HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: lyale@hardy.u.washington.edu (laurence yale)
Subject: nanny
Reply-To: lyale@u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: seattle
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:01:36 GMT

A friend of mine is looking for a nanny position. If
anyone is interested, please let me know. Thanks,

-Larry

p.s. email: lyale@u.washington.edu
From: raoul@fangio.wa.com (Jeff Benedict)
Newsgroups: seattle.general
Subject: Test of a new site
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 17:55:01 PDT
Organization: J. Benedict Computing, Port Townsend, WA.

I have a new site up in the Port Townsend area and would likt to have 
confirmation that my posts are getting out.
Anyone on the net who would like local news service in the 385, 379, 732, 
and 437 prefixed, e-mail me for info. (Its a free service)

Jeff

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Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
From: markt@polari.online.com
Subject: Re: Seattle Online / polari
Organization: Seattle Online Public Access Unix (206) 328-4944
Distribution: pnw
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 06:19:52 GMT

In article <1992Aug22.211021.14096@eskimo.celestial.com> nanook@eskimo.celestial.com (Robert Dinse) writes:
B
>     This one is something I've had a hard time figuring out too.  We have
>just over 100 on Eskimo with 13 lines, and running a Sun 3/180 with 24 megs
>of RAM, and at this point I'm looking at adding more lines, more RAM, and
>upgrading to a 3/280 CPU.
>     How someone can support 3000 users on 16 lines, let alone 12, with a
>386 box and 6 megabytes of RAM is beyond me.


Hmm, well not all of SOL's accounts are paid accounts.. Most are free.
Most services here are available to anyone for 30 minutes a day.

lets see what wc -l /etc/passwd gives us.
   3041  /etc/passwd

Yep, 3041 entries..


But anyway, This system is not running on a 386, its a 486 with 16 megs or
ram..


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          Mark Tapper  markt@polari.online.com
Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
From: zintel@mdd.comm.mot.com (Mike Zintel)
Subject: Re: Washington State Patrol's `cellular listening center'
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 01:17:56 GMT

In article <1992Sep03.202411.2243@microsoft.com> tunae@microsoft.com (Tuna Ertemalp) writes:
>I can add to that. Recently I rear-ended somebody, ...
>
>I can't get away with being 10 miles over the speed limit on an empty
>road, but some drivers can get away with drinking and driving in the
>middle of hundreds of cars on a highway. Geeeeee...

Were you going 10 miles over the speed limit when you rear-ended someone?

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Mike Zintel             zintel@mdd.comm.mot.com not zintel@mdi.com anymore
Motorola Mobile Data
Bothell, WA
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: zintel@mdd.comm.mot.com (Mike Zintel)
Subject: Re: Was: Washington State Patrol's... Now: snitching on DUI's
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:42:24 GMT

In article <3555@bcstec.ca.boeing.com> robs@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert Sipe) writes:
>
>There was a driver in front of me who was so hammered that he/she could
>not stay between the white lines.  Cars would have to swerve to avoid
>being clobbered from the side.  It was dark so I copied his license 
>number and stopped at a truck stop to call and report the driver.  
>The dispatcher answered and was obviously irritated that I was calling 911
>and reporting a DUI.  The license number wasn't good enough and I needed
>a make, model, and discription of the car.  Appearently the driver made it
>off the freeway safely since I did not catch up to an accident.

I will be "obviously irritated" when my wife calls 911 because I am having
a heart attack and the line is busy because someone is in a bad mood and
is getting even with some asshole that just cut them off by reporting them
as a drunk. I have met more than a few folks with cellular phones that
believe they are just a little more important than everyone else and would
love this little bit of power.

Regarding your incident, I would be very concerned to see this, and I might 
also report the driver. Fortunately, it seems to be pretty rare on the roads 
I drive on. A few cops on the side of the road watching for this should
help catch/deter most of it. A few less beer commercials wouldn't hurt
either.

I have a friend whose parents were killed by a drunk driver. I do not
approve of driving drunk.
-- 
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Mike Zintel             zintel@mdd.comm.mot.com not zintel@mdi.com anymore
Motorola Mobile Data
Bothell, WA
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: coylh@eskimo.celestial.com (Ray E)
Subject: Hurricane
Keywords: hurrican andrew help twinkies starving little bread sticks
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Distribution: seattle
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 08:04:00 GMT

[Note:  I am not responsible for grammar or spelling.  Send all replies
 to gizmo@eskimo.celestial.com]
 
 


                      WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!
 
