HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: wuwei@acf3.nyu.edu (Wei Wu)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: What is the select key in cxterm
Date: 30 Aug 92 18:53:37 GMT
Organization: New York University

After a little tweaking I compiled cxterm under Linux (a free Unix
sys.) on my 386 machine. 
The program runs fine. I can view chinese docs with celvis. I have
problem inputing chinese characters. I use TONEPY dictionary. When I
type in a pinying there are several choices displayed, labeled 1, 2,
... But When I type 1, I just get a beep the the characters
disapeared. 
My question is at that point what I should do to select one of the
characters being displayed.

Thanks in advance.

Wei Wu (wuwei@acf3.nyu.edu)
From: deng@dd-ap.rhic.bnl.gov (dp)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re: Chinese Input Methods: a comment, a suggestion, and a question
Date: 25 Aug 92 16:57:41 GMT
	<BtIGpz.4I2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
Organization: RHIC: (Au+79)-> Little BIG BANG <-(Au+79)

>>>>> In article <BtIGpz.4I2@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
>>>>> "~{QG9p~}" == ~{QG9p~}  <yawei@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> writes:

  ~{QG9p~}> I agree with the netter who said that pinyin is probably the
  ~{QG9p~}> best method for those who are not professional typists.

The problem is that some like myself do not know pinyin well. I have trouble
with "*n" and "*ng", "n" and "l". It's a pain to key in pinyin though it's my
primary input method ;-(.
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: cca04@seq1 (Yufan Hu)
Subject: test
Organization: University of Keele, England
Reply-To: cca04@seq1.keele.ac.uk
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 08:53:42 GMT
X-Posted-From: seq1.cc.keele.ac.uk
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

test, please ignore it.
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: zhong@cs.UAlberta.CA (John (Zhong)   Li)
Subject: test
Summary: test
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 03:12:24 GMT

  !

--
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| Li, John              | 492-5094 (office) | I haven't lost my mind,       |
| zhong@cs.ualberta.ca  | 492-2821 (lab)    | I know exactly where I left it|
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From: lee@rinconada.stanford.edu (Fung Fung Lee)
Subject: Re: About HanZi Input Method
Organization: Stanford University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 20:45:34 GMT

In article <BtGx5B.E7L@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
hchen@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (H. Chen) writes:
>Since your gay are talking about some input-by-word: ~{4JWiJdHk~}, I would
       (you guys? :-)
>like to recommend you the following text from NJStar's English manual for
>your review.  This is about how to input Chinese in Pin Yin with LiangXiang
>~{A*Ok~} feature, and the last two paragraphs is exactly how to input by
>word in NJStar.  (Sorry I can't post NJStar' Chinese manual here for it is 
>copyrighted materials for registered users only.)  A complete NJStar trial 
>version can be obtained via anonymous ftp from ahkcus.org, under 
>src\pc\NJSTAR.
>
>Hope this can explain how input-by-word is possible now.
>

Yes, as for phonetic (pinyin) input methods, input-by-word is a logical
extension of input-by-character.
Since we have:
character = ~{WV~}, word = ~{4J~}, phrase = ~{4JWi~}, vocabulary = ~{4J;c~}
whereas a vocabulary as defined here may include sequences of characters
~{WV4.~} which do not necessarily form proper words or phrases.

Ed Lai's ~{4J;c~} CiHui input method is one such powerful
input method. In my opinion, his method has reached a very satisfactory
performance and ease of use level since 1989.  There are so many
nicely integrated features. Let me just cite one which comes right
out of my mind.  For example, you type
h.x.w.z.
and then all matching 4-character-sequences ~{WV4.~} will be displayed,
including ~{;*ODNDU*~}.
Cihui can also work with Cantonese phonetic input.

Where can we get this neat stuff (for free)?
I am not sure. I got several versions of it  from Ed Lai (lai@apple.com)
directly during 1989 - 1991.
Since Ed is still active on this newsgroup, he can explain the subject
much better if there are enough interested readers.

