Indeed, the immediate context [NASB] is:

  26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often
  since the foundation of the world; but now once at
  the consummation He has been manifested to put away
  sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

  27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die
  once, and after this comes judgement;

  28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear
  the sins of many, shall appear a second time, not to
  bear sin, tro those who eagerly await him.

The first point is that this verse is part of an even larger
context, the subject of which is not the destiny of the
individual human soul but rather the singular nature of Christ's
sacrifice, "once", and the fulfillment of the law for all of fallen
mankind.  Rudolf Frieling elaborates this in detail in his
"Christianity and Reincarnation".  The thrust of the passage
in its context is to liken the one time incarnation and
sacrifice of Christ for all mankind to the individual
experience of the human being after death.  The "once"
is repeated and emphasized, and it highlights the singularity
of Christ's deed.  One thing for certain it does is to
refute the claims of some that Christ incarnates more than
once.  But the comparison to the human experience - die
once, then judgement (note: not "the judgement", but just
"judgement".  The word for judgement is "krisis".

Hebrews 9:27 is the one passage most often quoted in defense
of the doctrine that the Bible denies reincarnation.  At this
point, I would just emphasize again that the  passages
that (arguably) speak against it are few, and that invariably
they are talking about something eles, and the apparent denial
of reincarnation is either inferred, or, as in the case of
Hebrews, taken literally and deposited into an implied context,
namely a doctrine of the destiny of the human being after
death.

What should be considered seriously is that the Bible is essentially
silent about the fate of the individual human being between death
and the Last Day.  If you take the few passages that could possibly
be interpreted to mean a single earth life, they are arguable.  And
there are other passages that point, arguably, in the other direc-
tion. such as Matthew 11:14 and John 9:2.

We can continue to debate the individual scraps of scripture that
might have a bearinig on this, and indeed we should discuss them.
But what I wanted to introduce into the discussion was an approach
to the idea of repeated earth lives that, unlike Hindu, Buddhist
and "new age" teachings, takes full cognizance of the divinity, singular
incarnation, death, burial, resurrection, and second coming of Christ
as the savior of mankind; the accountability of each individual for
his deeds and the reality of the Fall and of sin and its consequences;
the redemption of man from sin through Christ; the resurrection of
the body, and the Last Judgement.

Taken in this larger sense, many serious questions take on an entirely
different perspective.  E.g. the destiny of those who died in their
sins before Christ came. the relationship of faith and grace to
works, the meaning of "deathbed conversion", the meaning of the
sacraments, and many other things.  Not that I propose to answer all
those questions by a simple doctrine of convenience, but only that
the discussion takes on a different dimension, and in my opinion
one that is truly worthy of both man, the earth, and their Creator and
Redeemer. There are many deep questions that continue to be deep, such
as the meaning of the second death, and how the whole of Christian
doctrine would apply to this larger perspective of human existence.

There are those who deeply believe that the things of which the Bible
does not speak are not things we should be concerned with.  But Christ
also indicated that there were other things that we would come to know
in the future, including things that his disciples (and therefore others)
could not bear yet.  This idea that the human capacity for growth in
knowledge, not only of the individual in one lifetime, but of the whole
of humanity, also takes on great meaning when we realize that our growth
in the spirit is a long term process.  The Bible was not meant to codify
all spiritual knowledge in one place forever, but to proclaim the gospel
of the incarnation and redeeming deed of Christ - taking the gospel in the
greater context, from Genesis to Revelation.  Now, salvation (healing) becomes,
not the end of man's sojourn but its beginning.  And the Last Judgement and
the New Heaven and Earth that follow it become its fulfullment.


Disclaimer -- This is for fun.

In my computerized baseball game, I keep track of a category called
"stolen hits", defined as a play made that "an average fielder would not
make with average effort."  Using the 1992 Defensive Averages posted
by Sherri Nichols (Thanks Sherri!), I've figured out some defensive stats
for the leftfielders. Hits Stolen have been redefined as "Plays Kevin
Bass would not have made."

OK, I realize that's unfair.  Kevin's probably the victim of pitching staff,
fluke shots, and a monster park factor.  But let's put it this way:  If we
replaced every leftfielder in the league with someone with Kevin's 49.4% out
making ability, how many extra hits would go by?

To try and correlate it to reality a little more, I've calculated Net
Hits Stolen, based on the number of outs made compared to what a league
average fielder would make.  By the same method I've calculated Net Extra
Bases (doubles and triples let by).

Finally, I throw all this into a a formula I call Defensive Contribution, or
DCON :->.  Basically, it represents the defensive contribution of a player.
I add this number to OPS to get DOPS (Defense + Onbase Plus Slug), which
should represent the player's total contribution to the team.  So don't
take it too seriously.  The formula for DCON appears at the end of this
article.

The short version -- definition of terms
HS -- Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to Kurt Stillwell
NHS -- Net Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to average fielder
NDP -- Net Double Plays -- Extra double plays turned compared to avg fielder
NEB -- Net Extra Bases --  Extra bases prevented compared to avg. fielder
DCON -- Defensive Contribution -- bases and hits prevented, as a rate.
DOPS -- DCON + OPS -- quick & dirty measure of player's total contribution.

National League

Name            HS   NHS   NEB   DCON    DOPS
Gonzalez, L.    63    28    20   .192    .866
Gilkey, B.      52    23    14   .150    .941
Clark, G.       46    11    11   .065    .726
Alou, M.        20     3    12   .052    .835
Bonds, B.       54     9    -7   .019   1.099
May, D.         21     0    -7  -.020    .659
Gant, R.        31    -5    -2  -.021    .715
Bass, K.         0   -24    -4  -.126    .600

Ordered by DOPS

1.099 Bonds
 .941 Gilkey
 .866 Gonzalez
 .835 Alou
 .726 Clark
 .718 *NL Average*
 .715 Gant
 .659 May
 .600 Bass

American League
---------------

Name            HS   NHS   NEB   DCON    DOPS
Raines, T.      53    22    20   .111    .896
Anderson, B.    65    30     8   .102    .924
Henderson, R.   43    20     4   .101    .984
Vaughn, G.      55    27    -3   .095    .817
Gladden, D.     25     4     8   .038    .699
Hall, M.        29     6    -2   .017    .756
Mack, S.        38     6    -8   .005    .866
Polonia, L.     10   -11    10  -.019    .647
McReynolds, K.  13    -8    -9  -.064    .711
Maldanado, C.    9   -21   -12  -.105    .714
Reimer, K.       5   -18   -16  -.102    .671

Order by DOPS

.984 Henderson
.924 Anderson
.896 Raines
.866 Mack
.817 Vaughn
.756 Hall
.733 *AL Average*
.714 Maldanado
.711 McReynolds
.699 Gladden
.671 Reimer
.647 Polonia

More discussion --

DCON formula:  ((NHS + NDP)/PA) + ((NHS + NDP + NEB)/AB)
Why such a bizzare formula?  Basically, it's designed to be added into the
OPS, with the idea that "a run prevented is as important as a run scored".
The extra outs are factored into OBP, while the extra bases removed are
factored into SLG.  That's why I used PA and AB as the divisors.

For more discussion see the post on Hits Stolen -- First Base 1992
--
Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic


Sci med people:

Can I sell my TENS unit or does it have to be sold by a physician or
other liscened person?


No doubt the sci.med* folks are getting out their flamethrowers.  I'm
rather certain that the information you got was not medical literature
in the accepted academic/scientific journals.  So, the righteous among
them will no doubt jump on that.

Also, insofar as it doesn't conform to the accepted medical presumption
that it just doesn't matter what you eat, and that we can think of the
GI tract as a black box in which nothing ever goes wrong (except for
maybe cancer and ulcers), the righteous will no doubt jump on that too.

Then there'll be the ones who call your doctor a raving quack, even
though he, like Linus Pauling, is lucid and robust well into his
nineties--but nevermind about that.  He shouldn't charge for his
equipment and supplies, since they're no doubt not approved by the
FDA.  Of course, with FDA approval an MD or pharmaceutical company can
charge whatever they can get for such safe and effective treatments as
thalidomide.  But nevermind about that either.

Unfortunately, you dared to step into the sacred turf of Net.Medical.
Discussion without a credential and without understanding that the
righteous among them will make certain that you are suitably denounced
before dismissing you as a fool.

But maybe somebody without such a huge chip on their shoulder will
send you some reasonable responses by e-mail.

1/2 ;^)

1/2 ;^(

Oh yes, I did have a point.  A few years ago an MD with a thriving
practice in a very wealthy part of Silicon Valley once recommended that
I take such treatments to clear up a skin condition.  (Not through his
office, I might add.)  Although I'm sure that's not conclusive, it was
sure an unusual prescription!


element analysis, radiosity, distributed processing

Hi,

	I'm looking for references to parallel algorithms on:

		octrees
		adaptive subdivision
		adaptive meshing
		finite element meshing/analysis
		radiosity

	Any help will be greatly appreciated.  E-mail replies to


I don't have any written data but I know what I have experienced.  I use
S-50 in everything including my lawnmowers.  In my car it smoothed the idle
and reduced the operating temp by 5 degrees.  I havent used it long enough
to test for wear, but some people I know have.
 A farmer that lives near by used to have to overhaul his big deisel tractors
at least every other year if not every year.  Since he has been using S-50
he has went 5 years without an overhaul.

Also a friend at a machine shop has in the past rebuilt engines with 200K
miles on them because the coustomer thought it was time.  These coustomers
had ran S-50 since almost new.  It was found when measuring the internals
of the engine that they showed only about the amount of wear that would be
expected of 30K miles not 200K.


      And Dino Ciccarelli and Ray Sheppard and so on and so on.....

    : )


His name is Clint Malarchuk.  I'm not sure what he does now but I've heard
he's an extra in slasher films.


Wait a minute; I could swear that Varsho is white.


FOR SALE OR TRADE!!!

BMW R60US frame and misc.,converted to Earles fork. The package includes:

	Frame, swingarm and Earles fork
	Final drive(27/8)
	Rear fender, front fender, large tank
	Steel wheels laced w/ ss spokes, one new rim, one EC used rim
	All brackets, brake hdware, footrests etc.
	The colour scheme used is the original BMW optional Bristol grey
	Items not painted are: Earles rigid section(needs straightening,
		this rigid section was bent when I received it, not from
		being mounted to the R60US frame),Earles swingarm and the
		headlight shell. I have the paintthat was used and can
		finish the non-painted items if desired. The striping
		was done by Holt Design.
	Not included: engine, gearbox, electrics, seat.

