HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
Newsgroups: alt.astrology


Thanks to all posters about the upcoming (December 23) solar eclipse.
I do not pay nearly the attention to the actual timing of such events
as I used to years ago, but I am very glad that these postings caught 
my attention.

The eclipse is at 2 CAP 28 (more or less).  It opposes a triple (casimi)
conjunction of my Sun, Moon and Venus (the three oppositions are all
within 1/2 degree).  It conjuncts my MC (within 1/2 degree).

I use the keyword "spotlight" for solar eclipses.  I see them as
strengthening or highlighting of events.

In my case I had already planned to leave my job/change careers and sell 
my house.  It's nice to see the extra energy to make these decisions 
work out.

Enouraging thoughts and energy are welcome!

R's,

Steve Kauder                        Phone: 303-229-3541 
UTD Support and Learning Products   Unix Mail: stevek@hpfcmgcf.fc.hp.com

"Computers, Music, Astrology, The Course in Miracles, what's next??"
From: lmpm@teal.csn.org (L. M. P. McPherson)
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
Subject: Re: Tesla Calculation Glitch
Date: 19 Dec 92 00:33:49 GMT
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.

In article <1992Dec18.103335.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> crago_l@cubldr.colorado.edu writes:
>In article <BzFK7t.42r@csn.org>, lmpm@teal.csn.org (L. M. P. McPherson) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec17.110535.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> crago_l@cubldr.colorado.edu writes:
>>>
>>>Hi Maggie!  Would you also kindly post Tesla's birth data?  Thanks --
>>>
>> Sure, Lou. Nikola Tesla was born at the stroke of midnight (00h local
>> mean time) on July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Yugoslavia (19E00, 45N15). His
>> ascendant is at 3Taurus22, and his MC is at 16Capricorn39. Pluto
>> and Uranus are in the first house, and Venus and the Sun straddle
>> the IC and form a T-square with a Mars-Moon conjunction in the
>> sixth opposed to Jupiter and the North Node in the twelfth, with
>> Jupiter squaring Saturn in the third (which is very loosely conjunct
>> Venus and the IC). His angular Pluto is almost exactly sextile
>> Saturn, the ruler of his tenth.
>
>I'm having a problem . My software is a trashy little program,
>BlueJr, which certainly has its shortcomings, but serves.
>
>ooh localmean time (and I'm calling it timezone -3)
>results in an ASC of 1:19 Gemini.

Local Mean Time is not equivalent to the -3 timezone. It is closer
to the -1 timezone, but that's not exact. If your software can't
accept LMT as a timezone and do the calculations, then use the
positions of the angles I gave you. His other placidus cusps are:
2: 5Gem21, 3: 26Gem58, 5: 9Leo15, 6: 11Vir48.

>Tell you what, let me know the degree of the Moon, and that will point
>the direction. 

His Moon is at 13Lib53.


Maggie
From: agray@axion.bt.co.uk (Andy Gray)
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
Subject: Princess Diana and the eclipse (was Re: What's up pussycat, da da da de
Date: 14 Dec 92 14:41:04 GMT
Organization: BT Laboratories

da dah!!!)
Keywords: 

In article <Carole-111292094445@cis_staff-kntx53.cis.brown.edu>, Carole@brownvm (Carolyn Egan) writes:
|> In article <92344.221218EJAHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>, <EJAHC@CUNYVM.BITNET> wrote:
|> > 
|> > Dear Carole:
|> > 
|> > Could you please post some general info about the significance of eclipses? I
|> > am very curious.
|> 
|> Very briefly (as there are whole books written on this subject) when the
|> either of the luminaries are eclipsed the symbolic meaning is a possible
|> loss of either the masculine (Sun) or feminine (Moon) energy.  The most
|> recent example of this (other than this week) was when the eclipse of June
|> 30th conjoined  Perot's ascendent and he withdrew from the race. 
|> 

Looking at more recent events, and the recent postings about our Royal Family, I
couldn't help noticing that the eclipse happened when the moon was at 18 Gemini
and the Sun was at 18 Sagittarius. This would have meant that the Sun crossed
Princess Diana's Ascendant at that time. Bearing in mind that the official
announcement of the seperation of the Prince and Princess of Wales was made late
in the afternoon, the loss of the masculine energy was more of a real world
experience for her.

