HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Magik
Date: 30 Sep 92 18:14:53 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.131815.25349@tfs.com>, ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic) writes:
> 
> jswthomp@milton.u.washington.edu (James Thompson) writes:
> >I deeply believe that magic should always be spelled without a 'k'.
> >
> >Jim
> 
> I second. "Magic" should be called 'parlor magic'; "Magick", which is
> a subject as broad and deep as religion, should have the rights to "Magic".

Parlor magic?  What about stage magic?  close-up magic?  escape artistry?

They all come under the umbrella term of "entertainment magic."  Anyway,
considering that "magick" is the original spelling, why not use it for
the supernatural kind, and use the more modern spelling "magic" for
the entertainment kind?
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic)
Subject: Re: REC.ORG.MENSA TODAY
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 07:18:55 GMT

tai@ailab.ncsu.edu (Scott A Tai) writes:
>This is no definitive study here, but I have known enough people over enough 
>time from enough places that a pattern is quite clear: MENSA is considered 
>insignificant and ridiculous. Why should this be so?

There are too few Mensans, and Mensa is not seen as more than a social club.
"Geniuses are weird" and the public is given to think of them as 'other' and
mere curiosities.

Mensans are very smart people who are in most other respects, very much like
everyone else - good, bad & ugly.
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic)
Subject: Re: rec.org.high-iq.misc?
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 09:59:39 GMT

"Rodney Adams" <RADAMS@BNR.CA> writes:
>Does anyone feel that there should be an alternate newsgroup to discuss
>topics not related to Mensa functions?  Just an idea, perhaps one that
>has already been discussed and rejected.  However, there does seem to be
>a lot of non-Mensa discussion in this newsgroup.
>
>By the way - NO, I AM NOT VOLUNTEERING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF 
>TRYING TO STARTING ONE!

Ah, but there ARE no functions, apart from organizational and self-promotional
ones, that Mensa does, apart from "smart" people chatting!
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: knechod@stacc.med.utah.edu (Kevin Nechodom)
Subject: Re: Doubters Of Astrology
Organization: University of Utah STACC
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 15:03:22 GMT

In article <01GPCMWWOB4Y8WW8P0@ccfvx3.draper.com> skh@draper.com (Kjeld Hvatum) writes:
>>From: Young-Kyu Yoo <yoo@netcom.com>
>>Message-id: <3a+p+p+.yoo@netcom.com>
>>
>>I'm not a member of Mensa, though I do have the test scores to qualify
>>(1580 SATs, perfect PSATs).  I have a degree in mathematics (pure as opposed
>>to applied) from the U. of Chicago.  I am also an amateur astrologer.
>
>Have you applied probability and statistics in full context in evaluating
>astrology?  I've often found that "amazing coincidences" have more to do
>with the power of selective human observation than supernatural causes.

In the original post, Young-Kyu Yoo makes a distinction between
'natal' vs 'horary' astrology.  If we are complete in our separation
of the two, then I would have no problem with the concept of using
birthdate as a predictor of character traits.  Maybe the seasons have
an effect on our development, maybe fetal body temperature fluctuates
(Hey, give me a break!  I'm making this up as I go along!).  Who
knows?  Maybe there is a different astrological system for Northern
Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, and equatorial inhabitants?

-- 
Kevin Nechodom UofU STACC        | Great minds talk about ideas.
 UofU doesn't even know I exist; | Good minds talk about things.
 how would they care what I say? | Little minds talk about other people.
knechod@stacc.med.utah.edu       | Which are you? (paraphrased from old RD)
From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: FAQ
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 92 03:31:24 EDT
Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants

johnson@sleipnir.mnesouth.corp.mot.com ("Johnson") writes:
>In article <1992Sep28.160048.18179@shearson.com>, brekshyn@shearson.com (Bohdan Rekshynskyj) writes:
>=)Greetings,
>=)
>=)   Is there a FAQ?  Thanks.
>=)
>=)
>=)					Bohdan
>=)
>=)
>=)
>=)
>=)=====================================================================
>=) 
>=)Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
>=) 
>=)Consultant                     
>=) 
>=)Compuserve:  72576,1754
>=)
>=)
>=)                              
>=)All promulgations are my own.  No corporate entity has authorization
>=)to represent me.
>=) 
>=)Imprimatur.						Nihil obstat.
>=) 
>=)=====================================================================
>=)
>=)
>Yes there is, but it's not quite as big as your .sig.

