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From: mcordes@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Matthew G. Cordes)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
Subject: WANTED: Sound Blaster Pro
Date: 14 Sep 92 00:16:31 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Ohio University CS Dept,. Athens


Hi.  I am interested in upgrading to a Sound Blaster Pro.  If you have
one to sell, please contact me with the purchase/shipping price.

     Thanks

     Matt

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Newsgroups: misc.wanted
From: orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich)
Subject: Wanted: EGA monitor and display adaptor
Reply-To: tnet.com!weyrich!orville
Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 09:19:43 GMT

I am looking for a used (i.e. cheap) EGA monitor and display that is likely to
work with Windows 3.x and/or OS/2 2.0. I hope to find something for about $150
(about half of a new low resoplution VGA monitor and card).

Anyone have such a beast? My daughter would like to move up to something beyond
the CGA that she now has; an 8-year old doesn't have much allowance, so ole
pop has to spring for it :-).

orville

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From: jwwhite@ache.mad.adelaide.edu.au (John White)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted
Subject: URGENT (to us)  remote production of EPROM: Australia to New York.
Date: 7 Sep 92 09:31:52 GMT
Organization: University of Adelaide, South Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: ache.mad.adelaide.edu.au

This is an urgent request for advice and assistance.

My brother-in-law  Mr. Andrew Baker
                   26 Fitzroy Ave.
                   Camden Park   5038

                   Office phone  Australia  61-8-3760969
                   After hours   Australia  61-8-2719088
                   Fax           Australia  61-8-2948601

is the production manager for a South Australian based company which is
in the process of installing a computerised position detection system in New
York city.  He has just discovered that he needs to replace 9 copies of a
512 byte EPROM (27C512 / 150 ns) in the system which has already been sent
to New York.

Request for advice:

Is there any problem with the idea of sending a binary file
created on an IBM PC Cross Assembler across the Network to New York?
It would need to be transferred to my Macintosh via
Apple File Exchange then sent to my unix box via FTP then transferred
to somebody's unix box in New York via FTP who can then use the file
to burn 9 EPROMs to be picked up by our representative in New York.

Request for assistance:

Is anyone in New York prepared to do this for us and what would be the charges
for such a service?
Please E-Mail me:  jwwhite@ache.mad.adelaide.edu.au  (John White)
or contact Andy directly as above.

Many thanks everyone for your time.
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: jensen@gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu (P. Allen Jensen)
Subject: Ethic's question - when you see a co-workers resume posted...
Keywords: ethic's,resumes,John Bonning at BellSouth Advanced Networks
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 23:20:12 GMT

A general question:

If one finds a co-workers resume posted to one of the resume news
groups, is it ethical to distribute a copy of that posting to
other people within the company ?

Mr. John Bonning did this to me today.  Fortunately, all of the people
in my chain of supervision were already aware that I was looking arround,
so Mr. Bonning came off looking like an unethical jerk.

I would be interested in any suggestions as to how to deal with this sort
of a situation.
(Hi, John!)
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Tel. 404.303.2300                      | 1100 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 880
Internet: jensen@eedsp.gatech.edu      | Atlanta, GA 30342, USA
X.400 gateway: /G=Allen/S=Jensen/O=BSAN/ADMD=BELLSOUTH/C=US/@sprint.com
From: paradis@sousa.ltn.dec.com (Jim Paradis)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: Earning a living in the country
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:28:11 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Littleton, MA

fkittred@spchp11.BBN.COM (Fletcher Kittredge) writes:
: It is quite possible to tele-commute with today's technology.  I do it
: frequently.  I live in the 508 area code and commute to the 617 area
: code.  The company pays for the telephone line, with extended service,
: so the calls are local.  I have a 9600 baud modem and a 19" black and
: white Graphon X-Terminal.  Response is quite adequate.

Yes, I telecommute occasionally myself, and I use a character-cell
interface 8-).

Anyhow, what I want to know is:  how did you get into a telecommuting
situation?  Did you do it from day one, or did you go into the office for
a while, pay your dues, earn your merit badges, and *then* start
working from home?

This is important, because what I've found most difficult is landing a
job that supports telecommuting from day 1.  Indeed, if I mention
telecommuting as a requirement during job-hunting, I find that I'm
quickly passed over in favor of a more pliant applicant.

The trouble with having to come into the office for the first few months
is that it still limits the geography of one's job search to places
that one can commute to.  I'm in Massachusetts... I couldn't consider
the "commute-for-a-while" arrangement for a California company!

