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From: eric@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Eric Quintana)
Newsgroups: austin.announce,austin.general
Subject: Ultimate Frisbee at Zilker
Date: 13 Apr 92 17:58:51 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: Motorola Inc.  Austin, Tx.

The time change means it's time for Ultimate Frisbee again!

Ultimate Frisbee is a game similar to soccer played
with a frisbee.  After a "kick-off", you try to
work the frisbee down the field by throwing it to
fellow teammates.  When you catch the frisbee, you
cannot move -- you must pass it to someone.
The object is to score a point by catching the
frisbee in the endzone.  The other team is trying to
knock the frisbee down before it can be caught.
This is a NON-CONTACT sport.

We are a group of Motorolans (and non-Motorolans)
who play a very informal game once a week.  We play
with whomever shows up, pick teams for the evening,
and have a blast.

This year, we will meet for the first time on Tuesday
(4/14/92) and every Tuesday thereafter.  We meet at
6:30 - 8:00 (pm) at the Zilker soccer fields.  Just
look for the frisbees.

We provide frisbees (and refreshments on occasion).
If you are interested in playing, please reply to this
mail or just show up.  We welcome anyone and everyone.

Let me emphasize that this is an informal game.  If
you are a hard core player, you may not enjoy this group.

Thanks,
Eric Quintana             eric@oakhill.sps.mot.com
-- 
Eric Quintana                       eric@oakhill.sps.mot.com
Motorola Microprocessor Design      (512) 891-2915
From: hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Should Texas Succede (Was: in return for our defense...)
Date: 9 Apr 92 15:24:26 GMT
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900

In article <rvdq3INN6s6@cs.utexas.edu>, lwb@cs.utexas.edu (Lance W. Bledsoe) writes:
> Hmmmmm, this makes me think...  Why doesn't Texas succede from the union
> (If I recall Texas has that option based on a deal that was made when Texas
> joined the union in the first place.  For all you Yankees: Yes, Texas
> was once an independant country.) and sucker the USA into defending us for
> free just like we do Japan!  Wow, no more national debt!  Wow, no Defense
> costs!  Wow, we could charge them BIG $$$ for oil!! Etc.
 
What's the advantage of having our own country?  I mean, I guess it has a
nice romantic feel, but what's the pragmatic side?  Saying that we could
"charge them BIG $$$ for oil" ignores the economics of the situation. 
Realistically Texas can't charge any more than the price that OPEC is
charging.  I would suspect that most of the oil that Texas companies sell
doesn't even come from Texas anymore (more likely overseas and Alaska and
the Gulf).
-- 
Doug Andersen
hari@Sugar.NeoSoft.com
From: crow@waterloo.austin.ibm.com (David L. Crow)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Texas BreakUp
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:30:55 GMT
Organization: IBM AWD Personal Workstations

In article <1992Apr13.191918.17560@pencom.com> eric@pencom.com writes:
>I have heard that it is still legally possible for Texas to break
>up into smaller states.  Is this true?

    Yep.  Texas also, unlike any other state,  has the right to secede. 
  These were part of the agreements when Texas bacame a state.
-- 
 ------------------  Friends don't let friends go to aTm.  ------------------
 David L. Crow            (512) 838-1134   IBM Advanced Workstations Division
 Internet: crow@waterloo.austin.ibm.com      AIX Systems Graphics Development
 ------ Any opinions expressed are those of me and not of my employer. ------
From: cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick)
Newsgroups: austin.general,houston.general,dfw.general,tx.general
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:19:17 GMT
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: tx

Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy writes

> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: 
> > Perot has shown a remarkable lack of concern for basic civil  
liberties.

> He hasn't shown much concern for your tax money either. Wait till you 
> find out where his first million came from.


Mr Peter da Silva has been publicly requested to provide facts to  
substantiate his assertion as made above. To date, he has been notably  
silent in reply.

 Perhaps we can take this as his official pronouncement that in fact Mr  
Peter da Silva has no facts and is merely forcefully exhaling smoke  
vertically toward private body parts.

Perhaps Mr Kennedy would like to offer facts regarding Mr Perot's first  
million?


