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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 03:36:22 EDT
From:         "(Rashmi)" <rashmi%Spl3.ECE.Drexel.EDU@COE.DREXEL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Results of the WFF
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              "tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU" at Sep 29, 92 1:45 am

>
> The performance of *ts* is summarized below.
>
> ALSO RAN:
> Most pleasant, Most interesting stories, Most informative in a factual
> way, Asks the dumbest questions, Nastiest to newbies, Nicest to newbies,
> Talks most about SO, Talks most about himself, Talks most about words,
> Best all-around poster boy.

You missed the best one: Most interesting pet.  It threw me for a bit, until
I remembered the elephant (I forget the name).

Congratulations!

rashmi
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 10:41:58 EDT
From:         mgarber@DHVX20.CSUDH.EDU
Subject:      Re: 747
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Since the post about the 747 crash, there has been an EL AL
Cargo Plane crash in Amsterdam.  Is that where you are Graham?
Are you OK
Marilyn
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 00:37:20 MED
From:         "(Graham Toal)" <gtoal@STACK.URC.TUE.NL>
Subject:      re: Tushar's Test
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Hey Anne, has someone at mindvox finally told you how to use mconnect?
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From: maya@carina.unm.edu ()
Subject: Re: Tushar's Test
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 92 03:19:49 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

>and not MY idea of fun....so I stick with stuff like good ol' Alex the
>SmartAlex....

	Of course you are encouraged to continue watching whatever
gives you pleasure, but I would like to take this opportunity to express
my tripartite resentment against -Jeopardy-, resentment picked up when I
auditioned (unsuccessfully) to be a contestant upon the aforementioned show.

(i)	The initial written exam is painfully easy, indicating (to my
   bitter mind) the _very_ low opinion they must have of their viewers.
   Sample Question:  Which philosopher maintained the existence of
   absolute Forms?  (a) Aristotle  (b) Plato  (c)  Einstein
   I remember this question especially since they made it sound as if
   the philosopher had been responsible for the Forms' upkeep.

(ii)	I failed the screen test (done as a sample game) because in the
   judges' collective opinion I lacked "the proper enthusiasm".  One 
   judge had written in the space for comments, "Too cynical; try smiling
   more!", and had drawn a picture of a smiley face with ears sticking
   way out to the sides.

(iii)   The screen test had been described as "...like the game show in
   every respect!", but was actually moderated by - An Alex Trebeck Flunky!
   Not The Real Thing!  It was terribly disappointing.    
   
-maya (I'll take a couple of aspirin, for $200 please ...)
From: ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU (Dan Lester)
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Date: 5 Oct 92 22:16:22 GMT
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              Lycoming College" <beidler%shrsys.hslc.org@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
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since some of you have inquired about the OED2 on cdrom, this may
be of interest....and since its already from a list with 4600 members
i don't hesitate to send it to a couple hundred more....and those who
don't like it can take it up with me....on or off list....    dan
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Please respond directly to the author, not PACS-L.  Thanks, Dana

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
We recently purchased the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edition)
on CD-ROM.  In trying to use it we "discovered" that it is not
possible to print from the WORD search screen.  It was confirmed by
Oxford that this was a deliberate decision on Oxford's part.

In addition, printing from any of the other search choices is
extremely awkward.  As we understand it the search must be saved to
a DOS file and then printing done from either Windows or DOS.  The
OED2nd is mounted on a public use workstation and we try to protect
ourselves by limiting access to DOS and/or Windows with a password
so that students cannot change the configuration, etc. of the
worksatation.

We are interested in reactions from other libraries who have
purchased the OED2nd.  Is this what you expected?  How are you
coping with the printing problem?  Is there a way to organize and
protest?

Thanks for any information you can share.


Sue Beidler
Snowden Library
Lycoming College
beidler@shrsys.hslc.org
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Date:         Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:34:19 CDT
From:         "(Natalie Maynor)" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: words-l song
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Speaking of songs, somebody sent me the following early this morning.
I passed it along to two WORDS-Lers by direct mail, but they booed it.
Surely the group as a whole will show greater appreciation.

Dear Necrophiliacs,

    We love you!

