HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: shantanu@poseidon.oakhill.uucp (Shantanu Ganguly)
Subject: Opinion on HMOs?
Organization: SPS CAD, Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas.
Distribution: austin
Date: 6 Nov 92 17:07:37

Since it's open enrollment time again, I would like to ask for
some net.opinion on PCA and Prucare. If you have either of these,
and are satisfied with your primary care physician, please
send me some info by email. I will summarize if there is sufficient
interest.

--

Shantanu Ganguly
Somerset (Motorola) - Power PC Project

phone : (512) 795-7146                  Motorola Inc, Mail Drop OE 513
fax   : (512) 795-7511                  6501 William Cannon Drive W.
                                        Austin TX 78735-8598
email : shantanu%ibmoto.com@oakhill.sps.mot.com
From: epierce@mpd.tandem.com (Ed Pierce)
Newsgroups: austin.general,austin.forsale,tx.forsale
Subject: Need house to rent...
Date: 11 Nov 92 00:49:47 GMT
Followup-To: austin.general
Distribution: tx
Organization: Tandem Computers (ISD) Austin, TX
Originator: epierce@yow

We recently relocated to Austin from Silicon Valley and are currently
looking for a house to rent.

We need a lease that will accept pets (four cats still in California
and itchin' to get to Texas), and, if possible, a month-to-month lease
agreement.

We're looking for a rental in the Round Rock-Leander-Georgetown triangle,
north of Austin; preferably Georgetown and the more rural, the better.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx,

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From: joewhite@ut-emx.uucp (Joe Carl White)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Cheap Firewood?
Date: 5 Nov 92 03:46:50 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin

Does anyone know of a cheap place to acquire firewood, now that the blue
northers are upon us?
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|* 910 E. 32nd, #201   | \  / |____________|    LBJ School of Public Affairs *|
|* Austin, TX 78705    | /  \ |////////////|   Perot didn't win, but we did! *|
|* 512-499-8431        |   ^  |////////////| UNITED WE STAND:Axe the deficit *|
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: johniac@austin.ibm.com (John Iacoletti/100000)
Subject: Re: PUC: Caller ID illegal
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 18:53:16 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM Advanced Workstations and Systems, Austin, TX
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Lenny Tropiano (lenny@icus.ICUS.COM) wrote:
: PUC: Caller ID illegal
: Residential use would violate wiretap laws

Is there any way we consumers can organize to do anything about this?  Put
political pressure on the PUC?  Petition SWB to take the case to court?  This
is clearly the biggest stretch of existing leglislation that I have seen in
a long time.  The ACLU is clearly wrong here.  There is no privacy issue as
long as caller-id blocking is available.

--
John Iacoletti       IBM AWS Austin       Internet: johniac@austin.ibm.com
        My opinions do not reflect the views of the IBM Corporation
    "Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age" -- TMBG   "I Palindrome I"
From: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com (Craig Becker)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: accepting risk (was speed traps on 2222)
Date: 9 Nov 92 17:13:08 GMT
Reply-To: jlpicard@austin.ibm.com
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM Object Technology Products
Originator: jlpicard@woofer.austin.ibm.com


joe@woody.mpd.tandem.com (Joe Senner) writes:
> ]]I personally would take the chance of some truck taking me out over
> ]]sitting idly by and wondering what it would be like...
> ]
> ]I hope that when some truck takes you out, my tax dollars don't have to pay
> ]to keep you in the hospital for 6-12 months.  
> 
> proof positive that higher education DOESN'T work. the age old fallacy of 
> public burden rears its ignorant head, motorcyclists are a medical blight 
> on society.                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  ^^^^^^^^^^
On the contrary, motorcyclists are a major asset to the medical 
industry. Motorcyclists are a major supply of spare organs and
tissue for various&sundry transplant operations. In fact, police
in the Chicago, IL area refer to motorcycles as "donorcycles" 
for just this reason (ref: _What Cops Know_ and _Pure Cop_ by
Connie Fletcher).

