HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu ( Hari Seldon     psychohistorian )
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: Re: OS/2 SVGA Hack
Date: 9 Oct 92 23:57:57 GMT
Organization: University of Minnesota

In <1967@acf5.NYU.EDU> checker@acf5.NYU.EDU (checker) writes:


>[stuff deleted] got very used to having this large display area, so when
>I found that the Trident 1024x768 video mode that I wanted to use didn't
>spread all the way out horizontally, I was pretty upset.  I lived with a
>half inch on each side for a week or so, then I decided to call Nanao. 

altHWhack> open the back of the case up and slide the magnetic coil
straight back (away from the front of the screen)

sneekyhack> turn the coil upsidedown (rotate it) on someone elses machine.

bill pociengel
--
llbi locgeenpi " i'm a little confused right now"
From: wharmon@wpi.wpi.edu (Warren Harmon)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: Dumb password encryption (or) the world's least secure system
Date: 7 Oct 1992 09:18:00 GMT
Organization: Royal Frogtramping Institute
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: oconnor.wpi.edu
group: alt.hackers

Since our password file was in the open on my old school's system, we
encripted the passwords.  Very intelligent.  But someone decided that
the best way to secure the password encription was to Never Tell
Anyone How It's Done.

Mistake #1.

Then we had a sysop who had never taken any number theory, and a
resident cr/hacker (me) who had.

Mistake #2.

And the sysop let me read the top-secret encription file exactly once.

Mistake #3.

Now, if I had seen a function that said something like 'sqrt(log A) +
B^2 + C/13...', I would have left it alone.  I was not going to invest
the time in trying to decypher anything complicated like that.  But it
was SO trivial, I couldn't believe we were actually counting on it for
security!  I was young and foolish, and I couldn't resist the
challenge.  The encription went:

encrip = 2*A + 3*B + 4*C + 5*D + 6*E + 7*F;

where A..F are the ASCII values of the 6 characters in the password.
Legal characters in our passwords were [0-9A-Z], no control chars, no
punctuation, no lowercase.  That means there were

        1000000 6-char
         100000 5-char
          10000 4-char
           1000 3-char
            100 2-char
         +   10 1-char
        -------
        1111110 (base 36) possible passwords.  Not great, and there's
no reason to require uppercase passwords, but pretty respectable.  I
think it works out to about 2.6 trillion base 10.  But, "it may easily
be shown" (left as an exercise to the reader :) that the number of
possible *encripted* passwords was something less than:

        (90-32)*(2+3+4+5+6+7)

        = 1566.  Yes, the decimal is in the right place.

Mistake #4.

So I wrote a little script which generated a representative password
for each possible encription value.  This script took *TEN SECONDS* to
run.

The sysop quit before I could present him with the document telling
him how much our security resembled swiss cheese... I don't think I
had anything to do with his termination.

Dr. K., if you're out there in the net.universe, I only ask two
things:

        (1) Never use that formula again if you like your files.  I
won't erase them, but someone will.

        (2) Don't take my degree away for this! :-)

-wharmon@wpi
                                        Man With No Sig.  (oops)
From: wolflovr@polari.online.com
Subject: Four Stroke Singles Club
Organization: Seattle Online Public Access Unix.  (206) 328-4944 (all lines telebit-equipped)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:32:56 GMT

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The primary goal of the organization is to

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We offer our members, a nationwide communication

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tech tips, roadtests, and complete libraries on certain

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to:  FSSNOC, PO BOX 1804, Hutchinson, KS 67504-1804.

Ride Safe...
.

Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.cmc
From: Leigh Calnek <leigh@unibase.Unibase.SK.CA>
Subject: wed test 1
Originator: bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 06:41:56 GMT

this is test 1
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Leigh Calnek
Internet: leigh@unibase.unibase.sk.ca
voice: 306/789-9007
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.cmc
From: leigh@unibase.Unibase.SK.CA (Leigh Calnek)
Subject: Wed. Test 2
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 06:45:03 GMT

This is test 2 from usenet

-- 

Leigh Calnek
Internet: leigh@unibase.unibase.sk.ca
voice: 306/789-9007
From: Peter_Loney@act.educ.ualberta.ca (Peter Loney)
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.cmc
Subject: CMC - U of Alberta - VISIT
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:39:57 GMT
Reply-To: <bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Originator: bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca


        Reply to:   CMC - U of Alberta - VISIT project
Re>>I thought it would be a very useful resource to collectively prepare as
       complete a list as possible of conferencing/email applications.  
       
