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From: 90sra@eng.cam.ac.uk (S.R. Atkins)
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
Subject: Re: Help with light show
Date: 8 Jan 93 11:07:05 GMT
Organization: cam.eng

Please, please don't try and use any large lasers unless you have somebody who
understands both lasers, and their use in display work. Even if you can find
someone willing to loan you a Purelight or similar the equipment is all very
expensive (>$50k typically) and very easy to misalign. On top of that you will
almost undoubtedly break a lot of laws all unknowing. There are also problems
with power and water supply usually. The last time I used a display laser it 
needed 90A spread over three phases and about 8 gallons of water a minute.

Some more constructive comments:
   See if there is a supplier oflaser display systems in the area who would
be prepared to loan you a system and operator for an evening - I've known
them to do it for charity events if the equipment isn't otherwise in use
and they get some free publicity.

   Go to your local big disco equipment or theatrical equipment hire place
and talk to them. The staff in these places are normally quite enthusiastic
to try something knew and may give you some suggestions and a discount on hire
costs.

Some more specific reccomendations:
The 'Emulator'
   A reasonably recent disco device that produces exactly the same effect as
a laser - pricy but if a local hire merchant has bought one recently they may
lend/hire cheaply to you if you promise them photos of it in action in your
publicity......well it's worth a try......

The Clay Paky 'MiniScan'
   These cost about UK#25.00 to hire in the UK (for one day) and will give 
steerable, colour changeable beams and patterns.

Really low cost alternatives....
   A PAR64 raylight. This is a lantern that throws a nearly parallel 500W or
1kW beam. You could gel it green or red to give a laser-ish effect (but the
beam is about 8 inches across  :-(
PAR64 costs around UK#8.00 / week

   A PAR38 raylight. Only about 40W or so but are sometimes much cheaper.

   PANCAN. This is a waggly mirror controlled by a remote joystick that clips
onto the front of a PAR64 and allows you to move the beam around. Quite
outdated these days so quite cheap - about UK#40.00 / week perhaps.

   There are lots of other disco type effects that may be useable depending on exactly what you want to do - talk to the local hire merchants.

Cheers,
Steve (sra@cxa.dl.ac.uk 90sra@eng.cam.ac.uk sra12@phx.cam.ac.uk).
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: pfeiffer@netcom.com (Kevin Pfeiffer)
Subject: Re: Help with light show
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 06:13:53 GMT

	A little (or lot) of dry ice fog will do wonders for any type of
light beam. There are also wonderful "vari-spot" type beam lights that
produce a pure, sharp beam using dichroic filters/lenses.

	All of these things, including fog machines will however soak up
rental money.

K. Pfeiffer
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: paul.fletcher@rose.com (paul fletcher)
Subject: Help with light show
Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:07:13 GMT
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Date Entered: 01-07-93 20:04

    My son is working with the ligthing crew at his high school and 
they have a question I am hoping you can help out with.

    They are putting on a show and wanted to use laser lights for 
effect.  The problem is, the rental of the laser equipment is too 
expensive for the school budget so they are wondering if there is any 
other way of getting the same effect of a laser light?  Could they use 
another source of high instnsity light (arc lamp) passed through some 
reducer to get the same effect?  They want to be able to see the light 
beams. The light needs to be seen through a standard size auditorium 
and could be bent using mirrors etc.  


Any help would be appreciated.

Paul Fletcher

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Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: bbs.drdave@tsoft.net (Dave Arias)
Subject: Intellabeams
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 02:35:14 GMT

About those who don't like Intellabeams, I think they are great, even 
better than VariLites in some ways. Intellabeams move only a little 
mirror, so their movement time is MUCH faster than a VariLite. I've never 
had any problems with them, maybe where you are they get used alot more.
VariLites are better if you need a wide color range. They have 240 
colors, i've heard, and can be further mixed for other shades. 
Intellabeams only have 11 or 12 colors I think, and they can't be mixed. 
Out here in Santa Clara, rental costs are high, for a low budget show, 
150 dollars a day for one with a controller. 
        Now that I've said my bit about Intellabeams being relaible, has 
anyone had one break and had to fix it themselves? If so, do you know how 
much the entire mirror assembly is (motors, mirror, etc.) I'd like to 
build something like a BEAMER made my Great American Market. How much are 
beamers in your area? Out here they are 600 to 700 dollars plus 
controller? Please E-Mail me at apple!tsoft!bbs!drdave if you have any 
info.
                        Thanks,
                                Dr. Dave

--
Dave Arias (bbs.drdave@tsoft.net)
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: wilson@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Subject: Fathers and Sons Music
Reply-To: wilson@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:42:33 GMT

