HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: 6anthony_m@spcvxb.spc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.music.alternative,alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: Re: alt.rnr.punk (Re: alt.music.hardcore to be created
Date: 9 Nov 92 06:59:03 GMT
Organization: St. Peter's College, US

>> 
>> 
>> Ok next newsgroup.  How about someone creating alt.music.punk or 
>> rec.music.punk????
> 
> My goodness me!  Someone else actually supporting this one.
> 
> Well good.  Maybe it might even come about this time round.
> 
> --dave
> Where's my .sig gone?!



Yeah id love to see a punk newsgroup.  I have no idea how to create one.  Also, 
how come I cant find alt.music.hardcore?  Do I have to ask a net administrator 
on my system to pick it up?  Why dont they just pick them all up, instead of 
choosing which ones they think would be good.  
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: ALT.WEREWOLVES
Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 05:54:34 GMT

Shouldn't it be alt.wolves.were? :-)
--
"the bogosity in a field equals the bogosity imported from related areas, plus
the bogosity generated internally, minus the bogosity expelled or otherwise
disposed of."  -- K. Eric Drexler

Ken Arromdee (UUCP: ....!jhunix!arromdee; BITNET: arromdee@jhuvm;
     INTERNET: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu)
Xref: sparky alt.config:6681 alt.internet.services:1377
From: aryeh@cash.ucsc.edu (Aryeh Friedman)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Group Purposal alt.internet.future
Date: 6 Nov 1992 04:59:29 GMT
Organization: WNC
NNTP-Posting-Host: cash.ucsc.edu

In article <1dcjk4INNhk1@nic.near.net> jcurran@nic.near.net (John Curran) writes:
>In article <1d2jnmINN52b@nigel.msen.com> emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti) writes:
>>  
>>There are ferocious barriers to entry to starting a midlevel net, namely
>>money, politics, money, access to information, politics, money, and access
>>to shared facilities.  Most of these can be overcome with money.  You
>>are in California, there is really no planning to do - run a T1 line
>>to the CIX, pay their dues, you are done.  
>
>You're done, if you only want to provide commercial access to just a 
>piece of the Internet.  If you want to provide users with commercial
>access to the other networks, you'll want to talk to ANS CO+RE... 
>
>/John

Sorry for taking so long on this I know who to talk to I have been dealing with
the various intadies for about 6 months now.  OK back to the group it self.
My arg is the natural of the net is changing fundimentally since many more users
are subscribing to services such as mine and netcom for one purpose and one 
purpose only the resources and tech the net offers.  In order for them to feel
they have a voice and for various vendors who for one reason or an other do
not have access to the groups and mailing list people keep point to I think
this group is needed.  Also you will see an increasing number of privately owned
global nets connecting to the inet so we will also need a universally accessable
place to handle the smove intergration of private nets into the public ones.

As far as my company goes we have more then enough $ to buy what ever influence
we need but feel that is the wrong way and the user should have much more input.
-- 
Aryeh M. Friedman, President, WorldNet Communications (aka bum from netland)
1720 E. Monte Vista, Phoenix, AZ, 85006, USA  "I need the numbers now!!!!"-anon
(602) 258-5781 		Disclaimer: I don't usually speak for my company.
E-mail: aryeh@cash.ucsc.edu, aryeh@wnc.com and flames to liar@bush.whouse.gov
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: LIPSCOJA@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu (Andy Lipscomb)
Subject: Re: Creating alt.united.we.stand.america
Organization: Vanderbilt University 
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:24:47 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.21

In <LANCER.92Nov6101244@pitt.WPI.EDU> lancer@pitt.WPI.EDU writes:

> alt.politics.perot
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This group already exists, and since it will continue to
exist, why not use it?
> alt.politics.uwsa
> alt.politics.united-we-stand
> alt.politics.third-party
> 
> in keeping with the alt heirarchy...



Andy Lipscomb
lipscoja@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu (Bitnet: lipscoja@vuctrvax)
Don't blame me, I voted Libertarian.
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I)
Subject: Re: Creating alt.united.we.stand.america
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 23:27:06 GMT
Organization: ACME BBS - Public Access Usenet, Palmerston North, New Zealand

lancer@pitt.WPI.EDU (Stephe Lewis Foskett) writes:

> >>>>> "kilroy" == earthbound misfit, I <kilroy@acme.gen.nz> writes:
> [stuff about too-long-newsgroup-name deleted]
> kilroy> United we stand where?
> 
> United We Stand America is the name of Ross Perot's "party", and his
> followers hope to organize it into either a third party or a
> "nonpolitical" party for nominating future candidates.