This is a clean and tidy project. The project was terminated due to lack of
	time and the R69(35hp) engine that was to be used was transferred
	to another project. I would prefer to sell the package as whole.
	I am negotiable as to what can be included in the package, I will
	not separate any of the painted items. I am willing to take /2
	spares in trade.


From the description I've read, it's prob. only going to be
as bright as Jupiter. Anything else is probably hype from the
opponents or wishful thinking from the sponsors.

If we could do something as bright as the full moon that soon,
that cheap, the CIS would have done it already.


CASIO/B.O.S.S. SF-8000 Organizer (64K) with CasioLink Hardware/Software

Nice personal organizer that is in excellent shape.  It allows you to
store phone numbers/addresses (do searches, etc), business cards info,
schedules, and calender and also provides home/work time and calculator.
Also has password protection and alarms.  Nice 6 line LCD screen and
mini QWERTY keyboard.  Comes with CasioLink that lets you interface it with
your computer (Mac/IBM) and transmit/receive data (all forms).  I have
the software for the macintosh that runs it.  Nifty tool for people on the
go.  If you are interested, please email an offer.  Thanks. I have
necessary instruction manuals and all cables.  Thanks.


I recently corrected the resolution on my Sparcstation by changing
/usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers from:
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X :0 -ar1 500 -dpi 100
to:
:0 local /usr/bin/X11/X :0 -ar1 500 -dpi 85

I determined that my 19" 1152x900 monitor was 85 dpi by measuring the
active screen area and dividing by resolution.

However, this has caused my application fonts to behave strangely.
After some research, I believe this is caused by my applications
requesting fonts by Family, Weight, Slant, and Pointsize.  I believe
that X is grabbing the first font on the path with these characteristics
and displaying it.  Since I have only 75dpi and 100dpi fonts on my
path, the results are inaccurate.  I do have some Speedo fonts, but
not for the family I am using (Helvetica).

I think this is incorrect.  The fonts should always be provided in the
resolution of the display.  This never seems to happen unless you
explicitly request fonts by xres and yres!  This is true of both the
scaleable and bitmapped fonts!  For instance, the command

xfd -fn '-bitstream-charter-*-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*'

Will invoke a 75dpi font (despite the fact that this is a Speedo font).

The command

xfd -fn '-adobe-courier-*-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*'

Will invoke a 75dpi font or a 100dpi font (depending on my font path).
Despite the fact that X knows my display is 85 dpi, and that it can
generate an 85dpi font for me!  Unless I my applications specifies a
resolution, X appears to pick a stupid default.

Is this a bug?  Is it a feature?  If so, why?  Is there anything I can
do to get around this problem?  People have suggested that I lie about
my resolution, and specify a single font path (75 or 100, not both).
This would at least make my app consistent, but I like being able to
look at rulers that appear in my paint application and say: "Yup, thats
an inch".  Anyone have a set of 85dpi bitmapped fonts I can use?

System info:
Sun Sparc 10/41 w/32 MB, SunOS 4.1.3.

xdpyinfo:
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    MIT X Consortium
vendor release number:    5000
screen #0:
  dimensions:    1152x900 pixels (348x272 millimeters)
  resolution:    85x85 dots per inch

xset q font path:
  /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/


How can I find these files and graphics that people
are downloading from their Unix systems? Then, how
do I download them? I am a complete beginner in
this (obviously), so please baby-step me through
the process. First of all, I don't see amongst
these newsgroups where there is anything remotely
like a GIF, TIF, or compiled shareware program?

Thanks in advance for any information you can
give me. (I know there is a Unix command, "ftp,"
that will allow me to do this, but first I
need to know where to go to find the file
I want download via ftp, etc.

Thomas Helke
egret@wet.UUCP


Hello networld!

I'm looking for documentation/books on parametric drafting.

Does anyone know of such material, electronic on a Gopher/ftp-site
or books/authors.

Im not looking for commercial software rather info on implementation
and theory of the subject. Im planning to make a parametric
generator for autocad and i would need some referance.

Everything you know is of interest!

Thanks in advace!!

//Lasse

--


Of course,  they then  turn up the REverb, the Gain,  add in the analog
delay line  and the Fuzz box.  I'd think they wouldn't notice the
distortion.   Oh I forgot the phase shifters.

Ah,  but how do they compare to Mechanical systems :-)


I bought a StyleWriter II a couple months ago, and lately, when I print
something, I notice white lines or "gaps" running through the line being
printed.  It's almost like the paper is advancing a smidge too far when
advancing lines.

I replaced the ink cartridge thinking it might be the problem, but the lines
are still there.  Has anyone else noticed this problem?  What's the best way to
get rid of it?


From article <kOu2rAIJBh107h@axion.UUCP>, by wefiii@axion.UUCP (Warren E. Fridy III):
                                        =====
                              Now isn't that just amazing?? :)

Seriously, add program manager to your startup group and define a
shortcut for it. Works.


Dave - you might like to read a book by Florence Bulle "God
Wants You Rich & Other Enticing Doctrines", which discusses
OOBEs in one of her chapters.

In the Bible we have examples of men caught up in the Spirit (eg
Ezekiel, Paul). I believe that also this experience is
counterfeited by Satan - so that for example yoga and other
eastern medatitive techniques can be used to induce the soul to
leave the body and float off. Someone tried to sell me a book in
Los Angeles airport entitled "Easy Journeys to Other Planets"
which uses such techniques.

The occultic trance of a medium sometimes involves such body
departure - the book "The Challanging Counterfeit", about a
former medium who gets saved, tells how the author, on his last
trance, was attacked by evil spirits who tried to kill him
while returning to his body at the end of the seance
because of his interest in Christianity and how he was supernaturally
protected by the Lord.

There may be some similarities in mind-altering drugs and the
phenomena of 'tripping'.

As regards the connection between body and soul, there is an
interesting verse in Ecclesiastes. In a passage talking about
old age, the preacher writes "Then man goes to his eternal home
and mourners go about the streets. Remember Him--before the
silver cord is severed." (12.5-6) My understanding of this
silver cord is that it is something that attaches body and soul
in a manner somewhat similar to an umbilical cord or an
astronaut's air-line to his spaceship.
When a person goes out of body this silver cord still attaches
the soul whereever it goes - and is vulnerable to being broken:
astral projection can be dangerous! Bulle, I think, reports a
case of a yogi off on an OOBE who was found dead in his
apartment, with no apparent external cause.


That depends on how this verse is read.  There are at least two
meanings of the word "once".  1) only one time, and 2) at some
other time (i.e. once upon a time).  Note that in the previous
verse, the word "once" is used with the second meaning, and also
in the following verse, "once" is again used with the second meaning.
The Greek, I am sure, uses different words for each of the two meanings
for the English word "once".  I am not a Greek scholar, but I'm sure
someone here can verify which Greek word is used here for this meaning.
If the second meaning is being used, that verse can be interpreted as:

  - for it was once given for men to die (beginning with Adam), but
    after this [gift of atonement offered by Jesus Christ] the judgement
    [is made available], for now there is no longer death, but life
    with Christ.


This must be the standard strategy that is taught, cuz that's what they told
me to do in my Illinois MSF class. It works well, only you don't get the
satisfaction of kicking the shit out of some rabid hell-beast.


Many (all?) XT drive controllers have their own BIOS on board to handle low-
level formatting.  The BIOS also allows you to set up the drive properly
(# of cylinders/heads/etc).


    |
    | > Mary at that time appeared to a girl named Bernadette at
    | > Lourdes.  She referred to herself as the Immaculate Conception.
    | > Since a nine year old would have no way of knowing about the
    | > doctrine, the apparition was deemed to be true and it sealed
    | > the case for the doctrine.
    |Bernadette was 14 years old when she had her visions, in 1858,
    |four years after the dogma had been officially proclaimed by the
    |Pope.
    |
    | Yours,
    | James Kiefer

I forgot exactly what her age was but I remember clearly
that she was born in a family of poverty and she did not
have any education, whatsoever, at the age of the apparitions.
She suffered from asthma at that age and she and her family were
living in an abandoned prison cell of some sort.

She had to ask the 'Lady' several times in her apparitions about
what her name was since her confessor priest asked her to do so.
For several instances, the priest did not get an answer since
Bernadette did not receive any.  One time, after several apparitions
passed, The Lady finally said, "I am the Immaculate Conception".
So, Bernadette, was so happy and repeated these words over and
over in her mind so as not to forget it before she told the
priest who was asking.  So, when she told the priest, the
priest was shocked and asked Bernadette, "Do you know what
you are talking about?".  Bernadette did not know what exactly
it meant but she was just too happy to have the answer for
the priest.  The priest continued with, "How did you remember
this if you do not know?".  Bernadette answered honestly that
she had to repeat it over and over in her mind while on her
way to the priest...

The priest knew about the dogma being four years old then.
But Bernadette did not know and yet she had the answer which
the priest finally observed and took as proof of an authentic
personal revelation of Our Lady to Bernadette.

(Note: This Lady of Lourdes shrine has a spring of water which
our lady requested Bernadette to dig up herself with her
bare hands in front of pilgrims.  At the start little
water flowed but after several years there is more water
flowing.)


  An interesting note ... I have absolutely no recollection who was on my team.
  I picked all my players about 2 weeks before the start of the season, and
  then never touched the roster again.  I got wrapped up in my own "money" pool
  and decided not to get involved at all with the USENET pool (sorry Andrew
  btw).  The only thing I remember about my team is that I had Joe Sacco and
  maybe John MacLean.  Maybe Francis and Kevin Stevens as well.  Out of
  curiousity I checked the final standings today on r.s.h., only to find to my
  amazement that with absolutely no input, the initial team still managed to
  finsh 79th!  I'm not sure what that implies for those who finished below me
  :)

  Ciao.
  Brad Gibson

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	I'm trying to install WordPerfect 5.2 for windows on my computer.  I'm
running a 386sx25 w/ 2meg ram and a 4meg virtual mem setting for windows.  I
keep getting errors when I try to run WP52.  It tells me that I don't have
enough memory or disk space (since I have 47megs free on the HD, I'm assuming
that I don't have enough memory).  Can anyone tell me what it takes to run
this beast?  Thanks.
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[The only reason for the death penalty is revenge?? If you are going to
try to refute a position, try to refute the whole position or acknosledge
that you are only speaking to small piece of the problem. Broad sweeping
"the only reason, " etc on as tough nut to crack as the death penalty
reallly doesn't help much.

