HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mbaffoni@skat.usc.edu (Michael Baffoni)
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
Subject: Re: Claudia Scheiffer
Date: 31 Jul 1992 11:07:14 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: skat.usc.edu

In article <1992Jul31.051359.15235@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Mike O'Connor <mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> writes:
>Speaking of which, have the two babes that actually appeared in
>Wayne's World -- Donna Dixon and Tia (some-last-name) -- done any
>modelling?  Donna Dkxon is my list of "underrated babes" and seems
>like she could easily be in the "supermodel" crowd.

	I don't know about Donna Dixon, but Tia Carrera somewhat recently 
appeared in the ho-hum action-commedy "Showdown in Little Tokyo" (with Dolph
Lundgren and Brandon Lee).  To tell you the truth, her (nude) scenes were the
only thing that made the movie worth watching.  Dolph's acting was ... almost
non-existant, but was still better than Brandon's - looks like he still has
stuff to learn from his father. :)

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-Mike


Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: bprofane@netcom.com (Gert Niewahr)
Subject: Re: Anyone know Mary Lou Retton?
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 17:44:34 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <1992Jul31.092141.2016@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> chu@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Eugene Chu) writes:
>
>But she has some great moves, some great curves, and great control of
>her limbs.  Have you seen how most gymnists can contort themselves?

Uh, *had* some great curves.  She's gotten way porky lately.  There
was a picture of her with the Barcelona gymnastic squad and she
looked like Porky Pig.
From: fvaughn@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Frederick Vaughn)
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
Subject: IS IT LIVE, OR...
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:48:19 GMT
Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA (USA)

I was in the mall over the weekend, and as my friends and I walked out of
Sears, we passed a video screen playing Michael Jackson's "In the Closet"
(???????????). Anyway, my friend Tom made a remark that made me stop and think,
even though I really wasn't surprised by it. He said, "Look! It's Diana Ross."

Now, considered how Michael looks now, I wasn't really fazed by this statement.
What made me ponder was that...

I COULDN'T TELL IF HE WAS TALKING ABOUT M.J. OR NAOMI CAMPBELL!!

Anybody else feel the same way about this year's (Black) model?

FRED
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: mjo@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike O'Connor)
Subject: Re: Claudia Scheiffer
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Reply-To: Mike O'Connor <mjo@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 05:13:59 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.205743.1776@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
mfitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Michael Fitz) writes:

>She is one (the original?) of the Guess Jeans girls.  If you saw Wayne's
>World the movie she was the girl they gave the triple SWIIINNNGG to.

Speaking of which, have the two babes that actually appeared in
Wayne's World -- Donna Dixon and Tia (some-last-name) -- done any
modelling?  Donna Dkxon is my list of "underrated babes" and seems
like she could easily be in the "supermodel" crowd.

						...Mike

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Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: kk881595@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (kevin knappmiller)
Subject: Re: Claudia Scheiffer
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:25:53 GMT
Reply-To: kk881595@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu
Organization: Engineering College, Colorado State University

In article <1992Jul30.164900.24969@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>,
mfitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Michael Fitz) writes:
> Has anyone seen the new Revlon Lipstick commercial with Claudia in it?
> VERY good.  Claudia is one HOT babe.  IMHO a close second to Paulina.

HOT is great, but I would prefer HOT.Claudia.GIF
in a 1280x1024x256.

Who's got the color scanner?

If I have seen Claudia Scheiffer I didn't recognize her.  You have to
back up your claims with visual images.

kevin
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: dlcogswe@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Dan Cogswell)
Subject: Re: Who ARE the supermodels?
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 12:00:45 GMT

leavitt@cheshire.oxy.edu (Thomas VanNess Leavitt) writes:

>Me and my roommate were utterly amazed by Kathy Ireland's appearance on 
>the Arsenio Hall show the other day... we had been so looking forward to
>it, and were so disappointed... Arse was clearly struggling... Kathy,
>on the other hand--can you say, `nothing upstairs'?  Wow... amazing.


