HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
Subject: Re: Help me save Snuffy
Organization: SPSS Inc.
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:44:11 GMT

elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher) writes:

>In article <92254.062516U16028@uicvm.uic.edu> <U16028@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>>Help me save "Snuffy Smith" by calling the Tribune at 222-4440 and telling
>>them how upset you are at both the price rise and the demise of "Snuffy."

>Upset?  I was glad to see that it was "Snuffy" they torched (I had to
>compare an old paper and yesterday's line-by-line before I even
>realized "Snuffy" was gone, so I hardly miss it).  They kept "Dilbert",
>which is a marvelous strip, and tossed one of the most one-note, unfunny
>strips they still carried.  Now if we could just get rid of "The Buckets"....

I'm glad to see Snuffy Smith gone...it wasn't funny at all.  BUT, I love
"The Buckets"...it fits my family just perfectly...;-)

 -Steve
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Newsgroups: chi.general
From: scholvin@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Scholvin)
Subject: Softball Player Available
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Distribution: chi
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 21:11:50 GMT

Help!  My fall softball team won't be playing this year because we didn't get
our money in in time, and I need a fix.  If anyone out there needs an extra
player, call me.  I'm 25, great speed & glove, decent arm, good contact
hitter, outfield preferred, but will catch or DH!  12" slow pitch preferred,
men or mixed.  West/northwest burbs or city, weeknights or weekends.  Very
flexible!  

Call 708/924-9269, leave a message for John.  Thanks!

-- 
John Scholvin                           |  "If I die before I waked,
scholvin@casbah.acns.nwu.edu            |   Allow me Lord to rock out naked"
cp /dev/null /usr/include/disclaimer.h  |       -Red Hot Chili Peppers
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Sunday, 6 Sep 1992 07:40:26 CDT
From: <U16028@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Apple Macintosh Powerbook 100 price?


I was offered a brand new Apple Macintosh Powerbook 100, with 2meg RAM,
internal 20 meg hard drive, one external 1.4 meg hard drive, and a 9in
backlit Supertwist LCD display.  It included the battery, AC adapter, system
and training software.  The price is $700.

Is this a good price and is the Powerbook worth owning (read:  useful)?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Terry
U16028@uicvm.uic.edu
From: krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. 'krikket' Krick)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: chi.test
Date: 12 Sep 92 06:38:52 GMT
Organization: The Meltdown - A Team Star BBS

In article <1992Sep07.152916.4733@vpnet.chi.il.us>, lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us
(Gerry Swetsky) writes:
>In article <krikket.7629@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D.
>'krikket' Krick) writes:
>>Keep in mind when you get a select handful of newsgroups, it's not that
>>bad...  The only non alt hiarchy I carry is rec.arts.sf, and if something
>>illegal were posted there that would carry over to my machine, I'd notice
>>THAT pretty quickly!
>
>    But I'm concerned there are other Amigae somewhere handling a full
>    feed and doing newgroups as fast as they see a post to a newsgroup
>    that is not on their machine.  That sucks!

The only Amiga system that I know of that carries anything near a full feed
would be AmigaNet.  (The machine Amiserv talks to, which is the source of the
stuff you've been bitching about...)

>>>    However, the newsgroups are still created automatically, right?
>>
>>Yeah, but see above.
>
>    I did - I'm not impressed!

Okay already...  I edited my Cron file, and I no longer automatically create
the newsgroups.  Point taken!

(Now can we be friendly and agree to disagree on our philosophy of the Net?)

(Yes, I still stand firm and beleive that a newsgroup that has enough traffic
to keep SysAdmins from killing it off has a right to exist.  Yes, you disagree
with me.  Ahh well...  BTW:  No offence was intended when I lumped the alt
groups in with the rest of the Net...)