Every year the FBI releases crime stats showing an overwhelming amount of
crime is committed by repeat offenders. People are killed by folks who
have killed (who knows how many times) before. How aobut folks who are for
the death penalty, not for revenge, but to cut down on recidivism?]


Better, I think, is our right peacably to assemble.  I have a right to meet
you in a park and talk privately.  I have a right to see if anyone is
nearby, listening.

In cyberspace, cryptography gives us a right to assemble with control over
who overhears us.


Matching the Makarov offer was the only real mistake Dave King has made this
year. I have to wonder about the intelligence of signing a 33-year old who
is obviously on the downside of his career to a 4-year $2 million contract.
Risebrough matched the offer on King's request and Makarov has spent the last
quarter of the season in the press box because his work ethic just plain
stinks. Not to mention that he's lost a step and can no longer get himself
into position to make the nifty passes.

I think Makarov will be available for free this offseason to anybody who agrees
to pay his contract. He's ineffective in Calgary, but he might be able to help
a team like San Jose, with their shortage of talent. If there's no takers, and
Makarov doesn't show improvement in training camp, I think the Flames will just
bite the bullet and buy out Makarov's contract and release him. With his
current attitude, he is a detriment to the team.


I heard somewhere (can't name the source) that TEMPEST does not necessarily
pick-up just CRTs, but it can pick up emissions from almost any chip.  If
that is true, the kind monitor would not make any difference becuase everything
on the screen can be picked-up from the video controller.  Can anybody verify
or refute this?


And not the only quality Mariner pitcher.  I logged on expecting to see
at least ONE congratulatory note for Chris Bosio's NO HITTER, but nary
a peep.

So I'll take this opportunity to note that the red feet are now 11-5 and
slinking out of town without having scored a run in the last two games
or even a hit in last night's gem.

Not that we M's fans can compare our suffering to those of the followers
of New England's long-running tragedy, but only one winning season in
history is something of a burden to bear.  So we'll take our joys when
we can get 'em.

The Mariners now have two no-hit pitchers on the staff and not
coincidentally those pitchers beat the Red Sox in back to back games.

jsh


Can someone in this net post a Yankee Schedule?
I need this right away.


	This was not stated nor implied.  Try asking.

	This is laughable.  Licenses?  Right.  So then I would need a
	license to possess chlorine gas?  It is a weapons grade poison.
	Would I be breaking the law then if I were to, say, pour Chlorox
	on the spot where my cat pissed on the floor?  The reaction of
	ammonia and bleach liberates pure chlorine gas.  Do I go to jail
	for this?  Why or why not?

	Would I need a license to possess other chemical agents?  What about
	nicotine?  Deadly poison, and rather fast acting.  Must I now become
	licensed to posess tobacco?  And what about nicotine sulphate, an even
	deadlier poison?  Will I need a license to possess this type of
	insecticide?  What about Raid(tm)?  Black Flag?  Gasoline?  Benzene?
	Hydrazine (a violent poison)?

	Will I go to jail for possessing a can of tomatoes that went bad with
	botulinus?

	What about my mom & pop QC lab where I use cyanogen bromide (mustard
	gas) to do lot analysis on certain non-prescription pharmaceuticals?

	What if I wish to use potassium cyanide to recover gold from aqua
	regia?  A license?

	Would I need a license to possess Beryllium, perhaps the most poisonous
	non-radioactive metal?  How about Beryllium-Copper alloy?

	Do I need a license for nitrate fertilizers which *could* be used to
	make VERY powerful explosive devices such as the one that the IRA
	recently detonated, killing 1 and injuring 45?

	Can I have vinegar without license?  Hydrogen peroxide?  Where is the
	line drawn?


I had ankle reconstruction (grafting the extensor digitorum
longus to the lateral side of the ankle, along with a video
arthroscopy of the ankle (interesting to watch, to say the
least). Since then, I have had periodic muscle spasms (not
cramping, but twitching that is very fast) in some of the
muscle groups along the lateral side, and along the top of
my foot.

TX with quinine sulfate produced ringing in my ears, but did
help with the spasms.

I am on flexeril now, but no discernable help with the spasms.

Any ideas?

One thing - I am in a short leg cast, so heat is not the answer.


Is there a hot-key for the Windows 3.1 screen saver utility?  If not, is
there an easy way to create one?  The reason that I need one is that my
dad's company is anal retentive about leaving a computer while the
information can be accessed so the employees are not allowed to walk away
from the computer until the screen saver kicks in (as if that is terribly
secure).  Also, the system manager won't let any software be added so
another program such as LOCK32.ZIP from cica or a different screen saver
is out.

Thanks for any and all help.


Is there any judgement call on the part of the scorer for sac fly RBI's?
This is the situation that brought the question up:

The Red Sox were up in the bottom of the 9th by a score of 5-1.  The Mariners
had the bases loaded with 1 out.  The batter hits a fly to center, which the
fielder catches.  The runner at third tags and scores without a throw.

Now, without a judgement call (and I don't think there is one), this is an RBI
for the batter.  It seems to me that a better name for this would be "defensive
indifference", since it doesn't really matter whether the guy at third scores
at that point.  (I know, I can think of several "If the Mariners stole third
and second, which opening the base would allow, and then the batter hit a
grounder which the third baseman gets deep in the hole between himself and
third, he wouldn't have a play at home, third, or second for the out, and
maybe he therefore can't make the throw to first to get the last out, etc...
scenarios, too.  But does it _really_ matter if this guy scores this way when
you're down by 4?  If the tying run is going to score, so is the guy on third.)

The point is that the batter (IMO) shouldn't get "credit" (an RBI) for utterly
failing to do his job - which at this point is to get a hit or a walk, not
trade an out for one run.  What do you guys think?


I am looking for a means to add FLI and FLC animation creation
to a Windows application.  I was hoping for something along the lines
of AAWIN or AAPLAY by Autodesk but for the creation of these delta
compressed animations.  I have FLILIB but this seems to be coded for
the Large memory model of DOS with Turbo C. Ideally I would
like a DLL or Medium model object library, but would settle
for anything, really.  I've seen other Windows apps with
FLI/FLC creation, did they hack the FLILIB code into submission?

Any pointers would be appreciated, please send mail directly
to me and I will summarize the results if there is interest.


EDTA(chelation therapy) has been used by some physicians to try to remove
calcium from calcified plaques in the arterial system(not approved for such
use).  There is also the possibility that lung tissue in patients with lung
disease has become calcified(chest x-rays would show this).  There are side
-effects to the use of EDTA because it is not specific for calcium(it also
binds other minerals).  I think that there have been some deaths when
EDTA chelation therapy has been used because of mineral imbalances that
were not detected and corrected.  In animal studies, the best way to remove
calcium from plaques in rabbits was to supplement the rabbits with vitamin C
and magnesium(rabbits already synthesize their own vitamin C, the extra
vitamin C was given in their diets to help the magnesium displace the calcium
from the plaques).

The calcification process that occurs in both plaques and the lung probably
can be prevented if magnesium is used in supplemental form.  Most patietns
with calcium deposits are found to be deficient in calcium.

	1. "Magnesium interrationships in ischemic heart disease: A review"
	   Am J Clin Nutr 27(1):59-79(1974).  Supplementation with
	   magnesium will prevent clacification of blood vessels.

	2. "The importance of magnesium deficiency in cardiovascular
	    disease" Am. Heart J 94:649-57(1977).  The need to measure the
	    serum concentration in all patients with heat disease cannot be
	    overemphasized.  This is a review article.

	3. "Effect of dietary magnesium on development of atherosclerosis
	   in cholesterol-fed rabbits" Atherosclerosis 10:732-7(1990).
	   Magnesium supplementation greatly decreased the formation of
	   plaques in rabbits feed a diet that had 1% by weight cholesterrol
	   added to their normal food.

Since EDTA will also bind magnesium, I've never really liked it's use for
the reversal of athersclerosis or now apparently in emphesema patients.


Hi.  One of my coworkers is having a very odd problem.  His mouse
works fine in DOS applications, if you load them from the C: prompt.
Under Windows, the mouse pointer is present, but does not move.  Even
if you load a DOS app under Windows, the mouse doesn't work.

  The computer is a Zeos 386SX-20 w/Diamond Speedstar VGA running MS
DOS 5.0 and Windows 3.1.  Mouse driver is Microsoft's 8.2.  I've tried
switching the mouse from COM1 to COM2, I've tried a different mouse,
I've reinstalled MOUSE.DRV, and I can't get the blamed thing to work.
The only difference between his system and mine (where the mouse works
perfectly) is that he has an expansion card with an additional
parallel and serial port.  Could that cause the problem?

  Thanks in advance for any help.


I think we should just let Bhagwans be Bhagwans.


What is this "Gaza"? Are you purposely separating it from the "West Bank"?
If so, why separate the people and territories? If not, why are you just
addressing "Gaza" here?

By all means, continue to list the "etc." The reason I particularly
bring this up here is that there are **many** from middle eastern
and west asian countries. That fact in itself **adds** an important
element to any consideration of "resolution" of the Arab-Israel
conflict.

You explained what "sea" meant with regard to the Israelis/jews,
please do so in this case.

"Just"? You better not ask for that because that would mean North
American tribes would be returned their lands, the pre-Islamic tribes
would take back their lands from the Islamic invaders, the Saxons get
to kick the Normans out of the UK, the central and south american
tribes get to kick the spanish descendents out of thier lands.....
And, once we have returned the land to those who last possessed it,
we have to find out from whom **they** stole it. At some point, *every*
culture stole the land they are on from previous occupants.

But wait! Now you refer to "Palestinians", so what happened to "Gaza"?

As we both know, most people would choose the third alternative. And,
since you have done so in the past, perhaps you would initiate things by
presenting your vision of "resolution". In doing so, however, the worries
(not paranioas, *worries*) and resonable expectations **of both**
parties should be considered.


quoted for future reference...