-- 
Jim Paradis (paradis@tallis.enet.dec.com) 
Working for DEC, speaking for myself.
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: danr@ais.org (Daniel Romanchik)
Subject: Re: Business Travel
Organization: UMCC
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:07:40 GMT

In article <5537@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.boeing.com> mattb@ssc-vax.boeing.com (Matt Baney) writes:
>
>I'm trying to get some information about how other companies treat
>employees traveling on company business; so I have a couple
>questions:
>
>Does the Frequent-Flyer mileage earned for company travel go to the
>employee for his/her private use or is it retained by the company??
>
    My company lets us keep frequent-flyer miles, although I have
heard of some companies that keep them for themselves.

>What type of rental car do you get?
  Cheapest possible, although salpeople, who take out customers often
get bigger cars.

>
>What is the policy for eating/living expenses when travelling??
>
>  ( x ) Actuals, company pays whatever amounts the employee acrues during
>  the business trip.  receipts required yes(x)  no( ),
>  daily maximum no(x)   yes( )-how much $( )
>
>  Any restrictions on what is allowed/ paid for, etc??
>
    Yes, we can't watch the x-rated movies. :)

>Are there any restrictions/policies about when trips should be
>scheduled, ie. do you have to fly on your own time, or is travel
>done on company time, or whenever is convienient??
   Whenever is most convenient.

In general, my company is very good about travel expenses.  It makes
travelling as painless as possible. 

Dan
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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: olson@dstl86.gsfc.nasa.gov (Paul Olson)
Subject: Re: Earning a living in the country
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Mission Operations and Data Systems
Date: 10 Sep 1992 07:48 EST  

In article <1729@sousa.ltn.dec.com>, paradis@sousa.ltn.dec.com (Jim Paradis) writes...
>
>Well, I hate to sound cynical, but the current system of management
>will continue to limp along until such time as it presents a *significant*
>barrier to keeping business profitable.  In other words, it "works" in
>that it keeps the bottom line mostly black and/or keeps the CEOs 
>earning their seven-figure salaries, so there's no incentive to change
>it.
> 
>The are only two things I can see that will change this situation.  The
>first would be if the labor supply-and-demand curve were to start
>shifting the other way... right now, companies can keep fully staffed
>with workers who'll come to the office and be satisfied with two-week
>vacations (to bring in another thread 8-) ).  As long as the recession
>holds out and people are happy just to have a job, nothing's going to
>change.
> 
>The other thing that may change the situation would be if a forward-
>thinking company were to harness remote workers in such a way as to
>provide them with a significant competitive advantage, such that other
>companies would then have to follow suit just to stay in business.
>I don't see *this* happening any time soon either...

There is one other thing which could force telecommuting, and I think we're
seeing it in LA today.  Telecommuting will become more fashionable when the
infrastructure (roads, air quality, etc.) become oversaturated.  Right now in
LA (if I remember correctly), there are firms renting space in the distant (2
hour drive) suburbs and opening up telecommuting centers.  I suppose it's a
compromise between office-centric management and telecommuting management
techniques.

Personnaly, I have things so automated around here that I could come in only
once a week to take care of paper mail, etc.  I'm only a 45 minute drive from
the office, and I know I'd rather telecommute.

> 
>-- 
>Jim Paradis (paradis@tallis.enet.dec.com) 
>Working for DEC, speaking for myself.

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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: xxmjh@utacnvx.uta.edu (Min-Jeun Hwang)
Subject: A word of encouragement to new grads/F1 students
Originator: xxmjh@utacnvx.uta.edu
Organization: University of Texas at Arlington
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 01:18:11 GMT


My brother wants me to post the following message for him.

*----------------------------------------------------------------------*

Hi.  I just would like to share with the net my job hunting experience 
through the usenet news group misc.jobs.offered.

Although I have started responding to job postings as early as Feb. '92,
I've only recently graduated this August with a MS degree in CS.  Within
a month of my graduation (Aug. 15th), I received an offer from a very 
good software company in Palo Alto, CA.  (YES!!! the Silicon Valley!!!)

It only took them 12 days to make me the offer.  The 12 days included 
2 email correspondences, 2 over-the-phone interviews (in-depth and 
technical), check out my references, flew me in to their office for 
some more interviews (lasted the whole day).  They made the job offer,
and of course I accepted it.

So keep it up, folks!  The medium does work.  Don't get discouraged 
when you don't hear from a few companies ...  Sometime (OK, a lot of 
times) the person handling the hiring is just overwhelmed with the 
number of applicants ...  I can't say that I never felt discouraged 
or frustrated, but I've always believe that I'll find a good Software
Engineering position.  Many of my friends had suggested that I apply
to PhD work as a second choice or apply to those insurance companies ...
I know that I want to stay in the UNIX world with real software 
development work and will be unhappy with the PC stuff ...  Hey, just 
prepare yourself well in the field that you are interested in and with 
some luck you'll find the kind of job you want.

