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From: aryk@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (A.J.S. Nusbacher)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: bunny round and other weird words
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:51:35 GMT
Organization: University of Toronto -- Hart House

A useful piece of fighter jargon to look at is "rising snap" which means
very different things in different places.  This is as opposed to "flat
snap" which is pretty straightforward, and is sometimes also called a
"Bellatrix".

I have never encountered either the term "bunny round" or the thing itself
outside of the West and Caid.

"Set thrust" (placing a spear against somebody's chest, and then leaning
into it) must be a regional term (I learned it in Pittsburgh, when I learned
to fight) because it's not a legal kill in all kingdoms.

Aryk
From: jtn@nutter.cs.vt.edu (Terry Nutter)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: bunny round and other weird words
Date: 2 Sep 92 14:57:14 GMT
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA

Greetings, all, from Angharad ver' Rhuawn.  Siobhan writes,

In article <23008@sybase.sybase.com> leighann@sybase.com (Leigh Ann Hussey) writes:
>Branwen writes:
>>
>>A bunny round is actually a short Spanish half-round, initially popularized
>>by Radnor of Guildemar, and exceedingly popular among Guildemarians (Radnor's
>>household, squires, ex-squires, and ex-squire's squires). It's also called
>>the Radnor round.
>>
>
>Ha!  When *I* first saw that shield, 7 or 8 years agone, they were
>calling it a "Wankel" -- as in the shape of the rotary engine...

Regionalisms keep surprising me!  Around here, a wankel is a small triangle,
often somewhat rounded in the points, the sideds, or both, but always a
triangle and just about always equilateral.

Cheers,

Angharad/Terry
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From: ericj@eskimo.celestial.com (Eric Jorgensen)
Subject: Re: The nerd stereotype
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 10:50:13 GMT

quest@iowegia.uucp (Steve J. Quest) writes: 
>
>         A nerd can be found eating pizza, pop, and candy in front 
> of a computer screen.
>         A geek can be found eating pizza, pop, and candy in front 
> of Star Trek on TV.
>         A nerd reads scientific journals, magazines and etc.
>         A geek reads comic books, sci-fi novels and etc.
>         a nerd is incapable of interpersonal relationships.
>         So is a geek.
>         Flame away................sq

I eat pizza (my favorite edible solid (hamburgers are second favorite)), drink
Coca-Cola, and have a tin o' candy next to my computer screen (one has a bit
of candy left in it, another is filled with coinage of various value).  I am
currently not only typing this message, but am also eating a slice of pizza,
drinking a Coke, AND listening to ME/U (on cable).

I visit the science (and law) areas of the college library almost as often as I
go to classes; I subscribe to science journals AND sci-fi mags (I even WRITE
science fiction).  I also read/collect "Akira" issues (Japanese graphic novels
(larger than 'comic books', and with MUCH better art, IMHO)), among other
Japanese books (and animation videos).

I've also had the same prob's with personal relationships that a couple people
here have explained (I have yet to have anyone consider 'it' (being together,
etc) a 'date').

And yes...I wear glasses (hey, at LEAST they're wire frame instead of plastic-
with-tape).

So, which am I?  :)

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From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: Sep Bulletin
Organization: The Cat Factory
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:52:59 GMT

In article <BtrvEq.EB8@news.cso.uiuc.edu> wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Wiggins) writes:
}I just received the September Bulletin, and notice that it contains
}cartoons lampooning Bush, Quayle and Perot.  Can we assume that we'll
}see compensatory shots at Willie and Albert in the October issue?

Only if someone draws and submits them.  They can only print what they
get.

The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp                   Turn the rascals out!
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From: Dave.Aronson@f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Aronson)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
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Subject: Food groups
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:44:22 -0500

isinyak@provx30.intel.com (Igor Sinyak) writes:

IS> Instant
IS> Canned
IS> Frozen
IS> Light

Just add water, take it out of the can, thaw it, and you can see....

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From: shapiro@trade.enet.dec.com (Steve Shapiro)
Subject: Re: The nerd stereotype
Organisation: SKS Computer Consulting, Inc.
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA
Date: 27 AUG 92 21:55:50 EST


In article <15076@claris.com>, mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
writes...

>Aparently, it is possible to be both a nerd and a geek simultaneously
>at the same time.

Is there such a thing as simultaneously, but NOT at the same time?

Are you now working for the department of redundancy department Mike?

8-)

Regards,
Steve.