EVERYONE, TRY HELPING THE TWO CITIES THAT WERE DESTROYED BY THE HURICANE
IN FLORIDA ANYTHING WILL BE APPRECIATED WE ARE ESPECIALLY TRYING TO SEND
OUT FOOD, BABY FOOD/FORULA, TENTS, LIGHT CLOTHING, CLEANING SUPPLIES, 
SHOES ANY SIZE, TOOTHBRUSHES TOOTHPASTE, CLOTH DIAPERS, PAPER PRODUCTS,
AND ANY MONEY CAN BE SENT IN CHECKS... ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN
THINK OF THAT YOU CAN SPARE WOULD BE MOST GRATFULLY APPRECIATED.  ANYONE
WHO IS WILLING TO HELP OUT SHOULD CONTACT THEY'RE LOCAL RED CROSS, NEWS
STATION, OR RADIO STATION.
 
THE PRESIDENT IS DOING NOTHING TO HELP FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS... THE
ONLY THING HE SAID HE WOULD DO WAS TO HELP REBUILD THE HOUSES AND OTHER
SUCH BUILDINGS THAT WERE TAKEN DOWN BY THE HURRICANE.

DAMAGES:  THE DAMAGES OF HURRICANE ANDREW WERE DEVASTATING.  ALL THE
WATER PIPES WERE TAKEN DOWN AS WELL AS ALMOST ALL OF THE BUILDINGS AND
CROPS... THEY HAVE NO FOOD OR WATER IN FACT PEOPLE DOWN THERE ARE HELPING
WHEN THEY THEMSELVES HAVE NOT EATEN IN ABOUT 3 DAYS... IT WAS A .4 HURRICANE
.5 BEING THE HIGHEST AND WHEN IT REACHED LAND IT CREATED A BUNCH OF OTHER
SMALLER HURRICANES WHICH OBLITERATED THE CIIES BEFORE IT EVEN GOT THERE.....
CHILDREN ARE GOING AROUND BAREFOOT WALKING ON BROKEN GLASS AND OTHER SUCH
DEBRI AND SLEEPING ON NOTHING MUCH BETTER SO PLEASE SEND THE ABOVE AS WELL
AS BLANKETS OR SLEEPING BAGS, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN SPARE... AND
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AROUND US OF THE BBS COMMUNITY HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED
THE CHANNEL 4 & 5 NEWS CREWS AND HAVE BEEN NETTING OURSELVES ACCROSS THE
COUNTRY SO IF YOU CANT SEND ANYTHING SEND WORD!

COST... NOTHING THAT YOU SEND WILL BE OF ANY EXTRA COST TO YOURSELF THEY WILL
SEND THE ITEMS TO THE WRECK THEMSELVES  
    
							THANK YOU


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From: alpinist@eskimo.celestial.com (David Butler)
Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
Subject: Re: New topic (incredible) (was: Re: Seattle Online / polari)
Date: 27 Aug 92 17:53:26 GMT
Article-I.D.: eskimo.1992Aug27.175326.5919
Distribution: pnw
Organization: =>ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE, WA.<=

In article <1745@rwing.UUCP> pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto) writes:
>  One shouldn't
>have to pay the price of junk phone calls to merely call some business
>to check on prices, availability of some product or service, etc.

   I get tons of junk phone calls just because I have a phone.  Having
a couple more business call me specifically as 'junk ad' marketing 
because I called them in the first place is totally overwhelmed by the
fact that if I had caller ID I could screen out ALL unwanted phone calls.

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* Dave                          *               The Alpinist               *
* alpinist@eskimo.celestial.com *            DARE to be stoopid!           *
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Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
From: wengland@stephsf.com (Bill England)
Subject: Re: 486/33...
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 05:47:11 GMT
Organization: Stephen Software Systems Inc., Tacoma/Seattle, +1 800 829 1684
X-Bytes: 2842

>ALR
>
>(I'm basically looking for a 486/33, 8meg+, 200meg+, S3 or better video, 15"
>monitor, upgradable to 486/66)

  I, well acting as director of SSSI anyway, selected an ALR 486/ESIA,
  (Business Visa model I think) for a clients critical system in  Q2
  of this year.

