserting genes would not seem to reduce the gene pool unless the inserted
genes later became transmissible to progeny. Then they may be able to
crowd out "garbage genes." This may in the future become possible. Even if
it does, awareness of the need to maintain the gene pool would hopefully
mean provisions will be made for saving genes that may come in handy
later. Evidently the genes for sickle cell disease in equatorial Africa
and for diabetes in the Hopi *promoted* survival in some conditions. We
don't really know what the future may hold for our environment. The
reduced wilderness- and disease-survival capacity of our relatively inbred
domesticated animals comes to mind. Vulcanism, nuclear winter, ice age,
meteor impact, new microbiological threats, famine, global warming, etc.,
etc., are all conceivable. Therefore, having as many genes as possible
available is a good strategy for species survival.
Of course, the status of genetically altered individuals would start out
as no different than anyone else's. But if we could make
"philosopher-kings" with great bodies and long lives, would we (or they)
want to give them elevated status? We could. The Romans did it with their
kings *without* the benefits of such eugenics. The race eventually
realized and dealt with the problems which that caused, but for a while,
it was a problem. Orwell introduced us to the notion of what might happen
to persons genetically altered for more menial tasks. But there is nothing
new under the sun. We treated slaves the same way for millennia before
"1984."
I see no inherent problem with gene therapy which avoids at least these 2
problems. Humans have always had trouble having the virtue and wisdom to
use any power that falls into their hands to good ends all the time. That
hasn't stopped the race as a whole yet. Many are the civilizations which
have died from inability to adapt to environmental change. However, also
many are the civilizations which have died from the abuse of their own
power. The ones which survived have hopefully learned a lesson from the
fates of others, and have survived by making better choices when their
turns came.
Not that I don't think that this gene altering power couldn't wipe us off
the face of the earth or cause endless suffering. Nuclear power or global
warming or whatever could and may still do that, too.
The real issue is an issue of wisdom and virtue. I personally don't think
man has enough wisdom and virtue to pull this next challenge off any
better than he did the for last few. We, as eugenists, may make it, an we
may not. If we don't, I hope there are reservoirs of "garbage" people out
in some backwater with otherwise long discarded "garbage" genes which will
pull us through.
I believe that the real problem is and will probably always be the same.
Man needs to accept input from the great spirit of God to overcome his
lacks in the area of knowing how to use the power he has. Some men have,
and I believe all men may, listen to and obey the still small voice of God
in their hearts. This is the way to begin to recieve the wisdom and virtue
needed to escape the problems consequent to poor choices. Peoples have
died out for many reasons. The societies which failed to accept enough
input from God to safely use the power they had developed have destroyed
themselves, and often others in the process. It is self-evident that the
ones which survive today have either accepted enough input from the Spirit
to use their powers wisely enough to avoid or survive their own mistakes
thus far, or else haven't had enough power for long enough.
In summary, I would say that the question of whether to use this new
technology is really an ancient one. And the answer, in some ways hard, in
some ways easy, is the same ancient answer. It isn't the power, it is the
Spirit.
Sorry for the long post. Got carried away. | 13 | sci.med |
Where can you get info (brochures...) on Differential GPS Systems and where to
buy them? | 12 | sci.electronics |
This is a two-sided problem. Unfortunately our culture has been deteriorating over time.
The "breeding" of these low-life's is getting worse; our justice system is at best
extremely weak to handle these problems. That is why low-abiding citizens should have
the power to protect themselves and their property using deadly force if necessary
anywhere a threat is imminent.
My Camaro (my pride and joy) got stolen right out of my driveway a few years back.
The persons that did that were eventually caught (lucky for me!) but not before
having trashed the car.
On another occasion, on my way from Texas to Florida, I had stopped in a small motel
for the night in a small town somewhere in Florida. About 5 youths were disturbing my
car, setting off the alarm and challenging me to come out. When I and another tenant
walked out with a 357 Magnum and a 45 automatic respectively, they vanished.
Needless to say, I immediately packed-up and left.
Watch out for car-jacking and staged accidents. They can be deadly! | 7 | rec.autos |
This brings up an interesting subject that has not been discussed much,
and probably has not been studied much.
As some of you may be aware, I've posted a lot of articles lately on
personality typing (of which the MBTI is a test vehicle). To come up
to speed, just read 'alt.psychology.personality' and/or ask for by
personality type summary file.
One observation is that people have significantly different personalities
(no question on this) which seem to be essentially in-born. With respect
to church attendance and participation, some people thrive on this, while
other people have real difficulty with this because they prefer a more
solitary and contemplative lifestyle - that is, they are de-energized if
confronted with excessive closeness to outside activities and lots of
people. Of course this is measured by extroversion/introversion.
My impression is that many churches are totally blind to this fact, and
create environments that 'scare away' many who are naturally introverted
(there are many introverted characters in the Bible, btw). I know, I am
quite introverted in preference, and find the 'pressure' by many churches
to participate, to meet together in large groups, etc., to be very
uncomfortable. Knowing what I know now, these churches have been overly
influenced by highly extroverted people who thrive on this sort of thing.
(BTW, there's nothing wrong with either extroversion or introversion, both
preferences have their place in the Body).
Maybe I should define extrovert/introvert more carefully since these words
are usually not used correctly in our culture. The extrovert/introvert
scale is a measure of how a person is energized. The following is
excerpted from my summary:
1. Energizing - How a person is energized:
Extroversion (E)- Preference for drawing energy from the outside
world of people, activities or things.
Introversion (I)- Preference for drawing energy from one's internal
world of ideas, emotions, or impressions.
Hopefully this will elicit further discussion as to how churches can
structure themselves to meet the real needs of the people who comprise
the Body of Christ, instead of trying to change people's personalities
to fit them into a particular framework. I'm sure there are other aspects
of how churches have not properly understood personality variances among
their members to the detriment of all.
Jon Noring
--
Charter Member --->>> INFJ Club. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Hi Damon, No matter what system or explanation of creation you wish
to accept, you always have to start with one of two premises, creation
from nothing, or creation from something. There are no other
alternatives. And if we accept one or the other of those two
premises, then again there are two alternatives, either creation was
random, or was according to some plan.
