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From: DXA4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Dinesh Agrawal)
Subject: India -  Noted Students Union Sweeps Delhi University Elections 
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 02:03:38 GMT


Date: October 2, 1992
From: Dinesh Agrawal
Source: Times of India, September 20, 1992

ABVP Nearly Sweeps DUSU Elections.

New Delhi, September 19: Mr. Avdesh Sharma, of the Akhil Bhartiya Parishad
(ABVP, Student wing of BJP), is the new president of the Delhi University
Student Union (DUSU). The ABVP also bagged the posts of secretary and joint
secretary. The post of vice-president went to the National Students Union of
India (NSUI, Student wing of Congress).

Sharma defeated his nearest rival Shushmita Dev of the NSUI, and daughter of
the Union minister of state for steel, Mr. Santosh Mohan Dev, by over 2000
votes. The NSUI's Archana Sharma, the new vice-president, beat her nearest
rival by over 4000 votes. The ABVP's Monica Kakkar and Atul Gangwar are the
new secretary and the joint-secretary - both won by handsome margins.

The ABVP has improved its position from two seats in the 1991 union, the
NSUI had drawn blank then. The union was dominated by the anti-Mandal group
led by Rajiv Goswami. There were no elections in 1990 due to the anti-Mandal
agitation. In the 1989 union, the ABVP made do with only one seat losing the
rest three to the NSUI.

The 1992 president-elect attributes his victory, and that of his party, to a
cadre-based organization and campaigning. Also, to "our year-round work" he
adds. Sushmita, the losing NSUI president candidate, says lack of the very
same attributes in the NSUI game plan cost her the seat. Besides, "some of
them (in her own organization) were working against me", she alleges. But she
has accepted defeat, saying "Avdhesh is a more mature politician".

Avdesh, a DUSU veteran - vice-president in 1989, says his first priority is to
refurbish the image of the DUSU soiled by corruption and inefficiency. The
"Save Campus, Save Education" slogan, he adds, will be the umbrella policy.

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Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: DXA4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU (Dinesh Agrawal)
Subject: All India to follow UP state in Making Copying a Cognisable Offense.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 12:15:44 GMT


From	: Dinesh Agrawal
Source	: Indian Express, August 13, 1992
Country	: India

                            * * * * * *

* All India to follow UP in Making Copying a Cognisable Offense.

New Delhi, August 12: Cheating in exams may soon land students in jail. 
Following in the footsteps of the UP government, the Center is likely to 
consider
introduction of lagislation to treat examination malpractices as congnisable
and nonbailable offence. And ironically enough, the Human Resource Development
Minister, Arjun Singh, might find that he is emulating none other than his
betenoire: the BJP Chief Minister of UP, Mr. Kalyan Singh.

The lagislation is among several other remedial measures, including examination
reforms, that the government is planning in order to streamline and modernise
secondary and higher secondary education.

According to the draft program of action for the revised national education
policy, which has been endorsed by all state education ministers, and will be
presented to Parliament in this session, such a law, when enacted, would define
various malpractices and prescribe the type of punishment for such offences.
The law would also include in its scope persons engaged in various operations
connected with the examinations.

Examination reforms are also on the anvil. The HRD Ministry's Department of
Education is to set up a committee which would be asked to prepare a national
examination reform framework by 1993-end. Following this, an Examination Reform
Center is to be set up at the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research
and Training) to coordinate, document and disseminate information on examina-
tion reforms.

                               * E N D *
Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: India - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Steps Down
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 17:14:20 GMT


Source	: The CGI
Date	: Sept 29, 1992
Country	: India

                             * * * * * * *


* A.P Chief Minister Mr.Janardhan Reddy Resigned

Hyderabad: Sept 29 - The stormy 21 month old Janardhan reddy rule 
in Andhra Pradesh ended today with the Chief Minister submitting his 
resignation to the state governor Mr.Krishna kanth bowing to the party 
high commands's directive.
	Mr.Reddy who was asked to step down following the High Court verdict
quashing the controversial government orders on private medical colleges 
met the state governor briefly in the afternoon and submitted the resignation.
	Confronted by newsmen, when he came out of Rajbhavan after a
fifty minute meeting with Mr.Krishna Kanth the Chief Minister said that the 
governor had accepted his resignation but asked him to continue till
alternative arrangements are made.
	Mr.Reddy, however, parried all questions on the developments in
the party, "wait and see" was his only reply. He also declined to comment 
when was asked whether he regretted his action in permitting twelve medical 
and eight dental capitation fee based colleges in the state.

