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From: mclellan@maximillion.mcc.com (David McLellan)
Subject: Re: Audio Books/Earful Of Books
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: MCC Corporate Computing
Distribution: austin
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:14:00 GMT

Also, keep Austin Public Library in mind.  I was told that each branch 
has some titles, and that the North Loop branch has the largest 
selection.  For Austin residents, this could be a low (or no) cost 
alternative - your tax dollars put to good use.  For those that live 
outside Austin, this is probably not a good alternative if you have to 
purchase an Austin Library card.
From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com (Conrad Geiger - Manager, International NeXT User Groups)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Announcing the 1993 NeXTWORLD EXPO and First Call for Exhibitors
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:31:30 GMT
Reply-To: user_groups@next.com

Announcing the 1993 NeXTWORLD EXPO

What it is....

The 2nd annual gathering of the world-wide NeXT community!
	An international Developers Conference!
		An educational Users Conference!
			A NeXTSTEP product exposition!
				A global User Group Meeting!

Call 1-800-767-2336 -or- from outside North America call
(508)470-3880 or fax to (508)470-0526 for registration information.

When it is...      
   
   MAY 25-27, 1993,
       

Where it is...

   THE MOSCONE CENTER,
   SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA
            

What to do....

Pass the word.  Tell your colleagues, fellow user group members,
other computer industry user group members, fellow NeXTSTEP
developers, potential developers, and friends, to schedule this date,
and stay tuned for more information!!  Please post this message to
local and community electronic bulletin boards and feel free to
publish in your user group or company newsletters.

If you wish to receive future electronic updates regarding the 1993
NeXTWORLD Expo, please send email to the following address:

	user_groups@next.com

Once again, call to get on the postal mailing list for advanced
registration and more information about the 1993 NeXTWORLD Expo....

1-800-767-2336 -or- from outside North America call 508-470-3880
-or- fax (508)470-0526.



_____________________________________________________________________
CALL FOR EXHIBITORS AT 1993 NeXTWORLD EXPO

Join us from May 25-27 at Moscone Center in San Francisco for the
second annual gathering of the worldwide NeXT community, and
International Developers conference, an educational Users conference,
a NeXTSTEP product exposition, and a global User Group meeting!

NeXTWORLD Expo is being co-sponsored by NeXTWORLD Magazine and
Digital Consulting, Inc. (DCI).  DCI is handling all show management
and logistics for this year's Expo.

Exhibitors please contact Matthew Schmuck or Charlie Hurth at DCI
West--
        408 280 6778 voice
        408 280 6779 fax

Exhibitor kits will be available December 28.  Space will be assigned
on a first-come, first-serve basis. (Past NeXTWORLD Expo exhibitors
will be given priority consideration for space selection through
January 10).

Expo and Conference Attendees:

To participate in the User Conference, Developer Conference, or to  
attend the Expo, call 1-800-767-2336.  International callers can fax  
inquiries to DCI at 508-470-0526. Please label all correspondence:

        Attention: NeXTWORLD Expo

and include your name, address, business name, FAX and phone numbers.


Thank you,
Conrad Geiger
Manager, International NeXT User Groups
From: captain@tigger.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Cameras and camera stores
Date: 6 Jan 93 12:30:43 GMT
Organization: UT Austin Computation Center, Unix Services
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

Randy Price (randy@uutopia.dell.com) wrote:
: I am looking for recommendations for an inexpensive 35mm camera.
: 
: This can be one of the compact jobs, or body + lens, also any
: first hand experience with camera stores in Austin.
: 
: This is for my 17-year old son, so I would like it to be 
: something that will last.


Check out the photo dept. at the University CoOp, on the Drag (aka Guadalupe).

--
|The opinions expressed above are merely the result of chaotic synapse firings|
|Electrics and electronics work on smoke. If you let the smoke       -   O    |
|out, they stop working.   --   Fight AIDS.  Play safe.                |      |
|captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu  (Brian Murfin)  DoD# 0690  nt650gt     \_^___/   |

Xref: sparky austin.general:3827 tx.jobs:435
From: z_bighamcp@ccsvax.sfasu.edu
Newsgroups: austin.general,tx.jobs
Subject: Lotus Notes - Austin
Date: 5 Jan 93 13:26:04 CST
Organization: Stephen F. Austin State University


I've got experience in working with and managing a Lotus Notes Network
from doing an internship with Lotus this past summer. I am wondering,
is there a market for my experience in the Austin area?

