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From: kempson@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Kempson)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars
Subject: 8/6/92 Fabio Paterno' Talk at ICSI
Date: 28 Jul 1992 00:31:30 GMT
Organization: International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Distribution: ba
NNTP-Posting-Host: icsid.icsi.berkeley.edu
Keywords: An Object-Oriented Approach to the Design of Graphical User Interface

              The International Computer Science Institute
                     is pleased to present a talk:

                  Thursday, August 6, 1992  11:00 a.m.

                             FABIO PATERNO'
                              CNUCE-C.N.R.
                              Pisa, Italy
                                  and
                                  ICSI

            ``An Object-Oriented Approach to the Design of
                    Graphical User Interface Systems''

           The problems concerning the design  of  graphical  user
      interface  systems  composed of a set of interaction objects
      allowing users to interact with structured graphics are dis-
      cussed.  Each  interaction  object can have input and output
      functionality. Here we want to point out  the  problems  and
      the requirements that are raised in perfoming such design in
      an object-oriented environment. For this purpose the  impor-
      tance  of  task-oriented  design  hierarchies of interaction
      objects in order to make the translation from the user  task
      to  the system function easier is addressed. The design of a
      hierarchy of interaction objects following this approach  is
      proposed.  This  contrast  with  the  current  window system
      toolkits design because it is mainly driven by the semantics
      of the interaction object rather than their appearance.


        This talk will be held in the Main Lecture Hall at ICSI.
          1947 Center Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley, CA 94704
       (On Center between Milvia and Martin Luther King Jr. Way)
Xref: sparky ba.seminars:490 alt.privacy:1614
From: judic@netcom.com (Judi Clark)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars,alt.privacy
Subject: Freedom, Privacy and Technology SIG meeting
Summary: Next meeting: July 26: Striking a balance: Freedom and Privacy
Keywords: Balance, freedom, privacy, commercial interests
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:55:01 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

BMUG, Inc. 	Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
      .     .     .     .     .     .     .    Berkeley Chapter
_______________________________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Judi Clark, 549-2684 (BMUG), 261-3718 (direct),
fax: 261-1869 (direct), or e-mail judic@netcom.com
July 20, 1992
 
Special Interest Group on Freedom, Privacy and Technology
A public forum co-sponsored by BMUG and CPSR/Berkeley
 
Striking a Balance between Your Resources and Big Brothers'
 
Advances in technology have created new opportunities for 
gathering,processing and disseminating information on 
individuals. New applications of information technology hold 
great promise for individuals and society as a whole; from
convenience for consumers to improved productivity, public 
health and safety to increased participation in democratic 
institutions.
 
By the same token these technologies can pose a threat to 
individuals and to society by eroding personal privacy. As the 
power of these technologies grows and their costs plummet, so 
does the potential for their misuse by an increasing number of 
entities, private and public.
 
On July 26, 1992 at 2:00 pm the CPSR/BMUG Special Interest 
Group will explore the problem of striking a balance between the
promise and the threat of these information technologies.
 
The audience is encouraged to join panelists Ben Firschein, a 
California Legislative staff attorney, Jim Warren, organizer of the 
First Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy and 
MicroTimes columnist, and moderator Bruce Koball, organizer of 
the 1993 Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, in 
discussing these issues.
 
The Special Interest Group's next meeting is Sunday, July 26, 
1992, at 2:00 pm. The monthly meetings are free and open to the 
public. The group meets on the last Sunday of the month at the 
BMUG office, 2055 Center Street, Berkeley -- a half block from the 
Berkeley Bart station.
 

-- 

  judi
From: blair@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Gary Blair)
Newsgroups: ba.seminars
Subject: protocol question
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:37:19 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

I plan to offer some *low-cost* but not free classes in the Bay Area
in the near future.  Given that personal gain is involved, is it
permissible to advertize such classes on the net?  If so, is this an
appropriate newsgroup, or are there more appropriate newsgroups?
To conserve bandwidth, please email responses to blair@dancer.llnl.gov.
Thanks.