Fung F. Lee ~{@n7c7e~}
From: lai@Apple.COM (Ed Lai)
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
Subject: Re: About HanZi Input Method
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:14:31 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

>Is it some thing similar to the glossary input I described above?

Yes it is, I was using . instead of -, where . is meant to be abbreviation.
So you would be typing in j.s.j. In the special case where all abbreviation
is single letter, it can also be type as ~jsj  Abbreviation can also be
multiple letter, so you can have j.s.j. j.su.j. j.sua.j. Abbrevation can also
be no letter, so you can also have j..j. or (~j.j), this will be you wildcard
? so it is equivalent to your j-?-j

/* Disclaimer: All statments and opinions expressed are my own */
/* Edmund K. Lai                                               */
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Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: xjzhu@math.uwaterloo.ca (Xiaojun Zhu)
Subject: ZWDOS is EaTing MOUSE in Wordperfect?  Yaqui or others, help?
Keywords: ZWDOS, MOUSE
Organization: University of Waterloo
Distribution: alt
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:14:48 GMT


Hi, there:

Recently, I experienced some odd  behavior of ZWDOS which I would never
found out if I didn't try to use Wordperfect. I am not quite sure
whether this particular problem is only happening on my system or not,
so I brought up here in the hope that other users of ZWDOS or the developer
Wei Yaqui may point out to me what's happening here.

The symptom is  very easy to describe:

   ZWDOS eat the mouse cursor in my WP51 proggram.

The reason I am claiming this is that if I load wp51 without loading 
zwdos(zwvga in my case), the mouse works fine. By the way, I am not
a heavy user of wordperfect, but I am sure that somebody out there
might be and they  may also use zwdos(zwvga)? Has any of  you had
the same experience? Would you be able to explain to me what's
happening?

   By the way, can I unload zwvga withhout rebooting or using mark/release?
(i.e., is there a command say, zwvag /unload?)

Thanks very much.

Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: cca04@seq1 (Yufan Hu)
Subject: test
Organization: University of Keele, England
Summary: test
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:27:08 GMT
X-Posted-From: seq1.cc.keele.ac.uk
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


test posting
Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: Feng Wang <wang@math.psu.edu>
Subject:      Xuan Ji Tu ~~{h/gaM<~~}
Organization: GB->HZ, Bitnet -> A.C.T forwarder
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:00:38 GMT

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It is a surprise that nobody has sent XuanJiTu into this group (or maybe I
missed it?).  Here it is.  It is taken from the novel ``Jing4 Hua1 Yuan2''
(Flowers in the Mirror).  I send GB version with this mail and the BIG5
version next.  There are a few substitutions in the BIG5 version and a few
more in the GB version.

Enjoy.  You are welcome to correct the errors.

