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From: dichter@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Carl Dichter)
Subject: Technical book clubs, book stores.
Organization: Motorola ASIC Division
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:32:07 GMT

I don't know if this is in an FAQ list somewhere or not, but...

How about make a list of all the bookstores and clubs that sell technical books,
and include the types that they carry.

For example:

FakeBook Inc - national chain of general bookstores. Carries a large selection
               of technical books in all disciplines. National information phone
               number is 1-800-xxx-xxxx.

FM of the Month Club - monthly computer book club which carries all those books 
                       which you better read or you'll catch hell. 
                       Address is:	Whatever....

Is this in an FAQ list?

If not, start posting entries.

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Carl R. Dichter               "iwannanugui"
Motorola ASIC Division
email: dichter@chdasic.sps.mot.com
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Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: peter@cs.columbia.edu (Peter Wu)
Subject: DNS?
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 01:56:01 GMT

Hi.

Can anyone tell me if there are any books on DNS?

PQ?
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Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: quanbook@world.std.com (Quantum Books)
Subject: New book: Handbook of International Connectiviy Standards
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:23:05 GMT

The Handbook of International Connectiviy Standards
Edited by Gary R. McClain
ISBN 0-442-30851-5
Hardcover / 480 pages / $59.95
 
From the dust jacket:
 
... is an essential reference for IS and telecommunications 
professionals.  It is a source for understanding how the major 
connectivity standards are designed, what specific needs they 
address, and where standards can contribute in the reader's own 
computing strategy.  The major proprietary standards are included, 
as well as those developed by international committees.  The 
overall focus of [the book] is on the practical day-to-day issues 
and problems that the standards are designed to solve.
 
...
 
Chapters are liberally illustrated and written with a practical, 
real-world approach by contributors who are leaders in their 
respective fields.
 
Table of Contents (in brief):
 
1)	Open Distributed Computing
2)	SNA -- The Next Generation and Peer-to-Peer SNA
3)	Digital's Networking Standards Strategy -- DECnet, OSI, and TCP/IP
4)	TCP/IP
5)	XNS
6)	Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
7)	X.400
8)	X.500 Directory Services
9)	The Basics of High-Level Data Link Control
10)	A Survey of U.S. GOSIP Versions 1 and 2
11)	802.3/Ethernet
12)	An Introduction to the IEEE 802.5 Token Ring Standard
13)	An Introduction to the IEEE 802.4 Token-Passing Bus Standard
14)	The FDDI Standard
15)	NetBIOS and Its Applications Interface
16)	Understanding Token Ring Source Routing
17)	ISDN and the Global Network
18)	CCITT Recommendation X.25:  Packet Switching and Beyond
19)	T1-T3 Basics
20)	Z39.50:  An Applications Systems Standard for Remote 
	Query and Retrieval
21)	Electronic Data Interchange, X12
 
 
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Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: raul@rs1.tcs.tulane.edu (raul zighelboim)
Subject: Nuclear structure book wanted.
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-7372]: rs1.tcs.tulane.edu
Organization: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:37:10 GMT


 I hope this is the right place to post this.

	I am trying to find the books:

	Nuclear structure Vol 1 and 2 (3)
	from Aage Bohr and Ben Mottelson.
	English or French or Spanish edition.

				please e-mail me to:
				raul@spec.phy.tulane.edu

			thanks,
.
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: frank@csri.toronto.edu (Frank Kschischang)
Subject: Re: New Feynman biography by Gleick
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:19:20 GMT

krm@sdc.boeing.com (Keith Michaels) writes:

>Has anyone read the new biography of Richard Feynman?  

Yes, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Gleick gives a better, more balanced
picture of the man than do Feynman's anecdotal collections
"Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman" and "What do you Care what Other People
Think?".  (Keep in mind, though, that that the book is titled "Genius";
this gives some indication of its editorial slant.)  Gleick, as in
his previous effort "Chaos", writes beautiful, understandable descriptions
of science.  Recommended.

-- Frank Kschischang (frank@comm.utoronto.ca)
Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: rosen@fraser.sfu.ca (Wilf Rosenbaum)
Subject: Beauty is Our Business
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:31:29 GMT

A recent Springer catalog has a blurb for a book called 
"Beauty is our Business", which they describe as a collection
of essays in honor of Dijkstra, dealing with "calculational 
programming". I thought this may be kind of interesting, despite
my complete ignorance as to what "calculational programming" might
be. Has anyone else seen this book?