And it's just a little more interesting!


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From: crawdad@fncent (Matt Crawford)
Subject: Re: Doubters Of Astrology
Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 19:00:17 GMT

Eric C. S. Dynamic makes a bold, but unscientific proposal to
establish some of his claims.  I would like to offer what I think is
a minimal modification to his offer, in the interests of making the
test more valid.  It would require the service of a neutral
intermediary.  I'd willingly serve, but I may not be acceptable to
Eric.  No matter, I'm sure one could be found.

My suggestion: Let the person who volunteers for the reading funnel
all information through the intermediary.  The intermediary would
strip the volunteer's name (and any other specific identifying
information) and add nine fictitious birth dates and times to the one
correct one.  This information would be given to Eric, with no clue
as to which of the ten dates and times is correct.  Eric would render
his reading to the intermediary, highlighting differences which
depend upon the date and time of birth.  The intermediary would
remove all the dates and times from the readings, substituting codes
such as the letters A-J.  The volunteer would then judge the relative
correctness of the 10 readings (or the 10 variations within the
reading, if you wish to look at it that way).  Then we would all see
how the subjective accuracy of the reading based on true data
compares to the others.

Eric says that he wants some amount of 2-way communication in order
to reach his conclusions.  This suggests to me thatthere may be a
whole lot less astrology involved than simple psychology.  Maybe Eric
can pose the bulk of his additional questions in advance?  The
answers would, of course, have to be filtered to remove any
revelations of approximate birthdate.  In any case, to me the crux of
the test is in the differences in the readings based upon different
time and date of birth, not upon the accurate guesses that can be
made after a lengthy interview.

Naturally, the skeptical among us would like to see such a test made
with a large sample of subjetcs, but there must be a limit to Eric's
available time and patience.

How about it, Eric?  Is a semi-controlled experiment acceptable?

				Matt Crawford
From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: The Providence of Astrology
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:04:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewse.1992Oct5.180444.25835
Organization: AT&T

In article <1992Oct5.150108.19919@cbnewse.cb.att.com> gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
>Naperville, IL
>
>Secondly, doesn't the area a person lives in or grew up in
>give a lot of information anyway, with the use of astrological
                                   ^^^^  should be "without"
Changes the meaning just a tad, wouldn't you say??

Sorry.

GMS
From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: The Providence of Astrology
Date: 5 Oct 92 15:01:08 GMT
Organization: AT&T

Naperville, IL


Doesn't the need for this information contradict the notion of
being able to predict the rest with only the birthdate?

Secondly, doesn't the area a person lives in or grew up in
give a lot of information anyway, with the use of astrological
methods?

Thirdly, what if a person spent their entire life up to
last week in Norway, and has just moved to Tanzania?  Wouldn't
their chart be screwed up?  And what if their birth time
is given in a different timezone than their current?

I, for instance, was born in Michigan and now live near
Chicago.

Fourthly, it is probably better to conduct analysis of
the number of matches with those that have posted the
least, due to the personality/information that can be easily
gleaned from posts.

GMS
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: Muchow D.: About Nothing
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 15:31:14 GMT

In article <1992Sep22.182417.3334@iex.uucp> muchow@venus.iex.com (Don Muchow) writes:
>
>
>Here's a conundrum whose nature is clear to me; however, I have never
>heard a good explanation of how to resolve the obvious conflicts implied.
>
>A barber shaves everyone who does not shave him(or her)self, and does not
>shave anyone who does shave him(/her)self.
>
>There are no linguistic loopholes or other similar tricks here.  Now, the
>question is: Does the barber shave himself?
>
>I know there is some sort of logical fallacy here, or something like one, or
>perhaps this question is just a freak of nature.
>
>Does anyone have any answers?

Yes.  The premise you've stated is false.

GMS
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: dwolff@res-c4.Prime.COM (David Wolff)
Subject: Re: Cover of the Bulletin
Organization: Prime Computer, Inc.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 16:43:14 GMT

In article
<1992Oct5.205618.5948@caeco.mentorg.com>,
randall@riffraff.slc.mentorg.com (Randall S. Krebs) writes:

> Is there any point to the pictures that appear on the cover of the
> Mensa Bulletin?  I'm a relative newbie.  I've spent several minutes
> attempting to uncover the relevance of the cover picture to any one
> of the articles in the July/August, September, and the October issue.

They generate controversy and letters to the editor.

David Wolff

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From: ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic)
Subject: Re: Geneticism
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:58:16 GMT

not@ailab.ncsu.edu (N O Tai) writes response to Rodney Adams.

True. "Nothing human is foreign to me." - ?
From: giff@world.East.Sun.COM (Wayne Giff)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: "wrong" answers on IQ tests
Date: 2 Oct 1992 20:12:29 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Distribution: world
Reply-To: giff@world.East.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: world.east.sun.com


  [... N, A, H, V, and F ...]
>
>BTW, I would say "F", because it's the only letter that does not
>appear in the word, "Havana".

Or Navaho, but I would say "F" because it's about to tip over.

(Of course, the "V" is in a little danger too, but only if you push it!)

-sz  (That's SCHWARTZ)

Nah!  right answer wrong reason.

F is the only design that cannot be rotated 180 degrees 
and still be identical. (there must be a word for that)
Of course the N uses a different axis than the rest.

el gif
From: karlth@rhi.hi.is (Karl Thoroddsen)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Famous Mensans
Date: 1 Oct 92 15:17:52 GMT

In <BvG0I3.93t@news.larc.nasa.gov> yaros@sab57.larc.nasa.gov (Steve Yaros) writes:

>All right...at the risk of boring you all with repetition, this card-carrying
>Mensan would like to ask for the names of famous Mensans.  I was asked for
>this info and came up with a near blank.

Clive Sinclair and ..... humm well Madonna is Mensa material (140 SB-IQ).

PS.	Non-card-carrying-and-doesn't-have-the-guts-to-take-the-final-
	test-eventhough-I-passed-the-first-one.

--

\ Internet: karlth@rhi.hi.is             \ Karl Thoroddsen University Of Iceland
 \ Respect...            , Peter Ustinov  \ Department Of Computer Science
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: N.O. Tai
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 16:51:52 GMT

In article <9209300600.AA01328@physd1.phys.vt.edu> oconnell@physd1.phys.vt.edu (Richard Oconnell) writes:
>Hmm.  In a kind of zen fashion, I really like having Tai and N.O. Tai at the
>same time.   

Considering the previous posts, should I be jealous, or just provide the
cigarette?

GMS
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER J DCOSTA)
Subject: Re: rec.org.high-iq.misc?
Originator: cjdcosta@bowie.ece.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: cjdcosta@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER J DCOSTA)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 06:00:57 GMT


seb@draper.com (Steve Bacher) writes:
>
>[...]                                         Also, there's always the
>chance of falling into an unquenchable flame on abortion or some other
>hot-button topic.  When that happens, it's time to direct followups
>(follows-up?) to the appropriate group.

Actually, I'd like to see such "hot-button" topics discussed here. Their
"appropriate" newsgroups often seem to be so only for the "appropriate"
side and operates in Brute Force mode. Check out talk.abortion, where 
one of the sides is outnumbered 10-1 in terms of volume of posters, and 
the majority merely shouts down the minority opinion. Maybe rationale 
and reasoning will count with at least some people here (!)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: tai@ailab.ncsu.edu (Scott A Tai)
Subject: t// Nothing to do with T -- T// T// *Tai ...
Originator: tai@ailab.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: tai@ailab.ncsu.edu (Scott A Tai)
Organization: NCSU Artificial Intelligence Systems Laboratory
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 02:39:00 GMT


jswthomp@milton.u.washington.edu (James Thompson) writes:
|> Please, everybody:  If you wish to discuss this topic, *please* put the word
|> 'Tai', or at least the 'T//' word somewhere in the subject.  It will make
|> it much easier for me to skip these articles, for which I will be truly
|> grateful.

Okay.  Let me know if you don't get this :)

--
Scott Tai -- tai@ailab.ncsu.edu
NCSU Artificial Intelligence Lab
Centennial Campus
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic)
Subject: Re: The Providence of Astrology
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 15:18:47 GMT

gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
>ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic) writes:
>>All Right.
>>We shall proceed - sort of, in fits and starts.
>>
>>Dave Casper. Has Virgo *up the ass*, and Moon in Taurus (he is a
>
>I knew it!  I knew it!  What have I been telling you, Dave?!?  :-)
>
>
>GMS

Oh, fuck. Like you you you have the faintest, freaking idea who I'm
talking about. Tell me you know I am talking about Mr. Cern, the arch-
heckler of alt.astrology??
Pfui, GMS. Send me yer chart info so yew cain be part this hyere cnspircy.
Eyuh. Nyewp. You jist gotta send the info, Tuff Shitskis. Ohhmmmmmmm . . .
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: Personal to gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Date: 2 Oct 92 23:55:13 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.000245.18568@ncsu.edu>, mai@ailab.ncsu.edu (Mai Tai) writes:
> 
> 
> Gilbert:
> 
> If I were to guess, I'd say that you are having great difficulty.  
> I'd also say that whatever results from IQ tests you have, you 
> don't score very high.  In short, you don't strike me as even average
> intelligence.  This leads me to believe that you may work at
> AT&T in some support function, such as an operator.  
> 
> Now, if none of this is true, and you are some fairly innocent
> janitor or service employee at AT&T, please realize that you might 
> be in very deep shit if the management finds you, essentially, 
> playing games with their equipment.
> 
> None of the above bothers me, but I know it bothers other people,
> and they might not be so concerned or helpful as I'm trying to
> be, and they might "rat" on you, so to speak, at the drop of
> a hat, and if you have some kind of job, I'm assuming it is
> just getting you by, and losing it at this point in the
> economic cycle would not be pretty, even assuming you have
> marketable skills.
> 
> So if you are somehow getting access to the computer without 
> permission from AT&T, please come clean.  I know it sounds trivial, 
> but some corporations are a bit touchy when it comes to custodians, 
> dishwashers, etc., etc., using expensive resources that are in short 
> supply for salaried workers.

Get a life, Tai.  You're as funny as a rubber crutch in a polio ward.
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: quam@hana.cs.ucla.edu (David Quam)
Subject: Re: Famous Mensans 
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 20:07:42 GMT

In article <BvG0I3.93t@news.larc.nasa.gov> yaros@sab57.larc.nasa.gov (Steve Yaros) writes:
>
>All right...at the risk of boring you all with repetition, this card-carrying
>Mensan would like to ask for the names of famous Mensans.  I was asked for
>this info and came up with a near blank.
>


Try Isaac Asimov, who is (or used to be) the International Chair of MENSA.
If Isaac Asimov, a genius by any standard, thought it was worthwhile to join
MENSA, who in their right mind is going to argue?


Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic)
Subject: Re: Muchow D.: About Nothing ==> NOT HARDLY
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 10:32:48 GMT

gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
> ecsd@tfs.com (Eric C. S. Dynamic) writes:
>>
>>If I could do math symbols in this medium, I could write the thing down
>>in a fairly clear fashion. Go browse set-theory books in a math section
>>somewhere, look up Russell's paradox. It has another name in a variation
>>(as I aslo recall.)
>
>You can.  Do it.  TIA.
>
>GMS

What does TIA mean?
Hey, I am too tired to dump an ascii representation of that formalism here.
One of you young pups do it.
I already went thru a B.S. in Math at UF/Gainesville, and 1.5 years in M.S.
Math at Miami U / Oxford OH, and decided that becoming a Ph.D. in Math would
not be rewarding.

Really - I like clean symbols. "s.t." versus upside-down epsilon is UGLY.

Naw - YOU pound the library. I gotta write X-code and do a shitload of
astrological charts. If I really wanted to do that I wouldn't have crossed
the Rubicon and sold my Math Books in 1988 (*traitor*!!) which I much
prized, including Bredon's Sheaf Theory, which I stole & paid for.
Last I knew it was at Copperfield's Annex, Santa Rosa, CA.

Nawp. Ain't there some gung-ho Mathy out there? Or is that Beneath Mensa?
(vicious tease - sorry!!)

