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From: cons008@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Chuck Hazlett)
Newsgroups: alt.thrash
Subject: Re: GWAR show last night
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:26:48 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

In article <10978@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> bcopelan@cs.strath.ac.uk (Barry Copeland TBS92) writes:
>In article <BxoxnL.KJx@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> smithmc@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Lost Boy) writes:
>>In article <1992Nov9.161711.670@ab.wvnet.edu> onda@ab.wvnet.edu writes:
>>>In article <92304.095920WK60BUSW@MIAMIU.BITNET>, <WK60BUSW@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
>>>> Bam.  Opening - ugly head pops up from over the big tower thingy over the drum
>....article continues for 89 lines.
>
>I suggest that GWAR fans set up their own group alt.thrash.GWAR (or something
>like that). It seems there are plenty of GWAR fans about who might be interestedin this , but most of alt.thrash is frankly not.
>
>I have nothing against GWAR or their fans, but when 6 or 7 articles in a row 
>consist of people gibbering about "ugly head"s and a "tower thingy" it gets
>slightly monotonous.
>
>So why don't you guys break away or something.
>
>Hope to see a GWAR-free alt.thrash very soon....
>
>Barrie.
>
>"The World keeps turning"-N.D.

First, this is not a mediated group, and pretty much anything can be posted.

Second, there are such things as kill files.

Third, there is no reason to create a new newsgroup because _you_ don't
seem to like people posting several articles on the same subject.

Fourth, given the relatively small percentage of Gwar listeners in the world
population, why shouldn't happy Gwar fans be able to discuss Gwar's shows
among others who can relate to the subject? 

-Chuck
Newsgroups: alt.thrash,rec.music.industrial
From: ronk@gowron.tamu.edu (Ron Knickerbocker)
Subject: SKREW in Bryan/CS
Reply-To: ronk@gowron.tamu.edu (Ron Knickerbocker)
Organization: Department of Statistics, TAMU
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:04:37 GMT


SKREW will be playing at the Stafford Opera House in downtown
Bryan on Friday, November 20th.  See you there.


Newsgroups: alt.thrash
From: hans@iesd.auc.dk (Hans Huttel)
Subject: Re: CRAZY HORSES Lawnmower Deth cover.
Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, Aalborg University
Date: 16 Nov 92 21:32:28


In <BxI2oG.BEq@newcastle.ac.uk S.E.Rigden@newcastle.ac.uk (Simon Rigden) wrote:

> OK ... all I want to know is who did Crazy Horses originally.

OK .... it was... The Osmonds. Long live the bad taste of Lawnmower Deth.

- Hans
From: onda@ab.wvnet.edu
Newsgroups: alt.thrash
Subject: Re: GWAR SUCKS
Date: 18 Nov 92 22:37:20 GMT
 <BxGs5J.AsG@nic.umass.edu> <1992Nov9.210325.2225@ncsu.edu>
Organization: Alderson-Broaddus College

In article <1992Nov9.210325.2225@ncsu.edu>, tphailey@eos.ncsu.edu (THOMAS PATRICK HAILEY) writes:
> 
>>> 
>>> 		what can i say they do
>>> 		i saw them this past july
>>> 		and the only good song they had was the
>>> 		industrial they opened up with.  
>>> 		I have to give it to them that their stage
>>> 		show is mighty impressive and gwar woman
>>> 		is a goddess/demoness :) but their lyrics
>>> 		and music are just not for me.
>>> 
>>> 		just my two cents worth
>>> 		
>>> 		jason, the most imfamous man in Philippi.
>>
>>--You are a faggot
> 
> You are a moron. What makes you think 'faggot' is some kind of insult?
> And of all things, you call someone a faggot because they don't like Gwar. 
> Big fucking deal. It's just music. Lighten up and learn that people have the 
> right to have objective opinions. I could care less what anyone else thinks 
> of the music I listeen to and I would certainly not call someone a 'faggot'.
> If you think it's funny to try and make someone look bad by insinuating that
> they, god forbid, happen to like people of the same gender, I think maybe
> you're the one that's trying to hide something, if you know what I mean. 
> Hey, let us know when you graduate from your preschool mentality.
> 
> TOMASS



		i am writting to all the people who defended/put down
	me.  yes i have long hair i am not a faggot i understand the meaning
 	of gwar and i used to play sports until i figured out that sports
	are useless for me.  thank you for defending me guys and fuck off
	to those who think less of me because i don't like one band.
	that basicly suck  :)  oh well.

