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Subject: December Hunt Results, Pt. 2 of 3
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:22:05 GMT
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From: lb05gate@UCSBUXA.BITNET (Rick Gates)
Subject: December Hunt Results, Pt 2 of 3

Without further delay...

THE HUNT ANSWERS
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1. (3) What is the atomic weight of boron?
   (Question contributed by Jim Olivetti.)

Winner's Answer
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U of C - Santa Cruz InfoSlug System
<select>        The Library/
<select>        Electronic Reference Books/
<select>        Periodic Table of Elements/
<select>        Boron
                        answer: 10.811

Other Answers
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   gopher at University of Minnesota
   All the Gophers in the World/
   University of Colorado, Boulder/
   Online Library Catalogues, Electronic Books and Reference Databases/
   Reference Works/
   Periodic Table of Elements/
   boron
   The atomic weight of boron is 10.811.

2. (6) Seems like a funny question to ask from so far away, but I'm
trying to find a new book on the Internet by an author named Krol.
Are there any local bookstores that might carry this?  I live in
Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Winner's Answer
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<telnet>        Gopher.Ora.Com
<log in>        Gopher
<select>        Ordering Information/
<select>        List of Bookstores Carrying O'Reilly Books/
<select>        New Mexico
                        answer:  Page One; Holman's


3. (4) Early last month, U.S. president-elect Bill Clinton proposed a
new technology policy.  Where can I find the text of this proposed
policy?

Winner's Answer
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University of California - Santa Cruz InfoSlug System
<select>        The World/
<select>        US Presidential Campaign '92 Documents/
<select>        Search Democratic Files <?>  "technology"
<select>        /Democratic/Statements/tech-policy.
                        answer: document is available for reading from
                        screen, for mailing, for saving as a file, or
                        for printing.

Other Answers
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EFFector Online November 4, 1992        Issue 3.08      A Publication of the Ele
Frontier Foundation     ISSN 1062-9424  A TECHNOLOGY POLICY FOR AMERICA Six
Broad Initiatives       by Bill Clinton (September, 1992)

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telnet to quake.think.com (WAIS)
select [sunsite.unc.edu] clinton-speechess (sic!)
search for "technology policy" (found 40 items)
select "TECHNOLOGY: Position Paper - 9/16/92" (score 1000)


4. (5) I'm going to be in Denver, Colorado on the nights of Jan 22-25.
Will the Denver Nuggets basketball team be playing at home on any of
those nights?
   (Idea for question contributed by Nancy Pope, LSU Library.)

Winner's Answer
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University of California - Santa Cruz InfoSlug System
<select>        The Community/
<select>        Professional Sports Schedules/
<select>        National Basketball Association Schedule (92 - 93) Season <TEL>
once connected
<type>          denver 1/22 1/23 1/24 1/25
                answer: Saturday, 1/23 Cleveland at Denver (7:00 pm)
                        Monday, 1/25 Minnesota at Denver (7:00 pm)

[Rick: I showed a provincial nature on this one by forgetting
to point out that the Denver Nuggets was a *professional*
basketball team.  A few players found schedules for the
University of Colorado, who's team will be out of town on those
nights.]

5. (5) What was the total amount of sales in liquor stores in the
United States in September of this year?  Was this more than last
year?

Winner's Answer
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University of California - Santa Cruz InfoSlug System
<select>        The Library/
<select>        Electronic Reference Books/
<select>        Economic Bulletin Board/
<select>        Business Statistics for the last 4 Calendar Years/
<select>        Select Domestic Trade.
<scroll to>     DM0540  Retail sales, liquor stores
                        answer:  September, 1991  1733
                                 September, 1992    ?*

* Since data for August 1992 had not yet been posted, either I
have the second best source, i.e., not the correct one, or,
....  Try this one again in a few days/weeks?

[Rick:  This was a tough question as it had to be answered
using 2 of the files available via the Economic Bulletin
Board.  The figures for September 1991 can be found either
through the resource mentioned above or the Revised Monthly
Retail Sales.  For September 92 data, one needs to choose:

        Economic Bulletin Board/
        Economic Indicators/
        Advance Retail Sales.

...where you will find projected, preliminary, and final
data for the last three months.  Under the section "Not
Adjusted for Seasonal, Holiday, and Trading Day Differences"
you will find that sales for September 92 were 1.959 billion
dollars, thus sales for September of this year exceeded last
year by 226 million dollars.]

6. (6) I'm volunteering some time for a local hiking association.  I'd
like to know if anything's been written on the development of trails
for the handicapped?

Winner's Answer
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University of California - Santa Cruz InforSlug System
<select>        The World/
<select>        Other Internet Gopher Servers/
<select>        Search many (250) Internet gopher menus by SINGLE keyword <?>
                        "trails"
<scroll to>
                Whole Access, 1987. Accessibility and California recreational
                trails. Redwood City, CA, Whole Access. [14] pp.

                09
                TRAILS FOR THE HANDICAPPED

                        answer: this must be it....

[Rick:  Yes, the Gopher server at the Univ. of Minnesota
College of Natural Resources maintains a large database of
citations to literature on trails.  The section on trails for
the handicapped would give someone a good starting place.]

7. (4) What's the name of the FidoNet system that Nik Ellwood of
Melbourne Australia runs?

Winner's Answer
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University of Minnesota Gopher Server
<select>        Other Gopher and Information Servers/
<select>        WAIS Based Information/
<select>        Everything/
<select>        136. fidonet - nodelist.src. <?>  "ellwood"
                        answer:  DirtBags


8. (3) I'm going to London next February.  Is there a place that I can
ask about some of the different pubs that might help take the chill
away?

Winner's Answer
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                        an answer:  Since London is a big place, were I
                        faced with this situation, I would post a
                        specific query giving location of my stay
                        on the news group "rec.crafts.brewing."  You
                        can find similar "threads" posted there by:

                        (For particulars on how to post to news group,
                        see Krol pp.146-148--another reminder as to
                        why no one should be without Krol.)

University of Minnesota Gopher Server
<select>        Other Gopher and Information Servers/
<select>        WAIS Based Information/
<select>        Everything/
<select>        homebrew.src. <?>  "london"
<browse among hits>  .... Re: London-area pubs; ...Re: Pubs near London; etc.

But above all buy your own personal copy of the CAMRA Good Pub Guide--
it is indespensible!

Other Answers
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WAIS
source -- homebrew.src
search on keyword london pubs
a number of articles found Re: London pubs.txt
one from tony@spss.com mentions a list of pubs from Michael Jackson's Pocket
Guide...

another place to post a question would be rec.travel or soc.cultural.british


[Rick: Another good place with lots of advice about where to
get good beer is the Usenet group alt.beer.]

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