He believed one of two things: 1) Sabo was more likely than Samuel
to get a hit OR 2) that more good would be done in the long run
by leaving Sabo in regardless of the expectation of the actual outcome.

In fact you don't know what Perez had in mind when he left Sabo in.

In fact, I don't think anyone is claiming that they can predict
the future, or any particular future event.  But we can believe
that certain trends are due to a cause (whether or not we have
identified the cause) and therefore will continue.

I think seeing insults in other people's opinions is kind of silly.
After all, Mark didn't call you a total idiot, or call your work
stupid, he simply stated that it didn't change his opinion on the
subject.

If player A hits better on Tuesdays and always has, and Mark believes
that it might be an indication that he will hit on Tuesday better next
season as well, would you respond the same way?  At some point you
might admit that all variable might not be known to you (who knows
what this guy does every Monday night?  Maybe he sees his sports
shrink on Tuesday mornings, or has his Vitamin B shots Monday nights?)

But this is something that's true of one guy only.  It doesn't
mean that there will be a meaningful correlation for the entire
league by days of the week, nor that there should be.  But it doesn't
mean we can't make predictions based on that for that particular
player.

I only see a prediction for one player here.  I don't see anything
about ALL batters.

That's exactly what Mark is trying to do though.  Find hitters
that have these correlation and ask whether we can make predictions
for these hitters based on their past performance.

Huh?  What does gambler's fallacy have to do with anything?
Whether you can know the reason for correlation or not, you can't
deny that it has existent, you can only make an argument that
you don't think it is likely to continue to exist because you
can't see a reason for it to exist.

Someone posted recently on why negative clutch would correlate.
The argument along the lines of star player with L/R splits will
always see an adverse condition in late innings of a close game
(i.e. opposing manager will always bring in a AH pitcher to
face him, where his manager will not pull him for a PH)

What about you?  If the shoe fits, will you wear it with an open mind?


Being in the "visualization" stage of a circuit design right now,
I was wondering what the best way to "scale" an AC voltage using an 8-bit
digital word is. I am thinking of using the common method of sending the
word through an ADC and then comparing it with the AC voltage (converted
to a sawtooth wave) to get a duty cycle. However, I am leary of this
method because it a) requires a lot of parts, and, more importantly, b)
creates a lot of interference from the switching on the entire AC line. I
realize that correct filtering could cancel out most of this interference,
but that would require more parts and boost the price further.
	Someone mentioned to me that they had seen an IC which input 8
bits of data and DIRECTLY scaled the AC voltage coming in all on-chip.
Unfortunately, he couldn't remember the chip number or the manufacturer;
if anyone else has heard of this chip, please e-mail me.
	I am building this project as a "dimmer box" for a light
controller circuit and it is important that the cost of each box remains
very low because one dimmer is required for each light that the user
wishes to control (well, each channel, at least). Therefor, if each box
costs $150, I doubt that an end user will want to dish out ($150 x 16 =
$2400) for sixteen channels... This is something I have noticed about
today's dimmer boxes; they are so expensive!
	Anyway, any help which someone could offer on either a method of
easily doing this or info about the chip which will do it for me (always
the preferred method... :) will be greatly appreciated!


Don't be silly.

Using the Sound Manager on a Quadra is very well, but using SM on
any of the low-end machines doesn't simply work for a decent action
game since it just steals too much time from the CPU. This is
a fact. By writing directly to the hardware on an SE, it is
possible to have 4 simultaneous channels of sampled sound (11kHz) for
a cost of approx. 8000 cycles. Exactly how would you do that using
the SM, pray tell?

The correct thing to do is to use the SM on the machines that can
carry that extra load using the SM means, and to write directly
to the sound hardware on the machines that can't. It's not the
politically correct thing, but from the developers' point of
view it is.


What are those other objects?  UFOs????


Unfortonately, that truly is about the best summation of the research
that there is.  Advantages stated of circumcison included probably
prevention of penile cancer, (which, interestingly, occurs mostly in men
whose personal hygiene is exceptionally poor), simplicity of personal
hygiene, prevention of urinary tract infections, and prevention of
a unretractible foreskin,  Disadvantages include infection from the
procedure, pain, etc.  I apologize; I am trying to pull this off
the top of my head.  I will post what I discovered in research; I did
a paper on the topic in my research class in Nursing school.
It really is a decision that is up to the parents.  Some parents use
the reasoning that they will "look like Daddy" and like their friends
as justification.  There is nothing wrong with this; just be sure it is
what you want to do, since it is rather difficult to uncircumcise
a male, although a major surgical procedure exists.

As long as your membranes have not broken and you have not had any
problems with your pregnancy, it should be OK to sit in a tub of water.
HOWEVER, I WOULD RECOMMEND USING YOUR OWN BATHTUB IN YOUR OWN HOME!
It is nearly impossible to guarantee the cleanliness and safety of "public"
hot tubs.  A nice warm bath can be very relaxing, especially if your back
is killing you!  And it would possibly be advisable to avoid bubble bath
soap , esp. if you are prone to yeast infection.

Hope these tips help you some.


For Sale I have 4 (Four) 1 Meg SIMMS (100ns) for the Macintosh.
If you want to upgrade that Mac IIsi, IIci, or whatever.
Email your offer.  Thanks.


[discussion of pros and cons deleted]

Could someone give me the references to the LLNL proposal?  I've been meaning
to track it down in conjuntion with something I'm working on.  It's not
directly related to space stations, but I think many of the principles will
carry over.


I need to know the jumper settings for master and/or slave operation on
a Maxtor 7080AT (80MB IDE) hard disk.

Thanks in advance.


Oops, I didn't get the signal processing right (thats what I get from doing
the work on an ascii terminal). Here is the fixed patch:

*** 1.1	1993/04/28 06:05:03
--- Imakefile	1993/04/28 08:20:35
***************
*** 209,215 ****
  OBJS4=	xcmap.o

  PROGRAMS= xv bggen vdcomp xcmap
!

  #if defined(HaveJpeg) || defined(HaveTiff)
  #  ifdef HaveJpeg
--- 209,218 ----
  OBJS4=	xcmap.o

  PROGRAMS= xv bggen vdcomp xcmap
! all::
! 	@echo ""
! 	@echo "  Did you remember to 'make depend' first?"
! 	@echo ""

  #if defined(HaveJpeg) || defined(HaveTiff)
  #  ifdef HaveJpeg
***************
*** 222,238 ****
       SUBDIRS = tiff
  #  endif
  #  define PassCDebugFlags
     MakeSubdirs($(SUBDIRS))
-    DependSubdirs($(DUBDIRS))
  #endif

  all::
- 	@echo ""
- 	@echo "  Did you remember to 'make depend' first?"
- 	@echo ""
-
- all::
  	@echo "  building xv ..."
  	@echo ""

--- 225,236 ----
       SUBDIRS = tiff
  #  endif
  #  define PassCDebugFlags
+ #  define IHaveSubdirs
     MakeSubdirs($(SUBDIRS))
  #endif

  all::
  	@echo "  building xv ..."
  	@echo ""

***************
*** 259,267 ****

  SRCS = $(SRCS1) $(SRCS2) $(SRCS3) $(SRCS4)
- DependTarget()

  AllTarget($(PROGRAMS))

  NormalProgramTarget(xv,$(OBJS1),$(DEPLIBS),$(LOCAL_LIBRARIES),)
  NormalProgramTarget(bggen,$(OBJS2),$(DEPLIBS),$(LOCAL_LIBRARIES),)
--- 257,269 ----

  SRCS = $(SRCS1) $(SRCS2) $(SRCS3) $(SRCS4)

+
  AllTarget($(PROGRAMS))
+ DependTarget()
+ #ifdef IHaveSubdirs
+    DependSubdirs($(SUBDIRS))
+ #endif

  NormalProgramTarget(xv,$(OBJS1),$(DEPLIBS),$(LOCAL_LIBRARIES),)
  NormalProgramTarget(bggen,$(OBJS2),$(DEPLIBS),$(LOCAL_LIBRARIES),)
*** 1.1	1993/04/28 06:09:50
--- xcmap.c	1993/04/28 07:09:03
***************
*** 9,15 ****
--- 9,19 ----

  /* include files */
  #include <stdio.h>
+ #if defined(sun) && defined(SYSV)
+ #include <string.h>
+ #else
  #include <strings.h>
+ #endif
  #include <ctype.h>

  #include <X11/Xos.h>
*** 1.1	1993/04/28 08:33:13
--- xv.h	1993/04/28 17:47:38
***************
*** 284,292 ****
--- 284,298 ----

  /* signal macros */
+ #if defined(sun) && defined(SYSV)
+ #define HOLD_SIG         sighold(SIGALRM)
+ #define RELEASE_SIG      sigrelse(SIGALRM)
+ #define PAUSE_SIG        sigpause(SIGALRM)
+ #else
  #define HOLD_SIG         sigblock(sigmask(SIGALRM))
  #define RELEASE_SIG      sigblock(0)
  #define PAUSE_SIG        sigpause(0)
+ #endif

  /* default for most folks */
***************
*** 318,323 ****
--- 324,333 ----
  #define random  rand
  #define srandom srand
  #endif
+ #if defined(sun) && defined(SYSV)
+ #define random() rand()
+ #define srandom(x) srand(x)
+ #endif

*** 1.1	1993/04/28 06:17:41
--- tiff/Imakefile	1993/04/28 08:53:34
***************
*** 49,59 ****
--- 49,69 ----

  tif_compress.o: Imakefile

+ #if HasGcc
  g3states.h: mkg3states.c t4.h
          -${RM} g3states.h
+ 	${CC} -traditional -o mkg3states ${CFLAGS} mkg3states.c
+         ./mkg3states > g3states.h || rm g3states.h
+ #else
+ g3states.h: mkg3states.c t4.h
+         -${RM} g3states.h
          ${CC} -o mkg3states ${CFLAGS} mkg3states.c
          ./mkg3states > g3states.h || rm g3states.h
+ #endif

  depend:: g3states.h


I have been looking around some Ftp sites and cannot find one with any good
GIF files. Could someone please tell me of some Ftp sites which do posses
goods GIFS and a wide range.

Please EMAIL me at the address above.

Thanks


I opened the file with a text editor and it looks like:

^Vnetwork storyboardpictPICT8BIM^E^......