         -- The Grateful Dead
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 20:36:00 EDT
From:         In Medias Res <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Mama Judith
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> gullible.  But I wonder why the mood around here as been such
> lately--since July 6 to be precise--that the comment about Natalie's
> supposedly dull life could be believably attributed to any number of
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> people here.  Again, whoever you are: there is a difference between
>
> Ken

I don't know *what* you are talking about.  I don't think anyone
would say that Natalie has a dull life, except as a bit of good-
natured kidding.  I mean, what is this, anyway?  And, if you
can't figure out who I am, then I have to believe you are not
joking when you say that you are gullible.  I thought it was
oblivious.
And it *is* a cute signature, isn't it.
--*imr*
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:26:30 -0600
From:         harwell@SMTPGATE.TECHRSCS.PANAM.EDU
Subject: Re: Anne on faked addresses
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>The net.giantess seems very very confident! How do you know?

Women *know* these things.

-abh
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Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:19:00 EDT
From:         In Medias Res <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject:      Conspicuous Nonconsumption
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Land's sakes this is really boring.  May just be persuaded to
hand this account back to my pal who's off wrapping presents for
something or other.  Told me this list was the most, but let me
lie down here on the floor for a minute to get some +shut-eye+
while everybody thinks of something to say.  Going to end up
on that censored list for driving people to doing something
really perverted out of sheer boooooredom.....
--*imr*
p.s. (snore snore... zzzz)
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 20:48:00 CDT
From:         "Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815)"
 <TA0SHK1%NIU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: I was going to wait until Christmas, but . . .

:> Fighting entropy, indeed!

>Steve Karlson

: It took a great deal less energy to "dump" it to the list.  I gather you
: are one of the hardware handicapped.  I'm sorry it did not work for you.
: I'm also sorry that it required so much effort to delete it.

Apology accepted.  It didn't take much effort to delete it; I just am
not equipped to interrupt scrolling when it starts rolling in.
Just because it's easier for you to dump it to the list doesn't mean
that's the proper course to take.  You did jam JMW's mailer with it.

: You could have just said thanks

Fuer was?  The file had so many untranslatable characters that even
had I wanted to save it, I couldn't use it.

Steve Karlson

No Room for Bargers!
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Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 1992 23:48:24 CDT
From:         tushar@MATH.UCHICAGO.EDU
Subject:      Re: lyrics requested

I was skimming through rec.music.indian.misc today.

In rec.music.indian.misc, rajad@venus.its.uci.edu (Subodh Rajadhyaksha)
says:

>I've been desperately looking for the lyrics of a song -- the main problem
>being that I don't even know what the lyrics are!!

tushar
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Date:         Sat, 26 Sep 1992 23:05:59 EST
From:         Entropy Warrior <AUSBROOK@UCS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Carpe diem (WORDS-L Cookbook)

Every mama's reciped for carp:

Preheat oven to 375

Place carp on foil in baking pan

Cover carp with shit

Bake for 20 minutes or until done

Throw away because you can't eat carp.

-Mka
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:39:27 CDT
From:         Bernard Chien Perro <maynor@CS.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: still a loser
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> But sometimes the E-MAIL viewpoint is deceiving ... I felt Natalie was a
> somewhat strict person and even intimidating...until I met her.  She is a

Hohohohohoh.  Chortle. Gasp. Hahaha.  One tap of the paw can get me anything
I want.  Sometimes in public I let her pretend to be the alpha wolf in our
pack, but we're just pretending that for the sake of conformity with the
specist world in which we live.  I've been alpha wolf for ten years.  The
only reason she's beta is that there are just two of us in the pack.
                        o/.\____/
         -- Bernard      \______|
                         / \  / \
From: TA0SHK1%NIU.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu (Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980 (815))
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Subject: Re: economics
Date: 1 Oct 92 13:54:00 GMT
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Bayla's post about "chaos theory."

(open pedant's corner)
The term "chaos" emerged almost by accident.  There are classes of
problems in economics, biology, and fluid dynamics in which the
results are sensitive to initial conditions.  James Yorke, a mathematician
at UC-Berkeley, submitted a paper titled "Period Three Implies Chaos"
to the _American Mathematical Monthly_, which analyzed some of the
problems.  The name "chaos" stuck.  See James Gleick, _Chaos: Making
a New Science_ (Viking 1987)
(close pedant's corner)

> like a highly theoretical and thought-provoking conference.

Quite likely

> Then again, there must be those who think *all* economics is a branch of
> chaos theory :-)

Why not?  Most economic problems are sensitive to initial conditions.
There's a guy at Wisconsin-Madison working on "deterministic chaos"
in business cycles.