And for those of you who are F-1 students, there are jobs out there 
for you too.  Just prepare yourselves well, because I am currently 
still under F-1 visa and the company has agreed to process the permanent
papers for me!  If I can do it, so can you ...

Good luck.

- Michael Hwang

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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc,talk.politics.misc,soc.culture.usa
From: johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU (John D. Mitchell)
Subject: Re: Great Good CEOs...NOT ( was: Re: Why do Americans get so little vacation time?
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 04:47:02 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.205423.3102@oracle.us.oracle.com> mfriedma@uucp (Michael Friedman) writes:
[...]
>Actually, CEOs are quite happy to talk to people who aren't out to
>ream them the way the guy doing Roger and Me was.  The answer to the
>question is also quite obvious - the CEO is paid so much money because
>he is qualified to decide whether or not to close the plant.

Hmm...  I wouldn't say that CEOs are necessarily 'qualified'.  It's more
that, for whatever reason(s), they are given the *responsibility* for
making decisions for/about/whatever the company.

This conversation about CEOs brings to mind the old saw about soldiers
who've never seen combat.  No matter what you think, you never know how
someone is going to react to that situation until they've been through it.

:-),
	John
	johnm@cory.Berkeley.EDU
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: bernstei@tcoasb (Andrew Bernstein)
Subject: Advice sought
Organization: MOTOROLA 
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:54:47 GMT


My wife has recently decided to not attend graduate school (mostly due to the						
fact that we lost some loans at the last minute) ...

She has an undergraduate degree in both Economics and German with a minor in  
Business.  She is very bright (3.95/4.0 GPA and voted OUTSTANDING ECONOMICS  
MAJOR and OUTSTANDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENT her senior year in college)  and  
an excellent worker.

She is debating between a career in the business world and in secondary  
education.

A couple of questions.....

Does anybody have any advice about a career or career path with the above  
qualifications.  

Does anybody know what the future prospects are for secondary Social Sciences  
and German Language teachers?

Does anybody know of any bilingual elementary (GERMAN obviously) school  
programs in the midwest (she attended one in Cincinnati) especially the  
Chicagoland/Milwaukee areas....?

Does anybody have any contacts experience with employment agencies in the  
Chicagoland area?


Any advice or comments welcome.

Please email me as I don't always have time at work to look through this  
newsgroup...If I find anything extremely interesting or useful I will be sure  
to post it to this group.  


Sincerely,
Andrew Bernstein

bernstei@next3.corp.mot.com 
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: frank@rover.uchicago.edu (Frank - Hardware Hacker - Borger)
Subject: Re: Why do Americans get so little vacation time?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Reply-To: frank@rover.uchicago.edu
Organization: Joint Center for Radiation Therapy
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 23:19:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep8.203701.6797@osf.org>, bhaim@osf.org (Bruce Haimowitz) writes...
>... I don't see why it
>is such a huge burden on companies to spell out their unpaid leave
>policies in the employee handbook before an employee comes to work
>for a company. Otherwise, unpaid leave policies are left
>to the whim of a department manager.

	Precisely why. Jobs vary. I just had a subordinate replaced who's
	primary responsibility was making sure that Radiation Therapy equipment
	was ready for work EVERY MORNING, WITHOUT FAIL. It takes a very
	co-ordinated person, and a lot of training. Said person can't decide
	on a moment's notice, "I want to take 3 weeks unpaid leave and go
	visit Europe..."

	Don't get me wrong, if that person wants an extra day off for a long
	weekend, (meaning I'll have to get here at 6:00 and stay to 19:00 or
	so,) I'll do it, (and I'll do it when he/she is taking their regular
	vacations. But I will also expect them to cover for me so I can take 
	a long weekend when I need it, (and not be pushing 330 max vacation
	hours as I currently am.)

	Different managers of different departments have very much different
	problems juggling personnel, some can afford very flexible juggling,
	some can't. Wise personnel departments realize this, and don't try
	to mandate business-wide policies.

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From: keithg@cnmhnet.UUCP (keith garrard)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
Subject: Re: Info on Dale Carnegie
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:10:33 GMT
Organization: California-Nevada Methodist Homes

In article <1992Sep03.191124.28733@evolving.com> judy@evolving.com (Judy Bettinger) writes:
>Has anyone ever taken any of the Dale Carnegie courses?  Did
>you find them worthwhile?
>Judy Bettinger (judy@evolving.com)            < |/

Hello Judy!
	While I have not taken any of the Dale Carnegie Courses
per se, I have talked with people who have.  They all say that 
they came away feeling better about themselves.  However, they all
also state that the course basically consisted of reading Dale
Carnegie's book "How to win Friends and Influence People".  So I
would suggest that you buy that book, which is available in almost
any bookstore in paperback.  If you read that book, you will get 
everything out of it that you would get out of attending a Dale
Carnegie Seminar.  And you would save yourself the cost of the seminar.
--Keith

Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu ()
Subject: Re: Earning a living in the country
Keywords: work at home, telecommute, specifications
Organization: University of Minnesota
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:31:17 GMT

In <1992Sep6.031020.14331@fenris.com> vernak@fenris.com (Verna Knapp) writes:

>In article <1992Sep5.062415.26143@ultra.com> marke@ultra.com (Marke Clinger) writes:

>> Lets really put some of this great technology to work in an innovative
>> way that will make the quality of life better. 