	----------------------------------------------------------------
	[   jason the most imfamous man in philippi since 1871         ]
	[   if that doesn't impress you i don't know what will         ]
	----------------------------------------------------------------
From: v583n7fs@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Jorge I Ortiz)
Newsgroups: alt.thrash
Subject: KREATOR
Keywords: New Album
Date: 19 Nov 92 22:55:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

post some information about it?  I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks in advan
ce.
                                                      Jorge I. Ortiz
From: weilj@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Joe R. Weil)
Newsgroups: alt.thrash
Subject: Scorn
Date: 17 Nov 92 16:53:32 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

I was informed by a mail order firm that a new Scorn cds was 
"Lick Forever Dog" and not "Deliverance". I remember reading in
this group about the release of the Scorn single "Deliverance"   
and that it was around 40 minutes long. So, the big question is
is there a difference between "Deliverance" and "Lick Forever Dog"?

jw 
Newsgroups: alt.skate
From: cspas152@sus.edu.eur.nl (Edward v/d Jagt)
Subject: Blast! adress
Summary: Looking for adress of Warp-mag.
Keywords: Blast Warp
Organization: EUR
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 09:08:51 GMT


Does anyone have an adres for Warp-magazine (previously Blast!) ?

They put an ad in TransWorld Snowboarding, but they didn't put an adress in it.

Thx


==============================================================================
       ___o            Edward v/d Jagt               cspas152@sus.eur.nl 
      `\ <.            Erasmus University Rotterdam                      
      O/  O            The Netherlands               Tel.: +31-10-4502997
 This weeks quote : 

Phil Collins :

  `..so there are absolutely no cool people here ?'

Audience :

  `YEAH !!!!'
Newsgroups: alt.skate
From: jhochman@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Joshua M Hochman)
Subject: Re: Metroblades?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 19:36:11 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.195054@disuns2.epfl.ch> matomira@disuns2.epfl.ch (Fernand
o Mato Mira) writes:
>I read some months ago that some company in the States was going to come
>up with something called "Metroblades", that is rollerblades that can be
>switched between "rolling" and "walking" modes (don't ask me how).
>




                           WHY?????
Newsgroups: alt.skate
From: 6o25@sdf.lonestar.org (Stephen M. Jones)
Subject: Re: Metroblades?
Organization: Super Dimension Fortress - Public Access Unix - Dallas, Tx.. 
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:15:46 GMT

(Fernando Mato Mira) writes:
>I read some months ago that some company in the States was going to come
>up with something called "Metroblades", that is rollerblades that can be
>switched between "rolling" and "walking" modes (don't ask me how).
>
>Has anybody got any info on this?

yeah... they also have the same thing for boards... the wheels just pop
right off and you can stand still for hours...

now don't ever crosspost to rec.skateboard again~!!!!  =)

-- 
Stephen M. Jones (214)436-4622 
SysAdmin <-> Super Dimension Fortress PAU 
6o25@sdf.lonestar.org - "Put in a quarter and play road rally." - Descendents 
Newsgroups: alt.skate,rec.skate
From: pae@blackcat.stortek.com (Phil Earnhardt)
Subject: Re: Metroblades?
Followup-To: rec.skate
Organization: StorageTek, Louisville, CO
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:22:28 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.195054@disuns2.epfl.ch> matomira@disuns2.epfl.ch (Fernando Mato Mira) writes:
>I read some months ago that some company in the States was going to come
>up with something called "Metroblades", that is rollerblades that can be
>switched between "rolling" and "walking" modes (don't ask me how).
>
>Has anybody got any info on this?

Rollerblade has announced the MetroBlade, which is a walking shoe and
external in-line shell sold as a pair. There have been pictures in
several US magazines. I haven't seen it in stores, but I haven't been
looking either. One magazine stated that sizes 7-10 are available now;
other sizes will be available in the spring.

The MSRP is $225.

>Fernando D. Mato Mira

I have re-directed this discussion to rec.skate. The group alt.skate is
a dead group and should be deleted from your site.

