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Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Wednesday, 26 Aug 1992 01:53:38 EDT
From: Wendell G. Wren <WENDELL@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Re: Looking for new Muds

>Attention all Mudders...
>
>        I am looking for a new home in MudLand.. I need some new addresses
>of only the coolest muds.. (Anything acceptable.. e.g. diku, muse, etc..)
>Just drop me a line at UN031045@WVNVMS.
>
>
>        Thanks..
>
>
>                                Spawn

define "coolest"    I don't consider this posting in the best of taste,
so apparently your definition is different from mine...   that, or perhaps
you don't fall within the requirements of the definition yourself, in
which case I'd rather not see you on any MUD I happen to be on...
boy, do I expect lotsa nasty hate mail from this post!  :)   please
email them to me instead of posting...   I can discard them real rapidly
and we don't wanna waste the readers time here!  ThanksY

                                       Wendell G. Wren
                                       Wendell@Maine.Maine.Edu
                                       01:59:52 Wednesday, 26 Aug 1992
From: joverton@libws1.ic.sunysb.edu (Jeremiah Overton)
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Re: Cyberworld
Summary: Where is it???
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:58:34 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook

When is Cyberworld going to open???
I have been waiting for six months for this mud to open, but sign of it.
Are there going to be Physical adepts?  If anyone has any Idea, please 
let me know
Thanks
Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: guth@unixg.ubc.ca (Geoff Guth)
Subject: Any news about Valhalla?
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 08:17:01 GMT

I guess the subject line says it all...Anyone have any news about when/if
Valhalla will return, and where it will be?

I guess I'm itching to return.....

Geoff.

-- 

|Geoff Guth                          |Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni |
|Richard Britnell de Salisbury (sca) |     in rebus latinis alacribus et      |
|guth@unixg.ubc.ca                   |        fructuosis potiri potes!        |
From: un031045@wvnvms.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Thanks all.. Keep sending them!
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:01:05 GMT
Organization: West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing

Hello again to all mudders...

	Thanks to all who responded to my request for more addresses!  Keep
sending them!  If any of you see me on your repspected mud (usually as Viper,
ZoSo, or Spawn), feel free to say Hello.  Now, if anyone out there could let
me know where I could get a hold of a "skeleton" mud package, I would be 
eternally gratefull.  Once again the type of mud (or program) does not matter.

	Thanks...



				Spawn
                            UN031045@WVNVMS.WVNET
From: Frank Yue
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Diku Server for Mac
Date: 29 Aug 92 21:08:35 GMT
Reply-To: taub@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

I am considering serving a Diku mud off a Mac.  Can anyone tell me if souce
code is available for this?  Also if Mac serving has been done by someone,
information concerning the tasks involved would be nice...

I am hoping to use a Quadra 950 32/600 connected through ethernet...

Frank Yue  Mr. Safety
taub@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu
From: Shawn_Granger@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Shawn Granger)
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Re: Are there any German speaking muds yet?
Date: 31 Aug 92 03:53:56 GMT
Organization: The Village BBS

Can't you just toggle your computer to speak German??  I think you can then
get it to translate everything it reads into German so that is what you
get.  probably not the greatest of Deutch, but should do.

.s

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: gbatey@bluemoon.rn.com (George Batey)
Subject: Anime Muds
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 01:29:50 EDT

Are there any muds around with anime related monsters and npc's and places 
around in internet land? Thanx.

s

 This is from
     gbatey@bluemoon.rn.com
who doesn't have his (or her) own obnoxious signature yet
Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: jhpace@eos.ncsu.edu (Jerrold H. Pace)
Subject: RoundTable2?
Originator: jhpace@c00764-135wl.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: jhpace@eos.ncsu.edu (Jerrold H. Pace)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:24:58 GMT


Back in March, I was playing a mud known as RoundTable.  Because the administ-
ration found the mud & canceled it, the players were told to wait awhile,
why the site found a new home.  Then we were told to wait until after exams, 
around June 15.  Then the wizs moved the site.  Then there was a few weeks 
where players were shown a new notice, that RT was going to re-formated into
RoundTable2.  However, all during the summer, the location was "under 
constuction" still.  Now, about two weeks ago, the telnet won't even connect to
the site.  Is RoundTable (1 or 2) gone for good?  I hope not, because I have 
yet to find a lpmud with the style that RT had.  The second telnet address was:
	
	telnet 128.109.87.5 2222

Any help on this mud's new location, position would be appreciatec greatly.

--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jerrold H. Pace         | Jayce Paladin
jhpace@eos.ncsu.edu     | The Paladin Knight
NC State, Raleigh       | Junior in  Electrical Engineering
Opinion:  only mine own, and maybe my twin's.......

\`pal-ed-en\    1:  a champion of a medieval prince
                2:  an outstanding protagonist of a cause
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Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: mario@netcom.com (Mario)
Subject: Re: 2 very basic questions...
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 21:26:40 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

M.U.D comes from Multi-User Dungeon.  It's a game usually (but not always)
based on a medieval theme where several players play together trying to kill
monsters (or themselves) for experience which leads to character advancement.
   
   * Trying to avoid another posting of a friggin FAQ *

How do you go about doing one?  You need to have a driver and mudlib which can
both be ftp'd from assorted sites around the world (find them using archie).
Then ya gotta have a site that doesn't mind you running it.  The rest is up
to you, as to how you wanna build your mud.

	      -= Branden Spikes (mario@netcom.netcom.com) =-  
    -= God of Rogue (Player Slayer Mud) (Looking for a humble home) =-
From: Shawn_Granger@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us (Shawn Granger)
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Re: 2 very basic questions...
Date: 31 Aug 92 03:59:20 GMT
Organization: The Village BBS

A MUD stands for Multi User Dungeon and you use it through a TELNET
address.  You need to log through your TELNET server.  IE University, or
whatever.
They are a lot of fun and some consider then a alternate reality...but
until they are in 3-D I just think of them as ZORK with 50 other people
playing with you.

-- Via DLG Pro v0.992
Newsgroups: alt.mud
From: wilhelm.buehler@cs.uni-sb.de (Wilhelm Buehler)
Subject: Re: Are there any German speaking muds yet?
Reply-To: wb@cs.uni-sb.de
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, U of the Saarland, Germany
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 19:41:19 GMT

In article <Shawn_Granger.05v4@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us>, Shawn_Granger@neonate.amiga.atl.ga.us
(Shawn Granger) writes:
|> Can't you just toggle your computer to speak German??  I think you can then
|> get it to translate everything it reads into German so that is what you
|> get.  probably not the greatest of Deutch, but should do.
|>
Well,
it is not easy to ``toggle your computer to speak'' an other
language. Especially german has a much more complex grammar
than english. Nevertheless there is a ``German speaking mud''
in Stuttgart called ``Unitopia''
try telnet 129.69.221.120 3333
 or telnet helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de 3333

For help type `hilfe', to quit the game type `exit'.

I don't play Unitopia, but I think, all informations
should be right ;)

The other muds in germany have english speaking gamedrivers
but most of the players are speaking german ;-)

Ciao
Kawana

--
Wilhelm B"uhler                                  double-u @ irc
                        Kawana @ PaderMud
From: myers_c@ab.wvnet.edu (Carlos Myers)
Newsgroups: alt.mud
Subject: Re: 2 very basic questions...
Summary: playing MUD
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:56:40 GMT
Organization: President of BAD SPELLERS ANONYMOUS

In article <!4gn=s.mario@netcom.com>, mario@netcom.com (Mario) writes:
> M.U.D comes from Multi-User Dungeon.  It's a game usually (but not always)
> based on a medieval theme where several players play together trying to kill
> monsters (or themselves) for experience which leads to character advancement.
>    
>    * Trying to avoid another posting of a friggin FAQ *
> 
> How do you go about doing one?  You need to have a driver and mudlib which can
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> both be ftp'd from assorted sites around the world (find them using archie).
> Then ya gotta have a site that doesn't mind you running it.  The rest is up
> to you, as to how you wanna build your mud.
> 
> 	      -= Branden Spikes (mario@netcom.netcom.com) =-  
>     -= God of Rogue (Player Slayer Mud) (Looking for a humble home) =-

I believe he means how do you start playing on a MUD.

-- 
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"If builders built buildings the way programers wrote programs, the first
woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization."
                                                 --Unknown
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Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
From: emp@xgml.com (Eric Promislow)
Subject: Re: Question: Which do you like?
Keywords: distance, beauty, accuracy
Organization: Exoterica Corporation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:45:48 GMT

In article <185nb5INN2v7@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU> DONDE@brownvm.brown.edu () writes:
>Boy, this conference is moribund. No action a-tall.

So let's do something about it, everyone.

>So, I'm getting ready to place another order. Now I'd like to ask all of you
>out there which designs/'rangs you recommend:

These are from my personal throwing and watching experience.  As
usual, my only affiliation is that of the satisfied customer/thrower.

>1. for distance

If you can get one, an Al Gerhards hook.  They'll need more of an arm
than your 12-year-old son might be able to come up with, but it'll
develop.  I don't have one, but I was practicing near Al at the
Nationals in Amherst last month, and watched him toss them out 50-60
yards in near calm, and they came back within a couple of steps.

My own favorite is a Jim Mayfield Eagle.  They aren't in his catalog,
but he might have some in stock.  It needs a decent wind, will go out
50 meters, and, at times, come back on the money.

If you're sticking with the booms in the B-Man catalog, I'd go with
the Delicate Arch.  Unfortunately I ordered the Arch and the Eagle at
the same time, and hardly ever take the Arch out of its sock, since I
prefer the Eagle.

(The moral here: don't order more than you can absorb.)

>2. for beauty

Of course this one's subjective, but I'd pick anything by Mayfield,
once again, both in flight and on the wall.  His Phoenix has an
especially aesthetically pleasing flight, if that's what you had in
mind.  If you want funk, check out Gel's new Sunshine design (same
shape & flight, new paint job).

>3. for returning consistency.

My most reliable boom is an Eric Darnell ABS Tri-Blader I carved
according to a pattern he lent me.  I did a lot of micro-tuning in the
field, throwing and carving, until I got it to come back every time.
If you insist on sticking with stock models, probably anything the
B-Man carries that has a 25-35 meter range will return within an 8
meter radius.  I'm thinking of booms by Mayfield, Snouffer, Darnell,
Girvin, and DuFresne, which is what I carry in my boom bag.  You
should learn how to weight and flap booms to tune them, though.  Maybe
I'll post something on doing that, as soon as I get the time.

-- 
-- Eric Promislow--emp@xgml.com--Exoterica Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario
From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: Re: Question: Which do you like?
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:38:35 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <185nb5INN2v7@stanley.cis.Brown.EDU>, DONDE@brownvm.brown.edu writes:
> because he can't get the hook to return. Sure, it circles an entire
> football field, climbs over the trees past the end zone, and lights up
> the sky like the aurora borealis. But the bottom line is that it never
> quite returns. Maybe his 12-year-old arm isn't strong enough (although I
> haven't fared any better]).

The Summer 1992 issue of Many Happy Returns contains a SUPER troubleshooting
guide to tuning your boomerang.  Here's what it says to do about "Short 
return -- dies too soon:"
                                    /\
                                B  /  \  A

(In the descriptions, arms "A" and "B" are as shown, given that the flat
side of the boom is away from you.)

Fix lift on wings.  Increase airfoil; twist A counterclockwise; 
                    or twist B counterclockwise.

Fix downward bowling.  Twist B counterclockwise; curve A downward;
		       curve B downward; or curve elbow downward.

Fix toss.  Throw harder.

Get rid of drag due to poor finish, blunt edges, not enough lift,
                 too much lift, or excessive bending.

There's also "Short return -- hovers in front," which is a completely
different set of tuning instructions.

What's in the newsletter is just ONE PAGE from a collection of tuning
tips by Mickey Kinley.  You can get the whole document for $6 from
him at 4554 Sunrise Blvd., Delray Beach FL 33445 (if you're overseas,
add another $1).

Many Happy Returns is the newsletter of the US Boomerang Association.
US/Cdn membership dues are $10, to USBA, POB 182, Delaware OH 43015.
-- 

cdt@pdp.sw.stratus.com      --If you believe that I speak for my company,
OR cdt@vos.stratus.com        write today for my special Investors' Packet...
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: nite 'rang blues
From: loman@cstp.umkc.edu
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 19:37:49 GMT
Organization: UM - Kansas City, Computer Science

Yo Whutzup!  You want some real fun?  Throw the 'rang at NIGHT!