Steve Karlson

The lifted tack might be modelable as a chaotic phenomenon.
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Date:         Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:11:02 CDT
From:         "(Natalie Maynor)" <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
Subject:      abh's oops
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> You wouldn't believe the volume of private mail this Santa thing is
> generating for me! And after so many questions from others, I have to ask
> you in all candor, even though nothing points to you being the anonymous
> Santa person, and everything points to Tushar, it really wasn't you, was
> it?
>
> -abh

Look what I just grabbed from usenet.  Close analysis shows the one
give-away that it's an e-oops instead of list mail is the "in all
candor."  When on the list has abh ever asked anyting in all candor?
But notice the simple signature.  No X's and O's.  No sweet nothings.
I'm disappointed.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
From: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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Subject: Re: My femocentric explanation
Date: 3 Oct 1992 04:51:06 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ap290@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ruth M. Hanschka)
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In a previous article, harwell@TENET.EDU (Anne Burton Harwell) says:

>On Fri, 2 Oct 1992, Doris Smith wrote:
>
>> I agree with Anne.  Except - uh, don't you mean testosterone?
>
>Nope, testosterone makes people <frisky>.
>
If I remember right, large quantities kill hair follicles too.  We don't
want that to happen, now do we?  Or is it a case of no longer having to
worry about it?:-)
Not that it would matter much, the words-l ladies care more for <friskiness>
than <hairiness> anyway.

>
-- 
		###	Ruth Hanschka, the Nethead    ###
			- ap290@cleveland.freenet.edu
	      Where anything can happen, and it usually does
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Date:         Wed, 30 Sep 1992 12:57:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: AND THE WINNER IS!!!!
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> >         ...some lovely parting gifts, and a copy of our home game!
>
> 	But *which* parting gifts?  The lifetime supply of Johnson's
> baby shampoo?  The La Choy noodles?  Which?
>
> Rita

you'll find out soon, rita sweetie you lucky girl with your own
little puppet pet, you'll find out soon, if you send the GSH your
s-mail address......
--ggs
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Date:         Sun, 27 Sep 1992 19:17:27 GMT
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From:         "Don Moore (813) 974-4078 S/C 574-4078"
 <DBFABAK%CFRVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
Subject:      Re: The Village Bath

*** Resending note of 09/27/92 18:52


>I'm still waiting to hear what 'Slip & Slide' is...   I just can't
>believe Peace Don would post about kinky edible lubricants...!

>G

Kinky?  Hey, Graham, that stuff came from K-MART ...hardly a store that
sells kinky stuff!
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:14:13 +0100
From:         torkel@SICS.SE
Subject:      Re: Mensa test
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              06 Oct 92 12:00:00 -0500. <9210061700.AA14546@sics.se>

 >Neal, it's the same problem, as Torkel, Graham, and Tushar's posts
 >also indicate.

  Not mine! All my post was intended to indicate was that I think all Mensa
problems are useless and silly. Much like chess.

 >The formula sum(n) = n(n+1)/2 came later.  Proving it
 >is a useful, simple way of learning mathematical induction.

  Now here is an interesting topic. I don't agree that this is a good way
of learning mathematical induction. In my experience, very many students
who are introduced to proofs by induction through such formulas acquire
no understanding of mathematical induction at all. Instead they go through
life believing that mathematical induction is a matter of finding a
"formula" and applying algebraic manipulations to it.
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 16:04:42 EDT
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Subject:      Re: !!

>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Sure, as long as you're well-insulated.
>
>JAG
Typical male chauvanist remark!
-abh
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Typical female sexist retort!

JAG
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Date:         Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:26:26 MST
From:         Dan Lester <ALILESTE@IDBSU.IDBSU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Blinking Lights
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On Mon, 28 Sep 1992 13:09:10 EDT Evelyn Duncan said:
>Did anyone see the report on TV about traffic cops getting cancer from
>the radar units (mainly brain or testicular cancer)?
>
   Yup.  Its in the courts.  Seems pretty likely to me.  After all,
they have precautions on your microwave.....and these guys put them
in the best spot to protect them from bouncing around....their crotch...
which they were told to do.  And almost all the radar users got cancer
and the others didn't.  The ones with brain cancer had them mounted
near heads in the car roof.

dan
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 22:34:00 EDT
From:         Gilbert Smith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Mama Judith
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> >Tushar. Oh please. We all know you are really a Baptist Men's sunday
> >School teacher.
> >-abh
>
> Standard unsubstantiated and false accusation, Harwell! Please,
>
> tushar!