We are starting a multi-phase trial project of the VISIT desk top
videoconferencing technology with Field Services and selected schools in
Edmonton Public.  The trial will attempt to bring the school classroom into
the university classroom and vice versa, using voice-mail, E-mail, desktop
videoconferencing, file transfer, and screen sharing.  We're attempting an
alternative to the traditional practicum model (one student, one school
classroom, no acculturation) with this and see particular applications in
remote practicum placements.  Is this the kind of info you're interested in?

Katy Campbell-Bonar
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.cmc
From: anderson@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terry Anderson)
Subject: Computer Mediated Communications Abstract
Originator: bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:40:52 GMT

Bangkok Project - Application of Electronic Communication for Distance         
         Education in the Third World Topic

First Speaker -    Dr. Robin Mason
                   Open University of the United Kingdom


Dates: Oct. 12 - Nov. 30

Abstract:
This topic is intended to be a listing in addition to a discussion, and depends
fundamentally on the contributions of those involved in third world networking 
projects.

What I hope to produce at the end of the period (and this topic runs the whole 
length of the project), is as complete a dossier as possible of all known uses 
of email, computer conferencing or other remote access to support distance 
education in third world countries.  Some examples will include links with 
developed countries, but it is the use made by the developing countries which 
we wish to highlight.

I trust that such a list (including a brief description of the networking 
application and a contact person for further information) and the ensuing
discussion, will be of interest  to the distance education community generally.

Robin Mason
Open University of the United Kingdom
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Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.cmc
From: anderson@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terry Anderson)
Subject: test2
Originator: bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:01:42 GMT

test

-- 
Terry Anderson
Dept. of Educational Psychology                     Ph 403-284-0922
University of Calgary                              Fax 403-289-4471    
Calgary, AB. Canada T2N 1N4              InterNet ANDERSON@ACS.UCALGARY.CA
From: anderson@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terry Anderson)
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.cmc
Subject: Practicality of CMC in Developing Countries
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:38:35 GMT
Reply-To: <bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Originator: bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca

Hello Robin and CMC readers
Perhaps one of the reasons no one as jumped in with examples of CMC use in
education in developing countries, is the lack of access and economics involved
in CMC use in all countries of the world. 

I noticed in articles stemming from your own research at the Open University,
that you mentioned the student costs incurred from Long distance and even local
call tools in the UK. I imagine that these are even greater barriers in
developing countries. 

One of the reasons that CMC is so little used in Canada (though so often TALKED
about) is the necessity of individual students needing to make an online call
and pay for every minute of connection.  It is true that in some locals free
local calls are possible and in others reduced rates via packet switching is
also possible, but it still means money from a student's pocket. I also note
the reluctance of users to use current generation of off line readers, which
could reduce costs, but still seem to complicated for many users.  In Canada
there is much greater use of audio teleconferencing, partially because a group
of students can share a single long distance connection.

I be interested in your comments and perhaps a look in our collective crystal
ball, to see if these economic constraints are likely to be significantly
reduced or eliminated in the future. I fear they severely restrict CMC use in
all countries today.

Terry
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Terry Anderson
Network Coordinator, Bangkok Project
Dept. of Educational Psychology                     Ph 403-284-0922
University of Calgary                              Fax 403-289-4471    
Calgary, AB. Canada T2N 1N4              InterNet ANDERSON@ACS.UCALGARY.CA
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.cmc
From: anderson@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terry Anderson)
Subject: First Speaker Abstract for Computer Mediated Communications Topic
Originator: bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <bancmc-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 15:13:38 GMT


