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From: plp1@ra.msstate.edu (pat parker)
Subject: Re: "Three Word Game" and "In The Style Of ..."
Keywords: demised? exercises
Organization: Mississippi State University
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 00:05:43 GMT

andy@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (andy.russo) writes:


>	I was hoping that with the start of the school year someone
>would reactivate these weekly writing exercises.  Were they just too much
>work, or did some net.authority crack down on them?

>	The three-word game was to write a short-short story containing
>three words that the person running the game (Sho) picked at random.

if noone else wants to, i can come up with sets of three random words
to be used in writing exercises...  how about starting this week with the
following words:

rude
juvenile
shenanigan


let the game begin...
From: richh@netcom.com (richh)
Newsgroups: alt.prose.d
Subject: Re: "Three Word Game" and "In The Style Of ..."
Keywords: demised? exercises
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:54:12 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <plp1.716342743@Isis.MsState.Edu> plp1@ra.msstate.edu (pat parker) writes:
>andy@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (andy.russo) writes:
>
>
>>	I was hoping that with the start of the school year someone
>>would reactivate these weekly writing exercises.  Were they just too much
>>work, or did some net.authority crack down on them?
>
>>	The three-word game was to write a short-short story containing
>>three words that the person running the game (Sho) picked at random.
>
>if noone else wants to, i can come up with sets of three random words
>to be used in writing exercises...  how about starting this week with the
>following words:
>
>rude
>juvenile
>shenanigan
>

Sorry, but just no.

RICHH
Newsgroups: alt.prose.d,talk.bizarre,alt.butt.harp,rec.puzzles,bit.listserv.words-l
From: richh@netcom.com (richh)
Subject: Re: RICHH:  PLOOK!
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 21:24:02 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Followup-To: poster

In article <b1tn6rj.richh@netcom.com richh@netcom.com (richh) writes:
     
     Was drinking at Paul's bar the other day when I scribbled out
this series on a napkin:

1
11
21
1211

It's called The Gleichniszahlen-Reihe Monster, which is German for
"the likeness sequence", I believe.  I heard of it from a local
netter.  Well, I haven't stumped Paul with one of these yet so I
asked him what the next line in the series was.  He looked it over,
mixed me up a 'Purple Hooter'(his creation:  a kamikaze w/Cambered
----------------
for those of you playing along at home
Cambered = Chambord

RICHH
--vodka
--triple-sec
--chambord
--sour mix
Newsgroups: alt.prose.d
From: jcbarnes@mars.acs.oakland.edu (Terson - Sod Lord)
Subject: Re: "Three Word Game" and "In The Style Of ..."
Keywords: demised? exercises
Organization: FryTools International
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 19:46:34 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.194731.12553@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> andy@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (andy.russo) writes:
:) 
:) 	I was hoping that with the start of the school year someone
:) would reactivate these weekly writing exercises.  Were they just too much
:) work, or did some net.authority crack down on them?
:) 
:) 	The three-word game was to write a short-short story containing
:) three words that the person running the game (Sho) picked at random.
:) "In the style of" involved writing about a topic that the person
:) running the game posted, in the style of any author you chose (e.g.
:) Raymond Chandler buys some eggs at the corner store, or Socrates goes
:) to the barber, or Millie The White House Dog explains C coding).
:) 
:) Thanks,
:) Andy Russo

  I second the motion for these weekly writing exercises to be
continued!  If the exercises were too much work for the original
runners, I would volunteer some of my time towards getting them
running again.

Thanks,
J. Fritz Barnes

Newsgroups: alt.prose.d
From: andy@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (andy.russo)
Subject:  "Three Word Game" and "In The Style Of ..."
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Holmdel, NJ - Jello Studies Group
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:47:31 GMT
Keywords: demised? exercises


	I was hoping that with the start of the school year someone
would reactivate these weekly writing exercises.  Were they just too much
work, or did some net.authority crack down on them?

	The three-word game was to write a short-short story containing
three words that the person running the game (Sho) picked at random.
"In the style of" involved writing about a topic that the person
running the game posted, in the style of any author you chose (e.g.
Raymond Chandler buys some eggs at the corner store, or Socrates goes
to the barber, or Millie The White House Dog explains C coding).