I have already tried BinHex which does not seem to work.
Any other ideas?

--


    This is something I asked before, but I don't think I got an answer, or
maybe I lost the answer, or maybe it's just an obvious question (:->). Will
the GX stuff (on-line docs etc.) be available on the DEVELOP CDs, or will it
only go out to people in the Developer's program and such? Just curious.


I agree, I saw no reason they could not have had "close in" pool
cameras manned by volunteers and protected by sandbags or whatever.

[Points made by Dick DeGueran, Koresh's lawyer]

Okay, their word against the FBI's at this point.  See ya in court!

Dear, dear. They could have COME OUT.

Okay, they were living in a fire hazard. That they built.

No crime, irrelevant either way.

Ah yes, that is exactly what I would do.  Hold Bible study. Take a nap.
Always a wise course of action when you're being gassed.

I don't believe there was a "suicide pact".  I believe that Koresh
wanted a fiery conflagration ... which he may not have told his followers.
In fact, this hypothesis is CONFIRMED by the survivors' stories.

Yes, that's right.  And once the whole compound was demolished, where
did they expect to go?

The building is being RAMMED and they are going UPSTAIRS?  That's almost
as bad as running into a fire.

Hm, an interesting notion.  We'll see.

More Bible study, no doubt.  Hey, it's a *priority*.

Actually, on Friday he stated that there was no evidence either way and
he could not flatly contradict the federal agents' claims.  We'll know
more later.  In any event, it's irrelevant.

For six hours they were trapped?  The building was not "destroyed"
immediately.  They COULD HAVE LEFT AT ANY TIME.

Six hours to move it away.  Or COME OUT.

Irrelevant, anyway.  PR one way or the other, but no crime or innocence
indicated.

No word on whether they were being fired back at, which is an operative
question here.

Right.  For six hours you know that a tank could come thru the wall at
any point, and you leave a COLEMAN LANTERN BURNING.  Near BALES OF HAY.

It's ultimately irrelevant who "lit" the fire.  They had ample opportunity
to LEAVE.

Most charismatic leaders are extremely intelligent, actually.  They tend
to be excellent actors and skilled manipulators.  (Ex.: Ted Bundy.)

Medical assistance was jsut a phone call away.  Gee, all he had to do
was COME OUT.

Not relevant to any crimes.

While he was there.  Anyway, outsiders RARELY see abuse.  It's a secretive
thing.  All we have to go on are the court documents in the Jewell case
and the mistrial in California.

EXACTLY.  By their OWN CHOICE.

Looks like there will be several investigations, starting with Congressional
committee hearings next week....

I have NEVER judged them by their religion, but by their ACTIONS.

If they had lived a quiet, religious life as they claimed, there would
have been no raid, no siege, and no deaths.  Instead, they chose courses
of action at every turn that were at the very least STUPID, if not
IRRATIONAL.  The first was to stockpile weapons.  The second was to
shoot federal agents.  The third was to stay inside.

Just as we don't blame a cop who shoots a kid who had pointed a toy
weapon at him, I don't think the FBI deserves blame in this case.


It is actually simple in principle. Porous adsorbents like zeolite and
activated carbon can adsorb gases evaporated from the adsorbate (water
or methanol, etc.) giving the cooling effect.  Upon being heated, the
gas-saturated adsorbent bed will give off the gases which are then to be
condensed.  This forms the adsorption refrigeration cycle.  The only problem
is that the COP is very low (0.2 -0.6).

Max


There are JPEG viewers that are windows based and therefore need no hardware
specific drivers beyond those provided in windows. I got mine from the Library
of Congress in connection with their online exhibit of books from the Vatican
library. See a previous message in this newgroup about that.


Hi.

He needs insert the MO before FileSharing get turned on, and the only one
that can see the disk is the owner of the machine. (I'm not sure but seems
that the check "Allow owner to see entire disk" should be enabled too).

A bad thing: you can't eject the disk until FS is turned off.

Hope that helps.

--
Pablo A. Millan L.        |  MIS OPINIONES SON MIAS (pero te las puedo vender)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
email : pablo@ing.puc.cl  |  Seeds Limitada, Santiago, Chile


from alt.law-enforcement

--


 > A Christian friend of mine once reasoned that if we were never
 > created, we could not exists. Therefore we were created, and
 > therefore there exists a Creator.

I hesitate to comment on the validity of this, because I do not know
what your friend meant by it. If he meant that whatever exists must
have been created, then he is open to the obvious retort that God
exists, and so God must have been created.

Perhaps your friend meant that we exist now but that there was a
time when we did not exist, and therefore something other than
ourselves must have brought us into existence. This seems plausible,
but an atheist might reply, "So my parents engendered me. So what?"
Here your friend would have to explain why an infinite regress of
causes is not a satisfactory explanation. He would have some support
from philosophers who are not ordinarily considered religious (Ayn
Rand, and some others who are in the tradition of Aristotle). Having
argued for a First Cause, he would have to bridge the gap between
said entity and the God of Abraham. If he merely asserts that the
things we observe are ultimately dependent on things radically
unlike them, few physicists would disagree.


And my '78 CX500 too - I first thought it was the wiring diagram that didn't
fit MY machine ;-)


Sorry, my news reader doesn't seem to know how to copy a subject header.
This tracks the thread "why people don't need strong crypto....."

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 expressly forbids *thinking* about building
nuclear devices.  While I was in grad school, a friend of mine got a
security clearance to work on the defense for the Progressive magazine.
He found lots of articles which were public domain *removed* from the
local engineering library (Madison Wisconsin).  So the lawyers sent him
all over the states to other libraries to show that the information in
the article was already public.  What pissed everyone off was a local
underground paper went and published the article anyway (it had been
precensored by the feds, that's what this was all about) so the judge
declared the case moot.

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 has never been tested in court.  From my
discussions with several people familiar with the case, only 2 other
times has this preemptive clause been used.  In every case the people
simply did what they felt like and courts tossed the cases out.

For all intents and purposes, the government *does* have precidence for
declaring things classified *after* it has been published.  While I was
working on Star Wars this happened to me: my clearance was in the works
and I developed a method for tracking particle beams.  It was good enough
to classify, so I was no longer allowed to work on it.  A friend from
Canada was in the same boat: he developed a method to compute stripping
cross sections, but because the subject was classified *he was not allowed
to present his own paper at a conference!*.  He later published it in an
open journal without problems.

When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro.  The feds can do whatever
they want whenever they feel like it, and they will make up rules to let
themselves get away with it.  Since the mass media can't tell the difference
between a joke and the real thing (like "ranch appocolypse" for the Waco
massacre) don't count on them to help spread the word about their loss
of freedom.  The government *can* make strong crypto illegal.  SO WHAT?
Since the government does not obey any of its own rules, why should we?


: # #The median number of sexual partners for all men 20-39 was 7.3.
: # Don't forget that 25% had 20 or more partners....
: Not surprising.  Remember, that study includes homosexuals as well.

Implying, no so tacitly, that homosexual men are more promiscuous than
heterosexual men.  Interesting, especially in the wake of a news report
last week about a group of high school seniors (heterosexual, I might
add) who boasted monthly conquests of up to *67* girls *each*.  It
seems that promiscuity is not limited to homosexuals.

This is a sad fact of life: no matter what you look for -- whether it
be homosexual promiscuity, racial discrimination, or sexual harassment
-- you *will* find it.  Whether or not it actually exists where you're
looking.


I think that _The_Transcedental_Temptation_, by Paul Kurtz, has a good
section on the origins of Mormonism you might want to look at.


Is there an "official extension" to X which allows the use of audio? Most
of the X audio programs use system-specific ways to access the audio
capabilities of the computer they run on. Is there a hardware-independent
way to do this (like the video extension XV)? Thanks for any help.


Two things to watch for:
In Germany (and I think the same holds for Sweden) only some
of the connections can handle tone dialing, so make sure the
phone can be set to pulse dialing.
In Sweden, the '0' is the first digit and all other digits
are pushed "down" by one position; this makes dialing (and
in the process converting numbers) an interesting task.
Otherwise, it is technically no problem to connect a foreign
phone to either the German or Swedish phone system.
OTOH neither you nor I would ever try that, as it is of course
illegal.


That operation was done by a small Jewish fraction BEFORE the state even
existed and, as far as I remember, was disaproved by most of the Jews.

Saying that "He was killed by the Israelis" is plain wrong because there wasn't
"Israel" at the time.

And as far as the Jews liked the idea of having part of the land you can see
their reaction to the UN resolution from 29 November,  and the Arab's reaction
too  (no,  it wasn't that the Arabs danced in the streets with doznes of Jewish
states invading them but quite the other way around).

Bye,


I am curious to known if there are any professional sports teams whose
games are regularly broadcast on an FM station.  The only one I am
aware of is WYSP in Philadelphia who carries the Eagles' games.

If you respond to me I will summarize for the list.


M(--> were doomed to 4'th in the division.  I'm still not convinced the
M(--> Sabres will win this series (I've lived in Buffalo all my life, and
M(--> these last 10 years have been playoff Hell), but I'm just sitting
M(--> back, crossing my fingers and hoping the offense can keep scoring

Have no fear, Doug, the Bruins are toast. Statistically, only 2 teams
in **all** the Stanley Cup series ever played have come back to win.
And it couldn't have happened to a nicer team, with all the crowing
from Boston fans I've had to endure over the last month.

Take heart, Bruins fans. At least you finished first in the Adams
<sinister chuckle>.

- Jack

 * Laugh and the world thinks you're an idiot.


The problem was that TextField was improperly walking the string; it used
the character count instead of the byte count... a significan "Oops".
The problem has been fixed and the patch is included in the latest periodic
patch from HP support services.


I'm not sure if this will help you, but the (local) interstellar
radiation field has been measured and modeled by various groups.  If I
remember things correctly, the models involved contributions from three
different BB sources, so there's no obvious "temperature" of background
radiation in our local area.  However, the following references give the
interstellar radiation density as a function of wavelength, and you can
integrate and average in an appropriate manner to get an "effective"
temperature if you like:

Witt and Johnson (1973) Astrophys. J. 181, 363 - 368
Henry et al. (1980) Astrophys. J. 239, 859 - 866
Mathis et al. (1983) Astron. Astrophys. 128, 212 - 229

As you can see, the references are out of date, but they might get you
started.

