HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: Telly Addicts
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:24:09 GMT

In article <9301251735.AA19401@pizzabox.demon.co.uk> gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
>
>The big question is, how much would it take for anyone here to give
>up net access for life?  I think my price would have to be well over
>a million...

I'd give it up tomorrow if I were given an appropriate incentive.
It'd do me a power of good.



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Newsgroups: uk.misc,rec.arts.tv.uk
From: mei172@cch.coventry.ac.uk (guru)
Subject: Re: Ariston music for TV Advert
Organization: guru's trivia mountain, Coventry University
Distribution: uk
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:52:43 GMT

In article <1993Jan17.151846.27111@csd.uwe.ac.uk> d_smith@csd.uwe.ac.uk (Dylan Smith) writes:
>>
>>[These ads were on London-area C4, I don't know whether the ads are regional
>>or networked].
>
>They were on in the HTV area in the same order, so I think they are 
>national.

guru sez:
	they will be, since C4 doesn't do any regional stuff except for S4C
	(it seems the Welsh are too thick to watch normal C4 porgrammes, so
	they get their very own), unlike BBC2, which does have regional opts
	(Tuesdays at 7:30, if memory serves).
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From: graham@bnr.co.uk (Graham Bardsley)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
Date: 21 Jan 93 13:03:47 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe, New Southgate, London.
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In article <1993Jan20.154710.19153@bristol.ac.uk> P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee) writes:
>The symbol '#' is actually USED in US English to mean 'pound(s)' in the
>sense of weight -- e.g. 5# of sugar.  

I havn't seen this way of writing weights, I've always written `lb' after the
number. Anyway sugar is usually sold in 2lb 3.2oz bags these days.

Not yet got used to this metric business :-)

Graham
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From: rsoc@doc.ic.ac.uk (Rob O'Connor)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: French cars are a rip-off
Date: 26 Jan 1993 12:34:12 -0000
Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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In article <1993Jan26.104502.27850@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> leo@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Leo Hendry) writes:
>>:    Incidentally, it cost SEVENTY QUID for a new headlamp for my Pug 205.  
>>Well it has just cost me 90 pounds + vat for a new headlight for my Rover. 
>Ever heard of a breakers yard aka scrap yard?
>They buy whole cars that are not economical to repair for between ten and a
>hundred pounds and then sell them off in bits to people who don't have more
>money than sense (Which seems to be a minority in this country).
>  Obviously you can't get parts unless they have been used in cars for a
>few years, but I'm sure you'll find Nova and 205 headlamps for around 10
>pounds.

Recently I've searched for Metro parts around many breakers yards in the
London area and I think you'd be very lucky to find headlamps for prices
as low as this. If they retail for 70 quid or more, the breaker can easily
get 30 quid per headlamp. The buyer will still have a bargain and the breaker
has a living to make. 
I also tend to find the 'saleable' items such as headlamps, bumpers, rust-prone
body parts etc. disappear very fast. I wouldn't be surprised if they go straight
to spares dealers elsewhere before we bargain-hunters get a look in.
Anyhow as soon as my Metro dies I'm getting a French car - parts are cheaper!

Rob.
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Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: bruce@algol.demon.co.uk (Bruce Mardle)
Subject: Ordnance Survery map data 
Distribution: world
Organization: none
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:49:40 +0000

I have a 1988 OS price list. They don't list 1:25,000 but they do list
1:50,000 as 'POA'. 1:10,000 is listed at 95 pounds + VAT for each 5km x 5km
unit. :-(

There was a discussion on CIX in the cd-rom conference about digital UK maps
and the conclusion was that there was no cheap source.
There's a 200 pound 1:1,000,000 digital map of the world but I haven't heard
height data being mentioned in connection with it.
Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: pyc081@cent1.lancs.ac.uk (The Rave Child)
Subject: Symbol
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30:29 +0000 (GMT)
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Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
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In article <zlsiida.823@fs1.mcc.ac.uk> zlsiida@fs1.mcc.ac.uk (dave budd) writes:
>
>We have a guy here who calls "!" "shriek"
>
>and why not?

A lot of mathematicians pronounce factorials as 'bang', for instance

'4 bang = 24'

Zack
From: des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:32:29 GMT
Distribution: uk
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Philip Hazel (ph10@cus.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
: And some IBM EBCDIC terminals had sterling where the dollar sign should be and
: dollar where the cent sign should be. You wouldn't BELIEVE how much trouble we
: had to go to in order to get U.S. keyboards out of Big Blue...

don't worry - Sun are up to the same tricks now that they're trying to
be an office machine supplier rather than workstation supplier - our
last machine in this group came with a UK Type 5 keyboard - everything,
including the delte key, control key, quotes, etc etc is in subtley
different places from the TYpe 4 keyboard that all our other sparc
stations use. Apparently you can specify something more similar to 
the old type 4 layout but we never knew that till it arrived.