	Chuck Herrick
From: patrik@cup.portal.com (Patrick M Crumhorn)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: in return for our defense of their countries (was: Ross Per
Date: Wed,  8 Apr 92 16:25:30 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

   While several people here think Japan-bashing is a great sport to 
engage in, please remember that Japan voluntarily has financed the
Reagan-Bsuh budget deficits (at least a third of them) since the early 80s.
Japan itself is now in a slow-growth period, and is only able to buy
1/5 of our treasury bonds instead of the 1/3 they have been buying.  
Any time their government decides they've had enough cr*p from the US
government, they can just decline to pick up the tab.  The interest rates
we have to offer on our bonds will go through the roof.  No more "recovery"
for us.
   Face it, Japan is the most loyal economic friend we've had.  It's the *US*
companies, like GM, that are moving all their plant to Mexico.
Xref: sparky ut.general:407 austin.general:1503
From: mo@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Mohit Goyal)
Newsgroups: ut.general,austin.general
Subject: BBS #'s needed
Date: 5 Apr 92 06:38:30 GMT
Reply-To: mo@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Mohit Goyal)
Followup-To: ut.general
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: mo@happy.cc.utexas.edu

Hello.  I am looking for an offline mail reader program.  If you know where
to find one, please mail me.  Also, please mail me the number for any bbs'
in Austin that carry public domain software.  Thanks.
From: billc@mpd.tandem.com (Bill Carter)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for Pres
Summary: Too petty, bud.
Date: 10 Apr 92 22:24:03 GMT
Reply-To: billc@zippy.UUCP (Bill Carter)
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers

In article <12191@tamsun.tamu.edu> cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) writes:
>
> Perhaps we can take this as his official pronouncement that in fact Mr  
>daSilva has no facts and is merely forcefully exhaling smoke vertically  
>toward private body parts.
>
>Perhaps Mr Kennedy would like to offer facts regarding Mr Perot's first  
>million?

   Gosh, Chuck.  These mild criticisms seem to have struck a nerve.
   Can we take it that you have already made up your mind about Ross
   Perot?  Why snipe?  If you think you know something about him, state
   it yourself.

   Perot does have some charm and speaks bluntly.  Maybe its sincere,
   who knows?  I can tell you that his former brainchild EDS up in
   Dallas has long been known as a place that will snuff out your 
   spirit if you work there.  He is a fabulously wealthy capitalist.  
   How he really got that way is something I will be wondering about.
From: thomasb@austin.lockheed.com (Thomas Benjamin)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Used Car Inspection Service Needed
Date: 15 Apr 92 17:17:16 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: "Lockheed Austin Division, 6800 Burleson Rd, Austin, TX 78744"

I am preparing to buy a used vehicle, preferably a Dodge Caravan or a
Plymouth Voyager.  Does anyone have a recommendation of a mechanic/shop
to check this type of auto?  Lemonbusters quotes a flat fee of $64 to do
a check onsite that takes about 1 hour and involves ~600 checks.  I need
another couple of recommendations before I decide who to use.

Also, any comments about the Caravan or Voyager from current or previous
owners would be appreciated.

Thanks -

Tom Benjamin
LAD Network Engineer	(512)386-2887
thomasb@austin.lockheed.com
-- 

Tom Benjamin              thomasb@austin.lockheed.com
Network Engineer          (512) 386-2887
Lockheed Austin Division 
Xref: sparky austin.general:1509 tx.jobs:136 tx.general:217 ut.general:408
From: sunil@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sunil k murthy)
Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.jobs,tx.general,ut.general
Subject: IMMEDIATE JOB OPENING
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:56:51 GMT
Reply-To: sunil@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sunil k murthy)
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: tx
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: sunil@doc.cc.utexas.edu

I am posting this for a friend. PLEASE *DO NOT * email
to this address.

****************************************
Immediate job opening for UNIX,C programmers

2 years experience in above area a MUST.

BS/MS in Computer sciences/Engg required.

US citizenship required.

Job will be for client in Houston, Tx.

U may mail/fax ur resumes to

SAI Software Consultants Inc.
2330 Timbershadow drive
suite 202-I, Kingwood,
TX-77339

fax 713-358-8952

tel 713-358-1858
*********************************************
thanks
sunil
From: wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Hightech turnover
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:17:59 GMT
Reply-To: wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie)
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <kumqsgINNh6m@cash.cs.utexas.edu> varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel) writes:
>"Job mobility" has always been a problem for high-tech companies.
>Some, such as IBM, have tried to provide such a package of benefits
>that would be hard to leave.  Others, such as TI, have used the
>pension plan for the same sort of purpose.  

