HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: alan@acpub.duke.edu (Alan M. Gallatin)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: Talking Baby Sinclair Toy
Date: 10 Apr 92 17:51:29 GMT
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

In article <+8j+sm=@engin.umich.edu> Scott Chupack writes:
> Question:  What does talking baby say?  I know of only 3 catch lines:
> 1) Not the Mama
> 2)  Again!
> 3)  I'm the baby!  Gotta love me!
> possibly...
> 4)  Say it!  SAY IT!!

Actualy, Talking Baby never prompts for Mr. Lizard's "Timmy" line...  So
knock out #4!  However, if memory serves, there are at least a few more...
"I'm going to bite you now."
"Feed my face."
and (I think) "Hello, fatboy" - a line he clearly swiped from Grandma Ethyl.

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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: n8442349@henson.cc.wwu.edu (m'syon khror)
Subject: Re: Episodes
Organization: Western Washington University
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 01:20:16 GMT


	Then there's my favorite (so far):  Refrigerator Day!

-- 
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- I am the electric messiah - the AC/DC _GOD_
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: oscar@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Oscar DeMartino)
Subject: Re: Talking food
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 19:45:12 GMT

In article <1992Apr9.195256.6201@umbc3.umbc.edu> cs201139@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs201139) writes:
>Yeah...Most of what they eat is smarter than them! Amd Humans, which weren't
>even alive yet, are made out to be the dummest on the planet...Oh well!

	Humans are around.  They are animals which can be kept as pets.
	In fact Charlene brought one home one day and IT was let go
	by "Not the MAMA".

>The show is funny so why complain.
>


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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: ridenour@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Lynn Ridenour)
Subject: Re: Talking food
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 05:31:05 GMT

In article <1992Apr10.224636.5775@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White) writes:
>
>In a previous article, cs201139@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs201139) says:
>
>>Yeah...Most of what they eat is smarter than them! Amd Humans, which weren't
>>even alive yet, are made out to be the dummest on the planet...Oh well!
>>The show is funny so why complain.
>>
>
>But the Sinclairs did have a pet caveman in one story, so some type
>of humanoid life form does exist.
>

Come on people.  This is the second post to misinterpret the original
comment.  Clearly, the original means "... And humans, which WE know
did not coexist with dinosaurs, yet which appear in the show anyway,
are portrayed as the dumbest creatures on the planet."  Just thought
I'd clear this up before I went out of my mind with frustration. :)

Bob
From: jon@chopin.udel.edu (Jon Deutsch)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: Re: Is it true that the Dinosaurs are another Simpsons???
Date: 14 Apr 92 02:49:01 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware - What state is that in?

In article <C0l+y6#@engin.umich.edu> chupack@caen.engin.umich.edu (Scott Chupack ) writes:
|>OK, here are the similarities I found.
|>
|>Earl-Homer  (Dumbwitted Father)
|>Fran-Marge  (Perfect loving mother)
|>Robbie-Lisa (intellectual P.C.ers)
|>B.P.-Mr. Burns  (evil boss - though BP is only middle management)
|>"Pallie Boy-Barney   (Barney Rubble)
|>
|>I see very little interchanging between Robbie and Bart as the Simpsons
|>  implied, and the Maggie-Baby link is pretty weak.
|>
|>Also, Simpsons do not use satire as a storyline like Simpsons does.
        --------                                       --------
Hmmmmmm,  ahhhhhh............
Now I see the light!