:)
-ecsd
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
From: tai@ailab.ncsu.edu (Scott A Tai)
Subject: t-- t// Re: REC.ORG.MENSA TODAY
Originator: tai@ailab.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: tai@ailab.ncsu.edu (Scott A Tai)
Organization: NCSU Artificial Intelligence Systems Laboratory
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 22:58:22 GMT


mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
|> > Now if only it could keep you off the net... *sigh*
|> 
|> The net would be better off if *you* would keep off it.

"Mike":

Tell me why this group was BEGGING me to return, then :)

--
Scott Tai -- tai@ailab.ncsu.edu
NCSU Artificial Intelligence Lab
Centennial Campus
Organization: Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 1992 09:14:48 -0400 
From: Sandy Topping <st15+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: I. M. Shirley Wright says...

Steve:

It's simple.  Webster provides rules for the English language.  Ye
programmers provide the rules for programming languages.  Apples and
oranges.

And you can quoth me on that!

Sandy
From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa
Subject: Re: "wrong" answers on IQ tests
Date: 1 Oct 92 20:19:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: claris.15241

In article <1992Oct1.160210.3704@cbnewse.cb.att.com>, gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
> 
> In article <15238@claris.com> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
> >In article <1992Sep30.160159.24755@cbnewse.cb.att.com>, gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
> >> 
> >> In article <15228@claris.com> mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner) writes:
> >> >In article <1992Sep28.153937.19096@cbnewse.cb.att.com>, gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
> >> >> 
> >> >> In article <Sep.28.09.09.24.1992.27295@remus.rutgers.edu> clong@remus.rutgers.edu (Chris Long) writes:
> >> >> >In article <66679@cup.portal.com>, Tim W Smith writes:
> >> [...]
> >> >> >> 	The five designs are capital letters: N A V H and F.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> There answer is that V is least like the others because it is drawn with
> >> >> >> two lines, while the others are drawn with three.  My answer is that A is
> >> >> >> the least like th others because it divides the plane into two regions
> >> >> >> while the others do not.
> >> [....]
> >> >> BTW, I would say "F", because it's the only letter that does not
> >> >> appear in the word, "Havana".
> >> >
> >> >Ha!  "Q" doesn't appear in the word, "Havana."  (You didn't say that "F" is
> >> >the only word on the list that doesn't appear in the word "Havana.")
> >> 
> >> Actually, "A" is the only word on the list.
> >
> >True.  I meant "letter," not "word."

Yeah, but I own up to my mistakes.

> I knew that.  I was just yanking your chain.
> 
> But someone sent e-mail to me that said "their dictionary says they're
> all words."  I know the dictionary lists a few definitions, such as
> the ordinal ones (e. g., "F" is defined as the "sixth item in a
> list"), but does that make letters words?  That would also contradict
> the rule of a "word" necessarily having a vowel.  A-E-I-O-U and sometimes
> "all the rest of the letters"?
> 
> Comments?

No.
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From: gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Subject: Re: t// Re: Personal to gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 05:48:48 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.023707.28019@ncsu.edu> tai@ailab.ncsu.edu (Scott A Tai) writes:
>
>gmark@cbnewse.cb.att.com (gilbert.m.stewart) writes:
>|> Scott, thanks very much for this example.  This gives me the opportunity
[....]
>|> or useful.  If this is the case, think about what others are
>|> thinking about you or your program or whatever as they read it.
>
>You're wrong.
>
>I shared this gem with a number of friends and family members, and the
>reaction was invariably uncontrollable hysterics.  And it was creative,
>and you're just jealous because you didn't think of it first :)  
>
>I can't believe you would even try to criticize my humor, when yours 
>is always sorely lacking in the laffs department.
>
> gmark  history
>     1  18:04   ls
>     ...
>     7  18:04   finger mai
>                ^^^^^^^^^^ You wish!!! :)

Well, I don't know what you're trying to talk about, and I'm confused
as to your definition of the word "personal", but I do have
to retract my statement as to your lack of humor at this point.

>--
>Scott Tai -- tai@ailab.ncsu.edu
>NCSU Artificial Intelligence Lab

No substitute for the Real Thing.

BTW, I have no objection to the recent N. O. Tai posting.

Good job.

GMS
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