HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sss%snake@sdc.boeing.com (Susie S. Snipkin)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: another test
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:20:20 GMT
Followup-To: alt.test
Organization: Boeing Computer Services (ESP), Seattle, WA

In article <7036@fury.BOEING.COM>, sss%snake@sdc.boeing.com (Susie S. Snipkin) writes:
|> In article <1992Oct1.212336.933@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, pettengi@ial3.jsc.nasa.gov (James B. Pettengill) writes:
|> |> Test...test...test...test...test
|> 
|> This is a followup test to see if anyone out there replies...
|> 
|> -Susie
Follow up to the previous followup....
Newsgroups: alt.test
From: schow@skatter.usask.ca
Subject:  And yet another test
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:32:35 GMT


Another ever so popular test...


Newsgroups: alt.test
From: nissimb@mcil.comm.mot.com		(Reza Pahlavi)
Subject: Free Iran!
Reply-To: nissimb@mcil.comm.mot.com
Organization: Ministry of internal affairs.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 12:18:22 GMT


Dear AZADEH people of Iran,
 We have been suffering from actions of the IRI. Me as legitimate king of the
country have been very much concerned and been suffering with you. This is time
to take the last breath of the regime and show them that our people, culture,
pride..

end.
From: celso@DSG.Tandem.COM (Celso Frazao)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: testing
Date: 14 Oct 92 01:05:30 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino CA

testing
Newsgroups: alt.test,nlnet.misc
From: Remco.Denbesten@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Remco Denbesten)
Subject: Remco's probleem 3.0
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 10:03:30 GMT


Goed, de cross posting truuk werd niet op prijs gesteld door de
managers van k12-groups. Dan maar alt.test...

Ciao, Remco

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From: news@sys.uea.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: Ryszard
Date: 14 Oct 92 11:11:31 GMT
Organization: UEA School of Information Systems, Norwich, UK.

posted from east anglia
Newsgroups: alt.test
From: gpalmer@nyx.cs.du.edu (Gary Palmer)
Subject: Test
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 20:53:14 GMT

This is a test.......... Heh!
Newsgroups: alt.test
From: chc@daffy.it.uswc.uswest.com (Cliff Campbell)
Subject: new site post test
Organization: U S WEST Communications
Distribution: co
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 17:17:58 GMT

new site post test.
-- 

chc(Cliff Campbell)
From: lark@ruby.ora.com (Lar Kaufman)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: just a test
Keywords: test
Date: 8 Oct 92 21:29:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

foo
From: schild@alishaw (Mark Schildhauer)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: alishaw
Keywords: alishaw, nn
Date: 9 Oct 92 23:58:41 GMT
Distribution: alt.test

this is a test of posting from alisahw nn.

Newsgroups: alt.test
From: erickson@cvdv77.mayo.edu ()
Subject: Test DLE
Reply-To: ericksond@mayo.edu
Organization: Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 15:29:47 GMT


testing
Newsgroups: alt.test
From: rpeck@pure.com (Ray Peck)
Subject: foobar
Organization: Pure Software, Los Altos, CA
Distribution: ba
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 23:40:37 GMT


This won't work. . .  or will it?

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Los Altos, CA, 94024
From: mtaka@diva.berkeley.edu (Masahiko Takahashi)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: test
Date: 7 Oct 92 18:59:31
Organization: Universiy of California at Berkeley
Distribution: alt
NNTP-Posting-Host: bode.berkeley.edu


test..........


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Newsgroups: alt.test
From: chc@daffy.it.uswc.uswest.com (Cliff Campbell)
Subject: new site post test
Organization: U S WEST Information Technologies
Distribution: co
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 18:51:56 GMT

new site post test.
reply if you see this.
-- 

chc(Cliff Campbell)
595-2947

Newsgroups: alt.test
From: nish@cv4.chem.purdue.edu ()
Subject: test of my Pnews
Originator: nish@cv4.chem.purdue.edu
Organization: My own
	This is obviously a test.
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 20:37:05 GMT

Xref: sparky alt.test:13444 nlnet.misc:3810
From: ahoekstr@cs.utwente.nl (Andre Hoekstra)
Newsgroups: alt.test,nlnet.misc
Subject: Re: Remco's probleem 3.0
Date: 16 Oct 92 14:30:12 GMT
Organization: University of Twente, Dept. of Computer Science

In article <1992Oct15.100330.7580@samba.oit.unc.edu> Remco.Denbesten@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Remco Denbesten) writes:
>
>Goed, de cross posting truuk werd niet op prijs gesteld door de
>managers van k12-groups. Dan maar alt.test...
>
>Ciao, Remco

Remco, what are you trying to achieve?