-- 
     Gary J. Blair   (510) 422-6675        blair@dancer.llnl.gov
     Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory        
     P.O. Box 808, L-156
     Livermore, CA 94550
From: oleg@Veritas.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: ba.singles,soc.singles
Subject: Re: Boink Proposition (S.F. Bay Area Minature Golf Night)
Date: 30 Jul 92 01:38:55 GMT
Reply-To: oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev)
Distribution: ba
Organization: Palo Alto Killifish Loft
X-Disclaimer: I speak for myself only unless explicitly indicated otherwise

richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter) writes:
>A round of miniature golf only takes about
>an hour or so.  You could have groups of four and people would get enough time
>to get to know each other.  

I prefer not to be trapped on a long drive in a car with 3 strangers.
They may turn out to not be an agreeable company.  This is not very
different because you are stuck in the group once the game had
started.

Picking only people you already know defeats the purpose of the exercise.

>I doubt that a hundred people are going to show up.

Some past *.singles events gathered nearly that many people.

>Personlly, I'd rather do something that has some activity to it.  Miniature
>golf would be fine.

The sort of activity miniature golf dictates is not conducive to large
group conversations or allowing people to easily move from one bubble
of conversations to another. 
-- 
"... i heard the droning / in the shrine
	     of the sea-monkey / palace of the brine ..." -- Pixies.
Oleg Kiselev                                             oleg@veritas.com
VERITAS Software                           ...!{apple|uunet}!veritas!oleg
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
Subject: Re: VEGETARIAN SINGLES
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 18:57:54 GMT

mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay)  writes:

>alerman@terapin.com (Alexander Lerman) writes:

>-> Any other confounded vegan/vegetarian singles out there? How do you
>-> find others who share your values and diet?

>I've wondered about this myself.  The most obvious answer is: you loiter
>at your friendly neighborhood veggie restaurant/health food store.  Of
>course, this implies a prerequisite willingness to approach strangers
>out of the blue...not my strong suit :-(, but some people can do it.

I was never good at this either, but at least with food you could stand 
there looking puzzled and ask tell someone you never tried this, and ask if
they tell you what it tastes like or how to cook it. From there it's just  
a simple step to asking them to join you for a meal. 

How's about veggie cooking classes? I can't think of any around here, but
it's a better atmosphere to mingle and get to know people than hanging 
around for someone to bump into or waiting for them to approach you at a 
restaurant/store.  

I used to go to some pretty interesting free Krisna cooking classes back 
in college. It was always a pretty diverse social scene and a good place
to meet people, and the Krisna's didn't push theology in the classses. 

Is it really that important to you that someone you date or love not eat
meat? Sure, it probably makes for simpler living arrangements and eating
out than if you didn't share opinions in this area, but for me it's not that
big a deal. I haven't eaten meat in 12 years. My girlfriend has lived with
me 2 years and has a semi-veggie diet, but she still eats meat. She respects
my requests that she not cook it in the house, or at least not when I'm around, 
but it doesn't bother me that she eats meat when she wants too. To me, having
found someone who shares many of the other interests I have in film, music, 
and so on is enough - sure it grosses me out to watch her eat meat when we
go out for thai food, but hey, she can't stand tofu and barfed once just
from looking at me eat it. 

  - malcolm@wrs.com  

Newsgroups: ba.singles,soc.singles
From: mlw@cisco.com (Monica Waldman)
Subject: Re: S.F. Bay Miniature Golf Boink (Aug. 8, 1992) version 1.0
Organization: foobar
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 05:34:10 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.043158.27730@iat.holonet.net> cocoa@iat.holonet.net (Elise - little 'e') writes:
>The crowd will be between 22-42 yrs of age.

Are you planning on carding the participants?

-- 
standard disclaimer, etc. ad nauseum

"Would you please shut up and sit down?" -- George Bush
Newsgroups: ba.singles,soc.singles
From: cocoa@iat.holonet.net (Elise - little 'e')
Subject: Re: Boink Proposition (S.F. Bay Area Minature Golf Night)
Organization: The Chocolate Factory
Distribution: ba
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:59:28 GMT


In article <1992Jul30.013855.16796@Veritas.COM> oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
>richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter) writes:
>>A round of miniature golf only takes about
>>an hour or so.  You could have groups of four and people would get enough time
>>to get to know each other.  
>
>I prefer not to be trapped on a long drive in a car with 3 strangers.
>They may turn out to not be an agreeable company.  This is not very
>different because you are stuck in the group once the game had
>started.

