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Newsgroups: aus.bicycle
Subject: Re: The cost of cycling!!
From: news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 23:04:41 GMT
Reply-To: P.Etheridge@massey.ac.nz
Followup-To: aus.bicycle
Distribution: aus
Organization: SMIS, Massey University, NZ

tonyb@tplrd.tpl.oz.au (Tony Bennett (Not the singer...)) writes about the cost
of drivetrain replacement:

>Whilst having come to the conclusion that cycling is a quick and efficient
>way of getting around, particularly in the city, I no longer believe it 
>comes cheap [...]

The life of drivetrain components can be dramatically extended by replacing the
chain before it has worn the chainrings and sprockets too much.  If you allow a
chain to wear (seen as "stretching") 1%, that's a stretch of 1/8" over 12". 
Measure the stretch by lining the 0 mark of a >12" ruler up with a rivet, and
check how far past the 12" mark the closest rivet is.  I get 6-12 months out of
a chain, depending on how much of road riding I do in muddy conditions, before
it has to be replaced by the above critereon.

Phil Etheridge              Internet: P.Etheridge@massey.ac.nz
Macintosh Consultant        Phone:    +64+6-356 9099 ext 8689
SMIS, Massey University     Fax:      +64+6-350 5611
Palmerston North, NZ        40*23'S, 175*37'E ;  GMT+12
From: heard@qut.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.bicycle
Subject: Re: Lights
Date: 23 Jul 92 17:04:54 EST
Organization: Queensland University of Technology

In article <1992Jul22.222120.18438@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au>, 
logier@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Rob Logie) writes:

> I currently use a Sanyo Battery set up.  The battery container attaches
> to the frame like a water bottle cage (Two Screws).  It holds four "D" cell
> batteries.  The lights are two halogen lights which hang under your
> handle bars.  They are a lot like the lights on the Bike the LA-PD is riding
> in the recent National Geographic,
> 
> They are much better than a cateye, but they weigh a lot more.  I will
> use them till the longer days of summer return when I'll swap back
> to the cateye for the occasional rides home in the dark.

The thing I like about the Cateye is the quick removal 
-- I can keep my bike locked outside without things 
disappearing. When I got my Cateye I was changing 
up from Wonder lights (which also had quick removal). 
The Cateye was much brighter and I thought "Wow!", but 
now I would like something even brighter. 

How are Sanyo for taking off the bike 
when you park it?  What is the battery life? What is 
the price.

Take care
Ronno
From: mbl900@anu.oz.au (Mathew BM LIM)
Subject: GNU C and GDB for Solaris-2 are available in OZ
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date: 23 Jul 92 06:18:36 GMT

The version of gcc for Solaris 2 announced in comp.unix.solaris recently
is now available from :
	ARCHIVE : info.anu.edu.au [ 150.203.84.20 ]
	FILES   : /pub/cygnus/INSTALL
	          /pub/cygnus/README
	          /pub/cygnus/cygnus-sol2-1.0.bin.tar.Z
	          /pub/cygnus/cygnus-sol2-1.0.src.tar.Z

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Newsgroups: aus.education
From: atkinson@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au (Roger Atkinson)
Subject: Re: Masters in Educational Computing
Organization: Murdoch University External Studies
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 05:18:40 GMT

In article <Carson-260792220113@john_carson.ntu.edu.au>, Carson@post.ntu.edu.au (John Carson) writes:
> 
> Does anyone know of a Masters Course being offered in Australia in
> Educational Computing or Instructional Design or something in that line.

This reminds me that there seems to have been little or no publicity
given to the "Directory of tertiary external courses in Australia".

To access this directory via AARNet, telnet to:

    metz.une.edu.au

and use the login name:   dexter
and password:             sin.ister

Try it, perhaps post your comments to this newsgroup. See if you can
find half a dozen providers for what you want!