Thanks,
Andy Russo
Xref: sparky alt.prose:1257 rec.arts.books:16028
From: larryw@lclark.edu (Larry Westdahl)
Newsgroups: alt.prose,rec.arts.books
Subject: Re: Publishing...
Date: 11 Sep 92 04:51:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: lclark.1992Sep11.045130.10617
Organization: Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR

Most (but not all) short story collections are compiled from an authors 
previously published work in magazines and journals.  A new writer might
have difficulty trying to sell a set of stories in this fashion.  That's
not to say it hasn't been done.  Good luck.


-- 
Newsgroups: alt.prose
From: rezabek1037@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: !! ATTN: Modl Untd Fed Planets !!
Date: 8 Sep 92 12:44:27 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

READ THE ABOVE (news) AND !! ATTENTION ALL !!
From: Sem_Hoelscher@hb.maus.de (Sem Hoelscher)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: Prime Directive question
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 22:09:00 GMT
Organization: MausNet
X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.11

Shacha Lorna!

[lp] There's always the "Private Little War" scenario, in which the brutal
     government is *not* indiginous to the planet, but has been imposed on
     them by some outside, and presumably alien, party (e.g., the Romulans,
     the Orions, the Gorn, etc).
Yes, but as far as I remember, this episode is not among those "attacked",
but it is considered ok, since the Klingons were already there. The "natural
development" (peaceful) was disturbed anyway. So this one is imho no case
for the PD. And much to my disappointment, the novel "Prime Directive" dealt
with a very similar situation: There were already aliens. Oh what! And
everybody thought, the planet was devastated, nobody took care to look a
bit closer! >8-( Hard to imagine!

[lp] The biggest problem Starfleet would have would be in justifying their own
     interference--particularly if it involved actual contact with the
     presumably innocent natives.  In other words, the Whos are being
     controlled by the Grinch, but they don't know it's the Grinch.  They
     think it's Billy Hsu Who. Starfleet knows it's the Grinch, but they have
     to stop the Grinch without letting the Whos know what's going on.  Well,
     maybe Data has been talking on shortwave radio to Cindy Lou Who, but
     that's all. :-)
I'm not certain, since I cannot judge about the Whos or the Grinch or Cindy
Lou Who. But I think, the main problem is the "natural development". No
lifeform, where ever in the universe, =can= exisit without interfering with
other lifeforms excepte perhaps for a certain race of algae, which really
only exists on sunlight and minerals for life (all plants have sorts of
this in their green leaves), but their mere existence, need of room may
interfere!

I still think, the PD should be rephrased. The moment, somebody exists,
he interferes! He may never know, but he does - or he may. I think, the
main point is: What is "natural development of a culture"? Cultures always
change because of influence from somewhere. So ... this makes development
possible! The question is not, if it may happen, but how it is to be done!

Oyori - Sem [again thinking in Northern Germany]
From: petersm@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Marguerite Petersen)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: A Shakespearean Sonnet
Date: 9 Sep 92 09:00:43 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Outreach Services - Oregon State University

I don't know if any of you remember the Shakespearean Sonnets about TOS
that I posted in the spring but, here is another.  It is written like the
others as an acrostic (first letter of each line spells the title).  





          With adoration I did come to see

          In person one I had so long admired.

          Long hours I did work so fervently

          Love prompted me, yet all I feel is tired.

          I should not blame you if I'm disappointed.

          As you must be yourself as others are.

          My hopes of meeting you have all been shattered.

          Should not have let them carry me so far.

          Have pity in your heart for your poor fans.

          As most of them just want to get to meet

          The man behind the image.  That's their plan.

          Now here's a way to do it, I entreat.

               Extend yourself and shake a hand or two.

               Remember please that we are people too.



                                   Marguerite K.A. Petersen
                                   August 17, 1992
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: dchatham@utkvx1.utk.edu (Chatham, Doug)
Subject: Re: Late-blooming ? about PD.
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 20:18:00 GMT

In article <1992Sep11.144536.58826@cc.usu.edu>, sl3nf@cc.usu.edu writes...
>	I may be more than a little new about this, but my question is:  If
>starfleet is bound to the prime directive, but civillians aren't, then why
>haven't the civillians just taken matters into thier own hands where starfleet
>has refused to help them?  I can't remember the episode that origionally
>sparked this question in my mind, but a good example would be the book "Prime
>Directive".
>	Anyone have any comments?

