HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ck@iconix.oz.au (Chris Karadaglis)
Subject: Re: Visibility on black bike
Organization: Iconix Pty Ltd (World Headquarters)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:09:05 GMT

In <1992Sep15.023401.14138@mariner.amc.edu.au> Anneliese Kropf <akropf@mariner.amc.ed.au> writes:

>Has anyone any thoughts on clothing and helmet colours on bikes?  We need
>to buy new DriRiders but can't decide on Red (for visibility) or Black
>(for preference) with bright helmets.  Has anyone any suggestions as to
>whether  the new trendy bright helmets would stand out enough on a black
>bike (ZZR) with black riders or whether red would be better.  We are
>located in Tasmania where the traffic is nowhere near as bad as Melbourne
>or Sydney but would like to tour on the 'big island' and need to take
>this into consideration.

Black helmet, black dririder jacket and pants, black boots.

Oh - and ride with your highbeams on...

>Anneliese Kropf
>Australian Maritime College
>Launceston,  Tasmania
>akropf@mariner.amc.edu.au

Shckwish!

Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: guy@trofis.tfrc.csiro.au (Guy Carpenter)
Subject: Re: Melbourne Ride (was:Re: kidney punches)
Organization: CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre
Distribution: aus
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 06:46:47 GMT

ccla@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Lee Askew) writes:

>>>PS How about organising a melbourne ride for first weekend in October?

>>YES! Round townsville and back. May take a weekend though :-)

>Hey sounds like a great idea to me!!!! Ride up here then upto Cairns,
>ride the tablelands (equal to if not better than great ocean road)

We I'll pick up the ride in the Tablelands then.  Bring your off-road
tyres though (and kidney belts).

[irrelevant anecdote begins:]

A yank tourist rented a bike in Cairns a month or two ago, came up to
the Tablelands via Kuranda, then down the Gillies Highway (20kms of
spectacular winding road).  Seems he was enjoying the scenery, and he
dropped off the right shoulder at speed.  Broke his jaw, some ribs, 
don't recall what all.  Worst of his problems was that no one knew
where he was, and he was way down the bank below the road - out of
sight.  Poor bastard managed to crawl back up to the road and get
help.  Lucky the ants didn't eat him first.

[eia]

Suffer for your pleasure?

Guy.

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From: Gary.Woodman@anu.edu.au (Gary Woodman)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: motorcycle by train/plane
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 01:41:53 GMT
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Distribution: aus
NNTP-Posting-Host: gurrung.anu.edu.au

In article <ck.716178601@iconix.oz.au> ck@iconix.oz.au (Chris Karadaglis) writes:

>Has anyone ever transported their bike over a large distance? (ie Melb-
Perth,>etc etc) on train or plane. 

I went Adelaide-Alice on the train, before they made the road :-)

>Any problems at all? Cost? Companies which do it?

Australian National is the go; they can organize on-freight with Co-ord I 
think from Alice. Who cares what it costs - you're protecting your internal 
organs aren't you?

>I would like to take my bike and myself up to NT or Alice Springs

Hate to break it to you so bluntly, but Alice Springs _is_ in the N.T....

>around - but I won't ride a 2strk for 3000k's (can you blame me!).

No :-)

Ride to Adelaide or Port Augusta (don't miss Horrocks Pass) if you can stand 
it for that long (only 800k from Melbourne isn't it?), hop on the train - 
try to get your bike in a covered car of some sort or it'll be covered in 
unburned diesel and soot - have a blast around Alice, a fabulous place at 
any time, then roust up a truckie to take your bike and possibly you to 
Katherine, ride that last 300k to Darwin and bob's your uncle!

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From: mawson@aldetec.oz.au (Graeme Mawson)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Renting bikes in Cairns area (was Re: Melbourne Ride )
Date: 15 Sep 92 06:24:13 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Aldetec Pty Ltd, Perth West Australia

Guy Carpenter writes:

> I didn't know (and I'm 100kms from Cairns) but according to the phone
> book:
> 
> 		Jolly Frog Moke and Motorcycle Rentals
> 		2/101 Esplanade Cairns (070) 312 379
> 		Road bikes from 250cc to 1100cc +
> 		motor scooters and mountain bikes.
> 

Thanks!!  I just contacted them & for all those who may be interested, this
is what I found out ...