You appear to have completely missed my point. Note the ".nz" at the end of
my address? That means New Zealand. A "United We Stand America" party has
very little relevancy to me.

> kilroy> How about alt.politics.us.whatever? Or even us.politics......?
> 
> us.politics.perot would be cool...
> The people who said alt.politics.united-we-stand-america was too long
> were right.  How about:
> 
> alt.politics.perot
> alt.politics.uwsa
> alt.politics.united-we-stand
> alt.politics.third-party
> 
> in keeping with the alt heirarchy...

No, you're not reading what I said. You're referring to a US political
issue, but Alt is a global heirarchy. Would you be upset if I wanted to talk
about the Alliance in alt.politics.third-party - that's the 3rd party here.
If you're going to create these US-centric groups at least put a US
somewhere appropriate in the name.

						- k
-- 
Craig Harding            kilroy@acme.gen.nz             ACME BBS +64 6 3551342
"Jub'er lbh pnyyvat n obmb?"
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d
From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
Subject: alt.binaries.pictures.nude -- NO!
Organization: Elitist Usenet Administrators, Stuff & Nonsense Division
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:12:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.104539.22899@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> hykok@nyx.cs.du.edu (Herbie Husker) writes:

>You have my vote.  I rather see cute girls and I think I have seen enough of 
>the hard core pictures already.  More ds-f-*, dfg, obabe, etc.

This is exactly what I was talking about.  People aren't going to make
qualitative distinctions between "nude" and "erotica."  Posts that are
intended to be sexually arousing are going to wind up in both groups,
and then you basically have Yet Another Name for
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.*.  This is not going to do anything but
continue to fragment the already-beleaguered erotica groups.

-- 
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\  / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu / I use antlers in all of my decorating.
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Xref: sparky alt.config:6843 alt.dragons-inn:9 alt.pub.dragons-inn:4099
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.dragons-inn,alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: Re: ADMIN!!!   Alt.dragons-inn and alt.pub.dragons-inn...
From: spok+@cs.cmu.edu (John Ockerbloom)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:51:08 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Keywords: news admin groups alias

In article <BxM694.Jpr.2@cs.cmu.edu> I wrote:
[referring to alt.dragons-inn and alt.pub.dragons-inn]
>...They are aliased at many sites, and a number
>of sites simply don't carry the latter.

I should have said "the former".  Alt.dragons-inn doesn't exist at a number
of sites where alt.pub.dragons-inn does (including both sites I have
accounts on).  Sorry if my miswording earlier caused any confusion.

John Ockerbloom
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Newsgroups: alt.config,news.groups.admin,news.groups
From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
Subject: Forging of 'newgroup' messages
Organization: Design Systems Division, Evans & Sutherland, SLC, UT
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 22:17:06 GMT


The other day I sent out an rmgroup message for alt.fractals because
it has been replaced by sci.fractals.

Today I found this forged message in control:
Path: orca!uunet!utcsri!utgpu!attcan!ncrcan!becker!feline!halt!trannie!pinstripe!orca!mesa!rthomson
    From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson)
    Newsgroups: alt.config,news.groups
    Subject: rmgroup alt.fractals
    Message-ID: <1992Nov3.002119.21536@dsd.es.com>
    Date: 3 Nov 92 00:21:19 GMT
    Control: newgroup alt.fractals
    Sender: usenet@dsd.es.com
    Organization: Design Systems Division, Evans & Sutherland, SLC, UT
    Lines: 16
    Approved: rthomson@dsd.es.com
    Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.187.85.21

I have sent mail to:
    orca!uunet!utcsri!utgpu!attcan!ncrcan!becker!feline!halt!trannie!pinstripe

Asking this person why they are forging articles in my name.
Apparently they have modified the path and changed the rmgroup in the
control line to newgroup.  Who is this person and why are they doing
this?  You can debate up and down whether or not a particular group
should be removed or not from alt, but I don't take kindly to
_anyone_ forging articles in my name.

I am sending mail to the system administrators at these sites,
requesting that this kind of activity be halted, if possible:

    attcan, ncrcan, becker, feline

I don't expect any reasonable answers from those last two because they
appear to be the last legitemate hosts in the path (halt, trannie and
pinstripe didn't show up in my uuhosts command).