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Newsgroups: chi.general
From: ecl2@quads.uchicago.edu (eric carl landahl)
Subject: Ride Wanted: Between Hyde Park and Argonne N.L.
Reply-To: ecl2@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:48:53 GMT


I am a college student at the University of Chicago looking for a ride once or
twice a week back and forth to Argonne National Laboratory.  I am a continuing
an internship I began last June, and am moving back into Hyde Park in October.
My hours are somewhat flexible, and I am willing to pay all gas costs.  Please
contact me by replying to ecl2@midway.uchicago.edu or by calling:
312-445-5984 and leaving a message for me.
Thankyou for your attention!
Eric Landahl


.
From: acg@hermes.dlogics.com (Andrew C. Green)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: Daily Tribune Price Upped
Date: 14 Sep 92 11:59:04 CST
Distribution: chi
Organization: Datalogics, Inc., Chicago, IL

In article <1992Sep9.150937.10918@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>, stanm@comm.mot.com (Stan Macasieb) writes:
> ...the _Chicago Tribune_ announced that the price of a daily paper from
> the newsstands will increase 15 cents to 50 cents starting Sept 28.

I am standing on one foot until such time as the Sun-Times suddenly discovers
that increased costs will force it to also, and with much regret, increase its
price to 50 cents.

Actually, I predict that this will happen within two weeks of September 28.

-- Andy
Newsgroups: chi.general
From: jrd@cutie.acns.nwu.edu (John R. Dennison)
Subject: Re: chi.test
Organization: Black Bag Midwest
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:13:58 GMT

In article <1992Sep07.152006.4648@vpnet.chi.il.us> lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky) writes:
>
>    If you think *that's* annoying, what would you think if we didn't
>    have chi.test and people were posting test messages all the time to
>    chi.general and chi.places.  I don't know if there are any automat-
>    ic echos on chi.test (are there?), but that's yet another purpose of
>    the test newsgroups.

	Regarding echos:  none as far as I know.  In fact, I was thinking of
	setting one up on uumeme.  If no one objects, perhaps I will.


					John
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Saturday, 5 Sep 1992 19:49:50 CDT
From: <U16028@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Apple Mac Powerbook 100 price?

I was offered a brand new Apple Macintosh Powerbook 100, with 2meg RAM,
internal 20 meg hard drive, one external 1.4 meg hard drive, and a 9in
backlit Supertwist LCD display.  It included the battery, AC adapter, system
and training software.  The price is $700.

It this a good price and is the Powerbook worth owning (read:  useful)?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Terry
U16028@uicvm.uic.edu
From: lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: chi.test
Date: 7 Sep 92 15:29:16 GMT
Organization: Vpnet Public Access

In article <krikket.7629@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. 'krikket' Krick) writes:
>In article <1992Sep07.010027.24608@vpnet.chi.il.us>, lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us
>(Gerry Swetsky) writes:
>
>>    Isn't there any decent news software around for the Amiga?
>
>There is only one option at the moment, unfortunately.  I'm more unhappy with
>it because my damn machine has been giving me "Guru Meditation" errors every
>8-12 hours...
>
[---------]
>
>Keep in mind when you get a select handful of newsgroups, it's not that bad...
>The only non alt hiarchy I carry is rec.arts.sf, and if something illegal were
>posted there that would carry over to my machine, I'd notice THAT pretty
>quickly!

    But I'm concerned there are other Amigae somewhere handling a full
    feed and doing newgroups as fast as they see a post to a newsgroup
    that is not on their machine.  That sucks!

>>    However, the newsgroups are still created automatically, right?
>
>Yeah, but see above.

    I did - I'm not impressed!

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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 10 Sep 1992 06:25:16 CDT
From: <U16028@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: chi.general,uic.general
Subject: Help me save Snuffy

Not only is the Chicago Tribune Company raising the price of the paper by a
whopping  42%, from $.35 to $.50, but the are in the process of killing my
dad's favorite cartoon panel, "Snuffy Smith."

Help me save "Snuffy Smith" by calling the Tribune at 222-4440 and telling
them how upset you are at both the price rise and the demise of "Snuffy."

Thanks.

Terry
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 14 Sep 1992 09:52:57 CDT
From: <U30644@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: uic.bicycle,chi.general
Subject:    Trek 820 for sale & carrier

Black men's Trek 820 (I believe 22" frame) for sale.  Ridden 4 times.
Includes kickstand and lock, $375 obo.

I have a bike carrier (rear mount) that I would also like to sell.
If you are interested in the bike and carrier, $375 firm.  If you are
only interested in the bike, $375 negotiable.

Call Joel at 312/784-5075 or e-mail.

Joel
Xref: sparky chi.general:1116 uiuc.general:18
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Monday, 14 Sep 1992 08:23:45 CDT
From: Michael Lanski <U20139@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: chi.general,uic.general,uiuc.general,uic.deadbeats
Subject:  Fall '92 Schedule



Recently up from the depths of the midwest:

=================
Deadbeats Schedule Upcoming

Check the HOTLINE for changes and additions: (708) 864-3775

Fri Sep 11 CLEARWATER SALOON  3937 N. Lincoln
           What is this, a stealth show?
Fri Sep 18  CZAR'S  St. Joseph, MI  more info on hotline soon
Sat Sep 19  CZAR'S again!
Sat Oct 3   The PARKING LOT - GREAT Deadhead Store: 513 Davis, Evanston
            3 PM!!  This is a FREE all Ages Acoustic afternoon show!
Sat Oct 3   UNICORN CAFE  9:30 PM - 1217 Sherman, Evanston
            This is a FREE all Ages Acoustic show!
Fri Oct 9   CLUB DE WASH  Madison, WI   (608) 256-3302  a labor of love
Fri Oct 16  ANDY'S  Lincoln Hwy, Downtown DeKalb IL  (815) 758-4250
            Yes!  Another FREE All Ages show => Electric
Sat Oct 17  HEARTLAND CAFE  7001 N. Glenwood, Chicago  (312) 465-8005
            Outstanding food, and music begins at 11 PM
Fri Oct 23  AT THE TRACKS  325 N. Jefferson, Chicago
            Loft-type space, outdoor access, a train-lover's delight!
Sat Oct 24  CHANGE OF PACE  downtown Macomb IL   WIU gets more 'Beats
Fri Oct 30  unconfirmed - Possible SCHUBA'S show
Sat Oct 31  BIDDY MULLIGANS  7644 N. Sheridan, Chicago. Hallowe'en with
            the Deadbeats at 10:15 PM, and Mr. Blotto at 12:30 AM
            Costumes a must - Biddy's will have a contest!
Sat Nov 7   BRIXIE'S  9526 Ogden Ave, Brookfield IL (708) 387-0050
            Should be Deadbeats from 10 to 2 solid - check the hotline!
            This is a GREAT room with a $2.00 cover every night!!!
* * * Give a call and leave a message for the Deadbeats * * *
    Hotline  (708) 864-3775   UNI-ERSK
Newsgroups: chi.general
From: lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky)
Subject: Re: chi.test
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 05:48:21 GMT

In article <bclark.00jr@jupiter.chi.il.us> bclark@jupiter.chi.il.us (Brian Clark) writes:
>
>Hi Gerry, I just knew you would respond to that message... :)

    Baited again...

>Once in junk, everyone (okay, not everyone) loves to run automated
>scripts/programs to automatically check the junk newsgroup for new
>newsgroups and have them blindly added to the newsgroups file.
>Works well if you only receive real newsgroups, but thats a completely
>bad assumption to say the most.

    That's not the way newsgroups are created in Usenet, however.  I
    don't believe you want your intelligence insulted by my sitting
    here and explaining the difference between Usenet and its RFD/CFV
    method of creating newsgroups and alt's method where newsgroups may
    be created merely at anyone's whim.

    Are you aware of the difference between Usenet and alt?  I'm
    convinced that if someone doesn't keep an eye on the bogus news-
    groups in Usenet, that it will not be long before the difference 
    will be barely distinguishable.  That's why I keep an eye on the
    junk newsgroup here and send out the letters I do.  Despite the
    ribbing I take from people on amiserv and other sites, I think
    I'm doing something beneficial.

>He probably gets very few if any messages in junk, and the ones that do
>are probably for real newsgroups because amiserv doesn't send him very
>many wildcard'ed newsgroups.  rec.stuffed.turtle wouldn't make it to his
>site.

    On the contrary, I've found a few postings to bogus newsgroups
    originating from amiserv.  Though I'm not about to try it, I
    believe r.s.t would make it to amiserv and a thousand other sites
    in Usenet.

    Check your (or amiserve's) active file.  The following newsgroups
    should *NOT* be in it:

    news.test
    comp.sys.ibm.hardware
    comp.forsale
    rec.fitness
    comp.sys.amiga.software.pirate
    misc.jobs.offerred   (two r's)
    soc.culture.cis
    talk.politics.cis
    rec.arts.tv.tiny-toon
    soc.culture.india

    There's dozens more, but those are some of the more popular bogus
    Usenet groups.

>How can you convince people not to run CheckJunk type programs?  Not easily.

    If they're not interested in the well-being of Usenet, they shouldn't 
    be System Administrators.  There's got to be a way to get through
    to these people!

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Newsgroups: chi.general
From: elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher)
Subject: Re: Public access sites?
Reply-To: elle@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Distribution: chi
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:13:55 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.115105.4919@gagme.chi.il.us> 
 russ@gagme.chi.il.us (Russell J. Price) writes:
>Does anyone have a list of all public access sites in the Chicago area?

  Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers
  Subject: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

  38. Is there a public access Unix system near me?  How can I get
      access to system for news and mail?

      Phil Eschallier posts a list of open access Unix sites (he calls
      them "Nixpub" sites) on a regular basis to the following
      newsgroups:  comp.misc and alt.bbs.   Check his posting
      for information on sites you can contact.

      Furthermore, a list of open access sites that are not necessarily
      Unix sites is posted regularly in alt.bbs.lists; see the postings
      entitled "NetPub listing" for more information.

>I'm looking for something closer to Mokena (i.e. far south suburbs,
>near Orland Park).

12/91  708-833-8126^      vpnet      Villa Park      IL 12/24/96    24
  386 Clone - Interactive Unix R2.2 (3.2), Akcs linked bbs FREE, inclu-
  ding many selected Usenet groups.  Shells are available for a minimum
  $60/year  contribution; under 19, $30.  Includes access to our FULL
  Usenet feed.  Well connected.  Four lines including three Trailblazers;
  Contact: lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us, Gerry Swetsky (708)833-8122 (human).

12/91  708-983-5147       wa9aek     Lisle           IL 12/24/96    24
  80386, UNIX V.3.2.3;  XBBS for HAM radio enthusiasts;  1.5 Gigabytes online;
  Multiple lines, dial in - USR HST DS V.32bis/42bis, 8138 - Tb T2500;
  Login as bbs (8-N-1).

Probably as close as you'll get;  nothing in 815, so far as I can see.

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From: lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: chi.test
Date: 7 Sep 92 00:04:04 GMT
Organization: Vpnet Public Access

In article <krikket.7491@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. 'krikket' Krick) writes:
>
>It's actually easier for me to have a few newsgroups created on my end that i
>occasionally kill off than to deal with the junk directory on a daily basis...

    Why do you feel the need to deal with the junk newsgroup?  We
    monitor control with a kill file for any messages that have cancel
    in them.  That way when new Usenet groups get created we see them.
    If they're newgrouped from the wrong sources, we check them against
    news.announce.newgroups and a recent newsgroups file from uunet.
    If they aren't listed there, they're deleted.

>Besides, I like the occasional illegal newsgroup that I get fed.  (The latest
>example is alt.sex.woody-allan...)