  I picked the ALR because a system failure would be devastating to
  my relationship with my client ...  Well let me expand on that a bit 
  with the following account:
  
      - I had a one week window to Port/Install/ and test the application
      /SCO Unix/Informix, Perl, elm, and the GNU development environment.
      (sans gcc), plus install dumb terminal emulators on client PC's, and
      wire them, (and build the connectors.).  If it had not worked I
      would have been stuck with the equipment/third party software,
      would have lost a pile of money, and would have destroyed my
      reputation with the client and my business partners.  - Stress!!!

      (I'm serious there was no time buffer here.  I was out of town
      on a contract and had to return the next Monday.  Also, the
      clients deadline for spending the money was that Friday and
      it could not be extended. I did arrange the logistics so that
      the system was ready to load when I arrived however, my software 
      distributor had shipped me ALL of the wrong Informix products 
      because they had released a new catalog and the saleman and 
      warehouse were not in sync.  FEDEX loved me that week :-)  )

  I/SSSI, did install third party drives, video, and a SCSI controller.
  The installed memory was 16MB and we opted to skip the CACH.
  (Disk IO is the bottle neck, not CPU speed)

  In summary, a problem was not acceptable.  There have been none. 
  The users are very impressed with the preformance increase over 
  their old 20MHZ 386 custom DOS system.  I believe the choice of the 
  EISA bus makes most of the noticeable differance. 

  The ALR was an easy sell in that it was a 486, had an EISA bus,
  was cpu/cach expandable/upgradable.  In terms of installation there 
  were no problems with configuration or SCO Unix compatabitlity.  
  There have not been any crashes  or downtime since I left it with 
  the client in early June.  It is used by two to three users every 
  day and they are thinking of adding another couple of users and a
  new application.

  If I did it again I would choose exactly the same ALR hardware
  for this client, it is stable, reliable, and preforms!  I'd
  stake my reputation on it.

-- 
 +-  Bill England,  wengland@stephsf.COM -----------------------------------+
 |   * *      H -> He +24MeV                                                |
 |  * * * ... Oooo, we're having so much fun making itty bitty suns *       |
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From: drinkard@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Terrell D. Drinkard)
Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Date: 31 Aug 92 04:57:13 GMT
Followup-To: seattle.general
Distribution: pnw
Organization: Boeing

tjp@fnx.uucp (Jack Pospyhala) writes:
>>The version of caller-ID currently being requested by US WEST
>>has Continuous Redial, and Last Call Return.
>
>Uh, you mean if I choose not to answer the phone, some idiot can put the
>number on "Continuous Redial" until I either lose my mind or rip the phone
>out of the wall?  What a great idea!  What wonderful added security and
>service that will bring me as a telephone consumer!
>
>*NOT*
>
>-- 
>Jack Pospyhala                                    uunet!pilchuck!fnx!jp
>There is no gravity, the world sucks...

Get a grip, Jack.  Continuous Redial is already available (we have it here
at work) and merely checks when the number you called is no longer busy,
rings your phone, and when you pick it up, it then redials that number.
It keeps you from having to continually redial a busy number.

By the way, man.  Your .sig seems particularly apt for your attitude.

I really don't see what the anti-Caller ID folks are so afraid of.  You
don't want to use it?  Fine, have the phone company install a permanent
blanket on your line.  Don't want to pay for it?  Fine.  As I understand
it, those who don't want to use Call Waiting and Call Forwarding don't have
to pay for them either.  Those of us who *do* want those services don't
mind paying.

-- 
Terry
drinkard@bcstec.boeing.com
"Anyone who thinks they can hold the company responsible for what I say has
more lawyers than sense."
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: billcat@milton.u.washington.edu (Cory Sandahl)
Subject: Re: Housing Wanted For Young Professional Couple                  
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: seattle
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 03:00:27 GMT

My girlfriend and I are looking for housing in the Capitol Hill area.  We are 
both in our later twenties and are working professionals.  She works in 
Bellevue and I work on Capitol Hill.  Willing to pay between 700 and 1000/mo.