Craig

Not the opinion of my employer.
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From: petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Subject: Re: Auto mechanic reviews?
Reply-To: petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Organization: Henry's Laughing Gas Co., Inc.
Distribution: austin
Date: 10 Nov 92 03:22:13 GMT

In article <1dmqjfINNcvs@eagle.natinst.com> darrenl@natinst.com (Darren Lilie) writes:
>In article <lftmj3INNogp@boogie.cs.utexas.edu > swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher) writes:
> >I recall that a while ago, some kind soul out in net.land compiled a
> >bunch of reviews of Austin-area auto mechanics.  Could someone email
> >me that file?
>
>I would like a copy of this also.

To avoid "Me Too's", if there is a keeper-of-the-list[tm], would
you just post it in this newsgroup?

Thanks,
-pet-
--
Michael A. Petonic	       petonic@hal.com		       +1-512-794-2855
        HaL Computer Systems International, Ltd. -- A Bermuda Corporation
                     Director of Dangerous Activities  [ACK to GeoffK@ism780c]
				 Austin, Texas
                          "No balls, no blue chip."
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: brucel@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Bruce A. Loyer-Highend Comm)
Subject: Re: PUC: Caller ID illegal
Followup-To:  PUC: Caller ID illegal
Reply-To: brucel@oakhill.sps.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:11:04 GMT

Making Caller ID illegal is good news to me.  I was very concerned about
the invasion of privacy involved.  So concerned, in fact, that I asked to
intervene.  I think the technology has some applications but Southwestern
Bell is being very cavalier about the rights of its users.  A monopoly should
not have "making a buck" as the only criteria for its actions.

Bruce A. Loyer


Newsgroups: austin.general
From: purp@wixer.cactus.org (Jim Meyer)
Subject: Re: accepting risk (was speed traps on 2222)
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Distribution: austin
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 04:55:08 GMT

In article <1d6jesINN4oh@im4u.cs.utexas.edu> lwb@cs.utexas.edu 
(Lance W. Bledsoe) writes: 
>In article <2763@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> joe@mpd.tandem.com writes:
>>I personally would take the chance of some truck taking me out over
>>sitting idly by and wondering what it would be like...
>
>I hope that when some truck takes you out, my tax dollars don't have to pay
>to keep you in the hospital for 6-12 months.  Perhaps this a good reason to
>NOT wear a helmet.  :-)

Why is it we always view things in light of how things ARE rather than
(as I think Joe was thinking...correct me if I'm wrong, Joe) how they
should be.

For example, I'd like think that Joe wouldn't take the risks on FM2222
if he weren't fully insured.

I'd like to think that the insurance lobby would quit lying to us about
how they'll be able to lower rates if we pass a helmet law (or a
seatbelt law, or...). Anyone else notice they keep raising rates within
six months of getting one of these pieces of legislation passed?

Okay, so I'm off topic. Sue me.

--Jim, pleased that Clinton has bagged it.
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From: swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Auto mechanic reviews?
Date: 9 Nov 1992 15:38:43 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: boogie.cs.utexas.edu

I recall that a while ago, some kind soul out in net.land compiled a
bunch of reviews of Austin-area auto mechanics.  Could someone email
me that file?
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: ortega@cactus.org (Paul Ortega)
Subject: Risky fried chicken
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx
Distribution: austin
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:44:58 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.213029.2969@dvorak.amd.com> kaushik@dvorak.amd.com (Kaushik Chhotani) writes:
>I absolutely agree with you. My friend and I bought Barbecued Chicken from
>the Tom Thumb Deli @ N.Lamar and Koenig for dinner a week or so ago. It
>looked great but the next morning we were down with a bad stomach and
>all the bad symptoms that go with it. As far as I am concerned, barbecued/
>fried foods from supermarket delis are out.

Avoid the fried chicken from the HEB at Parmer and Burnet, too.