Dr Roger Atkinson
Acting Director of External Studies, External Studies Unit,
Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150.
Voice 09 360 2240 fax 09 310 4929  atkinson@csuvax1.murdoch.edu.au

Newsgroups: aus.education,aus.general,soc.culture.australian
From: mitchb@netcom.com (Mitch Browne)
Subject: Sydney Uni Info needed
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 04:22:29 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: Sydney

Howdy folks,

I'm hoping someone could help me out with a question about a program
at one of the Universities around Sydney, I believe.  I saw a brochure
for a program in Health Information Management (Medical Records Mgt)
for someone who already possessed (non-demonic) a bachelors degree in
another field of study, but with a healthy dose of the sciences.  I
know there is one school near Gliebe and others around Sydney, but it
is difficult to get specific info.

Does anyone know of any school(s) around Sydney or Australia that 
offers any such thing?

Thanks for any help. 

Mitch........e-mail mitchb@netcom.netcom.com
Newsgroups: aus.education
From: craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
Subject: UWA Education on AARNET
Summary: UWA Dept of Education is on AARNET
Keywords: UWA aarnet connected
Organization: University of Western Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:31:51 GMT

The Department/Faculty of Education at UWA has just been connected to the
campus LAN and consequently AARNET.  Email addresses have been set up for
most staff.  The user name follows the convention of

<1st letter of christian name><up to 7 letters of surname>

for a name like

jcitizen for John Citizen.

There is one exception to this rule currently whose name collided with an
existing staff member (The head of Divisional Computing no less).  If you
have any problems contacting someone you know who works at the department,
please contact me and I will try to resolve your problem.

(Please note, a certain amount of user education in the use of the network
is required and inevitably, some of the people won't end up checking their
email very often :-( )

Craig Richmond
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Newsgroups: aus.education
From: waohe@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (WA Office of Higher Education)
Subject: Geoff West
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 07:51:36 GMT

Hi - Please forgive the intrusion on your screen.

We received a message from 'Geoff West, Computer Science'

but out of innocence/ignorance lost his address.

Geoff, please mail us again.

Thanks,

Lynley Hine
Western Australian Office of Higher Education
waohe@uniwa.uwa.edu.au

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From: salter_duke@darwin.ntu.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.education,misc.education,soc.culture.australian
Subject: Study Process Questionnaire
Date: 23 Jul 92 09:50:57 +0900

I'm posting to get in touch with anyone who's using the SPQ (the Study
Process Questionnaire produced by John Biggs & published by ACER) 
to investigate students' attitudes to study.  I'm using this with 
students at NTU, and I'd like to compare results with other people.     

Thanks

Linden

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Newsgroups: aus.education
Subject: Masters in Educational Computing
From: Carson@post.ntu.edu.au (John Carson)
Date: 26 Jul 92 22:11:16 +0900
Followup-To: aus.education
Distribution: world
Organization: NTU

Hi from Darwin,

Does anyone know of a Masters Course being offered in Australia in
Educational Computing or Instructional Design or something in that line.

I have just finished my Graduate Diploma in Educational Computing and would
like to do my Masters in that area if possible.  We do have a Masters in
Education avaliable but I have been advised that it would be better if I
could do it a specific area than just a general M of Ed.

Feel free to Email me direct of post to the list as there may be others
that would be interested in the same information.

Sincerely

John Carson  NT University
Darwin Australia
Carson@darwin.ntu.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.education
From: j_glenister@tamar.compserv.utas.edu.au
Subject: Safety in Dance
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: 29 Jul 92 10:16:26 +1000

A colleague, Rosemary Bennett, University of Tasmania at Launceston, would like
to hear about:

1.  People, programs re: safety in dance;

2.  conferences, national, international, relating to dance and safety in
dance.

Please leave messages with me, and I will pass them along.

