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Charlton, it is extremely relevant..

I hope someone reads this and clues in on what we are saying although
my experience is quite different..the bottom line is STUDY! and math
is not hard, it is like anything else we hate to do like raking leaves
or mowing the lawn etc when we would rather be watching TV or playing
nintendo!

My experience with math was the same in that I could do it, but I didn't
care.. In fact I didn't care so much, I got 6 D's in a row in math 
in high school!  Other subjects that I did like, I got A's...   

The killer was that I loved electronics subjects...well, electronics is
math...I was not making this connection because at the high school level,
(my high school anyway) mathematics was not stressed in the electronics
class..my teacher was noble in his cause but I have to fault him for 
that...

Later, when I got my Ham Radio License, I realized that hey, man....
I'd better figure this stuff out if I really want to understand what
is going on here...the Ham magazines were full of math that I just
looked at and ho-hummed...

Well, time came that I had to make a decision: flip burgers or go
to college.. college was not affordable for me but I decided that
I would work full time and try it..I selected electronics an d
found that I had to work twice as hard as anyone else to understand
the theory.  I graduated with the AA degree and then transferred to
a University..NOW I was in trouble!  Working and studying can be done
but it takes years off your life..  My first class in Bipolar Junction
Transistor Theory was a nightmare! Luckily, I had a roomate that
was an EE major and another friend that was a Guyana Scholar (very 
prestigious in that country) who was also studying EE...I was 
lucky and I owe my life to these guys mentoring me...      

I made it, but I worked twice as hard....had to learn in my own
time all the math that I should have had in high school and then
all the higher math at the same time...

I only hope those who read this who are failing math wake up..
I didn't...

Catch ya later my friend...  tony


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From: bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey)
Newsgroups: alt.parents-teens
Subject: Re: moving
Date: 17 Dec 1992 22:30:32 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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154s@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Mona Hatfield) writes:
> My husband and I are moving to Alaska with our 13 year old son.  We
>are also going to drive from the state of Maryland to Alaska.

There are two questions here, the one about uprooting and the one
about the actual travel.

About uprooting:  That's a tough one.  When are you moving?  Is there time/money
for a short visit prior to the move?  That might help the actual move feel more
like coming home to a familiar place.  Let him spend a day at the new school, for
example.  Other than that, a lot depends on exactly what he's leaving behind.
Girlfriend?  Sports team?  Club?  Discuss all these things early.

About the travel:  When I was a kid, I travelled a lot with my parents, and for
the most part I loved it.  (They were both teachers, so we all had summers off,
and we visited different places.)  One thing that helped a lot was that I was
involved in planning the trip.  I was the navigator, plotting the route on the
map and holding the TripTik.  (If you're not in the AAA, those are special
route maps they use.)  We got tour books ahead of time and planned what sights
to see.  One problem was that I tended to get carsick.  Bring dramamine!
And plan for pretty frequent walk-around-and-stretch breaks.

Maryland to Alaska!  That's not only quite a trip but something of a climate
difference.  Some people tend to get depressed in the cold weather -- I know
because I'm one of them.  That might be a complicating factor to watch out for.
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From: monet@carson.u.washington.edu (Diana Smith)
Subject: gift question
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: pnw
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:03:14 GMT


Any suggestions for what to buy a 14 year old girl-woman for X-mas?
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From: bill@sunchew.ece.uiuc.edu (William Weedon)
Subject: Re: Lupo's
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 22:57:14 GMT

Earlier in the week I read in a newspaper that the Beatles (those that remain)
are getting back together for a TV show and will probably do some songs, now I
hear that Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel is coming back!  That's awesome!!  I used to
see the Schemers (now the Raindogs or something) there all the time back in the
"good old days."  Keep us posted.

Bill Weedon

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From: arthurc@solomon.technet.sg (Arthur!! Chai)
Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
Organization: TECHNET, Singapore
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 14:15:04 GMT


Providence drivers are definitely way more polite than Boston or SF's,
and I won't even mention NYC ;^) Coming from a country where jaywalking
is a skill one picks up growing up and zebra crossings were given up
for being useless decades ago (Malaysia ;^)) I was amazedat how drivers 
would stop for me in Providence, and where people lined up at traffic lights
even when the street was clear ;^)
 
But to change the topic how did Providence fare during the storms
the last coupla weeks ? I heard/read that Wooster got 40 inches. In my
4 meagre years at Brown I always heard about the Great Blizard of 78
(hushed tones of awe) but probably experienced a total of 10 inches of snow
in 4 winters ;^)

Arthur!!
(PS: GOsh I am amazed at how much I miss good ol' Providence and RI ;^))
From: rev@enh.nist.gov
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: RE: My views on Providence/RI
Date: 16 Dec 92 19:13:16 GMT
Organization: NIST


In a previous article, cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk wrote:
>Surprised as well to see cars stop to allow pedestrians to cross. It doesnt
>happen here.

