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From: fidelman@world.std.com (Miles R Fidelman)
Subject: Multimedia Workshop
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:49:41 GMT

<PLEASE REDISTRIBUTE>

IICS/Boston Again Offers "Introduction to 
Multimedia Workshop"

Saturday, February 27, 1992, 9am - 4pm
Media Center, University of Massachusetts at 
Boston, Harbor Campus

The International Interactive Communications 
Society (IICS) is offering an "Introduction to 
Multimedia."  This one-day workshop will introduce 
the basic components and concepts of interactive 
multimedia.  Several recent development efforts 
will be presented in detail, and participants will 
be able to experiment "hands-on" with the resulting 
products.  Participants will be introduced to the 
equipment, hardware, and software needed to get 
started on their own multimedia applications.  
Various multimedia "platforms" will be discussed.  
There will be a hands-on period using the 
University's Multimedia Lab.  We plan to have many 
experts in the production field to answer any 
questions participants may have.  This workshop is 
a repeat of a popular workshop given last year

IICS is a membership organization of video and 
computer professionals involved in the production 
of interactive multi-media materials.  The workshop 
is offered to members for $25, and to non-members 
for $50.  SPECIAL OFFER TO NEW MEMBERS:  JOIN IICS 
AT THE NORMAL RATE OF $85/yr. (STUDENTS $45/yr.), 
AND ATTEND THE WORKSHOP FREE OF CHARGE.

Registration is limited to 36, and is first-come-
first-serve.  Mail registration fee to IICS/Boston, 
369 Mass Ave., #187, Arlington, MA 02174.  For more 
information call the IICS office at 617-738-IICS or 
our Program Chairman, Thomas Appleton, at 617-242-
3420. (Do not reply to this email address).
Newsgroups: ne.org.bcs
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Subject: Re: The World
Organization: The World
Distribution: ne
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 09:56:39 GMT


> Could someone send me the phone # for "The World public Access UNIX BBS" I
>lost my script and the number to boot.

        Voice:          617-739-0202
        Modem:          617-739-9753 (-WRLD)
        Fax:            617-739-0914

Modem is 8 bits No Parity (8N1), V.32bis/V.32/9600/2400/1200/300

                                 *oo*

-- 
        -Barry Shein

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From: edwardp@ra.cs.umb.edu (Edward P. Piecewicz)
Newsgroups: ne.org.bcs
Subject: BCS Resource Center - SPECIAL EVENTS
Date: 9 Jan 93 19:17:15 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston, Dept of Math and CS


The Boston Computer Society Resource Center - SPECIAL EVENTS
============================================================


Beginners Clinic:  Tuesday January 12, 1993   starts at 7:00 PM

Beginners Clinics are sponsored by the BCS Resource Center and show how to
start using any computer.

Reservations are required.  Requirements:  $10 for BCS members.

To register, call the BCS at (617) 252-0600 between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM
Monday-Friday.

Location:  The Boston Computer Society, One Kendall Square - Building 1400,
Cambridge, MA  02139  

The nearest (T) station is KENDALL on the Red Line.  The BCS is at the back
(north) of the One Kendall Square complex, bounded by Hampshire Street,
Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, and Binney Street in Cambridge.  Discounted
parking is available at the One Kendall Square garage off Binney Street.

---

New Member Night:  Thursday January 14, 1993   starts at 7:00 PM

Make the most of your BCS membership.  The BCS New Members Night is your
chance to get a guided tour through the many BCS resources.  Jim Rinaldo,
longtime BCS Activist, speaks on group meetings, dial-help, electronic
bulletin boards, newsletters, public-domain software, and many other topics.

For more information, contact Jim Rinaldo at (617) 566-0572, or by e-mail
at:  bcs_jim@athena.mit.edu 

Location and directions:  same as above.


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From: mikem@pro-applebcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: ne.org.bcs
Subject: The World
Date: 2 Jan 93 05:37:36 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Proline [pro-applebcs] Boston Computer Society


 Could someone send me the phone # for "The World public Access UNIX BBS" I
lost my script and the number to boot.

Thanks.
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: richb@jti.com (Richard Braun)
Subject: Re: Home Alarm Systems
Organization: Jupiter Technology Inc. / Waltham, MA
Distribution: ne
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 19:05:21 GMT

In article <4372@mitech.com> gjc@mitech.com (George J. Carrette) writes:
>Any leased-line phone service will allow for that to be detected.
>
>For example an Analog 3002 leased line for data service costs $43.83 
>a month for local channel charge per point.                    ^^^^^

That's the point.  Few people are likely to shell out $50 or more a month
just for a dedicated alarm-monitoring line.  You've got to have a lot of
really expensive uninsured stuff to make that amount of outlay worth it.
I doubt that the typical $20/month monitoring-company fee includes a
dedicated line, though as I said I've never been tempted to look into
such companies very closely.