There will be time available for the participants to meet and get to know
each other *before* forming groups.

Your complaint, however, has been noted by the secretary and filed in the 
appropriate place.  A memorandum will be mailed out as soon as is humanly
possible, regrettably informing the net.populace that you will not be in
attendance. :(

>Picking only people you already know defeats the purpose of the exercise.

The purpose of this excercise it so have fun!  Those who enjoy miniature
golf can choose to come and enjoy it with people they have never met 
before, or they can bring a friend.
  
>>I doubt that a hundred people are going to show up.
>
>Some past *.singles events gathered nearly that many people.

This event has been test-marketed and guaranteed by the manufacturer to not
attract more than 20 people.  If all else fails, the surplus attendees will
summarily be shot. :)

>>Personlly, I'd rather do something that has some activity to it.  Miniature
>>golf would be fine.
>
>The sort of activity miniature golf dictates is not conducive to large
>group conversations or allowing people to easily move from one bubble
>of conversations to another. 

The purpose of the Mini-golf Boink is not the creation of an environment in
which many people speak at the same time at the top of their lungs.  
Bubble-hungry socialites are not the target audience.  Like my "chat" parties,
this event takes into consideration the fact that many people feel 
uncomfortable in large crowds, and might prefer to socialize with a smaller
group of people.

If you or other netters are interested in hosting a large party, you are quite
welcome to do so at anytime.  I do not have the adequate resources available 
for hosting a large event at this time, but may do so in the future.  Until
then, I will continue to plan events that are smaller in scope and provide
alternatives to the gigantic.net.party.from.hell.

Cheers!

little 'e'

"for life's not a paragraph
 And death i think is no parenthesis"


-- 
Recently re-located, and now permanently residing at _The_Chocolate_Factory_
*  *   e-mail: cocoa@iat.holonet.net    -     voicemail: 415-337-4940   *  *
From: hxkpy@jupiter.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Diana (aka CatWoman))
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: July 29th (today) at the Dutch Goose
Date: 29 Jul 92 17:12:28 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: SLAC

We're still on for today at the Dutch Goose.  I've
received quite a few RSVP's, so I think there will
be a good turnout.

I'll try to "reserve" a table in the patio area,
and have a sign of some kind - but in any case, look
for a 5'4" woman wearing blue denim shorts, black
t-shirt with "SATIA" written on the front, and a
red/blue plaid over-shirt, white running shoes and
purple socks.  I have long brown hair and glasses.

Diana

(I've also sent this out from the wetware account -
you aren't seeing double, I just want to catch the
fastest distribution from both sites...)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: greg@netcom.com (Greg Bullough)
Subject: Re: Ooops!
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 01:15:20 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba
Keywords: Darn!  Bob Becker Bike Boink

In article <=!gm##-.bilan@netcom.com> bilan@netcom.com (Steve Bilan) writes:
>Headlines read:
>
>	Bumbling Bob Becker 'bit-buckets' Bike Boink binary.
>	Regrettably requests Responders resend RSVP right-away!
                                                 
You forgot
                                           by Bilan
 
Greg 
 
PS: I suspect that Steve and I survived the same High School
    Journalism class. In fact, I was an editor when he was
    a reporter. I may have put up with this before :-)
From: bruce@StarConn.com (Bruce Michael Roberts)
Newsgroups: su.org.hillel,ba.singles
Subject: Jewish Film Festival
Summary: Meet and talk about some films
Date: 29 Jul 92 02:48:26 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA  415-949-3133

I thought some of us might meet at the UC Theatre in Berkeley, see a
few films, and then go out for Chinese or pizza and talk about what we
thought.

If you are interested, please respond to this email address.  Also
indicate whether you would prefer going on a Saturday evening or Sunday
afternoon.  While I'm not dictating those days, I'm guessing that they
would be most convenient.