Please respond via private email.

Thank you.

Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
From: davidst@microsoft.com (David Steckler)
Subject: 486/33...
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:22:45 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation

I'm looking at buying a 486/33 for my home use. I've called a few companies
who seemed to have good deals (or whose name I already knew). Can anyone
comment on the following companies (or add recommendations or 
unrecommendations to the list)?

Lodestar
ALR
Austin
Gateway (I've already seen some of the comments in these newsgroups)
Dell

(I'm basically looking for a 486/33, 8meg+, 200meg+, S3 or better video, 15"
monitor, upgradable to 486/66)

	Thanks,

		Dave (davidst@microsoft.com)
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From: dbj@cs.washington.edu (Dave Johnson)
Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Date: 26 Aug 92 23:18:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: beaver.1992Aug26.231809.19945
Distribution: pnw
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle

I removed the arguments, but wanted to add some info to the
discussion.  US WEST is currently running a trial of caller-id
(I think in Idaho) where not only the calling number is displayed,
but also the name listed as the owner of the account.  Note that
this doesn't really identify WHO is calling, but it gives you a
pretty good idea of where they are calling from.

The version of caller-ID currently being requested by US WEST
provides Per-Line Blocking, Per-Call Blocking, Call Trace,
Selective Call Forwarding, Priority Call (special ring on
designated calls), Call Rejection (rejecting designated calls),
Continuous Redial, and Last Call Return.

Another enhancement is being trialed in Boise is Anonymous Call
Rejection.
-- 
  Dave Johnson

"You're not too smart, are you?  I like that in a man."
    --Kathleen Turner in Body Heat 
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From: jp@fnx.uucp (Jack Pospyhala)
Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
Subject: Re: Seattle Online / polari
Keywords: Bruceki problari poor service feed
Date: 25 Aug 92 07:40:43 GMT
Distribution: pnw
Organization: I/Ovations

William Grant <bgrant@halcyon.com> writes:
> 
>    The true story is that the Phone Company demanded Bruce pay them
>a  $1000 deposit because his phone bill was always so late.  Naturally,
>Bruce wouldn't stand for that! After all, they cant do that to Bruce 
>King!

What is your source of information?  Or should we add a couple of
smileys to this?

-- 
Jack Pospyhala                                    uunet!pilchuck!fnx!jp
There is no gravity, the world sucks...
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell)
Subject: Professional Help with Medicare/Insurance
Organization: Celestial Software, Mercer Island, WA
Distribution: seattle
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:42:48 GMT

Does anyone know of a good service to help deal with Medicare and
health insurance companies?  My father had a stroke several
months ago, and I'm responsible for his financial/medical
affairs.  I'm looking for a professional that I can turn the
insurance stuff over to to make sure that it's handled properly.

Bill
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UUCP:   ...!thebes!camco!bill   6641 East Mercer Way
             uunet!camco!bill   Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591
SPEED COSTS MONEY -- HOW FAST DO YOU WANT TO GO?
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: jfh@tc.fluke.COM (Jerry Hallee)
Subject: Credicorp Gold Card Offer
Keywords: credit
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
Distribution: seattle
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:46:43 GMT

A company called Credicorp, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, has recently
mailed offers to people in this area for a pre-approved gold card with
attractive terms and a fairly high credit limit.  If you are considering
responding to this offer, it would be worthwhile to listen to the Dallas
Better Business Bureau's report on this company.  You can call (214)
855-7267 anytime day or night to hear a recording of their report.

Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
From: alpinist@eskimo.celestial.com (David Butler)
Subject: Re: New topic (incredible) (was: Re: Seattle Online / polari)
Organization: =>ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE, WA.<=
Distribution: pnw
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 18:23:58 GMT

In article <klg.714699444@statsci> klg@statsci.com (Kevin L. Gross) writes:
> My personal glee at your problems
>intensifies since the "the phone company" at which you point your finger,
>is likely the same phone company for which you were proselytizing caller
>id last year.

