HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: maret@eig.unige.ch
Subject: WANTED : Free SmallTalk for Windows
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:25:28 GMT

I'm looking for a SmallTalk for Windows (but only if FreeWare or ShareWare).
Thank you to all mail senders !!!
From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
Subject: Looking for PC "nuts and bolts" stuff
Date: 22 Nov 92 10:54:12 PST
Organization: Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego, CA

I need some miscellaneous PC parts:

	1.  A large assortment of the various sizes of disk drive mounting 
	screws.  

	2.  PC I/O board mounting brackets -- you know, the L-shaped brackets
	at the back end of I/O cards, etc. -- with cutouts for the 50-pin
	Amphenol ("Centronics-style" or "Telco-style") connectors used for SCSI.

	3.  Feed-through connectors for 40-pin Berg connectors on flat cables.
	(this is actually more for DEC stuff than for PCs.)

For those reading this in San Diego (sdnet.wanted), I've already tried Gateway
Electronics, and I've also tried Frye's in L.A.  For those reading this on
misc..wanted, I'm obviously looking for mail-order sources. 

	--- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
Internet:  jeh@cmkrnl.com, hanrahan@eisner.decus.org, or jeh@crash.cts.com
Uucp:  ...{crash,eisner,uunet}!cmkrnl!jeh
Organization: Freshman, Art, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: misc.wanted,rec.music.marketplace
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 14:29:34 -0500 
From: Yuka Fujimori <yf22+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: WANTED : THE SPECIALS
Distribution: na

...or Special a.k.a.  If you have anything by them, pleast let me know. 
Thanks.
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
From: mathews@huge1.enet.dec.com ()
Subject: Searching for my biological father : John Dennis Miller
Reply-To: mathews@huge1.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:31:57 GMT


--
Missing Person...

I'm searching for my biological father...

name:		John Dennis Miller
age:		approx 55
area:		originally from either Cleveland or Cincinatti area...

He is the ex-husband of Donna Marie Gard.  They together had 1 son, whom he
abandoned within 6 months of birth.

He has a fetish for Corvettes; both he and my mom are ex-military...

Anyone knowing him...please let me know.  I'm not out to cause him trouble, I
just want to meet the 'the other person' responsible for my existing on this 
planet.  I just want to meet my dad.

thanks,

jeremy mathews

===============================================================================
    _    /|    Jeremy Mathews, Digital Equipment Corporation, Littleton, Ma...
    \'o.O'           		mathews@huge1.enet.dec.com
    =(___)=   Aack!!!	    Falcon, Huge, Colt...get my drift?
       U              "I'm the guy, your parents warned you about!"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: matt@Turing.ORG (Matthew L. Kreger)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
Subject: WANTED: AKAI VCR remote
Keywords: VCR REMOTE AKAI
Date: 24 Nov 92 03:47:48 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia

I need a remote control for an AKAI VCR, model VS-M930U...

HI-FI 4 head digital VCR; big remote w/ LCD...

programming is done on the remote then transmitted to the VCR

The stupid thing has a perpetual on screen display asking to
reset the time... which can only be done w/ the remote: which is toast.

Make me an offer
-- 
Matt Kreger (matt@turing.org) is not affiliated with anyone. INFP
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
From: mndell@cs.ruu.nl (Mike Dell)
Subject: address for Supra modem in PITTSBURG
Summary: looking for address where they sell those supra v32bis modems
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 12:08:59 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
Keywords: supra modem pittsburg 




A friend of mine is looking for an address in Pittsburg to buy a (cheap)
Supra modem V32 bis. He's staying close to the airport, so if possible
something in the neighbourhood there. Please E-mail me directly since I don't
read this group frequently.

Thanx in advance,

Mike.



-- 
M.N. Dell                            Telephone : +31 3434 56478
P.O. Box 134                         Telefax   : on request
3956 ZT Leersum                      Internet  : mndell@cs.ruu.nl
The Netherlands.                     
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
From: kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH)
Subject: Sony video equipment wanted
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Date: 23 Nov 1992 14:09 EST  

I am looking for an SL-HF1000 or a CANADIAN/JAPANESE GCS-50.  These GCS-50s 
are the same units as the American GCS-50s with the exception that they record
at the B1 speed.  The 1000 is, of course, a classic, consumer editing-VTR.