   ^__^				 ___ 	 ___ 	 ___ 	 ___ 	 ___
  (-  0)	Andy		<*,*>	<*,*>	<*,*>	<*,*>	<*,*>
  | \/ |			[`-']	[`-']	[`-']	[`-']	[`-']
  \    /    NeXTMail Welcome	-"-"-	-"-"-	-"-"-	-"-"-	-"-"-
====^^======================================================================
    \/		Software Technology Division, SSTF/306, British Telecom
                Research Labs., Martlesham Heath, Ipswich IP5 7RE, U.K.
Andy Gray       Tel: +44 473 646647    e-mail: agray@axion.bt.co.uk
		"It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculation,
		if you live near him." J.R.R.Tolkein
============================================================================
From: lmpm@teal.csn.org (L. M. P. McPherson)
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
Subject: *** NEWCOMERS TO ALT.ASTROLOGY -- READ THIS ***
Date: 17 Dec 92 05:31:28 GMT
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.



          ***** ATTENTION NEW READERS OF ALT.ASTROLOGY *****

There is a file, posted monthly, called "Frequently Asked
Questions." Before you post a question to alt.astrology, please
check this file to see whether the question is one that is
frequently asked. If it is, an answer can be found in the file.
If the file is no longer at your site, you can obtain a copy at
the ftp site, hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au; to do so, you probably
need to have a UNIX account or access to the internet through a
SUN station. From most sites, you type "ftp
hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au"; once connected, type "anonymous" and
then enter your e-mail address as a password. Once in, change to
the directory where the file resides by typing "cd
pub/astrology". If you type "ls" you can see the names of all the
files in the directory. The file you want is "faq"; type "get
faq" to transfer it to your account. Then type "bye" to
disconnect, and read the file with an editor.

If you cannot get the file through anonymous ftp, please wait for
it to be posted. Thank you for your courtesy.
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
From: "Haydn Huntley" <huntley@gable.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Vedic Astrology
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 11:35:17 -0500

In article <4850@wet.UUCP> egret@wet.UUCP (thomas helke) writes:
>Am looking for Vedic Astrology computer program. Matrix
>Software of Big Rapids, Michigan produces a Vedic Astrology
>program that will only print out to a printer and not
>also to screen; Passage Press of Salt Lake City, Utah produces
>a Vedic Astrology program that will print to screen or
>to an ASCII printer. I don't know how much the Matrix 
>program is, but the most updated Passage Press version
>("PC-Jyotish") will be $199.
>
>I do not own either program. I am looking at the Passage
>Press program, but would like to hear from anyone who
>has used either program or knows of a shareware
>(really wishful thinking on my part) Vedic Astrology
>program.
>
>Any suggestions will be appreciated. 

Actually, there is also a third choice: Haydn's Jyotish 
It costs $95, and it not only displays everything on screen, it also
gives you choices about how things are displayed (North and South
Indian styles), exactly what is printed, and it supports ASCII, Epson,
and HP compatible printers.

It runs on both PC's and Mac's, and it is comfortable to use.

The demo version is $10 if you'd like to examine it.

--Haydn
-- 
*****************************************************
*  Haydn Huntley    huntley@silver.ucs.indiana.edu  *
*****************************************************
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
From: roignard@tnl.com (geoffrey inget)
Subject: Re: Something different
Organization: The Northern Lights
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 14:19:03 GMT

In article <BzE1p1.LAC@csn.org>, lmpm@teal.csn.org (L. M. P. McPherson) writes:
>In article <BzBoq2.601@tnl.com> roignard@tnl.CAM.ORG.UUCP (geoffrey inget) writes:
>>
>>Is there any connection between a person's chart and peculiar sensitivity to 
>>high pitch noise?  I am particularly sensitive to high pitches and being in
>>a room with high concentrations of E/M (electromagnetic radiation) can at 
>>times drive me absolutely crazy.  I am noticing this is a cyclical 
>>aggravation, so I figured it's a good question to ask you.  (For example, I
>>am sure to log off right after sending this, because my computer and my 
>>high intensity light are hurting my ears)
>>
>>Thanks and I know it's a weird question,
>>geoff
>
>Not at all weird, but a bit tricky since few people have such
>sensitivities, so one does not often get a chance to examine
>the charts of those with this trait.
>
>The only similar case I know of was Nikola Tesla. His senses,
>especially hearing, were outrageously sensitive. A fly landing
>sounded like a huge thud to him, and he could hear things miles
>away that nobody else could even begin to hear. The most striking
>feature of his chart is an angular T-square, although he also had
>Pluto almost exactly on the ascendant. His Mercury, which might
>be related to the senses, was in its own sign (Gemini) and house
>(third) and received no major or minor aspects, so perhaps this
>is relevant to his heightened sensitivity. Would you be willing to
>post your chart? Because charts are unique, it is difficult
>to say "this configuration leads to this trait." 
>
>People with Pisces, Neptune, the twelfth house, or the seventh
>harmonic (septile aspects) strong are very sensitive, but
>usually not to *physical* variables so much as to *psychic*
>variables. They absorb the emotions of people around them.
>
>
>Maggie

Yes, I will post my chart as soon as I have it all done (I am truly
new to all this).  What I can tell you for now (very basically) is that
I am a Pisces with Pisces rising and Venus in Aries, Mars in Taurus,
Jupiter in Capricorn, Saturn in Taurus.  My birth was at 7:20 am on
the 20th of February, 1972, in case anyone is ambitious enough to do the
work for me.  Otherwise I'll post it when I'm done.

And thanks for the response, I appreciate it and was a little apprehensive.

geoff
From: hunter@vax.sonoma.edu
Newsgroups: alt.astrology
Subject: help
Date: 20 Dec 92 06:37:26 GMT
Organization: Sonoma State University


  Hi everyone. I'm Joan and I'm looking for a companion who would be 
compatible with me. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area of California
and was born on May 3, 1969 at 4:30 pm. My rising sign is Libra and my
moon sign is Sagitarius. I also have lots of other planets in fire signs
like Aries and more Sag, which makes me active and restless and adven-
turesome. At the same time I'm perfectly capable of staying at home and
relaxing too, if I felt like it and/or there was someone great with me.
If you are fun to talk to and are also in the Bay Area and are in your
20s, write me and we can talk.
From: morpheus <morpheus@entropy.mcds.com>
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: After Neuromancer...then what?
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 10:39:47 EST
Organization: the pickle factory at Langley, Virginia

<BDA108@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

> if you finished neuromancer and liked it why not read Count Zero and Mona Lis
> Overdrive, they are the next two in line...

And then make sure you DON'T read Agrippa...


morpheus@entropy.mcds.com ("morph")   |   A name changes toys into tools..
Obsolete diety for hire.  Cheap.      |          - Skinny Puppy
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk,sci.electronics
From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
Subject: Re: Caller ID block?
Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 255-9121
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 16:28:18 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.190848.45769@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> kucloak@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bryan Kennedy Reed) writes:

>Are you saying that Caller ID is unconstitutional?  If so, then why,
>praytell, do you think it is?  One is not forced to reveal one's phone
>number; a touch of a couple buttons and the ID is blocked.  No one is
>being forced to do anything.

Well, I've stated my reasons for thinking it's unconstitutional in several 
other messages.  The biggest reason is that the phone system defaults to 
sending your number out, instead of the other way around.


-- 
Chad Helfenberger
(chelf@lunatix.uucp) 
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
From: burtp@rs6421.ecs.rpi.edu (Philip Nason Burt)
Subject: Re: AGRIPPA
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:28:53 GMT

In article <1992Dec14.110542.26580@netcom.com> gbartoli@netcom.com (Guy Bartoli II) writes:
>Philip Nason Burt (burtp@rebecca.its.rpi.edu) wrote:
>: In article <1992Dec12.172355.17173@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ahawks@nyx.cs.du.edu (your unconscious mind) writes:

>: 	could you do us a favor and post the correct version rather
>: than just griping about incompetance.  I read this and proceeded to
>
>	Here, here! A posting of the 'correct' version or an FTP site.name
>would be much appreciated!
>
>: 

well,

	subscribing to futureculture did help

	i recomend people subscribe.  it seems pretty cool.  you can get
	it in digest format so it doesn't clutter your mbox.

	send the command

			send agripa

	as the Subject: line of a mail message to 
			"future-request@nyx.cs.du.edu"

	and enjoy.

ps. its not too cyberish, but nice poetry none-the-less.
	don't print it out...  i don't think it was meant
				to be read like that.

Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
Subject: Re: Caller ID block?
Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 255-9121
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 16:25:35 GMT
Keywords: Caller ID

In article <1992Dec18.192939.45771@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> kuloak@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>> It seems that the reason most people here fail to see this is because they 
>> DO understand all this technological flib-flab.  They are 'cyberpunks'.  
>> They realize WHEN to block their numbers and when there is no need to.
>
>Just which amendment is being violated?  I assume you are saying it is
>a violation of the right to privacy which is a penubra right derived
>from the first and fouth amendments.  Just where does this violation

Partially, yes.