If it was random, I am unable to accept that the complex nature of
our world with interrelated interdependent organisms and creatures
could exist as they do. Therefore I am left with creation under the
control of an intelligence capable of devising such a scheme. I call
that intelligence God.
I also prefer the "Creatio ex nihilo" rather than from chaos, as it
is cleaner.
There is obviously no way to prove either or neither. We are and
we must have come from somewhere. Choose whatever explanation you
feel most comfortable with, Damon. You are the one who has to live
with your choice.
Shalom, Len Howard
| 15 | soc.religion.christian |
I'm trying to find Tom Haapanen, formerly [email protected]
who was the keeper of the FAQ for this newsgroup.
He was working at Watrerloo Engineering Software,
but netfind can't even find that (but it may have
been a uucp connection). If anyone knows how to
contact Tom, please let me know. | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
hi guys
like all people in this group i'm a fans of fractal and render sw
my favourite are fractint pov & 3dstudio 2.0
now listen my ideas
i'have just starting now to be able to use 3dstudio quite well
so i'm simulating a full animation of a f1 grand prix
unfortanatly just some lap(10?)
i' m very interested about all kind of .prj .3ds and so on
concerning about cars or parts of its (motors wheel ...)
(dxf are good enough)
does anyone have object to give me to complete my hard animation
anyway any exchanges about object material project will
be VERY APRECIATE!!!!!
is there a ftp site where I can find its?
i' m looking for .pov files too
(i 'm interested about cpu time comparision rendering images on
pov & 3dstusio)
thank to all
| 1 | comp.graphics |
Windows NT or WNT can also be derived by the next letter in the alphabet
of VMS - same as HAL and IBM. You might recall that the chief architect
of VMS is also chief designer of WNT.
Rajiev Gupta
| 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Not any more so than
holding people against their will is wrong
if you hold people against their will we will punish you
our punishment will be to hold you against your will
Is there any punishment which isn't something which, if done by a private
person to another private person for no apparent reason, would lead to
punishment? (Fines, I suppose.) | 0 | alt.atheism |
(NDW)
If an Uninstall icon doesn't exist in the Norton Desktop Apps
group: | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
ALL this shows is that YOU don't know much about SCSI.
SCSI-1 {with a SCSI-1 controler chip} range is indeed 0-5MB/s
and that is ALL you have right about SCSI
SCSI-1 {With a SCSI-2 controller chip}: 4-6MB/s with 10MB/s burst {8-bit}
Note the INCREASE in SPEED, the Mac Quadra uses this version of SCSI-1
so it DOES exist. Some PC use this set up too.
SCSI-2 {8-bit/SCSI-1 mode}: 4-6MB/s with 10MB/s burst
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
By your OWN data the "Although SCSI is twice as fast as ESDI" is correct
With a SCSI-2 controller chip SCSI-1 can reach 10MB/s which is indeed
"20% faster than IDE" {120% of 8.3 is 9.96}. ALL these SCSI facts have been
posted to this newsgroup in my Mac & IBM info sheet {available by FTP on
sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) in the info-mac/report as
mac-ibm-compare[version #].txt (It should be 173 but 161 may still be there)}
Part of this problem is both Mac and IBM PC are inconsiant about what SCSI
is which. Though it is WELL documented that the Quadra has a SCSI-2 chip
an Apple salesperson said "it uses a fast SCSI-1 chip" {Not at a 6MB/s,
10MB/s burst it does not. SCSI-1 is 5MB/s maximum synchronous and Quadra
uses ANsynchronous SCSI which is SLOWER} It seems that Mac and IBM see
SCSI-1 interface and think 'SCSI-1' when it maybe a SCSI-1 interface driven
in the machine by a SCSi-2 controller chip in 8-bit mode {Which is MUCH
FASTER then true SCSI-1 can go}. | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
No thanks. This topic is of interest to a much wider audience.
"In making this decision, I intend to prevent the private sector from
developing, except with the government's approval, other microcircuits
or algorithms that are more effective in assuring privacy." | 11 | sci.crypt |
We are interested in purchasing a grayscale printer that offers a good
resoltuion for grayscale medical images. Can anybody give me some
recommendations on these products in the market, in particular, those
under $5000? | 1 | comp.graphics |
Which one? The one yesterday, or has there been another? If it was yester-
day, catch up.
IMO, 90% of all "conspiracy" charges are easily explained by the simple
fact that in these days of instantaneous news transmission, all kinds of
stuff gets said when people really just don't know what the hell's going on.
Then the story changes once the facts are in and suddenly cries of "its all a
whitewash!" start. Naturally, everybody wants to cover his/her ass.
Damnfino. I just tend to take issue with absolute statements that are ob-
viously wrong on their face and tend to inflame, not inform. The isolation
was significant, but not total.
semper fi, | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
The PowerBook 170 hardware doesn't have a wakeup timer. Nor does the 140.
The Mac Portable had one, and I think the PowerBook 100 had one. I don't
know about the newer PowerBooks, but I kind of doubt it. I got bit by
this too, and it took my a while rooting around on the developer CD
before I found this out. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
[Much text deleted]
: plus/minus ... it is the most misleading hockey stat available.
Not necessarily the most misleading, but you are right, it definitely
needs to be taken in the proper perspective. A shining example is
if you look at the Penguins individual +/-, you will find very few minuses.
That only makes common sense, since they didn't lose many games.
: Until the NHL publishes a more useful quantifiable statistic including ice
: time per game and some measure of its "quality" (i.e., is the player put out
: in key situations like protecting a lead late in the game; is he matched up
: against the other team's top one or two lines; short-handed, etc), I would
: much rather see the +/- disappear altogether instead of having its dubious
: merits trumpeted by those with little understanding of its implications.
Unfortunately, you will need to keep a ridiculous number of stats to
really come up with a statistic which really shows a player's value.
Let's just enjoy the game and not overanalyze it. (like I'm doing now,
excuse me!)
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
I'm trying to figure out how to operate a Pioneer Laserdisc LD-1000 that I bought at a surplus store. It is reputedly from some kind of computerised viewing
and/or ordering system. THere is what may be an HPIB connector on the back. When
I power it up, the front panel power light comes on, but no activity, and the
door doesn't open. Anyone have any experience with this unit or any ideas on how
to obtain documentation?
| 12 | sci.electronics |
Actually, they're pretty worthless, if you want to evaluate players
with stats. RBIs and Runs Scored should be banned; all they do is
confuse victims of mediot brainwashing like yourself.