Thanks for reading this far.

Wilf Rosenbaum
rosen@sfu.ca

Newsgroups: misc.books.technical
From: plipp@iaik.wu-wien.ac.at (Peter Lipp)
Subject: Book prices - a question
Organization: Angewandte Informationsverabeitung und Kommunikationstechnologien, TU-Graz
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 08:49:47 GMT

I am currently teaching a computer architecture and an operating systems course.
I am using the books

Mano Morris, Computer Engineering, HW Design, Prentice Hall
Bic/Shaw, Operating Systems, Prentice Hall
M. Kifer, OSP, Addison Wesley

Prices for these books are INCREDIBLE here (in Austria)
and I wonder (and would like to know) what the would cost in the US. It might
be worth a thought to buy them overseas. To give a feeling, 
the book by Mano costs currently about the equivalent of US $ 74.- (the low
Dollar does not do anything to prices here, they are selling from Britain).

Any answers are very much apreciated.

Peter
From: duffy@aslss02.asl.dl.nec.com (Joseph Duffy)
Subject: Re: Wanted Book: "Organizing For Innovation", J.Morton
Keywords: book,out of print,management,bell labs
Organization: NEC America, Inc. Irving, Texas
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 14:50:33 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.193021.8458@EE.Stanford.EDU> dredge@EE.Stanford.EDU (Michael Eldredge) writes:
>
> I have been looking for a book for some time now.  It is:
>
>	"Organizing for Innovation"
>	Jack Morton	(J.A. Morton)
>	McGraw-Hill 1971
>
> Does anyone have a copy that I could buy?  I have found a copy at the
> UCSB library (computure searches are so great!) and borrowed it.  But
> I would like to have my own copy for reference. (It isn't in books in
> print; no bookstore that I've contacted has it, etc.)
>
> It is a bit old (they show a picture of a "1,024-bit memory module
> containing 32 silicon chips of 32 memory bits each and 12 silicon
> access circuits" and mention "As our yields improve, we can increase
> the number of bits per silicon chip...".  But the ideas are excellent.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--
> Michael J. Eldredge - Michael_Eldredge@Centric.COM
> Manager, Framework Development/Software Engineering
> CENTRIC Engineering Systems, Inc.
> 3801 East Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303
> Phone: +1-415-960-3600   Fax: +1-415-940-1252
>--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--
>

I recently obtained a copy of this very book by contacting an out of print 
book finder service. You might give this a try. It seems like by the time I
paid their fee plus the price of the book it cost me around $50.
Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: stimmel@virga.ucar.edu (carol lee stimmel)
Subject: Janus Worldwide Fund 
Summary: global investments
Keywords: Janus, global, fund       
Organization: Research Applications Program/NCAR, Boulder, CO
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:48:51 GMT


I am seeking information and opinions regarding investing in a global
fund -- specifically the Janus Worldwide Fund.  What are the expert
opinions re: global investments at this point in time.  (especially,
considering the newly formed E.C)

email is fine.

Thanks in advance for any information.

Carol L. Stimmel
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From: tim@ssd.intel.com (Tim Gates)
Newsgroups: misc.invest
Subject: Re: snapple
Date: 9 Oct 92 19:51:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: SSD.1992Oct9.195132.4865
Organization: Supercomputer Systems Division, Intel Corp.

In article <4epNy6200UhWI2kKpT@andrew.cmu.edu> Joel Bloch <jb6k+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>For people interested in whether Snapple is going public, there's an
>article in WSJ today.


Is it just my impression or was the article in the WSJ fairly negative about
Snapple as an IPO?  Something about going public so soon after being 
acquired by another company (or something along those lines).

Cheers
Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet)
Newsgroups: misc.invest
Subject: Re: Barron's and the D word
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:51:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories,  Columbus, Ohio

In article <9210151743.AA19462@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com> GCTHORNE@idbsu.idbsu.edu (Broward Horne) writes:
>In a previous article, merritt@macro.bu.edu (Sean Merritt) says:
>
>>I haven't seen mention of the very disturbing article about
>>the current economic situation in the US. The article
>>had completely different definitions of the R-word and
>>D-word than I've seen here or anywhere.
>>
>>Worth the $2.50 for a sobering look at what needs to be
>>done if we are to avoid the type of Great D- scenario.