We are producing Brian Friel's adaptation of Turgenev's Fathers and
Sons. I wonder if anyone has found a solo cello version of the
Beethoven pieces in the play. Romance(for violin and Orchestra in
F-Major, opus 50; and Romance in G Major, opus 40. If you can point me
to recordings of these, it would be much appreciated.
Please e-mail responses.
David Wilson
Brandeis University
Spingold Theatre
Waltham, Ma.02254-9110 
       U.S.A
e-mail (INTERNET):  wilson@binah.cc.binah.brandeis.edu
(617) 736-3387
From: cullen@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
Subject: Intellabeams (was Re:help with light show)
Date: 11 Jan 93 01:50:54 -0400
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

litterst@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Stephen Litterst) writes:
> pinette@fraser.sfu.ca (Gandolf the 23rd) writes:

>>Well, it depends on how long you need it for, but you can rent intlibeams
>>cheap (mainly cause they are cheap pieces of *&^%) with a a controler so 
>>you could actually make a show out of it....I don't know where the originator
>>of this topic lives, but in Van, you can get a 4 pack of intelibeams for a long
>>run for quite a deal.  But remember, if  you only need three, better get four
>>cause there will be one that doesn't work. :-)
>>
> Geez! What have you gto against Intellabeams?  I do local crew work at a nearby
> concert arena and have never heard any complaints about them other than cost
> ($40K apiece).  They're more versatile than Vari-lights, and have fewer moving 

Hello? Reality check here. More like 2k Cdn per unit.

> components.  They're a lot more reliable than other varieties of motor-arcs
> (we had some sad motor-arcs at the 10,000 Maniacs show) 

I don't know what you're talking about, but it ain't Intellabeams. 
They're VERY unreliable, including the controller. However, they're cheap
enough to take spares (say 3 in a kit of 12, total 15) and an extra controller
for a couple of weeks touring. The great thing is that you can actually
run the things off a light console if the controller cacks. However, it
better be big and computerized (Avo QM500 comes to mind) or it's a waste
of time.

						Mur
						Cullen@ac.dal.ca
						Cullen@ug.cs.dal.ca
From: hoz@crosfield.co.uk (hootan zahrai)
Newsgroups: alt.restaurants
Subject: UK restaurants
Keywords: UK
Date: 24 Dec 92 11:49:00 GMT
Organization: Crosfield Electronics, Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom.

Dear restaurant goers,

Aren't there any body in the UK who eats out. It would be nice to have some
suggestions on any London based restaurants.

Regards.
-- 
Hootan Zahrai
Crosfield Electronics
0442 230000
Newsgroups: alt.restaurants
From: shugrue@spatial.eid.anl.gov (Leon Shugrue)
Subject: Saddle Club
Organization: ANL
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:47:08 GMT


Anyone ever hear of the Saddle Club Restaurant in Plainfield, Il? I believe it
was owned and run by the Adrian family, formerly of Oak Brook, IL.
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Clore, Topflite, DaShadow?!?!?!?
From: wildcard@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:43:44 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

What is up with DarkShadow?  I was just wondering why I haven't been able
to play on my favorite MUD for two days(ever since the crash on Monday 
night).  A letter or something would be appreciated if it is going to be down 
for awhile.

Kellory.
Wildcard@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: umbadiu0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Ted Babiuk)
Subject: Frontier MUD (UofManitoba)
Summary: Frontier is down for 2 weeks due to hardware repairs.
Keywords: Down
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:37:37 GMT


Just to let you all know, Frontier (MUD) is down for next little while (2
weeks i just heard) due to difficulties with the machine it is running on..

The MUD may be up eariler, so do try logging into it every once in a while.

I'll post a message when Its up, although I wont be checking on a daily basis.
:)

- Loran
umbadiu0@ccu.umanitoba.ca
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Re: MUME?
From: kmichels@husc8.harvard.edu (Kenneth Michelson)
Date: 7 Jan 93 20:16:02 EST
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

In article <1993Jan7.063937.16763@fuug.fi> an5037@anon.penet.fi (Cooter) writes:
>I have seemed to lost the address to MUME
>does anyone have the addres and could post it 
>for me?
>
>Thanks in Advance
>
>
>
MUME:
128.178.77.5 4000

:)

-Dorin the Maia of nothing in particular
From: iav@po.CWRU.Edu (Ian A. Verschuren)
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Depraved......Yes, the mud
Date: 6 Jan 1993 03:33:19 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: iav@po.CWRU.Edu (Ian A. Verschuren)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


   Well folks, we have accomplished the immpossible.. well, sorta...
depravedmud is back up on a new site..
now we are at
maxwell.bethel.edu 4001
check it out.. we have made a lot of improvements, and a ton of new areas
have been added.. we are now up to about 1300 original rooms and still
growing...
drop by!
Ionic..
Imp depraved.. (the one that came back from hong kong just today)
 
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Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: tullfan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Richard Thompson)
Subject: Ivory Tower
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 07:36:07 GMT

anyone know what's up with my favorite mud.  I haven't been able to connect
to it for awhile and the real world's been a bit dreary lately.

rich

-- 
"For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain,
     and big words Bother me."
	-Winnie-the-Pooh
Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: an5037@anon.penet.fi (Cooter)
Subject: MUME?
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: alt.mud
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 05:40:51 GMT

I have seemed to lost the address to MUME
does anyone have the addres and could post it 
for me?