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From: cah@cs.bham.ac.uk (Ceri Hopkins)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Young Persons Railcard
Date: 21 Jan 93 17:05:07 GMT
	<26560.9301201413@thor.cf.ac.uk> <30548@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Distribution: uk
Organization: School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, UK

>>>>> On 20 Jan 93 18:01:43 GMT, benha@castle.ed.ac.uk (Ben Hambidge) said:

Ben> A friend sent off for one while he was at school, with an
Ben> official letter from the headmaster saying he was at school with
Ben> his dat of birth on it. My friend filled out the application with
Ben> his DoB a year before it should have been, and sent it off.
Ben> No-one at ISIC noticed trhe discrepancy, and he used it as over
Ben> 18 age proof. Genuine card though.

It is also possible to alter the card after receiving it. Depending on
year of birth and the handwriting of the person who completed the card
it can *slash* years off your age.

The example I'm thinking about is someone using an ISIC card to claim
to be under 26 and a student to get cheap rail tickets in France.
Person in question was miffed about being a student and still not
being able to get cheap fares.

My experience in Germany a number of years ago was that you would have
to convince people of the validity of the ISIC card as indication of
student status. An NUS card and the same spiel worked just as well,
making the ISIC card worthless.

Ceri
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From: sproven@cs.strath.ac.uk (Simon B Proven IE91)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: VDU - Very Deadly Units?
Date: 26 Jan 93 19:59:07 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, Scotland.

In article <930126.151442.8O4.rusnews.w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) writes:
>
>Wouldn't that make it rather hard to see the screen?
>
>If you're worried about radiation from VDUs, I suggest that you simply buy
>some lucky heather from a Gypsy on Oxford Street and fix it to the front.  Or
>consult your astrologer for advice.
>
>Sceptically, mathew

Don't be so sure...

The effect of overhead power cables has been explained by the fact that
power cables' magnetic fields concentrate (or focus) cosmic radiation,
thus causing "hot spots" near power cables.

TV and monitor systems work at similar 50Hz frequencies or at most double
this, leading me to suspect that monitors are capable of producing the
same effects as overhead power lines.  Pure conjecture of course, but it
is plausible.

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  Health warning: being in a car can damage your health (BMA)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Holyer)
Subject: Re: 1993 and duty free allowances
Organization: University of Sussex
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:06:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan18.121837.18025@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> des@inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes:
>
>... Customs and Excise
>have very strong powers - they have a right to enter and search
>any premises where they believe excise is being avoid without
>any warrant - i.e. they have significantly stronger powers than
>the police in this area.
>
Close, but it's even more scary than that. All officers of HM Customs
and Excise are issued with what's called a "warrent card" - that's what makes
them an offiece of C&E. My father never gave his back when he retired -
it's a *really* impressive document, and essentially it amounts to a perpetual
and totally open search warrent valid anywhere in the british isles. Hence
they don't need to get a warrent to search your house, like the police do -
they've already got one.


-- 
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Computing Studies, University of Sussex, |  nothing, which exploded."
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From: zlsiimw@info.mcc.ac.uk (Mark Whidby)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Help needed!!!
Keywords: Campus2000, e-mail
Date: 21 Jan 93 09:35:55 GMT
Reply-To: M.Whidby@mcc.ac.uk
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre

In article <1993Jan20.100535.2916@dct.ac.uk>, mcsdc1gjs@dct.ac.uk writes:
|> 
|> 	Please help!!!
|> 
|> 	Does anyone out there know anything about Campus2000? Apparently
|> 	it used to be sponsored by the Times newspaper. I'm trying to get
|> 	in touch with someone who can receive e-mail via something called
|> 	Campus2000, but I don't know anything about it!
|> 
|> 	Can anyone tell me how to send e-mail to them? I have their Campus2000
|> 	mailbox number.

From the JANET news machine:

 Access to Campus 2000

 Campus 2000 was formed in January 1989 with the integration of two
 existing services,  PRESTEL Education and The Times Network Systems (TTNS).
 Campus 2000 is operated by British Telecom to allow a wide range of
 educational users to take advantages of features of both
 PRESTEL Education and TTNS, at a guaranteed Local telephone call
 access charge.

 Campus 2000 allows users within schools and colleges to link their own
 classroom microcomputers through the Public Telephone Network to the
 Campus 2000 computer.   This has many benefits;  in particular, it allows
 users to access and take advantage of a huge amount of constantly updated
 information in the database sections,  while at the same time allowing
 communication with all the other users of the system both in the
 UK and overseas via the medium of Electronic Mail.