     Sorry to find a totally irrelevant topic in your post but this is
something I would be interested in hearing other peoples opinions on.
I support caller ID.  This is one of the few areas I totally disagree
with the opinions of the ACLU on.  I think the right to privacy of my
own home is supported by me being able to know who it is that is calling
me.  When my phone rings it is my privacy in my home that is being entered
by the caller.
  I can think of very few instances in which protecting the callers ID can
be for legitimate purposes.  I can think of lots of instances in which
callers would want their ID protected for illegitamate purposes.  The people
wanting anonymity when calling others that are abusing their hiddeness greatly
outweigh the numbers that have any real need to remain hidden.  By not
allowing caller ID or by insisting that anyone who wants it can have blocking
on caller id, we are as good as handing out hoods to the KKK.  When people
know that whatever they say is anonymous they feel free to let the worst of
themselves out.
   People call to check if you are home in order to rob the place, people
call to harras and intimidate others, solicitors call as an advertisement
that you cannot ignore before answering.  In every one of those instances
it is the privacy of the home that is being invaded and the individual who
is being called should have the right to know who is doing the invading.
I thought the idea of caller ID was the greatest protection of privacy that
has been thought up since there has been a phone in almost every home.  I
don't understand how people who are against caller id are claiming that it
is a protection of privacy since the person calling is doing an 'aggressive'
act by initiating a phone call and the person calling does know who the
receiver is, it only makes sense to let the person receiving the call know
who it is that is invading their privacy.

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* Dave                          *               The Alpinist               *
* alpinist@eskimo.celestial.com *            DARE to be stoopid!           *
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Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: craig@cs.washington.edu (Craig Anderson)
Subject: Re: Hurricane
Keywords: hurrican andrew help twinkies starving little bread sticks
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: seattle
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 19:28:52 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.080400.20883@eskimo.celestial.com> coylh@eskimo.celestial.com (Ray E) writes:
>[Note:  I am not responsible for grammar or spelling.  Send all replies
> to gizmo@eskimo.celestial.com]
>
>                      WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!
> 
>EVERYONE, TRY HELPING THE TWO CITIES THAT WERE DESTROYED BY THE HURICANE
>IN FLORIDA ANYTHING WILL BE APPRECIATED WE ARE ESPECIALLY TRYING TO SEND
>OUT FOOD, BABY FOOD/FORULA, TENTS, LIGHT CLOTHING, CLEANING SUPPLIES, 
>SHOES ANY SIZE, TOOTHBRUSHES TOOTHPASTE, CLOTH DIAPERS, PAPER PRODUCTS,
>AND ANY MONEY CAN BE SENT IN CHECKS... ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN
>THINK OF THAT YOU CAN SPARE WOULD BE MOST GRATFULLY APPRECIATED.  ANYONE

Relief organizations like the Red Cross prefer that people send money
rather than specific items.  This gives them more flexibility in
their response to disasters.  If you want to donate to the Red Cross,
you may call 1-800-842-2200.  The take credit cards, or they will
give you an address to send a check to.  Or look up the local Red Cross
address here in Seattle.  The Salvation Army is also active in helping
out the hurricane victims.

We now return you to the Caller ID Flame fest.
-- 
Craig Anderson
craig@cs.washington.edu                              Visualize World Spam
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From: mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin)
Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general
Subject: Re: deadlock on Caller ID
Date: 28 Aug 92 06:41:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: Tomobiki.MS-C.714984080.377401575.mrc
Organization: University of Washington
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Mime-Version: 1.0

Randal Schwartz:

As far as I'm concerned, if you call my home phone number you have no right to
claim `privacy'.  You are violating *my* privacy by calling me, and if you
don't want your calling phone number disclosed to me, then don't call me.

I am willing to bet that if the telephone were a new invention, nobody would
accept it without Caller ID -- and even stricter -- capabilities.
Newsgroups: seattle.general
From: skahan@cs.washington.edu (Simon Kahan)
Subject: Recommendations for Interior Painters Wanted
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: seattle
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 17:44:18 GMT

I'd like to have a whole floor of an old house painted
and would appreciate recommendations from people who've had
similar work done.  (Negative recommendations are welcome,
too!)  The old paint job isn't in great shape,
and the house has settled over the years so there's a fair
amount of prep work (some lath & plaster) in addition to the
painting itself.

Thanks,
Simon

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