Thanks in Advance



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Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: jmw3c@Virginia.EDU ("Eddie Vedder")
Subject: Re: Clore, Topflite, DaShadow?!?!?!?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:08:25 GMT

Yes, I too, was wondering what was going on with Dark Shadow...
I remember sending my email address once to somewhere at Ohio
State to get on some mailing list...I know you all have enough
work to do with fixing the mud, but couldn't you work it so we
got some kind of message when we tried to log in, just like
"the game is full."  Like, "the game is going to be down for a
week."  Just my two cents worth...

Eddie, et al.
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From: hindmanp@cse.fau.edu (P. Hindman)
Newsgroups: alt.mud.t-rev.stomp.stomp.stomp,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Quicksilver virus on furry Muck
Date: 4 Jan 93 05:44:11 GMT
Organization: The Harlequinade


   Don't look at me man.  I'm not even here.

   T. Rev
-- 
   The trak sign stirs like a nocturnal beast and bursts into blue flame,
"SMOKE TRAK CIGARETTES.  THEY LIKE YOU.  TRAK LIKE ANY YOU.  ANY TRAK LIKE
YOU.  SMOKE TRAKS.  THEY SATISFY.  THEY SERVICE.  TRAK TRAK TRAK."
   -- big bill burroughs, _the soft machine_.         trevnonamenoslogan
From: iav@po.CWRU.Edu (Ian A. Verschuren)
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Depraved up to 4002
Date: 8 Jan 1993 14:37:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: iav@po.CWRU.Edu (Ian A. Verschuren)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu

we have moved up to 4002
just so you know
Ionic
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Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
From: jpasini@cipres.cec.uchile.cl (Pasini Krug Jose Miguel)
Subject: Re: boomerang simulation
Originator: jpasini@araucaria
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 03:58:44 GMT
Organization: Centro de Computacion (CEC), Universidad de Chile
Keywords: boomerang simulation software 

In article <1hvtcgINNbhb@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> gregl@lestat.Corp.Sun.COM writes:
>
>Has anyone out there written any boomerang simulation software??
>
>greg

There is a boomerang simulation program written in BASIC for the PC at
bikini.cis.ufl.edu, and the directory is /pub/boomerang. The file is called
boomerang.tar.Z. It has, besides the BASIC version, a C version that should
run on UNIX, but which  outputs in GNUplot format (the BASIC version outputs
to the screen, with top, front, side and 3-D views).
Any doubts?

						Dagan.
From: fishwick@fish.cis.ufl.edu (Paul Fishwick)
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: X Boomerang Simulator
Date: 8 Jan 93 20:51:01 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Florida CIS Dept.

Just a note, in addition to the boomerang simulator that outputs plots to
GnuPlot, I just installed xrang.tar.Z in the same directory. Laurent
Bardet modified the simulator to run in its own X window (without the
use of GnuPlot). The BIG advantage to this is that you can use the sliders
to change parameters while watching the plot change dynamically (i.e., good
interaction).

-paul

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Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
From: bblohm@boi.hp.com (Bill Blohm)
Subject: Re: Hunting
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:21:14 GMT
Distribution: world 
Organization: Hewlett-Packard / Boise, Idaho
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

: >
: >	Few years back i tried to make my first boomerang and ended up
: >	with a real killer.  It was heavy and had a very stable flight.
: >	It turned a bit, like any boom, but could be aimed with good
: >	precision and flew much farter than a simple stick.  
: 
Thanks for this information.  I could make a smart remark about the mispelling of
farther, but will pass!  :^)

Perhaps you could post here how you made this killer boom?  Materials?  It appears
that at least two of us are interested.  Did you hunt with it?  Any luck?

Best regards
				  Bill Blohm
				  bblohm@hpbs1686.boi.hp.com

Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc
From: lachman@netcom.com (Hans Lachman)
Subject: Re: * * CORRECTION: PEROT ON LARRY KING - MONDAY, JANUARY 11 * *
Organization: Netcom
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:53:46 GMT


CNN?  Too bad Ross is addressing cable subscribers only.

Hans Lachman
lachman@netcom.com
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc
From: lestrade@Ra.MsState.Edu (John Patrick Lestrade)
Subject: Re: Ross Perot Will Be On Larry King on Wednesday
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:57:50 GMT

psmith@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Paul Smith) writes:

>Where he will say that he is going to attempt to buy^H^H^H run for 
>president as a Republican in '96 (deep pockets vs. Jack Kemp).  
>Here we go again.
>-Paul

yes, buy it with his own money -- as opposed to clinton using yours,
Paul.  Where was Kemp this go around?  hiding...