-- 
Paul Ortega			|  "Would you believe two cops
2015 Cedar Bend Dr., #1105      |   in a rowboat?" - Maxwell Smart 
Austin, TX 78758		|_________________________________
(512) 832-9197			ortega@cactus.org
Newsgroups: austin.general
From: mclellan@maximillion.mcc.com (David McLellan)
Subject: Clinton position paper on high-tech
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: MCC Corporate Computing
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:00:00 GMT

I got a copy of the paper mentioned in today's Austin American 
Statesman off a WAIS server.  IF anyone wants to see it, let me know 
either here or preferably by email (mclellan@mcc.com).  It's about 
800-1000 lines and 50K in size, so I won't post it.

david
mclellan@mcc.com
From: ray@unisql.UUCP (Ray Shea)
Newsgroups: austin.general
Subject: Re: accepting risk (was speed traps on 2222)
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:11:13 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA

In article <21813@rpp386.lonestar.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>Think about it.  The danger behind not riding a motorcycle is that you
>might get maimed and no longer be able to ride a motorcycle.  So you just
>skip the maimed part and go straight to not riding the motorcycle.  This
>is supposed to be a smart idea ...


And if you get maimed anyway by a bookcase falling on you or something,
you spend the rest of your days saying, "Dang! I coulda been riding a 
motorcycle for this."


-- 
Ray Shea                               I woke up this morning,
UniSQL, Inc.                           all my shrimps was dead and gone...
unisql!ray@cs.utexas.edu       
DoD #0372 -- Team Twinkie -- '88 Hawk NT650
Newsgroups: austin.music,austin.general
From: bladex@wixer.cactus.org (David Smith)
Subject: Best Mindfuck Yet
Organization: Real/Time Communications
Distribution: austin
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 05:52:52 GMT



<rave flyer announcement>

Best Mindfuck Yet

Saturday November 14th

* Audio Visual Orgasm

* Full Bar & Smart Drinks

* Ultra Violet Chill-Out


Infoline:  458-5528

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  bladex@wixer.cactus.org           |              Cyberlicious Software
 "I think cyberpunk is the latest attempt by American hipsters to escape
the squalid intellectual environment that surrounds them.  This is not a
bad goal."  Karl Myers, Talking Raven
From: rcole@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Richard W. Cole)
Newsgroups: austin.music
Subject: Seeking Musicians
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:01:59 GMT
Reply-To: rcole@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Richard W. Cole)
Distribution: austin
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: rcole@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu

Hello out there all you musicians who are perhaps working more on 
computers and less on your instrument and voice than you would like.  

I have a proposition !  

I used to play guitar/bass and sing professionally and am looking for 
similars to do some volunteer caroling, yes, around Christmas time.  
It would be on the common ground that we enjoy making music, though 
you are free define this as whatever you would like it to be.  I'm
looking for players of any type of instrument (though electronic 
will be difficult) especially vocals... I got quite a bit of 
music, but basically work out of fake books. 

I'm also extremely eclectic and enjoy any type of xmas tune; extended 
reggie versions of O Come All Ye Faithful might be in order, as well
as strong 'White Christmas' harmonies...

Let me know with a brief bio...   

I'm also taking suggestions for places to play. 

Rich Cole
rcole@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
From: peterb@cs.utexas.edu (Peter James Burzynski)
Newsgroups: austin.test
Subject: Test!
Date: 4 Nov 1992 23:03:06 -0600
Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.cs.utexas.edu
Keywords: test

This is a test.
Newsgroups: austin.test
From: debbiek@alliance.uucp (Debbie Keyes)
Subject: Re: test
Reply-To: debbiek@alliance.UUCP (Debbie Keyes)
Organization: Alliance Technologies, Inc.
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:12:11 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.181042.7113@alliance.uucp> debbiek@alliance.uucp (Debbie Keyes) writes:
>
>This is a test.

