HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: spel@hippo.ru.ac.za (Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse)
Subject: Re: Zip files via Kermit
Organization: Katatura State Hospital, Windhoek, Namibia
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 16:07:30 GMT

In <8302@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> iroberts@pietro.ua.oz.au (Ian Roberts) writes:

>Can compressed files created by PKZip be transmitted via kermit or do such files
>need to be further encoded before they will be transmitted accurately?
You only must make sure that both kermits are using the binary
mode. (SET FILE TYPE BINARY [or IMAGE]).

Works for me all the time.

el
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Xref: sparky aus.photo:26 aus.forsale:1301
From: foo@latcs1.lat.oz.au (Terence P Foo)
Newsgroups: aus.photo,aus.forsale
Subject: Cameras for sale
Date: 28 Aug 92 03:03:33 GMT
Distribution: melb
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia

CAMERAS FOR SALE

YASHICA Electro 35 
f1:1.7 lens 45mm
Viewfinder camera with infinite focus from 2.6 ft. to infinity
Self timer
Flash hot shoe
ASA up to 1000.
Case included
$100

OLYMPUS-PEN EES2
half frame camera (ie 36 exp film takes 72 photos)
f1:2.8 lens 30mm
Viewfinder camera with 4 focus points
Auto with mannual appature overide.
Flash hot shoe
ASA 25 to 400
Case included
Instructions and box.
$50 

If interested in either of these cameras please call Terry on:
817-4345 OR e-mail foo@latcs1.lat.oz.au

Terry
Newsgroups: aus.photo
From: zrepachol@cc.curtin.edu.au (Paul Repacholi)
Subject: EOS RT runout?
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:45:12 GMT

I was told on Sat that Canon are running out the RT at ~$600. Is
this also on in the east?

~Paul
From: wvenable@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au (Bill Venables)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: What's Green & Yellow
Date: 14 Aug 92 06:20:17 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Department of Statistics, University of Adelaide
In-reply-to: eln235s@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au's message of 13 Aug 92 04:13:02 GMT

>>>>> "Humphrey" == mr h hui <eln235s@lindblat.cc.monash.edu.au> writes:

Humphrey> It's common for the Australian sports team to have their uniforms
Humphrey> designed in green and yellow. Does that symbolize anything like
Humphrey> good and grass-field?

Humphrey> I've asked 2 Australia-born. They seemed to have no concrete
Humphrey> idea!

Here's a guess.  The traditional symbol of Australia is a wattle (Acacia)
flower, which is brilliant yellow, usually displayed with a sprig of green
phyllodes (the Wattle equivalent of leaves).

--
___________________________________________________________________________
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Newsgroups: aus.general
From: sysnet@cc.newcastle.edu.au (David Morrison)
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 07:08:39 GMT

In article <thos.715220424@suite.sw.oz.au>, thos@suite.sw.oz.au (Thomas Cohen) writes:
> In <1992Aug29.045625.24541@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> suter@fawlty8.eng.monash.edu.au (Mr D. Suter) writes:
> 
>>In article <thos.714974989@suite.sw.oz.au> thos@suite.sw.oz.au (Thomas Cohen) writes:
>>>someone else runs into it. Why should you have to accept anything
>>>less that how the car was before the accident?
> 
>>Because you are trying to provide the protection cover that suits
>>you in terms of a gamble. It is a perfectly valid strategy to pay less
>>with the expectation of bear{ng more of the ``cost'' should an accident occur.
> 
> It aint my gamble. The insurance company takes money from me every
> year, and gambles that they will take more money in premiums than
> they will have to pay in defending the policy. Quality of repair is
> not (or should not be) part of that process as the premiums we pay
> are designed to get our car repaired.
> 
> And you ignored my basic point. If the accident is not your fault,
> why the hell should you be disadvantaged in any way from it? Sure
> accidents happen, but that is why you take out insurance.

You do not *have* to involve your insurance company if you are not at fault.  
You can get the car repaired to your satisfaction then sue the other party to 
recover the cost.  You can also sue for any related costs, such as alternative 
transport while your car is off the road.  If the case actually gets to court
(and it may be settled outside), you might have to present "independent"
reports on the extent of the damage and work done.  All this costs money which
in theory you can recover through the legal action.  But it might get drawn 
out for months or years....