Andre--
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Newsgroups: alt.test
From: Marcello Formica (NO E-MAIL)
Subject: MAF TEST the day after
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A6F9EBC6F7010B1A@mac1.di.unipi.it>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 8 Oct 92 12: 44:38 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. , University of Pisa
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d9
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 12:43:57 GMT

Ciao.
From: jmoyer@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Jaclyn Louise Moyer)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: alt.evil
Keywords: evil, killing, homicide
Date: 16 Oct 92 01:11:46 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver

Interesting reading..can't remeber when I last had the secret desire to
kill someone, pretty heavy stuff.  I did see the homicidal trading cards
in a "witch shop" in Massachussets.  Not sure why I was there.  Have a
nice day!
From: lkt3_wha@pkinbg.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: test (IGNORE)
Date: 9 Oct 92 09:27:08 GMT

test
From: aegl@ossi.com (Tony Luck)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: Re: checking
Date: 7 Oct 1992 22:06:20 -0700
Organization: Open Systems Solutions Inc.
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: birch.ossi.com

can I post from another workstation (using INN's inews to connect to newshost)
From: mtaka@diva.berkeley.edu (Masahiko Takahashi)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: Re: test
Date: 7 Oct 92 23:45:13
Organization: Universiy of California at Berkeley
Distribution: alt
NNTP-Posting-Host: bode.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: mtaka@diva.berkeley.edu's message of 7 Oct 92 18:59:31


followup-test !!


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    Masahiko Takahashi (Masa)
    mtaka%EECS@University-California-at-Berkeley
    
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Newsgroups: alt.test
From: snyder@moon.utcc.utk.edu (kim snyder)
Subject: Re: testing Pnews from moon
Organization: UTCC
Distribution: tn
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 21:45:17 GMT

following up to Pnews test


Newsgroups: alt.test
From: root@gdec1.gintic.ntu.ac.sg (System PRIVILEGED Account)
Subject: from gintic
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 07:41:18 GMT

just a test
From: pickerig@dns0.bham.ac.uk (Mr. G. Pickering)
Newsgroups: alt.test
Subject: another test
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:23:19 GMT
Organization: The University of Birmingham, England
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


some test mate.


--
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Electronic Eng, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham. ENGLAND
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Newsgroups: alt.test
From: stonejl@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Jennifer)
Subject: Re: Alias quest
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 05:37:53 GMT

No.  No reply.

Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: vcf1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Victoria C Fike)
Subject: Re: Smoke/fog machines...
Organization: Columbia University
Reply-To: vcf1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Victoria C Fike)
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 01:24:48 GMT
X-Posted-From: cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <DRAKE.92Oct12143722@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu> drake@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu (Frank Drake) writes:

[questions about fog juice vs dry ice deleted]

On a related note, a theater group I'm involved with is wanting to create
a short *poof* of smoke for a dramatic entrance without a) using a flashpot,
or b) going to the expense of renting a fog machine for a two-second burst.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated...

Tori

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From: scafati@thor.med.ge.com (Victor-charles Scafati 4-6784 MR Srv)
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
Subject: Re: Smoke/fog machines... (and the Fire dept)
Date: 15 Oct 92 15:38:16 GMT
Organization: GE Medical Systems

In article <marshall.719086171@stimpy.cs.iastate.edu>, marshall@cs.iastate.edu (Bill Marshall) writes:
|> While we're on the subject, watch out for smoke detectors with the
|> chemicals foggers like Rosco's. I was working with a lighting "guru"
|> once and he blew me off and said don't worry about it. Ten minutes
|> later we were outside explaining this to the fire chief. :)
|> 
|> Bill

Well, since I'm both an amatuer actor, and a volunteer fire-fighter ( I know, 
I need a life), I thought I'd point out that I'm around Rosco units where ever
I go.  Last year I did Little Shop of Horrors, and we used a fog machine for
the finale'.  I was strapped in the puppet at the time, and was really hoping
the stuff wasn't toxic.

My Fire Department just bought a Rosco for SCBA (Self Contained Breathing
Apparatus) practice.  The Chief thought that as people were growing accustomed
to Air Packs, it would be safer to use fake smoke than the real stuff.  I've 
been in buildings that are really burning, and the primary difference is that
theatrical smoke is quite a bit cooler. Heh.