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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White)
Subject: Re: Episodes
Reply-To: aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 23:07:21 GMT


In a previous article, uwhitt@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Landon Whitt) says:

>
>It would be nice to have a listing of all the episodes
>that have aired so far. I am not sure of the actual names
>but below is what I can come up with so far. 
>
>Robbie - a vegie?
>Fran goes on tv
>The WRONG baby?
>Sparky - the pet caveman
>What "Sexual" Harris meant
>The paleontologist
>The last 2 Grapdelites
>Drugs (happy weed)
>Ethyl "goes toward the light"
>Nuts to war parts 1 and 2
>Charlene's coat
>Augh Augh I'm dying you idiot
>Baby grows a horn
>

Since they dont list episode titles at the beginning or end of the
show, the only one we can be sure of is "Nuts To War" Parts 1 & 2.
Aside from that I titled "Charlene's Coat"; "Charlene For A Day"
(ripoff of an early '60s game show called "Queen For A Day") and
I titled "Baby Grows A Horn"; "The Baby Who Would Be King" (ripoff
of "The Man Who Would Be King"). These aren't really corrections,
just a couple of alternatives. Anybody else have any others?

"It looks like we're gonna need a new Timmy!"
               --Mr. Lizard
                 Dinosaurs
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Organization: The Pennylvania State University
Date: Saturday, 11 Apr 1992 09:00:03 EDT
From: Ernie Oporto <EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: Re: Sally Struthers

In article <1992Apr9.214706.18056@HQ.Ileaf.COM>, mhk@HQ.Ileaf.COM (Mark
Kaepplein x1517) says:
>
>I'm glad to see Sally Struthers get some real work since all in the
>Family. Those mail-order education ads and save the world spots
>are pretty cheezy, and she's not looking too well either. At least
>she hasn't stooped to doing life insurance or thighmaster ads yet.

Actually she was a guest on Matchgame for a looooong time, recently, til
they pulled it off the air.  It was one of those afternoon-before-the-soaps
things.

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From: aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: Re: Episodes
Date: 11 Apr 92 13:04:32 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr11.130432.25995
Reply-To: aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)


In a previous article, aa634@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill White) says:

>
>In a previous article, uwhitt@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Landon Whitt) says:
>
>>
>>It would be nice to have a listing of all the episodes
>>that have aired so far. I am not sure of the actual names
>>but below is what I can come up with so far. 
>>
>>Robbie - a vegie?
>>Fran goes on tv
>>The WRONG baby?
>>Sparky - the pet caveman
>>What "Sexual" Harris meant
>>The paleontologist
>>The last 2 Grapdelites
>>Drugs (happy weed)
>>Ethyl "goes toward the light"
>>Nuts to war parts 1 and 2
>>Charlene's coat
>>Augh Augh I'm dying you idiot
>>Baby grows a horn
>>

An addition to the episodes list:
Refrigerator Day


"It looks like we're gonna need a new Timmy!"
               --Mr. Lizard
                 Dinosaurs
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: orson@bluemoon.rn.com (Craig Smith)
Subject: Re: Baby's Name
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 15:25:37 EDT

Anyone remember the other silly names the elder came up with?
I remember one:

*Uuuurrrpp!* Excuse me.

Any more?

 This is from
     orson@bluemoon.rn.com
who doesn't have their own obnoxious signature yet
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: sjs@hood.hood.caltech.edu (Stephen Speicher)
Subject: Re: Baby's Name
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 16:40:17 GMT

doc@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Jeffrey Smith) writes:

>uwhitt@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Landon Whitt) writes:


>>I may be wrong - but
>>I seem to remember Baby "$29.95" Sinclair being referred
>>to as "Junior" in some of the earlier episodes. Anyone
>>else remember this?

>The baby's name according to a recent episode is "UG UG I'm dying you
>idiot".

Not quite. It was Aaah aagh I'm dying you idiot - later to be renamed 'Baby'
again.

Gotta love it!

Stephen
sjs@hood.hood.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: palmer@uvmark.uucp (Filaman)
Subject: Re: Talking Baby Sinclair
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 92 15:58:53 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Vmark Software, Inc.

