HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jfraser@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jane Fraser)
Subject: Repost of Tony Scott's posting on the infoport
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: oh
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 23:03:11 GMT

Here is Tony Scott's article about the Info port.  Apparently not all
sites got this posting.   -- Jane Fraser


> From: tscott@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Tony Scott)
> Subject: columbus as an info-port
> Message-ID: <1992Aug7.165400.1047@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> Followup-To: oh.cast
> Summary: what are the implications?
> Keywords: infoport, electronic transfer of funds, collaboration
> Sender: tony scott, art ed/accad, osu
> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 16:54:00 GMT
> Expires: Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT [aha! is this what caused
> the problem?  Jane]
> Lines: 22
> 
> The Columbus dispatch carried an article yesterday (Thurs 6th August)
> concerning the United Nations' designation of Columbus as one
> of 16 info-ports world wide (2nd place to be designated after
> Cartagena).  The paper made much of the likely economic benefits for
> Ohio of this designation of Columbus as the location of an approved
> electronic trading center.
> 
> I'm a little confused.  Why does an -electronic- trading center
>  need a location?  The UN approval/designation process reminds
>  me of waveband allocation for radio stations - is there still a
>  'bandwidth' issue in digital data transfer?  Do all the transactions
>  come under the Ohio business Code?  What role did Ohio's -geographic-
>  location as the capital of 'the heartland of America' have to play?
>  And what role is OSU going to play in all of this?
> (And one for Rohan: who "owns" the infoport 'licence'?)
> 
> Tony Scott, Art Education  Advanced Computing Center for
> 	    the Arts & Design, The Ohio State University
> 
> (scott+@osu.edu)




Newsgroups: oh.cast
From: CMATT@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu (Matt Gilbert)
Subject: Usenet news feeds
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 21:36:00 GMT


   I am looking for a site to give me a USENET news feed. I remember some
talk about oarnet trying ot get the feeds straightened out so they didn't
criss-cross the state. Can you give me some info, or possibly a feed site.

Thanks,
 Matt Gilbert
 VAX Systems Mgr
 Oberlin College
From: thood@corvus.matrox.com (Thomas Hood)
Newsgroups: can.english
Subject: CANADA 'BUYS' AMERICAN-INFLUENCED ENGLISH
Date: 20 Aug 92 20:47:07 GMT
Organization: Matrox Ltd.

Does no one find it degrading that our new constitution is being
called a "deal", that journalists say Bourassa will have to "sell"
it in Quebec, in the hopes that they will "buy" it?

Would I be close to the mark if I concluded that Canada's
high-and-mighty have watched too many episodes of "Dallas"?

--
Thomas Hood                                                    thood@matrox.com
Newsgroups: can.uucp
From: anton@analsyn.gts.org (Anton J Aylward)
Subject: Re: UNET NORTH emailaddr?
Organization: {UUNORTH}
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Distribution: can
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 17:30:41 GMT

merce@iguana.uucp (Jim Mercer) writes:
: >torin.walker@rose.com (torin walker) writes:
: >...
: 
: hmmmm, someone@rose.com sounds like a perfectly legitimate address to me.
: 
It is.  However reception at a BBS depends on other matters.

: hmmmm, considering that the original post was made on Aug04 and your follow-up
: is dated Aug11, you might also be interested in finding a reliable feed.
: or getting faster modems.
: 
: a 7 day latency is a bit much.

Original reply was made same day.  It was reply by E-Mail.
Reply didn't get though.  I now know it had nothing to do with
"reliable feed" or "faster modem" and a lot to do with Bell and Rose.

: [ yes, i'm in a particularly nasty mood right now ]
I can't argue with that ;-)

--
Anton J Aylward
From: gen0007@husky1.stmarys.ca (Jeff Pazahanick)
Newsgroups: can.uucp
Subject: UUCP Connection wanted.
Date: 22 Aug 92 17:21:47 GMT
Organization: Saint Mary's University

I would like to get a UUCP connection for my BBS.  How do I go about doing
that?
Newsgroups: can.uucp
From: knguyen@emr.ca (Khanh Kim Nguyen)
Subject: UUCP illiterate
Followup-To: can.uucp
Organization: emr
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 12:13:12 GMT

Hi,
I'm Mac-user in Ottawa and on Internet for a while. I often communicate
with the world outside through Sun Sparc station. While ftping one site , I
have a program called Mac/gnuucp. Curiously, I would like to know about
UUCP through the accompanied document, but obviously I don't know the
basics. I would like to ask some friends out there who was once a beginner
to give me the steps to learn about UUCP and how to go into business.