HZ text converted from GB begin:
                 ~{KUJO^%Ht@<V/=u;XNDh/gaM<~}

~{GYGeAw3~<$ORILGXSI7"Iy1/4]2XRt:MS=K<N)?ULCPDSGTvD=;32RIKHJ~}
~{7<@H6+2==WNwSNMuWKJgq;q:2.I[DOV\7gPKWT:sez;D>-@kKy;3L>`5VG~}
~{@<P]LRAVRuthI#;39iK<9c:SE.N@V#3~7.@w=ZVPcGRyeZ?uB7IKVPGi;3~}
~{5rOh7IQ`32K+p/MAeFeTB7eZV>S=8h3$L>2;D\7\7IM}Ge`x7?>}N^<R5B~}
~{C/AwH*GiK.<$Qo>lq}FdHKK6PKFkILK+7"8hNRYrRBOk;*JNH]@J>5CwJ%~}
~{Nu3$>}K<1/:C3p>I^(]ZtS4dHYjWAw;*9[R1H]N*K-8PS"jWVi9b7W]bS]~}
~{Qt3nL>7"H]4]IKOg1/GiNR8PIKGiag9,SpM,IyO`W7Ky6`K<8PK-N*HYLF~}
~{4:7=Jb@kHJ>}HYIm?`N)<hIz;<6`RsSG2xGi=+Hg:NGU2TJDq7VUsFV>Uj~}
~{G=G]PD1u>yInIm<S;3SGJGS$TeND71;"AzD~WT8PK<a/PNS+3GHYCwM%Cn~}
~{Cf2.8D::NoHUNR3nK<:NB~B~HYjW;*5rq}WNWNIKGiSDN4SLGc96DQcGOT~}
~{JbTZU_V.F7Hs:u<f?`<hJG6!@vW49[JNH]2`>}TZJ1QRTZQWTZ2;J\BR;*~}
~{Rb3O;s2=S}=~</c2NRIz:NT)3dQUjWPeRBCNOk@MPN>~IwJ"=dReO{WwVX~}
~{8P9JDdF.J)m)QjIYUBJ1I#J+6KN^VUJ<J+HJQUUj:.aOInPK:s<'T4HKHY~}
~{9JREGWF.IzK<m)>+;UJ"th7g1HF=J<h/GiOMI%NoKj6kBG=%Du0`;v2wUB~}
~{PB>INE@kLlWo9<Iq:^UQ8PPKWwKUPDgaCw1p8DV*J6InN"VAfTE.Rr<i3<~}
~{K*7OT6N"5X;}:NeZN"R5COB9@vJOJ+M<OTPP;*VU5rT(2l4sUTf<KyXzOM~}
~{1y9J@k8t5BT9RrSDT*GcP{Cy4G@mPKReT9J?H]J<KIVXT67%JOf%JQPWN)~}
~{Fk>}JbGG9sFd18?u5?K<IK;3HUMy8PDjK%DnJG>Im)QD;vSC7I4GWK:&J%~}
~{=`WSNRD>F=8y3"T6L>S@8P1/K<SGT6@MGiK-N*6@>S>-TZUQQ`i}<+NREd~}
~{V>N)M,K->yDQ?`@kF]F]Gi0'D=KjJbL>J1<zE.;3L>Mx7@G`J5::=>VRS"~}
~{GePBt@RuTHQ0PA7oV*NRU_K-J@Rl8!FfGc1I<z:NHgB^CHG`Iz3IS/Uj;J~}
~{4?UjV>R;W(Ky51wkI3AwMGJERl8!3A;*S"thjWG1QtAVNwUQ>01!S\I#BW~}
~{M{N">+8PM(CwIqAz3[HtH;Y?JEN)J1DjJb0WHUNwRF9bWLS^2wB~MgPWF%~}
~{K-TF8!<DImGa7IUQ?w2;S/N^Y?1XJ"SPK%N^HU2;ZiAwCIG+MKP]P"4H@k~}
~{K<;T9bbAtSJbND5B@kVRLeR;N%PDRbV>Jb7_<$:NJ)5gRIN#T6<R:MS:F.~}
~{OkH:@kI"f*9BRE;3RGH]Qv8)HY;*@vJNIm=+SkK-N*JEH]=Z6XUjJgK<8!~}
~{;31/0'IyJb9T7VJ%j_:NGiSG8PN)0'V>=ZIOM(IqlsMF3VKyUj<GWT9'=-~}
~{Ky4:IKS&OhQc9i;J4G3IU_WwLeOBRE]W7F2IU_N^2nIz4SJG>4P"N*;yOf~}
~{GW8UHaSPE.N*<zHK7?SD4&<:CuN"Im3$B71/?u8PIzCqA:I=JbH{8t:S=r~}


