HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: rajain@sml12.ecs.umass.edu (Rajat Jain)
Subject: Re: Statistics again
Organization: University of M"assa"chusetts, Amherst, MA
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:01:47 GMT

In article <1ebiugINN86j@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, sdoki@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Suresh Doki) writes:
|> 
|> stats time again and here are the stats from /wpi/news/spool. as i
|> told you morAns before articles in wpi expire in two days. as before
|> the present post is not included in the stats.
|> 
|> [the actual sorting and extraction was done by mr. udumudi]
|> 
|>   19  sdoki@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Suresh Doki)
|>   11  ahmed-shakil@cs.yale.edu (Shakil Waiz Ahmed)
|> *  8  rajain@sml3.ecs.umass.edu (Rajat Jain)
|>    5  selvakum@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca (C.R.Selvakumar - Electrical Engineering)
|> *  5  rajain@ecs.umass.edu

	hey you morAn !!! What's the meaning of "*" ???? I don't get 
	it, doode !!! Please enlighten the SCI :)

	And don't count *this* followup in your statistics !!

	BTW, are those statistics for postings/day or postings/week ???
	;-) ;-)

	See! How much we contribute to Indian culture, and then we get
	flamed for it. Man! life's a beach !!!

|> 

	[very "informative statistics deleted !!! (maybe someone could
	  perform some forecasting too :)!!!) ]

|> 
|> suresh
|> 

	rAjAt.
From: bharat@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Premarital Sex - Is It OK? yes OK !!!!
Date: 18 Nov 92 10:36:56 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin



Lets see what girls say about this .....

-vibgyor

Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: rajain@scotty.ecs.umass.edu (Rajat Jain)
Subject: Re: View jpg files
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:54:27 GMT

In article <1992Nov22.194422.2469@cnsvax.uwec.edu>, varmaa@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
|> Dear netters,
|> 
|> I have some .jpg files of indian actresses from ftp.funet.fi that i would like
						   ^^^
			Should be "nic" !!!

|> to view.  I don't have a jpg.exe or an executable file to view it.  
|> 
|> Could any of you guys/gals tell me where i can get it?

	Sure !!! The thing is .... Do you have the necessary program to
	view GIF files ? (like xv or xview or xloadimage ) !!

	If no! Then sorry I can't help.

	If yes, then do the following:

	FTP to nic.funet.fi .
	Go into directory: pub/graphics/packages/jpeg/.
	Get the files README, jpegsrc.v3.tar (probably .Z too...I don't
	remember). The "jpegsrc.v3.tar" file is the program you are looking for.
	Read the instructions on how to go about setting it up !!!


	After you compile all these (following the instructions in README) you
	should have TWO executable programs : djpeg* and cjpeg*.

	djpeg* is to convert jpeg files to gif,
	& cjpeg* converts gif files to jpeg :-)

	Do : cat filename.jpg | djpeg -G > filename.gif

	The files README etc. will help you thru the process (UNIX or Non-UNIX
	syatmes etc.).


|> 
|> Thanks in advance.


	No Problems........

|> 
|> Anurag.

	Good Luck,

	rAjAt.

PS: The pictures of the indian actresses are NOT worth alllll this work !! Because the images are not at all clear !!! However, all this work now will help you view jpeg files in future too :-)
	

|> 
|> 
|> 
|>
From: sarkar@grip.cis.upenn.edu (Nilanjan Sarkar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Newsgroup monopolized by riffraff?
Date: 21 Nov 92 17:07:09 GMT
Organization: GRASP Lab, University of Pennsylvania

In article <SHUBU.92Nov21102639@green.cs.wisc.edu> shubu@cs.wisc.edu (Shubhendu Mukherjee) writes:
>
>>>>>> In article <1ek3snINN6ik@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, udumudi@vanilla (u v babu srinivas) writes:
>
>UVBS> AB == Anindya Basu (basu@cs.cornell.edu) wrote:
>
>
>AB> The latest flame wars between certain individuals from such obscure 
                                                       -----------------    
>AB> places like WPI, Emory University, Massey University (who or what is 
     ----------------------------------------------------
>AB> Massey anyway?), to name a few, have really degenerated into verbal 
>AB> fisticuffs of a most abusive and obscene nature. It is high time that 
>
>
>I guess a little respect for one another on SCI would make matters better.
         

