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From: ptrei@bistromath.mitre.org (Peter Trei)
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Organization: The MITRE Corporation
Distribution: ne
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 14:13:43 GMT

In article <1ht5hdINNedc@bigboote.WPI.EDU> satan@wpi.WPI.EDU (Matthew James Meyer) writes:

>The rule of thumb is go with the flow of traffic.  If you and everybody
>around you is doing 65, no one is going to get pulled over by a state
>cop who pulls up from behind you.  I have travelled in the flow of 
>traffic as fast as 70mph and had a state cop pass by without a second look.
>Of ocurse if this whole pack of cars rides through a radar trap, thats
>another story, but then let them try and prove that the radar signal
>they got bounced back to them was yours (conventional radar guns just 
>pick up the stongest signal, there's no way to tell if its you unless you
>are the only car driving by - of course there is talk of new laser radar
>that can pick out individual vehicles, i don't have any info there)

      As I understand it, the radar speed is "legally" regarded as
coming from the nearest car to the radar. Of course this disregards
physics, in that different vehicles have wildly variant radar
cross-sections, and the 70 mph speed the "law enforcer" picks up may
well have come from the 18-wheeler a quarter mile behind that 55 mph
red Corvette.

      In dealing with "speed enforcment" in Massachusetts, it's
inportant to remember that the law has become a prostitute, used by
the SJC, local governments, and the insurance industry as a cash cow.
Many small towns support a substantial portion of their police
department with speeding fines on out-of-towners on the local highway.

      My respect for the police and local government will increase
enormously when they start writing and enforcing traffic regulations
with public safety in mind, rather than their budget targets.

							Peter Trei
							ptrei@Mitre.org
From: limey@hri.com (Craig Hughes)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: New Cable Channels in Boston
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:53:05 GMT
Reply-To: limey@hri.com
Distribution: ne
Organization: Horizon Research, Inc.

In article <1ik2ohINN4jq@early-bird.think.com>, ffoogg@macmailgw.dfci.harvard.edu (Paco Ojeda) writes:
|> Has everybody (in the Boston area) noticed how Cablevision of Boston
|> started carrying the Sci-Fi, Commedy and Cartoon channels as of January
|> 1st? 

For everyone's information, they are on the B-cable, channels 39-41

The B cable is mostly scrambled, so you need to plug in the cable box to
decode these channels even if you have a cable-ready TV.


--craig

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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
Subject: Re: New Cable Channels in Boston
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:01:03 GMT

Paco Ojeda <ffoogg@macmailgw.dfci.harvard.edu> writes:
| Has everybody (in the Boston area) noticed how Cablevision of Boston
| started carrying the Sci-Fi, Commedy and Cartoon channels as of January
| 1st? The only problem is that neither Cablevision (through their monthly
| magazine or through their televised ever-so-slow scrolling schedules) nor
| TV Guide have schedules for these channels.

Cablevision Industries (which started SciFi, unannounced, a couple months
back) told me they are lobbying TV Guide and the newspapers to add the
schedules.  It seems to depend on how many people can receive it; I
guess Boston might tip the balance.

They were happy to send me a photocopy of the single page layout.
Doctor Who at noon; Battlestar at midnight.  That's all you need to know.
-- 
David Brooks					dbrooks@osf.org
Open Software Foundation			uunet!osf.org!dbrooks
Shine out, fair sun, with all your heat!  Black winter freezes to his seat...
The boneless fish close quaking lies...the stars in icicles arise!
From: plutchak@pilsner.geo.brown.edu (Joel Plutchak)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: ne...
Date: 4 Jan 93 15:49:20 GMT
Organization: Brown University Planetary Geology
NNTP-Posting-Host: pilsner.geo.brown.edu

In article <BZS.92Dec31174328@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
>Wait a minute, ne.* is "New England", not Northeast, only people who
>report the weather ever refer to the "Northeast" of the US...

