HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: Nicolai.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: Anthropomorphic BBS
Date: 6 Nov 92 02:25:18 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov  5 1992

On <Nov 04 11:40>, Hengist Atheling wrote:

 HA><<list of FurNet BBSes deleted>>

 HA>Is there any site to anyone else's knowledge that echoes FurNet 
 HA>in the 
 HA>United Kingdom or Mainland Europe.  I really can't afford to call 
 HA>the USA.
 HA>Failing this, if I set up a BBS in the UK would it be possible 
 HA>for it to
 HA>become a FurNet site.

There are no FurNet sites currently outside of North America.  We're
strictly limited to US and Canada at the moment.  Sorry about that,
old chap.

If you were to set up a BBS in the UK that used FidoNet technology
software, you could become a FurNet site.  But you'd likely have to
call one of the BBSs listed to get your feed (I doubt I could afford
to send the echoes overseas, even at 9600+ HST speeds, and I'm one
of the richer FurNet sysops right now).

If you're really interested in this madness, the ZIP'd echomail
traffic (echoes are roughly the equivalent of unmoderated usenet
newsgroups) is around 80k bytes/day right now.  Best bet would be
to get a v.32b/v.42b modem, set up the BBS and try to make connection
with either Ophiophile Maximus or Clawmarks (both have v.32b/v.42b
modems supporting 9600+ baud) for a full feed.

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From: peacock5293@iscsvax.uni.edu (Greywolf)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: REFRACTIONS #1
Date: 11 Nov 92 10:54:44 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Nov11.042637.20445@u.washington.edu>, fizzit@hardy.u.washington.edu (Fred Sloniker) writes:
> and best of all, no naked beastie babes, so I don't have to panic if my Mom
> decides to flip through my mail before I get it.

Amen!  In this house (I'm still getting free room and board from my folks while
I'm going through college) there's no such thing as private mail...

> isn't enough to it.  I understand this is only part of the full tune-- might
> tapes be available?  (Or CDs with Erma & Toki beaming at us in full color?)

Heh!  Yeah!  More merchandise!  =)

(Maybe next, patterns for how to make your very own Albedoesque uniforms...)

> Read it!  Then give your friend back his copy and get your own!)  Hey, R'yk,
> you taking submissions for #2?  I've got a little something I've been working
> on in my spare time, and if you've got writer's guidelines or anything, better
> sooner than later...

Yeah, when's the next deadline?  (And have you gotten those three illos I
mailed ya yet, R'ykandar?)  Hrm.  Patterns for uniforms... Now *there's* an
idea...  Don't see how it would fit in the mag as an insert, though.  =)  It'd
probably be a bit too bulky.
-- 
-Jordan            ..      PEACOCK5293@iscsvax.uni.edu
                  .OO.     Jordan Peacock (Jordan Greywolf)
                  O/\O     (New Address):  1610 Parker
                   --                      Cedar Falls, IA  50613
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
From: fizzit@hardy.u.washington.edu (Fred Sloniker)
Subject: REFRACTIONS #1
Summary: Yay!  Cool!  Buy!  (Plug!)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 04:26:37 GMT

Hi there, netfurryfolk!  I've had my copy of REFRACTIONS #1 for a few weeks
now, and R'ykandar (is that your legal name?  And how did you talk Sh'k'anna
into taking a similar one?), I just *have* to give this production three paws
up.  (Hey, leave me a foot to stand on, all right?  (;3 )  Classy production,
chock full of content, a flexidisc (I'm amazed they still make those things!)
and best of all, no naked beastie babes, so I don't have to panic if my Mom
decides to flip through my mail before I get it.

Aright, some comments on content.  (No, I'm not gonna describe everything
inside.  Go buy your own.)  The article on music is intriguing, though I admit
to being lost by the technical music terms on occasion.  Still, it's something
to read and re-read.  The accompanying flexidisc is nice, but there really
isn't enough to it.  I understand this is only part of the full tune-- might
tapes be available?  (Or CDs with Erma & Toki beaming at us in full color?)
<;3  The author also notes that he'll be going into how to make Albedian
(there's gotta be a better word for known space of the ConFed and ILR) music;
methinks it would be nice to have information detailed enough to have my
computer generate some simple pieces, at least.  (Some frequency tables for
the different scales would be nice, too; I don't really see how to generate
anything other than an A scale.)  Oh, and I simply *must* have a flexi of
'boogeying' music in #2.  Hey, D.A.C. Crowell, you out there?