-- 
Terry Anderson
Dept. of Educational Psychology                     Ph 403-284-0922
University of Calgary                              Fax 403-289-4471    
Calgary, AB. Canada T2N 1N4              InterNet ANDERSON@ACS.UCALGARY.CA
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: anderson@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terry Anderson)
Subject: test 1A
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 22:05:06 GMT

test1A
-- 
Terry Anderson
Dept. of Educational Psychology                     Ph 403-284-0922
University of Calgary                              Fax 403-289-4471    
Calgary, AB. Canada T2N 1N4              InterNet ANDERSON@ACS.UCALGARY.CA
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: anderson@acs.ucalgary.ca (Terry Anderson)
Subject: test2a
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:35:45 GMT

test2a
-- 
Terry Anderson
Dept. of Educational Psychology                     Ph 403-284-0922
University of Calgary                              Fax 403-289-4471    
Calgary, AB. Canada T2N 1N4              InterNet ANDERSON@ACS.UCALGARY.CA
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: petrraa@unibase.Unibase.SK.CA (Ray Petracek)
Subject: Test 4
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 06:57:20 GMT

This is test 4

-- 
Dr. Ray Petracek                   uucp: petrraa@unibase.uucp
Professor of Education             Internet:
petrraa@unibase.unibase
University of Regina
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: leigh@unibase.Unibase.SK.CA (Leigh Calnek)
Subject: Topic Abstract
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 06:02:15 GMT

Has the abstract been posted for this discussoin topic yet.
I see in the cmc discussion that an abtract has been posted
from Dr. Mason....but nothing here yet.


(Bill...you should get this for approval, and it should also
be available on your news service.  You may want to check it
out and make sure it shows up in both places.)

-- 

Leigh Calnek
Internet: leigh@unibase.unibase.sk.ca
voice: 306/789-9007
From: KWB107@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
Subject: Re:  planning: issues
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:08:40 GMT
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca


  - - The original note follows - -

Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 11:41 MDT
From: gail@cs.athabascau.ca (Gail Crawford)
Subject: Re:  planning: issues

I am Gail Crawford, Instructional Psychologist at Athabasca University.

I would like to add a comment to the planning session.

We too are suffering from fiscal problems that interfere with our planning
and our ability to respond to the needs for major changes in the post
secondary system.  We are currently being asked to budget for 0% and -2%
bydgets (ie -2% or -4% effectively).  In addition, like many other
places, we are experiencing pressure from a number of Colleges who want
to achieve degree granting status.

Gail
Crawford
From: Peter_Loney@act.educ.ualberta.ca (Peter Loney)
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
Subject: Planning- issues at the Uni
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:51:41 GMT
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca


        Reply to:   Planning: issues at the University of Alberta
I'm  a doctoral student, also an instructional designer, whose most recent
assignment is as DE facilitator/coordinator/administrator in the University
of Alberta's Faculty of Education's Instructional Technology Centre.  The
ITC agreed to provide a home for the mostly ad hoc DE activities on campus,
so we've taken over bridge operation, scheduling, etc.  The U of A isn't
ready to commit to DE, so the money and official recognition are still
"soft".

Some issues at the University of Alberta: 

1. No support for superstructure created by consortium last year.  Now that
DE activities have a "home", no one is willing to continue its ad hoc (only)
funding.  

2.  Provincial coordination of network, or lack thereof.  

3.  Public suspicion of universities

 Katy Campbell-Bonar
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: Leigh Calnek <leigh@unibase.Unibase.SK.CA>
Subject: Wed. Test 6
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 07:53:06 GMT

this is test 6
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Leigh Calnek
Internet: leigh@unibase.unibase.sk.ca
voice: 306/789-9007
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dubietest
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: Tony Bates <tonyb@ola.bc.ca>
Subject: planning: issues
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:56:04 GMT

I'd like to start by finding out what issues regarding the
future of your distance education institution/department
are bugging you the most at the moment. You can do this in two
ways: put them in the conference, or send them to me as an e-mail,
and I'll collect them together/group them. I'll start off by
listing what is causing the Open learning Agency to review
its plans:
	1.	'Formula' funding; we are being treated more or
		less the same as all the other institutions
		regarding funding of at least our 'base-line'
		from our Ministry, despite growing concern
		about the need for major changes in our post-secondary
		system to meet growing demand and a ceiling on
		public funds.
	2.	Related to this is the pressure from the 'regular'
		institutions to solve the access problem by building
		more campuses: more bums on seats. The council of
		colleges and institutes (AECBC) has just produced
		a paper on access which reinforces this pressure.
		Because a campus is a physical asset in a community,
		such pressure carries a good deal of weight politically.
I'll stop there. When we have a number of 'common' issues, we can
start discussing how to deal with them.
e-mail address: tonyb@ola.bc.ca
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: Tony Bates <tonyb@ola.bc.ca>
Subject: Planning: process
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 19:14:26 GMT