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From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Famous Mensans besides Isaac Asimov and Mel Lazarus, Chekov (ST)
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:47:32 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.195454.1921@ttinews.tti.com>, hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath) writes:
> 
> In article <15072@claris.com> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
> }In article <1992Aug24.184916.10341@ttinews.tti.com>, hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath) writes:
> 
> }> Theodor Bikkel
> }
> }Thank you.  I've been trying to remember his name for five days.
> 
> Er ... he should appreciate hearing that ... I think ... (-:

My dyslexia, or related condition, often causes a block when I'm
trying to think of a proper noun (sometimes other words, but usually
when it happens, it's a proper noun), and the harder I try, the
harder it is for me to remember it.  It gets quite frustrating at
times.

> I haven't seen him in years and note he's no longer listed in the
> Mensa Register.  Anyone know what he's up to these days?

The last that I saw of him was when he played Worf's adoptive father
in an episode of ST:TNG a season or two ago.
From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: The nerd stereotype
Date: 26 Aug 92 01:24:07 GMT
Organization: Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway

Steve J. Quest <quest@iowegia.uucp> writes:
|
|           I myself am a nerd, and understand quite well the physical
|   similarities between the geeks and the nerds.  I also understand
|   the quite common social ineptitudes of both groups.  The major
|   separation between the two groups are as follows:
|
|           A nerd can be found eating pizza, pop, and candy in front
|   of a computer screen.
|           A geek can be found eating pizza, pop, and candy in front
|   of Star Trek on TV.
|           A nerd reads scientific journals, magazines and etc.
|           A geek reads comic books, sci-fi novels and etc.
|           a nerd is incapable of interpersonal relationships.
|           So is a geek.

Can we infer from this that if you use a computer only to play games,
and you read only comic books, science fiction and fantasy, etc, you
don't qualify as a nerd?

This has personal ramifications for me in that I'd like not to be
grouped with those for whom the computer is the moral equivalent of a
television screen.

Best regards,
</Erik>
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From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Famous Mensans besides Isaac Asimov and Mel Lazarus, Chekov (ST)
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:56:26 GMT
Organization: The Cat Factory

In article <1992Aug24.210557.25663@cbnewse.cb.att.com> gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
}In article <1992Aug24.184916.10341@ttinews.tti.com> hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath) writes:

}>Bikkel once guest starred in a "Columbo" mystery featuring a fictional
}>Hi-IQ club called "The Sigma Society." It was pretty awful.
}>
}Let me guess.  Smart person, obviously "too big for their britches",
}commits crime against "regular person", and "regular person (not
}too big for their britches)" detective (Mr. C, in this case) "takes
}person down a notch", teaching viewers negative aspects of
}intelligence, i. e., no emotion/common-sense/goodness-of-heart.

Close, but no cigar.

Smart person kills other smart person.  C shows up to investigate.
Remaining members of Sigma portrayed as a collection of well meaning but
bumbling eccentrics and misfits who spend most of their time tripping over
their over-complex ideas.  Along the way, C is asked a few questions from
the qualifying test and answers them.  C modestly denies he's qualified to
join (and solves the murder, of course).

One interesting idea:  The Sigma Society had an actual club house -- a
restored Victorian house where they met and where the murder took place.
Too bad the real Hi-IQ societies are all too poor to manage something like
that (let alone for a local group).

The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp                   Turn the rascals out!
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.   (310) 450-9111, x2483     No incumbents in '92!
Santa Monica, CA  90405
Organization: Masters student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 12:20:21 -0400 
From: David O Hunt <dh4j+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: The nerd stereotype

The 4 basic food groups:

Caffeine
Sugar
Grease
Alcohol

David
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: The nerd stereotype
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:03:01 GMT

In article <q5B2PB2w165w@iowegia.uucp>, quest@iowegia.uucp (Steve J. Quest) writes:
> 
> dobbs@ast.saic.com (Lynn Dobbs) writes:
> 
> > Thinking back to my high school days (25 years ago), the geek stereotype
> > was notpressed on the bright students; but, rather, on the students who
> > were obsessed with one or two subjects. Usually, the subjects were science
> > related.
> > 
> > The geeks usually concentrated on subjects that didn't require a knowledge
> > of people. Science was fixed and followed easily understood rules. IMHO,
> > the nerd stereotype is derived from the socially inept individuals who
> > burried themselves in schoolwork. These people (in my high school) were
> > NOT the brightest of the bright. They were the shyest of the shy.
> > 
> > ---Lynn
> > My opinions are mine; but you may have them if you wish.
> 
> 
> Lynn,
> 
>         I have to draw a distiction between a nerd and a geek.  In 
> all appearances, they may [look] to be the same on the outside, 
> but they are actually quite different.
> 
>         I myself am a nerd, and understand quite well the physical 
> similarities between the geeks and the nerds.  I also understand 
> the quite common social ineptitudes of both groups.  The major 
> separation between the two groups are as follows:
> 
>         A nerd can be found eating pizza, pop, and candy in front 
> of a computer screen.
>         A geek can be found eating pizza, pop, and candy in front 
> of Star Trek on TV.
>         A nerd reads scientific journals, magazines and etc.
>         A geek reads comic books, sci-fi novels and etc.
>         a nerd is incapable of interpersonal relationships.
>         So is a geek.
>         Flame away................sq