Certainly the above underlined part of Anindya's statement can not
be taken as a representative example of how to show respect to other!
Such elitist attitude will never help if one's objective is to convince
other that what they are doing is not proper. Otherwise, if one's 
intention is to proudly declare that 'I am from IVY league, and you are
not' then, I guess, the above statement is justified.


>-Shubu
>--

Nilanjan








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From: sunder@grusin.crhc.uiuc.edu (Srinivas Sunder)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: TRICKLE-DOWN: Let us thank the conservatives!
Date: 23 Nov 1992 19:12:11 GMT
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: grusin.crhc.uiuc.edu

(Amen) , n --> infinity!!  Been reading too much of the Wall Street Journal, eh? 

For those who are interested in understanding the issue further, the long
way to get the info is to start reading the editorial pages of the Wall
Street Journal beginning sometime in the early '70's. The short way is to
read _The Seven Fat Years_ by Robert Bartley, editor of WSJ. He chronicles 
the '83-'90 expansion, as well as the reasons for it (such as the Steiger cap. 
gains cut of 1978, Kemp-Roth etc.). Added are the reasons for why
the S & L debacle occurred (deregulation with socialized risk in the form of
FDIC insurance), and how to get the deficit back in balance. I have been weighing
if I should send a copy of the book to PVNR and Manmohan Singh as a New Year's 
Gift as well as for inspiration if ever they think they are running out of ideas. 
(:-:)

As for Clinton beating up on this philosophy, I am waiting for someone to ask
him what he thinks his proposed targeted cap. gains cuts and investment tax
credits are if not a form of supply side-ism.

I'll take trickle-down over trample-down anyday, thank you.

-- 
Srinivas Sunder                                         sunder@crhc.uiuc.edu

If my employer shares these views, I'd be most surprised. Well, not this time.
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From: farook@cs.uwindsor.ca (FAROOK A WADIA           )
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: TimePass
Date: 23 Nov 1992 20:35:45 GMT

This is for my fellow desi guys.....what they get  from North Am. girl and
Desi girl.......


North American Girl : "What you want is What you get".....

Desi Girl          : " What you DONOT want is What you get".....



                               - Enjoy Mc Burgers !!


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: sgs1679@usl.edu (Sudhindranath Sira G)
Subject: Nov 19 ---- National Integration Day.
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:03:21 GMT

Hi,

I wonder how many of us remember that today, Nov 19th,
is National Integration Day, back home in India.

And ironically, today is also the former Prime Minister 
Indira Gandhi's birthday.

Regards,

--Sudhi.


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: mkoya@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mammad Koya)
Subject: Re: Reply: Lahore Capital of Khalistan (Nope!)
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 02:41:58 GMT

g9220348@cc.uow.edu.au (adil shaikh) writes:


>Any way, this is the best title of the s.c.i.

>BYE
>ADIL
>************************************************************************
******
>AA DIL SE DIL MILA DE, YEH DIL MAIN KYA HAI BATA DUN
>************************************************************************
******
Dear Adil ,
What is the purpose of this article?
what do you want to convey with this article.. I can't make
head or tail out of this. Please refrain from postings like this.
  
Cheers....

Mammad.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: patb@lazy.helios.nd.edu (Pathikrit Bandyopadhyay)
Subject: social security
Organization: OUC, University of Notre Dame
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:36:28 GMT


if somebody leaves this country after paying social security for about three
years, can that person get the money back ? if yes, how ?
if you know the answer please let me know through email.
thank you.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal)
Subject: Re: Khalistan
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:47:45 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.171507.9921@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> mukherje@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Amit Mukherjee) writes:
>
>While there has been a lot of emotional talk about Khalistan, I haven't
>really seen any analysis about what may be the motivation for a section
>of one of the most prosperous community to split away from the nation. It
>is well known that till the 80s the Sikhs were and still continue to be
>one of the most wealthy communities and their image has only recently been
>tarnished by the terrorist activities. 