~{JdHk#:~}wang@math.psu.edu

Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: wang@math.psu.edu (Feng Wang)
Subject: Re: ~{CUSo~}
Organization: Penn State Department of Mathematics
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:36:35 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.152626.26432@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> zyan@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Zhongcheng Yan) writes:
>   ~{B[Dj4zR;0kTZ4:Go~}    ~{B[PNC2R;0kJG4:Go~}    ~{2BR;WV~}

~{GX~}



Newsgroups: alt.chinese.text
From: colinl@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Colin Lynch)
Subject: Chinese Fonts
Summary: Chinese Fonts
Keywords: Fonts
Organization: Customised Software Solutions Centres, AOTC
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 07:18:44 GMT

	Like many other postings to this group, I write in search of Chinese
fonts. I have ftp'ed cxterm for myself, but don't have any fonts to use
with it.

	I know many similar messages have been posted to this group, but the
answers must always be sent by mail rather than posted to the group. Perhaps
some kind person could post a list of where to get fonts to use with
cxterm? Maybe even add it to the FAQ?

	Many thanks.


-- 
	Colin Lynch - AOTC Ltd     | e-mail: colinl@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au
      Advanced Network Products    | postal: PO Box A226 Sydney South
    Customised Software Solutions  |         NSW 2000  Australia
           Centre  -  Sydney       | phone:  +61-2-9113142   fax: 9113199
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Speaker-to-Minerals)
Subject: Re: A square grand
Reply-To: lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 06:51:40 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.005222.20266@cco.caltech.edu>, ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz) writes:
>Well, first I'd spread the money over a large number of bank accounts at
>various banks, in chunks smaller than the federal insured limit.

A wise precaution, for in case they ever start really enforcing the FDIC and
FSLIC policies as currently written.  Of course, one proposal for banking law
reform is to cap the insurance level on one's combined personal deposits rather
than on individual accounts.  And, of course, at the moment, there is
effectively no limit to the amount of insured deposits on any given account. 
Oh, you didn't know that?  Well, it's like this:  The first thing most banks
and S&Ls do when they realize they're in danger of failing is to notify anybody
with more than the federal insured limit of that fact.  Gives them a chance to
transfer deposits elsewhere.  Makes sure that when the institution DOES fail,
all deposits still in it ARE completely covered by FDIC or FSLIC.  Not exactly
what the people who drafted the insurance regulations had in mind, but that's
the way it works.
From: bucknerb@bcars188.UUCP (Brent Buckner)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: MagiCon RealSpace
Keywords: MagiCon RealSpace Orlando
Date: 29 Aug 92 18:33:36 GMT
Followup-To: alt.callahans
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada

My flight departs tomorrow, so I won't be around the Place
to hear any arrangements for a RealSpace.  I still
suggest the @ party (although I don't know the
exact timing).  If something else does come together,
you could leave a message for me at the Quality Inn
at International Drive.

-- 
at Bell-Northern Research
voice:        (613) 765-2739
Canada Post:  P.O. Box 3511, Station C, Ottawa, Canada, K1Y 4H7
I do not claim that BNR holds these views.  
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
Subject: Re: Good Morning, Friends!
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 12:05:06 GMT