And this is a follow-up to the test.
Newsgroups: austin.test
From: debbiek@alliance.uucp (Debbie Keyes)
Subject: test
Organization: Alliance Technologies, Inc.
Distribution: austin
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 18:10:42 GMT


This is a test.
Newsgroups: austin.test
From: st1pn@elroy.uh.edu (Donovan: a beat-up tan hat wearin' kinda guy)
Subject: Re: test
Summary:  Ah, just like the old days at Taronga....
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords:  Wheee!
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: austin
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 14:51:00 GMT
X-Omen:  Drive A: not responding.  Formatting C: instead.

In article <1992Nov12.181211.7268@alliance.uucp>, debbiek@alliance.UUCP (Debbie Keyes) writes...
>In article <1992Nov12.181042.7113@alliance.uucp> debbiek@alliance.uucp (Debbie Keyes) writes:
>>This is a test.
>And this is a follow-up to the test.
And this is a response to a follow-up to a test.

--
Donovan....  <he who lusts for Nekoko neko-jin's little kitty ears>
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From: peterb@cs.utexas.edu (Peter James Burzynski)
Newsgroups: austin.test
Subject: Test
Date: 4 Nov 1992 23:42:22 -0600
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
Distribution: austin
NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.cs.utexas.edu

Test.
Newsgroups: austin.politics,tx.politics
From: petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Subject: Re: Evil Day Care
Reply-To: petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Organization: Henry's Laughing Gas Co., Inc.
	<1992Nov9.201412.25314@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
	<BxK8oB.MoE@NeoSoft.com>
Distribution: austin
Date: 12 Nov 92 00:21:04 GMT

In article <BxK8oB.MoE@NeoSoft.com> hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen) writes:
>In article <1992Nov9.201412.25314@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.aust
>in.ibm.com 512-838-2806) writes:
>> *9   DAY CARE:  RISK TO KIDS' INTELLECTUAL, MORAL DEVELOPMENT?
>>      Some educators say that parents take "enormous risks" when
>> they leave their children in day-care centers or with nannies all
>> day (Welsh, WASH. POST).  Children may not be receiving the
>> "adult attention that seems to be essential for their moral and
>> intellectual development in a close-packed, complex world,"
>> writes the POST.
> 
>So what's the solution?

Don't know, but I wouldn't get too worried.


Contrast the previous citation to that of some friend's of mine in
California.  They both worked during the day, so they left their son
and daughter at the UCLA faculty daycare.  One grew up and went to
Princeton and the other to Brown.  The son got a perfect on the
verbal portion of the SAT (!) and the daughter, a perfect on the
mathematics.

True, both parents were Profs at UCLA, and it was probably a more
stimulating environment than most daycares, but still.  Neither
parent seemed to have any problems with it.  Neither did their kids.

-pet-

ObDisclaimer:  I haven't spawned.
--
Michael A. Petonic	       petonic@hal.com		       +1-512-794-2855
        HaL Computer Systems International, Ltd. -- A Bermuda Corporation
                     Director of Dangerous Activities  [ACK to GeoffK@ism780c]
				 Austin, Texas
                          "No balls, no blue chip."
Xref: sparky austin.politics:244 tx.politics:7029
From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
Newsgroups: austin.politics,tx.politics
Subject: Re: Citizens against Government Waste
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:48:41 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM AWD, Austin

hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen) writes:
>curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.aust
>> The biggest pork barrellers are always the guys who've been there
>> longest.  If you analyze the behaviour of senior Congressmen, you will
>> find lots of examples of this because they senior members have more
>> power to bring home pork.

>Right.  And with term limits the power will shift to other people.  You'll
>still have chairpeople of different committees who will have the power to
>pork.  You might have more turn-over, but you'll still have pork. 

They have more power the longer they've been there.  It's not supposed
to be that way.  Every congressman should have an equal vote.  Now
they're not equal.  And term limits will fix that and by fixing that
will reduce pork, or at the VERY LEAST even by your own admission
shift it around so it gets spread out more equally.