Good point. The Sikhs indeed are a very resourceful community
and they probably see the rest of India as a huge parasitic 
leech sucking away at their ecomomy. How much contribution to
their economy is by the GOI projects and how much is by their own 
work can unfortunately never be determined as concrete numbers. 

However, I believe that GOI should pass legislation that
would ensure that all money generated within punjab remains 
within punjab e.g., perhaps a large portion of the public 
sector's (in punjab) profits (if any) should  go to the state
treasury instead of the central treasury. Also, let the state
determine all taxes it wishes to levy and so on. In short, do 
away with the socialistic structure of our govt.
From: prabhak@giga.cs.umn.edu (Satya Prabhakar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: HOW WE TIP IN RESTAURANTS
Date: 19 Nov 92 17:23:15 GMT
Article-I.D.: news2.1992Nov19.172315.16215
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.

(Venu Nayar) writes:
>
>i agree with you when you say that you only get what you pay for, but the 
>whole idea of tipping in a restaraunt is as a token of appreciation for good 
>service. i have noticed that when i go to most indian restaraunts in this 
>area i get lousy service. so i dont feel inclined to tip very much, even 
>though i have also worked as a waiter and know how much the guys receive as 
>pay. therefore,i feel that if waiters should get large tips they should 
>provide better service. this is a case of getting paid for good work, not
>a mandatory thing.

I think as a customer, I have the right to demand good service, not take
it if the waiter is kind enough and then compensate him or her for being
so nice to me. They are dependent on us and not viceversa.  They should 
treat us customers well not in anticipation of a gratuity but because 
they are running a business. Anyone who is not aware of this fundamental 
principle perhaps will not last long.  

Good service is not a perk bestowed upon the customers by golden-hearted
waiters, but rather it is customer's fundamental right. No ifs and buts.

Now, if there is a cost to running the business, inform the customer that
this is the *total* price tag and let them decide if they want to buy the
good or service. Irrespective of that, customers ought to be treated well. 

Because product and service providers prosper because of customers, not 
inspite of them.

Satya Prabhakar
From: deepak@konark.njit.edu (Albatross)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Information needed on F-1
Date: 17 Nov 92 15:10:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <184312@pyramid.pyramid.com> ihusain@pyramid.COM (Intisar Husain) writes:
>
>Hello,
>
>About 4 years ago when my F-1 visa was expired, I went to 

                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
For your information, An F-1 visa has no specific expiry date. It has
something known as D-S, meaning Duration of Status. This visa is valid
as long as you are enrolled in some school as a student. It never
expires. I cant believe that you actually got an F-1 visa in mexico. 
F-1 visa is strictly issued in the home country of the person who
applies for it.

Maybe you got an extension. But If you are in this country & you are no
longer on F-1 status & need to get back to F-1 status, then all you need
to do is apply to the INS along with supporting documents like your new
I-20, your old I-20, attached letter explaining why you were out of
school (out of status), & the relevant INS forms for "reinstatement of
status". 

Good Luck!

P.S BTW You will have no problems in applying directly to the INS. They
    would rather have a legal student here than have an illegal alien.
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From: rajain@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Premarital Sex - Is It OK?
Date: 16 Nov 92 15:01:30 GMT
Followup-To: soc.culture.indian

In article <9717@blue.cis.pitt.edu.UUCP>, cmhst6+@pitt.edu (Chris M Hunsicker) writes:
> To All:
> 
> I am engaged and am going to be married in about 9 months. My finacee &
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Congratulations !!!! (are we invited ? :-) )


> I are really growing impatient and would REALLY REALLY like to jump each
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> others bones! Should we do this, is it ok to, before we get married?
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Welllllll, I can sorta understand your impatience ("jumping
  	bones" ??? I thought it was "knocking boots" !! Oh well !!).

	You have two options:

		1. Go for it now !!! (assuming you have no plans of
		   not getting married later !!!)

		2. Wait till wedding night, that will be good cuz
		   the "hungrier" both of you get, the more you'll
		   enjoy on wedding night.