"Swindler's Luck" is a waycool story, though it took me a long time to figure
out that last plot twist.  How did (uhoh, don't wanna spoil it) his travel
plans get rearranged, Conrad?

Lots of other cool stuff, much too much too much to go into here.  (Get it!
Read it!  Then give your friend back his copy and get your own!)  Hey, R'yk,
you taking submissions for #2?  I've got a little something I've been working
on in my spare time, and if you've got writer's guidelines or anything, better
sooner than later...

Until next time!

Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Where is YARF?
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 04:38:11 GMT

I recall hearing a couple of folks mention YARF #21 a time or two, so I
assumed that it would be finding its way to my mailbox soon, since I am
a regular subscriber.  However, it stil hasn't, and I'm wondering if it
has been enough time since the release of #21 that I should have gotten
it by now.  If so, I'll have to go bug somebody at YARF HQ.  Again.

-- 
#ifdef TRUE         | Fuzzy Fox                  fuzzy@netcom.com
#define  TRUE   0   | a.k.a. David DeSimone      an207@cleveland.freenet.edu
#define  FALSE  1   |   "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes."
#endif              |                               -- Mark Twain
From: peacock5293@iscsvax.uni.edu (Greywolf)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
Subject: <None>
Date: 8 Nov 92 19:52:17 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <2AFC8C8E.9592@news.service.uci.edu>, amelman@orion.oac.uci.edu (Wan Dabada) writes:

>    Information and Stats: (Japanese names are last-name first)
> 
>                 Leopard Onsa                           Ran Eagles 
>                 ------------                           ----------
> Current Name:   Torajima Hyouma                        Haneda Shuuichi
> Age         :   21                                     24
> Height      :   180 cm                                 184 cm
> Weight      :   65 kg                                  62 kg
> Horoscope   :   Gemini                                 Cancer
> Blood Type  :   B                                      A
> Personality :   Idiot                                  Rational
> Good Points :   Can see in the dark                    Has coolness
>                 Not very stingy                        Is a feminist
>                 Very easy-going
> Bad Points  :   Brainless                              Merciless when angry
> Weak Points :   Akutsu Kyouko (his girlfriend)         Blind in darkness       
>                 Catnip                                 Overly thorough in 
>                                                        investigations

Blood Type?  How'd you get the blood type?  And, why?  I recall seeing some
video game recently that had a distinct anime look to it, and recall seeing
stats given for the four characters you can choose from (a warrior,
spellcaster, thief, and bard), and recall seeing blood type listed as one of
the 'stats'.  Eh?  I suppose maybe if you're doing a roleplaying game or maybe
if the video game required blood transfusions for your characters or something,
it might mean something, but it otherwise strikes me as a bit weird.  =,

Oops.  That doesn't have much to do with furries at all, does it?  Okay --
Obligatory furry bit.  What's the scoop on NitroCoon?
-- 
-Jordan            ..      PEACOCK5293@iscsvax.uni.edu
                  .OO.     Jordan Peacock (Jordan Greywolf)
                  O/\O     (New Address):  1610 Parker
                   --                      Cedar Falls, IA  50613
From: peacock5293@iscsvax.uni.edu (Greywolf)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: Infractions (That spoof ad in Refractions)
Date: 8 Nov 92 19:46:23 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <16880@umd5.umd.edu>, niall@kavishar.umd.edu (SERVAL) writes:
> Greywolf, that ad was done by Toivo Rovainen, a Seattle furry and

Aha.  Can't say I'm familiar with the name.  "Rovainen" might ring a bell, but
then again maybe it's just a nifty name.  =)

> his college strip, DangerKitty, available.  Some decent fun stuff.

a) What's it about/like?
b) How do I get it?
c) How much would it cost?

> Hope I've been of help.