Once I get an idea, I can suggest the time and give directions etc.

Please respond by Thursday...

Thanks
From: jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: VEGETARIAN SINGLES
Date: 24 Jul 92 16:53:43 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames

"Malcolm" == Malcolm Humes <malcolm@wrs.com> writes:

Malcolm> I used to go to some pretty interesting free Krisna cooking
Malcolm> classes back in college. It was always a pretty diverse
Malcolm> social scene and a good place to meet people, and the
Malcolm> Krisna's didn't push theology in the classses.

Are there any Krishna-temple-restaurants out here?  Dallas had a
really good one (and technically it was *free*, although if you had
$7.50 on you, they wouldn't say no).  They fed a lot of homeless
families, street people, and vegetarians there.  (This was in the
mid-80s, I dunno if it's still open.)

At any rate, some of the best vegetarian cookbooks I've bought have
been written by students of Krishnamurti.  
--
J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
'91 CB750, DoD# 0378
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: richwing@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rich Wingerter)
Subject: Re: Boink Proposition (S.F. Bay Area Minature Golf Night)
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 06:08:24 GMT

In article <1992Jul26.195746.7333@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us>, oleg@llustig.palo-alto.ca.us (Oleg Kiselev) writes:
|> "Boinks" have traditionally been organized to get people together in
|> one place and allow them to meet and interact, moving from group to
|> group and from conversation to conversation, meeting people and making
|> new friends.  From that point of view, miniature golf is just about the
|> worst possible set up for a "boink."

I don't think it's that bad, Oleg.  A round of miniature golf only takes about
an hour or so.  You could have groups of four and people would get enough time
to get to know each other.  I doubt that a hundred people are going to show up.
Then, you could change groups for the next round.  People could go out for
dinner afterward or something.

Personlly, I'd rather do something that has some activity to it.  Miniature
golf would be fine.


--Rich Wingerter
From: stef@Apple.COM (Stef Jones)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Re: VEGETARIAN SINGLES
Date: 24 Jul 92 18:35:20 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:

>Are there any Krishna-temple-restaurants out here?  Dallas had a
>really good one (and technically it was *free*, although if you had
>$7.50 on you, they wouldn't say no).  They fed a lot of homeless
>families, street people, and vegetarians there.  (This was in the
>mid-80s, I dunno if it's still open.)

Ah, that brings back memories. My high school boyfriend took me on some of
our first dates to the free Sunday night vegetarian feast at the Detroit
Krishna temple. And neither of us was veggie or religious. We
got proseyltized of course but it was really interesting to hear why the
devotees chose to join and what kinds of things were on their mind now that
they had. (One guy kept saying over and over again, "Sex is just a mometary
pleasure, and then it's gone. Right? Right?")

--
Stef                 In the force if Yoda's so strong, construct a
stef@apple.com       sentence with words in the proper order then
                     why can't he?                               /fortune
From: adamm@karres.Eng.Sun.COM (Adam Malamy)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: movie tonight?
Keywords: movie
Date: 24 Jul 92 23:14:16 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: karres

I'm bored, and I have nothing planned for the evening.  Anyone
want to see Cool World (I think that's the name) which is the
new real life/animation movie sort of along the lines of Roger
Rabbit?  This would be somewhere between Sunnyvale and Palo Alto,
sometime between 8:00 and 10:00.  Food/desert afterwards depending
on interest.

-Adam

--

-Adam
From: alerman@terapin.com (Alexander Lerman)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Massage classes?
Date: 24 Jul 92 21:46:16 PST
Organization: BBS

Do you know where I can find informal massage classes in San Francisco or the
East Bay?

There seem to be plenty of certification schools but nothing for people that
just want to learn basic stuff for "personal enrichment". If you have any
leads, please let me know.

Do you also have an interest in learning massage? Maybe we can practice on each
other if there are no other suitable alternatives. Please reply.

Thanks.

--
Alexander Lerman
<alerman@terapin.com>

Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: jerbil@ultra.com (Joseph Beckenbach {Adapter Software Release Engr})
Subject: Newcomer question -- what's a "boink"?
Organization: Ultra Network Technologies
Distribution: ba
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 19:49:33 GMT

	Sounds like a generic term for a singles' get-together, but I want
to be sure I've got it right....