Most people consider this too much time and effort and leave it to their
insurance company to resolve with the other company. 
-- 
David Morrison, Manager, Networks and Comms, Uni of Newcastle, Australia
sysnet@cc.newcastle.edu.au or (VAX PSI) psi%0505249626002::sysnet
Phone: +61 49 215397	Fax: +61 49 216910
From: snark@thistledown.img.com.au (Simon Burge)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:16:59 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: img Consultants, Melbourne, Australia

In <9223801.3062@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> moeller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Mc Mars) writes:

>On the topic of car insurance companies, go for the biggest and most
>well known company, RAC(V); ask around and I'm sure you won't find anybody
>with bad experiences with them - they outline everything fully before
>you sign, and a past claim I had with them was dealt with super quickly,
>without problems in only two weeks. They were very impressive!

I'll second the RACV.  Last year, someone drove into the side of my car
(while I was doing 75 kmh!) and made a mess of the rear end.  This was on
the Thursday night.  On Friday, I had the car assessed by two repairers --
I got to choose them (they were both "RACV approved", but just about any
decent repairer is).  By 2 o'clock Friday, the car was in at the repairer,
and I had it back the next Thursday.  I didn't have to pay my excess, as
the other guy was at fault.

RACV were also among the cheapest to insure with as well.  The first year
I got insurance they charged around $950 (you know, under 25, V8, etc).
Some other companies wanted up to $1700!

If the RACQ is anywhere near as good as the RACV has been to me, I would
sure recommend them.

>-- Mario Moeller /                                           _
>                / This is what the KLF are about ------ |/| |_
>------------------------------------------------------- |\|/|
>m o e l l e r @ m u l l a u n a . c s . m u . o z . a u ______

Simon.
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From: sue@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (Sue McPherson)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Date: 25 Aug 92 03:05:47 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: SOFTWARE CONTRACTS GROUP, University of Melbourne, Australia

In article <9223801.3062@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> moeller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Mc Mars) writes:
>On the topic of car insurance companies, go for the biggest and most
>well known company, RAC(V); ask around and I'm sure you won't find anybody
>with bad experiences with them - they outline everything fully before
>you sign, and a past claim I had with them was dealt with super quickly,
>without problems in only two weeks. They were very impressive!

Well it just goes to show that there is no such thing as a 'really good 
insurance company'. I have a friend who had a lot of problems with RACV -  in
fact he had to take them to the small claims tribunal to get his excess back!

One thing that it is often overlooked in policies is the value you insure your
car for. If you have a 'market value' policy then you run the risk that after
your car has been written off and sitting at the wreckers for 2 months they
will assess the car and say that 'it has a bit of rust' so the payout is less.
If you have an 'agreed value' policy you know how much you will get but you
have to watch out that they don't drop the value on you. My car (an Alfa
Guilietta 2.0l) was insured for $13,000 in 1990, in 1991 they dropped the
'agreed value' to $11,000 and this year they dropped it to $8,000! If I had
had a major prang I could have been $5,000 out of pocket (as the current
replacement cost would be about $12,000) It only took a phone call (and a few
extra dollars) to get the value back to a realistic level.

Sue McPherson
sue@ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au
From: ksarkies@augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.AU (Ken W. Sarkies)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Date: 25 Aug 92 04:09:29 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Electrical and Electronic Eng., University of Adelaide

In article <9223801.3062@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> moeller@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Mc Mars) writes:
>On the topic of car insurance companies, go for the biggest and most
>well known company, RAC(V); ask around and I'm sure you won't find anybody
>with bad experiences with them - they outline everything fully before
>you sign, and a past claim I had with them was dealt with super quickly,
>without problems in only two weeks. They were very impressive!
>

At the risk of overdoing this theme, I want to put in my bid also. The
affiliated automobile associations certainly offer apparently the best
deal in the sense that they are for the insured person. If you are a
careful driver and need insurance to come to your aid only once every
few years, then pay the extra.  What is the point of having insurance if
you have no confidence in it. The RAA (SA) even paid for repairs for damage
I did all on my lonesome, without revoking my no claims bonus. That is
what I call service!