						-- Rich
-- 
	Repeal the personal income tax; vote Libertarian in 1992.
Disclaimer: I speak for myself, except as noted; Copyright 1992 Rich Thomson
UUCP: ...!uunet!dsd.es.com!rthomson			Rich Thomson
Internet: rthomson@dsd.es.com	IRC: _Rich_		PEXt Programmer
Xref: sparky alt.config:6826 alt.dragons-inn:6 alt.pub.dragons-inn:4077
From: alaric@sti.com (Phil Stracchino)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.dragons-inn,alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: ADMIN!!!   Alt.dragons-inn and alt.pub.dragons-inn...
Keywords: news admin groups alias
Date: 12 Nov 92 03:31:25 GMT
Organization: Software Transformation Inc.


...are NOT the same group!  They are separate and distinct groups, with
separate and distinct readership.  Sites which alias alt.dragons-inn to
alt.pub.dragons-inn are:
(a)  making life extremely confusing for the readers of these groups;
(b)  making it impossible for readers downstream of them to receive
     alt.dragons-inn;
(c)  making it very difficult for posters in alt.dragons-inn to know
     where their posts are going to end up, or whether other readers
     of alt.dragons-inn will ever see them.


If you are the newsadmin at a site which has alt.dragons-inn aliased
to alt.pub.dragons-inn, PLEASE un-alias it, for the welfare of both
groups.


Thank you....



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Xref: sparky alt.config:6944 alt.magnus.and.ketil:10
From: magnus@bark-fddi.ii.uib.no (Magnus Alvestad)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.magnus.and.ketil
Subject: Re: The name "alt.m&k" contains an illegal character.
Date: 15 Nov 92 03:27:31 GMT
	<1992Nov12.221614.9131@alf.uib.no> <BxowMD.Mwz@ddsw1.mcs.com>
Reply-To: magnus@ii.uib.no
Organization: UVBS -> SFK/T-DSA / SOPS - HOS / RNoN

>>>>> On 14 Nov 92 05:01:24 GMT, dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT) said:

	DWT> magnus@ii.uib.no claimed in <1992Nov12.221614.9131@alf.uib.no>:

	DWT> | >>>>> On Tue, 3 Nov 1992 22:32:45 GMT, dattier@ddsw1.mcs.com (DWT) said:
	DWT> | 
	DWT> | 	DWT> | The character who tried alt.m&k created it again, as |
	DWT> | 	DWT> alt.magnus_and_ketil.  Still a bad idea, since the second
	DWT> | 	DWT> component is | 16 characters long.  He didn't seem to
	DWT> | 	DWT> care.

	DWT> I most certainly did NOT say that.  Apparently the fans
	DWT> of Mr. Alvestad who read alt.magnus.and.ketil (or
	DWT> whatever its final name is) are aficionados of the genre
	DWT> of misattributing quotations.

Most certainly true. That is a strategy often used by the Herd.
However in this case it was unintentional, and I apologize. I should
have applied the strategy with more care. Perhaps changing the header
so as to avoid the message getting to your site.. 

	DWT> As the pipe symbols in Alvestad's citation from my
	DWT> article show (and they were at the left ends of my lines
	DWT> before he reformatted them), I was quoting someone else.
	DWT> He elected to remove my credit to the actual author and
	DWT> to stuff those words into my mouth instead.

I'm using an automatic citer under Emacs, SuperCite. The pure power of
such a tool sometimes leads me to use it without thought. This is a
grave reminder to control my fingers in the future.

	DWT> posted from Amherst College.  I've never even *visited*
	DWT> central Massachusetts, much less had net access there.

I sense a hidden jealousness deep within you! You wish you'd had an
account there. I bet you do, you pervert! Now I bet you'll refuse you
ever said this either! Next post you'll say you _have_ been in M. !!

-Magnus (!M)
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: kieffer@spf.trw.com (Robert Kieffer)
Subject: Re: CFD: Newsgroup For Personality Typing Systems (e.g. Myers-Briggs)
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 15:37:33 GMT

re: the Personality Typing newsgroup...

Sounds like a great idea!

"alt.personality" gets my vote.  Keep it simple and visible.

If this is going to happen, how legal/ethical would it be to post a FAQ  
with the myers-briggs test in it? ...along with the standard descriptions  
for each personality type?