You
Uh, so?
You've just explained why we use OBP and SLG to evaluate players.
Precisely because the team that scores more runs wins the game.
Traditional baseball stats have gotten way too far away from methods
which enable fans to see who contributes to those runs scored - that's
where OBP, SLG, Runs Created, Linear Weights, etc. come in. These
simplify matters so that we can more easily measure a player's
offensive contribution to the team's runs scored.
Thank you for making our case. Have a nice day. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
...
Why do you say this? As of now, the Pens and Bruins have played the
same number of games, and given up the same number of goals. They are
tied for the third and fourth best defenses in the league, behind
Chicago first and Toronto second. The Pens' weak spot is defense? Only
by comparison to their offense, which is second in the league to
Detroit. But the Pens are no weaker on defense and goaltending than the
Bruins are; that is, they are both very strong.
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
COMET (Commercial Experiment Transport) is to launch from Wallops Island
Virginia and orbit Earth for about 30 days. It is scheduled to come down
in the Utah Test & Training Range, west of Salt Lake City, Utah. I saw
a message in this group toward the end of March that it was to launch
on March 27. Does anyone know if it launched on that day, or if not,
when it is scheduled to launch and/or when it will come down.
I would also be interested in what kind(s) of payload(s) are onboard.
Thanks for your help. | 14 | sci.space |
The Logitech ScanMan 32 is a nice unit, compact and effective it will
bring in graphics with surprisingly good quality. Note that its effective
resolution in grey scale mode is only about 72 dpi. If you don't intend
to magnify a graphic, it works fine. A true 256 level gray scanner would
work better for images. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Could we plase cease this discussion. I fail to see why people feel the need
to expound upon this issue for days and days on end. These areas are not meant for this type of discussion. If you feel the need to do such things, please
take your thought elsewhere. Thanks. | 7 | rec.autos |
Hello netters!
I have a fairly weak question to ask everybody in netland. I've looked though
the last FAQ for comp.graphics but I didn't find my answer. Thus the post.
I'll keep it short.
QUESTION: How do I display any raster files, gif files, iff or tiff images
that I have on my "root window" or background? I have a sun ipc, openwindows
3.0, Sun OS 4.1.3 if that helps any.
I've compiled POV for the sun and would like to display some of the work I have
done as a background/tile. Thanks for any help or information that you
provide. Have a good day.
Scott Fleming
OSI | 1 | comp.graphics |
Okay, that's good. I'm typing this from exactly the same setup.
(US-UNIX layout keyboard) I did install the sunkbd patch, though.
Make sure you're using "ssetroot", which comes with tvtwm. When tvtwm
starts up, it nukes the existing root window. Use an "ssetroot" after
tvtwm starts up. (You could spawn off a "(sleep 10; ssetroot ...)&")
You can also use "VirtualDesktopBackgroundPixmap filename" or just
VirtualDesktopBackground if you just want another color besides grey.
Did you install the sunkbd patch? It's in the contrib directory on export.
All the keys on my keyboard send events properly, except the following:
The End, PageUp, PageDown on the 6-key cluster aren't recognized.
Even the compose key works. (Though I can't seem to get the composed
characters in an xterm to get passed.)
Anyone have a fix for the last two?
--Dave | 5 | comp.windows.x |
So what you're saying is that your mind is made up, and you'll just explain
away any differences at being statistically insignificant?
So you'll just explain away any inconsistancies in your "theory" as being
"a special case".
You just equated them. Re-read your own words.
A study release in 1991 found that 11% of female seagulls are lesbians.
Now, apply this last sentence of your to YOUR theory. Notice how your are
contridicting observations?
You don't know much math, do you? The ability to use SAS to determine the
length of the third side of the triangle is fundemental to geometry.
Goals <> postulates.
Again, if one of the "goals" of this "objective/natural morality" system
you are proposing is "survival of the species", then homosexuality is
immoral. | 0 | alt.atheism |
hi all,
IN SHORT: looking for very fast assembly code for line/circle drawing
on SVGA graphics.
COMPLETE:
I am thinking of a simple but fast molecular
graphics program to write on PC or clones. (ball-and-stick type)
Reasons: programs that I've seen are far too slow for this purpose.
Platform: 386/486 class machine.
800x600-16 or 1024x728-16 VGA graphics
(speed is important, 16-color for non-rendering
purpose is enough; may stay at 800x600 for
speed reason.)
(hope the code would be generic enough for different SVGA
cards. My own card is based on Trident 8900c, not VESA?)
What I'm looking for?
1) fast, very fast routines to draw lines/circles/simple-shapes
on above-mentioned SVGA resolutions.
Presumably in assembly languagine.
Yes, VERY FAST please.
2) related codes to help rotating/zooming/animating the drawings on screen.
Drawings for beginning, would be lines, circles mainly, think of
text, else later.
(you know, the way molecular graphics rotates, zooms a molecule)
2) and any other codes (preferentially in C) that can help the
project.
Final remarks;-
non-profit. expected to become share-, free-ware.
Any help is appreciated.
thanks
-Frankie
[email protected] | 1 | comp.graphics |
I have been in the same boat as you last year. I've tried four times to
send you an email response, but your end doesn't seem to accept my mail?
Please let me know if you receive this.
Cheers Nigel | 13 | sci.med |
Could someone please tell me what a
LaserWriter IINTX upgrade kit is.
Its a small box, which has a bag inn it , seemingly
containing 6 chips (look like ROMS) and a IINTX manual.
The installation instructions are most informative and say, in full,
"This product must be installed by an Apple ........."
SO what does this do ? At first I thought it might be a NT to NTX
upgrade, but I thought that required an entirely new board.
Any info appreciated. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I no longer have the textbook, but abstinence was defined as something
like "no contact between the penis and the vagina, vulva, or area
immediately surrounding the vulva, and no transfer of semen to the
vagina, vulva, or area surrounding the vulva".
That is, abstinence wasn't discussed as "sex outside of marriage is
morally wrong" but as keep the sperm away from the ovum and conception
is impossible. The moral question I recall the teacher asking was,
"is it okay to create a child if you aren't able to be a good parent
yet?"