>occur?  The constitution does not give someone the right to be stupid.

By this logic, you HAVE to be smart, or you are in violation of the law.
The constitution does not care if you are smart or stupid.  This is TOTALLY 
irrelevant.

>A lot of people don't know they have the right to refuse to have their
>house searched (without a warrant) or that once their garbage leaves
>their property it can be searched (if the garbage company allows it),
>etc.  If you are not forced to reveal your phone number, where is the
>violation of the right to privacy?

The people who don't know they have the right to refuse a search (without a 
warrant) are ignorant of the law.  That's their own fault.  However, most of 
the people who use Caller ID do not realize (and don't have the resources to 
LEARN) that giving your number to everyone you call is not only an issue of 
privacy, it's an issue of legality.  

Those who know what's good for us must rise and save us from ourselves.
-- 
Chad Helfenberger
(chelf@lunatix.uucp) 
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
From: ratner@owlnet.rice.edu (Logan Joshua Ratner)
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Organization: Rice University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:12:09 GMT


Here's a new question on the subject,
do cellular phones generate a caller ID
number, or just the number of the reciever
cell (where the connection to the phone line is)?

Could cellular phones be made to recieve
caller ID information, for that matter?

Questions, Questions. Answers?

ratner
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
From: ashall@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Andrew S Hall)
Subject: Mondo Bashing, etc.
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:33:05 GMT

Boy, nothing breeds jealousy like success.

There is a perpetual thread on this group of bashing Mondo 2000
and,now, of bashing William Gibson. The cyber-punk "anything goes"
and tolerance has degenerated into excommunications and in-fighting
as bad as Andre Breton and the surrealists.

Obviously Mondo is not perfect. NO one magazine could ever be,nor
could one magazine serve the entire needs of a community as diverse
as the cyber-punk one. Someone compared it to Cosmo, but I disagree.
It is more like Discover or Scientific American. If you are looking
for cutting edge techie details or deep articles on particular
subjects, don't read it. Get a specialist magazine. If you are
looking for fun, art, and a general gloss of a lot of subjects,
then it is a good magazine.

Look at the most recent issue. The perfect example of what I mean
is the interview with Manuel DeLanda. Most CP people are probably
not familar with him. The interview presents a short gloss of
his ideas and if you want more, go to the PoMo section of your
local bookstore. Interviews with musicians, reviews of software,
etc. are great for people who want a quick, enjoyable read on
things they are interested in, but lack the time to fully go into.

People seem to enjoy bashing Mondo for the same reason they bash Gibson.
Jealousy. It is one thing to criticize and criticism of both is often
justified and valid. It is also a good counter-balance to the
hero-worshipping tendencies. However, much of the criticism of Mondo
and Gibson has sunk to the level of "It's popular, so it can't be
any good." It reminds me of the progressive music fans of bands like
REM that quit liking the music just because its popular. Actually, its
sadder in CP people who should be welcoming popular acceptance
of their ideas. That is, if they REALLy want the world to change
and aren't just interested in being in an "elite" subgroup.
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
From: Clayten_Hamacher@mindlink.bc.ca (Clayten Hamacher)
Subject: Re: *HEY! BROADCAST OF AGRIPPA TONIGHT!!*clo
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 10:07:05 GMT

To many people to send a message to were drooling over Agrippa. If you aren't
a Gibson groupie then ignore the message. Why is it offensive to tell people
who are going crazy over Gibson (merely because they are told that *REAL
CYBERPUNKS* like his books) to actually ask themselves if they liked his
writing?

The reason I mention it is because it happens everywhere someone calls
themselves a CP, I ask what they do and they say that they read Gibson.

Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
From: steve@mikejag.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve (PrettyBoy) Barclay)
Subject: Re: Caller ID block?
Organization: mikejag (mike) is a private system in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:29:35 GMT

In article <92349.140107DANGC@CUNYVM.BITNET> <DANGC@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
>I seem to remember reading somewhere that when the telephone switching
>system was put in place (replacing operators with computers) that one
>of the major public policy issues is that you would no longer know who
>was calling you (since "Mabel", the operator had to plug both of you
>into the switchboard).
>
>Funny how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
>
>BTW, IMHO the right thing is to be identified.  Unlisted numbers
>should all be posted!
>
Anybody who's famous would disagree with you on that point.