- The Motorcycle Depot phone number is (070) 314 156.
- There are no age restrictions, only a licence is required.
- They have a number of 250cc road bikes to choose from (including a couple of
  small Harlies!)
- The cost per day is around $60, which includes insurance and helmet hire.

I can't wait!!  Qld here I come!

Oh, thanks also Guy for the tips on where to ride.

Safe riding,
Graeme Mawson.
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From: twb@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Tony Basaranowicz)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: RACV Bike Insurance...
Keywords: Insurance
Date: 7 Sep 92 02:29:24 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

jmp@dar.csiro.au (POWELL James;Change Jmp Impacts;575) writes:

>Can anyone tell me why RACV can insure bikes at fraction of the cost of
>insuring with a company such as Western Underwriters.

No, I can't tell you why since I don't know either!

>-My CBR600 - ~$500 @ Western & ~$300 at RACV (full comp)

How old are you? If you're under 30 and paying so little, I know where I'll
be insuring my next bike!

>Oddly, RACV were happy to accept the RGV as a 249cc bike, hence it fell into
>a cheaper price bracket... (Yes I know it IS a 249cc bike but I bet Western
>or Swan won't let you do that!)

>There must be catch! Anyone know what it is?

When I bought my first bike (ZZR250), I asked the bike dealer for any
recommendations on insurance. The guy said to go with Western Underwriters.
I replied that RACV were *lots* cheaper, and that I was probably going to
insure with them. He basically said that RACV weren't that quick in responding
to accident claims, and that some people had waited up to a month to get back
onto the road (providing they were OK then).

Well, I traded the ZZR on an RGV-M, and dumped the thing on its side about 2
months later in order to avoid a car that had pulled across the road (I didn't
see you! -- and the bike's white, and the lights were on!!!). I had the bike
fixed(mostly fairing damage) within a week of lodging the claim. What I put
the above-mentioned dealer's criticism of RACV to is trying to get me to go
with Western Underwriters.

Has anyone else had any good/bad experiences with RACV Insurance?

Tony Basaranowicz,                          ............................ o
RMIT Dept. of Hospitality & Cons. Sci. ....... Suzuki RGV250M ....... _ /\,\
twb@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au          .................................. (_)> (_)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: jef@quark.ansto.gov.au (J. E. Fearon)
Subject: RAGE Rally
Keywords: FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN !!!!
Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 13:21:56 GMT

Well fellow motorcyclists there is a rally coming up that I am attending along
with a few of my friends .. I went to it last year and it was a BLAST!! :) .
Anyone in the sydney area, or going thru the sydney area, intrested in coming
are welcome to ride with us to the rally (group riding is always better in
bigger groups ;) ).  Here is the blurb on the rally .. (taken from two wheels)


			RAGE Rally ..
		       October 10-11
Yeah, it's on again! RAGE Tourers is holding it's third annual rally at
Capertee, 40 km from Lithgow up the Mudgee Road.  She's fully catered, with
bands and bar, water, toilets, bike show, gymkhana, bungie run (gotta see it to
believe it), usual rally awards (30 trophies, $100 wet T-shirt, $100 largest
club and over $1000 in cash, goods and prizes).  No Cars, no glass, no
exceptions.  Cost is $12 (includes badge)


Last year it was a wild rally :) the wet t-shirt comp was something to see :)
if you are interested in going with us e-mail me at jef@ansot.gov.au .

Power Slides Rule!! :) (the adrenalin rush is awesome eh :))
Jason.