-jen
-- | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
...
How can you tell they're identical?
You got one of them "Star Drek: The Next Syndication" neutrino
scanners? | 14 | sci.space |
Two-part question:
1) What is Windows NT - a 'real' windows OS?
2) This past weekend, a local 'hacker' radio show metioned a new product
from Microsoft called 'Chicago' if I recall. Anyone know what this is?
That is it -
Thanks a heap.
- Alan
| 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Or perhaps it's referring to the wife and child sitting
in the sidecar next to the one-up on the
moto?
:)
Anyone ever heard of a game called oneup-onedown?
(it's a drinking game, for all you older folx...:)
| 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Anytime.
Suffering from a severe case of myopia? No Muslim left alive - not a
single one. Leading the first Armenian units who crossed the Ottoman
border in the company of the Russian invaders was the former Ottoman
Parliamentary representative for Erzurum, Karekin Pastirmaciyan, who
assumed the revolutionary name Armen Garo. Another former Ottoman
parliamentarian, Hamparsum Boyaciyan, led the Armenian guerrilla forces
who ravaged Turkish villages behind the lines under the nickname "Murad",
especially ordering that
'Kill Turks and Kurds wherever you find them and in
whatever circumstances you find them. Turkish children
also should be killed as they form a danger to the
Armenian nation.' (Hamparsum Boyadjian - 1914)[1]
[1] M. Varandian, "History of the Dashnaktsutiun," p. 85.
Another former Member of Parliament, Papazyan, led the Armenian
guerrilla forces that ravaged the areas of Van, Bitlis and Mush.
In March 1915, the Russian forces began to move toward Van. Immediately,
in April 11, 1915 the Armenians of Van began a revolt, massacring all
the Turks in the vicinity so as to make possible its quick and easy
conquest by Russians. Little wonder that Czar Nicholas II sent a
telegram of thanks to the Armenian Revolutionary Committee of Van in
April 21, 1915, "thanking it for its services to Russia." The Armenian
newspaper Gochnak, published in the United States, also proudly
reported in May 24, 1915 that
"only 1,500 Turks remained in Van the rest having been slaughtered."
Source: Hovannisian, Richard G.: Armenia on the Road to Independence, 1918.
University of California Press (Berkeley and Los Angeles), 1967, p. 13.
"The addition of the Kars and Batum oblasts to the Empire increased the
area of Transcaucasia to over 130,000 square miles. The estimated population
of the entire region in 1886 was 4,700,000, of whom 940,000 (20 percent) were
Armenian, 1,200,000 (25 percent) Georgian, and 2,220,000 (45 percent) Moslem.
Of the latter group, 1,140,000 were Tatars. Paradoxically, barely one-third
of Transcaucasia's Armenians lived in the Erevan guberniia, where the
Christians constituted a majority in only three of the seven uezds. Erevan
uezd, the administrative center of the province, had only 44,000 Armenians
as compared to 68,000 Moslems. By the time of the Russian Census of 1897,
however, the Armenians had established a scant majority, 53 percent, in the
guberniia; it had risen by 1916 to 60 percent, or 670,000 of the 1,120,000
inhabitants. This impressive change in the province's ethnic character
notwithstanding, there was, on the eve of the creation of the Armenian
Republic, a solid block of 370,000 Tartars who continued to dominate the
southern districts, from the outskirts of Ereven to the border of Persia."
(See also Map 1. Historic Armenia and Map 4. Administrative subdivisions of
Transcaucasia).
In 1920, '0' percent Turk.
"We closed the roads and mountain passes that might serve as
ways of escape for the Tartars and then proceeded in the work
of extermination. Our troops surrounded village after village.
Little resistance was offered. Our artillery knocked the huts
into heaps of stone and dust and when the villages became untenable
and inhabitants fled from them into fields, bullets and bayonets
completed the work. Some of the Tartars escaped of course. They
found refuge in the mountains or succeeded in crossing the border
into Turkey. The rest were killed. And so it is that the whole
length of the borderland of Russian Armenia from Nakhitchevan to
Akhalkalaki from the hot plains of Ararat to the cold mountain
plateau of the North were dotted with mute mournful ruins of
Tartar villages. They are quiet now, those villages, except for
howling of wolves and jackals that visit them to paw over the
scattered bones of the dead."
Ohanus Appressian
"Men Are Like That"
p. 202.
Source: Stanford J. Shaw, on Armenian collaboration with invading Russian
armies in 1914, "History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (Volume
II: Reform, Revolution & Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey, 1808-1975)."
(London, Cambridge University Press 1977). pp. 315-316.
"In April 1915 Dashnaks from Russian Armenia organized a revolt in the city
of Van, whose 33,789 Armenians comprised 42.3 percent of the population,
closest to an Armenian majority of any city in the Empire...Leaving Erivan
on April 28, 1915, Armenian volunteers reached Van on May 14 and organized
and carried out a general slaughter of the local Muslim population during
the next two days while the small Ottoman garrison had to retreat to the
southern side of the lake."
"Knowing their numbers would never justify their territorial ambitions,
Armenians looked to Russia and Europe for the fulfillment of their aims.
Armenian treachery in this regard culminated at the beginning of the First
World War with the decision of the revolutionary organizations to refuse
to serve their state, the Ottoman Empire, and to assist instead other
invading Russian armies. Their hope was their participation in the Russian
success would be rewarded with an independent Armenian state carved out of
Ottoman territories. Armenian political leaders, army officers, and common
soldiers began deserting in droves."
"With the Russian invasion of eastern Anatolia in 1914 at the beginning of
World War I, the degree of Armenian collaboration with the Ottoman's enemy
increased drastically. Ottoman supply lines were cut by guerilla attacks,
Armenian revolutionaries armed Armenian civil populations, who in turn
massacred the Muslim population of the province of Van in anticipation of
expected arrival of the invading Russian armies."
Source: Stanford J. Shaw, "History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey,"
Vol II. Cambridge University Press, London, 1979, pp. 314-317.
