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From: smennitt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Stuart Mennitt)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Driving with Trucks (was Re: Speeding & Radar Locking ... )
Date: 21 Jul 92 21:09:05 GMT
Reply-To: smennitt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Stuart Mennitt)
Distribution: usa
Organization: NavSurfWarCen, CarderockDiv (ex-"Taylor Model Basin")

In dc.general, jimbo@socrates.umd.edu (Jim Bogard) writes:
>
>I _HATE_ that.  I think there would be an overall decrease in traffic
>problems even if the speed limit were 80 MPH on the beltway if only
>the police would start nailing people for not signalling, weaving
>between cars, etc.  I guess they're too busy giving out tickets to
>people going 70 with the traffic to avoid the inevitable truck 3"
>from your bumper.

    People like to complain about "those darn big ol' trucks slowing
down traffic".  I'm constantly amazed at how beltway drivers will cut
in front of tractor-trailers.  Trucks cannot stop as quickly as cars
and motorcycles.  They must stay back farther behind whatever is in
front of them.  Cutting in front of a truck forces it to slow down.
    In my opinion, truckers are some of the safest and most defensive
drivers on the road.  I'm sure they prefer to operate near the average
speed, but I constantly see them forced to go slower by idiots in cars
cutting in front of them.  This makes the truckers slow down and the
result is a general slowing down of all traffic.
    I would also bet that most "tractor trailer" accidents on the beltway
are caused by other motorists.
    I agree with Jim's opinions on the imbalance of enforcement of speed
limits compaired with other offenses.  Basic safe driving practices
should be enforced more and speed limits raised so that 95% of the drivers
are not constantly breaking the law.
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From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: More Nike/Hercules Site info
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:58:40 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA

In article <1992Jul22.185929.22345@rsg1.er.usgs.gov> ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov  I write:
>>
>I've noticed on my ADC map of Northern VA (page 2) a park called
>Great Falls Nike Park, at the intersection of Route 7 and Utterback
>Store Rd, just north of Reston. So I checked some old topos (~1967) 
>of the same area and the map says US Military Reservation. The next 
>time I pass by, I'll check it out.
>

Well, I stopped by this site this past weekend and it consists of one
concrete block bldg, one metal corrugated bldg, (both in various states
of disrepair) and a fiberglass sphere about 30 feet in diameter, which
I assume housed the radar. This sphere is built on a concrete base and
has a hatch at the top, and echoes very nicely when you're inside of it.
Painted on each fiberglass panel is the following:
"RADOME CW413"
"FSN 5840-779-1754"
"Part No D-9159- 7"
"Contract No AF30 635-24820"
"Long Sault Woodcraft Limited"
"B. Panel Bottom"

There is also a series of earthen berms about 10 feet high surrounding
an open space approximately 60 x 120 feet, which now contains an 
interesting wooden playground.

I called up the Fairfax Co. Park Authority and talked to someone who
told me that this site had 2 underground silos, the excavated site
was the size of a football field which has since been filled in and is
now a soccer field. He said that after the Air Force abandoned it, the
site was taken over by the National Guard, filled in by them and then
abandoned and turned over to the County as a park in the late 70s or
early 80s. I was also told that there is another site, now a county
park, on Popes Head Rd in Popes Head Park. This is near Burke, about
1.5 miles west of Rt 123. It is supposed to be in the back of the park
near the Fairfax Co. pistol range. A topo map of the Fairfax quad shows
a "Popes Head Nike Site Park" on Quiet Brook Rd, just off of Popes
Head Rd.

Steve
From: kerry@is-next.umd.edu (Kerry Ogata)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Driving in DC (was we don't need signals......)
Keywords: driving in dc=nightmare
Date: 23 Jul 92 03:48:20 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: Comp. Sci. Ctr., Univ. of MD, College Park, MD 20742
Originator: kerry@is-next.umd.edu


I would just like to say that driving *anywhere* in the DC area is one of
the most hellish experiences of each day.  There are the rudest, nastiest,
most obnoxious, unsafe drivers here that I have ever seen.  For example,
if you do not go at least 65 on the beltway, you will get tailgated (even
in the "slow" lane.)  You will get tailgated anyway, no matter how fast
you're going, though.   No one uses signals.   If lanes are closed ahead,
cars will speed up the lane that is closing and cut in front of you at the
last minute.  Merge?  Hah!  No one merges!   And if you do leave a safe
amount of space in front of you and the car ahead of you, *some* car will
cut in and brake, so that your front bumper is in their rear one.