 Interactive access to TTNS and now Campus 2000 has been available from JANET
 for a number of years by making a call through the JANET PSS Gateways,
 using the Gateway mnemonics TTNS and CAMPUS2000.
 Unfortunately there is currently no route to allow Campus 2000 users
 access to JANET although British Telecom and the Joint Network Team
 are investigating this problem and it is hoped to provide a solution
 in the near future.

 Electronic mail between JANET users and Campus 2000 is a problem,
 due to the restrictions of the standard Telecom Gold Electronic mail.
 Limited testing of the link between JANET and Campus 2000 has
 been carried out successfully between the few users incorporated
 into the trials. Further testing is required before this facility
 can be announced as a supported service.   It should be emphasised that mail
 interchange between Campus and JANET may incur charges when the
 service is launched.

 Further details about access to Campus 2000 will be announced
 as they become available.

(This was dated 19 May 92)
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From: own@castle.ed.ac.uk (O Morgan)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
Date: 21 Jan 93 12:17:45 GMT
Organization: Scottish Agricultural College

In article <C15K99.JvF@demon.co.uk> pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk (James Petts) writes:
>In article <6527@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> Janusz Lukasiak,
>zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk writes:
>>Has anybody encountered  a retailer who refused, say, a Visa and
>>accepted Access  or vice versa ? I'm talking about some kind of 
>>realistic situations 

Yep, I found in Holland that MC was pretty much universal but only some
places took VISA. 

Olly
From: frankred@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Martin Redington)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
Date: 21 Jan 93 20:59:24 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK

In article <6527@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Janusz Lukasiak) writes:

>Has anybody encountered  a retailer who refused, say, a Visa and
>accepted Access  or vice versa ? I'm talking about some kind of 
>realistic situations 
>(e.g. shops, restaurants, travel agents, hotels in Europe and USA), I'm not
>bothered by what'll do nicely at a crocodile farm in Upper Patagonia.

Actually when I was in South America, Access/Mastercard had very little
use, whereas Visa were pretty commonplace, I think. This was so even in
Lima and Rio. Of course, this was 5 years ago, so their market
penetration may have considerably advanced since then....

>Janusz Lukasiak
>zzatsjl@uk.ac.mcc.uts  (Janet)      | Manchester Computing Centre
Newsgroups: uk.misc,rec.arts.tv.uk
From: James Petts <pettsj@visigoth.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Papa! Nicole! (was Re: Ariston music for TV Advert)
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A7899D754F010855@visigoth.demon.co.uk>
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:37:09 GMT

In article <1993Jan25.095737.9157@jet.uk> David J Stevenson, djs@jet.uk
writes:
>Incidentally, it cost SEVENTY QUID for a new headlamp for my Pug 205. 
What's
>French for "rip-off" ?

Not French for rip-off, but a beautiful (IMHO) Aussie comparitive:

XXXX is a bigger rip-off than a wax-job on your knackers!

<Ouch!>

 ===> James Petts <===

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Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: alla0008@student.tc.umn.edu (Graham Allan)
Subject: Re: Young Persons Railcard 
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:01:46 GMT

In article <C179uA.GAD@cck.coventry.ac.uk> sek@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Myshella ) writes:
>As far as I'm aware, you can only buy a railcard at the Travel Centre of a 
>railway station...

No, you can get them at most travel agents which sell BR tickets too.

Graham

Xref: sparky uk.misc:3233 rec.arts.tv.uk:7642
From: ianking@nnsgs52 (Ian King)
Newsgroups: uk.misc,rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: French cars are a rip-off
Date: 27 Jan 93 14:27:24 GMT
Reply-To: ianking@lon40.nt.com
Followup-To: uk.misc,rec.arts.tv.uk
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Richard Porter (rap@bnr.co.uk) wrote:
: In article <1k1b0lINN8pd@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> ianking@lon40.nt.com writes:
: >Mark Neale (mark@edscom.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: >:    it cost SEVENTY QUID for a new headlamp for my Pug 205
: >: ... about 45 pounds for a headlight for my Nova.
: > ... it has just cost me 90 pounds + vat for a new headlight for my Rover.
: >The headlight is made by Lucas.

: Well buy a car that uses standard round or rectangular headlamps. I had to
: get a new one for my Mini Marcos and it cost about GBP 24. The unit was
: made by Valeo.

: Richard

Since I happen to know you I realise that this (directed at me) is tongue-in-
cheek! I dont think a Mini Marcos is really suitable for the sort of
journeys that I do .... do you :-)

There arent that many new cars about these days (apart from Land-Rover) that
still use standard sensible round headlights. When I resurrect my infamous
Hillman Imp from its grave I'm going to have problems with the headlights...

