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From: ehr@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Ernest H. Robl)
Subject: Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.
Summary: swimming against the flow
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Distribution: triangle
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:13:04 GMT


It does appear a bit strange that while everyone else in the
world is trying to eliminate railroad-road crossings at grade,
this particular situation went the opposite way.

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From: sasbrb@rolypoly.unx.sas.com (Brendan Bailey)
Subject: Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.
Originator: sasbrb@rolypoly.unx.sas.com
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:51:25 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


In article <1992Nov16.221304.9906@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, ehr@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Ernest H. Robl) writes:
>
>It does appear a bit strange that while everyone else in the
>world is trying to eliminate railroad-road crossings at grade,
>this particular situation went the opposite way.
>

   I can't understand why people think this was a bad idea.  The old trestle
only allowed two lanes to pass under it, one in each direction.  At busy times,
westbound cars would be backed up from the stop light at the 54-55 intersection
for minutes.  It would take several light cycles to get to the intersection.  
Lunch time was a madhouse with cars trying to turn right into Pizza Hut and 
Arby's or turn left into Kerr Drugs.  
   I, too had doubts about how the engineers would build up the area to raise
the road to track level, but they did it and other than Arby's, the tire place
and the shopping center east of the trestle being in a hole, it looks safe.
I'm not positive, but doesn't this crossing have warning lights and crossing
arms, unlike many RR crossings in this area?  I seem to remember seeing them.
It also probably cost a LOT less than building a new and longer trestle, but 
this was probably impossible without closing the train track for several 
months.    
   Eventually it looks that 54 just west of the 54-55 intersection will be 
widened to at least 5 lanes to allow a left turn lane, 2 west bound lanes and 
2 east bound lanes.  Traffic will be a lot better. 
   Now does anyone know what the construction on I-40 between RTP and the 
Airport Exit is all about?  A new overpass for the highway between I-40 and
HW 70?  Is that part of the outer belt loop?  Is Raleigh gonna get cold feet
and wimp out on providing adequate roads from North Raleigh to RTP even after
years of debate and deciding to do it?  

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From: langley@med.unc.edu (Ken Langley)
Subject: Roomate Wanted
Summary: Female roomate wanted in Raleigh beginning Jan. 1993.
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Distribution: triangle
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:17:17 GMT

Female upperclass/grad/professional roomated wanted to share Kensington
Park apartment in Raleigh from January 1993 to August, possibly longer.
One half rent and utilities and apartment will be furnished except for
bedroom.  No pets please.  Contact Ashley Richardson at (919) 942-4869.

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Posted for a friend.  Please don't reply by email.
Thanks.
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From: gypsy@aza.csc.ncsu.edu (Missy Whitfield)
Subject: Re: Cable TV
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:07:12 GMT



Give it a year or so Kari.  Im sure they will have Ren and Stimpy reruns
on the free channels, or either available at your local video stores :)

I do miss Discovery Channel though.  Too bad they dont let you purchase
channel by channel.  

Missy


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From: gbyrd@ncsc.org (Gregory T. Byrd)
Subject: Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.
Reply-To: gbyrd@ncsc.org (Gregory T. Byrd)
Organization: North Carolina Supercomputing Center
Distribution: triangle
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 13:35:49 GMT

At the risk of swimming against the mainstream, I have to point
out what's good about the changes on 54/55.  Anyone who's tried to 
take a left onto 54 from the shopping center on the corner should
agree that it's much nicer to be able to see the oncoming traffic.

I haven't been down the new stretch, so I don't know all the changes
they've made, but that was one of the worst intersections I've ever
seen.  (And I go to Crossroads a lot!)

...Greg Byrd             North Carolina Supercomputing Center
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From: sasrer@unx.sas.com (Rodney Radford)
Subject: Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:52:28 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

barber@jazz.concert.net (Scott Barber) writes:

>In article <1992Nov17.222606.18335@rti.rti.org> wgr@rti.rti.org writes:

>>Of course after seeing the morons tailgaiting in heavy traffic on I-40 every
>>morning I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

>Uh-oh, don't get me started...  One difference here, though, the 
>tailgaters are definitely endangering the lives of those in front,
>as well.  Not only stupid, but criminal, it seems to me.

And you don't think those that run across railtracks are not endangering the
lives of those on the train? A car can cause a train to jump the track,
endangering the humans on board, and possibly causing other damage (depends 
upon what they are hauling: sometimes tankards of flammable liquids).

