HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: yding+@pitt.edu (Yijun Ding)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: Vectorized Chinese Font Lib
Keywords: Chinese Font Vector
Date: 3 Jan 93 15:27:48 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

As far as I know, there is no vector Chinese fonts available.  Back in
1990 when My parents were visiting me, I have wrote a program and let my
parents to make a vector fonts (to keep them ocuppied :). I also started
my word processor.

Later I realize that I made a mistake.  The vector fonts I made is on
16x16 dimension.  I would be better if I made one on 256x256 dimension.
I actually have about 2700 characters made this way.

I am willing to write a program, so that someone can 'write' use a mouse
or a light pen if available
to create all Chinese characters coded with strokes.  Each stroke is
represented by (x1, y1), (x2, y2) ...  The initial font style is
something like the font when you ke4 gang1 ban3 (write on the steel).  I
think (guess), a program can be used to generate different fonts (kai,
hei, fangsong) etc.  The generated fonts would not be as pretty as
hand-made.  But Chinese editor would be able to generate many fonts and
truely scale them to any size.  This is a too big job for one person.
Any one (programmer or non-programmer) interested in this job?

I was told there are more then 4000 units in China are doing something
on Chinese word processor back in 1991.  It is hard to believe that no
one has done something like this.
-- 
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directory /pub/incoming.  With it, you can post in Chinese too.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,talk.bizarre,soc.culture.japan
From: carasso@Turing.ORG (Roger Carasso)
Subject: RACIST NINTENDO
Followup-To: soc.culture.china,talk.bizarre,misc.test,rec.pets,soc.culture.japan
Organization: The Turing Project, Public Access Internet Host
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:43:34 GMT


Has anyone seen the Nintendo game "Bart v.s. the World"?
There are many racist anti-chinese aspects to it.


...
...
From: jamesou@liverbug.hsc.usc.edu (James Ou)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: Hus Fu and the Japanese
Date: 28 Dec 1992 11:13:51 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: liverbug.hsc.usc.edu


In <105710@bu.edu>, lix@thames.bu.edu (Xiaowen Li) writes:

In article <1hm6l6INN29o@zygote.hsc.usc.edu> jamesou@zygote.hsc.usc.edu (James Ou) writes:
>>(deleted)
>> However, HanWuDi was able to award good
>>people and punish bad people and to set up schools for education.
>
>I guess he was only luckier than Yang Guang. If He Guang were ambitious,
>Western Han may not need to wait for Wang Mang.

You are absolutely right. But the key is here, Han4 Wu3 Di4 was
able to find the right person to help Zhao1 Di4, while Ying2
Zheng4 left Zhao4 Gao1 and Li3 Si1 for his children. That was
also what Si1 Ma3 Guang1 said in his commentary which I forgot
to include in my last article.

BTW, Lix, I think I can figure out your accent. You pronounced
Huo4 as He4. I have different problems with my Mandarin. I
pronounce Zh as Z, Ch as C, Sh as S and F as H.  :-)


***This is a statement from Mencius for PRC'ers who feel that
force should be used to reunify Taiwan:

The king of Qi2 state asked Mencius whether he should annex the
Yan1 state. Mencius said, "Yan1 ren2 yue4 ze2 qu3 zhi1.., Yan1
ren2 bu2 yue4 ze2 wu4 qu3." (If the annex will make the Yan1
people happy then annex it; if the annex will make the Yan1
people unhappy, then don't annex it.)
From: sosc1069@highway.yorku.ca (Ming He)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: everyone should change hi
Date: 4 Jan 93 04:30:48 GMT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Comp. Sci.  York Univ.  Toronto

### On 3 Jan 93 22:10:33 EST, "micky wong" <micky.wong@canrem.com> said:


micky% My own view about Qi Gong is, there are something wonderfully mysterious
micky% about the capacity of human brain, with the existing human knowledge, we
micky% cannot fully comprehend the effect and scope of this phenomenon.

	Well, many people think Qi Gong is related to brain, to
	thinking.  Actually Qi Gong is dealing with a matter which
	flowing through our body.  This matter does not like blood, or
	whatever similar, etc.  This matter hasn't yet been physically
	detected officially.  There is some test found there are some
	electrical voltage difference around human's body which
	follows the map the "jing1 mai4" or "jing1 luo4"...etc.

