HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: P.A.Foulkes@bradford.ac.uk (Pete Foulkes)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Newsgroup uk.pubs ??
Keywords: pubs in Britain
Date: 22 Jan 93 15:17:31 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
Originator: 91453585@mail

In article <C17BKv.92G@cck.coventry.ac.uk> sek@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Elizabeth) writes:
>Sounds a good idea?  A student guide to the best pubs in Britain...
>
Me thinks we'll be getting 'A student guide to the best STUDENT pubs...'

A subtle difference I'm sure !

Sounds good nonetheless (sp.).

uk.pubs please.


Cheers,
	Peter.


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Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: TeX for a PC
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:20:21 GMT

In article <727469347snx@sound.demon.co.uk> Smac@sound.demon.co.uk writes:
:There is also the Aston archive, available through Janet ( uk.ac.tex ) & 
:Internet ( tex.ac.uk ). I believe anonymous FTP is supported; alternatively, 
:there is a mail server, TeXserver@uk.ac.tex. Send a message with just one 
:line, HELP, for further info.

There are two servers - ftp.tex.ac.uk is a more accessible unix box... (the
one named is VMS)

G
Newsgroups: uk.misc
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Subject: International Software Assignments
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:15:44 GMT

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From: cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Chris Cooke)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: 1993 and duty free allowances
Date: 22 Jan 93 10:21:48 GMT
	<1993Jan18.121837.18025@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
	<1993Jan21.140653.15999@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

In article <1993Jan21.140653.15999@syma.sussex.ac.uk> andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Holyer) writes:

   All officers of HM Customs and Excise are issued with what's called a
   "warrent card" - that's what makes them an offiece of C&E. My father never
   gave his back when he retired - it's a *really* impressive document, and
   essentially it amounts to a perpetual and totally open search warrent
   valid anywhere in the british isles. Hence they don't need to get a
   warrent to search your house, like the police do - they've already got
   one.

Is it even valid in the Irish Republic?
--
	-- Chris. 	cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk   (on Janet, cc@uk.ac.ed.dcs)
From: davidw@fulcrum.co.uk (David Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Telly Addicts
Date: 26 Jan 93 08:26:06 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Fulcrum Communications

In article <JIM.93Jan25173932@runningbear.edscom.demon.co.uk> Jim Thomas <jthomas@edscom.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>>>>> On Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:39:05 GMT, davidw@fulcrum.co.uk (David Wilkinson) said:
>
>
>>> Heard on "Today" on Radio 4 this morning...
>
>>> According to a survey in this week's Radio Times, 15% of those
>>> questioned wouldn't give up watching TV in exchange for a million
>>> pounds.
>
>
>>> Sad, isn't it?
>
>Whats sad about this. I'm pleased to hear that people do not put money
>above all else in their lives. Very encouraging.
>
>

It's sad that people put TV above all else in their lives. Very
unencouraging. 

Dave W.

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From: snail@lsl.co.uk
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Papa! Nicole! (was Re: Ariston music for TV Advert)
Date: 22 Jan 93 13:05:59 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Laser-Scan Ltd., Cambridge

In article <727543086.9613@minster.york.ac.uk>, adh@minster.york.ac.uk writes:
> In article <1782@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk> hodsonb@prlhp1.UUCP (Ben Hodson) writes:
>>All joking aside, sex sells, but why do all these adverts all sell to a male
>>market (or do they ?), women must buy flakes too.
> 
> you might buy flakes because you want to sleep with the woman in
> the advert. i might buy flakes because i want to look like the
> woman in the advert because i want you to sleep with me.
> 
> hypothetically,
> adh

And maybe you buy flakes because you really want to give some a .... ...
-- 
snail@lsl.co.uk      

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 means to side with the powerful, not to be Neutral."
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From: davidh@CIS.Prime.COM (Dave Hill)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: New teletext franchise
Date: 22 Jan 93 09:51:19 GMT
Organization: Computervision R&D LTD.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3


roy@harlqn.co.uk (Roy Badami) writes:
: Well, 4-tel seems to have sorted out their pages a bit now.  Take another look.
: 	-roy

Well they did. For a day or two. Now its back to usual (no mention of
the reviews).

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Computervision R&D Ltd                                      +44 223 872377 x352
Harston Mill, Harston, CB2 5NH, UK
Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: drtr@coral.ast.cam.ac.uk (David Robinson)
Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
Organization: Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Distribution: uk
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:25:04 GMT

In article <30578@castle.ed.ac.uk> own@castle.ed.ac.uk (O Morgan) wrote:
> Yep, I found in Holland that MC was pretty much universal but only some
> places took VISA. 