Also, I am looking for a BMC-1000K BetaMovie Pro.

If you have either of these or know of someone selling such, please e-mail.


Greg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                         ED-Beta: Simply THE BEST!
"ED Beta is simply the best consumer videotape format available."
                                     --VIDEO Magazime, Nov. 1992, page 30.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: datri@egsner.cirr.com (Anthony Datri)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: New Employee Test
Date: 21 Nov 92 20:17:23 GMT
Organization: Central Iowa (Model) Railroad, Dallas, Tx.

>After this experience, I'd never hire a software type without giving some 
>sort of test.

At a former employer, my boss claimed that it is *illegal* to give applicants
a "test".  Just what comprised a "test" and why this might be illegal was
never clear.
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: hamon@a.cs.okstate.edu (HAMON SHARON ANN)
Subject: "principals only please"
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 01:29:31 GMT


I see the phrase "principals only please" in several job postings.  What
exactly does this phrase mean?

--Sharon
Organization: Masters student, English, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 08:51:32 -0500 
From: Anatole Wilson <aw3a+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: New Employee Test

>In article <1992Nov20.165749.14499@a.cs.okstate.edu>
hamon@a.cs.okstate.edu (HA
>MON SHARON ANN) writes:
>>
>>I had an interview at a job fair yesterday, and the company asked me
>>back to the job fair site to take a "programming aptitude test" today.
>>I've never heard of this before.  Is it common for employers to
>>give such a test?  Is there any correlation between the test results and 
>>future job performance?  At this point I don't even know what the test will
>>be like.  The interviewer did tell me that there's no way that I could
>>prepare for it, and it's not programming-language specific.  So I assume
>>the test is supposed to determine logical thinking skills or something.
>>
>>--Sharon
> 
>I didn't know that anyone did that any more.  A number of such tests were
>found to be discriminatory.  We use progression testing in a number of
>union jobs in our company and they had to be "certified" by an industrial
>testing firm as "non-discriminatory"...
 
	- John


I recently interviewed with IBM recruiters at my Univeristy. They
required me to take an IPAT test the evening before the interviews. The
test took about 1 1/2 hours and is supposed to test the logical skills
of the applicant. "It's kind of like the SAT," they told me. "While
there's no correlation between people who do well on the test and
success with our company, we do know that people who don't do well on
the test don't succeed here." 
    I can't argue the merits of the test because I lack enough
information to do so, but it does show that these tests are still going
on in the industry. 

Anatole Wilson
----------------------
Business and Technical
Communications
----------------------
From: fino@point.cs.uwm.edu (Alexander Finogenov)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: C Guru - Six Figure Compensation
Date: 22 Nov 1992 00:38:07 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.5

In article <1992Nov20.230616.11083@dsd.es.com> pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz) writes:
:
: If you tell your boss it will take x*y hours far enough in advance,
: then your ass is covered. It is then up to your boss to either get you
: some additional man hour help, or extend your deadline. Otherwise, I
: agree, *his* head will roll.

Get real! If y > 1 and there is nobody to help, and there are no money to hire
contractors, and the deadline was established not by your immediate boss, and...
You can get your COVERED a.. burned just by the very fact that the team have
not accomplished the task in time, and ...  They may not fire you but forget
a good raise.  Maybe this can happen only in the laaarge companies?

Alex
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: ptrubey@netcom.com (Phil Trubey)
Subject: Canadian contracting in the US?
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:08:48 GMT

Does anyone happen to know what hoops one must jump through as a 
Canadian who wants to be an independant contractor working
in the US?  I figured out the permanent employment set of hoops
(actually quite easy if you qualify under the free trade agreement
provisions), but I am wondering what INS says about non-US citizens
contracting their services to US companies.

Thanks a lot if anyone has any info!