Really??  This never happened to me in four years in Providence!  I was nearly 
killed by the crazy Providence drivers.  Worse than Boston drivers, and that's 
not a compliment.

-Rob
From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
Date: 18 Dec 1992 21:41:41 GMT
Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology
NNTP-Posting-Host: pilsner.geo.brown.edu

In article <1992Dec16.130851.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
>The manners and courtesy of people working in pubs, shops and restaurants
>was overwhelming, even if it did mean leaving a tip behind. This sort of
>thing is uncommon in the UK and it's always a real pain for staff here to
>be helpful.  It's as if the customer is being an inconvience to them.  
>Surprised as well to see cars stop to allow pedestrians to cross. It doesnt
>happen here.

   You're joking, right?  Of the several different areas of this country
I've lived in and/or spent significant time in, I find the northeast in
general (and RI in particular) atrocious for courtesy, especially
amongst automobilists.  You should have taken the opportunity to
visit some *nice* parts of our country. :-|
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From: johnsonc@spot.Colorado.EDU (Chris Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: rlogin access during x-mass
Summary: rlogin access to the i-net
Date: 15 Dec 92 21:33:34 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder

I will be going home for x-mass to my humble abode in Providence.

During this time, I would like to have some access to the internet
where I can rlogin to my account here at CU.  Does anyone in RI have
such a service that they could grant me?  I have a 2400 baud modem
in RI, or I can travel to most locations to work on a terminal.

Please mail me if you can at johnsonc@spot.colorado.edu,
or phone at (303)-447-3349 Before Dec. 18, 92,
or post Dec 20, 92 call me @ (401)274-2922.

I am willing to pay, but I know that I can connect directly here
with a long distance call, so that is an upper bound to what it
would be worth.

Thank you very much. 

Chris Johnson
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From: irons@spock.enet.dec.com (David Irons)
Subject: Re: Snow????
Reply-To: irons@spock.enet.dec.com (David Irons)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:55:49 GMT


We got 9 inches in Cumberland!  I haven't shoveled that much in years! 

We also went out to get milk Saturday night.  We really needed some; we were almost out.  Honest!!!  :^)

dave
From: j..barrett@madness.network23.com (J. Barrett) 
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Snow????
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:20:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Terminal Madness BBS - Newport, RI - 401-848-9069
Reply-To: j..barrett@madness.network23.com (J. Barrett) 

SH>From: alexrh@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen Hellman)
SH>Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
SH>Subject: Snow????
SH>Message-ID: <1992Dec12.183051.26925@seas.gwu.edu>
SH>Date: 12 Dec 92 18:30:51 GMT

SH>Hey, does anyone out there know if it has snowed in Little Rhody yet?  I kin
SH> doubt it, but I long to see the Rhode Islanders scramble to Stop & Shop loo
SH> for bread and milk.  Seems most people still remember the Blizzard of '78.

        there for awhile it did seem as if the storm was blowing really
        hard. it has since been compared to that blizzard. early sat.
        morning the state police were advising all to stay off the
        roads. of course i had to travel to j'town to deliver a cable
        and the ocean was at its best from the east. waves, rocks,
        driftwood crashing over the road to the other side. the snow did
        turn to rain later. the north western corner of the state got
        the worse. i think they are all (the rest of the 150 customers)
        have had electricity restored.  also the offshore islands got it
        pretty bad too. now for the 50 degree weather for the rest of
        the week.
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From: kd1hz@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan)
Subject: Re: rlogin access during x-mass
Organization: Small Business Systems, Incorporated, Smithfield, RI 02917
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 11:52:21 GMT

johnsonc@spot.Colorado.EDU (Chris Johnson) writes:

>During this time, I would like to have some access to the internet
>where I can rlogin to my account here at CU.  Does anyone in RI have
>such a service that they could grant me?  I have a 2400 baud modem
>in RI, or I can travel to most locations to work on a terminal.

Two pay services in RI - The IDS World Network (884-9002) and Anomaly (455-0347)
will provide you will dial-up telnet/ftp/rlogin for about $15/mo. E-mail
info@ids.net or info@anomaly.sbs.com for more details.

MD
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From: alexrh@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen Hellman)
Subject: Snow????
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 18:30:51 GMT

Hey, does anyone out there know if it has snowed in Little Rhody yet?  I kind of doubt it, but I long to see the Rhode Islanders scramble to Stop & Shop looking for bread and milk.  Seems most people still remember the Blizzard of '78.