Once I put my home computer onto Internet, then alarm-monitoring
service will come with it for free: I just set up an alarm-monitor
daemon on my office workstation, and if the virtual circuit is
disrupted or the alarm system is tripped, the remote system can then
take appropriate action (like calling me, calling a monitoring
company, and/or popping up a window, depending on the time/day of the
event).  But of course, home Internet connectivity isn't going to be
cheap any time soon.  And a savvy burglar could of course disable both
sites (home and work) at once, though that'd be a real challenge.

Fortunately, most burglars pay no attention to the phone lines running into
a building.  And it'd take a professional burglar who's after something
specific to go through the process of actually tying up the phone line as
some here have suggested.  The only defense against professional thieves
is to avoid having possessions they'd want.

-rich
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Organization: The World
	<SPIKE.93Jan5213440@world.std.com> <1idminINNpv0@calamari.hi.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 05:46:26 GMT


>About two years ago New York passed a law requiring drivers to turn on their
>headlights whenever it was raining heavily enough to require use of
>windshield wipers.  (You can even buy a gadget that couples the headlights
>to the wiper switch so they turn on automagically.)  But I don't think any
>such law could ever be passed in the only state to repeal a mandatory
>seat-belt law...

And well it shouldn't! I'd rather think the drivers behind the wheel
were vaguely conscious of where they are and what they are doing tho
in Boston that's not likely to be the case, these guys would cause
accidents in a teleporter...


-- 
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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua)
Subject: Re: New England Telephone: Reduce your monthly phone bill
Organization: Software Tool & Die
Distribution: ne
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:57:09 GMT

In the referenced article aem@tomokato.analog.com (Andrew E. Marold) writes:
<We don't pay for touch tone service at my house, but have aftermarket
<phones capable of generating touch tones, that work fine.

	On many switches they can and will disable Touch Tone, if you
arn't paying for it.

<Charging for tone service is such a ripoff.  I can't believe that it
>would cost them more to supply the service.  Wouldn't eliminating
<pulse dial altogether result in better efficiency/greater savings for
>all ?

	Blame the DPU not the NET.  Supporting rotary dialing cost
more than Touch Tone (tho probably nominally so), since on a modern
switch you have to decode the pulses into tones anyway.  But the DPU
won't allow NET to change more for pulse dial service, only to change
for touch tone to subsidize pulse service.  The idea being that poor
people are more likely to have rotary phones.


	Disclaimer:  I think NET is the one of the biggest bunches of
bozos ever collected.  But you can blame them for everything.

->Spike
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 01:28:42 GMT

In article <PSHUANG.93Jan5193646@ninja.mit.edu>
pshuang@athena.mit.edu (Ping-Shun Huang) writes:

>Certainly, you're supposed to pass on the left. But, I submit that using
>it exclusively as a passing lane isn't much safer. Suppose speed limit
>is 45, and that's how fast traffic flow is on the right lane. About 10%
>of the drivers want to go 50-55mph. Isn't it safer for them to just stay
>in the left lane, rather than just use the left lane as a passing lane
>and therefore have to change lanes every thousand yards? Suppose the mix
>was 50-50 instead of 90-10?

This is one of my pet peeves. It's not directed at the author, or anyone
else unless they are guilty of this.

Look- you are in a 2000 lb DEATH MACHINE. It is not a living room sofa,
despite what the marketers try to tell you. This means you have to be AWARE
of what's going on around you. WAKE THE HELL UP AND DRIVE!!

If a driver is incapable of changing lanes "every thousand yards" (which
is a good portion of a mile), or even less, safely, then *I submit* that
driver needs to take the damn bus. The reason you have such tieups like
the Central Artery embarrassment is because of this passive, lemming
mentality, and driver incompetence.

	-Kenny

-- 
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OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142	+1 617 621 7306
kenny@osf.osf.org			OSF has nothing to do with this post.
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Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: New England Telephone: Reduce your monthly phone bill
From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 18:03:46 GMT
Reply-To: rmkhome!rmk@merk.com (Rick Kelly)

In article <106444@bu.edu> heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser) writes:
>In article <SPIKE.93Jan7165709@world.std.com> spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes:
>>	Disclaimer:  I think NET is the one of the biggest bunches of
>>bozos ever collected.  But you can blame them for everything.
>
>Speaking of the phone company ... anyone know where I can get a tape
>of the comedian (her name escapes me right now) that did the phone
>company skits...
>
>  ... "we don't care.  We don't have to, we're the phone company!"
>
>  ... "are you calling from the number from which I'm speaking?"
> and so on...