	/ming

micky% Maybe in the future, we'll have better understanding about Qi Gong, to
micky% the extend that we understand today's acupuncture.
--
Ming He                                   sosc1069@reader.yorku.ca
From Beijing, China.  Like to watch to the transference of data.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: wang@math.psu.edu (Feng Wang)
Subject: Re: Two puzzles
Reply-To: wang@math.psu.edu
Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Penn State University
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:10:48 GMT

In article 1078@blue.cis.pitt.edu, yding+@pitt.edu (Yijun Ding) writes:
>In article <Bzo3LI.DG3@cs.psu.edu> echeng@phys.psu.edu (Eddie Cheng) writes:
>>	The real question associated with this famous problem is how
>>many people have attempted and successed to solve it by series 
>>summation method?
>
>The summation is an infinite series, so no one can solve it in their 
>life time ;-)
>
>-- 
>//Yijun Ding, Pittsburgh //Go your way, be happy.


The famous mathematician and computer scientist, von Neumann, was presented
this problem by his friend when he was in hospital.  He gave the answer in
a matter of seconds.  His friend asked him how he did it, he replied, "why,
I summed the infinite series."
From: math1pu@elroy.uh.edu (Luo, Youngping)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Looking for my buddy Yun Xia
Date: 31 Dec 1992 14:27 CST
Organization: University of Houston
Distribution: world
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News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    


Dear Yun Xia,

Please contact me at luo@math.uh.edu by email if you happen to read this 
message. Happy New Year to you and your family!

May the forces of evil become confused on their way to your house, dude!

Your old buddy,

Luo Yongping  


Live by chance
Love by chioce
Kill by profession 

SOMETIMES I THINK I MAY LEARN MORE IF I CLOSE ALL MY BOOKS!
^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^

Department of mathematics
University of Houston

luo@math.uh.edu
math1pu@jetson.uh.edu
From: lix@thames.bu.edu (Xiaowen Li)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Re: illegal_immigration
Date: 27 Dec 92 22:55:49 GMT
Organization: Boston University

In article <1992Dec27.212956.3091@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> fengxi@prancer.eche.ualberta.ca (Fengxi Zhou) writes:
<achen@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Ah_Q) writes:
<: It was said that they paid $30,000 each to get
<: a chance to sneak into America.  I don't see how
<: they would be able to accumulate $30,000 if they
<: are from China.
<:
<
<My curiosity goes to why they would risk so much with $30,000 in their
<pocket. I think with that much money, one could live a more than decent
<life in China.

According to reports (see CND-G packs on Fri, Sat, and Monday), the down
payment is only $1000 (ladies) to $3,000 (kids). They may be obligated to
pay the rest and interst after they earned some money later. Not long ago,
an illegal Chinese immigrant was killed in NYC because he refused to pay
after he got a job in a restaurant. This may be the most miserable part
of the story. So I am glad they have been detained. If they can finally
stay in USA, I assume they are no longer under control of black society.
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Xref: sparky soc.culture.china:33464 soc.culture.taiwan:16515
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:33:23 EST
From: <XXX100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.taiwan
Subject: Re: [news] PRC closes French Consultant
Distribution: na

Then the next one is ... ?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: yidao@cae.wisc.edu (Yidao Cai)
Subject: Re: [news] Australian Satellite Lost
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 22 Dec 92 09:54:03 CST

In article <2695@grivel.une.edu.au> xhe@metz.une.edu.au (MR X HE) writes:
>
>Australian communication satellite, launched by Long-March II last night,
>was lost in the space. I am not sure whose fault it is. Sad.
>
>xh 22/12/92

As far as I know, the Chinese side is responsible for sending it to the lower
orbit and give parameters of the orbit to the US side.  This usually finishes
several hours after the launching.  So it is more likely the US's fault if 
the report were real.  I would interpret "lost" could not be controlled here,
since the Chinese are not responsible for controlling it, it is less likely 
their fault.  It's bad news anyway.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.china:33726 sci.archaeology:3071
From: xlli@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (xiao-lin li)
Subject: Re: Looking Back From 2992 - The disastrous 21st century
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 21:04:14 GMT

In article <C070Et.KLw@cs.psu.edu> wang@math.psu.edu (Feng Wang) writes:
>
>The year 2992 --- almost a thousand years from now?  At that time, the
>`disastrous 21st century' will be ancient history.  I wonder how much
>sense the names `China', `Japan' etc. will make to people then, and
>how many people will care about them.
>

What does patriotism mean in 2992?
From: anon.121@pax.tpa.com.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: You are beggers - to IFCSS
Date: 23 Dec 1992 22:13:42 +1030
Organization: PAX - Public Access Unix (Adelaide,South Australia) - Anonymous Service
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While CCP, CG are building their system and engaged in solid works,
IFCSS are doing things that a begger does - ask for money, help,
support, etc.

Anyone not supporting them find himself being called Running-dogs.

So this represents the future of Chinese democracy. 
What an awful picture.

Americans will be tired of you very soon. 

You get no sympathy from me.