I know a photographer in the Detroit area here who did some ads for a
local fitness club (Fitness USA, maybe?) and he spent quite some time
photographing Cathy Ireland.  His opinion of her:  very plain and
dim-witted in person.  Not even very attractive when standin next to
her. 

I guess a camera does something for her...

-- 
Dan Cogswell
From: snd@elan.cs.princeton.edu (Stefanos Damianakis)
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
Subject: Re: Claudia Scheiffer
Date: 30 Jul 92 18:57:00 GMT
	<1992Jul30.164531.24897@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
	<1992Jul30.164900.24969@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>
Followup-To: alt.supermodels
Organization: Computer Science Department, Princeton University

In article <1992Jul30.164900.24969@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> mfitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Michael Fitz) writes:

   Has anyone seen the new Revlon Lipstick commercial with Claudia in it?
   VERY good.  Claudia is one HOT babe.  IMHO a close second to Paulina.

SCHWING!

okay, well, i'd have to rank them:

	1. Cindy 
	2. Claudia
	3. Paulina

SCHWINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there really is no contest here... ;) 

-stef
From: poger@cs.unc.edu (Elliot Poger)
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
Subject: Re: Who ARE the supermodels?
Keywords: supermodels
Date: 31 Jul 92 13:45:16 GMT



How come I haven't seen Sharon Stone mentioned yet?
(OK, not REALLY a model, but so what.)
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: chu@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Eugene Chu)
Subject: Re: Anyone know Mary Lou Retton?
Organization: Image Analysis Systems Group, JPL
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 09:21:41 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.212944.6541@doug.cae.wisc.edu> saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu (Brian E. Saunders) writes:
>In article <1992Jul31.014428.23569@wam.umd.edu> cyberchrist@next10pg2.wam.umd.edu (1 fish 2 fish red fish) writes:
>>She seems like a really neat person, and I hope 
>>to someday meet her.  Does anyone know if she's
>>in school, married, anything?
>
>She's married.  But that is immaterial.  I would hardly classify her as
>supermodel.  Granted, she's neat, and pretty cute, but she's nary 5 feet
>and that is wayyyyy too small to be a supermodel!  :^)
>-- 
>Brian E. Saunders			saunders@luther.che.wisc.edu

But she has some great moves, some great curves, and great control of
her limbs.  Have you seen how most gymnists can contort themselves?

eyc
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Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: kencham@ulysses.cs.umn.edu (Deepak)
Subject: Re: Who ARE the supermodels?
Keywords: supermodels
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:24:19 GMT

Dammit ! How could you forget Isabelle Rossalini ? Gosh! It kinda haunts me every time I see her snaps ( reminds me too much of her mother :( )

\deepak
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Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: lu@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Zhengfang Lu)
Subject: Re: Who ARE the supermodels?
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 15:03:12 GMT

In <712563918snx@dojo.mi.org> sensei@dojo.mi.org (the Maniak) writes:


>Lemme see here -- we have:

>Cindy Crawford
>Claudia Schiffer
>Carol Alt
>Stephanie Seymour
>Linda Evangelista
>Kathy Ireland
>Christie Brinkley
>Rachel Hunter
>Paulina Porizhkova (sp?)
>Naomi Campbell
>Brooke Shields
>Iman

>Anyone else rank here with the elite (not to be confused with the
>modelling agency of the same name)?

>                                                ...Sensei

>==
> Internet:  sensei@dojo.mi.org
> UUCP:  ...!wsu-cs!dojo!sensei                      
 
What about Elle McPhearson?... I would say she ranks right up there with the 
best of 'em.
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: rpk@watson.ibm.com (Richard King)
Subject: Unidentified model
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:21:22 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Watching Style (with Elsa Klensch), I have noticed a certain model 
with European features, a medium-dark complexion, with straight dark hair
cut relatively short.  It seems like she is on just about every show,
often appearing in more than one segment.