-- 
                                Ken Sarkies

No disclaimer. My boss takes all responsibility for my big mouth.
Newsgroups: aus.general
From: suter@fawlty3.eng.monash.edu.au (Mr D. Suter)
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Organization: Monash University
Distribution: aus
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 08:25:16 GMT

In article <BtxD9E.2vG@research.canon.oz.au> greyham@research.canon.oz.au (Graham Stoney) writes:
>suter@fawlty8.eng.monash.edu.au (Mr D. Suter) writes:
>>Exactly, that's why your question (that initiated the whole discussion)
>>was silly. 
>>I, however, am quite happy to pay less insurance and either live with
>>a less than ``perfect'' repair job or even foot the bill myself. That's
>>the way I prefer to gamble.
>
>His question was very reasonable, but you unfortunately have missed a vital
>point. If _you_ stack someone elses car, their claim is against your
>insurance company, and on your just-get-it-on-the-road-I-don't-care-how-it-
>looks policy. Why should they have to put up with a bodgey repair job just
>because you wanted to gamble and pay a cheaper premium?.
In exactly the same way that he is forced to gamble that I have any
insurance at all. i.e., he should comprehensively insure his
and force his insurance company to repair (to his satisfaction)
while recouping the money as best they can. 
I did not miss any point, I believe, vital or otherwise.
d.s.
Newsgroups: aus.general
From: dave@ips.oz.au (Dave Horsfall)
Subject: No fault? (Was Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?)
Organization: IPS Radio and Space Services.  Sydney, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 03:09:49 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.000116.18733@cs.su.oz.au>
    allanc@cluster.cs.su.oz (Restless Wanderer) writes:

>I recently 'ouched ' my wife's Vitara ($5k) ,but everthing looked 
>worse than it was.This was an NO fault claim as the car aquaplaned into
>a metal pole.

Hmmm...  Not that I'm trying to blame you, but I find it odd that an
aqua-planing car was treated as "no fault."  How fast did you say you
were going on that (obviously wet) road?

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@ips.OZ.AU                  ...munnari!ips.OZ.AU!dave
From: richard@asis.unimelb.EDU.AU (Richard Begg)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Legality of lockpicks
Date: 27 Aug 92 03:43:38 GMT

Robert.Winkel@p2.f158.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Robert Winkel) writes:

|Can someone tell me the legality of lockpicks in Victoria ? Is it legal to own
|some, or to buy some from overseas, or here ?
|A friend in USA sent away for a mail-order set and received them with no
|problems. Is it as easy here in Australia ? 
| 


I wouldn't recommend it.  You can be charged with possession of tools
for committing a felony (or words to that effect).

I dare say that it would be OK if you could demonstrate a legitimate
need for such tools (e.g. being a locksmith).

Dont risk it.

--
Richard Begg (richard@asis.unimelb.edu.au)
Admin Systems and Info Services - University of Melbourne.
From: Robert.Winkel@p2.f158.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Robert Winkel)
Sender: acsnet@csource.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Legality of lockpicks
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:37:02 +1000

Can someone tell me the legality of lockpicks in Victoria ? Is it legal to own
some, or to buy some from overseas, or here ?
A friend in USA sent away for a mail-order set and received them with no
problems. Is it as easy here in Australia ? 
 

 * Origin: .   .  . ..RAVENLOFT BBS [03-899-3247].. .  .   . (3:633/158.2)
Newsgroups: aus.general
From: andy@research.canon.oz.au (Andy Newman)
Subject: Re: Unix-like OS's for 386 etc
Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:41:36 GMT

taso@munnari.OZ.AU (Taso Hatzi) writes:
> I'm interested in a bug-free version...
Better give up now then!
-- 
Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)		"int - God's own type"
Newsgroups: aus.general
From: u734120@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (John Lamp)
Subject: Relatives of Mr Paul
Keywords: Paul
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 03:05:19 GMT


This message is being posted on behalf of Mr Paul of South Africa
who is trying to re-establish communication with family members
in Australia, from whence his family emigrated to South Africa.

 Monty Paul
 Faculty of Education, Rhodes University
 Internet: g71p1675@hippo.ru.ac.za
 Telephone: work: (0461) 22023 xt 383  home: (0461) 22992
 Address: 11 George Street, Grahamstown, 6140, Rep.South Africa

Please reply direct to him, do not post as I do not usually follow
this newsgroup.