	Of course, at TI you were likely to get laid off anyway... Or
sent to answer phones on Customer Support.  "Turkeys, Incorporated" ?
Those guys should stick to chips and hire consultants to write the
software.
							wr
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: sunil@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sunil k murthy)
Newsgroups: austin.general,ut.general,tx.jobs
Subject: IMMEDIATE JOB OPENING (important info missing in prev post)
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:01:05 GMT
Reply-To: sunil@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (sunil k murthy)
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: tx
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: sunil@doc.cc.utexas.edu

I am posting this for a friend. PLEASE *DO NOT * email
to this address.

****************************************
Immediate job opening for UNIX,C programmers

2 years experience in above area a MUST.

BS/MS in Computer sciences/Engg required.

US citizenship required.

Job will be for client in Houston, Tx.
*************************************************** 
IF INTERESTED PLEASE RESPOND BY FRIDAY APRIL 10 1992.
****************************************************
U may mail/fax ur resumes to

SAI Software Consultants Inc.
2330 Timbershadow drive
suite 202-I, Kingwood,
TX-77339

fax 713-358-8952

tel 713-358-1858
*********************************************
thanks
sunil
From: jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 14 Apr 92 01:17:34 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: DNA Enterprises, Plano, TX

In article <12191@tamsun.tamu.edu> cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) writes:
>Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy writes
>
>> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: 
>> > Perot has shown a remarkable lack of concern for basic civil  
>liberties.
>
>> He hasn't shown much concern for your tax money either. Wait till you 
>> find out where his first million came from.
>
>
>Mr daSilva has been publicly requested to provide facts to substantiate  
>his assertion as made above. To date, he has been notably silent in reply.
>
> Perhaps we can take this as his official pronouncement that in fact Mr  
>daSilva has no facts and is merely forcefully exhaling smoke vertically  
>toward private body parts.
>
>Perhaps Mr Kennedy would like to offer facts regarding Mr Perot's first  
>million?
>
>
>	Chuck Herrick


I believe (from what I have heard) that Ross (or H. to his close friends)
made his first million from automating parts of the welfare system.
Apparently, this is what EDS originally did - and probably to some degree
still does.  Ross became the first welfare millionaire.  For some reason
this pisses people off.  From newspaper articles EDS reduced the cost of
paper work for the government to 30 cents for each previous $1 that was
spent.  This system cost EDS 10 cents for each 30 cents they charged.
Yes, they made a lot of money on this, but they SAVED even more than
they charged.  If someone could save me 90 cents from each dollar I
spend I'd be willing to pay them a 20 cent fee (thus of course making
my cost 70 cents).  So, basically, he took a system that was totally screwed,
automated it, and made money.  That this involved the government and welfare
are beside the point - he helped the government save money, actually, he
might be the only in history to have done this...


john gay.                      jgay@digi.lonestar.org

"Millions of people around the world want to come to America.  Too bad the
 president isn't one of them."
"Jerry Brown?  I have to say that if Jerry Brown is the answer, it must be
 a damn peculiar question."
  - Texas Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsen (from Dallas Morning News)
From: chauvin@pencom.com (Chris Chauvin)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Reminder:  Case against environmentalism lecture
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:03:11 GMT
Reply-To: chauvin@pencom.com (Chris Chauvin)
Distribution: austin
Organization: Pencom Software

In article <70276@ut-emx.uucp> amck@emx.utexas.edu (Alan McKendree) writes:
> Dr. Reisman will not only question the motives and goals of the
> environmental movement, he will reveal the fundamental moral premises on
> which environmentalism is based.  After showing that human life and
> well-being depend on science, technology, and economic progress, and
> that the quality of human life has improved immeasurably since the
> beginning of the Industrial Revolution, he will demonstrate that the
> ultimate goal of the environmental movement is the destruction of
> industrial civilization, impoverishment, and, ultimately, depopulation.