Lily Tomlin.

-- 

Rick Kelly    rmkhome!rmk@merk.com    merk!rmkhome!rmk    rmk@frog.UUCP
Newsgroups: ne.general
From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:08:16 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.184144.2695@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
mazur@bluefin.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur) writes:

>The reason you have the Central Artery embarassement is incredibly inept
>road planning and a significantly larger than designed-for traffic 
>population.

That too. :-)

	-Kenny
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OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142	+1 617 621 7306
kenny@osf.osf.org			OSF has nothing to do with this post.
	  Religion: The longest-running gag ever played on Mankind.
From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (William Heiser)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Channel 56
Date: 5 Jan 93 00:40:40 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <MSALETNI.93Jan4121100@jade.tufts.edu> msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik) writes:
>Anyone notice that channel 56 is now broadcasting in stereo?  I

How about in Dolby Surround Sound?                                                  



Newsgroups: ne.general
From: drg@candidus.ma30.bull.com (Daniel R. Guilderson)
Subject: Re: ne.singles && ne.personals.ads
Organization: Zenith Data Systems / Bull, Billerica MA USA
Date: 5 Jan 93 16:05:21
	<1i46ltINN6jg@FUNCTOR.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU><DRG.93Jan4122445@candidus.ma30.bull.com> <106114@bu.edu> <SPIKE.93Jan4170235@world.std.com>
	<72882@cup.portal.com>

In article <72882@cup.portal.com> James_J_Kowalczyk@cup.portal.com writes:

      spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes:
      I don't think the likely level of traffic warrants two groups.
      I suggest creating ne.singles and if it becomes overrun with
      personal ads then think about ne.personals or ne.personals-ads

I'm not partial to the name of the personals group but I definitely do
think there should be one separate from the discussion group.  Ads are
extremely annoying to people who simple want to discuss things and it
is a pain to wade through discussions when all you really want is to
read ads.  I don't think the lack of traffic will be an issue for very
long.  And when the traffic finally does get to be a problem it is
difficult to get people to adjust to the creation of a new group.
Momentum, you know.

   (or maybe "ne.motos"? :)

Definitely not.  I think most of the participants in this discussion
are looking for a place for singles to gather not a place for "mates"
to gather.
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: ne.singles? (was Re: ne.personals?)
From: me@stile.stonemarche.org (Mark Eklof)
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 22:58:00 -0500
 <1993Jan4.230743.22159@news.columbia.edu><DRG.93Jan5161447@candidus.ma30.bull.com> <C0Jt9F.IK5@jti.com>
Distribution: ne
Organization: Stonemarche Network Cop
X-Newsreader: Arn V1.00

In article <C0Jt9F.IK5@jti.com>, Richard Braun writes (in part):
> What is going to
> happen more and more often is a partitioning of the newsreading
> community: sites will drop news hierarchies just to conserve
> resources.
> 
> Groups like ne.singles or particularly ne.personals are fodder for the
> arguments of purchase-order-signing authorities who ask the question:
> Why should we carry netnews; how does it benefit my organization?

	This same phenomenon can be used to justify the creation of new
groups such as ne.singles.  The more targetted a group is, the less wasted
bandwith for the majority of its readers.  People here have pointed out
that there's another singles newsgroup that is predomently used by West
coast people.  For New England sites, it may make sense to carry ne.singles,
but not this other one.  The more specific groups are, the more efficiently
recources, such as disk space, can be allocated through selective feeds.

Mark (who signs the purchase orders for stile's upgrades)
-- 
Mark D. Eklof
Cos Grange
Brookline, New Hampshire, USA

me@stile.stonemarche.org

Sometimes, I wonder if it's me.
From: edwardp@ra.cs.umb.edu (Edward P. Piecewicz)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Channel 68 and Prudential fire (was Re: Channel 68)
Date: 8 Jan 93 22:12:20 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston, Dept of Math and CS

In article <1993Jan5.192333.27570@aosg.gsf.dec.com> gaf@aosg.gsf.dec.com writes:

>|> There was a small electrical fire on December 29 in the Proudential Building,
>|> in a room housing equipment belonging to Channel 68.  The article about it in
>|> the Globe said they'd be down for at least a few days.  I don't have a TV with
>|> me here at work, so I can't check to see if they're back up :-), but I suspect
>|> that this outage is what you noticed.
>-- 
>A notice on Continental Cable says that they plan to be back up on
>January 11 
>

A notice on my cable system said they would be back up on January 9th.  Also,
someone in ne.general asked about their cable service (The Monitor Channel).
Sadly to say, The Monitor Channel cable service went off the air last spring
as the Christian Science Church was losing money on the venture, according to
Boston newspapers.