                                     -Andy Tarnoff
                                        Toll Gate H.S. Class of '92
                                        Warwick
               Internet: KC885C@GUWUVM.GWU.EDU

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From: prodger@leland.Stanford.EDU (phillip prodger)
Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 23:27:42 GMT

In article <1992Dec17.150322.28050@walter.cray.com> huot@cray.com (Tom Huot) writes:
>John Bazik (jsb@cs.brown.edu) wrote:
>: 
>: You folks who think RI drivers are not polite ought to treat yourself
>: to a pedestrian day in New York or Boston.  Yeah, maybe they're more
>: polite back home in Beaver Tooth, Oregon, but Providence, small as it
>: is, IS a city.

>The only place I have ever seen drivers stop for pedestrians regularly
>is California. LA and San Fransisco really surprised me for this. All
>people did was step off the curb and the traffic stopped. I was amazed!
>This was a few years ago though, so things may have changed.

Consider things changed...

It's fun to bitch about the quality of driving in your area...But seriously,
Providence drivers are incredibly polite compared to SF.
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From: prodger@leland.Stanford.EDU (phillip prodger)
Subject: Re: Snow????
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 23:55:01 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.175549.6830@ryn.mro4.dec.com> irons@spock.enet.dec.com (David Irons) writes:

>We got 9 inches in Cumberland!  I haven't shoveled that much in years! 

Hey, keep it to yourself.  For this I could subscribe to any of the .sex
newsgroups.
From: cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: My views on Providence/RI
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:08:51 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster


	I'm just back from 3 months "exile" at Brown University and I must
say I was impressed by your little state.  I stayed just off Thayer Street
and it was rather a pleasant place to stay.  My lasting impressions of
the place are;


Wings to Go on Thayers St (especially when drunk :-)   )

Laguna....open to 2am at weekends. 

The Inexpensive clothes at Gap

The Inexpensive CDs in Coconuts

Kabob and Curry on Thayer St.......good attempt at an Indian restaurant 
but sorry, nowhere as good as the ones we have in Glasgow.

Getting asked for proof of age in the liquor store on Meeting Street. Havent
been asked that for years now !!

The number of pretentious students at Brown, especially when it comes
to drinking a cup of coffee !!

Students work far too hard at Brown.  As a result the social activities tend
to be slightly different from those we have at Strathclyde..........

The deadly slow postal system.  It seemed to take ages for mail to arrive
from Scotland and several letters never reached me.

The manners and courtesy of people working in pubs, shops and restaurants
was overwhelming, even if it did mean leaving a tip behind. This sort of
thing is uncommon in the UK and it's always a real pain for staff here to
be helpful.  It's as if the customer is being an inconvience to them.  
Surprised as well to see cars stop to allow pedestrians to cross. It doesnt
happen here.

The relatively mild weather when I was over. It's always rotten in Scotland :-(

The fact that Scottish fitba' was shown on cable TV even though I had no 
access to it.  Congratulations to the NY Times for printing fitba' results
on a Sunday.  However the attitude in general to fitba' is very dissappointing
especially when the Americans still consider Maradona to be the No.1 player
in the world but the sad fact is that he'll never regain that greatness again.

Boston was nice but my memories of it are rather vague......

All in all, I enjoyed my visit but I couldnt live there full time. Different
"culture" is the problem...........



 
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Sandy Mackinnon,                       +  but they gave us bingo in return
At the Cutting Edge of Fuel Science,   + 
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Glasgow,                               +  but they gave us Beadle in return
Scotland.                              +  
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From: ST401816@brownvm.brown.edu (Kate Monteiro)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:20:55 EST
Organization: Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island  USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: brownvm.brown.edu
News-Software: BNN via BNN_POST v1.0 beta

In last weekends storm -- Burrillville got nearly two and a half feet of snow,
and was declared impassible by the state government.

Kate
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From: tmcalice@perdido.webo.dg.com (Tim McAlice)
Subject: What's up with WBRU?
Date: 14 Dec 92 12:17:18
Distribution: alt
Organization: NSDD, Data General Corp., Westboro, MA


Lately, all I get when I tune to 95.5 is static - is WBRU off the air
due to technical problems, or are they out of business, or what???