Steve


-- 
###############################################################################
# You have been listening to the erotic daydreams of an earthworm as it was   #
# sucked backwards through a French milking machine.  - George Carlin         #
###############################################################################.
From: Jeremy_Reimer@mindlink.bc.ca (Jeremy Reimer)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Has anyone posted the PROPER, complete Agrippa?
Date: 18 Dec 92 06:59:08 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

email me if nobody has yet, and I will.  :)

The "I swear I never heard the first shot" line we all saw in Tom Maddox's
.sig is in there...


--
Jeremy_Reimer@ |"It turned out, as N-Man discovered later, that the black
mindlink.bc.ca | boat hadn't been after him at all.  It was full of riotous,
---------------| unemployed former James Bond villains enraged at the fall
aka THE JAGUAR!| of Communism in the Soviet Union."
---------------|
Stealth Sig#69 |  --From "N-Man #3: N-Man on Holiday"
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
From: pgyger@ulys.unil.ch
Subject: Re: Freaks
Organization: University of Lausanne - CH (Switzerland)
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 10:24:25 GMT

In article <1992Dec13.172219.25227@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, hgray@mta.ca writes:
> You guys are a bunch of fucking freaks.  Get a life, or a job. what kind 
> of morons sit around and pretend that they are someone else?  I'll tell 
> you who, losers with no self confidence, or any dignity.  You people 
> should get a grip on reality, and quit living in an imaginary world.
> Role the dice you fucking homos!

 I was thinking about answering to this post. But after all, that would 
 only make this guy feel more important. Let's just pretend I never saw 
 that.

--patrick

 Get a what?
From: mykel.alvis@the-matrix.com (Mykel Alvis) 
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: Freaks
Date: 17 Dec 92 11:42:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The MATRIX BBS - Birmingham, AL - 205-323-2016
Reply-To: mykel.alvis@the-matrix.com (Mykel Alvis) 

G> In article <18496@mindlink.bc.ca>, Clayten_Hamacher@mindlink.bc.ca (Clayten 
>I think someone has two accounts.... Either that or MTA is filled with a
>bunch of dumb jocks.
>
G>      No I don't have two accounts! But I look forward to meeting Mr. Gray,
 > as it seems that we have something in common.  You should know that the only
 > jocks we have are on the football team. 

Not that this is a moderated group, but we're having a party guys, and you
aren't really welcome, I think...

Mykel


 -- SPEED 1.20 [NR]: My wife or my computer, boy will I miss her!!!!
From: qasama@wpi.WPI.EDU (John Grossi)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: Low tech??
Date: 16 Dec 1992 22:49:10 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu

In article <0aXRVB5w165w@angus.mi.org> thx1138@angus.mi.org writes:
>Gentleman from Norway who called ours a low-tech world: 
>
>
>  Artificial hearts.  Personal computers.  Virtual reality.  Cellular
>  phones.  Telepresence.  Microwave ovens.  The Internet.   CD's.  
>   
>  I don't know what world _you_ live in, but the rest of us live in
>  a very high tech world.  Unless you are expecting faster-than-light
>  or some other science fiction fantasy.  

I would point out that it is the THEORY of relativity.
It may be possible we just don't know how....

I include Clarke's Laws for your benefit

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

    (1) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that
        something is possible, he is almost certainly right.  When
        he states that something is impossible, he is very probably
        wrong.

    (2) The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go
        beyond them to the impossible.

    (3) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
        from magic.

For reference, see _Profiles of the Future_ by Arthur C. Clarke.
********************************************************************


-John
-- 
_/\  /\ John Grossi qasama@banach.wpi.edu  |AC Milan^\/o|VOTE!   /\
   \/  \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/  \/~~~~~~~~~~
        ``Shit happ++ATHO
NO CARRIER
From: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Date: 14 Dec 92 22:14:04 GMT
Reply-To: curt@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Curt Welch)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In alt.cyberpunk, ratner@owlnet.rice.edu (Logan Joshua Ratner) writes:
>Here's a new question on the subject,
>do cellular phones generate a caller ID
>number, or just the number of the reciever
>cell (where the connection to the phone line is)?

In general, I don't know.  But if I call home from my car phone,
I get an out-of-area display on my caller ID box. (I use Bell
Atlantic Mobil Systems).

>Could cellular phones be made to recieve
>caller ID information, for that matter?

I'm sure they could, but I don't know if there's a standard
for how it would work - i.e. when it would be broadcast.

Curt Welch
Newsgroups: alt.cyberpunk