From: rich@tosh.wcc.govt.nz (Richard Naylor )
Newsgroups: nz.comp
Subject: Vogon News Friday 28 August 1992
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 21:49:42 GMT
Organization: City Net -  Wellington City Council's Community Computer Network

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        VNS TECHNOLOGY WATCH ..............................   57   "
        VNS TECHNOLOGY WATCH ..............................   16   "

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VNS COMPUTER NEWS:                            [Tracy Talcott, VNS Computer Desk]
==================                            [Nashua, NH, USA                 ]

    Wednesday's Market                               Digital Fair Market Value
      Quote     Change                              2-Dec-1991   $60.6875
 IBM	86 3/8	-  3/4				   29-May-1992   $42.4375
                                                   85% of lower  $36.250
    Thursday's Market	   Dow Jones    Change      1-Jun-1992   $40.750
 DEC	35 7/8  +  1/8	   3254.64	+ 7.83

 Microsoft - Founder and chairman Bill Gates gives Stanford $6 million gift
	{The Boston Globe, 27-Aug-92, p. 58}
   The gift to Stanford University is for a new computer science building, the
 school said. Gates' contribution closes the funding gap for the $28.1 million
 building, which will be the primary center for computer sciences at the
 university. Gates, who has no alumni connection to Stanford, said he is
 making the gift "because I want to invest in the future of the industry." The
 new Gates Information Science Building will bring together people working in
 related disciplines, now scattered at nine different campus locations. Earlier
 this year, he gave $12 million to the University of Washington to create a new
 department of molecular biotechnology. the gifts to UW and Stanford are from
 Gates personally.

 Digital - Alpha-ready Wall of Fame Directory now available
	{Livewire, Worldwide News, 27-Aug-92}
   All third party partners who have agreed to publicly announce their
 intentions to migrate products to Alpha are listed in the new Alpha-ready Wall
 of Fame Directory. More than 600 of the 700+ Alpha-ready companies are
 included.  
   This Directory can be ordered through Printing and Circulation Services in
 Northboro, Massachusetts. Send mail to NEST::ORDER or ORDER @NRO. Include your
 name, cost center, and mailing and electronic addresses. The part number for
 the Directory is EF-A1895-50.
   An up-to-date postscript copy of the Wall of Fame is available in a public
 directory:  CHEESE::PUBLIC:[ALPHA]WALL-OF-FAME.PS
   The Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Group and U.S. Channels are working 
 jointly to design and construct smaller, portable "Alpha-ready Wall of Fame"
 display units. These will be on display at key Digital facilities, as well as
 select corporate and industry events. Several units will be available for
 rent. 
   For further information on the Alpha-ready Wall of Fame Directory or the 
 portable display units, contact Paula Cain in the ISV Group at DTN 297-3088
 (508-467-3088), or via electronic mail at MR4DEC::CAIN or Paula Cain @MRO. Or,
 contact Chris Mackenzie in the U.S. Channels organization at DTN 297-5529 
 (508-467-7529), or via electronic mail at HILLST::MACKENZIE.


VNS TECHNOLOGY WATCH:                           [Mike Taylor, VNS Correspondent]
=====================                           [Littleton, MA, USA            ]

                        Are You A Techno-dweeb?

    Do you have a problem with overdoing your technical activities?  Many
    do. Take the following test to see if you are compulsive.  If you can
    relate to 2 of the items, you may have a problem with  Techno-Dweeb. 
    If you relate to 3 or more, you are definitely a  Techno-Dweeb. Do not
    despair! There is help! You are not alone! Whenever you feel the urge
    to code in Assembler, call the number in the white pages of your phone
    book, and we will send somebody right over to cut out paper dolls with
    you until the feeling passes.

    YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TECHNO-DWEEB WHEN...

    When your friend tells you all about his Cressida V6 and you 
    reply "Yeah, I had V5, and it was full of bugs!"

    When driving you see a license plate with the letters DSR, and 
    you feel compelled to touch your bumper to the other car to see 
    if you can raise CD.

    When you are counting objects "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D...".

    When you lay down in the afternoon for a short rest, end up 
    sleeping 4 hours, and call it a "mega-nap".

    When your friend is going to Essex for vacation and you tell her,  
    "You really should go for the DX, it has the built in co-processor."

    When you dream in 256 pallettes of 256 colors.

    When asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32  bits.

    When you have to go to the bathroom, but you wait until bladder 
    meltdown, since "goto" is bad programming style.

    When you convince yourself that Tetris really does improve 
    eye-hand coordination.

    When the radio traffic reporter talks about a backup caused by a 
    crash, and you correct her that a backup is good protection  in
    case of a crash.

    When floppy drive applies more to your love life, and hard drive 
    to your machines.

    When you can do hexadecimal arithmatic in your head.

    When your wife goes to the market for some macintosh apples, and 
    you correct her, "No, dear, it's 'Apple Macintosh'."

    When your wife says "If you don't turn off that damn machine and 
    come to bed, then I am going to divorce you!", and you chastise 
    her for for omitting the else clause.

    When you call "*.*" star-dot-star.

    {Contributed to rec.humor.funny and attributed to Jim Ritterbusch} 


VNS TECHNOLOGY WATCH:                           [Mike Taylor, VNS Correspondent]
=====================                           [Littleton, MA, USA            ]

                        World's Smallest Disk Drive

    In August, Hewlett-Packard will start shipping the world's
    smallest disk drive, a matchbook-size 1.3-inch device that can
    store up to 21.4M bytes of data. The entire package, including
    housing, is 0.4 x 2 inches x 1.44 inches, about half the size of
    disk drives used in some notebook computers. HP developed the disk
    drive with AT&T Microelectronics and Citizen Watch of Japan. Among
    innovations: thin-film glass-based media that's stronger than
    conventional aluminum-substrate media, and air-bag-sensor-like
    technology that lets the device withstand operating shock ten
    times higher than conventional drives. Applications: palmtop,
    pen-based, and sub-notebook computers, medical equipment, and
    video games, among others. 
    {Design News, 20 July 1992, pg. 14} 
    [contributed by Chuck Newman]


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