--
John Patrick Lestrade        
cnesta::lestrade                       Let's try again in '96!
lestrade@ra.msstate.edu
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc
From: lachman@netcom.com (Hans Lachman)
Subject: Re: Ross Perot Will Be On Larry King on Wednesday
Organization: Netcom
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:14:22 GMT

In article <1993Jan06.082205.21489@gibdo.engr.washington.edu> bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob) writes:
>  I think Ross Perot is scheduled to appear on Larry King today
>  (Wednesday, Jan. 6).

Radio or TV?  Cable or broadcast?  What network?  What time?

Thanks,

Hans Lachman
lachman@netcom.com
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc,alt.activism,alt.politics.usa.misc,alt.politics.reform,alt.politics.economics
From: visser@convex.com (Lance Visser)
Subject: Re: Perot's "United We Stand America" launched today
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 05:17:26 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.


In <1993Jan12.210736.18408@hubcap.clemson.edu> hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes:

+>visser@convex.com (Lance Visser) writes:

+>>	Perot suffers from the biggest "fault" that the people in washington
+>>have already.  He has a bunch of zombies who refuse both to think for 
+>>themselves or to be critical of the "great leader".

+>Sorry Lance, but it sounds to me that you're just another flop-head who's
+>been brainwashed by the media into being anti-Perot.

	Sorry, but my view come primarily from contact and talking to
true believers in his movement.  The movement is about Ross Perot, centered
on him and what he says....and not much else.

	Perot works off the big lie and parinoia.  Everything that goes 
wrong, that he can't explain or that shows him in a bad light is immediatly
the fault of the media.  And since the media is the source of the story, anyone
who talks about anything not pro-perot is automatically a "media dupe" or
a "party dupe".


+>Now before you get out the flame throwers, look in the part I included from
+>your posting. Get a clue. You wouldn't talk to me like that face to face,
+>unless you're one big dude. If you don't have anything to say, why bother
+>opening your mouth?


	As little as I think of some people in the perot movement, there
many that I respect.  Your not one of them.   Your just a kid shooting
off his mouth.
	Go find a BBS somewhere with lots of small children.  I am sure
they will be awed by your threats.




Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc,alt.activism,alt.politics.usa.misc,alt.politics.reform,alt.politics.economics
From: beers@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Jim Beers)
Subject: Re: Perot's "United We Stand America" launched today
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 05:02:07 GMT

In article <visser.726863157@convex.convex.com> visser@convex.com (Lance Visser) writes:
>
>	So since you can't defend the perot-gods behavior in terms of that
>behavior, you compare him to the people in washington and that makes it
>better right?
>
>	Perot suffers from the biggest "fault" that the people in washington
>have already.  He has a bunch of zombies who refuse both to think for themselves
>or to be critical of the "great leader".
>
>	I would be the first to support his organization if I believed it 
>to be anything other than an organ for the self-promotion of Perot and a
>rubber stamp for his ideas.

	If you've been listening to his ideas, you would see that he is 
very short in ideas.  He really does not say much good stuff, 

EXCEPT, the American should let those in DC know what they think, and
they should pay attention to what those in DC are doing.

If he does not come through with an organization where people are
heard and he is just a spokes person and figure head, then I will
quit the organization.



Xref: sparky alt.politics.perot:5807 talk.politics.misc:66546
From: bobk@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (Bob)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc
Subject: * * CORRECTION: PEROT ON LARRY KING - MONDAY, JANUARY 11 * *
 
  Ross Perot will be on *Larry King Live* (CNN, 9 eastern) on
  Monday, January 11.  (Not on Wednesday as I previously said.)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 08:34:49 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: gibdo.engr.washington.edu

  Whether you are for him or against him, be sure to watch.
  ==

  Bob                                   Seattle, Washington

Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc,alt.activism,alt.politics.usa.misc,alt.politics.reform,alt.politics.economics
From: hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor)
Subject: Re: Perot's "United We Stand America" launched today
Organization: Clemson University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:11:16 GMT

edo@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Edward Ouellette) writes:

>How can our system be SO corrupt and still fixable by one certain Texan?

Someone may be claiming that Perot can fix the country, but Perot isn't
saying that Perot can fix the country. Perot is saying that Ed and I and ...
can fix the country. 

-Mike
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc
From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
Subject: Re: Perot's "United We Stand America" launched today
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:57:15 GMT

lachman@netcom.com (Hans Lachman) writes:
>Ross Perot launched "United We Stand America" today.  

       So he's hiring "volunteers" again?

					John Nagle
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,talk.politics.misc