Hope this helps,


I am not sure that I am supposed to post this mail here. However
during the last year, while I was involved in developing graphical user
interface (GUI) applications, I have enjoyed being personally part of this
news group wherin I got some interesting information which helped me in my
work. I am posting my resuming hoping that people working in my area would
make time to look at it.
________________________________________________________________________________
_
						304A WestGate Hall,
						ISU, Ames, IA 50011.
						(515) 294 1525
						April 29, 1992.

Dear Prospective Employer:

I am seeking employment as a software engineer with interests in software
design and development, in which I can utilize my experience in hardware,
C & C++ programming, graphical user interface (GUI), operating systems and
computer networking.

I received my Bachelors of Engineering (BE) degree in Electronics
Engineering in 1990 and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in Dec 1992
from Iowa State University. Currently I am enrolled in a M.S. in Computer
Engineering at Iowa State University.

During my Masters program, as a research assistant since Jan 1991, I have
published three papers including one in the IEEE Transactions on Magnetics.
These papers are a reflection of the quality of my research and my ability
to learn new concepts quickly.

I have been involved in many projects involving software developments and
have extensive experience programming in C, C++, Fortran and Assembly Level.
I am also familiar with operating systems like Unix, Ultrix and MS-DOS.
I am familiar with Motif/X programming and currently, as a research assistant,
am involved in graphical user interface (GUI) design using the multiplatform
GUI toolkit XVT++. My experiences also include areas such as operating systems
and computer networks, through course work and projects. I was involved in the
study of the design and development of the internals of the XINU operating
system. I have also been involved in many TCP/IP programming projects in
computer networking.

While in college I learnt the importance of clear and concise communication.
I have also learned a lot about time management. In my M.S. program I
have maintained a 3.70 grade average, worked 20 hours per week and
have enjoyed being involved in many other extra curricular activities.

My software experiences along with my hardware background (Electronics
Engineering) would be very helpful in my career goals as a software engineer.
I request that my qualifications may kindly be reviewed. I would like to
have an interview to discuss your employment needs and my career goals.
I am eager to hear from you soon.

Sincerely

S.N. Rajesh (rajsnr@iastate.edu)

...........................................................................
				RESUME
...........................................................................

			     S. N. RAJESH
		          __________________

    Work		                             Residence
305 Coover ISU,					304A WestGate hall, ISU
Ames, IA 50011    				Ames, IA 50011
               					(515) 294-1525

        	      E-mail: rajsnr@iastate.edu

OBJECTIVE	To obtain a challenging position as a Software Engineer
		involving software design and development, in which I can
		utilize my experience in hardware, C & C++ programming,
		graphical user interface (GUI), operating systems and
		computer networking.

EDUCATION	Currently enrolled in a M.S. in Computer Engineering, Iowa state
		University, Ames, Iowa 50011.

		M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames,
		Iowa 50011 (Dec 1992)   	GPA	Major: 3.8/4.0
							Overall: 3.7/4.0.
		Thesis: Probability of Detection (POD) Models for Eddy Current
		Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Methods.
		(Project Funded by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA))

		B.E. in Electronics Engineering, Bangalore University,
 		Bangalore, India (Jan 1990).

PUBLICATIONS	S. N. Rajesh, L. Udpa and S. S. Udpa, "Numerical Model Based
		Approach for Estimating Probability of Detection in NDE
		applications", IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 29,
		No. 2, March 1993.

		S. N. Rajesh, L. Udpa and S. S. Udpa, "Estimation of
                Eddy Current Probability  of Detection using 3D Finite Element
		Model", presented at the 19th Annual review of Progress in
		Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Conferance, San Diego,
		California (Jul 1992)

		S. N. Rajesh, L. Udpa, S. S. Udpa and N. Nakagawa, "Probability
                of Detection Models for Eddy Current NDE Methods", Presented at
                the 18th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative
                Nondestructive Evaluation Conferance, Brunswick, ME (Jul 1991)

RELEVANT * Implemention of Operating Systems * Electronic Devices and Circuits
COURSE     * Computer Network Architecture     * Pulse and Digital Circuits
WORK       * Advanced Computer Communications  * Artificial Neural Networks
           * Introduction to Supercomputing    * Pattern Recognition
           * Microprocessors and Computer      * Digital Image Processing
	     Organization                      * Digital Signal Processing
           * Computer Technology and           * Integrated Circuits and Design
	     Programming

PROJECTS	* Implementation of the fork system call on the Xinu operating
		  system. Also involved in the implementation of a CPU
		  scheduling algorithm taking into consideration the aging
		  of processes. This project involved the study of the design
		  and development of the internals of the Xinu operating system.
		* Design and development of an interrupt driven keyboard driver.
		  This project involved a thorough understanding of device
		  drivers.
		* Design and development of a Unix like tree structured
		  directory which allows the creation of subdirectories and
		  organization of files accordingly. This project included the
		  implementation of routines such as mkdir, rmdir, cd, ls and
		  rm to support the directory structure.
		* Analysis of methods of congestion control in computer
                  networks.
                * Implementation of the Bellman-Ford routing algorithm for a
                  distributed network. The communication between network nodes
                  was based on UDP. This project involved programming in C++.
		* Simulation of the various digital logic functional units
		  starting from the basic gates to registers, counters, adders,
		  multipliers, arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and so on. The
		  project involved extensive C programming in an Unix
		  environment.

WORK		Research Assistant, Center for NDE, Iowa State University, Ames,
EXPERIENCE	IA 50011 (Aug 1992-Present)
                * Work involves development of applications using graphical
                  user interface (GUI) toolkits. Familiar with programming in
                  a Motif/X environment. More recent work involves development
                  of multiplatform GUI applications, in C++, using the portable
		  GUI toolkit XVT++.
                  (This project is supported by NIST (National Institute of
                   Standards and Technology)).

		Research Assistant, Center for NDE, Iowa State University, Ames,
		IA 50011 (Jan 1991-Aug 1992)
		* Work involved developing software for modeling electromagnetic
		  NDE techniques such as the eddy current method. It also
		  involved optimization of the code on the parallel computer
		  Cray YMP.
		  (This project was supported by FAA and involved working in
		   close contact with the aircraft industry (Boeing)).

		Trainee Engineer, Indian Telephone Industries, Bangalore India.
		* Work involved design and development of a microprocessor
		  (8085) based programmable telephone dialler used in cordless
		  telephones. Involved programming of a 8085 microprocessor
		  to control the pulsing actions of the relays in a telephone
		  circuit (Jan-Nov 1989).

COMPUTER	Languages: C, C++, Fortran, Assembly Level.
SKILLS		Software: Motif/X, XVT, Computer Graphics (Hoops), TCP/IP
			  programming, Image Processing Utilities, SDRC-Ideas, 		  		  Autocad.
		Operating Systems: Unix, Stellix, Ultrix, MS-DOS.
		Systems: DEC Series, HP and Sun Workstations, Macintosh,
			 Stellar.
		Parallel Systems: Cray YMP, IBM 3090J, MasPar, N-Cube.

HONOURS AND 	* Iowa State University Graduate College Scholarship
ACTIVITIES     	  (Jan 1991-Present)
		* Ranked 42 out of over 20,000 students in Bachelors of
		  Engineering Entrance Examination ensuring full
		  scholarship, from the state, to pursue my Bachelors's degree.
		* Current member of IEEE


On my PC I almost exclusively run windows. The only dos based application
I have is ProcommPlus.  In my config.sys I have emm386 loaded with the
option noems (no expanded memory). Following a thread in one of the comp
newsgroups, I read that it was no necessary to have emm386 loaded. Indeed,
in the manual, it says that emm386 is used to get expanded memory out of
extended memory. Since I have the noems option, it seems to me that the
emm386 device is useless in my case.

Should I use emm386 or should I remove it from my config.sys?

Thanks for your help,


Here is a potentially dumb question: What prevents the martian landers
themselves from "polluting" the martian environment with earth based
critters? Is the long trip in cold radiation bathed space enough to
completely sterilize the landers?

I could imagine that a few teeny microbes could manage to get all the
way there unharmed, and then possibly thrive given the right
circumstances.


This is a reposting 'cause two of the bags are out the door, and I took
dimensions of #1 and #5 (important to camcorder users).

    1. Large padded Cordura bag (maker unknown) orange exterior, black
	 straps and interior.  Five outside pockets plus lid compartment.
	 Lid overlaps.  Internal dividers can be repositioned.  Held
	 my whole 2-1/4 Bronica system, Metz flash, etc.  Main chamber
	 (not incl lid and pockets) is 18.5"W x 9"H x 7" D.  Very
	 strong bag, good for medium format users or videographers.

    2. Small "Nikon" shoulder bag. SORRY.  SOLD & SHIPPED.

    3. Small "Nikon" belt pouch.  Khaki like #2.  Similar in design to
	 US Army ammo pouch - belt clips, etc.  Holds flash or small
	 zoom (35-70) fixed lens, lens cleaner, etc.  $5.

    4. Domke belt pouch, black.  SORRY. SOLD & SHIPPED.

    5. Coast camera bag - tan with brown strap.  Main and front pocket.
	 Can hold AF slr with small zoom plus flash, film, etc. 10.5"H
	 x 9.5 H x 4.5 D plus 10.5" x 6.5 x 1.5 front pouch. It
	 looks like Gore-Tex but I don't think it really is. $15.

TERMS:  Payment in advance by money order/bank check, or cash.  Buyer
pays shipping.  #1 should go UPS.  For the others, send me an adequate
self addressed mailing envelope (padded recommended) with enough postage.
Please contact me by email if interested.

   /|/| /||)|/  /~ /\| |\|)[~|)/~   |   Everyone's entitled to MY opinion.
  / | |/ ||\|\  \_|\/|_|/|)[_|\\_|  |      goldberg@oasys.dt.navy.mil
========Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein=======


Is this still in print or available (other than on loan)?  I remember
reading this many years ago and it's still the best thing I remember
in this vein.

--
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden


FLAME ON

Reading through the posts about Kirlian (whatever spelling)
photography I couldn't help but being slightly disgusted by the
narrow-minded, "I know it all", "I don't believe what I can't see or
measure" attitude of many people out there.