--phil
Newsgroups: alt.food.mcdonalds,alt.mcdonalds
From: bell@cs.tamu.edu (Will Bell)
Subject: Re: ** There should be a McDonalds cartoon
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 04:35:46 GMT

In article <92321.042719DAB112@psuvm.psu.edu> David Anthony Barro <DAB112@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Greetings Fast Food Eaters!!
>
>     I was just thinking about this one day, so tell me what YOU think.
>I think there should be a McDonalds cartoon to go on Saturday mornings,
>along with all the other cartoons.  It's a reasonable request!  Consider

I remember a bunch of watchdog groups getting extremely upset when a 
Kool-Aid video was created; they said it was nothing more than a thinly
veiled ad for Kool-Aid.  (Of course, one could argue that many more 
cartoon series are also thinly veiled ads, but that's another story).

I don't think you can separate Ronald Mc from "McDonalds" even if you
tried; and this is why I think we won't ever see such a cartoon.


--
Will Bell -- bell@cs.tamu.edu -- Live from the heart of Scenic Central Texas
"Thrall me with your acumen."
Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: dwells@lonestar.utsa.edu (Darren . Wells)
Subject: Re: New Topic: Reading for/about yourself...
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:10:56 GMT

In article <#+mq!cq@lynx.unm.edu>,
blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>
> Greetings!
> Just wanted to kick up some discussion around here. :)
> Couple of questions-
> 1) How accurate do you find readings that you do for yourself? Do you have
> a particular deck that you use for yourself and not for others? Do you have
> any problems reading for yourself ever?

I don't use a particular deck for myself that I don't use for other people,
but the opposite is true : it seems like I get the clearest readings for
other people from the Phoenix cards, but they don't really do much for me.
It seems like when I've used them on myself, I've gotten mediocre readings
at best, but every time I use them on other people I get very specific,
accurate stuff, and every time they make some kind of comment like "these
cards were written specifically for me".  I usually use Viking runes on
myself, and those work well with other people too.

Anyone else have this problem, or a possible explanation?

D.
Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: Stephen.Pflugfelder@launchpad.unc.edu (Stephen Pflugfelder)
Subject: Tarot
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:26:36 GMT

I am new to this group and I just have one question. I have tried to
read cards in the past and they have been accurate, but is there a 
way to read the cards without memorizing all 78 meanings? I know this
will probably sound really dumb but something like more meaning as the
number increases? If not, is there an easy way to understand the cards?
Also, could someone E-mail me a copy of the spreads?
AdTHANKSvance
---Stephen Pflugfelder---
--
   The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
     North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
        Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
           internet:  laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: acarr@pell2l3.alleg.edu (Amelia Carr)
Subject: Re: About arcana VI...
Organization: Allegheny College
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:36:46 GMT

About Arcana VI..
   Being a student of Renaissance art, it is difficult for me not to think  
of the 15th-16th century meditations on this theme, which is heavily  
Neo-Platonist, dealing with the choice between sacred and profane love.   
Albrecht Durer's famous print shows this as a choice which Hercules must  
make.  Titian's painting Sacred and Profane Love (or the two Venuses) also  
deals with this theme.  For the Renaissance philosopher-mage, these were  
decisions to be made on a spiritual level--to chose sacred love was the  
path of the philosopher, the alchemist, the artist seeking beauty.  I've  
always been inclined to read Major Arcana at this higher level, leaving  
earthly love for other cards, for example 2 of cups.  
Blessings, 
Amelia
Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: CSMSETS@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU
Subject: Re: readings on yourself, help..
Date: 23 Nov 92 15:27:20 PST

In article <92328.154511CCS105@psuvm.psu.edu>,
CCS105@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

>After a nice trip, there was only one thing I couldn't get out of my head..
>The question of why some people simply won't believe that they can do
>readings on themselves.  It bothers me that people don't even try...
>
> ... Stuff Deleted

I have to agree. When I started reading Tarots (god, 20 years AGO!?)
I ONLY did readings for my self. This is how I learned to read. Where
else are you going to find a victim...I mean person that you know so
much about? If you start a reading and it doesn't seem close you tend
to know right away that something is wrong. Also, log your reading.
You will be surprised when you look back at it.
        --Ed
Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.)
Subject: Re: On elaboration
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 10:22:43 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Followup-To: sci.fractals