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N.S.W. Australia 2233   rider is not necessarily a motorcyclist. - jef.
Xref: sparky aus.tex:146 comp.text.tex:11189
From: mark@mullara.met.unimelb.edu.au (Mark)
Newsgroups: aus.tex,comp.text.tex
Subject: MakeTeXPK
Keywords: tex, metafont, bpdi, mode
Date: 14 Sep 92 09:46:15 GMT
Followup-To: aus.tex
Distribution: aus
Organization: Melbourne University, Meteorology Department

I cannot work out why MakeTeXPK is not invoked by latex
when there is a missing font, even when it has been
fully modified for local useage and all the environment
variables are defined. So now I wish to you the script
manually by specifying on the command line.

Can somebody give me a few clues?

Say, for example, if I wish to generate the font cmr10.746pk

This is what I've tried:

MakeTeXPK cmr10 746 300 1.0 CanonCX

The output is then written to cmr10.300gf and of course
then it cannot find the 746 font. I've tried the
other combinations but no luck. I think the above
command is right although I do not really understand
what bpdi (base resolution) and mode (printengine)
mean?

Can anyone help a desperate person??!*&%?
Mark.
Newsgroups: aus.tex
From: werner@physics.uq.oz.au (Michael Werner)
Subject: Re: MakeTeXPK
Keywords: tex, metafont, bpdi, mode
Reply-To: werner@dirac.physics.uq.oz.au
Organization: Department of Physics, University of Queensland
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 23:39:35 GMT

In article <3146@ariel.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>, mark@mullara.met.unimelb.edu.au (Mark) writes:
|> I cannot work out why MakeTeXPK is not invoked by latex
|> when there is a missing font, even when it has been
|> fully modified for local useage and all the environment
|> variables are defined. 


	MakeTeXPK is never invoked by latex (TeX), it is invoked by
	dvips.

|>So now I wish to you the script
|> manually by specifying on the command line.
|> 
|> Can somebody give me a few clues?
|> 
|> Say, for example, if I wish to generate the font cmr10.746pk
|> 
|> This is what I've tried:
|> 
|> MakeTeXPK cmr10 746 300 1.0 CanonCX
|> 
|> The output is then written to cmr10.300gf and of course
|> then it cannot find the 746 font. 


	If "it" refers to latex then you must generate a .tfm
	using MetaFont. However, if you are using dvips then just
	get the font library from labrea.stanford.edu. The current
	version is 5.490 so if you don't have tat the recompile dvips
	as well. The pk files are used by dvips and xdvi.
	Check all yours paths so TeX looks in the correct place.

|>I've tried the
|> other combinations but no luck. I think the above
|> command is right although I do not really understand
|> what bpdi (base resolution) and mode (printengine)
|> mean?

	The base resolution is used to choose the mode. However, the mode
	is site-dependent and depends on the printing device. You used
	CanonCX so I assume then that you do indeed you a laser printer
	with a CanonCX engine. Otherwise change localmode for MetaFont.	
	
|> 
|> Can anyone help a desperate person??!*&%?
|> Mark.

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Yours,

Mike

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Newsgroups: aus.tex
From: soh@tmp_ip_003.trl.OZ.AU (Soh Kam Hung)
Subject: Re: Pagestyle doesn't work! :-(!
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:47:28 GMT

farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell) writes:

>For some *stupid* reason, my \pagestyle{empty} declarations have stopped
>working on the first page. I tried them after \begin{document}, before it, in
>my style files, in their own style files, and so on, and I still get a page
>number 1 no matter what. I don't get other page numbers. This is article
>documentstyle. Whaddami doing wrong please?

I don't believe \pagestyle{empty} ever worked on the first page.  I've
had to manually white-out the page number for any final copy I make.

I'm using: LaTeX Version 2.09 <7 Dec 1989>

Regards,

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From: 8809787l@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.tex
Subject: How to use TEX
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:42:17 GMT
Organization: University of South Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.itd.adelaide.edu.au
Originator: daemon@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au

Dear Readers

I want to use the PC version of TEX ( DOSTEX ) but do not have any expereince
at all with using TEX.
I would like to know if you coul;drefer me to a book or relavent matterial so
that I may be able to start using TEX.
Thankyou , please contact be at the email address below.