So, yes, there is a difference: but the end result is that lives are endangered
either way....
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Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 1992 14:40:40 EDT
From: <SASJZL@vm.sas.com>
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject:    Info on Interactive Video Systems?

Anyone have information on these new fangled interactive video systems.  The
extent of my knowledge is that the are only made by Philips and are sold
through Radio Shack for $700 with a Comptons encyclopidea rom disk and at
Sound Stereo (next to Circuit City) for $600 with $100 worth of free software
at Trax.   I gather that this is a pretty new thing as they only arrived at
Stereo Sound about 3 weeks ago.   If anybody out there actually has one, and
also elementary school kids using it, I would be very appreciative to hear from
you on your experience(s?).  Thanks very much.  Jim Lee.
From: hardarso@smith.cs.unc.edu (Kari Hardarson)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Cable TV
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:22:15 GMT
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <1992Nov17.003623.10541@ncsu.edu> gypsy@aza.csc.ncsu.edu (Missy Whitfield) writes:
>There is a real easy way to get rid of all your cable tv hassles.
>Unsubscribe!  I did and Ive been happier ever since.  No more monthly
>cable bills, no ugly boxes, I can use all the functions on my VCR, and
>with the new shows coming out on Fox, Im still entertained even though I
>only get 10 channels.

I'll unsubscribe when Ren&Stimpy are available elsewhere than MTV and Nick...

Kari
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From: sodenn@med.unc.edu (Sheila O. Denn)
Subject: Sound Quality in Dean Dome
Originator: sodenn@bahama
Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
Distribution: triangle
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:05:40 GMT

I am afraid that sound quality has consistently been a problem in the Dean
Dome.  I attended one of the very first concerts to be presented there (I
think it was David Bowie), and the sound was just awful.  At the time
(this would have been '86 or '87) some talk was bandied about on doing
something to improve it, but the last post indicates that this never
happened.
 I think it would involve putting up some kind of temporary shield under
the dome so that sound wouldn't get up there and bounce around so badly. 
I am no physicist, so please don't flame me if this guess is way off the
mark on physical feasibility :)


Sheila O. Denn
denn.msalan2@med.unc.edu
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From: sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com (Greg Wust)
Subject: Re: Cable TV
Originator: sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:38:02 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


In article <1992Nov19.200712.27950@ncsu.edu>, gypsy@aza.csc.ncsu.edu (Missy Whitfield) writes:
|> I do miss Discovery Channel though.  Too bad they dont let you purchase
|> channel by channel.

One of the provisions of the new Cable Bill just passed into law is
that services will have to be offered channel by channel in the future.
Unfortunately, the cable companies have 10 years to do this and even
then, it will probably not be enforced.

Best bet is to have Baby and Ma Bell fiber optic to your door to force
true competition and offer services and selections WE want, not what
brings them the highest profit margin in the monopolized business of
today. 

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From: saslny@bedbug.unx.sas.com (Lisa Nation)
Subject: Re: CATS tickets?
Originator: saslny@bedbug.unx.sas.com
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:37:30 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


In article <1992Nov20.190328.9357@ncsu.edu>, doogie@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeff House) writes:
>
>
>Hey, all!
>
>I heard that tickets to the musical Cats are available somewhere.  The
>musical is supposed to be coming to the triangle soon.  Could anyone
>tell me where to get them from?  My girlfriend's birthday is Dec. 1, and
>I'd like to find out asap.
>
>Thanks a zillion!
>
>Doogie
>
>____________________________________________________________________________
>    Jeff House                     "I am nobody telling everybody about
> house@dg-rtp.dg.com                somebody that can save anybody."
> doogie@catt.ncsu.edu                   wjhouse@eos.ncsu.edu

Call the civic center box office.  831-6060.
From: mao@bdrc.bd.com (Mary A. Overby)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Sound Quality in Dean Dome
Date: 20 Nov 92 21:14:19 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: Becton Dickinson Research Center; RTP, N.C.

In article <Bxz5Mp.304@unx.sas.com> saskdw@marmoset.unx.sas.com (Ken D. Worsham) writes:
>
>
>I wasn't at the Springsteen concert the other night, or
>the Bowie concert from a few years ago, but I have attended
>a number of concerts at the Dean Dome.  I've always
>thought it had average to great acoustics.
>
I saw Bob Dylan at the Dean Dome in 88 (?) and it sounded VERY
bad and I vowed never to go back.  Then when Paul Simon's Rhythm of the 
Saints appeared at the Dean Dome I went and the sound was wonderful.
Actually better than the latter show at Walnut Creek. I also heard
James Taylor there last week and the sound was OK.  