    Excuse me?  The words legal and illegal don't apply where alt is
    concerned.  I was speaking of Usenet.

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From: stanm@comm.mot.com (Stan Macasieb)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Daily Tribune Price Upped
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:09:37 GMT
Reply-To: stanm@comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola

On a subject other than this thread that's been percolating over the last
three weeks, the _Chicago Tribune_ announced that the price of a daily
paper from the newsstands will increase 15 cents to 50 cents starting 
Sept 28. Home delivery prices go up 10 cents to 40 cents. The Sunday
papers prices remain unchanged. 

I can even remember the days when the Sunday Tribune was 50 cents.

Stop sounding like an old man, Stan! :)


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~~necessarily those of this corporation.          |   with that?" 
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From: krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D. 'krikket' Krick)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: chi.test
Date: 7 Sep 92 11:49:50 GMT
Organization: The Meltdown - A Team Star BBS

In article <1992Sep07.000404.24274@vpnet.chi.il.us>, lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us
(Gerry Swetsky) writes:
>In article <krikket.7491@meltdown.chi.il.us> krikket@meltdown.chi.il.us (D.
>'krikket' Krick) writes:

>>It's actually easier for me to have a few newsgroups created on my end that 
>>I occasionally kill off than to deal with the junk directory on a daily
>>basis...
>
>    Why do you feel the need to deal with the junk newsgroup?  We
>    monitor control with a kill file for any messages that have cancel
>    in them.  That way when new Usenet groups get created we see them.
>    If they're newgrouped from the wrong sources, we check them against
>    news.announce.newgroups and a recent newsgroups file from uunet.
>    If they aren't listed there, they're deleted.

I was just curious, so I asked...  In this case I find chi.test to be slightly
annoying and was in a pissed-off mood, so I posted it in a slightly silly
vengeful manner.  That's all!

>>Besides, I like the occasional illegal newsgroup that I get fed.  (The
>>latest example is alt.sex.woody-allan...)
>
>    Excuse me?  The words legal and illegal don't apply where alt is
>    concerned.  I was speaking of Usenet.

Once again, there *IS* a structure to how alt. groups are supposed to be
formed. That and as I said earlier, for simplicity's sake, I often refer to the
alt. groups as part of UseNet, an alternative group of newsgroups that many
places don't carry...  Or is my understanding of the alt groups completely
wrong in that fasion???

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Newsgroups: chi.general
From: glass@adcalc.fnal.gov (Michael Glass)
Subject: Re: chi.test
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-a4  
Reply-To: glass@adcalc.fnal.gov
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Distribution:  chi
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:12:09 GMT

     In article <1992Sep10.191358.13819@news.acns.nwu.edu>,
jrd@cutie.acns.nwu.edu (John R. Dennison) writes...
> 
>	Regarding echos:  none as far as I know.  In fact, I was thinking of
>	setting one up on uumeme.  If no one objects, perhaps I will.
> 
> 

     I got automatic echos back from some machine in the berkley.edu
domain when I posted to chi.test recently.  This even though the
distribution was "chi".  It even echoed back a cancel.

-- Michael Glass
From: kenk@sdc.com (Ken Konecki)
Newsgroups: chi.general
Subject: Re: Daily Tribune Price Upped
Date: 11 Sep 92 13:33:10 GMT
Organization: Systems Development Corporation

In article <1992Sep9.150937.10918@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> stanm@comm.mot.com writes:
>the _Chicago Tribune_ announced that the price of a daily
>paper from the newsstands will increase 15 cents to 50 cents starting 
>Sept 28.

If you want to buy discounted newspapers, work downtown.  The price of the
Trib is 25 cents from the newsstands.  I imagine that's so the vendors
don't have to fiddle with making changed for commuters in a hurry.  If
that truly is the reason, the downtown discount will probably go away
when the price of the paper goes to 50 cents.

Cheers,
    -Ken K
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