> Should we be worried about the consequences of our actions, mentally or

	Oh c'mon dooode, I don't think you should be worried about 
	*any* consequences ! You *do* plan on marrying, right ? Then
	how can you suffer any drawbacks NOW ?? (I mean, suffering 
	will start *after* the marriage :-) Ooooops, I got carried
	away :) ). No, seriously, if both of you think you wanna 
	boogie, then you shouldn't be worried at all !!!


> otherwise? Note that we can't get married any earlier because our
> parents want us to get married at that paricular date. 

    Dart!!! I was about to suggest that you pre-pone you wedding date!!


> 
> You replies will decide for us!! Any hints as to sneaking around would
 
	Oh my gawd! Such a huuuuuuuge responsibility! Better get serious.
	Hey listen, me think you should "do" whatever you feel like doing.
	Don't let "others" decide what to do for you!!! Are you gonna let
	the SCI-land make allll the decisions in your married life ? I think
	not! So it's best to listen what people say, but implement only
	what you wanna do !!! I say......GO FOR IT !!!! Pre-marital
	sex has it's own fun, challenge, or whatever! You'll miss it 
	*after* you get married (both of you). 

	HINTS:

	1. Mandir ke peechey, bargadh ke neechey :-)

	   (behind the temple and under the Bargadh tree)

	2. Elevator !!!

	3. Office !!!

	4. Take-off together for a weekend in some other town (where 
	   your parents do not exist) and BOOGIE !!! :-)

	More "hints" are trapped in my "brain" but I don't think
	I wanna post them on a public forum. But, whatever you do,
	
	eeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnjjjjjjjjjjjjooooooooooooooooyyyyyyyyy!!!!

	(at least the first few days of married life ;-))


> also be greatly apreciated!
 
	u r wel"cum" 8-) (no pun intended)

> 
> 	-Atul Grover ( A man whose glands are about to bust... )


	rAjAt.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: pavan@myria.cs.umn.edu (A.Pavan)
Subject: Re: desi anagrams :-)
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:23:09 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.071027.23997@engr.LaTech.edu>, shalan@engr.latech.edu (Shivram Halan) writes:
|> devi lal :  live lad (  Pavan@umn-cs.cs.edu)
|> 
|> 	how about : vile lad
|> 		    evil lad 

Kudos ! Keep 'em comin'
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: aa@iti.org (Aayush Asthana)
Subject: Re: SINCERE APOLOGY TO SCI READERS
Organization: Industrial Technology Institute
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:38:16 GMT

Your apologies for hurting the sensibilities of net-folks is an
example for others to emulate.

I applaud you for that!

Yet, please give serious thought to when free speech becomes mere
abuse on this impersonal faceless channel of communication.  For
that abuse can threaten the rights of others.

While none of the great leaders you have mentioned have *ever*
publicly abused (as you and others did) other people or their
sensibilities, your point in favor of free speech is well taken.
 
Not just a drop in the ocean, but a positive step -- let's try to
keep it this way!

After all this is a global network and the world is a small place.

[] Regards,   | Industrial    :      _________ ___________ ___________
Aayush Asthana| Technology    :    /___   ___//___    ___//___    ___/
aa@iti.org    | Institute     :   ____/  /___    /  /    ____/  /____ 
(313) 769-4652| Ann Arbor, MI :  /__________/   /__/    /___________/
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: chemsn@emory.edu (Sreehari Nimmala)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: MOLCOM X, A TRUE REVOLUTIONIST.
Date: 20 Nov 92 20:04:31 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