Yours faithfully
Peyam Pourbeik

e-mail: 8809787L@LV.LEVELS.UNISA.EDU.AU
 
#! rnews 1195
From: 8809787l@levels.unisa.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Persian Music
Date: 8 Sep 92 23:35:01 +0930
Organization: University of South Australia

Salam Doostan

I saw a while back a number of people were discussing buy or selling
treditional Iranian musical instruments such as KAMANCHEH, SETAR etc. and also
a number of postings were concerned with the nature of PEARSIAN music as
compared to western music etc.

So as I know there are a number of people with great expereince in music in
this group I would like to ask a few questions related to PERSIAN music:

1) I do not have any knowledge of music at all. I would like to know if it is
possible for me to learn the KAMANCHEH, How difficult is it etc.

2) Is there texts available for this ?

3) Is there texts available for PERSIAN MUSIC ?

4) Is it possible to obtain the instrument itself outside IRAN ?

I would be greatfull if some one could assist me with these questions.

Please contact me at  the following e-mail address:

		8809787L@LV.LEVELS.UNISA.EDU.AU

I leave in Adelaide South Australia.

Yours Faithfully
Peyam Pourbeik
 
#! rnews 1998
From: 9207988j@levels.unisa.edu.au (Jolly Joker & the Masked Mailman)
Newsgroups: unisa.help
Subject: Re: the 3 vax machines not working in library
Date: 9 Sep 92 10:01:41 +0930
Xref: sparky aus.tex:141 comp.text.tex:11111
From: mark@mullara.met.unimelb.edu.au (Mark)
Newsgroups: aus.tex,comp.text.tex
Subject: reference databases
Date: 11 Sep 92 07:52:47 GMT
Followup-To: aus.tex
Organization: Melbourne University, Meteorology Department

I use tib to produce nice bibliographies and citations but
have noticed some nice things getting around for the bibtex
way of doing the same thing (eg. bibtools and bibcard).

Can somebody tell me if there is a way or converting between
the two reference formats or perhaps some nice software to
work with the tib kind of database. I think originally nroff
used this kind of database and tib used this standard to
make life easier for tex converts.

Thanks for any replies,
Mark.
Newsgroups: aus.tex
From: geoffo@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au (Geoff Oakley)
Subject: Re: Pagestyle doesn't work! :-(!
Organization: none
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 03:59:03 GMT

In article <farrell.716453175@coral> farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell) writes:

   For some *stupid* reason, my \pagestyle{empty} declarations have stopped
   working on the first page. I tried them after \begin{document}, before it, in
   my style files, in their own style files, and so on, and I still get a page
   number 1 no matter what. I don't get other page numbers. This is article
   documentstyle. Whaddami doing wrong please?

   John

You may be using \titlepage or something else that explicitly set a
pagestyle for its own special page.  If so, the answer is to do a
\thispagestyle{empty} immediately after the invocation of \titlepage
(or whatever you are using).

Geoff O


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Newsgroups: aus.tex
From: werner@newton.physics.uq.oz.au (Michael Werner)
Subject: test
Reply-To: werner@dirac.physics.uq.oz.au
Organization: Department of Physics, University of Queensland
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:50:45 GMT


-- 
test
Newsgroups: aus.tex
From: u895555@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Muhamad Syukri)
Subject: Spelling..
Keywords: spelling in tex
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 04:40:38 GMT

Hi...

I am using OzTeX to write my thesis ( nearly finish ! ).
Any body knows how to check spelling in OzTeX ?

Thanks in advance.