Robert Kieffer
kieffer@spf.trw.com

.. and of course you might as well propose <big grin>:
"alt.personality.estj"
"alt.personality.estp"
	.
	.
	.
"alt.personality.infp"
Newsgroups: alt.config,sci.aquaria
From: arsmith@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Alan Smith)
Subject: Re: alt.fishies.cichlid (Was: Re: new group -- alt.cichlid)
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 20:05:34 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

In article <BxD0Au.FtF@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
>In article <1992Nov7.064854.29922@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr) writes:
>>In article <92311.195258APARKER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> APARKER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:
>>>Howdy folks.  I'd like to propose a new aquarium - related newsgroup
>>>called alt.cichlid, to deal (obviously) with the Family cichlidae
>>>specifically.
>
>"Obviously?"

Of course.  "Icthyology is the ultimate pinnacle of human endeavor."  Thought
you knew.

>>A much better name, from an alt. point of view, would be
>>alt.fishies.cichlid.  alt.cichlid, by itself, would not give anyone much idea
>>what the group was about.  
>
>alt.fishies.cichlid is better, but is a little playful.  Since
>alt.aquaria existed at one point (I currently have it aliased to
>sci.aquaria), how about alt.aquaria.cichlid?
>
I think that we should use alt.fish(es).* if we can.  And use cichlidae instead
of cichlid.  The former sounds like a family name, the latter sounds like a
way to cook 'em.

Big Al.  Family Smithidae.

Newsgroups: alt.config
From: jyaruss@hamp.hampshire.edu
Subject: PROPOSAL: ALT.WEREWOLVES
Organization: Hampshire College
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:48:10 GMT

I would like to propose an alt.werewolves newsgroup. 

At this point, the group alt.vampyres has been used by werewolf fans. But that
isn't really what that group is for. There has been a good interest expressed
by those who use alt.vampyres for either subject for a group that is expressly
for werewolf fans. These have been both in the form of complaints from those
who don't want other subject matter discussed on their group and in enthusiasm
for the werewolf group idea.

Already there are a good number of people who use this group for werewolf
discussion. Surely more people would use a specifically werewolf group if 
only because it is more noticeable. I only found out that people were using 
alt.vampyres for werewolf discussion by chance.

To answer the question ,"Why alt and not a mainstream group?" -- I think
that werewolves are pretty clearly not a mainstream topic. Also, alt.vampyres
has succeeded well in an alt group and werewolves have a similar following.

If you think that you are at all interested in this group, please post your
support here and spread the word to other groups.

Thanks a zillion.
-Jordan
jyaruss@hamp.hampshire.edu
Xref: sparky alt.config:6863 alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d:9082
From: magnus@apal.ii.uib.no (Magnus Alvestad)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d
Subject: Re: alt.binaries.pictures.nude -- NO!
Date: 12 Nov 92 22:00:45 GMT
	<BxM7x2.MBt@unix.amherst.edu>
Reply-To: magnus@ii.uib.no
Organization: UVBS -> SFK/T-DSA / SOPS - HOS / RNoN

>>>>> On Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:12:38 GMT, twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim
>>>>> Pierce) said:

	Tim> This is exactly what I was talking about.  People aren't
	Tim> going to make qualitative distinctions between "nude" and
	Tim> "erotica."  Posts that are intended to be sexually

It's pretty obvious that you haven't read rec.nude - this is a group
for naturist that functions very well. I can't really see why everyone
should be so eager to post their inappropriate pictures to
*.pictures.nude - I do see why some naturists want it though.

-Magnus 
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Daniel Zabetakis)
Subject: Re: new alt.politics.* groups
Organization: Columbia University, Dept. of Biological Sciences.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:38:35 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.225142.13269@nntp.hut.fi> jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:
>In article <BxFIq1.Ex7@unix.amherst.edu>, twpierce@unix (Tim Pierce) writes:
>>Jyrki, why don't you ever *propose* a group before *announcing* that
>>you're going to create it?
>
>I sometimes do.  You just aren't paying attention.
>
>Anyway, it seems kind of silly to propose groups when I am the one who
>is going to create it.
>

    Extremely counter-productive, IMHO.  I have created a few alt groups
in my time, and I can say that if you really want people to use the group
you create, you have to discuss it at length in alt.config.
    So few sites are still set up for automatic creation that if you don't
get admins to understand that you really want them to create it, they won't.
I would expect to only get a propagation of 30-40% even after discussing
it here. Creating a group without discussion will certainly get less than
that.