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From: ping@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Shiping Zhang)
Subject: Re: A not-so-fun question
Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 01:54:30 GMT

In article <9211237251.AA72515@ccmail.uoregon.edu> Tuya@ccmail.uoregon.edu (Tuya) writes:
>          Ok.  Let us put it this way:
>
>          You have M projects to invest in, each requiring a given
>          amount of money, no more, no less.  But you only have N
>          dollars which can only cover some of the projects.  Now,
>          which of these projects should you invest so the total
>          investment is maximized?
>
>          Put yourself in the position of a central planning economy
>          leader who has the glorious responsibility to plan the next
>          year's guo2 min2 jing1 ji4, such as Stalin and Mao zhuxi,
>          and think hard -- only socialism can save China.
>
>          Tu Ya

  I think this can be considered a knapsack problem, which is NP-complete.
  In this specific case, there is an algorithm to find out if N dolloars can
  exactly cover m (m <= M) projects, which would be a maximum solution
  (assuming each dollar has equal investment value regardless which project
  it is spent on).

  As to puzzles, it seems people tend to bring out problems on which hundreds
  of scientists spent their life times, with or without much success.

  BTW, for the 12 ball problem, I knew it while in middle school and I did
  solve the problem by weighing 4:4 first.  But my teacher told me that
  it could also be solved by weighing 3:3 first.  I tried hard without
  success.  Later (in 1977 or 1978 or even later), the Science Pictorial
  published the problem and gave both solutions.  But now I forget the second
  solution and seem not able to figure it out.

-ping

Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: fengxi@prancer.eche.ualberta.ca (Fengxi Zhou)
Subject: Re: illegal_immigration
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 21:29:56 GMT

achen@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Ah_Q) writes:
: It was said that they paid $30,000 each to get
: a chance to sneak into America.  I don't see how
: they would be able to accumulate $30,000 if they
: are from China.
:

My curiosity goes to why they would risk so much with $30,000 in their
pocket. I think with that much money, one could live a more than decent
life in China.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,soc.culture.hongkong,soc.culture.taiwan,talk.politics.china
From: cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi)
Subject: Re: Chinese Running Dog
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 21:21:16 GMT

>>In article 72451, Tingli Pan (utingli@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu) wrote:
>>
>>>I always think it is not a strategic way to put a name to the
>>>opponents, as the other side can do the same easily. For example, if A
>>>calls B as KMT's running dog, then B can easily call back A as CCP's
>>>running dog. Both sides can manipulate the definition conviniently to suit
>>>their own requirment. That is what we've seen recently. It is fun for
>>>the bystanders, but for A and B, well, at least they practise their
>>>English writing.
I hope you can find more than my english to laugh at. 
I normally do not take a second look at what I wrote, I have to rush through 
SCC only able to respond to limited thread that I like to respond.
Xref: sparky soc.culture.china:33687 talk.bizarre:43224 misc.test:14702 rec.pets:4170 soc.culture.japan:13036
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,talk.bizarre,misc.test,rec.pets,soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: RACIST NINTENDO
Date: 31 Dec 1992 06:17:08 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: tsunami.berkeley.edu



>Has anyone seen the Nintendo game "Bart v.s. the World"?
>There are many racist anti-chinese aspects to it.
>


Has anyone seen any arcade games?  99% of them have racist aspects to them.

My favorite is Mortal Kombat, where Sub-Zero can rip his opponent's heads off
with the spine still attached...or that Bruce Lee guy can fly around like
a monkey & kick his opponents 3 stories into the air.



Newsgroups: soc.culture.china,talk.politics.china
From: xlli@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (xiao-lin li)
Subject: Jiang Zeming's Funny Slogan.
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 14:56:55 GMT

Reading Editorial People's Daily on New Year give me some
funny feeling. Obviously, the following underlined words
were from Jiang Zeming sometimes ago. It recalls me that this
man once asked his son to stay in America and not to return
China when he was still in Shainghai.

BTW, I am still in favor of the first part of the sentence.

From CND News:

"In 1993, China should give stress to both economic development and
building of socialist culture and ethics, educate the people, especially
the youth, in line with the Party's basic line (of) patriotism,
  	   ----------------------------------------------------
collectivism and socialism," the People's Daily editorial said.
---------------------------




Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: xlli@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (xiao-lin li)
Subject: Re: Yan Xing and Qi Gong, Is It Science?
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:59:08 GMT

In article <1i7fn1INN9ej@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> xzh@eddy.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Xiang Zhou) writes:

>     You didn't make comparisons properly here. The Qi Gong has lasted 
>for thousands of years has numerious solid evidences to support its existence.
>The point is that people should not overdo anything. Kong3 Zi1 said that
>too much is like not enough. It applies to everything, including Qi Gong and
>yes, Science. From your messages, it seems to me that you are making
>too much of the current science. 