Mary
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From: ptr@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Paul T. Roberge)
Subject: Re: Sound quality in Dean Dome
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Distribution: triangle
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 14:50:53 GMT


Not to put too fine a point on this thread, but
I, too, have attended several concerts in the Smith
Center and have come away with mixed experiences as
to sound quality.

Our seats for the Springsteen concert Tues. evening
were in the same general area as Walt Davis's and
we experienced the same difficulties he did (though
it was still a great show, to be sure).  I also
saw Springsteen and the E-Streeters when they performed
at the Dome in March, 1988 and was amazed at how
*good* the sound quality was.  That time, however,
we had lower-level seats, and the arena was packed to
overflowing (vis-a-vis a much smaller crowd Tues.).

I agree with Mary Overby that the sound quality of Bob
Dylan's concert at the Dean Dome several years ago was
awful, whereas it was quite good for Paul Simon.  (Indeed,
his Smith Center show was better than the one at Walnut
Creek in every respect, IMHO, but that's another subject.)
Our seats for Simon were comparable (upper level) to what
we had for Springsteen earlier this week.

My guess is that there must be several variables that
combine to produce a particular sound quality at that
arena at a particular event, and that it is not simply
a question of whether the Smith Center has good/average/
poor acoustics--thus the seemingly wide variety of
experience and opinion.

Paul T. Roberge
Dept. of Germanic Lanuages, UNC-CH
ptr@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
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From: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com (Joan Stout)
Subject: Re: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Originator: sasjcs@canoe.unx.sas.com
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:10:48 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
Keywords: Greensboro 12/4 ?


In article <1992Nov18.214037.29132@seq.uncwil.edu>, hunnicu@seq.uncwil.edu (jeff hunnicutt) writes:
|>  This really isn't Triangle related but it's as close as I can get.
|>  I've heard that Bela Fleck will be playing in Greensboro on 12/4,
|>  at a place called Sternberger Auditorium.
|>
|>  Can anyone confirm or deny this? I dearly want go but can't seem to
|>  any info way down here in Wilmington. Calls to information desks at
|>  UNCG provide no info. If you know anything please let me know asap!
|>
|>  Thanks.
|>
|>
|> --
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|>        "And you and I climb, crossing the shapes of the morning"

Jeff,

I don't know about the Bela Fleck concert, but I do know that
Sternberger Auditorium is on the Guilford College campus, not at
UNC-G. The main number for Guilford College is 919-316-2000.

Joan
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From: saskdw@marmoset.unx.sas.com (Ken D. Worsham)
Subject: Re: Sound Quality in Dean Dome
Originator: saskdw@marmoset.unx.sas.com
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:52:00 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: SAS Institute Inc



I wasn't at the Springsteen concert the other night, or
the Bowie concert from a few years ago, but I have attended
a number of concerts at the Dean Dome.  I've always
thought it had average to great acoustics.

I don't remember any particular complaints about the
Springsteen concert from a couple of years ago.  The Sting
concert from about 4 years ago was incredible, it had about
the best acoustics of any concert I've ever attended (the Sting
concert from a year ago was only average).  I've seen "loud"
acts such as Pink Floyd, and "quieter" acts like Billy Joel,
and usually been happy with the sound.  When compared to 
arenas like the Greensboro Coliseum the Dean Dome has 
much better sound than older venues.

All of course, IMHO.


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From: wgr@rti.rti.org
Subject: Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.
Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC
Distribution: triangle
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 22:26:06 GMT

In article <1992Nov17.200359.9208@rock.concert.net> abc@banjo.concert.net (Alan B Clegg) writes:
>The first time I saw that the road was open, I watched a person pull out 
>from about 7th in line waiting at the flashing-gates and drive right
>through the crossing.  The only justice in the world would have allowed
>the train to crush them as an example.  Fortunately for the driver, the
>world is not just.

There was a piece on the CBS show "Street Stories" a week or so back about
this phenomenon.  They had plenty of video of idiots bolting in front of
approaching trains, accompanied by comments from the engineers.  I couldn't
believe it.