I think the use of the phrase "D word" was due to AL Kahn's statement
while serving in a White House position.  He had been chairman of the
NY Public Utilities Commission, Head of the FAA where he pushed through
deregulation of the airline industry, and his economic views were
taken quite seriously.

But he had been ordered "not to  use the D word" and when reporters
asked him if he thought we were in a depression he said he had been
ordered not to use the D word and he won't.   However, he added,
nobody told him not to use the "banana" word, and in his opinion we
were really in a banana.


(Maybe it was the R word -- someone correct me, please.)
-- 
Art Kamlet  a_s_kamlet@att.com  AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: jaorans@pbhyg.PacBell.COM (Jeff Oransky)
Subject: Re: investing for November elections
Reply-To: jaorans@PacBell.COM (Jeff Oransky)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:39:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.002533.10073@island.COM> guido@island.COM (Guido Marx) writes:
>In article <8190128@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> rauchfuss@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Brian Rauchfuss) writes:
>>
>>These banking surprise rumors seem strange; banks that survived the initial
>>real estate crash are raking in money from the high yield curve, bank profits
>>have been going up.  It seems that if a troubled bank has made it this far, it
>>would not die, but get better.
>
> Some stuff deleted.
>
>As an industry, bank profits are up.  But that still doesn't mean
>that there aren't a lot of banks that are in a lot of trouble.  I
>read an article in the L.A. Times this weekend which stated that it
>would require $87 billion to bail out the banks which are currently
>insolvent (and this figure goes up each day these banks continue to
>operate) and that there are at least 1000 other banks that are in
>danger of failing.  Unless we see a strong upsurge in the economy,
>many of these banks ARE going to fail.
>
>Guido

Even a moderate upsurge in the economy would help.  The possibility of
a serious banking bailout is very real.  The steep yield curve in interest
rates charged by a bank as opposed to those paid by the bank is only
one factor.  Add in the record number of foreclosures and personal and 
business bankruptcies, we are left with the possibilities that some
banks (perhaps quite a large number) may not make it.

Jeff Oransky

Newsgroups: misc.invest
Subject: Re: taxquestion
From: gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston)
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 92 19:48:11 CDT
Organization: Garys' Home for Obsolete Computers

stlee@eos.ncsu.edu (STEVEN TUN-HOU LEE) writes:

> 
> I have recently inherited some real estate in Taiwan. Being a 
> U.S. citizen I will have to sell them within one year. 
> I live in North Carolina and am wondering if I bring the 
> procedes from the sale of the land into the states what kind of 
> taxes will I be looking at? Am I even in the right newsgroup?
> Any responses are welcome.

You'll be liable for the taxes whether you bring the money into
the US or not. It'd probably be considered capital gains.

Misc.taxes might be a better place to ask, though.

Gary Heston, at home....
gary@cdthq.uu
> 
Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: madry@mirage.rtp.dg.com (Beth Madry)
Subject: Re:  Effects of the U.S. Debt
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 21:53:28 GMT
Organization: Data General Corporation, RTP, NC.

In article <1992Oct4.154044.18764@scott.skidmore.edu> pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel) writes:
>In article <1992Oct2.052830.3539@cs.sfu.ca> mcdonald@cs.sfu.ca (Ken Mcdonald) writes:
>>
>>
>>Personally, I favour a really agressive inheritance tax.  The first
>>$200,000 tax-free, the next $300,000 taxed at 20%, the next $500,000
>>at 35%, and so forth.  Anything over $10,000,000 to be taxed at
>>90-95%.  The children of the wealthy will still be able to lead
>>comfortable lives on the money they inherit, the danger of an inherited
>
>There are people with lots of money "on paper" who are actually poor!
>Take the family farm.  A farmer may be sitting on $600,000 worth of
>land, but his income is relatively poor (farm returns, in grain
>farming, are about 2-4% - we won't talk about the chances of a crop
>kill).  If the kids want to continue after the old man passes away, a
>tax could wipe them out - forcing them to sell part of the land, and
>what's left isn't worth the farming expenses.  As long as the land is
>kept, they aren't "rich".  It only looks that way on paper.
>
>>aristocracy will largely disappear, and the proceeds would make a nice
>>dent in the federal debt.
>>
>
>I can see it now...  Senator I. Wannaspend has a choice... use this
>source of gov't income to pay back the debt, or bring up some federal
>spending bill that brings $$ into his state.  Let's see,  which one,
>which one....
>
>>Well, just dreaming, I guess . . .
>>
>
>Reality can be harsh!  Dreams are nice to have :-)