"...Meanwhile, Czar Nicholas II himself came to the Caucasus to make final
plans for cooperation with the Armenians against the Ottomans, with the
president of the Armenian National Bureau in Tiflis declaring in response:
'From all countries Armenians are hurrying to enter the ranks of the
glorious Russian Army, with their blood to serve the victory of Russian
arms...Let the Russian flag wave freely over the Dardanelles and the
Bosporus. Let, with Your will, great Majesty, the peoples remaining
under the Turkish yoke receive freedom. Let the Armenian people of Turkey
who have suffered for the faith of Christ receive resurrection for a new
free life under the protection of Russia.'[155]
Armenians again flooded into the czarist armies. Preparations were made
to strike the Ottomans from the rear, and the czar returned to St. Petersburg
confident that the day finally had come for him to reach Istanbul."
[155] Horizon, Tiflis, November 30, 1914, quoted by Hovannisian, "Road to
Independence," p. 45; FO 2485, 2484/46942, 22083.
"Ottoman morale and military position in the east were seriously hurt, and
the way was prepared for a new Russian push into eastern Anatolia, to be
accompanied by an open Armenian revolt against the sultan.[156]"
[156] Hovannisian, "Road to Independence," pp. 45-47; Bayur, III/1,
pp. 349-380; W.E.D. Allen and P. Muratoff, "Caucasian Battlefields,"
Cambridge, 1953, pp. 251-277; Ali Ihsan Sabis, "Harb Hahralaram," 2 vols.,
Ankara, 1951, II, 41-160; FO 2146 no. 70404; FO 2485; FO 2484, nos.
46942 and 22083.
"An Armenian state was organized at Van under Russian protection, and it
appeared that with the Muslim natives dead or driven away, it might be
able to maintain itself at one of the oldest centers of ancient Armenian
civilization. An Armenian legion was organized 'to expel the Turks from
the entire southern shore of the lake in preparation for a concerted
Russian drive into the Bitlis vilayet.'[162] Thousands of Armenians from
Mus and other major centers in the east began to flood into the new
Armenian state...By mid-July there were as many as 250,000 Armenians
crowded into the Van area, which before the crisis had housed and fed
no more than 50,000 people, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.[163]"
[162] Hovannisian, "Road to Independence," p. 56; FOP 2488, nos. 127223 and
58350.
[163] BVA, Meclis-i Vukela Mazbatalari, debates of August 15-17, 1915;
Babi-i Ali Evrak Odasi, no. 175, 321, "Van Ihtilali ve Katl-i Ami,"
Zilkade 1333/10 September 1915.
Now wait, there is more.
From "The Diplomacy of Imperialism," William L. Langer, New York (Alfred A.
Knopf), 1960, pp. 157-160.
"Armenians watch their opportunity to kill Turks and Kurds, set fire
to their villages, and then make their escape into the mountains."
Are you people for real? The main legal principles of the Turkish State
are summarized in Article 2 of the Constitution:
"The Republic of Turkey is a democratic, secular and social State
governed by the rule of law; bearing in mind the concepts of public
peace, national solidarity and justice; respecting human rights;
loyal to the nationalism of Ataturk, and based on the fundamental
tenets set forth in the Preamble of the Constitution."
Freedom of culture and religion prevailed during the Ottoman Empire, allowing
the many nations and races within its boundaries to remain autonomous. The
fact that the Ottoman Empire was the longest lived in recent history may be
attributed to these freedoms, despite the lack of any written Constitution.
The first attempts to create a written Constitution occurred in 1839 and 1856.
Although the documents adopted during these two attempts remained in force
only temporarily, they provided the basic elements of a Constitution.
The 1876 Constitution was the first legal document to force a Parliament and
the right of election to share the sovereignty of the Emperor. The Constitution
of 1906 placed some additional limitations on the Emperor, while increasing
the power of the Parliament and the government.
The First World War (1914-1918) brought the Ottoman Empire to an end. By the
occupation of Istanbul, the Parliament was dissolved and the Constitution was
abolished. The members of Parliament were sent to exile to an island by the
occupying forces.
During the Independence War, the "Turkish Grand National Assembly" held their
first meeting on April 23, 1920 to serve as the legislative body of the new
Turkish state. This assembly prepared the new legal structure of the Turkish
Republic. The new Republic was proclaimed on October 29, 1923 and the new
Constitution was adopted in 1924. That Constitution served as the legal
backbone of today's modern Turkish Republic. In 1945, Turkey adopted a
multi-party political system. The Constitution of 1924 was replaced by
others in 1961 and 1982. All three Constitutions of the Republic have been
based on the principles of parliamentary democracy, human rights, national
sovereignty, division of powers, private ownership and secularization.
"Major Principles of the Constitution"
The constitution (with 177 Articles) establishes the structure of the Republic
within the following principles:
- The Turkish Republic is a democratic, secular and social state governed by
law;
- It should be governed to maintain public peace, national solidarity, justice,
human rights and the objectives of Ataturk;
- The language of the State is Turkish;
- Sovereignty is vested in the nation without any conditions or restrictions.
Sovereignty is exercised by organizations authorized by the nation;
- Legislative power is carried by the Parliament elected by the nation. This
power cannot be delegated (transferred) to any one else;
- Executive power is exercised by the President, and Council of Ministers;
- Judicial power is exercised by the independent courts on behalf of the
Turkish nation;
- All individuals are equal, irrespective of language, race, religion, color,
sex, or political beliefs;
- Laws cannot be contradict those principles stated in the Constitution.
"Structure of the State"
In accordance with the Constitution, the structure of the state is based on the
principle of "division of power" to create a balanced and self-controlled
system. The power is divided into "legislative power," "executive power," and
"judicial power," balanced to secure freedoms and powers to control each
other (self-control).
A. Legislative Power:
The "Turkish Grand National Assembly" is a parliament with one House, elected
by the nation for a term of five years to exercise legislative power on
behalf of the nation. The basic functions of this Assembly are:
- to adopt, to amend, or to repeal laws;
- to approve or to dismiss the Council of Ministers;
- to supervise and to question Ministers or the Council of Ministers;
- to debate, to amend and to approve annual budgets;
- to ratify international agreements;
- to grant amnesty or pardons.
Members of Parliament do not have any liability for their words (either oral
or written) during the course of their legislative duties. The country is
divided into constituencies. The number of representatives of each is
calculated according to its population. Every Turkish citizen over the age
of twenty-one can vote.