Cheers
John
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From: anthony@cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Date: 24 Aug 92 22:14:55 GMT
Reply-To: anthony@cs.uq.oz.au
Distribution: aus

It seems the companies to avoid are FAI and AAMI.  
Some mentioned that GIO and RACQ are OK.
What about Suncrop ?  No one mentions them ?
--
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email: anthony@cs.uq.oz.au	voice:+(61)-7-3651204 FAX:+(61)-7-3651999
SNAIL: Department Computer Science, The University of Qld, 
       St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
From: brendan@otc.otca.oz (Brendan Jones)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Date: 31 Aug 92 23:22:18 GMT
Distribution: aus

in article <miw.714957520@cc.uq.oz.au>, miw@cc.uq.oz.au (Mark I. Williams) says:
> brendan@otc.otca.oz (Brendan Jones) writes:
>>So what's the problem with AAMI?
> I have heard a lot of complaints about AAMI here, precisely *because*
> they *dictate* the repairer to you. RACQ will give you a list of
> *recommended* repairers, but you can still choose your own.

That's not true.  AAMI give you a list of recommended repairers in your area.
You need to get at least two quotes from this list, and you can get a third
quote from your own repairer if you wish.  When I had my car assessed, AAMI
let me pick which repairer I'd like to go to (I got quotes from only two,
because I didn't want to spend all day getting quotes).

Also, I consider being provided with a list of repairers to be a *service*.  I
wouldn't know a good repairer from a bad one.  I don't want to try and find my
own repairer.  I consider it's in AAMI's long term interests to find good
repairers so that they're not hit with repeat claims to rectify shoddy work.
So, AAMI do the legwork for me, and make my life easy when I make a claim.

Now, some repairers don't like AAMI because it's an insurance company that's
decided to take on those who rip off customers and the insurance companies.

Many repairers use insurance jobs as a means to very fat profits.  YOU pay for
it through higher premiums.  AAMI has decided to no longer turn a blind eye to
this insidious practice.  Perhaps questions should be asked about other
insurance companies who don't seem to mind this practice continuing.

> AAMI repairers are AAMI repairers because they agree to use secondhand
> parts, which they buy from the AAMI wrecking yards. Being good repairers
> has nothing to do with it. Some people I know have had very shonky jobs
> done.

The practice of AAMI using second hand parts has been largely discredited.
The ABC "Investigators" did a huge expose on this alleged practice, AAMI
promptly took the ABC to court, and won.  The Investigators was forced to
place full page national press ads retracting the story and apologising to
AAMI (and place those ads three times).

AAMI does use non-genuine parts, but I can't see the problem with that,
especially since dealer spare parts would have to be the second biggest rip-
off industry in the country.  AAMI have them offside as well by refusing to
play the geniune spare-parts game.

Also, AAMI guarantee any work done for three years, so if the parts were not
up to scratch, they'd pay for it in the long run.

In short, AAMI do everything they can to give you the lowest premium.  If
people want to perpetuate the shonkiness in the car repair business and pay
higher premiums, that's their choice.
-- 
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R&D Contractor |   UUCP:  {uunet,mcvax}!otc.otca.oz.au!brendan | your
Services R&D   |  Phone:  (02)287-3128    Fax:  (02)287-3299   | company
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Newsgroups: aus.general
From: mitchell@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Andy Mitchell)
Subject: Re: Reverse osmosis water filters
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 17:16:08 GMT
Distribution: aus
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester

In article <1992Aug26.023020.4153@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher) writes:
|> So what do people out there know about reverse-osmosis water filters?


There is a company, - called: PUR, - a division of RECOVERY ENGINEERING, Inc that makes them.  

You might contact them and ask for their catalog.  It describes all of the models available and a little bit about how they work.

PUR
2229 Edgewood Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55426  (USA)
1-800-845-PURE / 612-541-1313 / FAX 612-541-1230

(I have the catalog if you're looking for a particular model or have a specific question.)