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Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
From: DXA4@PSUVM.PSU.EDU  (Dinesh Agrawal)
Subject: In India Muslim Groups offer to shift Babri Masjid
Organization: Penn State Uinversity
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 13:00:57 GMT


From	: Dinesh Agrawal
Sources : Times of India (September 20, 1992) and The Independent (Sept.20)
Country : India

                               * * * * * * *

Allahabad, September 19: In a revolutionary step, eight Muslim Organizations
have offered to shift the Babri Masjid from its present site at Ayodhya.

The offer was a gesture of goodwill to be reciprocated by the Hindus who are
expected to offer land for the construction of a mosque about 10 km from the
Ram Janambhoomi Mandir site, the organizations said in a letter to Premier
P.V. Narasimha Rao and UP Chief Minister Kalyan Singh.

The letter was released to the media last week by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, presi-
dent of the Indian Muslim Youth Conference (IMYC), reported PTI.

The Babri Masjid could be shifted from the temple site and a new mosque,
Masjid-e-Jhehad can be constructed about 10 km away from the disputed site.

Signatories to the letter are: Ayub Syed (president, Muslims for Progress),
Sharif Jamal Kurshi (president, Muslim Sangharsh Vahini), Nafisa Sheikh (presi-
dent, Mahila Mandal), Mohd. Alam Koya (president, Musalmin Hind Kendra), Dr.
Safi Sheikh (president, Nationalist Muslim Front), Dr. Abdul Hakem Khan (presi-
dent, Nationalist Muslim Front, Calcutta), Asad Ansari (general secretary,
Dashtkar Sangh, UP) and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (president, IMYC).

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Newsgroups: misc.int-property
From: dsp@halcyon.com (Don Smith)
Subject: ASMP Copyright Guide
Keywords: Available via e-mail
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 20:10:31 GMT

 The Copyright Guide from the American Society of Media Photographers
(formerly the AS Magazine Photographers) is now available via e-mail by
sending a simple request to:

     dsp@halcyon.com

 2 Notes: Don't worry about including this entire post in your request, a
few words will work magic!
  Include your e-mail address in the body of your request if you don't
have a .sig file.

 Although written from the perspective of a photographer the Guide
explains the process, defines terms and provides the contact information
for the Library of Congress to register your copyright/s .

   Thanks,

     Don


 Don Smith Photography                   dsp@halcyon.com
From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: misc.int-property
Subject: Re: XOR Patent
Date: 5 Oct 1992 22:46:50 GMT
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: telecaster.think.com

In article <Oct05.024017.52366@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> barnesdo@CS.ColoState.EDU (douglas barnes) writes:
>Periodically people make reference to the "XOR" patent on this
>and other groups. Are they referring to a couple of patents
>held by the CADTRAK corporation that deal with issues such as
>double-buffering, scrolling, video enlargement and cursor movement?

I believe this (from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/lpf/patent-list) is the "XOR
patent":

  4,197,590
  Method for dynamically viewing image elements stored in a random access
  memory array
  filed 1/19/78
  granted 4/8/80
  inventors Josef S. Sukonick; Gred J. Tilden
  assignee NuGraphics, Inc.
  Includes claims of "XOR feature permits part of the drawing to be moved or
  'dragged' into place without erasing other parts of the drawing."
  Twice upheld in court.  [Cadtrak now owns this?]