Under the topic of process, I'd like to discuss planning models and
techniques within those models. At OLA, we have been using a strategic
planning model for over three years. This model is derived from
the business environment, and is the one 'taught' by the American
management Association. Basically, it consists of the following steps:
	Define a mission/mandate statement for the organization
		(what do we do)
	Scan the external environment: what is happening outside
		the Agency that may affect its work?
	Develop a SWOT analysis: what are the strengths/weaknesses/
		opportunities/threats for the Agency in the external
		environment?
	Issues definition: what are the main issues facing the Agency?
	Define strategic directions: what are the main directions that
		we want the Agency to go in?
	Define clear objectives for the next 3-5 years, in measurable
		terms
	Develop strategies to achieve those objectives
	Develop a budget to reflect these objectives/strategies
	Operationalize a plan to achieve objectives/strategies within
		the constraints of actual or likely budgets for the next
		year
	Measure the achievement or other wise of objectives
	Evaluate plan ready for next year's planning process.
We have now produced a strategic plan three times for the Ministry,
received a lot of praise and moral support for our mission and strategic
directions, but still been funded at more or less the same level as
all other post-secondary institutions. We are as a consequence
seeking to broaden our base of funding (our Ministry now provides
just two-thirds of our revenues, and this proportion is slowly
declining each year).
Questions:
	1.	Do you have a similar planning process? If so, what
		are your experiences? Has it worked? What are its
		limitations?
	2.	Do you have a different process? If so, what is it and
		what are your views on it?
	3.	If you don't have a process, but want to learn more
		about it, what areas are of particular interest?
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: Ray Petracek <petrraa@unibase.Unibase.SK.CA>
Subject: Test 3
Originator: banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca
Reply-To: <banpln-m@udevdiv.unibase.sk.ca>
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 06:55:25 GMT

This is test 3
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Dr. Ray Petracek                   uucp: petrraa@unibase.uucp
Professor of Education             Internet:
petrraa@unibase.unibase
University of Regina
uucp: unibase!petrraa
fredmail: snlndro!unibase!petrraa
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BanPLN- Abstract

Bangkok Project - Emerging Theories and Philosophy of Distance Education Topic

First Speaker - Dr. Michael Moore
                Director, American Centre for the Study of Distance education
                Pennsylvania State University

Dates: Oct. 12 - Oct. 26

Host Dr. Lani Gunuwardena

Topic Abstract:
In spite of claimes to the contrary, there has been very little disciplined 
theorizing in the field of distance education.  We can begin our discussion 
with a brief exchange about what we would want for a theory to be considered 
helpful.

Furthermore, there has been virtually no attention given to philosophy - why 
we 'do' distance education.  I do not claim expertise as a philosopher, just 
an interested person in the street, but will try to lead a discussion on this 
as well as to examine our emerging theory.

I will begin with the questions:
What do we want in a theory?
Do we care about having a theory?
Are we looking for one theory or many theories?
What will we do with a theory?

Let's together list the key characteristics in a theory, then see if we can 
generate these from our knowledge of literature, research and practice in 
distance education.  We might go on to analyse some supposed theories in light 
of our criteria, but the agenda can be determined by the participants. . .

William Dubie
dubie@tnpubs.enet.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation,
Littleton, Mass.

Standard disclaimer: These views don't necessarily
reflect those of Digital Equipment Corporation.

Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning
From: petrraa@unibase.Unibase.SK.CA (Ray Petracek)
Subject: wed test 5
Organization: Unibase Telecom Ltd.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 07:07:32 GMT

test 5

-- 
Dr. Ray Petracek                   uucp: petrraa@unibase.uucp
Professor of Education             Internet:
petrraa@unibase.unibase
University of Regina
Newsgroups: alt.education.bangkok.planning