Current Name:       Abner Mintz
Alter Egos:         Tizrak (lightning elemental)
                    Blackwell (void elemental)
Birth Date:         August 18, 1970 A.D.
Birthplace:         Washington D.C.
Residence:          Pasadena, California
Sex:                Not recently.
Gender:             Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Marital Status:     Single
Offspring:          None!
Siblings:           One sister, two step-brothers (by different stepparents)
Blood type:         I have no idea.
Phobia:             Fear of blood.            
Hair:               Brown
Eyes:               Blue, sometimes greenish
Height:             6' 1/2"
Dominant Brain Hemisphere: Left, I guess  (I'm somewhat ambidextrous)
                    ((that means equally clumbsy with both hands))   =8)
Physical Deformities:  Does having big feet count?
Music Preferences:  Rock and Roll, some folk (steel eye span), Tom Lehrer
Favourite Books:    _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_ by Robert A. Heinlein
                    _Godstalk_ and _Dark of the Moon_ by P. C. Hodgell
                    _Voyage From Yesteryear_ by James P. Hogan
                    (actually, almost anything by James P. Hogan) 
Pet Peeves:         Noise while I'm trying to sleep.
                    Being lied to.
                    Not being trusted.  (especially with small things)
                    Intolerance of harmless behavior 
Favourite Movies:   Ghostbusters, Breakfast Club
                    (In general, I don't like movies ...)            
Least Favourite Activities:  Watching movies, watching TV, cooking
Most Favourite Activities:   Gaming, reading, listening to radio, talking with
                    friends, housecleaning
Quotes that can be attributed to me:
                    "I'm not late, I'm temporally challenged."
                    "You can't count on a computer when the chips are down."
(also in ref to computers) "In case of trouble, break glass."

Hobbies:  Gaming, making people's days more surreal         
Political affiliation:  democrat/libertarian hybrid
Allergies:   Cigarette smoke, bee-stings  
Occupation:  Chemistry grad student
Favourite Foods:  Fruit, fish, wheat bread, milk ... good lord, I sound like a
                  health food freak!
What I regret most: That I didn't know then what I know now.
Favourite TV shows: Robotech  (I haven't watched any shows since then ...)
Parting words:  "Have fun!"
                "Look out for falling purple wombats!"


Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: rip@sequent.com (Paul T Taylor)
Subject: Re: A square grand
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 23:37:35 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.195048.17585@midway.uchicago.edu> mss2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1992Aug26.065140.28833@cco.caltech.edu> lydick@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
>>In article <1992Aug26.005222.20266@cco.caltech.edu>, ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz) writes:
>>>Well, first I'd spread the money over a large number of bank accounts at
>>>various banks, in chunks smaller than the federal insured limit.
>>

***stuff deleted***

>the deficit, and that may lead to significantly higher inflation than
>we've experienced in the last decade or so.  For that matter, the Bush
>administration isn't incapable of this either-- both Reagan and Bush
>tried to mess with the Federal Reserve Board more than they should
>have, certainly.  But that just  makes it more likely that we'll see
>significant inflation before the 90's are out.)"
>

Well, luckily the Prez has no direct control over the Fed.  Anyway, it
is alot more complicted than just screwing with the Fed....  And a
certain amount of inflation is good, means the economy is growing.
One thing nasty about the nature of the economy is that you either
have low interest rates and lower (relativly speaking) prices and alot
of unemployment, which is not good because of the stagnation of the
economy, or you have a fast growing economy with high inflation, and
lower unemployment.  So if you are going to put all these people back
to work, no matter how you do it, you are going to have a higher
inflation rate.  The hard part is trying to balance the two, and no
one that I know of has been able to do that, in peace time anyway.

Yep, one sure fire way to stimulate the economy is to have a good
war....


rip
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
From: aaron@space.ualberta.ca (Aaron Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Roll on summer!
Reply-To: aaron@space.ualberta.ca
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 21:27:17 GMT


Alfvaen contemplates the kind of weather he would like if he had a choice.

"Let's see...I don't like too much sun, especially when it glares on my
computer screen at home(at work it's not a problem, because Space Physics is
in a sub-basement), and it gets things too hot.  I kind of like it to be about
20 C, which is about 68 F as my quick calculation verifies.  Perhaps a bit
cooler at night-time, since I have trouble getting to sleep if I'm too hot--
the sheets and mattress get hot, and my skin gets all sweaty and sticky, and I
constantly have to throw back the sheets and sit up to let the bed and myself
cool off.  (I never had this problem before I moved into this second-story
apartment with windows facing either south or east...and my wife doesn't have
nearly as bad a time as I do.)