   In that case, who's gonna tell the DC-ers and New Yorkers that use
the ne.* groups to get their mid-Atlantic and/or Northeastern mits outta
the New England groups? :-)
   Also, people in and from the Midwest call the northeastern states
the Northeast (and not all of them are weather reporters).
--
Joel Plutchak, Research Programmer/Analyst
Disclaimer: Involuntary vocalization may occur.
From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Packies, was Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Date: 7 Jan 93 00:46:27 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <9301051807.30@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
>
>Actually, a lot of them do in western Mass.  Western Mass is like a different
>state.

Yeah, we ought to sell it to New York :-) :-)

Seriously though, I agree - Western Mass is more like upstate NY than like
a part of Massachusetts.
From: mike@merk.com (Mike Sullivan)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: ne.singles? (was Re: ne.personals?)
Date: 4 Jan 93 19:51:32 GMT
Organization: Technology Partners, Inc.

Someone Said:
>
>I agree.  There should be a ne.singles rather than a ne.personals so
>that there will be a place to discuss and announce singles activities.
>However, I think there should also be a group called ne.personals.ads
>which in theory would be a write-only group where people can post
			    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>personal ads.

HMMMM!!!!! :-)
That would certainly protect everyones anonymity!
I think we should not try to over engineer this thing.  If ne.singles gets
overcrowded with SWM ISO SWF's we can deal with it at that point, but there
is no point in building an alt.* style hier(an)archy.

(ie ne.singles.peronals.ads.nice.guys.with.hair)
If we shoot for a simple and easy to accomplish goal we have a better chance
of making it happen.

mike
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: pshuang@athena.mit.edu (Ping-Shun Huang)
Subject: Re: No Fee Savings Account for Kids
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:37:13 GMT

I believe the state of Massachusetts has laws about banks not being
allowed to charge fees on accounts belonging to minors. At least, my
BayBank NOW account was fee-free (excepting foreign ATM transactions)
until I became 19. Have you tried actually calling a local bank before
posting to the net? :)

--
Ping Huang (INTERNET: pshuang@athena.mit.edu), probably speaking for himself
From: donato@applix.com (Donato Miranda [ext 241])
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Packies, was Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Date: 7 Jan 93 18:11:37 GMT
Organization: Applix, Inc., Westboro, MA

In article <106313@bu.edu> heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser) writes:
>In article <9301051807.30@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
>>
>>Actually, a lot of them do in western Mass.  Western Mass is like a different
>>state.
>
>Yeah, we ought to sell it to New York :-) :-)
>

	hey, hey, that's where i grew up!  :)
but, anyway, speaking of western mass, and cops, and speeding...
has anyone noticed that people drive faster in the 55 mph zone
on the pike, than in the 65 mph zone ?
i swear people actually SLOW down when they hit the 65 mph zone.
what's going on here?  (or do none of you travel beyond exit
10 on  the pike?  :))
and the drivers can be annoying. after exit 9, the pike becomes
2 lanes, and once i was doing 70-75 in the left lane, passing,
and had to slow down becuz someone was doing 60-65 in the left lane.
remember, this is a 65mph zone!  he would not move!  and there were too
many cars on the right for me to pass. he stayed there for almost
5 miles, i think PURPOSELY pissing me off. luckily, after the 5 miles,
my exit came up.
speed trap hint:  about 1.5 miles after exit 10 (when the limit goes
from 65 to 55, eastbound), there are almost always cops waiting on the
right, in one of those little restricted off ramp thingies. beware!
also, i think mass staties are better than CT staties. i got
pulled over for 65 in CT (on 91. stupid situation, and a WHOLE other
story), but i've never been stopped in mass.  i even went flying
by a speed trap at 75 (in a 65 zone), and was ignored.
happy driving!