Any information on this model, most especially her name, would be
greatly appreciated.

Richard.
Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: moody@brahms.udel.edu (John David Moody)
Subject: More models??
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 19:18:32 GMT

I really like this new group!!  It is great!!
Enough flattery, let's get down to business.

About a month ago, one of the TV shows (probably along the lines of Inside
Edition) did a piece related to female bodybuilders (like Rachel McLish and
Cory Everson) modelling swimwear.  I found it interesting because most
(but not all) of the supermodels mentioned in this newsgroup tend to be
quite skinny (probably due to society).  I'm just curious as to female
bodybuilders potential for becoming models, maybe not in the sense of
Kathy Ireland, but maybe more of a fitness sense, since it seems like more
people are getting involved in fitness.


Nothing against Kathy Ireland and the others, but when my friend asks me
what I think of her and other models, I tend to say "too skinny".

I'd rather see Cory Everson in a swimsuit than Kathy Ireland.

Any thoughts/discussions/etc. about this?  I would be quite curious to see
what others think, and also generate some traffic in this group.



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Newsgroups: alt.supermodels
From: cleo@cheshire.oxy.edu (Cleopatra)
Subject: Paulina who?
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 03:01:50 GMT

	I understand that this newsgroup is the offspring of <ahem> alt.great
ass.paulina, but may I ask whom this Paulina woman is?

				-Cleopatra

-- 
If 0+0=0..and 0-0=0...and 0x0=0, then why does 0/0 undefined?  Didn't we learn
that any number divided by itself is one? but any number divided by zero is 
undefinded, but then again if 0x0=o, then why is 0/0 undefined? Isn't that
profound?      -Shannon Rainwater
Newsgroups: alt.imploding.kibo,alt.religion.kibology
From: kibo@world.std.com (James "Kibo" Parry)
Subject: Re: CREATION
Followup-To: alt.religion.kibology
Organization: Between a rock and a type specimen sheet, Boston.
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 05:54:23 GMT

In article <IP208.92Jul22182002@lus.ii.uib.no> magnus@hsr.no writes:
>
>Btw most implosions are done with explosive lenses - does Kibo use
>glasses? How about an exploding computer screen? Or multiple exploding
>computer screens all the way around him?

My reading distance without glasses is about the length of my nose plus
an inch.  My glasses are negative meniscus of the "thicker than Tammy
Faye Bakker's eyeshadow" variety.

>Hope you have all been elightened.

I hope you've all been enlightened, but not as much as ME!

							-- K.

Xref: sparky alt.config:4917 alt.rock-n-roll.metal:9029 alt.music.progressive:1561 alt.rock-n-roll.hard:304
From: bibb@s912%bnf.com (Ken Bibb)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.music.progressive,alt.rock-n-roll.hard
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:37:54 GMT
Organization: Organization of Unknown Origin

In <1992Jul22.013629.10565@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gse9k@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU (Scott Evans) writes:

>jchokey@leland.Stanford.EDU  writes:
>> 	I heartily support Scott's suggestion that this group be called
>> alt.music.progressive.metal rather than alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive!


>Waaaaah.  I agree.  But the alt.r-n-r.metal.progressive one has been
>created.  There's arguments for both sides, but it's kind of meaningless
>now.  Damn.  Ah well.


>s
>damn damn damn

I think that alt.music.progressive.metal is more appropriate than
alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive, and think we should rmgroup the a.r-n-r.m.p
and create a.m.p.m in its stead.  It's easy to then link the two together in
the active (if I recall correctly) file.

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Xref: sparky alt.config:4819 alt.wolves:9
From: bpwing@phoenix.princeton.edu (Ben Wing)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.wolves
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:24:14 GMT
Subject: Re: alt.wolves
Organization: Princeton University
X-Subliminal-Message: You can quit reading news anytime you want.