I hope you don't put this attitude in your scientific career if you
have any. When we talk about science, we are talking about the scienfic
findings, the method and results. Not as what Mr. Yan Xing presented.
If this is a political trick, it would be very disgusting. I think
all scientist in the world would be offended. The Chinese scientific
community will loss its credibility.

>Two hundred years ago, people would think
>what we have now were impossible and crazy. Two hundred years from now, there
>will be many things that we may think crazy. The point is that on the
>one hand you have to be careful about what you are doing, that is the attitude
>of science, on the oher hand, don't be rigid, use your imaginations,
>this is the source of discovery. Like UFO and other mystries, Qi Gong is
>something which can not be explained properly by the current science. Let's
>accept its existence and I don't believe it will be beyond the future
>Science.

Remember all the impossible are achieved by solid and scientific
research. No bragging and no mystery. It is OK for Holywood to put
these stories into science fiction. But there is a critical difference
between science and science fiction. If science is not rigid, it
will be corruptive. Notice how serious the referees are when you
try to publish a paper in any serious scientific paper.


Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: xinjin@athena.mit.edu (Xinjin Zhao)
Subject: Re: Gun Shot
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 03:33:58 GMT

In article <92351.175731U21885@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U21885@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
|> 
|> According to The World Journal (Chinese Newspaper) , Wednesday , Dec.16,
|> 
|> 1992 :
|>    On Dec 15,1992 at the state of Massachusetts,
|>    A hornor student from China shot two to dead and the other four
|> wounded , by using his semi-auto rifle which was just bought at the
|> same day. After the incident , he called the police department to
|> declare the incident.


The kid was from Taiwan a few years ago, according to Boston Globe.  His family
owns a restaurant at Montana or somewhere.  The kid is supposed to be an
excellent violinist.  According to the report, the college he is attending is a
college for some SPECIAL students.  My understanding is that they are mostly very
talented and would not be satisfied by regular high school system.  Although they
are at high school ages,  they receive some sort of college degree or associate
degree at this college.  It is also a very expensive school, I believe the
tuition is about 19,000 dollars a year.  



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From: rdu@iastate.edu (Runqing Du)
Subject: Du Run-Qing Looking for Mr. Cheng Jun-Hua
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Distribution: soc.culture.china
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:22:53 GMT

Mr. Cheng Jun Hua graduated from Xi-Bei Dian-Xun Institute of Tech. He came to 
America around Jan. 1991. His Possible major is EE or Robotics. Please email
me. Thanx.

 


Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi)
Subject: Re: You are beggers - to IFCSS
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 21:27:46 GMT

In article <1h9jdeINNnfj@flash.pax.tpa.com.au> anon.121@pax.tpa.com.au writes:
>
>
>While CCP, CG are building their system and engaged in solid works,
>IFCSS are doing things that a begger does - ask for money, help,
>support, etc.
>
>Anyone not supporting them find himself being called Running-dogs.
>
>So this represents the future of Chinese democracy. 
>What an awful picture.
>
>Americans will be tired of you very soon. 
>
>You get no sympathy from me.
>
>
>
>
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I wnat people show some mercy to  IFCSS and other "D-fighers". Looks like they
are doing sour seaching(am I wrong?). It is hard to realize the fact, we all
(at least most of us) had been deceived before by those rhetorics. Some
realized it sooner, other realized it later. 

Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
From: echeng@phys.psu.edu (Eddie Cheng)
Subject: Re: Joan chen on screen? Oh, no!
Organization: Penn State, Department of Physics
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:32:15 GMT

In article <Bzp1wG.Ept@cs.mcgill.ca> haiying@cs.mcgill.ca (Haiying ZHANG) writes:
>
>   It is very sad to see the brightest of China in all fields up root
>themself from their home soil. Putting out their darnest effort trying
>to make it in foreign lands across all continents. Comparing with many
>others, Chen Chong is doing a lot better. I used to be utterly disgusted
>by some of her contemporary actress just gave up her budding career,
>went off to live a house wife somewhere in West Germany. If a promising
>career is not even worth a house wife life in the west, what does it say
>about the future and collective commitment of the Chinese culture
>circle?


	Come on, it is not just the "culture circle".  We heard stories 
about medical doctors cleaning rats here.  We heard stories about Ph.D.s
opening restraunts here.  Why should we demand differently to culture
cerebrities?  After all, it is their own choices.

>   There are many former table tennis wizards taking up positions abroad, 
>coaching other nations' sons and daughters to compete with the next 
>generation Chinese players, seriously undercuting the competitive edge of 
>the Chinese team.

	This is a *very* good thing.  It is what sport is all about.

	Remember how Chinese women's volleyball team became strong?  It
was largely due to a Japanese coach.  Why can't we Chinese help others
in the things we know better about?



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