-- 

Phil Trubey                   | Internet: ptrubey@netcom.com
                              | Voice:    415-327-8337
                              | Fax:      415-243-0471
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: jamesc@borland.com (James Chuang )
Subject: Re: HELP: HOW TO PROVE PERMENANT RESIDENCY TO THE EMPLOYER.
Originator: jamesc@genghis.borland.com
Organization: Borland International
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 06:31:05 GMT

After completing your interview which gave you the permenent residence
visa number, your passport should have been stamped and noted.  Was it?

Since that stamp acts like a temp greend card, that should be sufficient...

jamesc

-- 
==============================================
#include <Disclaimer.h>
==============================================
// If someone asks if you are a god, you say YES!
From: dt89csc@brunel.ac.uk (C S Codrington)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Looking for postgraduate courses.
Date: 16 Nov 92 12:36:27 GMT
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


Hi, there.

My name is Colin Codrington. I am a final year student at
Brunel University. I am studying for a honours degree in
Industrial Design. 

I am currently in my final year and looking for a postgraduate
course that fits in with industrial design.

I am quite interested in a research course at the moment. Well..
it doesn't have to be directly linked to industrial design as
long as I get to use my intelligence and creativity.

So how about it have you got that all important course, or do you
know of one. If so please don't hesitate to E-mail me on.......... 

E-mail dt89csc@brunel.ac.uk

A curriculum vitae (resume) can be arranged.

Well thanks for reading me.

Colin.
From: russo@centerline.com (Alan Russo)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: How dressed is "over dressed?"
Date: 18 Nov 1992 16:09:03 GMT
Organization: CenterLine Software, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: russo@centerline.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.239.2.25


This is a question which may have gotten some coverage here before...

	I just recently had an inteview for a software development position...
and I was BIG TIME over dressed.  I met with 3 people, and I could tell that I 
made at least one of them uncomfortable.  I talked over my impressions with a 
couple of people here at work whose opinions I trust, and they fell into 2 
categories:

	1) It is better to be over dressed than under-dressed
	2) Going to a software development position dressed like an investment
	   banker makes you look "junior"


	Okay.... I have 3 more interviews scheduled in the next couple of 
weeks. One at a research institution, one at a consulting firm, and one for a 
comercial development project.  I do have QE work experience, and I am looking 
to move into development.  Though I am interviewing for junior positions, they 
are not strictly speaking entry level... and I don't want to come across as 
any more "wet behind the ears" than I have to.
	Here and the places I've interviewed at to date are casual work 
environments, and I'm assuming that the other firms will be similar.  I guess 
the questions comes down to these: Is a suit "inappropriate" when interviewing
for a non-senior development position?  What is appropriate to convey the 
"ideal" first impression?


Thanks,
Alan
russo@centerline.com



Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: ttraub@world.std.com (Terry Traub)
Subject: Firing your boss
Summary: Is there a book or article on firing one's boss
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: us
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 07:55:47 GMT

I once read an article somewhere on the phenomenon of "firing one's
boss", whereby one or more employees drive out an incompetent manager
by subtle means.  The point of the article was that if the manager were
screwing up in the eyes of the employees, they would get rid of him or
her to protect the organization and their own jobs.  Does anyone know
of an author who has written of this kind of thing?  Thanx

Terry
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: rogerk@QueerNet.ORG (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Subject: Re: C Guru - Six Figure Compensation
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 02:42:30 GMT
Organization: QueerNet

In article <jburney.722294435@hydra.nodc.noaa.gov>, jburney@hydra.nodc.noaa.gov
(Jeff Burney) writes:
|> pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz) writes:
|> 
|> >you're a salaried programmer and you don't get your product out the
|> >door on time because you leave at 5pm every day, your head will be one
|> >of the first to roll.
|> 
|> Because the bozo managers who know nothing about programming or design
|> decide
|> that you can get the job done in x hours when it actually takes x*y
|> hours.  No thanks, salary != slavery.  If they can't budget and manage
|> then their heads should roll.
|> 
|> >When the time comes to put in 60+ hours is when the excitement
|> >happens! If you don't like it / can't cut it / think it's slavery,
|> >then it's time to examine career alternatives.
|> 
|> Yeah right.  I think I'd rather fight for what's right than cave in to
|> the almighty managerial staff.  I agree 100% with the original poster.

Nice way to treat *my* money, Jeff.  A job is defined as what 1/n of the staff
you can afford to pay can do by the time the work needs to be done, *not* by the
40-hour work week.

Of course, most of the rest of us don't work for companies that can print more
money when they run out...
-- 
ROGER B.A. KLORESE                                              +1 415 ALL-ARFF
rogerk@unpc.QueerNet.ORG              {ames,decwrl,pyramid}!sgiblab!unpc!rogerk
"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from."
                                                                   -- J. Foster
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Subject: Re: C Guru - Six Figure Compensation
Reply-To: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 23:01:14 GMT

In article <1992Nov20.214332.17041@news.vanderbilt.edu>, Frank Sayre <sayre@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu> writes:
> >From: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
> >
> >You're posting from a .edu account, so perhaps you don't know that
> >working 60+ hours a week is sometimes required to get the job done. [ ... ]
>
> I'm completely with you, Paul.  However, I would like to correct the
> impression you leave that people who work in the .edu world are all
> clock watchers able and ready to leave at 5:00. [ ... ]

A good point. But I did not intend to imply that *any* .edu posters
are clock watchers. I only meant to suggest that the poster's apparent
student status might explain his own misconception of what it's like
to work on real projects.

Again, no offense to .edu posters was intended.
-- 

   -paul	pmartz@dsd.es.com
		Evans & Sutherland
From: ajsmith@nyx.cs.du.edu (Aaron Smith)
Subject: Metatec's Phone number????
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix (sponsored by U. of Denver Math/CS dept.)
Disclaimer1: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University of
Disclaimer2: Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
Disclaimer3: control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 03:04:26 GMT


I want to communicate with METATEC INC about the possibility of getting
a summer job working for NAUTILUS information service.  Does anyone know
a number where I might be able to reach them, an e-mail address, a snail
mail address, anything...? 

If anyone can help me, I sincerely appreciate it!!
A
Aaron Smith
Virginia Tech
Comm. and CS Major
From: kuusama@kaarne.cs.tut.fi (Kuusama Juha,,,,)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!
Date: 20 Nov 1992 09:09:36 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Tampere, Dep. of Computer Science ,Finland 
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kuusama@kaarne.cs.tut.fi
NNTP-Posting-Host: kaarne.cs.tut.fi
Originator: kuusama@kaarne.cs.tut.fi

From article <1992Nov13.212140.21131@news.Hawaii.Edu>, by mario@Hawaii.Edu (Mario D. Sagucio):
> 
> -What do companies mean when they say "No phone calls please!"?
> 
> Does it mean we can't call and ask who to address the cover letter
> to? And what about "Absolutely no phone calls!"
> 
>      Mario D. Sagucio         |U|  University of Hawaii         
>     Computer Specialist       |H|  Computing Center            < o
>       (808) 956-2408          |C|  2565 The Mall Keller Hall      /
> mario@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu  |C|  Honolulu, HI 96822         

I would suppose it means something like "We really have work to do
(that's why we are hiring at the first place), and, given the current
state of the economics, we expect a lot of answers. We do not have time
for the potentially hundreds of phone calls. if you are interesting
for us, we'll call you."

That is what it means in our ads at least. (Last time we had a position
open, we got about 300 applications!)