Yeah, right.  Although the depopulation thing isn't a bad idea.  I don't mean  
extermination.  I mean reasonable control over the population.

I will agree that it is inherit in humans to use resources at will, but  
eventually this system will collapse.  My 2 cents..for what it's worth.

Chris Chauvin
chauvin@pencom.com
Pencom Software
(512) 343-1111
From: dewey@sooner.UUCP (Dewey Coffman)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: ACM austin chapter
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:06:29 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: CTC, Inc. Austin, TX.


	Does someone have a phone number/address for the austin ACM chapter.
	I have some old computer equipment I wish to donate for a hefty tax
	deduction next year.  Email preferred. or 458-5952

	-dewey
-- 
Dewey Coffman				"If you fail to plan, plan to fail."
UUCP: {cs.utexas.edu, bigtex, uudell}!sooner!dewey
From: matt@iqsc.COM (Matt Reedy)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Texas BreakUp
Date: 17 Apr 92 13:08:16 GMT
Organization: IQ Software Corp, San Antonio

In article <1992Apr13.191918.17560@pencom.com> eric@pencom.com writes:
>I have heard that it is still legally possible for Texas to break
>up into smaller states.  Is this true?

Yes.  As I understand it, there were several conditions set by the leaders
of the Texas Republic when Texas joined the union.  One was that Texas
is allowed to split itself into 5 smaller states.  Another is that the
Texas state flag is allowed to fly at the same height as the American
flag (ever notice those "twin" flagpoles?).  I believe there were other
conditions as well, but I can't remember them.  Can anyone else comment?

Interestingly enough, I also saw that California is considering (again!)
splitting into two states, Northern and Southern.  Did California also
reserve that right when it joined the union?

matt
-- 
Matthew Reedy                 UUCP: uunet!iquery!matt
IQ Software Corporation       Internet: matt@iqsc.COM
400 N Loop 1604 E, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX  78232        (512) 490 6684  Fax: (512) 490-3590
From: joel@cs.utexas.edu (Joel Daniel Just)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Texas BreakUp
Date: 17 Apr 92 16:01:55 GMT
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: langtry.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Apr17.130816.20931@iqsc.COM> matt@iqsc.COM (Matt Reedy) writes:
> [stuff deleted]
>As I understand it, there were several conditions set by the leaders
>of the Texas Republic when Texas joined the union.  One was that Texas
>is allowed to split itself into 5 smaller states.
>
>Interestingly enough, I also saw that California is considering (again!)
>splitting into two states, Northern and Southern.  Did California also
>reserve that right when it joined the union?

I don't know if California reserved that right or not, but I do know the
reason why Texas was given these extra rights.  It was because, as you say,
Texas was an independent republic when it joined the union--California was
not.

Texas and Hawaii are the only states to join the Union which were
independent republics when they joined.

-Joel
From: Spartan@cup.portal.com (Rich Clark MacKinnon)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Where is Fort Hood?
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 16:00:31 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: na



How far is Fort Hood from Austin?  Is Austin its nearest big city?  If not,
which?  Replies to mail, please.  And if there should be interest, I'll
post the answer.

Thanks in advance!

Rich MacKinnon
spartan@cup.portal.com
From: zard@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (elizabeth j. montgomery)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Seeking female young professional or grad student roommate
Date: 9 Apr 92 06:02:44 GMT
Reply-To: zard@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (elizabeth j. montgomery)
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: zard@foghorn.cc.utexas.edu

female young professional seeks same or female graduate student 
to find/share a 2-2.  prefer central location, non-smoker.
please respond to phone, as this is for a friend of mine...

	phone:  328-5749
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: lark@world.std.com (Lar Kaufman)
Subject: Re: Should Texas Secede (Was: Should Texas Succede (Was:))
Summary: Yawn.
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 00:11:43 GMT

In article <1992Apr09.152426.4266@NeoSoft.com> hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen) writes:
>What's the advantage of having our own country?

It would be worth it just so GHWB couldn't claim to be a Texan anymore.