In article <1993Jan21.180145.14324@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
geoffb@inmos.co.uk (Geoff Barrett) wrote:

> There are a lot of places in Germany which accept MasterCard but not
> Visa.

It is certainly the case that in Germany, MasterCard is accepted more than
Visa, especially at banks. Only yesterday, at the new at Munich airport, I
found that the bank accepted only MasterCard and EuroCheque.

However, Germal hotels and restuarants are more likely to accept Visa.

  David Robinson. (drtr@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk)
From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Newsgroup uk.pubs ??
Date: 25 Jan 93 14:16:13 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England

Darren P. Ingram (dingram@dims.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> In article <C17BKv.92G@cck.coventry.ac.uk> sek@cch.coventry.ac.uk writes:
> 
> !Sounds a good idea?  A student guide to the best pubs in Britain...
> 
> The trouble is that Coventry's city centre pubs are, on the whole, not that
> good.... I blame the students:-))))) But the Campbell used to do good cheap
> food.
> 
> D
> 

Hmmm, from my relatively limited experience of Coventry city centry pubs I'm
inclined to blame the Luftwaffe.

pete
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From: ucacgcj@ucl.ac.uk (Gordon C Joly)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Camilla-gate
Date: 25 Jan 93 11:51:31 GMT
Followup-To: alt.s.i.s
Distribution: uk
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium



>One of the amazing things revealed in Peter Wright's book about MI5
>was how technically ignorant MI5 was/is. They like to leave the
>technical stuff to "back-room boffins", often external consultants.
>They have very little expertise of their own. Witness the nonsense
>that so-called security experts have been feeding the papers
>concerning the possibilities of picking up mobile phone conversations.

You can believe every in peter Wright's book. The first silly error
wqhen he describes where his office is. In fact, he did not work in
the canteen (which is really what is on the sixth floor of 140 Gower
Street)

>I blame the public school system :-)

Now we have the "old girl" network?

>-- 
>Chris Malcolm    cam@uk.ac.ed.aifh          +44 (0)31 650 3085
>Department of Artificial Intelligence,    Edinburgh University
>5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK                DoD #205


Stella R wears "thick stockings" (Pass Notes, The Guardian).

Gorod,
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Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk (James Petts)
Subject: Re: Camilla-gate
Followup-To: uk.misc,alt.conspiracy
Organization: No Affiliation
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:58:06 GMT

In article <JRG.93Jan28102802@oak41.doc.ic.ac.uk>, jrg@doc.ic.ac.uk (James
Grinter) wrote:
> 
> In article <C1IpJM.97K@demon.co.uk> James Petts <pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
>    In article <JIM.93Jan27123206@hunter.cs.strath.ac.uk> Jim Reid,
>    jim@cs.strath.ac.uk writes:
> 
>    >And where can any of us buy encryption devices which use RSA (let
>    >alone ones for real-time encoding/decoding of telephone
>    >conversations)?
> 
>    Don't need to buy it: you can get PGP which is an excellent RSA 
>    implementation for free from a whole host of sites. You can even ftp it 
>    from the US if you like :-)
> 
> Oh dear. PGP _includes_ RSA, as is pointed out in the documents.

True, but the reason that most people want PGP is *FOR* the RSA
implementation.

> Also
> *in the documents* is the fact that anyone using it in the states
> would be infringing the RSA patent.

True: hence my inclusion about the details of ownership of the RSA patents.

> Further, it states that it should
> not be distributed inside the states, and that the encryption code was
> written in Europe.
> 
> Also pointed out, is that not all of the message is encrypted with
> RSA, if I remember correctly, because that would take too long.

Well, that is an option which is \quote{*in the documents*}\endquote. You
may encrypt the whole using RSA, or you may use the public key facility to
facilitate secure transmission of a private key.

> 
> Now about this real-time business...

Now, there is the rub...

> James.
> --
> James Grinter, c/o Dept Of Computing, Imperial College, LONDON, SW7 2BZ.
> Aeval({227406,131304,719166,950732,993440,1364628,1491756,1868584,1235232,;
> 2151480,2524368,2802876,2769312,2839886,3104325,1824},;
> {|x,y| QQout(chr((x%2048)/y)+chr(int((x/2048)/y))) })


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Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 11:39:35 GMT

In article <25902.9301201404@thor.cf.ac.uk>, wdrdjh@thor.cf.ac.uk (Dr D J Harvey 92) writes:
|> In article <C13IJG.nw@micrognosis.co.uk> jharuni@micrognosis.co.uk writes:
|> |A lot of people seem to use the symbol "#" (NUMBER) in place of the crossed
|> |letter ell (STERLING) when refering to the British Pound Sterling.
|> |Has this become some sort of de-facto standard ?  I find it uncomfortable
|> |to read "#10" as "ten pounds".
|> |
|> 
|> All depends on your display :- from what you say it sounds as if you
|> have a US syandard, rather than a UK one, as your message displays on
|> mine as "people seem to use the symbol "(insert crossed L)" in place of
|> the crossed letter ell!!
|> 
|> BAsically we are talking about symbol numer 35, which displays on US
|> machines as a hash/number symbol, and on UK machines as a proper
|> Sterling symbol - this being the only version of the symbol available in
|> 7-bit ASCII.  IF 8-bit ASCII were readily avaiable for the net, then
|> perhaps people could then use the (newer) value of 156 for this symbol,
|> as this value doesn't have international ambiguities.