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Newsgroups: ne.general,soc.culture.asian.american,soc.culture.china,alt.chinese.text
From: greer@euphoria.xis.xerox.com (Greer Tan Swiston)
Subject: Chinese (Mandarin) Language Class Offered (Boston, MA)
Organization: Xerox Imaging Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:38:04 GMT

The Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Association is offering evening
classes for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Chinese (reading and
writing, speaking Mandarin).

GBCCA is a non-profit organization with a mission to promote the
Chinese Culture in the Greater Boston area and to support the local
Chinese community.

Classes begin February 11, 1993 7:00pm at the new GBCCA Chinese
Cultural Center located at 437 Cherry Street, West Newton, MA.

Beginner     - little or no exposure to the Chinese language.
               Course is taught with PinYin using simplified
               characters.

Intermediate - some background in the language (perhaps fluent
               non-Mandarin speakers with little or no reading or
               writing experience).  Course is taught with PinYin
               using simplified characters.

Advanced     - Can easily converse in Mandarin.  Some reading and
               writing ability.  Course is taught with ZhuYinFuHao
               using complex characters.

A minimum of seven students are necessary to start a new class.

Qualified teachers interested in teaching class are encouraged to call
Greer Tan Swiston (617) 965-6008.

Semester runs from 2/11 - 6/24, every Thursday night from 7pm-9pm
$80 per student for the semester, ($10 per class, if auditting)

To Register:

		  Send Check or money order to:

		  Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Assoc.
		  c/o Greer Tan Swiston
        163 Auburndale Ave.
		  West Newton, MA 02165
		  (617) 965-6008

                        GBCCA Adult Education


Name:____________________________________________Date: ____________

Address:___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

Phone:_____________________________________Amount enclosed: $______



                    Chinese Language Class
                        Thusday 7p-9p
                    GBCCA Cultural Center
                      437 Cherry Street
                       West Newton, MA

Class:      Beginner          Intermediate          Advanced
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Newsgroups: ne.general
From: adamg@world.std.com (Adam M Gaffin)
Subject: Re: Passing Lane? (was: flavors of MA cops
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:19:09 GMT

In article <7581@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com> blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert) writes:
>
>In Bostonese, "anyone born outside of Rt. 128".
>

I've also heard it used to describe anybody from  Westa Wuhstuh.


-- 
Adam Gaffin
Middlesex News, Framingham, Mass.
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Voice: (508) 626-3968. Fred the Middlesex News Computer: (508) 872-8461.
From: clements@bbn.com (Bob Clements)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Channel 68
Date: 8 Jan 93 16:19:36 GMT
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: classic.bbn.com

In article <C0GJqK.1D4@tegra.com> vail@tegra.com (Johnathan Vail) writes:

>Cable companies pick up the "air" channels the same way you do: off
>the air with an antenna.  No broadcast, no cable.  There is no magic
>wire from each broadcast station to each town's cable company.

One can't make generalities like this.   It is different in
different towns, and is different for different stations within
the towns.  It all depends on how important the cable company
thinks the signal is and how much money they have.

I remember reading an article about how the Manhattan cable
company has multiple separate underground feeds, one running up
the east side of Manhattan and one up the west side (for
excellent redundancy), connecting the major local stations to the
cable head end.  They keep feeding signal even when the local
channels' transmitters die.

Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com
From: heiser@acs.bu.edu (Bill Heiser)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: Passing Lane (was Re: flavors of MA cops
Date: 8 Jan 93 00:32:41 GMT
Distribution: ne
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

In article <1993Jan7.172720.1905@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey) writes:
>
>I think the award for the most driving signs in New England
>should go to the Maine Pike.  They must have a sign every 5
>miles giving driving advise like "Make sure your tire are
>safe",  "dim headlights when meeting cars", etc.

That must be what the tolls are for - to pay for the Driver Ed course :-)
From: msaletni@jade.tufts.edu (Michael J. Saletnik)
Newsgroups: ne.general
Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:43:22 GMT
	<SPIKE.93Jan6203456@world.std.com> <C0Guq3.1Bv@world.std.com>
Distribution: ne
Organization: Tufts University - Medford, MA

So, let me get this straight ...

In Massachusetts, it is legal to pass on the right if it's a divided
highway and has 3 or more lanes (in your direction)?

I grew up in the state of West Massachusetts, where I-90, and all the
"non-downtown-Springfield" parts of I-291 and I-91 are only 2 lanes
wide, so this was never an issue for me!

							Michael

--
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Manager of Computer Resources, Dept. of Civil Engineering