In article <11APR199217550670@gold.ucs.indiana.edu> jathomas@gold.ucs.indiana.edu (Eeyore) writes:
>In article <+8j+sm=@engin.umich.edu>, chupack@caen.engin.umich.edu (Scott Chupack ) writes...
>>Question:  What does talking baby say?  I know of only 3 catch lines:
>>1)  Not the Mama
>>2)  Again!
>>3)  I'm the Baby!  Gotta love me!
>>possibly...
>>4)  Say it!  SAY IT!!
>
>"Hello, Fat boy" and "I'm gonna bite you now" are the other two sayings, I
>think. The talking doll has a six sentence vocabulary. I'm short one saying
>here because I don't think that "say it! Say it!" is one of the phrases.

"Say it, Say it" is not one of the phrases. You actually got them all,
except "I'm The Baby" and "Gotta Love Me" are broken into two separate
phrases, that's why you had five instead of six.
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
From: mdm@bnr.ca (Diane MacMartin)
Subject: Re: Classic Lines ( was Re: My Favorite - BABY!!)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 12:40:29 GMT

One of my favorite lines (so far) is when Fran was on her TV show,
Monica was babysitting, and Earl came home.  Baby took a look at Earl
and said 

"NOT THE MONICA".

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=========>> If this is printed on paper, please recycle it <<==========
From: jclark@plains.NoDak.edu (Justin Clark)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.dinosaurs
Subject: Trivia
Keywords: Dinos, Baby, TV
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:47:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

In article <1992Apr9.134719.26487@athena.mit.edu> cbullin@athena.mit.edu (Carrie L Bullington) writes:
>I did the same when Earl was making his speech to enter the campaign
>for Chief Elder and he started singing the song Richfield had asked
>him to sing.

For those buffs of utterly insignificant trivia:  The song Earl was singing
was "How Lovely to be a Woman" from the musical "Bye, Bye Birdie"

I just happened to see that play the night after watching the episode of
Dinosaurs Earl sang the song in.

Justin J. Clark (jclark@plains.nodak.edu)
From: chris@atl.scscom.com (Chris Boaro)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: OS/2 BBS Software?
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:23:01 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: SCS/Compute, Inc.

asp@trail.sharpstone.com (Alexandre Sasha Polozoff) writes:

>In article <1992Apr07.150924.8336@atl.scscom.com> (alt.bbs), chris@atl.scscom.com (Chris Boaro) writes:
>> You can get my package, Omega Point/2 BBS, for OS/2. The 2 line shareware
>> version can be downloaded from my BBS at 404-564-1961. Commercial versions
>> supporting up to 48 lines, usenet news, and internet mail are available.
>> 
>> Log on, or e-mail me if you have any questions...
>> 
>> Chris
>> 

>Is it compatible with version 2.0 of OS/2?

Yes, it sure is! It has not yet been ported to run in 32 bit mode, but
the regular 16 bit version runs just fine under 2.0 GA. In fact, one of
my customers just upgraded to 2.0. You can call his 10 line board at
310-926-5187 and see for yourself!

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>OS/2 NeXT Macintosh	  OSF/DME X/Open XOM XMP SMS POSIX compliant products

Chris
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.msdos.programmer
From: bjpocock@descartes.waterloo.edu (Beastor the Mad)
Subject: BATCH FILE TO PROMPT A REMOTE USER TO PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 13:52:34 GMT

	Hi there... I seem to be having a problem with my batch file.  I am
running a BBS (Remote Access 1.11), and I was fiddling with the batch file
for an online game I have (Solar Realms v.0981).  Anyways, I wanted to display
a text file or something to a user before the game loaded up (a personal
introduction.)  Anyways, all I did was use the @echo command, and it comes out
all right.  The problem is, I am using the pause command to prompt the user
to press any key to continue.  The user presses a key, but nothing happens.  It seems only a local user can press a key to continue.  Anyways, maybe this
is basic, but could someone please figure out a way to display this file. 
EVEN BETTER... if someone could tell me or point me to reference materials
on how to display ansi files, and how to do it through dos.
	Also, has anyone been able to get RA running through windows?  Just
wondering.  I want to be able to multitask with my 386 so I can do other stuff
while a user is on.
	Later...
					BEASTOR

Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.allsysop,alt.allsysop
From: fordke@infonode.ingr.com (Keith Ford)
Subject: Re: Universal Comment To the Sysop
Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 17:14:11 GMT

Just a few comments.  Otherwise, as a sysop, I agree with you.

kudut@hamp.hampshire.edu writes:
>
>        4) Move your Uploads from the "New Uploads" section to their
>           appropriate places at least once a week.  Remove duplicate
>           files/old versions.