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From: j..barrett@madness.network23.com (J. Barrett) 
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: What's up with WBRU?
Date: 15 Dec 92 22:22:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Terminal Madness BBS - Newport, RI - 401-848-9069
Reply-To: j..barrett@madness.network23.com (J. Barrett) 

TM>Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
TM>From: tmcalice@perdido.webo.dg.com (Tim McAlice)
TM>Subject: What's up with WBRU?
TM>Message-ID: <TMCALICE.92Dec14121718@perdido.webo.dg.com>
TM>Date: 14 Dec 92 12:17:18

TM>Lately, all I get when I tune to 95.5 is static - is WBRU off the air
TM>due to technical problems, or are they out of business, or what???
        hi tim,
        they lost their antenna a few weeks ago, that and 94.1 but they
        are both back on again.
        j.
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From: jwilbur@iat.holonet.net (Jay Wilbur)
Subject: Re: Snow????
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:28:50 GMT

alexrh@seas.gwu.edu (Stephen Hellman) writes:
: Hey, does anyone out there know if it has snowed in Little Rhody yet?  I kind of doubt it, but I long to see the Rhode Islanders scramble to Stop & Shop looking for bread and milk.  Seems most people still remember the Blizzard of '78.
: 
: 
: 
:                                      -Andy Tarnoff
:                                         Toll Gate H.S. Class of '92
:                                         Warwick
:                Internet: KC885C@GUWUVM.GWU.EDU

I know this is off-topic but what the hell..


Jay Wilbur, Toll Gate Class of '89 here.  How's the old place doing?

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From: david.kahan@madness.network23.com (David Kahan) 
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Snow????
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:07:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Terminal Madness BBS - Newport, RI - 401-848-9069
Reply-To: david.kahan@madness.network23.com (David Kahan) 

SH>Hey, does anyone out there know if it has snowed in Little Rhody yet?  I kin
SH> doubt it, but I long to see the Rhode Islanders scramble to Stop & Shop loo
SH> for bread and milk.  Seems most people still remember the Blizzard of '78.

It snowed last weekend. It stuck to the ground for a while, but
eventually it started raining again and washed away the snow.

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From: jlawson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (John A. Lawson III)
Subject: States
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:53:17 GMT




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From: rens@jerseyave.shearson.com (Rens Troost)
Subject: Re: rlogin access during x-mass
Reply-To: rens@shearson.com (Rens Troost)
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:46:32 GMT


johnsonc@spot.Colorado.EDU writes:

   I will be going home for x-mass to my humble abode in Providence.

   During this time, I would like to have some access to the internet
   where I can rlogin to my account here at CU.  Does anyone in RI have
   such a service that they could grant me?  I have a 2400 baud modem
   in RI, or I can travel to most locations to work on a terminal.

As I recall, Brown has a bunch of Macs in their CS buiding that run
NCSA telnet. You should be able to get most places from there.

Note that this is not a public access site, but the SAs there are
generally cool...

-Rens


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From: jsb@cs.brown.edu (John Bazik)
Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
Organization: Brown Computer Science Dept.
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:29:36 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.130851.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>, cbas38@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
|> Kabob and Curry on Thayer St.......good attempt at an Indian restaurant 
|> but sorry, nowhere as good as the ones we have in Glasgow.

There are two much better Indian restaurants on Wickenden Street, just
down the hill: Taj Mahal and Taste of India.

|> The deadly slow postal system.  It seemed to take ages for mail to arrive
|> from Scotland and several letters never reached me.

Quite the contrary.  I would venture to guess that Providence has the
best postal system in the country.  The huge, fully automated central
Post Office on Charles Street operates 24 hours a day.  I've mailed
letters (at the main PO) at 11pm and had them arrive at their destinations
(in Providence) in the next morning's mail.

In general, intra-Providence (and nearby MA) mail delivery is next-day.
If your mail was slow, it wasn't at the RI end.

|> Surprised as well to see cars stop to allow pedestrians to cross.

Yep, that's true.  In fact, I think they are too polite.

You folks who think RI drivers are not polite ought to treat yourself
to a pedestrian day in New York or Boston.  Yeah, maybe they're more
polite back home in Beaver Tooth, Oregon, but Providence, small as it
is, IS a city.

John
From: irons@spock.enet.dec.com (David Irons)
Newsgroups: alt.rhode_island
Subject: Re: Snow????
Date: 16 Dec 92 21:19:02 GMT
Reply-To: irons@spock.enet.dec.com (David Irons)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


HA!  HA!!

:^)
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From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: My views on Providence/RI
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: 17 Dec 92 15:03:21 CST

John Bazik (jsb@cs.brown.edu) wrote:
: 
: You folks who think RI drivers are not polite ought to treat yourself
: to a pedestrian day in New York or Boston.  Yeah, maybe they're more
: polite back home in Beaver Tooth, Oregon, but Providence, small as it
: is, IS a city.
: 
: John

The only place I have ever seen drivers stop for pedestrians regularly
is California. LA and San Fransisco really surprised me for this. All
people did was step off the curb and the traffic stopped. I was amazed!
This was a few years ago though, so things may have changed.
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