-- 

Andy Mitchell, Memory Interface and Control Development
Mail:  443/040-3,  IBM Rochester, MN 55901-7829
Email: mitchell@rchland.ibm.com or mitchell at rchvmx
Phone: (507)253-6131,(T/L)8-553-6131
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From: thos@suite.sw.oz.au (Thomas Cohen)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Date: 25 Aug 92 22:03:56 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Softway Pty Ltd

In <1992Aug25.055942.1615@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher) writes:

>If you own an "exotic" car check around with the local clubs for that car
>as you may be surprised...eg

>$20,000 Jaguar XJ6,

>Everyone else at 60% no claim $700-950

>Through the Perth Jaguar club $340

Ditto over here in Sydney. In fact, I went through Shannon's Classic
Car Insurance. My Cooper is insured for $5500, with a premium of
$309. The same policy with the NRMA would have cost me $1200+!

And with Shannon's, if the car is written off, I get the money AND
the wreckage.

>Scott Fisher [scott@psy.uwa.oz.au]  PH: Aus [61] Perth (09) Local (380 3272).                
>Joy is a Jaguar XJ-6 with a flat battery, a blown oil seal and an unsympathetic wife, 9km outside of a small remote town, 3:15am on a cold wet winters morning.

Well, I've had similar problems to the first, second, fourth and fifth, 
but not the third.

regards,
-- 
thos cohen  				       |Softway Pty Ltd
 The best way to make a Japanese engineer wince|ACSnet:         thos@softway.oz
 is (when talking about an NSX) to say slowly  |UUCP: ...!uunet!softway.oz!thos
 'but its _not a Ferrari_ is it?' R.Bulgin, CAR|Internet:    thos@softway.oz.au
Newsgroups: aus.general
From: miw@cc.uq.oz.au (Mark I. Williams)
Subject: Re: Advice on car insurance companies ?
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 04:16:43 GMT

anthony@cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee) writes:

>I was wondering if anyone has a particular bad experience with
>car insurance companies ?  My insurance brokers want me to change
>to Suncrop which is charging me a premium of $388.60, with 
>stamp duty and broker fee it is $418.  It seems a bit expensive to
>me and I have heard of cheaper alternatives but I am weary of 
>bad insurance companies.

Well, stay clear of FAI. 

I am with GIO at the moment, and have fully tested the claims department
this year, both for accident and theft. They gave me no trouble with the
assessment, allowed me to choose my own repairer, and have been
generally nice to me.

I also tested their cover note. I rang up at lunchtime, got a covernote
number, and had the car pranged by dinnertime. Once they were sure the
accident had happened after the phonecall to get the covernote, there
were no hassles (althought I know they investigated the claim).

When some scum took advantage of the demonstrations at the Union complex
to do over all the cars in the Uni carparks, I had no trouble getting
them to replace the stereo and fix up the door and trim. I am still
waiting for the last $120, but then I only sent in the final part of the
claim about 2 weeks ago.

The best thing about GIO was that the premium was $100 cheaper than FAI
and $200 cheaper than RACQ. RACQ are also supposed to be very good,
though.

The only thing that annoyed me about GIO was that they payed the claim
of the motorcyclist who ran into me on the basis of a statement
by a "witness" who I firmly believe doesn't exist (or at the very least
wasn't there to see the accident). This cost me my excess of $300.
(Yes, GIO have a $300 excess.) You live and learn. Next time you have an
accident, fabricate some statements from witnesses quickly, while your
memory is still fresh.

cheers,


--
Mark Williams         The University of Queensland       miw@cc.uq.edu.au
+61 7 36 54012   (w)  Prentice Centre
+61 7 36 54477  (fax) Qld 4072  Australia
Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.  -- Seneca
From: grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au (Greg Lehmann)
Newsgroups: aus.general
Subject: Re: Reverse osmosis water filters
Date: 28 Aug 92 00:14:11 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland

mitchell@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Andy Mitchell) writes:

>In article <1992Aug26.023020.4153@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher) writes:
>|> So what do people out there know about reverse-osmosis water filters?


Choice magazine are doing a review of water filters that will come out towards
the end of the year. Whether they do reverse osmosis or not, I don't know.
Anyway it might be worth a look when it come out.
-- 
Greg Lehmann,
CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Technology,   Telephone: +61 7 365 3877
c/- Dept. of Mining & Metallurgical Eng.,     Facsimile: +61 7 365 3711
The University of Queensland, QLD 4072.       Internet:  grl@brb.dmt.csiro.au
Newsgroups: aus.general