Thanks,

Khanh Kim, Nguyen
internet : knguyen@emr.ca
cc:mail: knguyen@cc2smtp.emr.ca
bitnet : knguyen@EMRCAN.BITNET
Xref: sparky can.uucp:226 ont.uucp:283
From: tnelson@ncrcan.Canada.NCR.CA (Tim Nelson)
Newsgroups: can.uucp,ont.uucp
Subject: ASSERT errors - documented anywhere?
Date: 18 Aug 92 14:36:24 GMT
Organization: NCR Canada Ltd. Mississauga, Ontario

Does anyone know whether HDB uucp ASSERT errors are documented anywhere?

I can only find a few in the O'Reilly book, but generally the ones that
I experience are not in there.

If you know of where they are documented, or have documented them
yourself, please let me know by email and I will post a summary.

thanx


-- 
Tim.Nelson@Canada.NCR.CA
NCR Canada +1 416 819 4112
Newsgroups: can.newprod
From: nordgraf@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (John Dorn)
Subject: Lantronix TCP/IP-LAT print server
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Distribution: can
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:18:39 GMT

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availability of the Lantronix EPS12 terminal/printer server for Unix
Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and DEC Local
Area Transport (LAT) over Ethernet networks. 
 
The EPS12 is a 12-port, Ethernet server housed in a light-weight
chassis that also includes either a Centronics or a Data Products
parallel printer port.  It has a standard DB15 transceiver interface.
 
John Dorn of Nord Graph states, "The EPS12 fills a need for
workgroups that need terminal access and print sharing with several
hosts.  This unit complements our 4, 8 and 16 line terminal servers
and satisfies the need for inexpensive, easy to use servers.  The
EPS12 is ideal for users who need a few serial ports and to share a
common parallel printer, such as a page laser."  
 
Strategically placed right where it is being used, the EPS12
simplifies the cabling nightmare common with larger networks.  In
addition, for both large and small organizations, the EPS12 will
allow users requiring several lines to the network, a mid-range
product, and avoid paying for ports they will never use.
 
Like all Lantronix products, the EPS12 supports TCP/IP, it also
supports protocol conversion between DEC LAT and TELNET or Rlogin,
and is the first to convert Reverse LAT and Reverse TELNET.
"More and more DEC sites are now using "open systems" from other
vendors that support only TCP/IP.  Lantronix products duplicate DEC
terminal servers at a fraction of the cost, yet add all the features
required in a UNIX environment." said Dorn.
 
The EPS12 is shipping now and sells in Canada for $1895.  It includes
a five year warranty and prompt 24 hour exchange.  An optional LTX
thinwire or UTP adaptor is available for $110.
 
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Newsgroups: can.newprod
From: clamen@CS.CMU.EDU (Stewart Clamen)
Subject: Re: That pathetic "includes Quebec" slogan.
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Followup-To: can.politics
	<1992Aug16.171121.1627@unixg.ubc.ca>
Reply-To: clamen+@CS.CMU.EDU
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 03:26:14 GMT
X-Posted-From: byron.sp.cs.cmu.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Aug16.171121.1627@unixg.ubc.ca> buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes:

   In article <1992Aug16.153155.17893@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca> tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Tony Wallis) writes:
   >A more realistic slogan might be
   >	    "Quebec excludes itself from my country"

    An even more realistic one might be
	 "Some Quebec politicians royally piss me off"

    All _Quebec_ has done is to elect these turkeys.  _Quebec_ has
    expressed its views, pending any further action this October, in
    one referendum only so far, in which the people of Quebec said
    "Non".

Quebec and Newfoundland have something in common.  Only they have ever
voted to be part of Canada.