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From: sklarew@bass.bu.edu (daniel sklarew)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: ne.singles && ne.personals.ads
Date: 4 Jan 93 21:10:18 GMT
Reply-To: sklarew@bass.bu.edu (daniel sklarew)
Followup-To: ne.general
Organization: Boston University

In article <DRG.93Jan4122445@candidus.ma30.bull.com> drg@candidus.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R. Guilderson) writes:
>I agree.  There should be a ne.singles rather than a ne.personals so
>that there will be a place to discuss and announce singles activities.
>However, I think there should also be a group called ne.personals.ads
>which in theory would be a write-only group where people can post
>personal ads.

Having initially suggested the ne.personals idea, I  must say that  I
concurr wholeheartedly with my namesake, Daniel:

ne.singles : for the singles scene in ne
ne.personals.ads: for those ISO-types out there

While the gist seems similar, I think that each appeals to a different
audience, thus confirming our need for both...

It seems to me that here and in alt.personals, we are rapidly
approaching about 20 people who are pro one or the other or both, so
hopefully the "powers that ne" will look beneficently upon our
collective request and create both of these regional newsgroups in the
near future....

Next,  we  may  want to work out whether either or both need anonymous
mailing capabilities. Hm....


					Dann Sklarew @ BU
From: gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: No Fee Savings Account for Kids
Date: 6 Jan 93 12:30:37 GMT
Organization: Mitech Corporation, Concord MA

In article <1993Jan5.144658.5343@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, reynold@binah.cc.brandeis.edu ("Susan Reynold (w/out the s)") writes:
> ... a passbook savings account and you
> had a little book that had all your deposits stamped in it.

HNB (Concord/Acton) has a no-fee passbook savings account.

No interest is earned until the balance is above $100, unless it
is for a child of a regular account holder (or something like that).
From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Date: 7 Jan 93 00:52:33 GMT
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <1993Jan6.163909.15020@m5.harvard.edu> borden@m5.harvard.edu writes:

>it was the passing lane.  On a related issue, I think that passing on the
>right was and/or is still technically illegal.  I seem to remember something
>about Massachusetts legalizing it, though I'm not sure.  Perhaps that's why
>it's become the fast lane now.

If there are three or more lanes in each direction, passing on the 
right is legal.  At least that's the way it used to be - I haven't
checked recently.


Newsgroups: ne.general
From: grady@world.std.com (Dick Grady)
Subject: Re: Channel 56
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 04:29:12 GMT

In article <106314@bu.edu> heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser) writes:
>In article <C0FtzE.vA@tegra.com> vail@tegra.com (Johnathan Vail) writes:
>>
>>But I notice that newscasts on some channels are effectively MONO, so
>>in surround mode only the center channel is used.  Some channels do
>
>Why would you want NEWS to be in surround sound? :-)

Well, when the two anchors are chatting with the weather and sportts
reporters, you could feel like you're right in the studio with them. :-)

-- 
Dick Grady           Salem, NH,  USA            grady@world.std.com
So many newsgroups, so little time!
From: corey@cayman.com (corey sohmer)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Springer Auto Service
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:29:34 GMT
Organization: cayman systems
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1b2

Has anybody heard anything about Springer Auto Service in West Newton?
Thanks in advance
Corey
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: carl@aoa.aoa.utc.com (Carl Witthoft)
Subject: Who is Angelynn?
Organization: Adaptive Optics Associates
Distribution: ne
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 12:47:42 GMT

 x
I got a handmade Xmas card, pretty whacky, from someone
called Angelynn Grant.  I have no idea who this is.
Did anyone else get one?  Anyone know who this is, or what business
it might have come from?

-- 
Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates
aoa!carl@bbn.com  carl@aoa.utc.com
54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201
"88 is 55 if you want to fly."
From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Date: 11 Jan 1993 21:46:46 GMT
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcsun25.bbn.com

In article <1993Jan11.034106.22044@netcom.com>, allyn@netcom.com (allyn) writes:
|> Going northbound in the South Station Tunnel, I notice an exit about 1/4 mile
|> before the tunnel ends. It is on the right hand side.
|> 
|> That exit has been closed and barricaded for the last several years. At
|> least 8 to 10. 
|> 
|> Why in the world did they bother to make this exit from a tunnel and then
|> never use it? Sheer stupidity?