In article <1992Nov17.020214.25015@news.unomaha.edu> phoenix@cwis.unomaha.edu (Shannon Chris Saltzman) writes:
>They did an experiment with a few thousand dice roles.
>They used a triangle to illustrate that when the supposedly random
>figures were put into a triangular form(Im really screwing this 
>explanation up) the pattern of supposed randomness was perfectly
>predictable into infinity(the infinity part is of course theoretical)
>The point is somehow the triangle limited the otherwise unpredictable
>event into a less random occurence

You're talking about 'Fractals' and 'Chaos theory'. They are inter-related.
Thr triangle thing is easy to duplicate:
Take any three points, and label them 1, 2 and 3.
Now pick a random 4th point. Pick a random number 1-3. (you can use a die for
this, just use 1-2 as 1, 3-4 as 2 and 5-6 as 3). Mark a point halfway between
your 4th point and the point indicated by the die roll. Roll the die again.
Mark a point halfway between your new point and the point indicated by the
die roll. Keep doing this a whole bunch of times. What you get is a picture
of a triangle with a bunch of triangular shaped holes in the middle, all in
a nice regular pattern. This is called a Serinpisky (misspelled, I know) 
Gasket. What the interesting this about it is that the closer you get to it,
the pattern remains exactly the same, no matter how close or detailed you get, 
the pattern will remain identical. There is another sort of thing along the
same line that produces a 'butterfly' pattern (though not a self-repeating
pattern like the gasket), and yet further types that produce odd mathematical
pictures of blobs and odd shapes.
The point of all these are that while the end pattern can be ascertained, and
will always be the same (triangles, or butterflies, or blob-like things),
the individiual points that are chosen cannot be predicted to follow any
sort of pattern.
You've seen fractals a number of times without realizing it- this same sort
of mathematics is used to produce the computer graphics for movies. The
'Genesis Device' scene from one of the early Star Trek movies is a good
example of this.

Further discussion is re-directed to sci.fractals, though if you have any
questions, you can mail me :)

For those who know about fractals and chaos, please don't pick on the number
of obvious holes- its a general overview thing :)
r.
From: windrim@apple.com (M a r k)
Newsgroups: alt.divination
Subject: New to the Tarot...
Date: 19 Nov 92 15:26:56 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.

I was recently out working with a customer, and I met a woman that was
reading some cards in the cafeteria.  She decided to do a reading for me,
and I was absolutly blown away by what she was able to tell me. 
Literally, it has affected my life!

Since then I've been doing lots of reading on the Tarot, Runes etc.  Some
friends have purchased some decks for me, but I  decided to purchase my
own.  I bought the Haindl deck because of the images on the cards - they
were unlike any I had seen in the other decks.  I'm curious as to what
types of decks people prefer, and why.  We have some great stores in
Toronto with a multitude of different decks.  Some seem really cheap,
while others seem really bizarre.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

M a r k
From: agray@axion.bt.co.uk (Andy Gray)
Newsgroups: alt.divination
Subject: Re: rising signs, planetary tables
Keywords: rising signs
Date: 23 Nov 92 10:11:11 GMT
Organization: BT Laboratories


Look in alt.astrology. There is a program (astrolog) which is fairly mature now
and works on UNIX and on DOS (286 upwards). It can be found on the FTP server at
Hilbert, Tasmania, or in comp.sources.misc archives. Try it.

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		"It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculation,
		if you live near him." J.R.R.Tolkein
============================================================================
From: maire@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.divination
Subject: Re: New Topic: Reading for/about yourself...
Date: 21 Nov 92 02:45:41 -0500
Organization: Carnegie Mellon Computer Club

In article <#+mq!cq@lynx.unm.edu>, blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
> 
> Greetings!
> Just wanted to kick up some discussion around here. :)
> Couple of questions-
> 1) How accurate do you find readings that you do for yourself? Do you have
> a particular deck that you use for yourself and not for others? Do you have
> any problems reading for yourself ever?

Currently I don't have a lot of people in my life who are open to
divination, so most of the reading I do is for myself.  My problem (and
this also happens when I read for others, but less often because usually
when someone asks me for a reading, they have a specific reason) is that
I tend to be more abstract and less concrete when I read for myself since
I know *everything* that is happening in *my* life.  Then again, I guess
that is not such a bad thing.  I do use the cards more as a tool for
my spiritual growth than as a means of answering specific questions, as
that is just what works for me.  I've been using the Hanson-Roberts
deck most of the time for both myself and for others every since I got
it, but I also like to use the Morgan-Greer deck for my own readings. I
was quite drawn to the Morgan-Greer from the first moment I saw it.
A few of the cards in that deck have images that don't correspond to
the traditional image on that card (I think the 9 of swords is one in
particular), and so since I know *both* images, it gives me a bit of an edge.