Be selective of deleting older versions.  First, confirm that the newer
version works.  For example, the latest release of SHEZ appears to be
having problems on some machine.  Also, newer versions will remove
features to make them available to registered users only.  The older
versions are more useful.

>        5) Be more careful with ANSI color and IBM graphics (IBM BBS's)

I might suggest new sysops take a look at Opus CBCS.  You create menus
and display screens using Avatar commands and IBM graphics.  The bbs
will take care of sending what the user requests whether it be full
color and graphics or plain monochrome ASCII.  No need for three copies
(ASCII/ANSI/Avatar) of each screen.

>        7) Advertise your place on other BBS's every couple of months.

Few sysops have time to call other boards.  This is something that
dedicate users could do.

>        12) Install an Offline Mail Reader Door.

Requires registration, which requires money.  Few users are so generous
as to make donations.  So I have learned...

-- 
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Intergraph Corp  /  \ Micro Magic BBS 1:373/12  Rush/Opus Archive
fordke@ingr.com  \__/ sysop@umagic.fidonet.org  server@ingr.com
+1 205 730-8614  [__] 830-2362 HST/V32bis 9600  "Subject: HELP"
Xref: sparky alt.bbs:3429 comp.misc:1875
From: mvdl@et.tudelft.nl
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: testing news...
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:40:53 GMT
Organization: TU-Delft, dpt of Electrical Engineering

In article <PuyXiB1w164w@bigfoot>, darren@bigfoot.UUCP (Darren McDaniel) writes:

> Testing to see if this works...
> 
> Please disregard...
> 
> -------
> Bigfoot's Den BBS
> Home of the MusicNet...
> 10pm to 6am
> UUCP Address:lemuria.sai.com!bigfoot!darren

Isn't it a good idea, when the senders of these messages would cancel them 
as soon as they see that it works ? They're probably the only ones that read
these test-messages. Isn't this news-pollution ?

Michel.
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.internet
From: marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - System Admin)
Subject: UnixBBS
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX System (416-636-2026) - 24hrs.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 08:15:51 GMT

Hi...

	I have two questions:

	1)  Is UnixBBS archived anywhere FTP accessible?

	2)  If not, how does one go about making something FTP accessible?

Thanks...

Marc

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From: andy@satan.ucsd.edu ({Vigor Mortis})
Newsgroups: alt.bbs
Subject: Re: Need Net in San Diego
Date: 9 Apr 1992 11:30:09 -0700
Organization: UCSD Network Operations
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: satan.ucsd.edu


In article <1297400054@igc.org>, dhansen@igc.org (David Hansen) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> I have a friend who lives in San Diego and needs a net connection.
|> Any help here would be really appreciated.
|> 
|> thanks in advance
|> 
|> David    dhansen@igc.org


He should try contacting CERFnet at 1-800-876-CERF.


	Andrew Ferrell
	UCSD Network Operations
	UCSD C-024, La Jolla, CA 92093-0124
	andy@ucsd ucsd!andy ANDY@UCSD
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.internet,comp.org.eff.talk,rec.photo,misc.legal
From: dougb@comm.mot.com (DX529 Doug Bank)
Subject: Re:  Illegal photograph postings (was: Your police at work for you!)
Reply-To: dougb@ecs.comm.mot.com
Organization: Motorola Land Mobile Products Sector
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 12:08:45 GMT

In article <yury.08o6@bknight.jpr.com>, yury@bknight.jpr.com (Yury German) writes:
|> 	Just so all of you know and stop getting paranoid. Scanning and
|> using pictures is allowed as long as the picture is not duplicated
|> exactly. If the pictures is altered to certain degree then it becomes your
|> work. I do that all the time when I have to rotoscope something .
|> (Rotoscoping) is where you digitize a picture and draw over it to make it
|> look like painting. You comonly see this on TV as the comercials for
|> Basketball and footballs games. As well as some of the sports shows. This
|> is LEAGAL. 
|> 	I can scan in a nude and recompose it into another picture or a
|> background or alter it a certain way and no problem at all....