>Again, I think this is one of those situations where we treat symptoms,
>not real problems. The pork is bad, but getting rid of all the pork isn't
>going to do much to solve the problem.  The problem are the entitlements
>that keeping growing, SS, medicare, etc.

Those are problems too.  Big problems.  In fact they are bigger problems
than pork is, I agree.  But getting rid of pork is big enough to be
worth doing.
-- 
--
curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt L. Finch) | AIX NFS/NIS Field Quality 
My views are unrelated to those of IBM     |        Austin, TX
 - Begin means testing of Social Security, Medicare and Farm Subsidies now. -
From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
Newsgroups: austin.politics
Subject: Re: We need Term Limits
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:59:31 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM AWD, Austin

dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com writes:

>	What kind of Term Limits?

>	2 Terms for Senators (12 years)
>	6 Terms for Reps     (12 years)

12 years seems like plenty to me

>	Pro: It would "help" eliminate Pork, 
>		but...does it really?

certainly it does.  they generate pork to get reelected.  entrenched.
these guys are like royalty up there.  let's put an end to it.

>	Con: The decision should be left to the people

for the president too then?


-- 
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From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
Newsgroups: austin.politics
Subject: Re: We need Term Limits
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:22:47 GMT
Reply-To: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com
Distribution: austin
Organization: IBM, Austin, TX. US of A.

In article <1992Nov10.143317.11470@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806) writes:
|> 
|>     Why Having Term Limits for the US Congress is a Good Idea
|> 
	I wish I was as sure as your are. I've thought about this quite
	a bit. My question is:

	What kind of Term Limits?

	2 Terms for Senators (12 years)
	6 Terms for Reps     (12 years)

	or what?

	Pro: It would "help" eliminate Pork, 
		but...does it really?
	Con: The decision should be left to the people
		but...the people stagger to the polls and vote for 
		familiar names, not on issues or voting records.
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Newsgroups: austin.politics,tx.politics
From: hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen)
Subject: Evil Day Care
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Distribution: austin
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:33:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov9.201412.25314@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.aust
in.ibm.com 512-838-2806) writes:
> *9   DAY CARE:  RISK TO KIDS' INTELLECTUAL, MORAL DEVELOPMENT?
>      Some educators say that parents take "enormous risks" when
> they leave their children in day-care centers or with nannies all
> day (Welsh, WASH. POST).  Children may not be receiving the
> "adult attention that seems to be essential for their moral and
> intellectual development in a close-packed, complex world,"
> writes the POST.
 
So what's the solution?
-- 
Doug Andersen
hari@Sugar.NeoSoft.com
Newsgroups: austin.politics,tx.politics
From: hari@NeoSoft.com (Doug Andersen)
Subject: Re: Citizens against Government Waste
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Distribution: austin
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:10:53 GMT

In article <1992Nov5.144841.3509@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austi
> They have more power the longer they've been there.  It's not supposed
> to be that way.  Every congressman should have an equal vote.  Now
> they're not equal.  And term limits will fix that and by fixing that
> will reduce pork, or at the VERY LEAST even by your own admission
> shift it around so it gets spread out more equally.
 
No matter how you stack it, some Congresspeople will be more powerful than
others.  Powerful Congressmen aren't powerful simply because they've been
there a long time, they're powerful because Congress uses a seniority
system.  Even if you got rid of that (and the seniority system has lost
a lot of power in the past 20 yeras) you'll still have people in charge of
committees and majority and minority leaders.
 
> Those are problems too.  Big problems.  In fact they are bigger problems
> than pork is, I agree.  But getting rid of pork is big enough to be
> worth doing.
 
It's worth doing, but it's worth doing right.  The right way to get rid 
of it is to expose it.  Term limits are fundamentally anti-democratic
and are largely a device for Republicans to get rid of Democrats. 
-- 
Doug Andersen
hari@Sugar.NeoSoft.com