ASCII is a 7-bit American standard.  ASCII never includes a code for
the `Pound Sterling Symbol'.  The UK specialisation of ISO 646 (of
which ASCII is the USA specialisation) contains a PSS, as does ISO
8859-1, which is an 8-bit code which (as I recall) includes the USA
specialisation of ISO 646 (i.e., ASCII) as its lower half.

8-bit ASCII doesn't mean anything.  This is part of the reason it's
not widely available on the net.  Another part of the reason is the
historical fact that the original implementation of the net was
performed, using ASCII, in the USA.  There are significant numbers of
old news engines of various sorts out there, that carefully mask to 7
bits.  I believe that most modern software operates with 8 bits.  Roll
on Unicode/ISO 10646 news software!
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U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge  CB2 3QG, UK
Newsgroups: uk.misc,rec.arts.tv.uk
From: leo@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Leo Hendry)
Subject: Re: French cars are a rip-off
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 10:45:02 GMT

In article <1k1b0lINN8pd@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> ianking@lon40.nt.com writes:
>Mark Neale (mark@edscom.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>: In article <1993Jan25.095737.9157@jet.uk> djs@jet.uk (David J Stevenson) writes:

<Nova headlamp price accidently deleted>

>:    Incidentally, it cost SEVENTY QUID for a new headlamp for my Pug 205.  
>Well it has just cost me 90 pounds + vat for a new headlight for my Rover. 
Ever heard of a breakers yard aka scrap yard?
They buy whole cars that are not economical to repair for between ten and a
hundred pounds and then sell them off in bits to people who don't have more
money than sense (Which seems to be a minority in this country).
  Obviously you can't get parts unless they have been used in cars for a
few years, but I'm sure you'll find Nova and 205 headlamps for around 10
pounds.
  BTW, Volvo indicator light fittings are more expensive than either of these
- the are specially designed so you have to replace the whole unit rather than
just the see-through bit.

- Leo
From: cs89rdb@brunel.ac.uk (Roger D Binns)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Those inscrutable cigarette adverts
Date: 28 Jan 93 15:43:45 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

snail@lsl.co.uk wrote:
: though) for a year or more. Smoking costs more to treat than most things, 
: worse still, it's self inflicted.

So is pregnancy, cholera (you chose to drink dirty water), broken limbs, car
crashes (should have used public transport), public transport crashes (should
have walked), tripping over paving stones (should have looked where you are
going).  I think you get the drift.

I do think that smokers should be charged or treated in a different way, but I
don't think your argument is strong enough.

Roger
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From: sm@cel.co.uk (salim mehta)
Newsgroups: uk.misc,rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Papa! Nicole! (was Re: Ariston music for TV Advert)
Date: 21 Jan 93 18:02:28 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Crosfield Electronics Ltd.
In-reply-to: alan@essex.ac.uk [Alan M Stanier]'s message of 19 Jan 93 18:46:42 GMT

In article <7617@sersun1.essex.ac.uk> alan@essex.ac.uk [Alan M Stanier] wrote:
> The curious feature of that particular advert was that Nicole & boyfriend
> drive off in the car, and shortly afterwards are passed by Papa, who had
> started from the same place, on the motorbike going in the opposite direction.
> 
> Clearly one or other of the drivers (and possibly both) had chosen to
> drive the long way. Why? 
> 
> Buy a Clio and have your brain soften?

No. No. The message is that it's so much fun driving a Clio that you *choose*
to take the longer route : ) 

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From: jharuni@micrognosis.co.uk (Jonathan Haruni)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
Date: 25 Jan 93 09:53:04 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Micrognosis, a division of CSK(UK) Ltd

> Has anybody encountered  a retailer who refused, say, a Visa and
> accepted Access or vice versa ?