!
***
An estate is made up
of assets that have
already been taxed once 
Since these have been taxed once, it is double taxation to tax 
them at all when they can no longer be owned by the original 
owner due to death.  These should not be a source of any income
to the government.  Senator I. Wannaspend needs to learn that
he has no money to spend, though that might be the dream.
Unless we don't elect I. Wannaspend :}
From: rauchfuss@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Brian Rauchfuss)
Newsgroups: misc.invest
Subject: Re: Kemper Funds in trouble???
Date: 13 Oct 92 22:44:57 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA

In misc.invest, mcaldon@igc.apc.org (McAldon International Inc.) writes:

>> 
>> |I heard a rumor that the Kemper Funds were in trouble.  Is this true?  Can
>> |a mutual fund go bankrupt?  Are investments in Mutual Funds insured?
>> 
>> I know nothing about Kemper Funds but it seems manifestly impossible
>> for a fund to go bankrupt.  They are not insured, although some funds
>> invest only in insured bonds.  DMcKenzie.

The fund itelf cannot go bankrupt, but the fund manager can.  The fund will not
lose any money (barring fraud), but might be in stasis until the courts work
out the bankrupcy.

BDR
Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: gmcquary@Ingres.COM (George F. McQuary)
Subject: A case where renting has proven cheaper than buying
Reply-To: gmcquary@Ingres.COM (George F. McQuary)
Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
Distribution: misc
Date: 15 Oct 92 22:36:05 GMT

In article <MITCH.92Oct15105049@giesy.mitch.b17a.ingr.com> mitch@giesy.mitch.b17a.ingr.com (Mitch Giesy) writes:
>
>           Over time, the homeowners monthly expense will decrease, as
>           more money out of each mortgage payment goes toward equity
>           in the home. The renter's rent check will always increase,
>           being subject to inflation.

Just as a counter illustration of this, the monthly rent on my appartment was
$1050 two years ago. After having two of the four units sit empty on the
market for ten months, the original landlord lost the property and took
an even further loss on the sale. Now I'm renting the unit for $835
compared to $1200 month to buy an entry level condo (in addition to the not 
insignificant down payement).

The only mortgages I can afford undergo negative ammortization for the first
two years, the upshot being that if I move within two years (high probability
for most condo owners) I will have even less money in the investment than I
originally put down, while having paid a much higher monthly payment. 

Instead I'm socking away as much money as I can, while enjoying better
facilities in my remodeled victorian than I would in the area's entry level
condo developments (More bedrooms, better parking, etc.). Also, like most
rentals in the area, the contract is a 30-day notification. If I need to
move suddenly, there is no paying mortgage on an empty unit while I'm
trying to sell it. 

--
George F. McQuary 
"He is mad, bad and dangerous to know." -Lady Caroline Lamb
From: tsp@controls.ccd.harris.com (Timothy S. Pillsbury)
Newsgroups: misc.invest
Subject: Agencies that Reduce C-Card debt
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:26:56 GMT
Article-I.D.: ccd.1992Oct7.172656.16356
Organization: Harris Corp.
Originator: tsp@sp1


I ran across some ads in a local paper for companies who claim to be
"not for profit" that say they can help me consolidate my credit card debt
to a lower interest rate (I currently pay about 16% on the average).

I have several thousand dollars of debt with various bank credit
cards, which makes this deal attractive. They say that my 15.8% Citibank
card can be consolidated to 8%, with similar deals for most of my other cards.
The only catch (if you'd call it one) is that I can no longer use the card(s),
which is fine with me.