--
Stewart M. Clamen			Internet:    clamen@cs.cmu.edu
School of Computer Science		UUCP: 	     uunet!"clamen@cs.cmu.edu"
Carnegie Mellon University		Phone: 	     +1 412 268 2145
5000 Forbes Avenue			Fax:	     +1 412 268 5739
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA
Newsgroups: can.general
From: jjhayes@nbrwh75.bnr.ca (Jeff Hayes)
Subject: Re: Taoist Tai Chi
Reply-To: jjhayes@x400gate.bnr.ca
Organization: Northern Telecom Public Switching, Bramalea Product Tech. S908
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 17:40:52 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.040735.2113@ozrout.uucp>, thierry@ozrout.uucp (Thierry Daigneault) writes:
_]Hello!
_]
_]  I know this might be a weird place for this question, but since it's pretty
_]much general, here goes:

well i thought it would be better to post into rec.*.tai_chi or someplace
like that. but there is no tai-chi group that i could find.  Rec.martial-arts
is a possibility tho.  so i guess you'd have to post in a misc group
like here!
_]
_]   I am interested in learning tai chi. I heard about the taoist tai chi
_]society and heard it was a pan-canadian organisation. What I would like to
_]know is:
_]
_]   has anybody out there heard about them?
Tai Chi is BIG in china!  national program for national health.  here in
Toronto it a biggish thing, the Tor Taoist T-C Assoc (i used to belong to
it) has several studios around town.
Still it is an oriental, meditation, possibly martial arts thing that
westerners don't often notice.   I haev heard of them, is that enough?

_]   are they big?
see above.

_]   are they reputable?

If you refer to the TorTCAssoc above yes!!  there are var forms of T-C,
jsut like karate etc.  TorTCAssoc is into health, taoism, meditation and
warm fuzzie stuff like that.  And they are cheap to join (dated info here)
Other forms tend more towords making a dance of the Set, the sequence
of moves that define the TC physical meditation.  TorTC form is crisper
than most, focusing on flexability and energy flow.

_]   anything else I should know?
The skills exchange had an intro program TorTCAssoc did for really cheap,
only 8 weeks or so (not enough to learn the whole Set, but a good intro).
and the Assoc does video for TVO.  call TVO or your cable co for info
on when it shows.  or just call the Assoc, main studio used to be on
Bathurst south of St Clair.
-- 

jeff hayes                      ESN 333-3894   phone (416) 452-3894
jjhayes@bnr.ca                  Northern Telecom, Prod Tech, Bramalea Ont
Newsgroups: can.general,soc.culture.canada
From: pt@geovision.gvc.com (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: Change the speed limit
Reply-To: pt@geovision.gvc.com
Organization: Not officially GeoVision Systems Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:43:28 GMT

dowdell@unixg.ubc.ca (David J. Dowdell) writes:
>In article <1992Aug17.025817.25655@bmerh85.bnr.ca> myhui@bnr.ca (Michael Hui) writes:
>>
>>Money should be spent on teaching every driver better skills, the
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>Allow me to correct the grammar here:
>"Drivers should spend money on learning better driving skills,"
> ^^^^^^^

I agree totally with Dave here - let's further modify that sentence:
Incentives should be created so that drivers will spend money on learning
better driving skills.

In my view, those incentives would be things like having cops who actually
ticket dangerous driving actions, rather than going for the easy things like
speeding - and I'm sure insurance companies would jump on the band wagon and
continue giving lower rates to people who take driving lessons, do not get
dangerous driving tickets, etc.  A mutual friend of Dave Dowdell and I told
us that his father, an OPP traffic patroller, would ticket people for
driving the speed limit in the passing lane - for obstructing traffic.  We
need more cops like that, and fewer of the "radar gun robot" variety.

Every ticket I've gotten has been for speeding on deserted roads.  Meanwhile
I've been pulled over for reacting rather vigourously to a guy who blasted
his high-beams at me, passed me on the shoulder, and cut me off causing me
to have to brake sharply - this on the 401 in Toronto, me driving 110km/h
(the same speed as the _rest_ of the traffic) in the slow lane.  I got off
with a warning, but I'm still steamed at the cop who went after the easy one
(me) rather than following that guy who was weaving in and out of traffic,
abusing his high-beams and cutting people off left, right and center.  You
could follow where he was by watching the brake lights come on.