Also, I really love it when you see some car weaving down the road between
two lanes and then when you pull up next to it, you notice that the driver
is READING THE NEWSPAPER.  (I swear, this has actually happened to me on
495.)  And then there are the people who weave between lanes while talking
on their car phone.....   And then there are the people who tailgate you until
you are forced to change lanes, then speed up, cut you off, and give you
the finger before racing at a speed of 95 mph to their destination.  And then
there are the people who pull out in front of you on a heavily traveled road
where the average speed is around 50 mph (and they're going 10 mph.)
And then there are the people who throw crap out the window (like cigarette
butts) which ends up in your windshield.  And then there are the people who
perform your standard illegal traffic things like running red lights, turning
onto roads that are restricted from certain hours, cutting through residential
areas, running stop signs, not stopping for pedestrians........

I could go on and on, but I think that's enough!  I moved to MD about 6 years
ago, and I don't think I will ever get used to driving here.  Every day I
marvel at how I've gotten through another one without getting in an accident!
I can't wait to move somewhere where there are pleasant, courteous drivers==
I know such places have to exist!  (don't they?!)
-- 
kerry@is-next.umd.edu or kogata@wam.umd.edu
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: derich@netcom.com (Scott A. Steinbrink)
Subject: Job WANTED: computer Networker, Mac Graphic Artist
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 04:28:44 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Summary: DC Job
Keywords: DC Job

I'm presently looking for a good job that deals with Macintoshes -- 
  computer graphics or computer networking would be nice.

 I'm currently a senior at Gallaudet University (yeas, I'm deaf) -- and I
 have been jobless since August 31, 1991 - and would LOVE to work again.


  Please help! :)

- Scott
:wq

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From: Holly.Doyne@f172.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Holly Doyne)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Looking for a synagogue 
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 12:36:42 -0500

In a msg on <Jul 30 21:17>, Julian C. Lander of 1:109/401 writes:

 JCL> From: jclander@mitre.org (Julian C. Lander)
 JCL> Newsgroups: dc.general
 JCL> Organization: The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Va
 JCL> Reply-To: jclander@mitre.org (Julian C. Lander)

 JCL> I moved down here in June from the Boston area, and I'm looking 
 JCL> for a Conservative (in the sense of affiliated with the 
 JCL> Conservative movement) synagogue to join in Northern 
 JCL> Virginia or nearby.  (I live close to Tyson's Corner.)

Can give you the run down on DC and Maryland schul/congregations/synagogues -
if you don't get any helpful suggestions - drop me an e-mail or call and I'll
dig up some of my friends in N Va and ask where they go (I'm not doing that
first because most have children - which changes the balance of things one looks
for.)
From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Speeding & radar gun locking
Date: 31 Jul 92 02:37:29 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <1992Jul30.174715.1818@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> quadrun@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason G Velasco) writes:
>
>Maryland's driver's test is pretty ridiculous; why is it conducted on a
>closed circuit?  It should be conducted on the road, or maybe on I-95 during
>rush hour!  We'll see if you can drive!  It's not terribly hard to tell if a
>driver knows what's going on, and if (s)he's defensive, or wreckless, or
>just plain inept...  

When I took the test in Frederick County, it WAS on the road.
Parallel parking, three right turns, over a one lane bridge, and two
more right turns....

Some people actually failed.  Twice.
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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: reece@eco.twg.com (Reece R. Pollack)
Subject: Re: More Nike/Hercules Site info
Reply-To: reece@eco.twg.com (Reece R. Pollack)
Organization: The Wollongong Group (East Coast Operations)
Distribution: dc
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 21:41:13 GMT


In article <362@plsparc.UUCP>, lef@plsparc.UUCP (Lawrence E. Fitzpatrick) writes:
|>I'm not sure I would know what one looks like, but I thought perhaps
|>there is (was) one on Muddy Branch Rd on the NW corner of the intersection
|>with Diamondback in Gaithersburg.  My only point of comparison is the
|>site in my home town in Mass.  This is only about a mile from the site
|>you point to, however.  Do you know it?

Let me make sure we're talking about the same place. Across the street
from Diamondback is a shopping center. North of that is some property
owned by (I believe) the Issac Walton League, and then NIST is north of
that.

I don't believe there was a NIKE site there. None of the maps I've seen
show one there. CPSC is definitely on an old NIKE site, and I wouldn't
think they'd put two sites quite so close together; perhaps you're seeing
a part of NIST. Of course, I could be mistaken.