> 
> and
> 
> 2) Have you ever done a reading for somebody else (especially a 'romance' based
> reading) that had yourself in it?

Kind of a bittersweet story there.  I did a reading for my ex shortly before
I moved out.  It was an amicable parting, but difficult for us both.  Sure
enough, a card that clearly represented me showed up in her reading in
the space for people in the situation.  When I got done with the reading,
I asked her what she thought, and she said, "They [the cards] were mean 
to you!"  It's been a long time, but I think the card that came up for
me in that situation was the Queen of Cups reversed or something similarly
negative (my interpretation anyway.)

> 
> r.
--Tina M. Wood
  maire@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
  maire@drycas.bitnet

Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: casimira@hq.lcs.mit.edu (Paula Mickevich)
Subject: Tarot Spells info
Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Distribution: alt.divination
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:37:20 GMT


Books in Print (US Books) lists

Tarot Spells by Janina Renee   lc# 89-77199
New Age Tarot Series  Llewellyn Pubns.
0-87542-670-0  1990  288 p.  $12.95

Llewellyn is in Minnesota toll free # 800-843-6666
--
paula mickevich              MIT
casimira@hq.lcs.mit.edu      Laboratory for Computer Science
From: pcxsws@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (S.Ward-Smith)
Newsgroups: alt.divination
Subject: Re: New Topic: Reading for/about yourself...
Date: 20 Nov 92 12:21:14 GMT
Organization: Cripps Computing Centre, University of Nottingham

In article <#+mq!cq@lynx.unm.edu> blowfish@carina.unm.edu (rON.) writes:
>
>Greetings!
>Just wanted to kick up some discussion around here. :)
>Couple of questions-
>1) How accurate do you find readings that you do for yourself? Do you have
>a particular deck that you use for yourself and not for others? Do you have
>any problems reading for yourself ever?
>
Reasonably accurate, but ones done for me by others have been more accurate.

>and
>
>2) Have you ever done a reading for somebody else (especially a 'romance' based
>reading) that had yourself in it?
>
Yes, a friend was going through a bad time , I was helping him through.
A gave him a reading on his love life, and as well as the woman with whom he was
having problems with, I came up as a current influence.

>r.

Slainte,

Steve
Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: sad@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (downie,sharon l)
Subject: Re: Professional Psychic
Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 16:18:40 GMT

I would like to thank the person who posted the books and 
and video information on starting a business.  I have
already sent away for the information and can't wait.
Thanks very much,

Sharon Serene
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 18:00:44 EST
From: <NMR103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.divination
Subject: Re: just a question
Distribution: alt

I agree w/ the last followup that said that the cards draw on
one's subconscious to give "answers" to problems. But one thing
that I've found, perhaps a bigger benefit of their use, is that
they get you to talk and think about the important situation
you're asking about. They're kind of a tool to get you to
figure out your own feelings, what you want, and consider new
ways to think of your situation.
That's why I like Tarot cards. :)
Newsgroups: alt.divination
From: phoenix@cwis.unomaha.edu (Shannon Chris Saltzman)
Subject: On elaboration
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 02:02:14 GMT

I may have F---ed all my facts up now that I think about it but...
There was a major scientific movement to discount the theory of
randomness. It was a success. The theory is that if you can know
all there is to know about any one subject it becomes totally predictable.
duh!
anyway...
They did an experiment with a few thousand dice roles.
They used a triangle to illustrate that when the supposedly random
figures were put into a triangular form(Im really screwing this 
explanation up) the pattern of supposed randomness was perfectly
predictable into infinity(the infinity part is of course theoretical)
The point is somehow the triangle limited the otherwise unpredictable
event into a less random occurence
forget it

-- 
From the coffee table of MR SHANNON SALTZMAN
"Is doggie heavan kitty hell?"
     Stephanie Phoenix(age 6)
This in everyway represents the authors opinion!!!(take it if ya want)
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