	My own theory is this: While THE Prime Directive is a general order
governing only Starfleet personnel, the civilian laws of the UFP tend to 
prevent ordinary people from violating the PD.  For example, it is illegal
for civilians to travel to places "cordoned off" or prohibited by the UFP. In
the movie STIII, travel to the Genesis planet was verboten to everyone except
the crew of the USS Grissom.  I'm sure the Federation has also passed laws
prohibiting travel to "underdeveloped" inhabited systems. 
	Also consider that interstellar travel is still expensive and risky 
in the Star Trek universe.  It's a lot less dangerous to swindle and cheat
people in your own civilization who speak in a language you know (What, you
thought everyone could afford a universal translator?) than to go off to 
some unknown place to take advantage of an immature culture.

	Another possibility is that Luxwana Troi was wrong when she claimed
the PD did not apply to her. . . . (She IS the first civilian we've heard to
make such a claim, right?)
From: s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: A Modest Request!
Date: 11 Sep 92 15:34:32 GMT

Can anyone please mail me the text of Captain Kirk's
voice-over from the beginning of the old StarTrek series?

Thanks heaps (in advance)!
-- 
Jane Anna Langley
s342046@emu.insted.unimelb.edu.au
University of Melbourne, Institute of Education
Melbourne, Australia.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: shimkevi@buchmf.bu.edu (Sergey Shimkevich)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: Prime Directive question
Date: 7 Sep 92 04:24:46 GMT
Organization: Boston University Chemistry Department

Sorry, it appears that I haven't made myself clear. Since it is stated
in several TNG episodes (canon!!! :-) that the Prime Directive only applies to
Starfleet porsonnel and not to civilians, the real question is: what pretext
might Starfleet have to forbid a group of civilians from interfering with
another culture (aside from the obvious ones like "your pilot's license has
expired"). 

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Ryan: What is it to you, demon?       //// Sergei Shimkevich             //
// Lune: It is Sir, Demon to you, worm!  //// shimkevi@buchmf.bu.edu        //
// -Phantasy Star III                    ////                               //
From: istn100@indyvax.iupui.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: HELP!
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:41:02 GMT
Organization: J. Random Misconfigured Site
X-Posted-From: indyvax.iupui.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

Help, please!  I've got various parts of various stories, but none of them
are complete - I want endings!! ;-)

Now, I'm not sure if I've missed getting some parts, or if they've not
even been posted yet, so if someone could help me out, I'd be very grateful.

I've got parts 1-8 of a story called "Wisdom of the Ancients", which I believe
is supposed to be a 10-part story.

I've got the first part of a story entitled "Aeia" , and the first part of a
story called "Test of Time.  I don't even know how many parts these stories
have!  I've also read the first 6 parts of "The Great American Star Trek
Novel", and the first 3 parts of  story called "Baptism of Fire".  
Any and all help here would be most appreciated - imagine reading all these
stories and not having the endings - serious torture. ;-)

Btw, my editor is acting VERY funny right now, so I'm not sure if all of this
is going to make it through (growl).

Ellen - the Crime Doctor
From: jmm25@po.CWRU.Edu (Jessica M. Mcgeary)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: What happened to....????
Date: 5 Sep 1992 23:53:39 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


I doubt it'll help you, judging by your email address, but I've seen the
file you're talking about on Cleveland Freenet... I'll see if I can get
it or something.
/s
-- 
Jessica McGeary- Racher- Camwyn- jmm25- Court Wizard,
Indubitably Royal 'N' Glorious Empire of Tannu Tuva
LIVE, on CWRU.net!!! B-)
Reunite Gondwanaland!
From: rezabek1037@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: news
Date: 8 Sep 92 12:41:41 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

READ " !! ATTENTION ALL !!" FIRST if you don't know what this refers to.