--
Reece R. Pollack
Senior Software Engineer
The Wollongong Group, Inc.
From: jburney@seamis1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jeff Burney)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: GMU Professors
Summary: Need summary of two GMU professors
Keywords: GMU, professors
Date: 31 Jul 92 01:51:18 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: Goddard Space Flight Center

I am currently signed up for CS483 at GMU in the fall semester.
The section I enrolled in is Mr.|Dr.|Prof. Carver.  
The other section is by Dr. Dejong.

Does anyone have any info/recommendations about these guys?
Thanks,

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Newsgroups: dc.general
From: zben@ni.umd.edu (Charles B. Cranston)
Subject: Re: Driving in DC (was we don't need signals......)
Followup-To: dc.general
Organization: UM Home for the Terminally Analytical
Distribution: dc
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:22:43 GMT

> I would just like to say that driving *anywhere* in the DC area is one of
> the most hellish experiences of each day.  There are the rudest, nastiest,
> most obnoxious, unsafe drivers here that I have ever seen.  

I've lived here in the Maryland suburbs of DC for my entire
life (and it will be 40 years in October) and it never fails
to sicken me -- as soon as you come across the border from PA
or W Va the drivers suddenly get much nastier.

The worst contrast was flying in from a week in the San
Francisco area.  As soon as you get out of the airport parking
lot, WHAM!  (or WHISH!, as the case may be).

While it's dumb to overgeneralize, this seems to be the best
evidence yet for either totally overhauling our system of
Government or moving the capital to South Dakota, or something.
That our horribly power-mad government is concentrating these
horribly power-mad people (and their running-dog lackeys) here
in the capital area is a symptom we cannot afford to ignore.

Needless to say, these are my own thoughts and not those of the
folks I work for (who depend on these people for grant money).

zben@ni.umd.edu     -KA3ZDF
From: revell@ghidra.UU.NET (James R Revell Jr)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: GMU Professors
Date: 31 Jul 1992 16:53:39 -0400
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
Distribution: dc
Reply-To: revell@uunet.uu.net (James R Revell Jr)
NNTP-Posting-Host: ghidra.uu.net
Keywords: GMU, professors

In article <jburney.712547478@seamis1> jburney@seamis1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jeff Burney) writes:
} I am currently signed up for CS483 at GMU in the fall semester.

As I recall the course numbering system in use by several Virginia
universities, that would be an algorithms class.  I believe I have a
friend who took the algorithms course last fall.  My friend did not
have many good comments about the professor, but I am not sure it was
Carver.

} The section I enrolled in is Mr.|Dr.|Prof. Carver.  
} The other section is by Dr. Dejong.
} 
} Does anyone have any info/recommendations about these guys?

Parts of my graduate work at GWU have been based on some of De Jong's
research in genetic algorithms.  While I've never attended a class
under him, I have a lot of respect for his work.  I would highly
recommend him for AI and related courses (algorithms, data structures)
based on this.

Another point to consider though is that De Jong _should_ be one of GMU's
better CS professors, and this is a 400 level course.  Many times higher
ranking professors who focus on research aren't as good in non-research
oriented undergraduate classes.

Hmm, I don't seem to have given you a good answer have I.  Well, ask your
advisor :-)
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From: eric@tantalus.dell.com (Eric Youngdale)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Speeding & radar gun locking
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:32:01 GMT
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory

In article <14665@umd5.umd.edu> bchin@terminus.umd.edu (Bill Chin) writes:
>hurt.  Today, the car will absorb as much of the impact as possible,
>destroying itself in the process, but giving you a better chance at survival.
>The car should look like the front and/or back completely caved in, but the
>passenger cage untouched (look at the Volvo commercials). It's all up to
>the designers of the car and how much they are willing to spend on researching
>this and building it.

	Agreed.  Unfortunately it is not easy to tell by looking which cars
do have crumple zones, and which ones do not.  I know that Volvo, Saab and
Mercedes do have them.  Ford Escort, and Honda Civic apparently do not.
I would guess that it is not just a matter of having them, but of designing
them well, so that they really do the job they are designed to do.
Does anyone know about the US medium and large size cars??

	I was in an auto junkyard once, and I saw a Volvo that had run head-on
into a telephone pole.  There was a U shaped indentation that went in about 3
feet from where the front bumper had been.  The car hit right in the center,
and the engine was pushed down instead of back. I looked in the passenger
compartment, and it looked like the driver may have lost about 2-3 inches of
legroom near the accelerator pedal, and that was about it.

	Similarily, I have seen Honda Civics in junkyards, and I have seen
cases where the steering wheel is *uncomfortably* close to the seat back.
By uncomfortable, I mean that I would not have fit inbetween the wheel and the
seat.  Leg-room?  Hah!  If I had been in the Honda, I would have had broken
legs.