The one and only situation where I have needed Mastercard instead of Visa
is when I needed cash in continental Europe outside of banking hours.  Decide
for yourself whether you will be in that situation;  in some european countries
the cash machines in the walls take Mastercard but not Visa.
From: richm@CIS.Prime.COM (Richard Mutter)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: US pronunciation (was Re: paper size)
Date: 26 Jan 93 13:02:50 GMT
Reply-To: richm@CIS.Prime.COM
Organization: Computervision R&D Ltd

In article 2981@lsl.co.uk, snail@lsl.co.uk () writes:
>"Hi Damon!
>"
>"and ... the worst has got to be
>"
>"\begin{rant}
>"	Noter Dame	for Not-re Dam(e)
>"\end{rant}
>"-- 
>"snail@lsl.co.uk      

I suppose all British people can pronounce this
correctly? Note that the o in Notre is as close
to the o in British English "note" as it is to the
o in British English "not". And I'm sure we all
choose to say it like a Parisian, i.e.:

Not' Dame

because we British are soooo cultured, aren't we?

Richard
Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: 29 Feb 2000?
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Distribution: uk
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:09:32 GMT

In article <C17qus.G48@dcs.ed.ac.uk> eo@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Emma Osman) writes:
>
>Peter Allott (peter@serv2.essex.ac.uk) wrote:
>: Will there be a 29 Feb 2000?
>: 
>: The cal program thinks so!
>: 
>: As it also thinks 29 Feb 4000 will exist It's clearly wrong
>: some where.
>: 
>: What is the correct rule? Do all countries agree???? 
>
>Am I going mad, or did we have this exact same discussion
>just a couple of months ago??

Yes, we did.  Somebody's news spool has clearly got a *very* long
expiry period.


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Cambridge CB2 3QG, England, UK     | Internet: Guy.Barry@cl.cam.ac.uk
From: okes@essex.ac.uk (Simon Oke)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: 29 Feb 2000?
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:12:48 GMT
	<7632@sersun1.essex.ac.uk>
Distribution: uk
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, UK.
In-reply-to: alan@essex.ac.uk [Alan M Stanier]'s message of 21 Jan 93 10:49:50 GMT

In article <7632@sersun1.essex.ac.uk> alan@essex.ac.uk [Alan M Stanier] writes:
| Also sprach M.E.Bullivant@bradford.ac.uk (Martin Bullivant)
| }Yes there will be a 29th February 2000, 3000 and 4000 (any year divisible by
| }1000)
| }
| }Leap years occur in every year divisible by 4 EXCEPT if it's divisble by 100.
| }However years divisible by 400 ARE leap years.
| }
|
| So how does 3000 make it?

It doesn't. Not when I run cal, anyway. However, by the time the year 3000
arrives, the calendar system will probably have been metricised (damn the
Eurocrats) and the concept of leap years may have disappeared altogether.

--
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undergraduate at the University of Essex, UK.
From: nrp@csug3.cs.reading.ac.uk ("Independent direction socks" Neilski)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Telly Addicts
Date: 25 Jan 93 11:33:22 GMT
Reply-To: nrp@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk
Distribution: uk
Organization: University of Reading

davidw@fulcrum.co.uk (David Wilkinson) writes:


>Heard on "Today" on Radio 4 this morning...

>According to a survey in this week's Radio Times, 15% of those
>questioned wouldn't give up watching TV in exchange for a million
>pounds.

>Sad, isn't it?

I think I'd try it, invest the million wisely, double it, say "sorry, can't
cope" and give them back the original million in return for my telly and
Magic Roundabout videos.

-- neilski

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Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:08:21 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.114132.2955@lsl.co.uk> snail@lsl.co.uk writes:
>In article <727485345snz@home.demon.co.uk>, cms@home.demon.co.uk (Cliff Stanford) writes:
>> 
>> It is practically a standard to use '#' as a pound sign.  Why not, indeed,
>> as it is one of the few ascii characters that has no (other) meaning in
>> English?
>
>Wrong. # means sharp in english musical notation.

Right, but there's no context in which they could be confused.


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From: scott@memex.co.uk (Scott Williamson)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
Date: 22 Jan 93 09:10:13 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Memex Information Systems Ltd, East Kilbrde, Scotland

In article <1993Jan21.180145.14324@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> geoffb@inmos.co.uk (Geoff Barrett) writes:
>Janusz Lukasiak (zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk) wrote:
>: One (and possibly only) reason for having both is to be able to use 
>: the 'right' card in a place which accepts only one sort.
>
>: Has anybody encountered  a retailer who refused, say, a Visa and
>: accepted Access  or vice versa ? I'm talking about some kind of 
>: realistic situations 

Last year Pierre-Victoire's restaurant in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh
refused my Visa card but would have accepted MasterCard. Luckily I had
a chequebook in the car outside. This prompted me to take up
Barclaycard's offer of a MasterCard at no additional charge.

Scott Williamson		scott@memex.co.uk
Newsgroups: uk.misc