"On the other hand, I don't like it >too< cold either.  Or too windy--unless
I'm incredibly hot, sweaty, and sticky, I tend to hate wind violently.  And I'm
not altogether fond of rain past the sprinkle level, especially when I'm out in
it.  (Sorry, Bear--but then, not everyone can agree...)

"So probably something cloudy and 20 C, no rain, no wind, would be just fine
for me.  Anybody know a place with a climate like this all year 'round?  Which
reminds me...

"I've been meaning for a while to tell you all about what's been happening in
Edmonton weather-wise the past couple of weeks.  Last Monday(no, the Monday
before that--the 17th)it was about 25 C and horribly hot.  We had a Writer's
Group meeting, and the heat of six bodies in our apartment made it almost
unbearable.

"Wednesday we had hail and snow in the morning.  And the temperature hovered
around the single digits Celsius for another week.  Only the past few days has
it really gotten warm again.  And the trees are starting to turn fall colours
already...summer's over!  Well, almost...although probably the greatest
significance the end of summer holds for me is the return of students at the
University here and on the rest of the Net.  (Not that I'll be likely to care
about the University too much, since I won't be working there too much longer,
till the 17th specifically--and no, I don't have a job yet, due mostly to my
desultory attempts at job-searching.  I could angst for pages about my lack of
job-searching motivation, but I'll leave that to those who volunteer via
email...;-})"

--
---Alfvaen(a.k.a. Nysinra, rot13 Psycho)
"Been there, done that
 Been there, don't want to go back"  --Brian Eno & John Cale
Current Album--U2:The Unforgettable Fire
Current Read--Charlotte Bronte:Villette
From: ceo@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chip Olson)
Newsgroups: alt.callahans
Subject: Re: A brief re-entry etc.
Date: 2 Sep 92 02:26:23 GMT
Organization: Spam-On-A-Rope Inc.

In article <BtMC9v.LtG@ibmpcug.co.uk> nicki@ibmpcug.co.uk (Nicki Trasler) writes:

>"After that, I went with some friends to a folk festival at Cropredy, a
>small village in Oxfordshire.  (If you've ever heard of Fairport Convention,
>they have an annual bash there.  This was my first year there but I hope it
>won't be my last!)

Castellan turns a rich shade of envious green. "Waaahh... I've always wanted
to go to Cropredy, but it always conflicted with stuff I was doing that time
of year, even if I did have the funds to swan off to the UK for a weekend.
I missed Fairport on their last US tour too.  Gripe, bitch, moan, grumble,
complain... :-)"

--
-Chip Olson. | ceo@silver.lcs.mit.edu | ceo@gnu.ai.mit.edu 
"PROUD SPONSORS OF THOSE WHO CARRY THE TORCH"  -banner on US Post Office
across from burned-out block of stores in south-central LA.
From: dbriggs@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Daniel Briggs)
Subject: Re: A square grand
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 05:40:30 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.220213.12174@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
  aaron@space.ualberta.ca writes:
>"All right, here's a new game for you all.  What would you do if you had a
>million dollars?

Dan'l sips at his coffee, and chuckles a little.  Were he to come into such
finances, he would of course do a great many altruistic things for all
those folks who have helped him through the years.  Still, it's probably a
good thing that he *doesn't* have that sort of money, if only because of
what he'd do to himself.  He'd probably indulge his yen for high
performance speed toys and get pounded into the ground like a tent peg
somewhere along the line.  It's nice to have enough so that you don't hurt
yourself due to skimping on second rate equipment.  But there are a great
many things out there that you should not have just handed to you.  And
most especially if you're the weekend warrior sort of person like himself.
Lack of money makes a reasonable governor on high risk toys, both in making
you wait long enough until you can handle them, and in making you
appreciate it when you can finally afford them.

Dan'l, who is currently considering how to finance a new canopy which is
quite capable of pounding tent pegs.

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| Daniel Briggs  (dbriggs@nrao.edu)                      |        USPA B-14993
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