Chuck
Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.news
From: knutson@.mcc.com (Jim Knutson)
Subject: cactus.org down
Originator: knutson@urbino.mcc.com
Organization: MCC, Austin, Texas
Distribution: austin
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:56:24 GMT

Cactus.org died a horrible death early Tuesday morning taking four of
its six disks with it.  I have as yet been unable to resurrect the
beast.  All known magic incantations have failed miserably and waving
the rubber chicken has only managed to make it stir and grumble loudly
about some bus, its heads and being illiterate.  I have already
performed some surgery without success.  Major surgery will be
performed if we can get any parts that make a difference from Sun of
Frankenstein Wharehouse Inc.  For the near term, I plan to ignore the
beast for the rest of the day to see if getting lonely will make it
behave better tomorrow.

I promise to get the beast up and running just as soon as I possibly
can.

-- 
Jim Knutson                                                | |
knutson@mcc.com                                         --=oOo=--
cs.utexas.edu!milano!knutson                               +
Wk: (512) 338-3362                                      Check Six!
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: wied@animal.sps.mot.com (Bill Wied)
Subject: Can anyone in Austin area here me?!?
Organization: Motorola Inc.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:15:18 GMT

I am sending this test post to see if this message gets out to the
austin area newsgroups.

If you are in the austin area and read this message, pleas send me an email
response.

Thanks!!!

-- 
 _ __	        _     _          #  Bill Wied    #8-)  wied@animal.sps.mot.com
' /__)  o /  / ' )   / o   __/   #  2100 E. Elliot Rd. MD:EL512 Tempe, Az 85284
_/___)_/_/_ /   /_/_/_/_E_/_/_   #  Phone:602-897-4266  Fax:602-897-3822
______________________________)  #  Network Applications Group, Motorola SPS 
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II)
Subject: Re: Non-slip slippers
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:45:59 GMT

In article <1if6gdINN84h@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> srin@cs.utexas.edu (Srinivas Nedunuri) writes:
>I know the title sounds like a contradiction, but does anyone know where I
>can find (womens) shower/bathroom slippers with non-slip soles? - maybe 
>something with lots of tiny little suction pads. I heard that Dr Scholls
>sold something like that but I havent seen anything in the stores. I mean,
>it would make for some creative advertising ... just think of it "The Gripper 
>Slipper" or "Save your soul with Scholls soles" .. :-)

You might look into "Aqua Socks" or SCUBA boots if you can't find what
you are looking for.  Neither of these are slippers, but they are both
non-slip.  The former can be found at most sporting goods stores; the
later at places which those funny red and white stripped flags ...
-- 
John F. Haugh II                  [ PGP 2.1 ] !'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151           [ DoF #17 ]        @'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: creemer@cmsi.com (David Creemer)
Subject: Re: How to find out your own phone number
Organization: Corporate Memory Systems, Inc.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Distribution: austin
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:59:42 GMT

To determine the number from just about any phone, dial 830.
Ocassionally, it doesn't work, but it usually does.

-- David

-- 
David Z. Creemer | Corporate Memory Systems, Inc. | creemer@cmsi.com |  %^\
8920 Business Park Dr. Austin, Texas 78759 | +1 512 795-9999 / 794-5921 FAX
From: srin@cs.utexas.edu (Srinivas Nedunuri)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Ground-source Heat Pumps
Date: 7 Jan 1993 16:54:53 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: im4u.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1993Jan7.044259.7540@rpp386> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>
>No, the primary cause of damage to the ozone layer is the sun.  The
>connection between high sunspot counts and reduced ozone concentrations
>has been directly proven.  By the way - chloroflurocarbons have never
	Ah but why do the reduced concentrations appear (essentially) only over
the poles? The amount of sunlight reaching the equator is much greater
than at the poles. You would expect to see the greatest depletions at the
equator in fact.