Elections are supervised by the "Supreme Council of Elections," which solves
all disputes or appeals. In each province, the local "Board of Election"
runs and controls the election under the supervision and guidelines of the
Supreme Council. Members of the Council and Boards are elected among
independent judges.
B. Executive Power:
The President of the Republic is the Head of State (not the head of government
as in the Unites States). The main functions of the President are:
- to represent the State and the Country;
- to insure the implementation of the Constitution;
- to coordinate legislative, judicial and executive functions;
- act as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces;
- to ratify laws and government decrees.
The President is elected by the Grand National Assembly for a period of seven
years. The President may ratify or return the laws for a second debate, may
call for a referendum.
Executive power is exercised by the "Council of Ministers," headed by the
Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President from the
members of Parliament. The Prime Minister names the Ministers for approval
by the President. The new Government (Council of Ministers) reads their
program at the Parliament and the vote of confidence follows. There are 21 (?)
Ministers in the Council.
Ministers and other members of the administration can be sued in independent
"administrative" courts for their misuse of power, administrative errors or
functions against any law.
C. Judicial Power:
Judicial power is exercised by independent courts. No authority or power can
instruct the judges or public prosecutors of the courts. These cannot be
discharged, replaced or retired by executive authorities except for the
reasons clearly stated by the appropriate laws. There are three categories
of courts in the Turkish judiciary system:
- Courts of justice deal with legal, commercial and criminal cases. The
decisions of these courts may be reviewed by the supreme court of justice
upon the appeal of the parties involved.
- The decisions or functions of the executive power (including the Prime
Minister and Ministers or any governmental department) can be appealed in
administrative courts if these functions or decisions are against the law.
The decisions of these administrative courts may also be reviewed by the
high administrative court.
The laws and decisions of the Grand National Assembly can be examined by the
"Constitutional Court" if they contradict the Constitution. If found
contradictory, this court may cancel the decisions or laws of the Parliament.
Serdar Argic | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Preliminary data regarding similar research into kangaroo overpopulation
in Australia do not in any way support the cost-effectiveness of this
approach. It _may_ be cost-effective for deer--if you quietly overlook
the fact that the net cost to the state of deer hunting is _negative_
(i.e. a profit) because the (majority of) hunters pay for licences.
The cost comparisons are probably being done assuming that people have
to be employed to cull the animals, which is not in fact the case.
You figure people are going to pay for licences to implant contraceptive
pellets or spread baits?
There has been a fair bit of discussion about this here recently,
because the kangaroo population in the grounds of the Governor-
General's residence has now reached plague proportions. Despite the
whines of the rampant animal-libbers, the most effective method of
controlling the population is still considered to be controlled
shooting.
Some people take satisfaction (IMHO, legitimate satisfaction) in eating
food that they have harvested themselves. The pleasure derived from
hunting is the same as that you get from eating fruit and vegetables
grown in your own garden (and, in general, game meat is probably much
freer of unpleasant chemicals than what you buy from the butcher or
the supermarket).
By "cannot now be justified" I guess you mean that you personally
don't see any justification. Fine--but what makes your opinion
so important?
Certainly the last point is correct. If politicians don't see any
votes for themselves in opposing stupid legislation or in developing
and supporting measures which might be effective in reducing the
incidence of violent crime they won't do these things. | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
Go easy on him drieux. It is the right of every American to
know nothing about anything.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Who said anything about panicking?" snapped Authur. Garrett Johnson
"This is still just culture shock. You wait till I've [email protected]
settled into the situation and found my bearings.
THEN I'll start panicking!" - Douglas Adams | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
In most cases information you come by properly is yours to use as you wish,
but there are certainly exceptions. If you write a paper which includes
sufficiently detailed information on how to build a nuclear weapon, it is
classified. As I understand the law, nuclear weapons design is
_automatically_ classified even if you do the work yourself. I believe you
are then not allowed to read your own paper.
A less serious example: if you tell drivers about a speed trap they are
about to run into, you can be fined, even though you might argue that you
broke no law when you discovered the location of the policeman. The charge
is interfering with a police officer, which is quite similar what you would
be doing by reverse engineering the Clipper chip.
Don't tell me that you think this violates the Constitution -- find some
court cases which have struck down such laws. Many people would not be
comforted by the fact that the government violated their rights when it
imprisoned them.
| 11 | sci.crypt |
m> The latest news seems to be that Koresh will give himself up once he's
m> finished writing a sequel to the Bible.
Also, it's the 16th now. Can the Feds get him on tax evasion? I don't
remember hearing about him running to the Post Office last night.
| 0 | alt.atheism |
I do (did) contribute to the ARF mortgage fund but when interest
rates plumetted, I just paid it off.
The problem is, I couldn't convince Congress to move my home to
a nicer location on Federal land.
BTW, even though the building is alleged to be funded by tax exempt
private funds, the maintainence and operating costs will be borne by
taxpayers forever.
Would anyone like to guess how much that will come to and tell us why
this point is never mentioned? | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
SSRT ROLLOUT
Speech Delivered by Col. Simon P. Worden,
The Deputy for Technology, SDIO
Mcdonnell Douglas - Huntington Beach
April 3,1993
Most of you, as am I, are "children of the 1960's." We grew
up in an age of miracles -- Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles,
nuclear energy, computers, flights to the moon. But these were
miracles of our parent's doing. For a decade and more the pundits
have told us - "you've lost it!" The "me" generation is only
living on the accomplishments of the past.
You and I have even begun to believe the pessimists. We
listen in awe as the past generation tells of its triumphs. Living
history they are. We are privileged to hear those who did it tell
of it. A few weeks ago some of this very team listened in awe as
General Bernie Schriever told of his team's work - and yes struggle
- to build this nation's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
What stories can we tell? Blurry-eyed telescopes? Thousand
dollar toilet seats? Even our space launch vehicles hearken only
of that past great time. They are and seem destined to remain Gen.
Schriever's ICBMs. I find it hard to swell with pride that the
best new space-lifter idea is to refurbish old Minuteman and
Poseidon ballistic missiles.
Well - The pessimists are wrong. The legacy is continuing.
This event is proof. To our technological parents: We've listened
to your stories. We've caught your enthusiasm and can-do spirit.