We subsequently used the unit for teaching kids how to get out of a burning
building during fire prevention week.  The 6th graders were loud and wild
(FIELD TRIIIP!!!!), and fooling around in the bedroom we had them crammed
in.  When we swung open the door and they saw what they had to crawl through
they got quiet quick!

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Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: bernstei@ophelia.cs.colorado.edu (Michael Bernstein)
Subject: Re: Smoke/fog machines... (and the Fire dept)
Organization: University of Colorado at Boulder
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 19:31:25 GMT

In article <Bw4x1v.8FH@news.fai.com> pault@ossi.com (Paul Taylor) writes:
>In article <marshall.719086171@stimpy.cs.iastate.edu> marshall@cs.iastate.edu (Bill Marshall) writes:
>>While we're on the subject, watch out for smoke detectors with the
>>chemicals foggers like Rosco's. I was working with a lighting "guru"
>>once and he blew me off and said don't worry about it. Ten minutes
>>later we were outside explaining this to the fire chief. :)
>>
>
>Also beware of intoxicating the front row of the audience -:)
>
>I you leave an outside door open backstage, the wind draft will
>blow the smoke right into the audience.  Adds a whole new meaning
>to "audience participation" -:)

Chemical fog, to which Bill Marshall was referring, will only bewilder
your audience.  It won't get them high.

Drafts are entirely dependant upon the specifics of the hall.  The 
ventilation system at Macky Auditorium (Boulder, Colo) is designed to
move air from the audience to the stage, supposing that this will help
save the audience in event of a fire.  However, while this works about
half the time, we've had fog billow right down stage, fall off, and treat
the front row.  Of course, since we're part of a University campus, our
ventilation is mostly controlled by Facilities Mangement, who are a mile
away..

Michael
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: ollis@redbck.stl.dec.com (Stephen Ollis)
Subject: Re: Smoke/fog machines...
Reply-To: ollis@redbck.stl.dec.com (Stephen Ollis)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:36:13 GMT


One method that I have seen used with varying effect is the following:

Get an old heavy plastic esky (cooler box), a thin piece of rigid plastic, and
a
piece of plastic tubing about 3 inches diameter...

Cut a $ inch hole in each end of the esky (the thin ends) as close to the
bottom
of the box as practical.  Mount 6 inches of pipe in each hole.. Inside the
esky,
mount the plastic sheet diagonally inside (ie just below the top on one end,
and just above the pipe on the other end.. This is where you rest the dry ice.
Get a general purpose room fan heater, and point the business end into one of
the tubes.  Depending on the grunt of the fan, you can get a little smoke out
the other end of it.. your mileage may vary...

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Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: randy@stx.com (Randy Barth)
Subject: Re: BEAMERS
Organization: Hughes STX Corp
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 20:45:21 GMT

Being involved in amateur theater, such products have been pretty far out of 
reach in the past.  But the idea of a "variable special" has a lot of 
appeal.  When I looked into such things a few years ago, I was told that 
"wiggle lights" were expensive enough and not sufficiently accurate to be 
used as variable specials.  But I would expect the prices for such things to 
come down and the accuracy to go up, as things tend to in the computer/
electronics arena.

How expensive are these things?  And are they accurate enough in pointing to 
be able to really use them as tight spots?


        -Randy Barth, Hughes STX Corp., Washinton, DC
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: pault@ossi.com (Paul Taylor)
Subject: Re: Smoke/fog machines... (and the Fire dept)
Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:25:07 GMT

In article <marshall.719086171@stimpy.cs.iastate.edu> marshall@cs.iastate.edu (Bill Marshall) writes:
>While we're on the subject, watch out for smoke detectors with the
>chemicals foggers like Rosco's. I was working with a lighting "guru"
>once and he blew me off and said don't worry about it. Ten minutes
>later we were outside explaining this to the fire chief. :)
>

Also beware of intoxicating the front row of the audience -:)

I you leave an outside door open backstage, the wind draft will
blow the smoke right into the audience.  Adds a whole new meaning
to "audience participation" -:)

-- 
  Paul Taylor pault@ossi.com
"Sometimes you get the bear, and other times the bear gets you.
I think we have just been gotten"
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: noah@apple.com (Noah Price)
Subject: Re: USITT DMX-512
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 22:11:16 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: (not the opinions of) Apple Computer, Inc.
Followup-To: alt.stagecraft

In article <67404@cup.portal.com>, langalf@cup.portal.com (Larry A Schrupp)
wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how I can get information or technical specs on the
> USITT DMX-512 communications protocol for stage lighting?