Thanks to all who initially responded -- a promising number. The Theorhetical
Plan is to initially establish a mail-service for the express purpose of
sorting out and working up data and literature for the organisation. This net
would be subscribed to person-by-person, and would be used for all official
MUFP correspondence. We would begin by divvying up Initial Members... haven't
thought out how to decide who gets what at first... but it'd go in order of
knowledgability on that member planet, and then sub-divide by delegation
if/when more than one person wished to represent. Problems arising once an
actual in-the-flesh conference is held are at least a year or so down the line
and will be handled when necessary. 

Eventually, some sort of "Officialisation" will be sought, either under a
pre-existing fan-club or organisational umbrella... or hey... I suppose that we
could simply register OURSELVES as an existant organisation. All of this is
Eventual. For NOW, those who sent detailing initial interest have their
addresses taken down; those gaining interest Even As We Speak are invited to
send ideas and tips directly to me. I've got a pretty good idea of the
DOCUMENTATION needed and how to work it up... we'll be using the initial UFP
Charter from the first Technical Manual. We, of course, can alter what we need
to as the eventualities arise... ALL IN DUE PROCESS. (this also means we can
co-ordinate resolutions and platforms via the mail service.)

In That Regard: WHo out there is most suited to set up the actual husk file for
the mailing list? I know some-one here who could help ME set it up at
iscsvax.uni.edu, but I'm reluctant to go that route because HE's already
started a mailing list that's been running for awhile, and the Superviser here
might get stingy about more than one mail.net set up at this university;
traffic even on that OTHER mailing list has some-times been annoying to him. Is
there an operator/programmer out there with mainframe access? This could be The
Project You've Been Looking For. ;)  If NOT, then I'll chase down an origin
here. 

Awaiting more input,

rez. Secretary General of the 1st plenary Model United Federation of Planets
(couldn't resist... :) ) 
"REZABEK1037@iscsvax.uni.edu" 

ps: If I remember correctly, the Andorian head representative position is
already spoken ofr. (hi, a. clark!) Get 'Em While They're Hot! (I'll post an
Originating Members List soon, pased on some info clark gave me and the
"planets of the federation" text.
From: JAP8@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: Prime Directive question
Date: 6 Sep 92 17:43:37 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

My guess would be that it *is* interference...the PD doesn't distinguish
between situations where interference would be beneficial or ones in which
interference would be harmful...it just says hands/tentacles/grubby little
protruberances off...it might be because the society thus interfered with could
sue for damages :-).  Anyone else want a go at it?
                                Cheers,
                                Jean aka jap8@psuvm.psu.edu
                                aka Chainsaw
From: mcmelmon@taligent.com (Matthew C. Melmon)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: REPOSTS:  Five Star Trek
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:17:02 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

Several people have written me asking for parts 12 through 16,
and now a couple of posts to the effect they were missing.  I
know I posted them, but our newsfeeder (one of them) has been
going through growing pains. I'd repost the episodes, but I
really hope to have the entire story finished by the end of the
week, whereupon I'll post the whole thing in two parts.  So,
to save on net usage, I should probably just wait.  

Sorry about the delay (and yes, this is another example of the
problems with segmented posts, but again - I simply couldn't have
done it all at once).

Matthew Melmon
From: sll28@cc.usu.edu (Lorna Payne)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: Prime Directive question
Date: 8 Sep 92 03:30:56 GMT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <95431@bu.edu>, shimkevi@buchmf.bu.edu (Sergey Shimkevich) writes:
> The question is: 
> 
> A group of Federation citizens is trying to bring down a brutal and oppressive
> government on one of the "developing" worlds. What possible reasons could
> Starfleet have to want to stop this interference? It is my understanding that
> civilians are not bound by the Prime Directive.
> 
> Any ideas would be appreciated.

There's always the "Private Little War" scenario, in which the brutal 
government is *not* indiginous to the planet, but has been imposed on them
by some outside, and presumably alien, party (e.g., the Romulans, the Orions,
the Gorn, etc).