In article <1992Jul22.182304.19848@odin.corp.sgi.com> amazon@sgi.com (Stormwind) writes:
|(Pete Ashdown) writes:
|>Due to the creation of alt.wolves, I think we should discuss creation of an
|>alt.animals hierarchy.  Why should people who like wolves have all the fun?
|
|probably because the people who have
|already been participating in alt.wolves
|since it's creation have contributed more
|articles than you would find on such 
|topics as lemmings, garden_slugs, and
|gnats.
|
|clearly you haven't been paying much 
|attention to the traffic going through alt.wolves.
|you might want to investigate first before
|making stupid suggestions.
|
|           stormwind
|
|           hell's amazon

Another humor-impaired poster without a clue.
--

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Newsgroups: alt.config,rec.arts.books,rec.arts.sf.written,bit.admin
From: elle@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Ellen Keyne Seebacher)
Subject: Re: Robert Anton Wilson
Followup-To: alt.config
Reply-To: elle@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 17:26:19 GMT

>>I am taking Pete's suggestion and crossposting to r.a.b.  So, any interest
>>in Robert Anton Wilson, and about starting a newsgroup (probably in alt.)
>>about him and his works?
>
>If your system picks it up, its called:  bit.listserv.fnord-l

I might point out that the official description (in the article
headers, presumably furnished by the gateway maintainers) is "New Ways
of Thinking list," which is not something you'd find by grepping for
Wilson, Illuminat{i,us}, or any other reasonable keyword except "fnord".  
(I rather wondered about that description when I addgrouped it here.)

>If it doesn't pick it up, try asking your admin guys...

"Guys"?  

Followups to alt.config, which is where this argu^H^H^H^Hdiscussion
has been happening so far.

--
Ellen Keyne Seebacher            news@uchinews.uchicago.edu
Newsgroups: alt.config,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.china
From: sridhar@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Sridhar Venkataraman)
Subject: RFD: alt.visa.us
Followup-To: alt.config
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 16:08:29 GMT

[Followups to alt.config please]

Name:	alt.visa.us

Status:	Unmoderated

Charter:	

o	All announcements and discussions reg. US visas.
o	Presently soc.culture.china and soc.culture.indian carry a lot
	of discussions on visas (SCC and SCI are among the big 25) and
	it would be worthwhile to put it all such material in the alt
	group. There are mailing lists for the same purpose too.
o	This is only a request for discussion. Please let alt.config
	know about any objections/brickbats/bouquets etc.
o	I don't know if there is any interest in any other Usenet
	group. Please let me know if they are any.
o	I personally feel that the newgroup may be restricted to
	"usa". Is there any interest outside of USA?
o	Any other points?

Sridhar.
From: bdb@becker.GTS.ORG (Bruce Becker)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: Starting alt.sys.amiga.datacomm.cnet
Date: 26 Jul 92 05:24:14 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario

In article <1992Jul18.165728.1776@vpnet.chi.il.us> lisbon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gerry Swetsky) writes:
|In article <1992Jul15.171408.27978@ms.uky.edu> kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes:
|>
|>Back in january we received a newgroup for alt.bbs.cnet and since then
|>it's only had two posts, one of which is a current "is this a real group?"
|>post.  Let me suggest you use this one rather than start another group
|>(though you might want to issue another newgroup for it).
|
|    You may have received the newgroup for alt.bbs.cnet, but the rest
|    of the net didn't.  It's not listed in the latest newsgroups file
|    either.



	"alt.bbs.cnet" appeared here on 5 Feb. 1992.


	It has not had any articles arriving here so far.


	What's it for?


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Xref: sparky alt.config:4793 alt.rock-n-roll.metal:8942 alt.music.progressive:1363 alt.rock-n-roll.hard:275
From: esuln@warwick.ac.uk (James Murray)
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.music.progressive,alt.rock-n-roll.hard
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:22:46 GMT
Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK

In article <1992Jul20.160225.29861@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> thrash@virginia.edu (Scott Evans) writes:
>Okay, everyone, here's an "official" proposal (that is, it's
>not a reply to another one ;)  Please post any thoughts
>comments, etc.
>
>
>Why alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive? 
>

Why indeed.