My guess is that the configuration of surface streets changed in
some way, years after the tunnel was built, such that the tunnel exit
isn't useful any more.

-- 
Ron Newman		rnewman@bbn.com
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: reynold@binah.cc.brandeis.edu ("Susan Reynold (w/out the s)")
Subject: Re: No Fee Savings Account for Kids
Reply-To: reynold@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 16:16:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.144658.5343@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, reynold@binah.cc.brandeis.edu ("Susan Reynold (w/out the s)") writes:
>I would like to start modest savings accounts for each
>of my children   blah, blah, blah

Well someone suggested I check with Baybank----I had already done
this and was told there was no such thing but I decided to call
again---

This time, hopefully, I got someone more knowledgable.  They said
to bring the kids down and they could be set up with an account all
their own with no fee's.

Seems easy enough, please feel free to ignore the request for info
unless you want to share more information.

Thanks,
Susan
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: New Cable Channels in Boston
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:51:30 GMT

(I'm glad someone else brought this up first; I didn't see any scheduling
for them, so I figured I managed to exploit a bug in the system!)

Cablevision of Boston has finally caught up with the rest of the civilized
world and put the premium channels (HBO 1,2,3 SHO 1,2,3, MAX(?) 1,2) in
stereo. I believe PPV is now, too.

However, their guide *still* doesn't give a breakdown of the "multiplex"
channels (the 3 variants of HBO mentioned above, for example). You have to
use their televised multiplex guide, which now has annoying ads that obscure
the screen. Outages in the daytime are common, as well.

	-Kenny
-- 
Kenny Crudup, Contractor, OSF DCE QA
OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142	+1 617 621 7306
kenny@osf.osf.org			OSF has nothing to do with this post.
	  Religion: The longest-running gag ever played on Mankind.
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: dsg@blackbird.mitre.org (David S. Goldberg)
Subject: Re: Comments on House Cleaning Services Wanted
Organization: The Mitre Corp., Bedford, MA.
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 15:06:49 GMT


>>>>> In article <1993Jan7.164018.26928@burrhus.harvard.edu>,
>>>>> th@isr.harvard.edu (Todd Heatherton) writes:

Todd> I would like to hear comments, suggestions, recommendations,
Todd> etc.  about house cleaning services--i.e., the ones who come in
Todd> to clean once or twice a month (or more).

I've used Merry Maids in Arlington for the last year or so.  They have
offices in other towns too, but I forget which ones - check the yellow
pages.  They were recommended to me by my neighbor who's been happy
with them for years.  I've been quite satisfied with their service.

Disclaimer: I'm pretty lazy about cleaning, so just about anything
	    looks clean to me :-) Also I have nothing to do with Merry
	    Maids other than being a satisfied customer.  But most
	    important, my endorsement of the company's service should
	    not be considered an endorsement of what some tell me is
	    not a politically correct name :-)

--
Dave Goldberg                      UNIX Systems Programmer/Administrator
Post: The Mitre Corporation MS B020 202 Burlington Rd. Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 617-271-2460
Domain: dsg@mbunix.mitre.org  UUCP: {your neighborhood}!linus!mbunix!dsg
From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Packies, was Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
Date: 5 Jan 93 23:11:12 GMT
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats

In article <1993Jan5.135936.5046@osf.org> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
>In article <106136@bu.edu> heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser) writes:
>>But Adam, what *supermarkets* ever sell liquor in Massachusetts? :-)
>>Maybe you're thinking of New Hampshire?  :-)
>
>That Star Market mega-complex in Watertown does, also. Great to buy groceries
>and beer at the same time, and pay w/your ATM card.
>
>It looks like some stupidity reigns here in the Bay State, surprise! Like in
>Illinois, my underage cashier could not ring in my liquor sale, which meant
>she could not swipe it through the scanner. We had to call in a >21 year
>old cashier to perform that one operation. I couldn't even do it. Stupid.