	It is probably unfair to compare two cars on the basis of two
dissimilar accidents.  Nonetheless, I used to drive a Honda.  Now I drive a
Volvo.

-Eric



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Xref: sparky dc.general:1590 soc.history:6596
From: jgp@zodmate.Rational.COM (Jim Pellmann)
Newsgroups: dc.general,soc.history
Subject: Re: Maryland geography/Civil War info - HELP!
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:23:54 GMT
Followup-To: dc.general
Distribution: na

I wrote:

>I have an article from the San Francisco paper which tells about the
>Central Maryland Heritage League selling square-foot sections of a
>Civil War battlefield (the Battle of South Mountain) for $25 apiece.

>I would like to get one of these as a birthday gift for a friend who is
>a Civil War buff.  Unfortunately, the article does not give a phone number,
>address, or even the city.  I've had no luck with directory assistance.

>Is there anyone in Maryland who has the address or phone number for this
>group, or any Civil War buffs who can tell me what city the battle was near
>(this might help me find them)?

Thanks to all of you who sent clues, pointers, and ideas on how to locate the
group.  I found out the address and phone number of the organization (they're
based in Middletown) through the Antietam Battlefield Info Desk.

(To those who questioned if this was legitimate, they are not actually selling
one-foot parcels of land, but you get a certificate naming you an "honorary
owner" of the land.  They are using the money to purchase the property and keep
it from being developed.)

Thanks again.

-- Jim
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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Speeding & radar gun locking
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:15:51 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

In article <MITCH.92Jul26174021@mira.clsi> mitch@clsi (Mitchell N. Perilstein) writes:
>In article <4423@prcrs.prc.com> terry@prcrs.prc.com (Terry Cunningham) writes:
>
>> ... Since the advent
>> of the V8 engine in the less populated '50s,  many non-interstate rural
>> routes had 70 mph speed limits, and considering the steering, braking,
>> and tire technology available back then one wonders how they could
>> justify such speed. 
>
>Cars then were *sturdy* and *heavy*, with a big engine compartment
>to hold that V8 and the chassis to support all of it. Hit something in
>your Escort at 70 and your front and rear bumpers might just meet with
>you in the middle...

In solid-barrier crashes, big cars have no advantage over small cars.
And, if you remember the big anti-higher-fuel-efficiency commercial, it
is interesting to notice that the driver and passenger in the small
car would have survived with no serious injury (or so says Consumer
Reports, citing NHTSB data)




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From: nauman@Pt.hq.af.mil (Stratton D Nauman)
Newsgroups: dc.general
Subject: Re: Speeding & radar gun locking
Date: 21 Jul 92 14:12:44 GMT
Organization: Headquarters Air Force, The Pentagon Washington, DC

karl@thuja.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl A. Anderson) writes:

>The last time this issue came up in this group, I asked the proponents 
>of higher speed limits for references to support their claims that, 
>for example, cars are more fuel efficient at 65 mph than at 55 mph, or 
>that highway accident rates are not a function of speed.  By references,
>I mean results of well-designed, controlled studies reported in reputable
>publications (I'd even accept _Time_ magazine).  So far, no one's come 
>forward.  How about you, Nigel 

Karl... Germany has no speedlimit on the autobahns.  Cars regularly
travel 125 mph.  Guess what?  Their fatality rate per mile traveled
is lower than ours.  

.
Newsgroups: dc.general
From: mvore@access.digex.com (Michael Vore)
Subject: Re: Upcomming Timmonium MD HAM/Computer fest? when/where?
Organization: Mid Atlantic Soaring Association, Fairfield Pa.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 11:15:38 GMT

cfreese@super.org (Craig F. Reese) writes:

>A while back someone mentioned an upcomming HAM/Computer fest
>in Timonium MD for the 26th of July.  I've never been to a 
>fest but had thought about going.  Can someone provide further
>details?  When (time?), where (fairground?).

I don't have the flier about it handy - but:
The gates open about 8:00 am and close about 3:pm.  The best buys will
be early before everything is sold.

Where   -  at the fairgrounds.  The new Light Rail stops right at the back 
gate for thoes who don't drive.


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Newsgroups: um.general,um.housing,dc.general,dc.housing
From: gaujxl@samhain.fnma.com (Jacob Lifshitz)
Subject: House for Rent, Adelphi MD $1000/month
Organization: Fannie Mae, Washington, DC
Distribution: dc
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:06:17 GMT


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