WHY CREATE ANOTHER NEWSGROUP??

There are already enough metal ones as it is.

Why not install a threaded newsreader onto your system - then it is nice
and easy to get rid of uninteresting articles before you read them.

Creating another newsgroup is just a waste of resources and makes the
newsgroups even more difficult for newcomers.

Take alt.rock-n-roll.metal.hard (or whatever its name is) GET RID OF IT !!
its a waste of space, hardly anyone uses it.

Even though I am uninterested in that kind of metal, I can easily skip it.

Read cblanc's article 'having read this shit' for his opinions.

If you have a vote, please count a vote for me against this newsgroup's
creation (as I probably won't receive the call for votes in time)

Please rethink your idea.

jsm
Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.rock-n-roll.metal,alt.music.progressive,alt.rock-n-roll.hard
From: mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan -- Genesis mailing list owner)
Subject: Re: PROPOSAL: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.progressive
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 23:36:18 GMT

Shouldn't this be

alt.music.progressive.metal ? 

Seems like there should be a heirarchy, so people can find it!

Scott

Newsgroups: alt.config
From: mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan -- Genesis mailing list owner)
Subject: Re: CFD maybe on alt.tv.90210MP
Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 21:24:09 GMT


YES!!!!

These would be very worthwhile groups!

Why not:

alt.tv.90125^H^H^H^H^H90210
alt.tv.melrose-place

?? 

Since the former is great and the latter stinks to high heaven.

My votes are definitely in favor.

Scott

Newsgroups: alt.config
From: Jonny Axelsson <jonnya@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: Proposal: alt.society.anarchy (2nd time)
        Tue, 21 Jul 1992 08:40:32 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:58:47 GMT
Originator: jonnya@geirahod.ifi.uio.no

Mike Linksvayer lists suggestions:
> IMO [Anarch]'ism' puts too much emphasis on theory and not enough on
> actual working societies.
Agreed.

> - Tone down the second paragraph in the charter regarding what
> is appropriate traffic in the newsgroup. I did this by making
> it a positive statement instead of a negative one.

I liked the meaningless drivel bit, but having read the meaningless
drivel saying "Hey, isn't meaningless drivel anarchistic?", I see that
it would be counterproductive. Ignorance is power.

> - Moderate it. I'll probably be laughed at for suggesting that
> this was seriously suggested, but it was. Someone can always
> create a moderated newsgroup in the future if they want one.

I for one would be a lot more happy with a moderate group, the small
delay would certainly be more than compensated by less trouble in
filtering out the noise. Besides, people seem to make a greater effort
when mailing to a moderator (an editor would be even better), they may
even think over what they want to convey: in addition to getting rid
of the drivel, the quality of the rest would improve. This is more
self-improvement than self-censorship.

Sincerly hoping this won't be another talk.politics clone,

Jonny
From: dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Daniel Zabetakis)
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: Alt.fan.tolkien
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:56:28 GMT
Organization: Columbia University, Dept. of Biological Sciences.

In article <1992Jul23.041307.12954@leela.cs.orst.edu> kruegek@atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU (Kirby Krueger) writes:
>How does the net feel about creating a newsgroup for discussing the works
>of J.R.R. Tolkien?  

    The most remakable thing about a Tolkien group is that it has been 
suggested so many times, and has still escaped creation. Usually wispering
the name of a group _near_ a terminal is all that is needed to prompt 
someone to create it.
   I take this to mean two things. One is that those who would create a
Tolkien group are mature enough to let the idea die when there is oposition
to it, and that there is opposition to it.

  I am a major Tolkien fan, but I don't really see the need for a Tolkien
group. Not unless the various book groups are filled with Tolkien Talk.

DanZ

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