WRONG!!!

You cannot use someone else's picture without their permission. If I took
a really nice picture and scanned it and posted it to the net because I
thought others would enjoy it, it absolutely does not give you the
right to take it, modify it, and call it your own.  Admittedly, I may 
very well give you permission, but you have to ask first.

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Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.internet
From: root@plex-1 (Dave Parks)
Subject: Mail machine needed (Urbana-Springfield) Ohio
Organization: Plex-1, Michigan's Public Access Usenet Gateway  (Ann Arbor).
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:05:26 GMT

Hi netsters;
   I have a friend in need of UUCP/E-Mail in the Urbana/Springfield area
of Ohio. They are really located in St. Pairs, Ohio (Home of Info-Tel and
Mid-West-Microwave) and would like a simple E-Mail connection that is local.

   They are in the 513 area code (about 30 miles east of Dayton) and heres
what we are truely looking for. My SO's mother would like to use E-Mail in-
stead of calling on the phone and talking for hours each month. Although they
could call one of my machines (Kite-Net, Plex-1) and upload the mail in a
matter of a few minutes, we would like to try to find a machine they could
call locally (TOLL FREE).  Thanks for taking the time to help us out!
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Newsgroups: alt.bbs
From: petrocco@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (ron.petrocco)
Subject: Need HELP with Hayes Smartmodem
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 15:16:25 GMT


I recently acquired a used Hayes Smartmodem 1200
(model 07-00038).  It's external.  I can't get it to
dial for me.  I don't have any paperwork, and I noticed
that inside the front there are 10 dip switches.  Does anyone
know what they are for?

Please post your answer if possible.  Thanks!

Xref: sparky alt.bbs:3416 alt.bbs.internet:2281 alt.bbs.lists.d:53 alt.bbs.waffle:4221
From: szhang@bcm.tmc.edu (Shide Zhang)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.bbs.internet,alt.bbs.lists.d,alt.bbs.waffle
Subject: beginer's guide needed
Keywords: BBS? info?
Date: 10 Apr 1992 21:51:44 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Distribution: usa


I am new to BBS. I even don't know what BBS means. So many posts in USENET
makes me eager to know something about BBS. Can someone out there give me
the first lesson or tell me where I can get some introdution
documents via e-mail or ftp so I can get a start?
Any info will be highly appreciated

szhang@bcm.tmc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,alt.msdos.programmer
From: robert@revcan.rct.ca (Robert Presland)
Subject: Re: BATCH FILE TO PROMPT A REMOTE USER TO PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE
Organization: Revenue Canada, Taxation; Office Communications Division
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:22:56 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.135234.28656@descartes.waterloo.edu> bjpocock@descartes.waterloo.edu (Beastor the Mad) writes:

>for an online game I have (Solar Realms v.0981).  Anyways, I wanted to display

Just a note, a user uploaded SRE v0.983, althouhg I haven't checked it
out yet.

>a text file or something to a user before the game loaded up (a personal
>introduction.)  Anyways, all I did was use the @echo command, and it comes out
>all right.  The problem is, I am using the pause command to prompt the user

I am not familar with RA but with Maximus, you can display a file to the user as
part of the menu option.  Can you do this in RA?  Does RA use a fossil?  I thinlk
so, so you should use that instead of talking to the com port directly.  You might
look into using Doorway.  It has a SEND.EXE that will send a file to the 
user on the other end.  It will also run doors for you and add a watchdog
for carrier drop.  The latest version is 2.21 I think.


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