Aparently, it is possible to be both a nerd and a geek simultaneously
at the same time.
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From: ron@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ron Williams)
Subject: Re: Mensa on Letterman
Organization: ACUS Australian Centre for Unisys Software, Sydney
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 08:14:49 GMT

Mike Steiner (mike_steiner@qm.claris.com) wrote:
> floor.  One of them bought a can of soda from a machine, passed it to the
> next person, and they relayed the can along the line (which extended down
> a stairwell) until it reached the one at the doorway.  She then opened the
> door, and ran with the can about 50 feet or so to Letterman's desk, where
> she gave him the can.
> 
> A camera followed the can all the way to the door, and one of the studio
> cameras picked it up when the last Mensan entered the studio.

These people might be smart, but in my opinion they lack self-respect.

They certainly were probably not geniuses.

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Standard Disclaimers Apply
From: alexpace@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Alex L. Pace)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Problematic smurfs!
Date: 3 Sep 92 09:46:10 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin


In article <15117@claris.com> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
>In article <1992Sep01.152304.11249@bnr.ca>, radams@BNR.CA (Rodney Adams) writes:
>
>>  It is with three individuals each wearing one of five hats - three
>>  brown, two black.  They are standing in a line and can only see
>>  those in front of them.  The last in line can see the color of
>>  the hats of the two in front of him.  The second in line can see
>>  only the one in front of him, and the first in line can't see
>>  anyone's hat.  They can't talk or leave until they are certain what
>>  color hat they have on.  After a long time the person first in
>>  line leaves.  What color hat does he have on?
>
>The third guy doesn't see two black hats; otherwise, he would leave.  If the
>second guy saw a black hat, he'd know that he had a brown hat (because the
>third guy would have left), and he'd leave.  So, the first guy knows that he
>has a brown hat, and leaves.

HOW CAN THE SECOND GUY SEE A BLACK HAT ON THE HEAD OF THE 1ST WHEN THE
FIRST IS ACTUALLY WEARING A BROWN ONE?

What if the thrid guy sees two brown hats and does not leave because his
may be either brown or black.  The second guy also sees a brown hat and
knows that third guy didnt leave.  As far as he knows, there are 2 reasons
that the 3rd guy didnt leave: 
      A - Both the 1st and 2nd hats are brown (as is the case)
      B - The first guy has a brown hat and the 2nd has a black hat,
          this would also lead to uncertainty on the part of the 3rd.
So, the 2nd guy doesnt leave.  The first guy doesnt leave either.

Alex
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From: hollombe@polymath.tti.com (The Polymath)
Subject: Re: Who needs intelligence (cont.)?
Organization: The Cat Factory
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:58:03 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.124416.1@woods.ulowell.edu> welchb@woods.ulowell.edu writes:

}How do Mensans, or other people of intelligence, accomodate their careers,
}objectives, lives, etc. to the fact that there are terrible atrocities, 
}wars, social ills, etc. continually going on?  Should you feel even more
}responsibility than the average person?  Does mathematics or rocket science
}or philosophy matter when babies are being used for bayonet practice (just
}saw that one last night on tv) or people are starving (unnecessarily)?

I ask myself "Is the world a better place for having me in it?" As long as
I get more "yes" than "no" answers to that, I think I'm doing my share.

Of course, the soldiers bayonetting the babies probably feel the same way.


The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, M.A., CDP, aka: hollombe@polymath.tti.com)
Head Robot Wrangler at Citicorp                   Turn the rascals out!
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From: seb@draper.com (Steve Bacher)
Subject: Re:  Stephen Hawking, Mensan
Organization: Draper Laboratory
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:22:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.194906.24485@cco.caltech.edu>, 
Jones Maxime Murphy <morphy@cco.caltech.edu> scrawls:

>Back to Hawking, in the early stages of his disease, he fell and lost his 
>memory completely. After recovering it, he took and "passed" the Mensa
>entrance test, and was quite pleased with himself, since it proved he hadn't 
>lost his mind.:)

As a leading intellect of our time once said:

"What a terrible thing it must be to lose one's mind, or not to have one.
How true that is."