		Joseph
-- 
----
Joseph Beckenbach	jerbil@ultra.com	408-922-0600 x246
	(speaking from, but not for, Ultra Network Technologies)
Democracy is apple pie:  you must make it before you enjoy it.  -- me
From: mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay) 
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: VEGETARIAN SINGLES
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:41:00 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay) 

alerman@terapin.com (Alexander Lerman) writes:

-> Any other confounded vegan/vegetarian singles out there? How do you
-> find others who share your values and diet?

I've wondered about this myself.  The most obvious answer is: you loiter
at your friendly neighborhood veggie restaurant/health food store.  Of
course, this implies a prerequisite willingness to approach strangers
out of the blue...not my strong suit :-(, but some people can do it.

You can also try thinking of groups with a fairly high veggie quotient.
Deadheads is one example that comes to mind right away.  Or how about
zen practitioners, or anyone into meditation, for that matter.  The more
in tune with one's body one becomes, the less one wants to put meat into
it, IME.

M.
From: schin@pub2.bu.edu (neil schier)
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: Vanessa Southern once again
Date: 23 Jul 92 23:47:20 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Originator: schin@pub2.bu.edu

Hello

I seem to be at a dead end about the above captioned. She graduated
in 1990 with a major in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Stanford.
She was also a member of the fecing team and studied at Oxford for a semester
or so.

THe only information I have been able to get was a very old NY address. 
I got the phone number of one Andy Myers who knew her however he never seems
to be at home

REgards
Neil Schier
Newsgroups: ba.singles
From: bob@netcom.com (Robert Becker)
Subject: Re: BBBB Update
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 15:17:21 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: ba

In article <13715@auspex-gw.auspex.com> johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira) writes:
>
>Just so you know,  the Coyote Creek trail is pretty isolated.  Highway 101
>is on one side and Monterey highway on the other.  There is, however, a
>neat little breakfast diner in Morgan Hill just a bit past Cochrane on the

Morgan Hill?  Where does this thing start?
From: mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay) 
Newsgroups: ba.singles
Subject: RE: VEGETARIAN SINGLES
Date: 28 Jul 92 22:53:00 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: SPACE BBS - Menlo Park, CA - 10 Lines + 4gB - 415-323-4193
Reply-To: mike.mcaulay@spacebbs.com (Mike Mcaulay) 

malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes) writes:

-> How's about veggie cooking classes? I can't think of any around here,
-> but it's a better atmosphere to mingle and get to know people than
-> hanging around for someone to bump into or waiting for them to
-> approach you

That's a great idea.  Classes are great places to meet people in
general, especially if they're structured so the students spend a good
amount of time talking among themselves.

-> Is it really that important to you that someone you date or love not
-> eat meat? Sure, it probably makes for simpler living arrangements and
-> eating out than if you didn't share opinions in this area, but for me
-> it's not that big a deal.

This is something else I've thought about a lot.  I grew up eating meat
and stopped for moral reasons.  It was only after the fact that I came
to appreciate the health benefits of a vegetarian diet.  Since I believe
it's wrong to eat meat (at least for me) I always feel a slight twinge
when I'm around people eating it (and I'm sometimes nauseated by
the the smell of it cooking).  On the other hand, I made a promise to
myself when I gave it up that I would a) never stress out over it and b)
never become an obnoxious veggie proseletyzer.  And so far I've kept my
promise, with the exception of a couple times when I had too much to
drink and started ranting about it, much to the bemusement of my
carnivorous friends :-).  So as "weird" as I sometimes feel about it, I
tend to simply look the other way and ignore it.

-> on is enough - sure it grosses me out to watch her eat meat when we
-> go out for thai food, but hey, she can't stand tofu and barfed once
-> just from looking at me eat it.

Really?  I mean, like, *literally* barfed?   Hee hee!  Maybe I
shouldn't laugh, but that strikes me as quite funny. :-)

M.
                                                                                                      
Newsgroups: ba.singles