Regards....
...........Ian


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From: cms@home.demon.co.uk (Cliff Stanford)
Subject: Re: PIPEX Network Support Engineer 
Distribution: world
Organization: DIS (Cliff @ Home)
Reply-To: cms@home.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.19)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:22:06 +0000

In article <1993Jan22.140950.12593@unipalm.co.uk> richard@unipalm.co.uk writes:

>PIPEX launched its Internet connection service in April 1992 and
>is already the largest commercial IP provider in the UK, with more than
>60 customers.

I suppose that depends on how you define "largest".  Demon has
around *600* customers.

	Regards,
		Cliff.
From: bane@vtx.ma.man.ac.uk (Michael!)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: VDU - Very Deadly Units?
Date: 25 Jan 93 12:26:36 GMT
Reply-To: bane@vtx.ma.man.ac.uk
Organization: Magic Michael's Mushroom Factory.

Hi!
Okay so we're well into Jan 93 already but does anybody know whether there was
a new law passed/come into effect on 1/1/93 regarding VDUs; I was under the impression
that all VDUs now had to be fitted with anti-radiating devices.

Any thoughts,
Michael`
Newsgroups: uk.misc
From: lsg001@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Graham Wilson)
Subject: Re: Computer Auctions..?
Organization: Department of Law - Coventry University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:51:41 GMT

In article <sb380.727350370@Paddington> sb380@city.ac.uk (HOLT A D) writes:
>adcrumpler@npe.isnet.inmos.co.uk writes:
>
>>Has anyone any experience of Computer Auctions, not the company
>>with that name, but actual auctions ?
>I've been to several ones, from a bout 4 different firms with differing
>results. 


** Can anyone provide details of when and where some computer auctions take
   place. (Birmigham / London areas)

   Incidentally, does anyone have the name and telephone numbers of some of 
   the computer auction companies so that I can contact them in advance to 
   find out what is on offer and whether they publish a catalogue.

   Thanks.

   
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From: snail@lsl.co.uk
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: US/UK paper size difference, xeroxing
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:49:41 GMT
Organization: Laser-Scan Ltd., Cambridge

In article <C19pHp.7Dp@exnet.co.uk>, dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon) writes:
> In article <1993Jan19.095009.24941@spectrum.xerox.com> hdavies@rx.xerox.com writes:
>>I spend a fair proportion of my working life sorting out problems caused
>>by paper size incompatibilities, and all because the USA won't adopt the
>>ISO paper sizes.
> 
> \begin{rant}
> 
> Nor metric measures such as the Joule, Watt and kg.  When I was still
> doing a bit of molecular biology it was infuriating that the US text
> books were all in arcane units that needed conversion (and assumed room
> temperature was 25C; try paying reasonable prices for your energy,
> chums B^>).  But we lost out to them on spelling, eg neuron and
> adrenalin instead of neurone and adrenaline.  ...  Except they
> blasted-well spell metre as meter.  It's like pronouncing `Wagner'
> `wag-ner' instead of `varg-ner'.  It's a borrowing---be true to the
> original!
> 
> \end{rant}

Hi Damon!

and ... the worst has got to be

\begin{rant}
	Noter Dame	for Not-re Dam(e)
\end{rant}
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 means to side with the powerful, not to be Neutral."
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From: kowtko@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Jacqueline Kowtko)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Camilla-gate
Keywords: old news
Date: 21 Jan 93 19:01:56 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: HCRC, Edinburgh, UK


Part of transcript:

>
>(Scanner enthusiast who recorded conversation speaks over couple to 
>record date-December 18th, 1989).
>


Why did this take so long to become news?  Who's afraid of ol' Chuck?

If someone really wanted to oust Charles, they should've revealed this
transcript back in 89/90, when it would have sounded a louder rattle.

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From: gedge@cm.cf.ac.uk (Geraint A Edwards)
Newsgroups: uk.misc
Subject: Re: Newsgroup uk.pubs ??
Date: 22 Jan 93 14:31:25 GMT
Distribution: uk
Organization: I'm at, not speaking for: Uni of Wales, College of Cardiff

cs_a271@ceres.kingston.ac.uk (Christopher Adams) writes:
} Why not call it 'uk.alcohol'

I thought that was an improvement on the pub-specific proposal too.
Then I thought uk.booze might sound a little less like chemistry.

Just an idea,

Gedge
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Newsgroups: uk.misc,ed.general
From: Smac@sound.demon.co.uk ("Sean J. MacRae")