>Last I heard they were embroiled with Commodore, and the case was dragging 
>out considerably. Does the XOR patent == the CADTRAK patents, or
>am I confusing two different creatures? I have also heard of a
>"backing store" patent, and even an "XOR backing store patent". Where
>do these fit in, or is someone else even more confused than I am?

Here's the entry on the backing store patent:

  4,555,775
  Dynamic generation and overlaying of graphic windows for multiple active
  program storage areas
  filed 10/7/82
  granted 11/26/85
  inventor Robert C. Pike
  owner AT&T

By the way, now that I've posted this, I should retract an earlier
statement (perhaps made in some other newsgroup such as gnu.misc.discuss or
comp.org.eff.talk), which I've seen others quoting, that the backing store
patent never uses the word "window" (using AT&T's term "layer"); if nowhere
else, it uses the word "window" in the title of the patent, quoted above.

I think the person who referred to an "XOR backing store patent" was either
confused or meant to type "XOR and backing store patents".

-- 
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

barmar@think.com          {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
Newsgroups: misc.int-property
Subject: Re: Patents: What they are. What they aren't. Other factors.
From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
Date: 6 Oct 92 17:27:00 GMT
 <1992Oct1.093213.11147@netcom.com> <13070.Oct320.48.1492@virtualnews.nyu.edu>
Organization: Beckman Instruments, Inc.

In <13070.Oct320.48.1492@virtualnews.nyu.edu> brnstnd@nyu.edu (D. J. Bernstein) writes:

>No. The courts define a ``mathematical algorithm'' as a procedure for
>solving a mathematical problem. An ``algorithm'' is, in general,
>patentable, because ``algorithm'' is synonymous with ``process'' in the
>patent world. A ``mathematical algorithm'' is not patentable.

That't the law as written, anyway; but apparently not as practised.
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My opinions are my own, and do not represent those of my employer.
My interaction with our news system is unstable; please mail anything important.
From: barnesdo@CS.ColoState.EDU (douglas barnes)
Newsgroups: misc.int-property
Subject: XOR Patent
Date: 5 Oct 92 02:40:17 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department

Periodically people make reference to the "XOR" patent on this
and other groups. Are they referring to a couple of patents
held by the CADTRAK corporation that deal with issues such as
double-buffering, scrolling, video enlargement and cursor movement?

I've seen various postings to the effect that "The XOR patent can
be violated with one line of code." To the best of my knowledge,
the CADTRAK patents are enforced almost entirely against hardware
vendors who sell entire systems that include any video subsytem 
more sophisticated than Hercules. 

Last I heard they were embroiled with Commodore, and the case was dragging 
out considerably. Does the XOR patent == the CADTRAK patents, or
am I confusing two different creatures? I have also heard of a
"backing store" patent, and even an "XOR backing store patent". Where
do these fit in, or is someone else even more confused than I am?

doug

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barnesdo@CS.ColoState.EDU                 From the things I did today -L7
From: elrose@well.sf.ca.us (Lance Rose)
Newsgroups: misc.int-property
Subject: SysLaw, 2nd ed. - Legal Guide for Online Service Providers
Date: 1 Oct 92 20:27:51 GMT
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link


           NEW SYSLAW BOOK! MASSIVELY REVISED AND EXPANDED!

SysLaw, Second Edition: The Legal Guide for Online Service
Providers
                    by Lance Rose, Esq., and Jonathan Wallace, Esq.

SysLaw provides BBS sysops, network moderators and other online
service providers with basic information on their rights and
responsibilities, in a form that non-lawyers can easily understand.
Subjects covered include the First Amendment, copyrights and
trademarks, the user agreement, negligence, privacy, criminal law,
searches and seizures, viruses and adult materials.  SysLaw not
only explains the laws, it gives detailed advice enabling system
operators to create the desired balance of user services, freedom,
and protection from risk on their systems.

SysLaw is available from PC Information Group, 800-321-8285 or 507-
452-2824, and located at 1126 East Broadway, Winona, MN 55987.  You
may order by credit card or by mail.  Price is $34.95 plus $3.00
shipping and (if applicable) sales tax.  Price is subject to change
after January 1, 1993.  For additional information, please contact
publisher Brian Blackledge at 800-321-8285.
Newsgroups: misc.int-property
From: mcgregor@netcom.com (Scott Mcgregor)
Subject: Re: Patents:  What they are.  What they aren't.  Other factors.
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:08:56 GMT

In article <CKD.92Oct6113246@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
>Since patents are not free, perhaps you could explain how your
>clearinghouse will attract the "garage programmer" who may invent
>something that is, in your model, patentable, but doesn't have the money
>to patent it so s/he can join the clearinghouse.

You don't have to contribute a patent to join the clearinghouse, you
only have to  pay the license fee which is dependent upon the revenues
you generate.  If you are a "garage programmer" this is little or
nothing. But you will be insured against a patent suit, and free to
search and use anything in the clearinghouse library. If you are
interested in saving yourself some development time by reusing
someone's code this will be an additional benefit to you.  If you
insist on manufacturing all your own software from scratch only the
patent suit protection will be valuable to you.  It is up to you, and
the cost is negligable if you aren't making large software sales.


-- 

Scott L. McGregor		mcgregor@netcom.com
President			tel: 408-985-1824
Prescient Software, Inc.	fax: 408-985-1936
3494 Yuba Avenue
San Jose, CA 95117
From: mcgregor@netcom.com (Scott Mcgregor)
Newsgroups: misc.int-property
Subject: Re: Patents:  What they are.  What they aren't.  Other factors.
Date: 6 Oct 92 08:34:55 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)


>No. The courts define a ``mathematical algorithm'' as a procedure for
>solving a mathematical problem. An ``algorithm'' is, in general,
>patentable, because ``algorithm'' is synonymous with ``process'' in the
>patent world. A ``mathematical algorithm'' is not patentable.

Dan, what is your position on patenting "algorithms" (as opposed to
"mathematcial algorithms") ?  Is patenting them  okay? If an algorithm is
controlling a computer (by being encoded in its software) are you
comfortable with it not necessarily being a "mathematical" algorithm?
-- 

Scott L. McGregor		mcgregor@netcom.com
President			tel: 408-985-1824
Prescient Software, Inc.	fax: 408-985-1936
3494 Yuba Avenue
San Jose, CA 95117
From: loosemore-sandra@CS.YALE.EDU (Sandra Loosemore)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers
Subject: electric heaters
Date: 1 Oct 92 08:16:30 GMT
Organization: staff hacker @ Yale Haskell project

The oil furnace in my apartment has been very unreliable, so I'm
thinking about buying a portable electric heater or two to use while
I'm waiting for the furnace repairman.  :-(

So, how big of a heater is necessary to heat an average-sized room?
I've seen various types in the stores -- some that work by heating an
oil-filled radiator, for example.  Are there significant differences
in efficiency between them?  How about safety?  I have two cats and
don't want something they could tip over or burn themselves on.

Any tips appreciated!

-Sandra
Xref: sparky misc.consumers:17157 misc.legal:17710
From: dona@bilver.uucp (Don Allen)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Bar Code == Mark Of The Beast ???
Date: 26 Sep 92 01:37:50 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL

In article <1992Sep22.191957.23116@engage.pko.dec.com> moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com writes:
>In article <53618@dime.cs.umass.edu>, kim@.cs.umass.edu writes...
>>Can someone familiar with UPC encoding confirm this observation
>>that 6's are used as guard patterns?
>
>See my earlier post.  The guard patterns are not 6s since they don't have
>the wide bar at the end that a 6 has.
>
>-Mike


Could you PLEASE re-post the article?? Lots of us are on systems
which have very high expires on the newsgroups. I must have missed
it and WANT to see what you're talking about here. I just HATE it
when people say "please refer to my previous posting"...reality
is that on my system, the articles are GONE after a few short days
and I don't get in to read every day. Thanks!

Don


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Xref: sparky misc.consumers:17484 ny.general:372
From: barnick@mesa.Kodak.COM (William M Barnick x73638)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,ny.general
Subject: Re: NYC Parking Violations Bureau Fun & Games
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:41:42 GMT
Followup-To: misc.consumers
Distribution: na
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY

In article <KAN.92Oct5161431@bugs-bunny.rtp.dg.com> kan@dg-rtp.dg.com writes:
>It's not just NYC with these problems.
>
>A friend was late to class one day at NC State (in Raleigh) and parked
>his car at 9:10am, and put in the change for 1 hour parking.  He came
>back at 10:05am when the class was over and the meter had expired and
>he had a ticket (it's only $5 though).  I think he's fighting it, but
>I don't know what's happened.
>
>| Victor Kan               | Internet: kan@dg-rtp.dg.com            |  ***

Just to show you the contrast in society,  I went to Bar Harbor, Maine a
few years back.  On every street in the downtown area there are NO parking
meters, and there are NO PARKING signs everywhere.  Well that ment that
just about every car on the street was parked illegally.  Well we parked
right on the main street of town dead next to a NO PARKING sign.  Infact,
we parked all over town in NO PARKING zones.  NEVER got a ticket.  Being
from NY I thought there must be a catch.  I asked a local store clerk
what gives?  He said the signs are so that people don't stay long.  They
figured that tourist would quickly move their cars if they feared a ticket.
Do they give any tickets?  Well,  when and if they do, he told me it was
a mail in fine of about $0.75.

I wonder if things have changed much in Maine ???

See Ya ...
WMB


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Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: chips@eskimo.celestial.com (cav)
Subject: left-handed appliances
Organization: >>> Eskimo North (206)-FOR-EVER <<<
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 00:42:03 GMT

i am looking for a source of kitchen appliances (ie can openers) for 
leftys, especially in the greater Seattle area. Mail order will also do.
Thanks.

================================================================================
 chips@eskimo.celestial.com              *** Bring back Bill Machrone 
 CompuServe: 72431,2153                  *** as PC Magazine editor !!! 

Newsgroups: misc.consumers
From: xcpbhf@huey (boyce h fullmer)
Subject: Re: DAK BSR CD ROM drive
Organization: Oryx Energy, Dallas, Texas.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 04:19:50 GMT

tkoppel@cassandra.cair.du.edu (Ted Koppel) writes:
: Your advice is needed:
: 
: The issue of DAK's catalog that arrived today (Late Fall '92 on the
: cover) has an external CDROM drive advertised for $199.00.  It
: acknowledges that this is slower (800msec versus 380msec).  It is also
: described as caddyless, but nevertheless 'industrial strength'.  The
: interface card is included, along with the cable.
: 
: What's the catch?  The price looks good.  Has anyone bought one of
: these from DAK?  Are they good machines?  Will they do the job of
: retrieval and such?  What should I be looking out for?  
: 
: [I am aware of DAK's financial difficulties.  If the machine is worth
: the bucks, I'll protect myself, credit-wise.]
: 
: Thanks
: 
: Ted Koppel
: 
: best address: tkoppel@carl.org
: 
: --
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
:      Ted Koppel  --  ted@carl.org  or   tkoppel@cassandra.cair.du.edu

I have had one now for about 3 months.  It works great for my use.  It uses
the same drive hardware as you would get from an audio CD player.  I use it
to access another CD I bought from a non-dak source.  It will play audio CDs
just like the other CD-ROM players will.  Dak includes MS-DOS drivers so the
drive can be accessed as if it were a hard drive.  I also got the "special
$50" accompanying CDROMs that were available when purchased with the drive.
These CDROMs were okay, but I haven't had much of a chance to use them.
If money is an issue, and you don't mind waiting an extra second or so for
data access, then this drive will fit the bill.  I actually had ordered the
more expensive drive, then cancelled my order (it was back ordered anyway)
a week later (when the new DAK catalog arrived).  The order desk at DAK
was more than helpfull.
CD I got from another