 - seb
From: wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Wiggins)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Sep Bulletin
Date: 30 Aug 92 01:13:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.BtrvEq.EB8
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

I just received the September Bulletin, and notice that it contains
cartoons lampooning Bush, Quayle and Perot.  Can we assume that we'll
see compensatory shots at Willie and Albert in the October issue?

Don Wiggins
wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
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From: rhs@world.std.com (Richard H Schwartz)
Subject: Re: Who needs intelligence (cont.)?
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:51:31 GMT

welchb@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>How do Mensans, or other people of intelligence, accomodate their careers,
>objectives, lives, etc. to the fact that there are terrible atrocities, 
>wars, social ills, etc. continually going on?  Should you feel even more
>responsibility than the average person?  

Only if we would feel similarly great responsibility for the great deal of 
goodness and joy in this world (or in a utopian alternative).  Humility
and high intelligence should not be mutually exclusive.  With this in mind,
I comfortably reconcile myself to the sometimes sad state of the world.

>I am not looking for flames, or for the question to be turned back on me,
>just for answers.

Fine.  Answers can be found, at certain times, at the top of a certain 
mountain in New Hampshire.  Climb it and take a number.  :-)

-rich
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From: morphy@cco.caltech.edu (Jones Maxime Murphy)
Subject: Re: Stephen Hawking, Mensan
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:40:40 GMT

gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:

>In article <1992Aug24.194906.24485@cco.caltech.edu> morphy@cco.caltech.edu (Jones Maxime Murphy) writes:
>>Just learned this while watching the movie "A Brief History of Time". In my
>>unbiased opinion, a great movie. Not just because I did my research in 

>Is this movie out?  What's its format?  Pure documentary?
>On tape yet?

The movie's purely documentary, and as a girlfriend of mine described it, is
really three brief histories. One is a biography of Hawking's childhood and
courageous struggle against crippling disease, the second is a history of 
the evolving science of cosmology, and the third is the one most suggested by
the title of the movie, the best picture we have of how time came to be.
It's not on tape yet, as far as I know. It just came to theaters this week.
Jones
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From: dens@flammulated.owlnet.rice.edu (Dennis Allen Schmitz)
Subject: Re: Stephen Hawking, Mensan
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:26:03 GMT

In article <1992Aug24.194906.24485@cco.caltech.edu> morphy@cco.caltech.edu (Jones Maxime Murphy) writes:

   Just learned this while watching the movie "A Brief History of Time". In my
   unbiased opinion, a great movie. Not just because I did my research in 
   relativity and knew several of the people featured.:)

There was a MOVIE?! My God, why didn't anyone tell me?

Next thing you know, someone will tell me there was a movie version of
War and Peace.

Later,
den
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: The World According to Student Bloopers
Date: 2 Sep 92 18:30:09 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.191019.12908@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, jlc5f@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Jean L. Cooper) writes:
> 
> This article is probably copyrighted, since Richard Lederer
> is a well-known author.  He is in New Hampshire Mensa.

It is right out of one of his books.  He also used it in his
talk at the AG.
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From: sonic@romulus.cray.com (Curtis Swanson)
Subject: Food groups (was Re: The nerd stereotype)
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:08:31 CDT


In article <Ueaux5u00WB647BWkd@andrew.cmu.edu>, David O Hunt <dh4j+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> The 4 basic food groups:
> 
> Caffeine
> Sugar
> Grease
> Alcohol
> 
> David

Funny, I always thought that they were:

Fast
Frozen
Fried
Pizza

Sigh....  That's what I get for thinking.....
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From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Mensa on Letterman
Date: 28 Aug 92 23:48:03 GMT

In article <715039215.F00002@blkcat.UUCP>, Craig.Wagner@p2.f120.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Craig Wagner) writes:
> 
> 
>   DR> I have only watched the first 15-20 minutes so far, but it is nice to
>   DR> see that Letterman has found a use for Mensans.  We finally have an
>   DR> answer to that age-old question, "What is it that Mensans do?"  Well,
>   DR> as you can see, we get soda for celebrities! :-)
>   DR> 
>   DR> Actually, it is rather strange turning on your TV and seeing a bunch
>   DR> of people you know standing in line, passing a can of soda....
> 
> I hope someone will give us a more detailed report after the show is over?

There were 62 Mensans in line against the wall going from a pair
of soda machines on the seventh floor to a door to the studio on the sixth
floor.  One of them bought a can of soda from a machine, passed it to the
next person, and they relayed the can along the line (which extended down
a stairwell) until it reached the one at the doorway.  She then opened the
door, and ran with the can about 50 feet or so to Letterman's desk, where
she gave him the can.

A camera followed the can all the way to the door, and one of the studio
cameras picked it up when the last Mensan entered the studio.
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