I see no problem calling the front desk, however, if you really must.
(But then, not every company has a front desk...)
--
Juha
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc,misc.jobs.contract
From: gensemer@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca (Robert Gensemer)
Subject: Information regarding contract employment in Canada
Summary: Can a non-resident legally take contracts in Canada?
Originator: gensemer@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
Keywords: immigration contract employment residence
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:07:26 GMT

I am trying to find out whether it is possible to take contract-type
employment in Canada if one is not a Canadian citizen or permanent
resident. Specifically, can a U.S. citizen (currently a temporary resident
of Canada) legally take such employment either with or without other
full-time work authorization in Canada? If so, what hoops must be jumped
through with immigration? Any information would be appreciated. Thanks in
advance!
--
                               Robert Gensemer
                      <gensemer@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>
   Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
   Phone: (519) 885-1211, x-6408                        Fax: (519) 746-0614
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------



Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: hamon@a.cs.okstate.edu (HAMON SHARON ANN)
Subject: Re: New Employee Test
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 16:57:49 GMT


I had an interview at a job fair yesterday, and the company asked me
back to the job fair site to take a "programming aptitude test" today.
I've never heard of this before.  Is it common for employers to
give such a test?  Is there any correlation between the test results and 
future job performance?  At this point I don't even know what the test will
be like.  The interviewer did tell me that there's no way that I could
prepare for it, and it's not programming-language specific.  So I assume
the test is supposed to determine logical thinking skills or something.

--Sharon
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: xccling@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Ling)
Subject: Seeking job in South Africa
Organization: James Cook University
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 04:19:59 GMT



Hi, netter,

Does any one know where can I find job ads about South Africa in 
geology (gold) and computer ?

Thanks.

  
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ling Shi                                     

E-Mail: xccling@manta.jcu.edu.au     
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: How dressed is "over dressed?"
From: judy@technology.com (Judy McMillin)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 23:01:22 GMT
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas

In article <1edpqvINNqrg@armory.centerline.com> russo@centerline.com writes:
>
>This is a question which may have gotten some coverage here before...
>
>	I just recently had an inteview for a software development position...
>and I was BIG TIME over dressed.  I met with 3 people, and I could tell that I 
>made at least one of them uncomfortable.  I talked over my impressions with a 
>couple of people here at work whose opinions I trust, and they fell into 2 
>categories:
>
>	1) It is better to be over dressed than under-dressed
>	2) Going to a software development position dressed like an investment
>	   banker makes you look "junior"
>
>the questions comes down to these: Is a suit "inappropriate" when interviewing
>for a non-senior development position?  What is appropriate to convey the 
>"ideal" first impression?
>
>
>Thanks,
>Alan
>russo@centerline.com
>
>
	Alan, put yourself in the position of the hiring person:

	Would you rather explain to a new hire that he/she may feel
	free to dress more comfortably/casually or explain that he/she
	is expected to dress more professionally?

>	
	In other words, it IS better to go to an interview overdress
	than underdressed and, if you're looking for a "jr" position,
	what's wrong with looking like like a "jr?"



Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Subject: Re: C Guru - Six Figure Compensation
Reply-To: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 16:02:22 GMT

In article <1emkpfINNqdf@uwm.edu>, fino@point.cs.uwm.edu (Alexander Finogenov) writes:
> In article <1992Nov20.230616.11083@dsd.es.com> pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz) writes:
> :
> : If you tell your boss it will take x*y hours far enough in advance,
> : then your ass is covered. It is then up to your boss to either get you
> : some additional man hour help, or extend your deadline. Otherwise, I
> : agree, *his* head will roll.
> 
> Get real! If y > 1 and there is nobody to help, and there are no money to hire
> contractors, and the deadline was established not by your immediate boss, and...
> You can get your COVERED a.. burned just by the very fact that the team have
> not accomplished the task in time, and ...  They may not fire you but forget
> a good raise.  Maybe this can happen only in the laaarge companies?

Yes, what you describe is possible. As a matter of fact, a similar
situation happened here at Evans & Sutherland a few years back -- the
ill-fated supercomuter project. If I remember right, the entire
division was laid off.

Many people have raised good points on this thread. But some posters
seem to have this "I will only work 40 hour weeks" attitude. My wholw
point is this attitude is unrealistic at software houses here in the
U.S.  Salaried programmers are paid to get the job done, not to put in
40 hours of time and leave.
-- 

   -paul	pmartz@dsd.es.com
		Evans & Sutherland
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc