HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: fxpcd@camelot.acf-lab.alaska.edu (Peter Dolan)
Subject: The origin of 'Q'
Organization: University of Alaska Computer Network
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 00:52:24 GMT

I just thought you guys might get a kick out of this so I decided to post  
it:

A couple of years ago, I was wondering about the origin of the 'Q', and  
after a lengthy amount of thought, and dare I say, dangerous research, I  
think I've found the answer.

Most of you will probably remember when Captain Picard found his very own  
self, in a shuttle craft, that had apparantly originated from the  
Enterprise.  After suitable investigation, it was determined that the  
shuttle came from the future.  Picard ended what could have been a loop,  
by essentially killing himself, but what if, what if, Picard had entered  
the shuttle with his own duplicate?  Why, the next Picard would have found  
two Picards, thus bringing the total up to the three.  If this natural  
progression had continued, there would have eventually been too many  
Picards for the space-time continumn to hold, and a Picard-black-hole  
would have formed.  This would have resulted in the creation of a  
continumn, freed from the constraints of time--the Picard-continumn, or  
P-continumn for short.  Imagine if you will, this alternate reality.  This  
infinite plane, consisting of Picards, standing around, give orders to  
themselves, saying, "make it so number one", They'd go insane.  So they  
would have to create a continumn of to order around.  I believe this  
created continumn to be the Q-continumn.  I further hold that this is the  
reason Q gives Picard such a hard time, because it's his only chance to  
mouth off to Picard.  I have further evidence if any one cares to hear it.

			-Peter
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: 95lnm@williams.edu (Lisa Masterman)
Subject: Re: Bring Back ST: 3GEN
Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:32:33 GMT

In article <BxuyCq.E5t@news.cso.uiuc.edu> ses52823@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Marius   ) writes:
>The title says it all...
>
(STUFF DELETED)
>
>*****************************
>
>	    WANTED:
>
>  Any and all future parts
>  of *Star Trek:  The Third
>  Generation*... to wit,
>  anything after 'Survival
>  Scenario Six' and MuLorien's
>  introduction.
>
>*****************************
>

(stuff deleted)

>Marius
>ses52823
>@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>


here, here!!

I second this motion!

--lisa
95lnm@cs.williams.edu
lmasterm@cs.ulowell.edu
From: perdue4575@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Fiction from disk to a.s.c??
Date: 15 Nov 92 18:35:51 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa


Being a TNG  fiction fanzine editor, I have several megabytes
worth of fiction quietly languishing on disks in my filing 
cabinet. Would anyone know how to take the stories off disk
so I can post them in a.s.c??

--Tim Perdue
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: ses52823@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Marius   )
Subject: Bring Back ST:3GEN
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:24:25 GMT

The title says it all...

I believe Mr. Hausgaard is the one who needs to see this...

Although if Rebecca Anderson reads any nets at all maybe she will too...

The story is GREAT.

Has somebody died?
For formality's sake:

*****************************

	    WANTED:

  Any and all future parts
  of *Star Trek:  The Third
  Generation*... to wit,
  anything after 'Survival
  Scenario Six' and MuLorien's
  introduction.

*****************************

I'm just a bit edgy because nothing has come this way in quite a while.

Any reposts or info would be welcomed & appreciated.

(and if for some reason I'm actually ahead of other people I suppose
I could mail you a copy in response to a nice request...)

* * * * * * * * * *

An Upcoming Holiday Season Tip --

Don't eat yellow snow.

Marius
ses52823
@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu



Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Tracy E. Finifter)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: Request for "Leap of Faith"
Keywords: Quantum Leap
Date: 24 Nov 92 03:13:42 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I would also like a copy of "Leap of Faith" if anyone has a copy they could
email me.  Thanx in advance...


-- 
* Tracy E. Finifter                     *                                    *
*  finifter@gandalf.rutgers.edu         *        "Sanity is overrated."      *
*  Douglass College, Rutgers University *                -- Kimberly Weston  *
*  New Brunswick, New Jersey            *                                    *
Xref: sparky alt.startrek.creative:2496 rec.arts.startrek.misc:11879
From: jfy@cis.ksu.edu (Joseph F. Young)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative,rec.arts.startrek.misc
Subject: Star Trek story archive (weekly FAQ -- automated posting)
Followup-To: alt.startrek.creative
Date: 22 Nov 1992 11:58:21 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University, Dept. of Computing and Information Sciences
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: depot.cis.ksu.edu
Summary: Description of archive of ST stories and how to access it
Keywords: Stories, FTP, Mail Server, ST, TNG

Last updated: 17 Oct 1992

------------------------------FTP--------------------------------------
I've seen many inquiries about an anonymous ftp archive for the
stories that appear in alt.startrek.creative.  As others have
mentioned, I maintain an archive on ftp.cis.ksu.edu (129.130.10.80) in
the directory /pub/Startrek/stories.  All files are compressed using
the UNIX LZW ".Z" compression used by the "compress" and "uncompress"
programs.  For non-UNIX systems, there are sourcess and binaries
available to handle files in this format on various archive sites.
If you still cannot find a program to handle UNIX compressed files, use the
archive mail server described below.

If you find a story that I've missed, especially any of the ones that
appeared early in the life of this group or in the rec.arts.startrek.*
groups, mail it to me (jfy@cis.ksu.edu) or upload it to /pub/upload on
the archive site.

If you have any contributions to the archive, suggestions, etc. you
may also email them to me.
-----------------------------Mail--------------------------------------
For all those unfortunates who don't have Internet ftp access, I've
setup a mailserver to provide access to the archives on
ftp.cis.ksu.edu.

This mailserver can be contacted via mail one of the following
addresses:

...!rutgers!depot!mailserver  (UUCP)
mailserver@cis.ksu.edu        (Internet)

The server accepts commands given in the body of the mail messages;
help is available with the command "help".  

A listing of the files in
the story archive may be obtained by "dir -l /pub/Startrek/stories".

Since the story archive consists of UNIX compressed files, they must
be uuencoded before they are sent on their way.  To specify this mode,
use the command "encode uuencode"  To retrieve the files, use the
"send" command (ex:  send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z).

If you have a system which cannot handle UNIX compressed files, you may use
the "uncompress" filter ("encode uncompress") 
which will send you the uncompressed (but not uuencoded) version of the file.

Here is an example mail message:

% Mail mailserver@cis.ksu.edu
Subject: request 
help
encode uue     
send /pub/Startrek/stories/Bestseller.Z
^D
%

Please note that this is completely experimental and is not bug free.
Questions and problems about this mailserver may be directed to
"mailserver-reply@cis.ksu.edu".



-- 
Joseph Young, Systems Programmer
KSU Department of Computing and Information Sciences
Manhattan, Kansas 66506  FAX: (913) 532-7353  Phone: (913) 532-6350   
Internet: jfy@cis.ksu.edu  UUCP: rutgers!depot!jfy
From: weinhous@castor.hahnemann.edu (Martin S. Weinhous Ph.D.)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Most Annoying War (a "chain-letter" story)
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:06:52 GMT
Organization: Hahnemann University
NNTP-Posting-Host: castor.hahnemann.edu

Please do NOT construct a (someone adds 50 lines and reposts) story
in a newsgroup! This "chain-letter" approach is a bad thing. News
feeds deliver articles to various places in different orders.
Constructing a story in a newsgroup will quickly produce a many-
many-many branched hierarchy. Also, the continuing repost of
"old" text will waste considerable amounts of net bandwidth.

Please DO construct collaborative stories off-line (by e-mail) and
then please DO post the result to the appropriate newsgroup.

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

-- 

Martin S. Weinhous, Ph.D.		weinhous@radonc.hahnemann.edu
Radiation Oncology, MS-102
Hahnemann University 			office: (215) 762 - 8616
Broad & Vine				fax:    (215) 762 - 7683
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192		home:   (215) 564 - 5986
From: cs_d613@ceres (The Magpie Returns...)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: A VERY small story
Date: 18 Nov 1992 11:06:09 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
NNTP-Posting-Host: ceres.kingston.ac.uk
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Wesley suddenly underwent a gratutious total existence failure.
   "My God!" cried Dr. Crusher. "What's happened to Wesley?"
   "Who gives a monkey's?" replied Riker.
   "Agreed, Number One," said Picard. "Mr. Data, take us out of here.
Warp 9. Engage."
   The Enterprise shot towards the stars.


THE END.



+---------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
| J.C.Doran                 | "Take my Worf, please."                     |
| Kingston University       |                    Lt.Cmdr. Data            |
| cs_d613@ceres.king.ac.uk  +---------------------------------------------+
+---------------------------+

Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: johnsd2@jec328.its.rpi.edu.its1 (Daniel Norman Johnson)
Subject: Re: MAW spinoff #4
Reply-To: johnsd2@jec328.its.rpi.edu.its1
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:03:09 GMT

Well, Im not sure the guy who wrote this last one has seen everything so far,
but it seems to fit in and it gave me a great bad idea. So on with the show.

In article K4@acsu.buffalo.edu, v067rcyf@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (AARDVARK) writes:
>In article <1992Nov23.132324.637@whscdp.whs.edu>, stdnt171@whscdp.whs.edu writes...
>> 
>> 
>>			The Most Annoying War
>>			~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~
>> 
>>	Creative people, here's your chance to come out of the
>>woodwork!  Help us continue the never-ending Saga of The Most Annoying
>>War.  Contribute a scene, or a piece of dialouge.  All we ask is that:
>> 
>>1) Please do not kill off any of the main characters, from either
>>series.  (Except, maybe Weasley Crusher.  :{) )
>> 
>>2) To keep a variety of input, please try to only add no more than 50
>>or so lines in a row.  That is to say, you may post 50 lines, they
>>someone else may add 50 lines, they you may add another 50.
>> 
>>OK, folks... picture this.
>> 
>>(Next?)
>> 
>
>okay, i'm just picking up this thread, how about...
>
>
>		Bridge of Romulan ship:
>
>	Romulan Commander:  Yes, Yes, we CAN help each other, but the hull of
>                            the Enterprise is mine to display proudly.
>
>	Dalek:  EX-TERM-IN-ATE!!  THEY MUST BE EX-TERM-IN-ATE-D!!
>
>	Romulan Commander:  So you've explained.
>
>	Romulan Ensign:  Sir, we're out of warp.  Enterprise dead
>                         in space 30,000 somethings ahead.
>
>	Romulan Commander:  Good, Good.  Make sure the cloaking
>                            device is fully operational.  Ohh,
>                            there's a pretty battle up there.
>                            STOP THE SHIP!  I've gotta see this.
>Ship stops on a dime,
>half a dozen Daleks roll off the raised 
>bridge platform and tumble about the cabin,
>tossing Romulans about rather painfully.
>
>	Daleks:  EX-TERM-IN-ATE!!!  WE MUST EX-TERM-IN-ATE!!!
>
>	Romulan Commander: I get the point already! (slips a can-
>                           opener up his sleeve) (a felled Dalek
>                           rolls by, his plunger bent)  BATTLE
>                           STATIONS!  You are mine, Enterprise.
>A lone Dalek gives
>birth to an R2-D2 unit
>in the corner, spewing
>afterbirth about the cabin.
>

Romulan Commander: [positively drooling at this]
		OPEN FIRE!!!!

Romulan Ensign Expendable: Yessir! [leaps over to one side of the bridge,
and pushes a button. A compartments opens up revealing a hearth with a merry
blaze in it]

Commander:	No! I mean with disruptors!

Ensign: Uh, ok sir! [closes fire compartmnets, produces handheld disruptor
and blows the compartment open with it]

Felled Dalek:	MY VIS-ION IS IM-PAIRED! I CAN-NOT SEE!
---
			- Dan Johnson
And God said "Jeeze, this is dull"... and it *WAS* dull. Genesis 0:0

These opinions have had all identifiying marks removed, and are untraceable.
You'll never know whose they are.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: pcp2g@karma.astro.Virginia.EDU (Gilligan)
Subject: Foolish responses was "...LOSERS"
Reply-To: pcp2g@karma.astro.Virginia.EDU (Gilligan)
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:47:16 GMT


As many of you may already know, or are now finding out, the 
person on whose account the "LOSERS" post was mailed has
apologized, noting that his terminal got hung and someone took
advantage of that.

There have been many people decrying the message (rightly), 
and many people saying "Let's get 'im!" (wrongly).
THIS SERVES NO PURPOSE. Just leave it. Why?

1) If the post is because someone left their terminal, they
are not to blame, and flaming them only makes *you* look like
an idiot.

2) If the poster is indeed being an asshole, then flaming him,
once again, makes *you* look like an idiot. It serves no purpose
to post a reply to this group. Either he will read it and laugh
at the beehive he kicked over, or he has unsubscribed and will
never see it. You're spittin' in the wind.

Thnaks for your cooperation.





--
* Phil Plait                 pcp2g@virginia.edu 
*
* "To escape from our own island, we must each metaphorically
*  kill our own Gilligan..." 

Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: Questions @ STTNG
Date: 22 Nov 92 18:06:28 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <70024@cup.portal.com> JEFF-G@cup.portal.com (Jeff - Griffin) writes:
>Somewhere there is/was a group that discussed episodes etc., I know I've
>seen it but cannot find it again (sigh), suggestions?

These are (as far as I know) the main Star Trek groups:

alt.startrek.creative

  For posting stories, songs, poems, etc.

rec.arts.startrek.current

  For discussing "current" Star Trek releases -- episodes, books, movies,
  etc.

rec.arts.startrek.fandom

  I'm not sure exactly what goes on here...

rec.arts.startrek.info

  This is a moderated group which is for releasing informational posts
  regarding Star Trek.  Typical postings include Tim Lynch's episode
  synopsises,  Dean Adam's transcription of episode previews, as well
  as various announcements.
  
rec.arts.startrek.misc

  The is the miscellaneous group, for discussion about general topics, and
  anything that doesn't fit elsewhere.

rec.arts.startrek.tech

  This is for discussion "technical issues": how does the transporter work,
  how fast is warp one, how does the Holodeck work, etc.

>What is the relative speed of Warp 1, eg; is it 15,000 mph?

I believe the standard Treksplanation is that Warp 1 == the speed of light,
which is 186,000 miles per second.  I'd suggest reposting your question in
rec.arts.startrek.tech; you're guaranteed that the people who make it their
business to keep track of these things will see it and answer.

Additionally, these are (some of) the groups that appear to be Trek-related:

alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die
alt.lwaxana-troi.die.die.die
alt.french.captain.borg.borg.borg


I would not presume to guess what these groups are about; if you have them
available, you can subscribe and find out for yourself, and if you don't,
the point is moot anyway.
--
Dave Schaumann			dave@cs.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: pcp2g@karma.astro.Virginia.EDU (Gilligan)
Subject: query: submitting to comics
Keywords: DC, comics, submit
Reply-To: pcp2g@karma.astro.Virginia.EDU (Gilligan)
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:52:56 GMT

I have read the FAQ on submissions, but find the section on 
comic books to be a bit terse. I have a story that may be 
submittable, but it is in textual form; I would need to
'convert' it somehow to a storyboard. Has anyone submitted a
story to DC? About what length story turns into a 22 page book?
I can write a springboard for the story, but I'm not sure how
to go about the 'conversion'.

Thanks!


--
* Phil Plait                 pcp2g@virginia.edu 
*
* "To escape from our own island, we must each metaphorically
*  kill our own Gilligan..." 

Organization: Computer Operations, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:36:37 -0500 
From: "Jim Thomas Park , Jr." <jp45+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Stories

Folks,
	Where the hell are all the stories that are supposed to be posted. I
subscribe to this newsgroup to read stories about ST not to read a bunch
of bullshit. I get enough shit on the other ST groups. Could we please
get a clue and post STORIES and not dicussions here.

						Thank you,
						   -Jim

***************************************************************
 Hey Man, I'm  drinking wine, eating cheese and catching some rays.

				Oddball
	  			 From Kelly's Heros
***************************************************************
From: v070p6nd@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Anthos)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: Question
Summary: Summary?  We don't need no steenkin' summary?
Keywords: monKEY, turKEY, donKEY, KEYboard
Date: 17 Nov 92 05:43:00 GMT
Organization: SUNY at Beefalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Nov17.035934.17736@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>, rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (Robert Hayden) writes...
> 
>I'm in the process of writing a TNG<->Shadowrun cross-over.  I have a
>question.
> 
>I would like to submit it here for at least critique if not input.  Is it
>standard practice to post a completed work, or to post works in progress
>in installments?
> 
Either or.  If it is going to be a long story, I would advise posting it in
installments.  This way, people could critique it easily, and you could repost
the completed work when you are done.


>Thanks
Don't mention it.
> 
>-- 
>>> Robert Hayden | rahayden@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu | aq650@slc4.INS.CWRU.Edu <<
>>>>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<<<
>>>     Having mole problems?                                               <<
>>>     Call Avagadro at 6.02 x 10^23                                       <<
Anthos, the Grey Knight, High Preist of Minikar, God of Chaos, Horrible Puns,
                                                  and Extremely Bad Form
================================================================================
Across time and space/ The grey knight cometh/ With dragons to rape/
Madiens to slay/ Castles to sack/ Towns to pillage/ Quarterbacks to plunder

Oh, how I am confused!
===========I wish this was a .sig so I wouldn't have to type all this===========
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: bau55536@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Larry Combs Jr)
Subject: Re: **** YOU FUCKING BUNCH OF LOOSERS***
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:28:22 GMT

mbell@unixg.ubc.ca (Marcus H Bell) writes:

>How come all the loosers are in love star trek?
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The guy can't even form decent sentences.  What does that say about him?
Maybe we should refer him to the local chapter of MA (Morons Anon)



>Is it because of their limited ability to deal with real life or what?

>I just wish i could ass fuck every single one of you, this way you'd have something to ponder on...

>Now get your fucking head out of the boob tube and get a FUCKING LIFE.

>As for all the flames you poor loosers can come up with they'll be routed
>to NUL.

>Thank you for your stupid attention.

Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: rck1@ellis.uchicago.edu (roberta chi-woon kwong)
Subject: Re: QL stories?
Reply-To: rck1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 09:28:40 GMT

In article <By1648.I82@news.cso.uiuc.edu> tara@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Lady Johanna Constantine) writes:
>I realise that the alt.startrek.creative group is meant only for
>Trek, but thsi is the only place I knew to ask this.

I, too, wasn't sure as to where to post this follow-up...(please
note that rec.arts.tv and rec.arts.sf.tv have now been included in
the Newsgroups: line). Apologies to a.s.c. readers. 

>Are there any other QL fanfic besides "Leap of Faith"
>and the eversoenjoyable "Leaptrek I and II) out there?
>
>Is there an ftp site where I can find more fanfic?
>Let's face it, I can't afford to buy zines anymore.....

Does anyone else out there think that an alt.ql.creative would be a
good idea? 

The "only" reason that long pieces such as "Leap of Faith"
and "LeapTrek I and II" made it to a newsgroup was because they
were both QL/ST crossovers. There've been a number of short pieces,
parodies, and filks showing up on r.a.(sf.)tv lately. From the
number of QL zines out there, it's obvious that QL is fertile
ground for endless creative stuff, and I hope I'm not too far off
in guessing that there are many who would like a chance to post
their works, and many more who would enjoy reading them.

Not to mention that many stories get pretty lengthy--another reason
to have it as a separate group. In my own personal experience, my
server develops quite a time lag when attempting to access
alt.startrek.creative during prime hours--the story files are just
that big (not that I'm complaining). And then, of course, it's just
a nice environment in which to get inspired.

Opinions? Comments?


Robin C. Kwong ("er)
					quantum leaping (n.) def.--
						Literally, a
						*flash*back.  
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative,rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.tv
From: swardwel@nyx.cs.du.edu (Stephanie  Wardwell)
Subject: Re: QL stories?
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, 23 Nov 92 22:20:01 GMT


I would very much second an alt.ql.creative group, with serious apologies
to those who don't have access to alt. groups.  I'm sure any number of us
would be glad to e-mail the stories to you.  But I am dying to work out
some story ideas and have blown my zine budget for the year as weell (Oh,
Boy II and III at $20 a piece!)  However, I have no idea of how to go
about this.  I would be happy to help, if someone else can get the ball
rolling!

Steph
swardwel@mail.sas.upenn.edu
From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: request
Date: 17 Nov 92 03:31:37 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

In article <19940.2b0805c5@ul.ie> 9225803@ul.ie writes:
>
>Could someone please post in,or E-mail me personally,the opening stardates of
>TNG episodes "Sins of the Father","The High Ground","Final Mission" and "Data`s
>Day".

Mark Holtz recently posted the "TNG List of Lists" to rec.arts.startrek.current.
This includes (among many other things) a complete list of all TNG episodes,
complete with a short description, stardate, production order, etc, etc.

I didn't notice exactly, but stardates should be present up through one of
the last episodes broadcast.
--
Dave Schaumann			dave@cs.arizona.edu