Yeah, well the *next* contest is going to be a Sword Drill, and
then we'll see if *ts* is a <Sunday School Teacher>.
...(Uncle Harry's Not A Missionary Now...)
--ggs (quoting Noel C.)
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 08:53:10 EDT
From:         "(rogers ken x2718)" <rogers@E5SB.OSDHW.SYR.GE.COM>
Subject:      Cable Bill
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Another hooray for the liberal democratic congress!

Thanks to the election year political games, people that
subscribe to cable TV will start paying higher rates
starting sometime next year because of the veto override
on the cable bill.

This is another sampling of what the democrat's give to this
country: BIG GOVERNMENT.

If you vote for Clinton, you vote for more big government.
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 23:19:55 EDT
From:         IDISAVINOH%1994B%VMI@IST.VMI.EDU
Subject: Re: loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey that's pretty funny!!!!  Actually I am Army option.  Nothing serious in
what we say.  Just having fun.


              Howie-D
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Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1992 20:12:36 -0500
From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      re: Bodeans gleans
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> Hey Marty,
>      What the fuck is "Yo"?  Why don't you speak English and not that shit
> talk?  By the way, who the hell are the Bodeans?  Furthermore, who gives a
> shit?  We're very happy that you liked their older album more than the new one
> but again, who gives a shit?  Maybe if you had some "Love & Hope& Sex &
> Dreams"  then you wouldn't be such a loser.  Get a Life!!!!
>
>                                       Country
>                                          &
>                                       Howie-D

Gosh, Marty, would you have known this message came from VMI even without
seeing the header?  (Darn, I'll never make nicest to newbies!)
ndh
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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 21:17:03 -0500
From:         Anne Burton Harwell <harwell@TENET.EDU>
Subject:      Re: My femocentric explanation
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On Fri, 2 Oct 1992, Doris Smith wrote:

> I agree with Anne.  Except - uh, don't you mean testosterone?

Nope, testosterone makes people <frisky>.

-abh
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Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:31:58 +1000
From:         LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU
Subject:      Re: Aussies
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Agnes,

>Er - Is it safe to come out now? Are the loonies gone?
>Gads, I have HEARD about such people, but to see them actually in action...
>(talking about the VMI cadets, but you might have missed most of the
>loony stuff if you had set nomail...)

They should have been safely tucked up in their beds for quite a while now...
what times reveille? Can Natalie save us from another onslaught in time?

>> I hope that's a typo and not a reference to the 'selfish country'.
>
>No but what's the meaning? (Synapses ceasing up - sleep is
>evading me again...)

Australia - southern land; Autralia would therefore be the 'land of self'-
'aut-' Latin prefix for 'self'. Oh well, it was just a feeble attempt at
humour. :-)

>> "Sheila" as a reference to the women in general, I've not heard since the
>> early 50's except in movies and on TV soaps.
>
>Really? Hmmmmm....two separate Australians (both male) told me otherwise within
>the last ten (??) years...

It's either been a long time since they were home.... or they originate from
a very 'backwoods' part of the country..... or they have been watching too
many Australian movies while they have been away.

>I guess they were 'rooing' me ...(pulling my
>leg to be as long as a roo's) in their own way...:-))

Yes,it's entirely possible they were 'coming the raw prawn' with you. :-)

> Not in any academic area I've been in in the last 15 years.

>What were these...(just curious, but hoping you were in many ..)

Apart from the Linguistics Dept. at the Uni, which I have been in for the last
six years.... I was previously an undergraduate in the Maths Dept., but I have
also been involved with the local TAFE college and schools in the area as a
literacy tutor on a volunteer basis during this time.... as well as having a
number of private low-literacy adult students..... all male and all motorcycle
fanatics referred by the TAFE - their class rejects.

I noticed a big change in the attitude of males from the time I spent at
Sydney University (Science Dept.) back in the 60's and later working for the
CSIRO in the Food Preservation research dept.

>More questions: what is the situation with the koalas? Has their
>situation stabilized or is it still going downhill? (I KNOW they's not
>cuddly, even if cute at a distance, but then neither are many endangered
>critters)...<eh ?>

I haven't heard anything recently - don't know if they've managed to control
the VD epidemic yet or not. I guess if there had been any turns for the worse
I would have heard something. There's a koala sanctuary on an island only a
few miles from here and as far as I know those animals are disease free... and
access to the island (Pulbah Island) has been restricted for a number of years
now, so hopefully they have had a chance to be fruitful and multiply.

Carolyn
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