>been directly shown to cause ozone depletion - the agent that is always
>pointed at is atomic chlorine.  There are many sources of chlorine,
>not the least of which is the ocean.  All that salt, you know ...
	I have to admit its the first time I've heard this theory. Agreed, there's 
plenty of chlorine ions in sea water but how do they get to the stratosphere?

--srin

Newsgroups: austin.general
From: chip@chinacat.unicom.com (Chip Rosenthal)
Subject: Re: wrist problem expert
Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 00:33:45 GMT

[Warning: offensive to those who get into a snit about commercial Usenet mssgs]

In article <86304@ut-emx.uucp> mike@leah.prc.utexas.edu (Michael Kline) writes:
>I don't know of any experts that might help you, but I do know that we have
>all been much happier in our offices after buying "Wristsavers".

I want to put a plug in for my Mom's husband (stepdad?).  He sells
stuff like ergonomic computer supplies, air cleaners, etc.  He is in
San Francisco where this stuff is a very big deal.  There are local
laws governing the workplace that try to reduce computer-related
stresses and injuries.  I use his wrist wrests, and they are the best
built, best quality ones I've ever seen.

For reference, I tend to blow out a peecee keyboard within 9 months.
Between my 70wpm typing, cigarette ashes, spilled coffed, etc. I put
my keyboards thru hell.  Because of the way I tear through keyboards,
I've had to adopt the mindset that they are disposable.  (And mind
you, I buy fairly expensive, quality keyboards, not the $45 Klones-R-Us
jobbies.)  Yet, the very first wrist wrest I got from this guy is
still on chinacat.  (He's also told me that if I'm somehow able to
wear this out, he'll replace it at any time at no charge.)

If you are looking for advice from a physical therapist, doctor,
whatever, he's not the guy.  However I understand that he like to work
with clients and develop an overall plan for their needs.  He has a
lot of corporate clients, so he could easily work with you to put
together something to handle an entire department or company.

If you want to buy a cheapo wrist wrest, you might do well at an office
supply store.  If you want some consultation and advice, and are
interested in some deals on good quality stuff, I can hook you up with
him.  Drop me a line.

No, I don't get kickbacks.  But if I send some business his way I
expect a pretty durn fine birthday present when March arrives. :-)
-- 
Chip Rosenthal  512-482-8260 | Ergonomic (adj) - Designed to ensure
Unicom Systems Development   | maximum discomfort in left-handed people.
<chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM>   |
From: boughter@redbud.asc.slb.com (Ellen Boughter)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Cat needs a home
Date: 5 Jan 1993 19:05:58 GMT
Organization: Schlumberger
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: redbud.asc.slb.com

A stray cat has taken up residence on my deck, and he could use a 
permanent home. He's completely gray with long hair--really a beautiful
animal. He was obviously someone's pet, since he *loves* people and
being petted and held. He's been hanging around the neighborhood for
quite a while, so Idoubt if I will locate his owner. He may have been
dumped. I have no idea how old he is. Actually, I'm not 100% sure that
he's a he...

If you are interested, call 459-1443 and leave a message or ask
for Ellen or Carol.
Xref: sparky austin.general:3907 austin.politics:279
From: windy@pencom.com (Windflower Gilbert)
Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.politics
Subject: Moon the  Klan: More Information
Date: 12 Jan 93 17:35:02 GMT
Reply-To: windy@pencom.com
Organization: Pencom Software

The KKK demonstration at the Capitol on Saturday is starting at 1:30pm  
according to the Klan and 2:00pm according to the city. So, assume 1:30. 

The counter demonstrators will start converging on the Capitol long before  
then since the Saxon Pub at 1320 S. Lamar is running a free bus at 11:00am  
to the Capitol. 

This could be the largest group mooning ever. Plan on being there by 1:30.

Be there, be bare, or be square.

--
Windflower Gilbert
	The opinions expressed here are mine alone and do not 
	represent my employer's opinions.
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
Subject: Re: old toitets & "Urban Ore"
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:33:08 GMT
Reply-To: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Organization: IBM, Austin, TX. US of A.