-- 
Paul Tomblin, pt@geovision.gvc.com
(This is not an official opinion/statement of GeoVision Systems Inc.)
Anybody who doesn't wear a helmet when biking probably _will_ have their head
examined - by a coroner
Newsgroups: can.general
From: charlesv@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Charles Van Duren)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: sdebar re passing or right (was sidebar re 401 (: -))
Date: 21 Aug 92 15:20:31 GMT
Distribution: can

woods@robohack.UUCP (Greg A. Woods) writes:

>Speeding rarely helps save any noticable amount of time (except on
>streets with poorly synchronised lights).  In heavy traffic, beating
>your fellow driver to the off ramp by 4 car-lengths is the ultimate in
>sillyness.  Even on a long trip, a continuously higher average speed
>doesn't save all that much time.

A study reported in the motor association rag supports your opinion. It
was first done in Germany, and then replicated in North America (I don't
have the article with me, so don't know if it was Canada or the US).

One driver was instructed to drive as fast as possible to get to a destination
some 1500 (again, recollection may not be correct) km away. The second driver
was instructed to drive the speed limit. The result was that the first
driver was 31 minutes faster over an app. 20 hour trip. The result in
North America was almost identical. Instrumentation recorded the driving
patterns. They were replicated and analyzed under controlled conditions,
showing the expected increase in wear, tear, and fuel consumption by the
speedster.

As Greg asks, is it really worth it?

As for those of you who admire the autobahns from afar without ever
having driven them, hold off on your enthusiasm until you have that experience.

CvD
Xref: sparky can.general:4095 soc.culture.canada:5955
From: klassen@sol.UVic.CA (Melvin Klassen)
Newsgroups: can.general,soc.culture.canada
Subject: Re: Refusing to yield right of away out of moral indignation
Summary: Warning for the humour-impaired!  100% satiric article follows!!
Keywords: I KEEP LEFT, EVEN WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO PASS ME
Date: 20 Aug 92 23:15:38 GMT
Reply-To: garbage@sol.uvic.ca
Followup-To: garbage@sol.uvic.ca
Distribution: ca
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. CANADA

(Marc Donovan) writes:
>So to all those drivers who like to hog the left lane:  You are also
>breaking the law, hypocrites!  So keep to the right unless you're passing,
>and leave law enforcement to the law enforcement agencies.  

OK.  I admit it.  I'm the one everybody's been writing about!

Stop preaching to the converted, i.e., the readers of 'can.general' and
'soc.culture.canada' and 'ont.general' and ...

Just REPLY to this, and I'll accept all your abuse, OFF-LINE!
Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics
From: charters@madhaus.utcs.utoronto.ca (Jim Charters)
Subject: Re: RACISM???/Access to English schools
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 16:59:53 GMT

In article <1992Aug7.201143.28233@bwdls61.bnr.ca> clewis@bwdlh118.bnr.ca (Chris Lewis) writes:
>In article <1992Aug4.165238.20013@bcrka451.bnr.ca> nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau) writes:
>>(You do
>>need to be Catholic to attend the separate schools though, the only
>>condition.)
>
>This rule is no longer in force.  They had to drop it in order to get public
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Unfortunately, this is not strictly true.

The Peel Region Public School Board decided to drop Junior Kindergarten
for the 1992-1993 school year as a cost-cutting measure.  My youngest
son would have gone, so I contacted the municipal (Brampton) tax
department, and they told me that, no, I could _not_  direct my 
education taxes to the Separate School Board unless I, or my spouse,
was a Roman Catholic.

OK, so I called the Separate School Board.  They said that my child
would be put on a waiting list, _and all children who were Roman
Catholics_ would be placed in programmes first.  If my child was
admitted, I would have to pay tuition.

The way I look at it, here are _two_ examples of discrimation on the
basis of religion.

My next call was to the Ontario Human Rights Commission.  Guess what?
The Separate School Board is allowed, on the basis of the 1867
Education Act, to discriminate.  They (Human Rights Commission)
claimed it was out of their hands, and it wasn't likely worth
pursuing.

Now, can you imagine the outcry if the Public School Board acted like
this?

All of us pay taxes that support _both_ school boards, and I don't
think that it's fair that one is allowed to discriminate.


>
>You also used to have to be catholic to teach at catholic schools,
>but this rule is now gone as well.

Gone?  No.  Not enforced?  More likely.  Probably still can be, if an
excuse is needed...