-lar


-- 
Lar Kaufman, Chair, Committee for Common Man  work: 617-890-0444.
personal account: lark@world.std.com   work: lark@hicomb.hi.com
weekend system: whooper!lark@emx.utexas.edu
From: cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick)
Newsgroups: austin.general,houston.general,dfw.general,tx.general
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Date: 13 Apr 92 20:13:24 GMT
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: tx

In article <XIGE6FB@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)  
writes:
$ Mister da Silva hasn't
$ run into Mr. Herrick's public request until now.
[...]
$ Mr. Herrick might also consider that Mr. da Silva 
$ doesn't get austin.general
$ down here in Houston.

Mr Herrick offers that Mr da Silva's original post accusing Mr H.  
Ross Perot of violating civil liberties appeared on austin.general.

Mr da Silva writes:
$ As a result Mr. da Silva will
$ simply ask Mr. Herrick to do some research about Mr. Perot's school  
$ system work in Dallas.

Mr Herrick offers: No, Mr da Silva. You made unsupported accusations  
against Mr Perot. You back them up with facts or you retract the  
accusations publicly, and stop trying to get others to do your work  
for you.
From: todd@cleo.abt.com (Todd Nix)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: In-line Skate Race: Sunday, April 12
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:20:23 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Alternative Broadcast Technology, Austin, Texas


Armadillo Sports is sponsoring an In-line Skate Race on Sunday, April 12.

You can register at Armadillo, or call them for info at 478-4128.
Or call Martin Pahl at 482-9319.

Cost is $15 for the 10k race and $13 for the 5k. 
Add $5 for registering after the 8th. 
Subtract a dollar for each entry for families entering together.

Awards:
10k 5wheel	1-$100 2-$50 3-$25 4-$10 5-$5
10k 4/3wheel	1-$25  2-$10 3-$5
no prizes for 5k...except for 12 and under

Age Group Divisions: <12, 13-16, 17-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50+

Race will be on flat terrain in a empty housing division  east of I35 and 
William Cannon. Racers need to arrive by 8am.

Helmets are REQUIRED.


-- 
Todd Nix (todd@cleo.abt.com)                         cleo!todd@dellunix.dell.com
 Movement1981-1982Power,Corruption,andLiesLowLifeBrotherhoodSubstanceTechnique
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen)
Subject: Re: Ross Perot for President Information
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Distribution: tx
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 15:14:46 GMT

I saw Perot in a TV interview yesterday and was very unimpressed.  He 
sounded just like a politician.  When the reporters asked him how he 
would eliminate the deficit, he gave scenario whereby we eliminate the
deficit with no pain to the American taxpayers.  We get $100 billion by
reducing fraud in government, another $100 billion by making sure the IRS
collects all the taxes due and then $50 billion each from Japan and Europe
in return for our defense of their countries (great timing, I'm sure
they'd love to pay now that the USSR is gone).  Anyone who is willing to
put forth such a ridiculous and dishonest plan to get rid of the deficit
deserves to be lumped in with all the other politicians.
 
If he really had any guts and wanted to "tell it straight" he'd tell the
American people that they spent that money and now they are going to have
to pay for it and that if they don't want to continue getting deeper in
debt they need to get behind tax hikes or spending cuts or both.
-- 
Doug Andersen
hari@Sugar.NeoSoft.com
From: cnh5730@maraba.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Should Texas Succede (Was: in return for our defense...)
Date: 10 Apr 92 20:17:54 GMT

Lance W. Bledsoe writes
>  Why doesn't Texas succede from the union
> (If I recall Texas has that option based on a deal that was made when  
Texas
> joined the union in the first place. 

Texas is already a success. We have H. Ross Perot and Texas A&M  
University.

I'd vote yes if we wanted to secede, tho :-)
From: bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Should Texas Succede (Was: in return for our defense...)
Date: 10 Apr 92 01:25:53 GMT
Reply-To: bryan@cs.utexas.edu
Organization: Spam Detection & Removal Squad, Austin, TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: pageboy.cs.utexas.edu
Spam-Content: Negligible

In article <rvdq3INN6s6@cs.utexas.edu> lwb@cs.utexas.edu (Lance W. Bledsoe) writes:
=-
=-Hmmmmm, this makes me think...  Why doesn't Texas succede from the union


Should Texas succede?  Until its inhabitants perfect the art of spelling, I
suspect it shall neither succeed nor secede.  Go ahead and try, though.  The
rest of the country will tell Texans to suck seeds.