Thanks   Glenistr
Jennifer
From: mmahony@metz.une.edu.au (Mary Jane Mahony)
Newsgroups: aus.education
Subject: Re: Masters in Educational Computing
Summary: educationa. computing
Date: 28 Jul 92 06:38:08 GMT


Try the University of Wollongong.

Email to b.harper@uow.edu.au
will probably do.
.

Newsgroups: aus.education
From: echoppin@csu.edu.au (Errol Chopping -TE)
Subject: Re: Masters in Educational Computing
Organization: Charles Sturt University-Mitchell
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 02:07:13 GMT

John,

  A Masters in Education with a Computer Education component is
  available here at Charles Sturt University - Mitchell

  write to :

   Bruce Horton
   Senior Lecturer in Educational Computing
   School of Teacher Education
   CSU - Mitchell
   Bathurst NSW 2795

Best wishes
  Errol Chopping
  Lecturer in Computing
  CSU-Mitchell
From: hamish@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au (Hamish Moffatt)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: STTNG
Date: 19 Jul 92 21:48:22 GMT

Hello Wendigo!

Wednesday July 15 1992 01:48, Wendigo wrote to All:

 W> moved it to 11:30 Thursdays (just after the cricket finished) and now
 W> it's interrupted all the time by the tennis!!!!!!

not to meantion the (even more boring) golf. :-(


Regards,
Hamish


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From: Henry.Gibbens@f352.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Henry Gibbens)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: STAR WARS-THE MISSING REELS
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 23:51:00 +1000

YOUR MEMORY WAS NOT PLAYING TRICKS!!!!
   ALTHOUGH I HAVEN`T SEEN THE FOOTAGE WITH BIGGS, I ALSO REMEMBER SEEING THE
STILLS IN A KIDS STORYBOOK VERSION. THE NOVEL BY LUCAS INCLUDES ALL THAT
 MATERIAL. AS DOES THE RADIO VERSION ( I HEARD THAT WHEN I WAS IN THE UK -
 DON`T KNOW IF YOU GOT IT OVER HERE ) WHICH ALSO EXPANDS ON THE REFERENCES TO
 `BEGGARS CANYON` MADE BY LUKE TO WEDGE DURING THE DEATH STAR ATTACK.
    ONE PIECE OF FOOTAGE I HAVE SEEN IN A SPECIAL ON THE MAKING OF THE MOVIES,
 IS A SCENE WHICH INVOLVES HAN CONFRONTING JABBA THE HUTT AT MOS EISLEY. AT
 THIS POINT HE IS JUST A FAT MIDDLE AGED MAN - A FAR CRY FROM THE SLUG VERSION
SEEN IN JEDI.
    WE CAN ALWAYS HOPE THAT LUCAS WILL JOIN THE RUSH TO PUT `DIRECTOR`S CUTS`
ONTO THE MARKET.
                ........HANG ON GOT TO GO AND PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER.....
                                   MARVIN. 


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From: kat@bacchus.esa.oz.au (Kathryn Andersen)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Re: Blake's 7 (was Re: red midget)
Keywords: Blake's 7
Date: 20 Jul 92 23:43:56 GMT
Organization: none

In <1992Jul17.023942.9222@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au> quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au (Quinn) writes:
>But I think there are still bits missing on the 'unedited' tapes.
>Does anybody (other than me (-: ) remember a scene from the second
>(or perhaps third) episode where the three prisoners (Blake, Jenna
>and Avon) are aboard the Liberator and they're trying to figure out
>how the hand guns work and they accidently blow away part of the ship
>which then "autorepairs" itself?  That scene wasn't in either set of
>tapes, or at least the ones I've seen, (and I'm very upset about it 
>(-: ) which is strange because in later episodes on they mention the
>autorepair circuits!

>So am I imagining things or does anyone else remember the scene?
You are imagining things.

The auto-repair is demonstrated when Avon shorts out the teleport
deliberately in front of Jenna, to show her the auto-repair.  Probably
in the third episode.