bhat@cs.columbia.edu (Dinkar Bhat) writes:
: In article <1466@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> chemsn@emory.edu (Sreehari Nimmala) writes:
: >prem@prem.lbl.gov (R. Shirdi Prem) writes:
: >: In article <1443@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> chemsn@emory.edu (Sreehari Nimmala) writes:
: >: >Hay guys/gals, the movie "Molcom X" is getting released
: >: >tomorrow, and my suggestion to all is to take a 
: >: 
: >: 	No offense, but what about "Molcom" parts I thru IX ??
: >
: >Without going into details, let me briefly state that its not
: >number "ten", but "Ex". Molcom Little wanted to shed his last
: >name, 'cze it showed to the world that he was "little"(to whites).
: >He changed his name to "Molcom Ex", symbolizing, Ex-smoker, Ex-drug
: >peddler, Ex-everything. For more details, either read his
: >autobiography(as told to Mr Healey OR watch Spike Lee's recent
: >movie)
: >: 
: >: 	Prem!
: >
: >__SN
: 
: THERE AIN'T NO "MOLCOM" AND THERE AIN'T NO "HEALEY".

YES, THE CORRECT ONES ARE, "MALCOM" AND "ALEX HALEY". Is it okay
now??
: 
: Dinkar.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
From: prabhak@giga.cs.umn.edu (Satya Prabhakar)
Subject: Re: Newsgroup monopolized by riffraff?
Keywords: None
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, CSci dept.
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:15:39 GMT

(Anindya Basu) writes:
>
>It seems to me that the majority of traffic generated in the newsgroup involves
>inane, puerile, immature, incoherent, intemperate rantings of individuals who
>should know better than to use this as a forum to display their colossal
>ignorance and personal bigotry. ..most netters seem to be under the
>impression that an unmoderated newsgroup gives them the license to spew out
>the garbage in their minds as and when they feel the urge. This not only wastes
>valuable bandwidth, but also leaves most first time readers of the newsgroup
>with a bad taste in the mouth.

Fortunately and unfortunately an unmoderated group does give them the
license. However, the malaise is not widespread as you may have felt.
The nuisance is caused by a few men (if you can call them so; this 
set in my experience does not include any women) who have neither 
a core of belief nor an agenda, leave alone the necessary minimal 
intellect to pursue any. 

I will be the last one to suggest trying to curb their rights to post,
but if enough of us believe that this is a fantastic forum for us
Indians to exchange opinions, information and ideas even though we
have not seen each other in our lives (if you think about it - it is
an absolutely great thing), we ought to strive to make this into a more
sane and sensible forum. It is incumbent upon us to free it from
these 'honorable gentlemen' who have managed to take it hostage.

I suggest as part of this effort, we just ignore those who have become 
a nuisance and thrive on attention. These men have nothing to offer
except their interminable inanities and stupid puerile humor.

Just ignore'em and they will go away!

Satya Prabhakar
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.indian.telugu,wpi.students.desis
From: rajain@chekov.ecs.umass.edu (Rajat Jain)
Subject: Re: Statistics again
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:07:39 GMT

In article <1eeha4INNgs0@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, sdoki@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Suresh Doki) writes:
|>  rajain@sml12.ecs.umass.edu (Rajat Jain) writes:
|> >
|> >	hey you morAn !!! What's the meaning of "*" ???? I don't get 
|> >	it, doode !!! Please enlighten the SCI :)
|> 
|> i just assumed that you would be smarrt enuff to comprehend it.
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> anywayS it was just to show that it was the same user...... for the
|> morAns to add.

	now you know better than to make assumptions about me :-)

|> 
|> >	BTW, are those statistics for postings/day or postings/week ???
|> >	;-) ;-)
|> 
|> they are the statistics for the two days before i posted them. i can
|> post them for you everyday if you want me to.

	heyyyyyyy! what-a-great-idea !!!! I am sure our SCI friends will
	appreciate that contribution from you :) !!!!


|> 
|> >	See! How much we contribute to Indian culture, and then we get
|> >	flamed for it. Man! life's a beach !!!
|> 
|> no life is a highway and tom cochrane wants to ride on it.

	and all night long too ;) (I always wondered if he was subtly
	trying to convey a message to our subcouncious :))


|> 
|> >	[very "informative statistics deleted !!! (maybe someone could
|> >	  perform some forecasting too :)!!!) ]
|> 
|> 
|> now that you followed up my article it would not be very tough to
|> forecast i guess.       ;-)


	hee! hee! I believe in the advancement of Statistical techniques !!!

|> 
|> suresh
|> 
	rAjAt.