Actually, Mass law requires that cashiers at liquor stores and alcohol
servers in restaurants be over the age of 18.

-- 

Rick Kelly    rmkhome!rmk@merk.com    merk!rmkhome!rmk    rmk@frog.UUCP
From: kaz@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Karen Fegley)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: What to do with 12 yr olds in Boston
Date: 4 Jan 1993 18:41:16 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA
Distribution: ne
NNTP-Posting-Host: pogo.pubs.stratus.com

In article <12543@jjmhome.UUCP> lmann@jjmhome.UUCP (Laurie Mann) writes:
> In article <1993Jan2.225818.19202@iecc.cambridge.ma.us>,  
johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
> > Next month we will have the pleasant company of twin twelve-year old
> > nieces for five days.  Not having been 12 for a while, and never, to the
> > best of my recollection, having been a 12 year old girl, I'm a little
> > short of ideas for things to do.  There are some obvious things: Freedom
> > Trail, clothes shopping, movies, etc.
> 
> I'd take them for some decent Chinese food or maybe to Chinatown for
> dim sum.  I'd take them for a cruise on Boston Harbor, and maybe over to
> the Science Museum (they are probably a little old for the Children's
> Museum, but if they like computers, the Computer Museum isn't a bad idea).
> 
> If you want to go out to the "sticks" for a day, you could take them
> out to Old Sturbridge Village or down to Plymouth Plantation (note, though
> I have a 12 year old myself, I still haven't done either of these things).

I can confirm that kids *love* Sturbridge Village; we have multitudes
of nieces and nephews and those that have been there really enjoyed
themselves (except the infant, who didn't have a clue).  Age range,
exclusive of infant, was about 4 through 12.  BTW, Plimouth Planta-
tion has gotten really expensive these days (worse than Sturbridge,
which isn't cheap either); you might want to call and check the prices
before you go.

Another possibility is the Aquarium; also Quincy Market if is a nice
day and there are lots of street performers around.  Also the new
LearningSmith store in Harvard Square, except that they will probably
want to buy half the stuff in the store (I usually do).  If your
nieces don't have subways at home, you might want to take the T when
possible.  For reasons I don't fully understand, the T seems to
provide a fair amount of entertainment for kids who don't usually have
access to a public transit system.

You might also check whether the Frog Pond (in Boston Common) is open
for ice skating this year.  I don't know what winter is like in
Savannah, but this might be a real novelty for them.

Karen
From: tvatne@pearl.tufts.edu (Tom Vatne)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Date: 8 Jan 93 00:08:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <106317@bu.edu>, heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser) writes...
> 
>Are there any roads in Vermont that more than 2 lanes in each direction?
>As I recall, both 91 and 89 have only 2 lanes in each direction.
> 
Not that I recall. Maybe somewhere around Burlington, but I don't think
so even there.

Thomas Vatne, Sys. Mgr.         tvatne@pearl.tufts.edu
Psychology Dept.                All opinions expressed are those of Tufts
Tufts University                Univerity, except when they're not, which
Medford, MA 02155               I guess is probably most of the time.
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg)
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Organization: Object Design, Inc.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 15:20:39 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.171638.14756@osf.org> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
  Every time I go thru Jersey, it amazes me to see how *everybody*
  immediately gravitates to the leftmost lane, no matter what. I was able to
  do a sustained 80 because the two right lanes on the GSP were empty, while
  the leftmost lane was moving at 60-65.

This is known in quantum mechanics as a "population inversion".
It occurs much more frequently in those states that prohibit
passing on the right.  I try to calmly contemplate this conundrum
while stuck behind such situations in an effort to keep my blood
pressure under redline.