I am neither a real believer, nor a disbeliever when it comes to
so-called "paranormal" stuff; but as far as I'm concerned, it is just
as likely as the existence of, for instance, a god, which seems to be
quite accepted in our societies - without any scientific basis.

I am convinced that it is a serious mistake to close your mind to
something, ANYTHING, simply because it doesn't fit your current frame
of reference. History shows that many great people, great scientists,
were people who kept an open mind - and were ridiculed by sceptics.

Especially the USA should be grateful; after all, Columbus did not
drop off the edge of the earth.

FLAME OFF, or end sermon :-)


WOW! Are you serious! So not everyone who calls themself a Christian is
a Christian? WOW! That does make things a bit more complicated doesn't it?

That seems like very good advice, given the above revelation.

Like for example Matthew 5:14-19 right?

Um, where did Jesus say that he wanted people to worship him?


I couldn't agree more.  Canada has an anti-hate law which exists to punish
those who wilfully spread false propaganda (lies) for the purpose of
putting down another group.  This is actually the law that David Irving
will hopefully be found guilty under due to his denial of the Holocaust.
It's too bad that this useless "Centre for Policy Research" isn't in Canada.
It'd set a nice precedent to how the law applies in Cyberspace.

  Steve
--


One way to "mask" the left button check the contents of the XEvent that the
XAddEventHandler send to your event_handling function (in your case, it is the
show_mouse_position function.

If the XEvent arrive in this function as

XEvent p_event;

then, the value of p_event->xbutton.button is the button that was pressed. So,
you just do a switch on that value in order to distinguish between them. In case
it was not clear p_event->xevent.button is an int.

By the way, you mentioned the Button1MotionMask and if anyone can help me with
these MotionMasks I would be grateful. I can not figure out how do distinguish
between motions by which button is pressed as the motion is occurring. In
essence I would like an seperate event-handler for motion with each button.
Unfortunately, the XEvent sent by a MotionMask does not seem to contain the
value of the pressed button.


I've got the following Lynx games for sale/trade. Make an offer.

Batman Returns
Pinball Jam
Paperboy
Gates of Zendecon

--
brian
oplinger@ra.crd.ge.com


Lots of debate about the virtues of Bryan Murray vs Pat Quinn as a GM
deleted.  Randy Graca seems to think Murray is the best GM in the league.
I think Quinn is one of several who are better.

When Quinn took over Vancouver- several years ago, NOT LAST YEAR, they
regularily missed the playoffs.  I can't recall if they missed the playoffs
the year before his hiring but they probably did.  Quinn has improved the
team from non-playoff calibre to a serious contender.

When Murray took over in Detroit, the were about a .500 team that was a
contender to win the Norris division and possibly even a Stanley Cup
contender.

So Quinn has improved his team more than Murray has since taking over as a GM.
Quinn is one example of a better GM than Murray.


In the same way in which antisemite means anti-Jewish and not anti-all-
persons-of-who-are-semite, a "form of racism" means: A form of segregation
against all those who are different based on the religious identification.

AAP


[ NOTE: talk.origins removed from crossposting, as this had no business
  going there in the first place. ]

      No, but you're not achieving anything either. If you don't want to
argue the point you're stating, why do you bother stating it?

      No. Read the (alt.atheism) FAQ to find out why.

      Well enough; if I feel interested, I might even listen.

      I won't; the task is impossible, and I don't have to do it in the
first place. Why should I even bother to change or disprove your beliefs?

      - Mats "Strong apatheist?" Andtbacka


Please note that God commanded Adam to work before the fall:

"The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work
 it and take care of it." (Gen 2:15, NIV).

Work was God's design from the beginning.

--
Ken


I seem to recall Rush saying that he has a CompuServe account.  If anyone
wants to E-mail him, all we need is his account number (i.e.: 12345,6789)
and then we could e-mail him via gateway by using a dot instead of a comma
like so: "12345.6789@compuserve.com".  (THIS IS *NOT* HIS ADDRESS.)

So, does anyone know his e-mail address?  He *says* he uses it all the time.
(I wonder if he reads alt.fan.rush-limbaugh...   His ego is big enough!)


	Okay, I went back and looked:  sure enough, my hunch was right.

		2 Peter was most likely written between 100-120 A.D.

		Revelation was almost certainly written between 80-96 A.D.

		Odds are the gospel of John was written around 90 A.D.

		Best dates for Luke and Acts are around 80 A.D., maybe later.

	Again, this is from footnoted information in the New American Bible,
	the best translation I've come across in regards to giving complete
	historical information about each book.
						- Mike
						)


The best I've seen is Visio. Runs under Windows. It's not shareware however.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Gary Williamson aka wwilliam@polaris.orl.mmc.com
                 Orlando, Florida


I got a sample of black reflector material, maybe from "Conspicuity"?
It is black but reflects silver if the angle of incidence is shallow.
Whoever it was I got it from sold/sells kits that fit BMW (and other
brands?) of luggage and fenders. Don't know what I did with the sample;
the kits seemed too expensive, as I recall.


***********************
			   HOUSE FOR SALE BY OWNER
			   ***********************

Selling Price:		$89,900

Owner:			Steve and Joyce Harvey   Phone: (206) 254-4267

Address:		3714 NE 148 ct., Vancouver, Washington 98682

Legal Discrition:	Lot #14, Bush Gardens-3, recorded in Volume
			"G", of Plats Page 636 records of Clark County

Builder:		Triangle Land, Built in 1975

Leader:			US Bancorp Mortgage Co. (FHA) loan balance
			$36,000, 10% assumable

Lot size:		101 ft. deep x  92 ft. wide

Square footage:		Improved living area of 1,266 sq.ft. and
			double garage area of about 500 sq.ft.

Taxes:			1992 real estate taxes $826.26

Utilities:		Water / Sewer      - City of Vancouver
			Electric           - Clark County PUD
			Recycle / garbage  - Vancouver Sanitary

Insulation:		Clark County PUD Weatherization completed
			9-28-93 by Taseca Homes

Schools:		Evergreen School District

Access / Shopping:	Near I-205 and Vancouver Mall

Home Discription:	3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch with new roof, new
			paint in and out, new mini blinds, sunken
			living room with vaulted ceiling, corner
			fireplace with wood stove insert. Kitchen has
			refinished cabinets, new sink, new dishwasher
			drop in range and refrigerator. Has ceiling
			fans in living room and all three bedrooms.
			Well lit large double garage has new steel
			insulated door, work bench, shelves and space
			for washer and dryer.


Evil and good walk hand in hand.  It is also important to note that
the good in the tools lies in the wielder of the tools.

I cannot accept this ridiculous leap in logic.  Technology is neutral
to good or evil.  When technology is used by "evil" men, it is called
evil technology.  When it is used by "good" men, it is called good
technology.  Really, it is just technology that allows action to be
realized more efficently and on a larger scale.

Try not to confused the development of technology with its use.
Certainly, "bright" people will be better at creating technology, but
even young children know how to program VCR machines.  Are VCR
machines not extremely complex to create?

Adaptibility and flexibility is always better at enduring than the
stiff and stubborn.  A young child is soft and supple; an old man is
stiff and inflexible.  A dripping of water can cut through stone.
This has nothing to do with technology, rather technology just
allows us to magnify action.

I have no objection to this!  :)


As an earlier post noted - through DMA.

Any one time means IMHO a single byte xfer. If I have four sources of
DMA requests ready, the DMA would service the one after the other. If
the bandwidth for the four together is lower than the ISA/DMA
bandwidth, this will work.

Note that the bus mastering here is the priority mechanism in the DMA
controller.

--
Penio Penev  x7423 (212)327-7423 (w) Internet: penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu


I know that there is a list of the best shareware and public domain
programs for Windows at the cica ftp site, but unfortunately it is a
year old.  The list author made it sound like the list was going to be
updated every month.  Is it still being updated?  Does anyone else
compile a similar list?

Also are there any individual suggestions as to what the best
shareware/public domain programs are?  I'm interested in good software
in just about every category (please try and include the ftp site and
exact file name, if possible, in your post).

Thanks,
Sam

--
siockman@leland.stanford.edu


FOR SALE

Sony 8mm camcorder model PRO V9 - top-of-the-line a few years ago.
	- autofocus with macro capability
	- 6x zoom
	- 5 lux rating
	- 360,000-pixel CCD chip, the best made for a 8mm camcorder
	- AV input/output jacks (all cables included)
	- RF convertor/switcher for TV without AV input
	- AC adaptor/charger
	- 1.5A battery
	- neck trap
	- user's manual, original box, packings, etc.
	- mint condition

List price for this model was $1600, I paid $1330 mail-order a few years
ago.  Will sacrifice for $500 or best offer.  Reason for sale: upgrade
to Hi8 model.


Er..yes.  If Manny Lee was on your team last year, your team would have been
the Toronto Blue Jays.

Again.  If Manny Lee was on your team last year your team would not have been
the Albuquerque Leftturns.  It would have been the Toronto Blue Jays.

That's the whole point isn't it?  Clemens didn't get a ring but Morris did.

Exactly.  And Morris was part of the team.  Would the Jays have won with
Clemens?  We will never know.  But we do know that the Jays won with Morris.
So how could you possibly say that Clemens had a better year?  No pitcher
in baseball could have had a better year than Morris had last year.

--


Until six or seven years ago I was an enthusiastic fan of NFL football.
Last year I hardly watched a game.  What turned me off were the
incessant interruptions to the continuity of the game.  A team scores.
2.5 minutes of commercials.  Kickoff.  1.5 minutes of commercials.
Three downs and a punt.  2 minutes of commercials.  AAAAARRRRGH!

Earlier in this thread I commented on LaRussa and the A's, whom I
believe institutionalize slow play.  I don't mind the cat-and-mouse
game with Rickey on first;  in fact, I rather enjoy it.  Similarly
I would enjoy the battle with Listach or Lofton or Polonia on first.  What
I object to is when such games are played with Karkovice on first,
or when the game is a blowout.  I don't mind when the pitcher steps off
the mound to gather his thoughts in a crucial situation, or when a hitter
steps out of the box to regain his concentration.  What I object to
is when hitters and pitchers take such breaks at every opportunity.
When a game is exciting, these little delays serve as tension builders
and for me enhance the value of the experience of the game.  When the
delays happen with regularity, they become nuisances, just like the
commercial breaks in football.