Murphy's law says it *will* return every time !

Me and a buddy did this in a dark parking lot one time. I went home with a
bump on the head and a bruise on my shoulder. (got hit twice...)

Its actually great fun. You toss the thing and stand there staring into the
night for this bent stick of death to whack you upside the head from nowhere...

Talk about anticipation...
From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: Re: Long distance B's ?
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:23:21 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <9208250411.AA02725@LANG5.CS.NYU.EDU>, bardet@LANG5.CS.NYU.EDU (Laurent Bardet) writes:
> Has anybody tried the following ones :
> 
> - spinback 55 graphite (from Tomahawk)

Yum, yum, yum!  This is my longest distance B.  A true bitch to throw.

> How hard and reliable is the throw (I don't have huge arms and
> shoulders) ?  

I'm not any sort of athlete.  I throw this baby as hard as I can.  It
zips around the perimeter of the field almost WITHOUT CLIMBING at all.
(In fact, I buzzed a geezer on a park bench twice one day with it.)

> Can they be cought, or I need a helmet ? Do they need
> wind or calm ?  What is the accuracy ? (there are always trees around)

It usually makes it only 7/8 of the way back around, unless there is
a breeze.  I HAVE had some full returns with it.  (The Spinback 44,
on the other hand, is one of my most accurate returners, despite
being my second longest distance B.)  It's a hard boomerang, but it
is not sharp, so catching it isn't too much of a problem.

> Should I start physical conditionning now ?  Should I see my physician
> for future boomerang elbow ?

Unless you feel it in the SHOULDER, you aren't throwing this one right.
-- 

cdt@pdp.sw.stratus.com      --If you believe that I speak for my company,
OR cdt@vos.stratus.com        write today for my special Investors' Packet...
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
From: emp@xgml.com (Eric Promislow)
Subject: Notes 'n Things
Organization: Exoterica Corporation
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:08:22 GMT


1. Erik Fields, I'm not ignoring you.  Whatever I send you bounces
   back because csufres is getting expanded somewhere along the way as
   csufres.csufresno.edu, and csusac doesn't know what to do with it.
   If you aren't getting much mail, that could be why.

2. On long-distance hooks: Al Gerhards was at the Nationals throwing
   one of his creations.  They stay low, and I wouldn't want to get in
   the way of one.  I'd recommend that if you don't have an empty park to
   throw it in, then don't throw it.

   Um, yeah.  I've noticed that most bystanders assume I have total
control over my rangs.  This is most likely because people often
assume that learning to throw a boomerang is like learning some magic
trick, and once you've got it, there's nothing to it.  If I get a
chance to explain it, they usually realize that what you need is skill
and understanding.  So onlookers are often prone to think you'll
deliberately avoid hitting them.

3. I haven't thrown a hook, but I've had lots of fun with a Colorado
   Eagle lately.  It loves heavy wind.  I find the more wind, the easier
   it is to get it to come right back to me, and I'm talking standing
   bullseye.   At the Nationals I used it for Aussie Round, and was
   consistently getting it to go 45 meters, with one throw over the 50
   meter line.
-- 
-- Eric Promislow--emp@xgml.com--Exoterica Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario
From: DONDE@brownvm.brown.edu ()
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: Question: Which do you like?
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 14:58:32 EDT
Organization: Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island  USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: brownvm.brown.edu
News-Software: BNN via BNN_POST v1.0 beta

Boy, this conference is moribund. No action a-tall.

I wanted to thank those of you who sent me names and addresses of mail
order houses. I took the advice of several persons and contacted The
Boomerang Man in Louisiana a day before the hurricane hit, so I didn't
know whether I'd ever get my order. It finally arrived. My 12-year-old
ordered a Delta I hook and I got a regular Lorin Hawes. Now, he's
throwing rings around my little 25-yarder, but I've gotten my revenge
because he can't get the hook to return. Sure, it circles an entire
football field, climbs over the trees past the end zone, and lights up
the sky like the aurora borealis. But the bottom line is that it never
quite returns. Maybe his 12-year-old arm isn't strong enough (although I
haven't fared any better]).

So, I'm getting ready to place another order. Now I'd like to ask all of you
out there which designs/'rangs you recommend:

1. for distance
2. for beauty
3. for returning consistency.

- - - Don
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
From: gacya@.mayo.edu (A. Marquis gacy)
Subject: Rangsmith
Reply-To:  ()
Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN. Campus
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 15:52:29 GMT

Does anyone know how to get in touch with Tom Smith (Rangsmith boomerangs)
I know he was in Cottage Grove Oregon for a while, although I don't
think he's there any more
From: DONDE@brownvm.brown.edu ()
Newsgroups: alt.boomerang
Subject: Re: nite 'rang blues
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 08:22:48 EDT
Organization: Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island  USA
NNTP-Posting-Host: brownvm.brown.edu
News-Software: BNN via BNN_POST v1.0 beta

>nite 'rang blues
>
>Sender: root@parsifal.umkc.edu (Parsifal Administration)
>
>Yo Whutzup]  You want some real fun?  Throw the 'rang at NIGHT]
>
>Its actually great fun. You toss the thing and stand there staring into the
>night for this bent stick of death to whack you upside the head from
nowhere...

That happens to me at twilight. I must be going blind (old age). That
sucker disappears against a backdrop of trees and re-emerges too late
for me to get outa the way. Result? Blood blisters. Bumps. Aches.

Don
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,alt.politics.bush,alt.politics.clinton
From: bitter@soldev.tti.com (Mark Bitter)
Subject: United We Stand (was Perot)
Organization: Citicorp/TTI
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 05:11:59 GMT

Is Perot still alive?  Is the grass roots movement?
Well, an office just opened up a few blocks from here which
claims to be the State and County office of "United We Stand America".
I'm posting one of their announcements, which they call "Read Our Blips".
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
United We Stand America, National     Read Our Blips # 6    8/27/92

New York Perot petitions submitted!

Petitions have been submitted in 46 states, including New York.
37 have been certified, 9 are waiting certification (NY, GA, MO, OR,
SC, DC, IL, ND, WI), and 5 are still in process (MS, VT, HI, NM, AZ).

Will Perot run?  "I wouldn't have a choice," he said on NBC's Today show
8/19, asserting that he belongs to the volunteers that put his name on
the ballot.  "I do belong to them, and it would be their decision,
whatever they feel is appropriate."  In another interview he said that
the chances of him re-entering the race were one in a thousand and that
surely the major parties would start addressing the issues.

Source: UWSA CA, 11671 National Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064 (310)996-8810

Xref: sparky alt.politics.perot:1397 alt.politics.clinton:4063 alt.politics.bush:4097
From: fagin@coos.dartmouth.edu (Barry S. Fagin)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot,alt.politics.clinton,alt.politics.bush
Subject: Libernet, an electronic digest and forum
Date: 4 Sep 92 17:14:22 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Originator: fagin@coos.dartmouth.edu

This is an announcement for Libernet, posted every couple of months
or so to the Usenet politics newsgroups.

***
Members of the network community should know about Libernet,
a mailing-list/discussion group.  Libernet is intended to be a
real-world, high-quality forum for libertarians, classical liberals, and others
interested in applying the philosophy of liberty to tough
policy questions. 

Libernet is for anyone interested in good discussion and provocative ideas, 
including (especially) non-libertarians who are curious about the libertarian 
perspective.  Criticism is not only tolerated but encouraged, provided it is 
kept civil and does not choke the list.  

Libernet is available in two subscription modes: "reflected" and "batch".
"reflected" mode subscribers will receive Libernet messages one at a time,
as they are sent out.  "batch" mode subscribers receive groups of Libernet 
messages in RFC 1154 Digest format, the defacto standard for e-mail digests.
(If you don't know what this means don't worry about it; nothing special
is required to receive batch mode messages).  These batches are published 
daily.  Subscribers should indicate which mode they prefer.

If interested, send mail to libernet-request@dartmouth.edu.  Thank you.

--Barry Fagin (libernet-request@dartmouth.edu)
From: athos@apple.com (Rick Eames)
Newsgroups: alt.politics.perot
Subject: Perot In California
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:12:24 GMT
Followup-To: alt.politics.perot
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

Hi,

I am looking for Perot workers here in California (hopefully in the Bay
Area).

If you are such a person, please e-mail me!  

THANKS

--
Rick Eames
athos@apple.com
My opinions are my own, thank you very much!