>This is a hot button with me, too. I have chosen to live in a small community
>with excellent quality of life but poor employment prospects. As a result
>I continue to commute 86 miles each way every day to a job in a place I
>do not care to live in. Overcrowding is just not my idea of the good life.

>There are probably other similar fixable barriers to working away from the
>main office. How about let's do a bit of brainstorming on what those barriers
>are and look for ways to fix them? I know I would be a lot more productive

one of the big ones is to do a time shift. 'you know i get so much more done
in the evening when there is no one on the machine' :-)
i'm certain you can fill in the rest of the blanks from here.

and my garden is so much nicer when i get to stay home :-)

>if I were away from the constant interruptions of the office. And the
>extra 3-4 hours per day could be used both for fun and for improving my
>skills. Not to mention the pay level I require to pay for that commute$$$.

bill pociengel
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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: czei@musclefish.com (Michael Czeiszperger)
Subject: Re: Living Cost Index
Keywords: cost of living index
Organization: Muscle Fish Multimedia Engineering
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 15:57:26 GMT


If you're looking for more comprehensive set of cost of living figures as well
as information about the number of jobs, housing prices, and anything
else you'd need to know, check out:

Places Rated Almanac, by Richard Boyer and David Savageau
Prentice Hall, New York




Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: duwors@csi.uottawa.ca (Robert J. Du Wors)
Subject: Re: Earning a living in the country
Keywords: work at home, telecommute, specifications
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 00:00:08 GMT

In article <TwHuqB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> pkedrosk@student.business.uwo.ca (Paul S. Kedrosky) writes:
> writes:
>
>I hope I'm not being completely naive (probably) but it is
>increasingly amazing that in an age where information is the key asset
>and it flows everywhere that reliance on an antiquated and
>antideluvian system of 19th century work control is an absolute
>anachronism.
>

Some anachronisms die hard.

Have you seen the discussion to break misc.jobs.offered by region, or better
yet by state?  Now this is coming from people who by definition have access to
an international network and live on a continent with the highest physical
mobility in the world.  No one has even suggested a functional division
(especially not me since I don't want that either), but at least it would be
roaring boldly into the (19)70s, rather than the (17)70s.

Just a thought, anyways..

Rob D.
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Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc
From: etxmow@garboc34.ericsson.se (Mats Winberg)
Subject: Re: Why do Americans get so little vacation time?
Organization: Ericsson
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 09:42:25 GMT

minor@rtsg.mot.com (Kevin Minor) writes:

>Some european countries are even worse. I believe our Swedish employees 
>(same company) get tons of vacation time. But I understand that it
>is required by law.
>Some weird law where they must take a 3 week (consecutive) vacataion
>some time during the year, and they still have more time on top of that.
>Of course, I may have not understood that right since I was still in
>shock at the total amount of vacation they got.

       I live and work in Sweden, and I haven't heard about any law
       requiring 3 consecutive weeks. But often a plant closes during
       vacation time, so if you're a blue-collar worker you might be
       forced to take a vacation. The vacation time stated by law is
       5 weeks and 2 days i.e 27 workdays. If you're a public servant
       you often have more than that. Some companies offer 6 weeks.
       You're allowed to save 7 days each year, thus making it possible
       for a very long vacation every 5th year.

       There are also other reasons for paid leave here:
       If you're male and your wife/fiancee/girlfriend give birth to a
       child - 10 days to help her at home. For each child you have 360
       days with paid leave to be divided between the man and woman.You
       also got additional 90 days but only with 60 SEK a day (approx.
       12 USD/day). These 450 days you decide yourself when you want to
       use them, up to the child is 3 years old I think. Often the
       mother uses the first 8-10 month and the father uses his months
       when the child is somewhat older. All this is of course paid by
       the state i.e the taxpayers.

       What are the benefits concerning childbirths in U.S.A and other 
       countries?

       There has been legislation in this area since the '20s I think.
       We had 2 weeks vacation in the '30s but it has increased steadily
       since then, along with the growth of wealth.

							  

      Mats Winberg
      Ericsson Telecom
      S-126 25 Stockholm 
      SWEDEN
      etxmow@tore.ericsson.se

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