= Syukri =
From: 9125113g@lux.latrobe.edu.au (Mitch Davis)
Newsgroups: aus.tex
Subject: Re: test
Date: 11 Sep 92 09:55:48 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University

In article <BuAD0M.1qy@bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au> werner@dirac.physics.uq.oz.au writes:
>
>-- 
>test

Your problem seems to be that you forgot the

\bye

Mitch.
Newsgroups: aus.pyramid
From: sgccsns@citec.oz.au (Shane Noel Smith 2245702)
Subject: GOSIP
Organization: CITEC
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 05:20:37 GMT

Hello,


I am trying to find out some information regarding the implementation
of the OSI  transport layer 4 being available for Ingres*Net and
if anyone has a commitment from Ingres to GOSIP standards of any country.



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Newsgroups: aus.acs
From: tomw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Tom Worthington)
Subject: REPORT FROM ACS VICTORIAN BRANCH WINTER '92 CONFERENCE
Summary: IT KNOW HOW FOR THE 
Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 01:25:35 GMT

The ACS Victorian Branch conference got off to a snowy start this week
with steady falls Monday. Delegates spent day discussing business process
redesign, information technology for organisational change and client -
server computing. They have been rewarded with Tuesday off for skiing.
Current conditions are excellent: with 21 lifts operating, snow depth of
211 cm, fresh snow of 3 cm, current temperature -7 degrees C and clear
blue sky. 

The formal conference proceedings will recommence at 7 PM tonight with a
conflict management workshop. This will explore the issue of
certification and licensing for information technology professionals. 

The conference is being held at Cedarwood Lodge, Falls Creek, Victoria,
Australia and runs until Wednesday 9 September.

The conference will close with a workshop by Tom Worthington MACS PCP,
Chairman of the Canberra Branch of the ACS on "Just in Time Electronic
Publishing". This will include transmission of an electronic document
directly from the conference floor to a potential audience of 250 million
people worldwide.


ABOUT THE ACS:

The Australian Computer Society is the professional association in
Australia for those in the computing and information technology fields.
It was established in 1966. The Society has over 14,000 members and on a
per capita basis is one of the largest computer societies in the world. 

The mission of the Society is advancing professional excellence in
information technology. The objects of the Society are:  To further the
study, science, application and practice of computing; To promote,
develop and monitor competence in the practice of information technology
by persons and organisations; To maintain a Code of Ethics for the
members of the Society; To define standards of knowledge for members; To
promote the formulation of effective policies in computing, information
technology and related matters ; To extend the knowledge and
understanding of information technology in the community; To serve and
support the members of the Society; To promote the benefits of being
and/or employing a member of the Society. 


FURTHER DETAILS

For further details/interviews call the ACS Victorian Branch winter '92
conference "IT Know How for the 90's":

The ACS Victorian Branch winter conference
Cedarwood Lodge
Falls Creek
Victoria 3699
Australia

Phone:     (057) 583393
Facsimile: (057) 583330 
or page Mr. Worthington on: Ph: (06) 2856209


For further details on JIT Electronic Publishing contact:

Tom Worthington MACS PCP
THE CANBERRA BRANCH OF 
THE AUSTRALIAN COMPUTER SOCIETY INCORPORATED
G.P.O. Box 446
Canberra A.C.T. 2601
Australia

Ph: +61 6 247 4830 (ACS Office)
Fax: +61 6 249 6419 

Ph:  +61 6 2856209 (Mr. Worthington's personal answering service, 24 hrs)
E-Mail: tomw@adfa.oz.au

Authorised by Tom Worthington, Chairman

Date: 8 September 
1992
Newsgroups: aus.acs,aus.general,aus.news
From: acjbooks@citr.uq.oz.au (ACJ Books (Chris))
Subject: Note for book reviews for ACJ
Summary: Note for book reviews for ACJ
Keywords: books reviews offers ACJ
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Distribution: aus
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 01:17:35 GMT


Australian Computer Journal.

The list of books currently available books for review has been placed on
aus.acs, pending the setting up of aus.acs.books.
Potential reviewers are referred to the 'ground rules' for reviewing to
be found on aus.acs, and also in the August issue of the Journal.

Chris Andrews
Assoc Editor, Book Reviews.
Newsgroups: aus.acs,aus.auug,aus.computers,bne.general,uq.general