They *are* complete, unedited episodes.
They are up to tape #20 in the U.K.  That's episode #40 - six more
tapes to go!  Whee!

Kathryn Andersen
(so used to being told to shut up about Blake's 7 in aus.sf, she has
retreated to rec.arts.tv.uk)
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Vila: So lay in a course and let's get the dignified hell out of here.
					(Blake's 7: Blake [D13])
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From: Robert.Euston@f522.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Robert Euston)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: STAR WARS
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:49:01 +1000

Hello Christopher!

 CRM> This has been discussed about a million times in rec.arts.sf.starwars (I
 CRM> think that's what it's called) and it has been stated over and over again
 CRM> that these scenes were NEVER in the film - they do not exist. *I* don't
 CRM> have any evidence of it either way - I'm just stating the final result of
 CRM> a VERY lengthy debate...

:-) Ahh... But I have evidence. See my previous post.

Robert

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Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: keulen@csuvax1.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Michael VanKeulen)
Subject: Re: STTNG
Organization: Murdoch University
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 01:37:49 GMT

.... not to mention scrapping it totally in WA !!!  Does anyone know if we can
expect it back over here at any time in the future?  After the current season
of Cluedo maybe?

Cheers

Mike van Keulen  (keulen@murdoch.edu.au)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
From: summer@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (Mark Summerfield)
Subject: Re: STAR WARS
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1992 04:23:39 GMT

crmilton@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Christopher Robert MILTON) writes:

>This has been discussed about a million times in rec.arts.sf.starwars (I think
>that's what it's called) and it has been stated over and over again that
>these scenes were NEVER in the film - they do not exist. *I* don't have any
>evidence of it either way - I'm just stating the final result of a VERY lengthy
>debate...

So what you're telling me is that something I remember seeing, which
nobody else has been able to confirm for me, has been discussed regularly
and at length in a newsgroup I have never read.

Is this some sort of mass hallucination? Or is it ESP?

Perhaps followups should go to sci.skeptic (which I don't read either,
but no doubt I'll pick the thread up telepathically.)

Mark.
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From: Robert.Euston@f522.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Robert Euston)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: STAR WARS
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:42:00 +1000

Hello All!

 >> I never saw the version you are talking about, but I have one of those
 >> original "storybook" childrens books with photos from the movie, and the
 >> full sub-plot of Biggs is included.

 MS> Thankyou... I have cancelled my psychiatrist appointment! :-)

My pleasure Mark. I note that not all the Biggs story line was cut from the
movie. If you note, during the dogfight at the end, Luke says "Damm it Biggs,
where are you.." (or something similar). This is the only part of the final
movie where Biggs is actually mentioned.

What I find interesting is that obviously the Biggs sub-plot was never actually
shown in the cinema, but so many have vague memories of him, and remember not
only his name, but portions of the plot. How can this be? There are those who
deny that Biggs ever existed, and get angry over it... this annoys me, because
it ignores the common knowledge shared by so many, which must have originated
from somewhere.... If not from the movie, from where?

The story book I mentioned was popular in it's day, and my only conclusion is
that you and those who remember Biggs must have seen/read the storybook with the
pictures from the movie, and linked in the Biggs plot in your mind. Quite an
easy thing to do.

And for those who deny Biggs ever existed? Well, the scenes were definately shot
(I have the proof), and thus the story must have been in the original script....
My guess is that in the final movie, Biggs wound up on the cutting room floor,
and will never be seen (I doubt that the uncut version was kept. This was long
before "uncut" versions came into fashion). Such a shame....

Robert

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Newsgroups: aus.sf,rec.arts.sf.tv
From: MDuPree@world.std.com (Micky DuPree)
Subject: Re: Blake's 7 Question answered
Followup-To: aus.sf
Summary: Memory seldom lies, but it cheats a lot.
Keywords: Blake's 7
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 10:24:50 GMT

I swore I'd never answer another B7 post again after the flights of
fancy that had been going on (others are taking that tack, too), but I'm
going to see if sticking simply to factual information is safe.