Of course after seeing the morons tailgaiting in heavy traffic on I-40 every
morning I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
From: davisw@aurs01.uucp (Walt Davis)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Springsteen Concert Sound Quality
Date: 18 Nov 92 16:06:27 GMT
Distribution: nc
Organization: Alcatel Network Systems, Raleigh NC


After many weeks of anticipation, I finally headed out the to Dean Dome
last night to see Bruce Sprintsteen.  I had seen Bruce many times over
the years at places like the Tower Theater in Philly, the Spectrum in
Philly, and the Cap Center in Washington.  I also had heard many good
things about the Dean Dome facility so I jumped at the opportunity to
see Bruce in one of the "smaller" venues.

Boy, was I dissapointed.  Don't get me wrong, the show was classic
Springsteen with all the crowd antics, improv, etc.  The problem was
the sound, it was dreadful.  It was impossible to understand any word
he said, let alone the words to any song (even though I know most of
them).  The sound was extremely muddy, with no high-end; standing waves
everywhere.  I sat, looking out from the stage, right-center about a
third of the way up the second deck (not great seats but nowhere near
the fringes).

What's the story?  Did anyone else experience the same noise?  Is this
just a Springsteen phenomenon or is it typical of the sound quality at
the Dean Dome?

Walt Davis
davisw%aurfs1%aurgate@mcnc.org

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From: sasdvp@unx.sas.com (David V. Phillips)
Subject: Tailgating (was: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.)
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:43:17 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

barber@jazz.concert.net (Scott Barber) writes:

>For the most part, it is apparent that tailgaters do not view their
>behavior as life-threatening, to themselves OR their road-neighbors.  
>This is, in my mind, a dangerous, criminal, and, for that matter, 
>a relatively stupid position, considering the minor benefit gained, 
>relative to the potential cost of disaster.

The problem with most tailgaters is they do not tailgate properly.  If
you are not going to leave the safe following distance between you and
the car in front of you (8-10 car lengths at 60 mph) you should close
up to less than 2 feet behind the lead car.  Tailgating problems occur
when the tailgater is 2-4 car lengths behind.  In situations like
this, the lead car can slow so much that the tailgater hits with a
high relative speed.  If the tailgater is within 2 feet (even better
to be about 6 inches) then the relative speed will be very low.  

Furthermore, if the tailgater will close to within 2 feet, both cars
get the advantage of the draft effect, and will acheive greater gas
mileage.

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From: barber@jazz.concert.net (Scott Barber)
Subject: Re: Flecktones (brash, inappropriate comment on album)
Keywords: Greensboro 12/4 ?
Organization: MCNC Center for Communications -- CONCERT Network
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:57:54 GMT

BTW, their latest album, UFO TOFU, is really nice, a bit catchier 
than Flight of the Cosmic Hippo.

I know, I know, not the right group, sorry...

Scott

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From: flash@unx.sas.com (Gordon Keener)
Subject: Re: Highway 54 at 55 is open again.
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:20:27 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.

In <1992Nov16.172634.12698@rock.concert.net> abc@banjo.concert.net (Alan B Clegg) writes:

>The roadwork on highway 54 at 55 (Railroad crossing) has been completed and
>the road is open again.  Now all you have to wait for are the trains which
>COMPLETELY shut the road...  I liked two lanes that were open all the time 
>better....
>
>[I think this piece of work should get one of the "golden turkey" awards for
> stupidity in planning].

Oh, I don't know. It seems to me that whoever "designed" the traffic flow
for Crossroads shopping center ought to get 2 or 3 years worth of golden
turkeys. At least 54 only shuts down when there's an actual train there.
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From: jge@ceti.cs.unc.edu (John Eyles)
Newsgroups: triangle.general
Subject: Re: Sound Quality in Dean Dome
Date: 19 Nov 92 15:34:24 GMT
Distribution: triangle
Organization: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

In article <1992Nov18.213957.16493@ncsu.edu> wpmadden@eos.ncsu.edu (Bill Madden) writes:
>Quite useless, IMO, the place was built to hold hordes of ppl for Chapel
>Hill basketball games, not at all for acoustics. Mungy R&R was meant for

No, the sad thing is, it supposedly was built as a "student activities center"
and it was supposed to have good acoustics so concerts could be had there.


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From: hunnic@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jeff Hunnicutt)
Subject: Re: Sound Quality in Dean Dome
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
Distribution: triangle
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:31:51 GMT



I've seen several acts in the Smith Cbeter and thought the sounded fine.
Yes in 1988 is a case in point. I walked around a bit and the sound was great
wherever I was. I saw Rush this year and thought the sound was clean and 
powerful, although a tad loud for my tastes.(earplugs are very helpful in
cutting down on damaging high freq's)


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