And we've learned from your achievements - and your mistakes. Let
me honor one of you who was part of that history and the impetus
behind this history - Max Hunter. You are one of the greatest
engineers of the firts great age of space exploration. Your
insight and discipline built the Thor ICBM - later incorporated
into today's most successful launch vehicle - The Delta.
You told us in the 60's that a new form of launch vehicle - a
single stage reusable rocket - can and should be built. You
advocated this idea tirelessly. It was elegantly simple, as are
all great breakthroughs. You showed us how to build it. You
convinced us it could be done. You are working by our side to weld
its components into place. Most important - you reminded us of a
prime engineering principle - undoubtably one you learned from the
generation before you - the generation that built transcontinental
aviation in the 1920's and 30's - build a little and test a little
and Max, you passed all of this on to people like Pat Ladner who
started this program for the SDI.
Douglas Aircraft didn't start with a DC-10. They didn't even
start with a DC-3. Our grandfathers built a little, tested a
little - even sold a little and made a little money - before they
moved on to the next step. They didn't take a decade or more
before putting the first "rubber on the road." Max Hunter - you
didn't take ten years to build Thor, and by God we're not going to
take ten years to show that low cost, single stage, reusable
aerospace transportation is real.
We ended the cold war in a few short years. It took the same
team here today but a few years to show through the Strategic
Defense Initiative that the cold war must end. We - you and us -
launched a series of satellites - The Delta experiments - in about
a year apiece. This, more than anything else signaled our
commitment to end the impasse between ourselves and the Soviet
Union. Those who made the decisions on both sides have underscored
the importance of our work in bringing about a new international
relationship.
But it is the same team which is now putting in place the
framework for an aerospace expansion that is our legacy for the
next generation. We will make space access routine and affordable.
We built this magnificent flying machine in two years. This
summer a true rocket ship will take off and land on earth for the
first time. Then we can and surely will build in the next three
years a reusable sub-orbital rocket. It will allow us to use space
rapidly, affordably, and efficiently as no other nation can. And
yes - we'll make a little money off it too!
Then - and only then - we'll spend another three years to
build a fully reusable single stage to orbit system. The DC-3 of
space will be a reality! We may even be able to use some of the
rocket propulsion breakthroughs of our former cold war adversaries.
What a wonderful irony if this SDI product and Russian efforts to
counter SDI merge to power mankind's next step to the stars!
To be sure, we must guard against the temptations to leap to
the final answer. Robert Goddard's first rockets weren't Saturn
V's! If we succumb to the temptation to ask for just a few extra
dollars and a few more years to jump immediately to a full orbital
system - we will fail. Max Hunter and his colleagues showed the
way. Three years and a cloud of dust - in our case rocket
exhausts. There is no short-cut. If we expect to reshape the
world again - we must do it one brick at a time. Minds on tasks at
hand! | 14 | sci.space |
Rich Thompson posts some blather about the Libertarian Party:
What pray tell do the Libertarians know about winning elections?
Bob
-- | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
Wanted restaurant equipment for starting a new restaurant
1) 4-6 Burner Stove
2) Hot Plate
3) Fryer
4) Stainless Steel tables, Shelves etc
5) Pots n Pans
and a number of other items
If interested, pl. email
Shailesh
| 6 | misc.forsale |
:
:
: 1. Make a new Newsgroup called talk.politics.guns.PARANOID or
: talk.politics.guns.THEY'R.HERE.TO.TAKE.ME.AWAY
:
: 2. Move all postings about waco and burn to (guess where)..
:
: 3. Stop posting #### on this newsgroup
;
: We are all SO glad you're trying to save us from the evil
: goverment, but would you mail this #### in regular mail to
: let's say 1000 people ????
:
:
: Thomas Parsli
And everybody who talked about the evil arising in Europe was labeled
reactionary in the late 1930's... after all, we could negotiate with Hitler and
trust him to keep his end of the bargain... at least that's what Stalin and
Chamberlin thought... I guess they forgot to teach you about your country being
overrun by the Germans in WWII, 'eh Thomas? And I'm sorry you consider outrage
at government excesses to be ####... Everytime the Israelis conduct a mass
operation against a terrorist group that is actively killing their citizens and
soldiers, the world gets indignant, but it's ok for the US to assault it's own
citizens who were a religous minority and accused of sexual deviation and
hoarding weapons... I find it real ironic this happened the same day Al Gore
arrived in Poland to recognize the sacrifices made in the Warsaw Ghetto where
the same 'justifications' were raised for an armed assault by black-clad troops
with armor support...
| 16 | talk.politics.guns |
: >
: > : And the measure of current, Amp, is actually named after both the AMP company
: > : and the Amphenol company. Both companies revolutionized electronics by
: > : simulatenously realizing that the performance of connectors and sockets
: > : were affected by the amount of current running through the wires.
: >
: > Sorry. The unit for current is the AMPERE which is the name of a french-man
: > named AMPERE who studied electrical current. The term AMP is just an abbreviation
: > of it. The company AMP came after the AMPERE unit was already in use.
: >
: > : The Ohmite company was the first to characterize resistances by numbers, thus
: > : our use of the Ohms...
: >
: > I don't know about this one, but it doesn't sound right.
: Are you (two) joking?
: Is the entire Internet flaming you (two)?
: Ahh!, now I remember that Ohmite company was the first introducing "the pink
: colored resistor", only for electronics working females ;-)
: --
: Manuel Arrevola Velasco ||||| True e-mail: [email protected] |||||
: DoD #1033
:
Yes, I have taken a bit of flame on this one. I must've been half asleep when
I posted a response to Joseph.
Greggo. | 12 | sci.electronics |
I had the same problem in my '90 MX-6. Luckily I had it fixed
under warranty. I think they replaced a tail light gasket.
Check with a dealer, it's a known problem.
| 7 | rec.autos |
I purposefully left off the page numbers to encourage the reader to
study the volumes mentioned, and benefit therefrom.
| 13 | sci.med |
I would like more info on this if anybody has it. Our Exabyte
8500 tapedrive has never been working from the Quadra 950.