Certainly.  =)  Thanks!
-- 
-Jordan            ..      PEACOCK5293@iscsvax.uni.edu
                  .OO.     Jordan Peacock (Jordan Greywolf)
                  O/\O     (New Address):  1610 Parker
                   --                      Cedar Falls, IA  50613
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
From: mhigh@nyx.cs.du.edu (Matthew High)
Subject: Re: Where is YARF?
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Keywords: YARF!
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 10:44:27 GMT


Aha - the old Yarf controversy - is it alive, or is it dead?  The rumors
  persist...

I know for a fact that Yarf #21 is out - I saw a copy at DFF earlier this
  year.  When I mentioned how shaky Yarf was nowadays, Darrel Exline 
  showed me his copy of #21 that he received in the mail the day before.
  It has a front cover by Jason Greywolf (Jordan's twin brother :-) :-)
  juuuuuust kidding...), and back by Dave Peyton.

'course, this was back in early August.  I have heard that issue #22 is
  ready to go, but the Yarf organization is so increadibly unreliable now
  that I'll believe it when I see it.

*sigh*  Watching a fanzine go through its death throes ain't a pretty 
  sight.

Cheers,
  
  - net.spy!  (bn510@cleveland.freenet.edu)
From: dunk@carson.u.washington.edu (John Dunkelburg)
Subject: Anyone know where I can find back issues of _Mighty Tiny_ in Sea?
Summary: Where can I get back copyis of a comic by Ben Dunn?
Keywords: Might Tiny
Organization: University of Washington
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 04:33:29 GMT

Anyone out there know where I can find copies of Ben Dunn's
series _Mighty Tiny_ in the University area of Seattle?  I
am a great fan of Mr. Dunn's, but so far, I haven't been able
to find any of the back issues in this series.   Any one know
where I can find them?
****************************************************************
* John Dunkelburg, a.k.a. no a.k.a.			       *
* My life isn't a soap opera, it's ANIME!		       *
* "I only believe in my own power.   Nothing else makes any sense." *
*            Zakath of Mallorea				       *
* DUNK@max.u.washington.edu				       *
****************************************************************
From: peacock5293@iscsvax.uni.edu (Greywolf)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: Where is YARF?
Date: 12 Nov 92 20:41:26 GMT
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

> That what you were looking for?
>  
> -starcat

Most definitely.  =)  Thank you very much for the info!  Certainly an
investment, yes, but not as much as I'd feared.  Anyway, doing something
monthly would certainly be out of the question for me...  I do happen to be
very lucky to have some "contacts", so to speak (in actuality, just a print
copy place that has ridiculously low prices), but that doesn't mean I'll be
jumping on the bandwagon and doing anything in the near future, eh?  (The
investment of *time* seems to be the main factor, plus the question of -- If I
invested a *significant* amount of money in this, how long would it be, and how
likely would it ever be, that I would begin to see a return on it?)

So, for the meantime I'll just hope that Yarf! keeps publishing.  =)
-- 
-Jordan            ..      PEACOCK5293@iscsvax.uni.edu
                  .OO.     Jordan Peacock (Jordan Greywolf)
                  O/\O     (New Address):  1610 Parker
                   --                      Cedar Falls, IA  50613
From: Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: Any interest in a British Furry Fanzine?
Date: 6 Nov 92 01:38:45 GMT
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov  5 1992

On <Nov 04 04:48>,DAMIAN.CUGLEY.92Nov4124852@pierrot.comlab wrote to All:

 DC>I'm thinking in terms of a print run too small for printing -- 
 DC>dozens
 DC>rather than hundreds.  None of the shops I've tried out could 
 DC>manage
 DC>even 2-colour printing for such a small run at any reasonable 
 DC>rate.
 DC>British zines work on a rather smaller scale than in the US.  

Don't let the few biggies fool you - most US zines work that way too.
A print run of over one or two hundred is very rare.  (Heck, in the years
I've been publishing Intercepted, I don't think I've ever had a print run 
over 100 - most are about half that.)

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From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: Anyone know where I can find back issues of _Mighty Tiny_ in
Date: 11 Nov 1992 11:32:26 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu

avatar@wings.micro.umn.edu (Timothy Fay) writes:

>I guess I can't get quite so excited over an artist who has made a carreer
>out of ripping off Japanese cartoonists (primarily Rumiko Takahashi).