In article <C0pIyq.C40@austin.ibm.com>, chuckt@austin.ibm.com (Charles N. Tomlinson) writes:
|> A while back I saw this thread go through this group.  I was wondering if 
|> anyone still had any information on this.  I just replaced 2 toilets in my 
|> house with the 1.5 gallon ones and now I need to get rid of the old ones.
|> 
	I must have missed that thread....

|> Any suggestion.  BTW I have thought of turnning them into fountains in the 
|> backyard, or maybe a very large bird feeder, but my wife did not go for that.

	Sanford & Lamont on Airport near the Infamous Tank farm might give
	you a buck apiece for them. They are the closest thing Austin has
	to a "Urban Ore" recycling center. "Urban Ore" is place in Berkeley,
	California(Where else.) that recycles stuff normally just thrown
	away.

	-dewey
----
Dewey Coffman		ibmpa!vpdbox.austin.ibm.com!dewey%ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com
Consulting @ IBM			dewey@ctci.com
11400 Burnet Rd				All opinions are mine.
Austin, TX 78758-3493, USA		(512) 823-6463
===============================================================================
Don't Bag it. 1-800-453-SMOG, This letter is printed on 100% recycled electrons.
From: Butch.Kemper@tamu.edu (Butch Kemper)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: When is Spring Break for UT and A&M?
Followup-To: austin.general
Date: 7 Jan 1993 14:20:02 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: butch.tamu.edu

In article <1icg41INNidq@eagle.natinst.com>, darrenl@natinst.com (Darren
Lilie) wrote:
> 
> Can someone tell me what the dates are for Spring Break for
> UT and A&M this year.

Spring Break for Texas A&M University is Mar 15-19.  Staff holidays for
Spring Break are Mar 18-19.

Butch Kemper
Texas A&M University
Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.talk
From: jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II)
Subject: Re: Ground-source Heat Pumps
Followup-To: austin.talk
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 14:55:34 GMT

In article <1ik5lhINNkck@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> flatau@cs.utexas.edu (Arthur Flatau) writes:
>I don't know much about how CFC's get in to the stratosphere or react
>with ozone or whether chlorine from sea water can get into the
>stratosphere.  However I seem to recall that salt in sea water has
>been around a little longer than freon has been used in air
>conditioners (and other applications).  Why is it only in the last few
>years that there is evidence that the ozone in the stratosphere is
>being depleted?

Hydrogen sulfide is agreed by everyone to be destructive to ozone.  It
is also more plentiful (by orders of magnitude) than CFC's.  It is also
natural.  It is also lighter and able to get into the upper atmosphere.
Why is it only in the last few years that CFCs are being blamed for
ozone depletion?  What about proton emissions from the sun during solar
storms?  What about volcanic erruptions?

There is no evidence that the ozone in the stratosphere is being depleted
by CFC's.  To know that it is being "depeleted" we'd have to know how much
is supposed to be there and how much the CFC's are destroying.

What we DO know is that the polar vortices isolate the polar regions from
the rest of the atmosphere and that the temperatures in the stratosphere
over the poles become extremely cold.  We also know that this does not
favor the production of ozone.  You don't have to create some theory by
which CFCs drift over the to polar regions to explain a decrease in ozone.
You can explain it with the fundemental nature of the reactions which
produce and destroy ozone.  The stratosphere - and the stratosphere in the
polar regions in particular - is not well suited for ozone production.  It
never was, it never will be, not using CFC's will not change this
fundemental fact of nature.
-- 
John F. Haugh II                  [ PGP 2.1 ] !'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151           [ DoF #17 ]        @'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org
"If we make SS need based, can we change the name to: Failing Incompetents
    Compensation Allotment?"  -- Dr. Michael Reed
From: srin@cs.utexas.edu (Srinivas Nedunuri)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: Ground-source Heat Pumps
Date: 10 Jan 1993 20:38:14 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: priddy.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1993Jan8.030703.11450@rpp386> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>In article <1iicbtINN9l7@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> srin@cs.utexas.edu (Srinivas Nedunuri) writes:
>>	Ah but why do the reduced concentrations appear (essentially) only over
>>the poles? The amount of sunlight reaching the equator is much greater
>>than at the poles. You would expect to see the greatest depletions at the
>>equator in fact.
>
>Only if sunlight alone caused ozone depletion.  Sunlight also generates
>ozone through thunderstorms and the like.  The tropics are regularly
>involved in storms.