DanZ

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From: flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu (Bill McGonigle)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: PROPOSAL : alt.emulator.ibmpc.apple2
Date: 10 Nov 92 07:14:30 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Originator: flowerpt@coos.dartmouth.edu

Hi, all.  This is my first whack at this, so don't flame me too bad.  8-)

Anyway, recently on comp.binaries.ibmpc.archives, there has been alot of
discussion about Apple ][ computer emulators for IBM compatibles.  However,
this isn't the place for this discussion, and the group is scheduled to
be removed. 

So, I figured an alt group would be a good home for the discussions.

So, I'd like to propose alt.emulator.ibmpc.apple2

It would be a place to discuss the emulators, problems with them, 
announcements of new uploads to the disk image archive, support
programs, and methods of creating disk images.

About the name : 

I chose alt.emulator so that if there is interest in the future for
creating alt groups for other emulators, things will be a bit more
organized.  Instead of ibmpc, I considered msdos, but it also runs
under pcdos, drdos, OS/2, Windows NT, etc., so that wouldn't be
accurate.  I also considered 80x86, but there are a number of problems
with that.  Instead of apple2, I also considered apple][, appleii, but
I think apple2 is simpler.  Besides the group for discussing actual
apple ][ computers is called apple2, so I assume this has been argued
before.  I also considered switching the positions of ibmpc and apple2
but I think it is clearer as it is.  "It's an emulator that runs on an
ibm pc, and emulates an apple ][." This way, if more groups ever form,
all the groups that deal with programs running on an ibm will be
grouped together.  

Any feedback appreciated.


-Bill 

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Newsgroups: alt.config,sci.aquaria
From: jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mr. Furr)
Subject: Re: alt.aquaria.cichlid (was: Re: alt.fishies.cichlid (Was: Re: new group -- alt.cichlid))
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 04:59:05 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.043400.11898@news2.cis.umn.edu> sdebol@tsp.med.umn.edu (Steven Debol (Nelson)) writes:
>In article <1992Nov9.034302.8623@netcom.com> oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
>>The most appropriate name woul be: alt.aquaria.cichlidiot 
>>
>>Of course, the group is not needed and should not be created.  There simply
>>isn't enough traffic and what is there is easily accomodated by the existing
>>groups.
>
>I agree!  I'm pretty new to this group but I think I've read more posts
>about creating a separate cichlid group than I have posts about cichlids!
>

Don't you think that an "alt.fishies.cichlid" group would have a kinder,
gentler name than sci.aquaria and hence might get more warm, humane posts
than would otherwise be the case?  :)
Newsgroups: alt.config
From: mike@raven.alaska.edu (Mike Kienenberger)
Subject: Re: Proposal: alt.culture.alaska and alt.culture.oregon
Summary: no interest, no newsgroups
Organization: University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:28:49 GMT

Due to a total lack of interest (I received no mail, and I saw no
postings in alt.config indicating interest.),  I will *NOT* be issuing
newgroups for these two groups.

=============================================================================
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 Academic Computing                      FXMLK@acad3.alaska.edu (Internet)
 News Administrator                      mike@raven.alaska.edu (also news@)
 University of Alaska-Fairbanks
 "I'm a computer programmer....<link><link><kludge><kludge> say-no-more!"
From: APARKER@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: new alt.cichlid newsgroup
Date: 10 Nov 92 01:40:58 GMT
 <1992Nov08.033156.169667@zeus.calpoly.edu> <61846@mimsy.umd.edu>
Organization: University of Maine System

In article <61846@mimsy.umd.edu>, biow@cs.umd.edu (chris biow) says:
>
>[sarcasm on]
>
>Well, let's see... We've now mooted suggestions for several
>new groups foo.aquaria.bar, where foo is {sci, alt, rec} and
>bar is {cichlid, marine, salt, reef, why.do.my.fish.have.funny.
>white.spots}. That totals 3*5=15 new groups.
>
>The last time the *.aquaria configuration was fought out (three
>years ago, Oleg?), the greatest flame war in USENET history
>erupted. And that was only to create the existing three groups!
>We could probably destroy the entire human race several times
>over with an even bigger, better attempt to reconfigure *.aquaria.
>
 **[sarcasm still on]
  Well EXCUUUUUUUUSE Me!!!
   [less sarcasm]
Being a (gasp!) _newbie_ (at netstuff, _not_ aquaria), I was utterly
unaware of the vast and convoluted Pandora's can o' worms (to homo-
genize a metaphor) I was unwittingly opening.  I apologize to anyone
who's convinced they're offended, and have NO objection to leaving things

just as they are.  Enjoy your fish! AP (aparker@maine.maine.edu)
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