Not to start a flame war, but "ripping off" is not what Ben Dunn was doing. NHS
began as a parody, but quickly developed an ongoing storyline unique to itself.
The liberal sprinkling of in-jokes and other parodies is still a large part of
the book, but to me and a lot of other NHS readers that is all part of the fun!

Ben admits he got a bit overloaded with all his other projects and fell into
a "formulaic" NHS episode format for a while, but with the 'giant monsters'
storyline he is trying to rectify that. I haven't picked up those issues yet,
though, so I can't say if I agree with that assessment myself.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
From: slgsn@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: DOWN
Date: 9 Nov 92 18:31:14 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Nov6.174529.2193@netcom.com>, lllowen@netcom.com (lllowen) writes:
> In article <Bx94r0.8u9@acsu.buffalo.edu> hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu 
> (DOG BASEBALL!!!) writes:
>>
>>	Subject says it all.  Another interesting thing..  it seems that
>>newscasters have an interesting sense of humor..  it's well documented in
>>Monty Python with all their newsreaders getting into the show, and as we have
>>seen Tom Brokaw is a comedic talent not to be taken lightly.
>>
> 
> Actually, there was a column written by Dan Rather in a freshman textbook
> here at Wayne State University and it was surprisingly funny!  I couldn't
> believe it...he was mentioning Sam Houston Institute of Technology and he'd
> walk around campus with a sweatshirt with the school's initials, etc.
> 
> I wonder about these 'ole newscasters.  I think Letterman would actually
> be a great newscaster, dontchya' think?
> -- 
> 
> Lon Lowen Jr.                        |  Wayne State University
> Netcom Online Communications         |  Detroit, Michigan
> lllowen@netcom.com                   |  (lllowen@mts.cc.wayne.edu)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
GO DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!paul too
From: stevenra@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (Alex Stevens)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Julia Robert's birthday
Date: 6 Nov 92 07:15:37 GMT
Organization: Purdue University

In article <1992Oct31.230302.14668@u.washington.edu> tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu () writes:
>In article <1992Oct31.173555.29455@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> ematias@csri.toronto.edu (Ummm... me!) writes:
>>In article <Bx06Hn.9qE@math.uwaterloo.ca> alopez-o@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Alex Lopez-Ortiz) writes:
>>>
>>>I caught a glimpse of the show hwere Dave Letterman gives a painting
>>>to Julia Roberts. Was that a serious gift or did she returned it
>>>later on ?
>>
>>   I should *hope* that she returned it, because the painting was
>>purportedly worth US$120,000!  (Hence its given name, "Over Priced".)
>>   It was funny that Dave was getting apprehensive after giving her the
>>painting; an external camera showed her running to the elevator with it.
>
>I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's probably worth even more now.
>
>-- Tad Perry   Internet:    tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
>               CompuServe:  70402,3020
>               NIFTY-Serve: GBG01266

	It was probably worth a whole $100 (including canvas) before Julia
took it, now I'm sure it is up some dollars.....C'mon, we know Dave, even
He wouldn't give away a $120,000 painting, even to a leggy supermodel,
he'd keep at Paul's spot to throw footballs at it and say, 
"Paul, three weeks and your shirt STILL doesn't match the painting!"

Alex
stevenra@feserve.cc.purdue.edu
From: bmaple@burner.com (Bob Maple)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Re: Letterman ... working????
Date: 5 Nov 92 13:35:21 MST
Organization: The Back Burner BBS (via C-Net Amiga)

On Thu  5-Nov-1992  1:34p, Nick wrote:

N>         I hould like to know how many days is Letterman working?
N>         Because 1 show out of 2 is a rerun... 

Monday is always a re-run, and I imagine they simply didn't bother to do one
on Tuesday with the election and all, as it probably wouldn't have aired in
a lot of places which were STILL doing election stuff (as it is, Letterman
showed about an hour and a half late here in Colorado.)

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From: speg@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu (Doug Speheger)
Subject: News from Tahlequah
Originator: usenet@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 01:38:42 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Keywords: Fighting Daves, Tahlequah 

An excerpt from an article in the Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) from 11/9.
The article is about Northeastern State University which is located in
Tahlequah.