We have been trying it since September 1992, replaced cabling,
inits, I don't know what all. All the "industry experts" we
phoned (the tapedrive dealer, our Apple dealer, the software
dealer) all say it's our fault, or they don't know. The last
thing they said was that we needed a special Quadra SCSI terminator
(???). Anybody know more? Thanks, | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I need to bring on my VW Corrado for body work (I got hit). I was
wondering if anyone has heard of any of these South Bay body shops:
Akins Collision Center of Santa Clara - on Reed St
Auto West Collision - in San Jose
Los Gatos Acura
Royal Auto Body - in Sunnyvale
Thanks! | 7 | rec.autos |
Why not use the PD C library for reading/writing TIFF files? It took me a
good 20 minutes to start using them in your own app.
Martin
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In 1860:
region total population free blacks % slaves %
U.S. 32,227,616 487,070 1.5% 3,953,818 12.3%
Confederacy 9,103,332 132,760 1.5% 3,521,110 38.7%
Union Slave States 3,212,041 128,158 4.0% 432,586 13.5%
All Union States 23,124,284 354,310 1.5% 432,708 1.9%
Union "Free" States 19,912,243 226,152 1.1% 122 0.0%
| 18 | talk.politics.misc |
Not to mention that the G-men believed the children didn't have gas masks.
But that was not, with respect to the children, the point of the gassing.
The feds *knew* that the children's health would be in danger and proceeded
under the assumption that the "motherly instinct" of the Davidian women
would remove them from harm's way. I busted a gut on that one.
Someone else on the net observed that the administration's appeal to a
woman's "motherly instinct" would never wash with feminists and liberals
if a republican were in the White House. I say that such an justification
could *only* come from a feminist mindset.
BTW - I'd read in the paper yesterday that the type of gas used was CS2.
The paper didn't provide any specifics about it. | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
Terms are being used in a loaded way here.
"Logical proof" is an extremely messy thing to apply to real
life. If you think otherwise, try to construct a proof that
yesterday happened. Obviously it did; anyone old enough to be
reading this was there for it and remembers that it happened.
But *proof*? A proof starts with axioms and goes somewhere.
You need axioms to talk about logical proof. You can say that
you remember yesterday, and that you take as axiom that anything
you clearly remember happened. I could counterclaim that you
hallucinated the whole thing.
To talk about proofs of historical events, you have to relax the
terms a bit. You can show evidences, not proofs. Evidences of the
resurrected Jesus exist. Proofs do not. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Kent: With all due respect, how can I take you seriously, when you have
the NAMES wrong in the 1st place? E.g.:
There is no such thing. The correct name is Ancient & Mystical
Order Rosae Crucis, abbreviated AMORC.
There is no such thing either. It's the Rosicrucian Fellowship.
And they clearly state that they DO NOT pretend to descend from the
Order of the Fama Fraternitatis.
The Lectorium? And who else?
These are NOT Rosicrucian "orders". They are Masonic study groups, none
of which *claims* to be descendant of the original Order.
What is ORC? If you mean AMORC, you didn't even learn the correct
name?! | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
# 3. Is it true that Israeli stocks nuclear weapons ? If so,
# could you provide any evidence ?
Yes, Israel has nuclear weapons. However:
1) Their use so far has been restricted to killing deer, by LSD addicted
"Cherrie" soldiers.
2) They are locked in the cellar of the "Garinei Afula" factory, and since
the Gingi lost the key, no one can use them anymore.
3) Even if the Gingi finds the key, the chief Rabbis have a time lock
on the bombs that does not allow them to be activated on the Sabbath
and during weeks which follow victories of the Betar Jerusalem soccer
team. A quick glance at the National League score table will reveal
the strategic importance of this fact. | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Living things maintain small electric fields to (1) enhance certain
chemical reactions, (2) promote communication of states with in a cell,
(3) communicate between cells (of which the nervous system is a specialized
example), and perhaps other uses. These electric fields change with location
and time in a large organism. Special photographic techniques such as applying
external fields in Kirillian photography interact with these fields or the resistances
caused by these fields to make interesting pictures. Perhaps such pictures will
be diagonistic of disease problems in organisms when better understood. Perhaps not.
Studying the overall electric activity of biological systems is several hundred
years old, but not a popular activity. Perhaps, except in the case of a few
tissues like nerves and the electric senses of fishes, it is hard to reduce the
investigation into small pieces that can be clearly analyzed. There are some
hints that manipulating electric fields is a useful therapy such as speeding
the healing of broken bones, but not understood why. | 13 | sci.med |
Sayeth "Joseph D. Mazza" <[email protected]>:
$I waxed my car a few months ago with a liquid wax and now have whiteish
$smears where I inadvertantly got some wax on the black plastic molding.
$I've tried repeatedly to remove the smears with no luck. I'm on the
$verge of replacing the molding altogether (it's a nice car).
Armor All removes Raindance wax on my Mazda Protege's black
plastic bumpers. Your mileage may vary.
Given this observation, one would be well advised to take care not to
get any of this (or, probably, similar protectants such as Son of a Gun)
on one's paint ... | 7 | rec.autos |
Hi. I own an LCIII and I recently heard an interesting rumor.
I heard that the LCIII has a built in slot for a PowerPC chip.
Is this true? I heard that the slot is not the same as the PDS
slot. Is that true? | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I am having trouble obtaining the specified standby current drain from
a MC146818A Real Time Clock. Has anyone out there had some experience
in doing this? The specs call for a few sequences to be met before
standby mode is activated, and are a bit hard to decipher on that, but
I thought that I had it worked out. However, with a 32kHz crystal the
lowest current drain I can acheive at 3.7V Vcc is 150uA. This is
three times the specified MAXIMUM under the conditions I am attempting
to create.
I have done the following things:
1) Made sure that RESET/ is asserted for Trlh after powerup, and AS is
low during this time.
2) Made sure that there is a cycle on AS after the negation of RD/ or
WR/ during which STBY/ was asserted.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks very much, | 12 | sci.electronics |
What ever happened to the 'Adobe Fortress' I kept hearing about? I
thought this was a 'Cult Stronghold'! If the kgbatf knew it was a
tinderbox, why didn't they just have all the talking heads line up
and start huffin' and puffin? | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
Some birds require constant management for survival. Pointing a sensor at
the sun, even when powered down, may burn it out. Pointing a
parabolic antenna at Sol, from venus orbit may trash the
foci elements.
Even if you let teh bird drift, it may get hosed by some
cosmic phenomena. | 14 | sci.space |