I understand the NFL imposed a number of rule changes to "speed up"
the games, basically putting an onus on the officiating staff to move
the markers and the ball to the spots faster.  That did not address
the problem of the continuity of the game.  It may have appeased the
sponsors and the networks, but I would be amazed if it did anything
to enhance the experience of the fans.

Similary, while some 3-hour baseball games bore me to tears, those are the
ones where there is no continuity and the players are taking exasperatingly
long periods to get ready for each pitch.  I doubt if anyone watching
the Braves-Giants game cared about Gant stepping out.  I doubt if anyone
watching that game would have found that pause to be anything but an
opportunity to have their complete attention claimed by the drama that
was present.  I would be totally opposed to any effort that would
eliminate that aspect of baseball.

On the other hand, I wish baseball had a commissioner that was powerful
enough to sit down with Alderson/LaRussa/Duncan and explain that they
are actually hurting the product of baseball by dragging their games
out the way that they do.  I sure wouldn't mind a little arm-twisting
there.

--	The Beastmaster


I have a certificate for one round-trip airfares to either Acapulco or
Cancun, Mexico.
Expiration date is one year from now.

The maximum retail value, depending on time and location, is estimated at
$1100, including accommodation for 3 days and 2 nights at a leading
hotel. I am asking for $1000 or best offer.

For more information, call Goh at

(415) 497-0663

or send mail to

kmgoh@leland.stanford.edu


Hi, all:
    I am studying the book --> "UNIX Desktop Guide to OPEN LOOK".
There is an example --> winprop.c that demonstrate how to program
WM_PROTOCOLS property in chapter 8.  It can run, but only show the
static text messages, no Notice pop_up. What is the problem?
	    Thanks in advance for help!!1	    IOP
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*  File:  winprop.c
 *
 *  Shows how to set properties on a window.
 *
 */
#include <X11/Xatom.h>	/* For definition of XA_ATOM */
#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
#include <X11/StringDefs.h>
#include <Xol/OpenLook.h>
#include <Xol/StaticText.h>
#include <Xol/OblongButt.h>
#include <Xol/Notice.h>
/* This file defines the atoms with _OL_ prefix */
/* ID of the top-level and NoticeShell widget */
static Widget top_level, notice_shell;
static Widget make_notice();
static char message[] = "Clients use properties to communicate \
with the window manager. This example illustrates how an OPEN \
LOOK application requests notification from the window manager \
when certain events occur. The communication is in the form of \
a ClientMessage event that the application processes in an \
event-handler.";
/* Atoms used for inter-client communication */
Atom ATOM_WM_PROTOCOLS, ATOM_WM_DELETE_WINDOW,
     ATOM_WM_SAVE_YOURSELF;
static void handle_wm_messages();
static void save_and_exit();
static void save_yourself();
static void pop_notice();
static void do_exit();
/* String to hold comand line (for use in responding to
 * the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF protocol message.
 */
char saved_cmdline[128];
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
void main(argc, argv)
int  argc;
char **argv;
{
    Widget w;
    int i;
/* Save the command-line for use in responding to the
 * WM_SAVE_YOURSELF protocol message.
 */
    sprintf(saved_cmdline, "%s ", argv[0]);
    if(argc > 1)
	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
	{
	    strcat(saved_cmdline, argv[i]);
	    strcat(saved_cmdline, " ");
	}
/* Create and initialize the top-level widget */
    top_level = OlInitialize(argv[0], "Ol_main", NULL,
			       0, &argc, argv);
/* Create a StaticText widget */
    w = XtVaCreateManagedWidget("Stext",
		      staticTextWidgetClass, top_level,
		      XtNstring,    message,
		      XtNwidth,     200,
		      NULL);
/* Create a NoticeShell widget for later use */
    make_notice(top_level);
/* Intern the atoms */
    ATOM_WM_PROTOCOLS = XInternAtom(XtDisplay(w),
					"WM_PROTOCOLS", False);
    ATOM_WM_DELETE_WINDOW = XInternAtom(XtDisplay(w),
				    "WM_DELETE_WINDOW", False);
    ATOM_WM_SAVE_YOURSELF = XInternAtom(XtDisplay(w),
				    "WM_SAVE_YOURSELF", False);
/* Add an event-handler to process ClientMessage events sent
 * by the window manager
 */
    XtAddEventHandler(top_level, NoEventMask, True,
		      handle_wm_messages, NULL);
/* Realize the widgets and start processing events */
    XtRealizeWidget(top_level);
/* Append the properties WM_DELETE_WINDOW and WM_SAVE_YOURSELF
 * to the definition of the WM_PROTOCOLS property. This step
 * requires the window ID of the top-level widget. The window
 * ID is valid only after the widget is realized.
 */
    XChangeProperty(XtDisplay(top_level), XtWindow(top_level),
		    ATOM_WM_PROTOCOLS, XA_ATOM, 32,
		    PropModeAppend,
		    &ATOM_WM_DELETE_WINDOW, 1);
    XChangeProperty(XtDisplay(top_level), XtWindow(top_level),
		    ATOM_WM_PROTOCOLS, XA_ATOM, 32,
		    PropModeAppend,
		    &ATOM_WM_SAVE_YOURSELF, 1);
    XtMainLoop();
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
static void handle_wm_messages(w, client_data, p_event)
Widget	  w;
XtPointer client_data;
XEvent	  *p_event;
{
    if(p_event->type == ClientMessage &&
       p_event->xclient.message_type == ATOM_WM_PROTOCOLS)
    {
	if(p_event->xclient.data.l[0] == ATOM_WM_DELETE_WINDOW)
	{
		save_and_exit();
	}
	if(p_event->xclient.data.l[0] == ATOM_WM_SAVE_YOURSELF)
	{
		save_yourself();
	}
    }
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
static void save_and_exit()
{
/* Display a notice giving the user a chance to respond */
    pop_notice(top_level, notice_shell);
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
static void save_yourself()
{
/* Set the WM_COMMAND property to the saved command-line. */
    XChangeProperty(XtDisplay(top_level), XtWindow(top_level),
		    XA_WM_COMMAND, XA_STRING, 8,
		    PropModeReplace, saved_cmdline,
		    strlen(saved_cmdline) + 1);
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
static Widget make_notice(parent)
Widget parent;
{
    Widget w, n_text, n_control, n_exit, n_cancel;
/* Create a button and provide a callback to pop up a Notice */
    w = XtVaCreateManagedWidget("QuitButton",
		      oblongButtonWidgetClass, parent,
		      XtNlabel,    "Exit...",
		      NULL);
    XtAddCallback(w, XtNselect, pop_notice, NULL);
/* Create the NoticeShell widget. Note that you have to use
 * XtVaCreatePopupShell instead of the usual
 * XtVaCreateManagedWidget.
 */
    notice_shell = XtVaCreatePopupShell("QuitNotice",
		      noticeShellWidgetClass, w,
		      NULL);
/* Get the ID of the text and control area widgets of the
 * NoticeShell.
 */
    XtVaGetValues(notice_shell,
		  XtNtextArea,	      &n_text,
		  XtNcontrolArea,     &n_control,
		  NULL);
/* Place a message in the text area of the NoticeShell */
    XtVaSetValues(n_text,
	    XtNstring, "Please confirm exit from program.",
	    NULL);
/* Add buttons to the control area of the NoticeShell.
 * Each button has an appropriate callback.
 */
    n_exit = XtVaCreateManagedWidget("NoticeExit",
		      oblongButtonWidgetClass, n_control,
		      XtNlabel,    "Exit",
		      NULL);
    XtAddCallback(n_exit, XtNselect, do_exit, NULL);
    n_cancel = XtVaCreateManagedWidget("NoticeCancel",
		      oblongButtonWidgetClass, n_control,
		      XtNlabel,    "Cancel",
		      XtNdefault,  True,
		      NULL);
    return w;
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
static void pop_notice(w_emanate, w_notice)
Widget	  w_emanate, w_notice;
{
    XtVaSetValues(w_notice, XtNemanateWidget, w_emanate, NULL);
/* Pop up the NoticeShell widget. The NoticeShell widget makes
 * sure that the aplication waits until the user selects from
 * one of the buttons in the NoticeShell's control area.
 */
    XtPopup(w_notice, XtGrabExclusive);
}
/*-------------------------------------------------------------*/
static void do_exit(w, call_data, client_data)
Widget	  w;
XtPointer call_data, client_data;
{
    XCloseDisplay(XtDisplay(w));
    exit(0);
}


Could someone tell me what's in a Cornell-Dubilier EMI Filter
FIL 3363-001?

It is rated at 13A 115/250VAC 50/60HZ.  Is it just MOV's and ferrite?


n9045178@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Sean Dean) writes...

[other 2 posts deleted]

Does anyone have Rush Limbaugh's e-mail address?  Is there anyone out there
on Compuserve who might be able to look it up or otherwise find it?
Maybe it would be impossible, but I thought I should at least ask...


Manny Mota.
Billy Hatcher
Herm Winningham.
Lonnie Smith (not light hitting, but a horror in the field)
Gary Redus
Dion James
Daryl Boston
Vince Coleman (yeah, he's finally started to have a decent OBP)
Cecil Espy
Willie Wilson
Gary Pettis
Milt Thompson
Gary Varsho

OK, I admit to taking a quick browse through the Major League Handbook, but
only after the first 7 or 8. Oh, and there's the all-time light-hitting
black outfielder: Lou Brock. Look it up. And Curt Flood. Cesar Geronimo.
Cesar Cedeno.

Likewise for my list. Oh, and a prediction: Milt Cuyler.

 Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com


I'm still looking for Fractint drivers or a new release which supports the
 24bit color mode of the Diamond Speedstar 24X.  There are some 2, 4 and 26
 million colros drivers, but none work with the 24X.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Chad


Not alone at all. My old 83 Accord (now in the hands of a sibling) has a much
better engagement of the clutch. Even the old 84 Civic we keep as a beater
feels better in this aspect. Note that these are cars with 250,000 kms and
140,000 kms respectively. My 90 Prelude blows both of them away in every
respect except smooth clutch engagement. Of course the Kawasaki is the best
of the bunch but I need more than 2 wheels most of the time.

The Prelude has had a dud clutch from day 1, and after three years and 67,000
kms is no better. Best of luck and feel free to add this to your collection.