"'Fighting Daves' Rally Around Letterman Boost" (by Stacy Johnson)

TAHLEQUAH - ...The saga between Letterman and Tahlequah began in May when
the outspoken host named the northeastern Oklahoma town as the home office
for his nightly "Top 10 List."
    Roger Webb, Northeastern [State University] president, said Letterman
was influenced by a university student in the audience who jokingly 
threatened to take his fellow crowd members hostage if the request for the
home office move was not fulfilled.
    Since then, a "Late Night" logo on the university's drama building
frequently has been snapped by photographers, and the bookstore has
reported brisk business selling commemorative T-shirts.
    The latest actions of temporarily replacing the mascot, the "Redmen,"
for two football games and painting a 20-yard wide "Late Night" logo in the
middle of the field drew some opposition.
    Webb said the undertakings only were done in fun - plus the fact that "The
Fighting Daves" had compiled a 1-0-1 record, Webb said.
    ...Webb said the temporary mascot change and the logo were used only to
draw attention to the football program and the university.
    ..."If Dave and (musical director Paul Shaffer) decide to have a concert on
the field, we might repaint the logo."

--
        _
Doug "SPEG" Speheger
University of Oklahoma.  School of Meteorology.
Norman, OK (150 miles from Tahlequah)

-- 
        _
Doug "SPEG" Speheger
University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology
speg@alliant.backbone.uoknor.edu, speg@metgem.gcn.uoknor.edu
Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:19:58 -0500 
From: Jason Paul Togyer <jt3y+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Dave on NBC News
	<1dqa1uINNhea@uwm.edu>

In article <1992Nov7.023609.11288@csusac.csus.edu>
cs17530@gaia.ecs.csus.edu () writes:
>Hey, fans!  
>
>	Did you all see Dave on NBC Nightly News for Friday, November
>6th?  It was great.  He was in a uniform (like a pilot's) and talked
>about how Daylight Savings Time should be optional!  He even made a
>remark about "Good Luck"  to Tom.  
>

My mother claims that it was a streetcar motorman's uniform.  I guess
that would be "subway" for yunz in N'York, N'York (a city so nice, they
named it twice).

I watched LNWDL that night with the specific intent of seeing if there
was some kind of a gag associated with the uniform, but I didn't see
anything.  Was the uniform used on a later show, perhaps?  I haven't
watched the show much this week.

--Jason Togyer
     Carnegie Institute of Technology
     Pittsburgh, Penn.

**"The moral of the story is: don't count your boobies before they've hatched."
       --James Thurber
            'THE UNICORN IN THE GARDEN'
From: Edgar.Estrada@launchpad.unc.edu (Edgar Estrada)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Letterman and the Tonight show
Date: 7 Nov 92 20:03:56 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service

I understand that if Leno's ratings don't improve then NBC will give the
job to letterman.
Has anybody heard about this?
I like Leno but I wish he would get a new band. I can't seem to get into
it. To me, it looks like x number of friends getting together for a jam but
not like a band that fits together.

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
Subject: Re: Dave censored...Fri, Nov 6
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 21:27:05 GMT

pkemp@byron.u.washington.edu (Paul Kemp) writes:


>During the interview with George Carlin last Fri, something Dave said was cut
>out.  It was right after George was talking about the South and said "I go there
>anytime I want a trip back to the 13th(?) century".  I've been watching the tape
>but can't figure this one out.  Can anyone help?

You know some bonehead at NBC is reading this newsgroup, and does it just
to get us talking..
--
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                 Private Pilot - Airplane Single-Engine Land
From: hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu (DOG BASEBALL!!!)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.letterman
Subject: Sam Donaldson is a scream
Date: 5 Nov 92 16:35:23 GMT
Organization: Ministry of Information, Lower Volta.


	Subject says it all.  Another interesting thing..  it seems that
newscasters have an interesting sense of humor..  it's well documented in
Monty Python with all their newsreaders getting into the show, and as we have
seen Tom Brokaw is a comedic talent not to be taken lightly.  I wonder how
many anchormen have a deep inner fantasy to go on the air and just go
absolutely nuts. 



-- 
   /I\          Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.
  /(*)\         hennessy@acsu.buffalo.edu                 
 /IIIII\        "Leave EVERYTHING to ME!" - Powdered Toast Man       
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