-- 
#include <standard_disclaimer>
Jim Charters
Geophysicist & Chief Computer Flunkey / University of Toronto Geology
Toronto / Ont. / CANADA / M5S 3B1 / charters@quartz.geology.utoronto.ca
Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics
From: tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Tony Wallis)
Subject: That pathetic "includes Quebec" slogan.
Organization: York University
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 15:31:55 GMT

I'm sick of that pathetically sentimental and simplistic slogan :
            "My country includes Quebec"
Yeah, and my family includes Frank, the whining trouble-making sponging
drunkard.  English Canada has locked itself in a political version of
what the pop-psych people like to call "co-dependency".  Let's tell
"Frank" what we think of his behaviour, to shape up or we won't want
him in the "family".
A more realistic slogan might be
	    "Quebec excludes itself from my country"

--
tony@nexus.yorku.ca = Tony Wallis, York University, Toronto, Canada

Newsgroups: can.general
From: kaminski@panda.uleth.ca (David Kaminski)
Subject: sending goods to Lithuania
Summary: how can one send goods to Lithuania without using postal service
Keywords: postal service, Lithuania, consulate FAX no.
Organization: University of Lethbridge
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:47:14 GMT

I have two things to ask of netters:

(1) does anyone have a FAX number for the Lithuanian consulate in
Willowdale, Ont.?; and

(2) my family has had problems with goods sent to Panevesys (sp?) via
the postal service -- they disappear. Is there a way (perhaps using a
blend of North American and European courier services) to *reliably*
send goods and funds to an individual in Lithuania?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

David Kaminski <<kaminski@panda.uleth.ca>>
From: "peter skotnyk" <peter.skotnyk@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: taoist tai chi
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:14:50 EST
Reply-To: "peter skotnyk" <peter.skotnyk@canrem.com>
Distribution: can
Organization: Canada Remote Systems


TD>   I am interested in learning tai chi. I heard about the taoist tai chi
TD>society and heard it was a pan-canadian organisation. What I would like to
TD>know is:

TD>   has anybody out there heard about them?
Yes, I have. A friend of mine is an instructor.

TD>   are they big?
TD>   are they reputable?
Yes, they are a world wide non-profit organization.

TD>   anything else I should know?
If you want more info call (416)656-2110 this is their head office in Toronto.

  Peter Skotnyk
  Toronto, ON., Canada
  CIS  73377,1563
  peter.skotnyk@canrem.com
---
  DeLuxe 1.20 #5784  Wherever you go there you are.
--
Canada Remote Systems  - Toronto, Ontario/Detroit, MI
World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044
Newsgroups: can.general
From: gcrowe@cs.ubc.ca (Greg Crowe)
Subject: S H A R E D  H O U S E ! ! !
Reply-To: gcrowe@cs.ubc.ca (Greg Crowe)
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 18:00:36 GMT

Here's the pitch...

  I have a house, and i need to rent out a room (a very large one).  The house is close
to UBC and downtown, as well as to shops along forty-first... Oh ya.. the house is
located on 33rd and Mackenzie.  Its a beautiful house, bright clean, spacious;
has a nice backyard, large patio, garage, plenty of storage, hardwood floors
upstairs, and plush carpet downstairs, good sized kitchen, washer/dryer, lots of
charm warmth and character.  Its located near several major bus routes, and is
in a quiet neighbourhood. There will only be three people staying there. Yourself,
Andrea, and moi.  The rent is $500/mo, which includes all
utilities.  I know it sounds like a lot, but consider that you'll be living in
a house, not an apartment that is the size of my living room and dining room;
there will only be three people there, not six as is common when shared houses
are listed for $350/mo.; and  utilities are included, which means you only write
one check per month, this makes it easier for you and I.

Here are a few things that I am looking for in potential roomies...

 non-smoker, reliable, clean, marture, non-drug user,  no pets, no children,
 financially responsible, willingness to stay for at least twelve months,
 a sense of humor, honest... etc. etc., male or female, it don't matter...


So if you want to know more, or you want to come by and look at the house, you
can reach me at the e-mail address below, or you can phone me at 263-5048, and
leave a message.

Thanks,


Greg. (gcrowe@cs.ubc.ca)
Newsgroups: can.general