In article <1992Jul20.234356.18624\@bacchus.esa.oz.au>
kat\@bacchus.esa.oz.au (Kathryn Andersen) writes:
>The auto-repair is demonstrated when Avon shorts out the teleport
>deliberately in front of Jenna, to show her the auto-repair.  Probably
>in the third episode.

Close but a little off.  Avon demonstrates the auto-repair to Gan, not
Jenna, in the fifth episode, "The Web."

In article <7911\@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> zebee\@ucs.adelaide.edu.au
(Zebee Johnstone) writes:
>The only bit with the guns was when they found out it would only let
>them have one each - a plot device which was then instantly
>forgotten....

True.  The first person that we see fire a Liberator handgun is Vargas,
the high priest of Cygnus Alpha.  If the Liberator crew practiced with
them in that episode, they must have done it off-screen.

Some sharp-eyed fan in the U.K. has said that he spotted a few *very*
slight edits in the recent commercial BBC tapes.  The most significant
one he described was a split-second missing from the big melee scene in
"Cygnus Alpha," probably fastidiousness by the BBC about excess
violence.  There's nothing major such as whole scenes or lines missing.

-Micky
From: zebee@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Zebee Johnstone)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Blake's 7 Question answered
Date: 24 Jul 92 14:27:40 GMT
Organization: Information Technology Division, The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA

I've just checked my tapes recorded off the TV lo these many years ago.

I can't find any "self-repairing" scene in wither the 2nd or 3rd episode.

The only bit with the guns was when they found out it would only let
them have one each - a plot device which was then instantly forgotten....

Didn't check episode4 though...


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From: hamish@cloud.pub.uu.oz.au (Hamish Moffatt)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: Channel 9 deathnell on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Date: 17 Jul 92 05:29:54 GMT

Hello Richard!

Monday July 06 1992 19:19, Richard A. Muirden [GA] wrote to All:

 R[> Never fear, it was off for a couple of weeks because of the #8%PO@D#
 R[> tennis, but returns this week. 2nd season episodes to boot... well
 R[> it's better than nothing...

Unfortunately though, tonight Star Trek is disguised as GOLF. :-(
How many people are going to watch the British Open, live from Scotland? Nobody
in my house, I'm sure. It was bad enough that ST was interrupted by Sport when
it was on Wednesday 7:30; it's even worse now they've sent it packing for
11:30pm Thursday. Perhaps we should get them to put it on at 3am - at least it
shouldn't be interrupted by sport!

Regards,
Hamish


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From: Robert.Euston@f522.n635.z3.fidonet.org (Robert Euston)
Newsgroups: aus.sf
Subject: STAR WARS
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:42:00 +1000

Hello Mark!

 MS> I distinctly remember from seeing Star Wars on first release that there
 MS> was a whole subplot on Luke's friend Biggs which has been cut from all
 MS> subsequent versions, including TV and video. There have been a number
 MS> of different versions of the film, but all of them shorter than the
 MS> original release, which runs contrary to the current trend of cutting
 MS> films for first release, and then releasing uncut "special editions"
 MS> to attract the TV and video markets (not that they cut the films for
 MS> that reason originally.) Maybe we're due for a video "special"...

 MS> But then again, maybe my memory's playing tricks on me. Anybody else
 MS> remember this?

I never saw the version you are talking about, but I have one of those original
"storybook" childrens books with photos from the movie, and the full sub-plot of
Biggs is included. There's a nice picture of Biggs just before going off to
fight with the rebels. Luke and Biggs meet again just before the battle to
destroy the Death Star - and Biggs dies under Darth Vaders sights - after saving
Luke's life, of course. Seemed a nice little story line - wonder why it was cut?
Just like the bit from Alien - the story of how the creature gets to the
settlement.

Robert

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