They say that they work directly with the financial institutions, and that
this costs me nothing. I think it's reasonable to believe that the banks don't
to lose the money I owe them (for instance, if I went bankrupt) but I'm 
definitely suspicious of something for nothing. Are these companies frauds?
Do the banks pay them?

Does anyone know if this would hurt my credit rating (currently VERY good) or
any other bad side-effects? I don't want to do anything that'll sour my
financial picture once this debt is paid off.
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Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: tsp@controls.ccd.harris.com (Timothy S. Pillsbury)
Newsgroups: misc.invest
Subject: Re: Incentives offered by banks to use their credit cards
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:41:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: ccd.1992Oct8.174154.14866
Organization: Harris Corp.
Originator: tsp@sp1


Just a side note on the citidollars, I've accumulated many many many of them
and never used a single one because the stuff in the catalog they send out
is overpriced junk to begin with. The quality is not very good, and the price
that is advertised seems to offset any advantage you might have seen from
your citidollars.

This practice is probably their standard; to let you think you're getting a
good deal because you are taking their offer, when in reality they
are ripping you off. Beware of any other incentive packages you see as well.
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From: ptcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Peter Chan)
Newsgroups: misc.invest
Subject: Microcomputer Resource Guide
Date: 7 Oct 1992 22:55:45 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
Reply-To: ptcaps@tennyson.lbl.gov (Peter Chan)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.117

I am interested in getting historical futures data. I have
heard that the American Association of Individual Investors
publishes a Microcomputer Resouce Guide that would provide
sources for that kind of data. Can someone give me the address
of AAII or suggest some other sources. Thanks.

Peter Chan (ptchan@lbl.gov)

Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: st1lv@rosie.uh.edu (McLeod, Stephen)
Subject: Re: 2oth Century
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: misc
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 22:38:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.212833.21428@cs.brown.edu>, jhc@iris.brown.edu.UUCP (James H. Coombs) writes...
>In article <MFSJBD.92Oct8090724@dante.nmsu.EDU> mfsjbd@nmsu.EDU (Jeff Davis) writes:
> 
>> IN mutual Fund forecaster it ranked 2oth Century Ultra as the TOP
>>predicted growth fund for the next 5+ years. 
>> Is mutual fund forecaster any good? ANyone know their track record?
> 
>According to Hulbert, MFF has an inferior record.  As for 20th Century
>Ultra, well, how can you trust a small-company fund that has allowed
But... according to Hulbert himself, some of the people who have good records
(Zweig comes to mind) have it by the luck of the mailman.  If your mail had
been delivered a single day late or if you paused to think a couple of hours,
then Zwieg's record would not be as good.  Still, he did 'call' the turn
before the crash (it was close) so Zweig gets a good record.

For the record, I have a friend who is able to retire at 47 and he recommended
MFF as a good newsletter.  I will be getting into 20th century ultra here
over the next few days with 1k and I'll let you know in 12 months (or when I
cash out with a profit) how it did.   I got into the Scudder Development fund
today.  On CNBC they said the 10day moving average buy signal has flashed for
the first time since December 1991.
---
Stephen McLeod
The Eternal? Student
From: rauchfuss@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Brian Rauchfuss)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 22:20:53 GMT
Subject: Re: The end of media generated recession is close.
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Newsgroups: misc.invest

In misc.invest, nfs@hart (Norbert Schlenker) writes:

> You must be reinvesting your huge profits from your gold investments
> earlier this year. ;-)

American Gold Mines did quite well this year, and mutual funds investing in 
them were among the top performers.  South African gold did very poorly though.

> Norbert
> nfs@cs.princeton.edu
Newsgroups: misc.invest
From: fod@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Frank O'Donnell)
Subject: Re: investing books
Keywords: for novices
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:13:03 GMT

sbale@netcom.com (Swamy S. Bale) writes:

>I recommend " How I made two million dollars" written by Nicholas Darwa
>and a book by William O'Neal of Investors Business Daily. I don't know
>the title of the book.

I think you're thinking of "How to Make Money in Stocks"
by William J. O'Neil, which lays out his "CANSLIM" method
of evaluating individual stocks.

Frank
frank@jplpost.jpl.nasa.gov