Your best bet is calling (or writing) the USITT directly.  You get the
latest DMX512 and AMX192 standards for about $17 -- I forget if that's the
member or non-member price, but they're only different by a couple dollars.
 You can order the spec on the spot over the phone with a credit card (I'm
sure you could mail them a check too, but you'll need to call to confirm
the price).

         USITT
         10 West 19th St., Suite 5A
         New York, NY  10011

         212-924-9088

The DMX512 portion of the spec also references EIA-485 as the electrical
spec for the serial connection.

Let us know how your interface works out!

noah

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Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: durleste@plains.NoDak.edu (Adrian Durlester)
Subject: Re: Smoke/fog machines... (and the Fire dept)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:51:16 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

In article <marshall.719086171@stimpy.cs.iastate.edu> marshall@cs.iastate.edu (Bill Marshall) writes:
>While we're on the subject, watch out for smoke detectors with the
>chemicals foggers like Rosco's. I was working with a lighting "guru"
>once and he blew me off and said don't worry about it. Ten minutes
>later we were outside explaining this to the fire chief. :)
>
Always establish a good relationship with your Fire Marshall. And don't
"blow" anything "off". If you make a reasonable effort, your fire marshall
should be reasonably cooperative. I know it pays off from my own
expereince, when once someone brought an oil-cracking fog machine into the
hall I manage (which I will never ever allow again-but that's another
subject) and it was impossible to prevent the smoke detectors from being
trigerred without locating all the dectectors in the air handling system,
and plugging them. Our Fire Marshall, with whom I have maintained a good
and respectful relationship (we never get cited during an inspection
because we do it right and safely) agreed to this brief "adjustment"
because he knew and trusted us.

If you want to bring scenery into my hall, be prepared to submit to a
match test-'cause if it ain't flameproofed, it ain't going on our stage !

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From: langalf@cup.portal.com (Larry A Schrupp)
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
Subject: USITT DMX-512
Date: Thu,  8 Oct 92 21:11:35 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: usa

Can anyone tell me how I can get information or technical specs on the
USITT DMX-512 communications protocol for stage lighting?

I am interested in designing and building a relatively inexpensive
interface between a microcomputer and lighting using DMX-512.  I work with
a small community theater group, and economy would be a major objective.

Thanks.


Larry A. Schrupp
Coal and Cattle Company Players
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: drake@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu (Frank Drake)
Subject: Smoke/fog machines...
Organization: University of Massachusetts Lowell
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 19:37:22 GMT

[I could not find a FAQ and don't know where else on the net to ask this,
 so here goes...]

I've gotten myself involved in creating a haunted house for halloween (to
benefit a charity). We would like to have a fog or smoke effect in
several of the areas. Those involved have little or no experience with
this. More importantly, the haunted house is being created in a 160 year-
old inn and we do not want to use anything that will leave any kind of
residue.

We have several applications, some of which will require more control of
the fog, but others would be as simple as leaving a pail of dry ice in
the corner.

I am looking for information about:
	1. Potential problems using dry ice;
	2. Other methods of creating fog or smoke.

It could very will be that the answer is "You can't safely do this - you
run the risk of damaging the house". That's OK. I just want to know
what our options are.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Frank
--
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University of Massachusetts Lowell
Center for Productivity Enhancement                               (508)934-2630
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854                        drake@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: alt.stagecraft
From: pinette@fraser.sfu.ca (Gandolf the 23rd)
Subject: Re: USITT DMX-512
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 16:55:14 GMT

In article <67404@cup.portal.com> langalf@cup.portal.com (Larry A Schrupp) writes:
>Can anyone tell me how I can get information or technical specs on the
>USITT DMX-512 communications protocol for stage lighting?
>
>I am interested in designing and building a relatively inexpensive
>interface between a microcomputer and lighting using DMX-512.  I work with
>a small community theater group, and economy would be a major objective.
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>Larry A. Schrupp
>Coal and Cattle Company Players

You could start by either contacting USITT themselves through there 
own bbs, or write to them.  You could also attend there once a year
seminar.  If that doesn't work, write a letter to one of the lighting
companies such as Strand or ColorTran or GAM.