Thunderstorms take place in the lower atmosphere, if I'm not mistaken. The 
ground level ozone thats produced has nothing to do with the stratospheric
ozone. In fact, its harmful. For the same reason, the ground level ozone
that's produced by the reaction of hydrocarbons in car exhausts with 
sunlight is also considered undesirable.

--srin
Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.talk
From: jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II)
Subject: The Make-Believe Ozone Hole (was: Re: Ground-source Heat Pumps)
Followup-To: austin.talk
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: Los Tejanos SCUBA Club and Beer Joint, Austin, Tejas
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 00:02:05 GMT

In article <86387@ut-emx.uucp> whitford@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Angelina Whitford) writes:
>I have yet to see a reasonable explanation for the ozone problems that
>did not involve something created or caused by people. 

How about "It isn't a new problem."

The "hole" was discovered when some scientists decided to remove a piece
of code (software) that discard outliers in the data from a satellite
that was returning ozone information.  We don't know if the hole wasn't
there 10 or even 20 years ago.

As I described in an earlier note, the chemical reaction which produces
ozone does not favor high altitudes (low pressure) or low temperatures.
At the altitudes where the ozone layer does exist, it favors the tropics
(because of thunderstorms in the tropical regions, and probably increased
heat energy).

If you were to predict, based on the known atmospheric information and
the nature of the O2 -> O3 reaction, you would predict that there would
be less O3 in the polar regions.  Surprise - that's exactly what the
observed reality is.

If you were to predict, based on the interaction of the solar winds and
particles which make up the solar wind with upper atmosphere ozone, you
would predict that the late 80's and early 90's would see a marked
decline in ozone concentrations.  Surprise - that's exactly what the
observed reality is.

Science is much more than saying "I see such and such and this other
thing happened at about the same time, therefore, this other thing
caused such and such."  This, however, is exactly what has been done
with the "ozone hole."
-- 
John F. Haugh II                  [ PGP 2.1 ] !'s: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh
Ma Bell: (512) 251-2151           [ DoF #17 ]        @'s: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org
"If we make SS need based, can we change the name to: Failing Incompetents
    Compensation Allotment?"  -- Dr. Michael Reed
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: john@azulita.cactus.org (John R. Miller)
Subject: missed Jeeves and Wooster
Organization: none
Distribution: austin
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 06:54:15 GMT

Is Sunday's Masterpiece Theater presentation of Jeeves and Wooster
being rebroadcast anytime this week?  Failing that, did anyone tape
it?  I got involved in some programming and neglected both to watch
and to tape it.
----
John R. Miller		512/331-0155	john@azulita.cactus.org
13102 Briar Hollow Dr.			..cs.utexas.edu!balkan!azulita!john
Austin, Tx  78729
From: petrilli@nextover.pe.utexas.edu (Chris Petrilli)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: How to find out your own phone number
Date: 11 Jan 93 20:20:33 GMT
Reply-To: petrilli@nextover.pe.utexas.edu
Distribution: austin

In article <86388@ut-emx.uucp> tracy@mojo.ots.utexas.edu (Tracy LaQuey  
Parker) writes:
> Didn't someone post a phone number some while back that you can call to
> find out what number you're calling from?  Seems like I remember that
> someone did, but I cannot find that posting.
> 
> See, my husband and I just got phone service turned on at our new house,  
only
> it appears that the number that was assigned to us isn't the right number.
> We're not listed in information yet and the operators refuse to tell us
> anything.  Since it's the weekend, we're "out of luck" until Monday.
> 

The number you need is 830 :-)

BTW, congrats on the book :-)

Chris
--
| Chris Petrilli
| petrilli@nextover.pe.utexas.edu, petrilli@gnu.ai.mit.edu
| All opinions are my own, if they even belong to anyone.
Newsgroups: austin.general