The biggest problem Starfleet would have would be in justifying their own
interference--particularly if it involved actual contact with the presumably
innocent natives.  In other words, the Whos are being controlled by the
Grinch, but they don't know it's the Grinch.  They think it's Billy Hsu Who.
Starfleet knows it's the Grinch, but they have to stop the Grinch without
letting the Whos know what's going on.  Well, maybe Data has been talking
on shortwave radio to Cindy Lou Who, but that's all. :-)

     -------------------------------------------------------------
               Lorna Payne
               Certified Math Geek and Grammarian
     -------------------------------------------------------------
     The concept is simply staggering.  Pointless, but staggering.
                         -The Doctor (The Pirate Planet)
     -------------------------------------------------------------
From: ST1450@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU (Steve Fellows)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: test, please ignore
Date: 6 Sep 1992 15:46:00 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

Please ignore this useless test posting.
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Re: What happened to....????
From: kennedy_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 08:30:30 GMT
Reply-To: kennedy_j@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council, Wgtn, NZ

In article <18bha3INNon4@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, jmm25@po.CWRU.Edu (Jessica M. Mcgeary) writes:
>
>I doubt it'll help you, judging by your email address, but I've seen the
>file you're talking about on Cleveland Freenet... I'll see if I can get
>it or something.
>/s
>-- 
>Jessica McGeary- Racher- Camwyn- jmm25- Court Wizard,
>Indubitably Royal 'N' Glorious Empire of Tannu Tuva
>LIVE, on CWRU.net!!! B-)
>Reunite Gondwanaland!

Thanks muchly but by some amazing quirk (or is that Kirk) of fate someone
managed to e-mail it to me between our system dying and our sytem REALLY dying
<grin>

For those that sent me mail asking which parody I was raving about it was
Kirk vs The Roadrunner.

Thanks again

JAK
{Off to shoot a system admin type person <grin>}
From: TAM131@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: RE: Bar Trek to Glenn
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:44:15 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

Thanks for replying and everyone else who helped me out.  I'm missing the one
with where the holodeck turns inside out and Opus and Bill the cat show up on
the bridge.  The also pick up the crew from Lost in Space.  If you could send
that I would be greatful.  Thanks
                                      Todd
From: TAM131@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: BarTrek Help
Date: 8 Sep 92 15:00:09 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

I need to know where I saw the postings for BarTrek.  There were six or seven i
n all and I only got a copy of two.  I don't remember where I saw them at so if
 someone could point me to the right section it would help.  Being a Star Trek
fan I thought the parodies were quite amussing.  Thanks

                                                          Todd
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
From: jwhitmer@next4.cs.umr.edu (Jon WHitmer)
Subject: RE: STTNGU: The Vigilante Part 1&2
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:22:36 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri-Rolla, Missouri's Technological University

Wow!  After reading a stroy posted called the Vigilante,  my friends and I  
were so impressed that we wanted to read more!!  Does anyone know where we  
can find a copy of the entire manuscript?  If it has not yet been posted,   
we all hope that the author decides to and very soon!  The suspense is  
killing us.  Also, if the author is interested,  we have lots of comments  
and a few suggestions, as we are all NG buffs.
From: 00bwanderson@bsu-ucs.uucp
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative
Subject: Visit to a strange...chapter 2???
Date: 13 Sep 92 18:27:38 GMT

Beggin' yer pardon, sor, but moight ye please re-post chaptair two o'yer story,
"Visit to a Strange Universe"?

Thankee koindly...
-- 
.sig?  We don' need no steenkin' .sig!

Bruce Anderson: A tradition of Chaos and Disorder since 1967
spock@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (unix)	00bwanderson@bsu-ucs.uucp (VAX)
Don't look at me in that tone of voice!  BSU disclaims me, and I disclaim them.
Xref: sparky alt.startrek.creative:1952 rec.arts.anime:18852
From: warnold@gossip.urich.edu (William W. Arnold)
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative,rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: Five Star Trek - 17
Date: 13 Sep 92 18:56:03 GMT
Organization: University of Richmond

In <1992Sep11.211415.123632@zeus.calpoly.edu> cshuy@zeus.calpoly.edu (No One Knows) writes:
>Does anyone have parts 12-16 of this story that they could repost or 
>e-mail to me?  I don't seem to have it.  Either that, or let me know if
>the ftp site has those parts of the story.  The last time I looked, the
>site only had up to 12.  

I've been waiting for them to come across too.  I really doubt I missed
them if they got to this site.  I think they should be reposted...

-billy-   warnold@nomad.urich.edu   news@gossip.urich.edu
Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative