HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: cjr6495@tamsun.tamu.edu (C J Rogers (Chris))
Subject: Re: 2-mile long gun
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 21:30:19 GMT

In article <92284.232356JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> <JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>I too recall the Discover article.  it talked about magnetic coil guns or
>something.

>JK

It is commonly known as a rail gun.  It uses magnetic forces and super 
conductors to propel objects at high rates of speed.   I am not to certain as 
to the accuracy of this fact, but I have heard that they can get a particle 
5 or 6 times faster than the speed of sound before it even reaches the end of a
20-25 foot long barrel.  Pretty interesting stuff.  Also, on a large scale such
as 2-3 miles, it could not be aimed well enough to be used as an effective 
weapon.  It does have uses in putting sattilites in low Earth orbit, thus 
saving on the amounts of feul used.


Later!
C J Rogers
 
"Now if only we could get Congress to work as well as rail guns..."
							-- Salis
Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
From: jek@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (James Kittock)
Subject: Re: 2-mile long gun
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 19:12:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.000618.27014@netcom.com> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
>In article <1992Oct11.213019.27899@tamsun.tamu.edu> cjr6495@tamsun.tamu.edu (C J Rogers (Chris)) writes:
>>In article <92284.232356JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> <JBK4@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>>I too recall the Discover article.  it talked about magnetic coil guns or
>>>something.
>>
>>>JK
>>
>>It is commonly known as a rail gun.  It uses magnetic forces and super 
>>conductors to propel objects at high rates of speed.   I am not to certain as
>>to the accuracy of this fact, but I have heard that they can get a particle 
>>5 or 6 times faster than the speed of sound before it even reaches the end of a
>>20-25 foot long barrel.  Pretty interesting stuff.  Also, on a large scale such
>>as 2-3 miles, it could not be aimed well enough to be used as an effective 
>>weapon.  It does have uses in putting sattilites in low Earth orbit, thus 
>>saving on the amounts of feul used.

Actually, the current project (which will be tested sometime in the
next month or so) uses gas from an explosion and the barrel is about
120 feet long, as I recall.  The goal is to get the projectile up to
about 9,000 MPH (I think).  Of course, the escape velocity of Earth's
g-field is a bit higher than that, but it is the right order of
magnitude.

Sadly, the payload is only about 10kg.  But it is a start.

As for weapons use, it is always a possibility, but I think there are
more practical and effective weapons systems.

-- 
James Kittock -- 1st Year PhD Student, Computer Science, Stanford -- Duke '92
	  "What the world needs now is another folk singer,
	     like I need a hole in my head."  -- Cracker
Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors
From: jeffp@netcom.com (Jeff)
Subject: Re: alt.alien.visitors.sewage.garbage.bullshit.crackpots.fantasy
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 02:34:40 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.185033.9039@acd4.acd.com> gvb@TEFS1.acd.com (Gregg Brown) writes:
>About 6 months ago I started getting interested in abductions. I

Yeh, well JW has about 30 years on you...

>I am not interested in newage sewage, beings of light bullshit or
>hot-tub heavy breathing. I am interested in real investigation and
>informed opinions on the subject (that used to be at hand and is
>implied in the newsgroup title) having to do with UFO sightings and
>alien visitations, whether the latter means abductions, mutilations
>or government conspiracies.
>
>This .sig was prepared by a professional editor. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

Doesn't sound very professional to me.

DON'T assume to draw parameters for me or anyone else in this group. It
is unmoderated for a REASON. I agree with some of what you said about
wading thru people that are not serious about posting real information
here, but don't be an ASSHOLE. 

I, JW, GS, and anybody else who wants to share in a sincere way has
a voice here.

Jeff-

(.sig-less and proud of it. Kids, go ahead and do this at home;-)

Newsgroups: alt.california
From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu ()
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 23:06:25 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

In article <fTUmFpt@quack.sac.ca.us> pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) writes:
>OK, San Francisco Bay Area:

>San Rafael: San Quentin, San Rafael-Richmond bridge
>Mill Valley: yuk, this place has its own yuppie theme song! it's sick
>Corte Madera:
>Tiburon: yeah right, you might be able to afford this
>Sausalito: keep dreaming, maybe one day
>
>That's it, whadi miss?

Congrats on an outstanding job! I'm sure no one went unoffended :-).

You did miss Belvedere. In Belvedere they think the downtrodden
masses live in Tiburon and Sausalito.  :-)

Brian
From: rea@den.mmc.com (Vince Rea)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: theme towns
Date: 16 Oct 92 21:56:38 GMT
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Originator: rea@avila



How 'bout Lompoc - flower seed capital of the world.
In the middle of June each year theres a flower
festival with parade, flower field tours, and fair.


Vince
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the usual disclaimers apply
From: jkchan@lynx.cat.syr.edu (J. K. Chan)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: Rent in San Fran
Date: 11 Oct 92 04:07:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Syracuse University


I am going to move to San Fran., CA in a month or so.  Could someone
tell me which area is comparatively safe and inexpensive to live over there?  
Especially in or near Hercules which is northeast to Richmond.
Any advice or suggestion is appreciated.
  
Please send email to the above address.
Thanks.
-Jim
From: mike@gordian.com (Michael A. Thomas)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: Re: Is this group availible to all Universities in the U.S.
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:40:09 GMT
Organization: Gordian; Costa Mesa, CA

In article <aquigley.719224356@unix1.tcd.ie>, aquigley@unix1.tcd.ie (Aaron J. Quigley) writes:
> Can all universities in the states get this group 
  
  Everybody has moved here, therefore it is unnecessary for
them to get this group in other states.

> and if so why is it so undersubcribed !!

  Drive by shootings have thined the population by 1/2.
-- 

		Michael Thomas	(mike@gordian.com)
	"I don't think Bambi Eyes will get you that flame thrower..."  
		-- Hobbes to Calvin
		USnail: 20361 Irvine Ave Santa Ana Heights, Ca,	92707-5637
		PaBell: (714) 850-0205 (714) 850-0533 (fax)
From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: Re: Looking for 'theme' towns in California
Date: 10 Oct 92 01:49:21 GMT
Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <BvvJLs.ELG@inews.Intel.COM>, pharvey@mipos3.intel.com (Paul Harvey) writes:
>Turlock: theme is turkeys and Wolf Man Jack and you'll get used to the smell

I beg to differ.  Turlock:  theme is MedicAlert.
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understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).  So
unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
From: adavies@vax.oxford.ac.uk (Anthony Davies)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: More themes please!
Date: 12 Oct 92 12:49:39 GMT
Organization: Institute of Virology, Oxford, UK

Can anyone post some "themes" to help me get to know the suburbs of San 
Francisco better?  I'm moving there in a few months, and any info (however, 
erm, anedotal) would be appreciated.  In fact, what the hell, the more 
anecodotal the better!!

Anthony Davies
From: adavies@vax.oxford.ac.uk (Anthony Davies)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: Themes are *fun*
Date: 15 Oct 92 09:09:46 GMT
Organization: Institute of Virology, Oxford

Hey, keep those themes pouring in - they're amusing, and actually surprisingly 
useful - a consensus does kind of emerge, even at this long range...-- 

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Newsgroups: alt.california
From: FHERTZBERG@finabo.abo.fi (Fredrik Hertzberg Lit)
Subject: UC Site Rankings
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 11:23:34 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23


  Could anybody rank the following UC universities for me (I'd be interested in
graduate studies in English but please tell me about the cultural life there as
well):
UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, UCSD & UCLA. Thanks, Fredrik.  


Newsgroups: alt.california
From: pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Organization: The Duck Pond public unix: +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest'.
	<ldovk0INNheb@news.bbn.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 04:17:17 GMT

In article <ldovk0INNheb@news.bbn.com> 
rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes:
>In article <fTUmFpt@quack.sac.ca.us>, 
pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) writes:
>|> E. Palo Alto: hmm, ... different, interesting history
>Can you say more?   I've always wondered why this part of Palo Alto
>is so different from the rest of the town.

I'm a little rusty on this, hopefully someone can help out with the
facts. I believe it was founded by a former slave after emancipation as
New something or other, an African name. It's out on the tidal flats
which was worthless land at the time, but it's actually a very nice
location, near 70 year-round. Since the Ray-gun era, it's been mostly
downhill with crack and all, the crime rate is very high, it's drug
central on the peninsula and the town doesn't have a police force so
it's up to County Sheriffs or something and they have their hands full
protecting the beautiful people of Hillsborough and such, so it's the
Wild-Wild West as Kool Moe Dee would say. Sun micro wanted to build
their corporate campus there but the politics got ugly and to tell you
the truth I think the locals were right. The problem was that if Sun
built there then it would just turn into downtown yuppie-ville, so this
is a problem for low-income areas. How to preserve the place for the
locals and not attract the undesirable yuppie types.
Newsgroups: alt.california
From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 22:56:24 GMT

In article <fTUmFpt@quack.sac.ca.us> pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us
(Paul Harvey) writes:
>OK, San Francisco Bay Area:
	Nice Counter-clockwise around the Bay.
>SF: Babylon by the bay, temp 65-55 year-round
	Did you say Beach Blanket?
>San Bruno:
	An ex-officemate's home ;^)
>Menlo Park:
	Home of the USGS and SRI.
>Mountain View: Moffet Field Blimp Hangers, noisy P3/Orion prop planes
	Noisy F-18s today.
>Sunnyvale: extreme yuppie-dom, filthy clean
>Cupertino: more extreme yuppie-dom, wished they could afford Los Altos Hills
	Apple: Woz and Jobs started there.
>Sunol: golf in hell (hot)
>That's it, whadi miss?
	Live-no-more: Cowboys or Labbies.

This gets to the typical question What constitutes the "Bay Area?"
The scope tends to be considerably wider than this.  We attach sub-Bays
including Monterey Bay (up to Santa Cruz), Half Moon Bay, Suisun, etc.
Geographers can make a case that even the Davis/Sacramento/stock areas
are part of the "Bay" due to deep water shipping channels.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Acting Associate Editor, Software and Publication Reviews
  Scientific Programming
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From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 16:51:29 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.134939.9437@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
adavies@vax.oxford.ac.uk (Anthony Davies) writes:
>Can anyone post some "themes" to help me get to know the suburbs of San 
>Francisco better?  I'm moving there in a few months, and any info (however, 
>erm, anedotal) would be appreciated.  In fact, what the hell, the more 
>anecodotal the better!!

Can you get an SF area road map?  (like from the "Auto" Club)
That would make things easier.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Acting Associate Editor, Software and Publication Reviews
  Scientific Programming
  {uunet,mailrus,other gateways}!ames!eugene
Seeking Books to buy:	Bongard, Pattern Recognition
			Imhof, Cartographic Relief Presentation
			Books on or by Benjamin Whorf
Xref: sparky alt.california:1860 alt.activism:17506
From: rfauteux@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Fauteux)
Subject: Re: Recall PETE WILSON
Newsgroups: alt.california,alt.activism
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:42:09 GMT

fescobar@nyx.cs.du.edu (Fabio Escobar) writes:

>RECALL PETE!!!!!

Sorry -- there are alot of us who support Wilson, and would prefer to
get rid of Brown.  Go home.
From: pharvey@mipos3.intel.com (Paul Harvey)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: Re: Looking for 'theme' towns in California
Date: 9 Oct 92 21:56:15 GMT
	<archie.718602683@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1b37u3INNa1s@gap.caltech.edu>
Organization: look into my eyes, can't you see they're open wide

Bodie: theme is tourist trap
Placerville (Hang-Town): theme is the yuppie invasion of the Sierra foothills
Santa Cruz: theme is banana slug
>=I missed the beginning of this thread, so this may be redudant...
>=Did anyone mention Woodside?  You know, north of Palo Alto a little
>=ways off I-280, cast in the old Western theme?
Woodside an old Western town, yeah right! (Try Jackson instead)
Woodside: theme is I'm disgustingly and filthy rich, just look at my water bill
Gilroy: theme is stinky rose
Vacaville: theme is onions, Nut House and las vacas
Modesto: theme is modesty, except when cruising main
Turlock: theme is turkeys and Wolf Man Jack and you'll get used to the smell
Tracy: theme is just two short hours to the bay area!
Eureka: theme is Eureka by boat, Yreka by rail
Yreka: theme is, well, land's cheap, and the railroad used to stop here!
Smith River: theme is, yup, Smith came through here too!
Redding: theme is 120 in summer, snow in winter
Livermore: theme is a top government secret
Hollywood: theme is fronting with a disconnected car phone
Weed: theme is rasta
Willits: theme is weed farming
Mendocino: theme is Hollywood version of New England village
Pleasanton: theme is SUBurban bliss
Richmond: theme is refineries, without chemicals, life itself would be impossible
Diablo Canyon: theme is Nukclear Power, our saviour! Earthquakes, not here!
South San Francisco: theme is "The Industrial City", great view of SFO!
LA: theme is purple sunsets and bumper to bumper freeways, quite angelic,
    and the classic: California, just add water!
San Diego: theme is: no San Diego is not a suburb of Tijuana! 
La Jolla: theme is: don't call it la joe-la!
El Segundo: theme is: we are number two!
Orange County: theme is Republicans for Clinton!
Sacramento: theme is your tax money at work!
San Jose: theme is gateway to Alviso!


NO NO NO, you people have all missed the one true Cali theme town: ALVISO!
From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: Re: 1992 SENATE RACES
Date: 13 Oct 92 20:25:40 GMT
Reply-To: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol1.gps.caltech.edu

In article <1992Oct13.171010.14832@nas.nasa.gov>, eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
>In brief:
>Feinstein(D)-Seymour(R-Inc.) had their debate.  Seymour looked slightly better,
>slightly better prepared, Feinstein found herself on the defensive early.

Oddly enough, in this race, one of the issues is that the Democrat has tried to
scrap a welfare program (unnecessary defense spending;  Feinstein has supported
the closing of some unnecessary bases) while the Republican is trying to keep
the welfare flowing (he calls it saving California jobs).

>Herschensohn is the only candidate running on a pro-life, pro-increased
>military spending ticket (which is popular for the S CA aerospace
>contractor comunity).

Yup.  Like I said, we've got the Republican campaigning on promises to increase
welfare.
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understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).  So
unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
Newsgroups: alt.california
From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 06:29:57 GMT

In article <ldovk0INNheb@news.bbn.com> rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes:
>In article <fTUmFpt@quack.sac.ca.us>, pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us
(Paul Harvey) writes:
>|> E. Palo Alto: hmm, ... different, interesting history
>
>Can you say more?   I've always wondered why this part of Palo Alto
>is so different from the rest of the town.

You mean New Nairobe?

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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  Scientific Programming
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			Imhof, Cartographic Relief Presentation
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Newsgroups: alt.california
From: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
Subject: Re: Weather in San Francisco
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 03:22:21 GMT

I think this person wants the weather in SAN FRANCISCO, San Ferando Valley
is about 400 miles south of San franscisco
Newsgroups: alt.california
From: jeffh@pisces.sps.mot.com  (Jeff Heilner)
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Organization: SPS
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:18:06 GMT

In article <fTUmFpt@quack.sac.ca.us> pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey)  
writes:
> OK, San Francisco Bay Area:

[ Many Bay Area Communities deleted ]

> Dublin:
> San Ramon:
> Alamo:
> Walnut Creek: once there was Calif. Walnuts here, once there was a creek too

> That's it, whadi miss?


My home town of Danville should have been in here with these other
East Bay towns.

Located on Interstate 680 between San Ramon to the south and Alamo
to the North, Danville boasts a revitalized, yet nostalgic "Old Town" 
downtown section. If you are in town the day after Thanksgiving, you 
can enjoy the traditional Oak Tree lighting ceremony, where the many 
in the town turn out for a celebration that ends with the lighting of 
an old Oak tree in the center of town, which stays lit until New Year's.

Also the town's 4th of July parade is a lot of fun! Danville definitely
has a Americana flavor to it. If you ignore the espresso cafes, you may
even think you were somewhere in the midwest, rather than California.

Danville also represented the United States in the 1991 Little League 
World Series Championship game in Williamsport, PA (lost to Taiwan 
however, what else is new :( ) 

Many major league ballplayers make Danville their home, esp. players 
from the Oakland A's and SF Giants.

Kinda sounding like a chamber of commerce report, huh?

I could go on and on but suffice it to say, it was a great place to 
grow up, and I got a chance to see the town do a lot of growing up as 
well.

- Jeff


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From: ecpzp@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr V A Noronha)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: 1992 SENATE RACES
Date: 13 Oct 1992 10:16:29 +0100
Organization: Computing Services, University of Warwick, UK
Distribution: world,usa,alt,na
NNTP-Posting-Host: clover.csv.warwick.ac.uk
Summary: 1992 CALIFORNIA SENATE RACES


Does anyone have any news (eg opinion polls, gossip, etc...) about the US Senatorial races in California, ie, Boxer-Herschensohn, Feinstein-Seymour?

Any information would be appreciated as none is available in England?
Newsgroups: alt.california
From: WEBER@JEDI.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Kevin Weber)
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Followup-To: alt.california
Organization: 78-30
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 15:07:22 GMT


> 
> Can anyone post some "themes" to help me get to know the suburbs of San 
> Francisco better?  I'm moving there in a few months, and any info (however, 
> erm, anedotal) would be appreciated.  In fact, what the hell, the more 
> anecodotal the better!!

What do you mean suburbs of San Fransisco?  San Fransisco is a suburb! A
suburb of San Jose.

But if you want anecdotes, think vegetables. 

Half Moon Bay has a pumpkin festival. 
Gilroy has a garlic vestival.
Morgan Hill has a mushroom vestival.
Watsonville is the artichoke capital of the world.
etc.

All of which celebrate the ability to grow plants in climates totally
antogonistic to growth of any plant.

kevin
From: rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman)
Newsgroups: alt.california
Subject: Re: More themes please!
Date: 14 Oct 1992 20:09:36 GMT
Organization: Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: spcsun25.bbn.com

In article <fTUmFpt@quack.sac.ca.us>, pharvey@quack.sac.ca.us (Paul Harvey) writes:

|> E. Palo Alto: hmm, ... different, interesting history

Can you say more?   I've always wondered why this part of Palo Alto
is so different from the rest of the town.

-- 
Ron Newman		rnewman@bbn.com
Newsgroups: alt.california