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From: kanpm@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Philip Kan)
Subject: ethics and the professional person
Summary: Essay 
Keywords: ethics, professional
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 03:48:07 GMT

Yo, 
	A week ago I wrote an essay for a class I'm taking at Curtin
University on Ethics and Professional Person, with particular reference to
Engineers and Computer Software builders. Would you like to see it?
I thought that you people wouyld find it topical ie a discussion point...

email/post is fine...

(it is LONG (approx 70000 words... )

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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1992 22:00:00 EDT
From:         Rich England <RENGLAND@SNYESCVA.BITNET>
Subject: re: ethics and the professional person

Phil, if you don't post please email a copy to me.  Thanks.

Rich England
Empire State College
[RENGLAND@SNYESCVA.BITNET]
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From: kanpm@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Philip Kan)
Subject: re: ethics and the professional person
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 01:39:30 GMT

In the last post, I said that the essay was approx 70K words. Sorry, another
'0' got in the way (?!). Anyway, wc reliably informs me that it is infact 
6490 odd words. Is this too big to post? I will certainly email requests for
it in the order they appear, as soon as possible. 

Sorry for the inconvience...

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From:         Fred Nixon <FNIXON@SOL.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Nanotechnology & Immortality
Comments: To: ETHICS-L%UGA.BITNET@UTCVM.utc.edu

Valdemar W. Setzer wrote....
>What a horrible world materialism has created!
>
>PS: I am not for "commandments"..., not even the original 10.

Perhaps you could elaborate on your basis for thinking materialism has
created a horrible world, since you reject "commandments" (which I take
to be "rules for ethical conduct"). How do you know it is a horrible world,
and is it so just in your opinion, or is there some deeper level at which
you think the world is broken?

J F Nixon
fnixon@utcvm.bitnet
fnixon@sol.utc.edu
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From:         Wadson Tseng <WTSENG@TORVM3.VNET.IBM.COM>
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Please delete my name from the subscribtion list.  Thanks
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     Hi netters,

        Does anybody know where I can get a postscript viewer for X?

                                                        Cesare.

Cesare Marchesini: University of Parma (ITALY)
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From: manmetha@gauss.rutgers.edu (Manju Mehta)
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Subject: Device Drivers for RS6K
Keywords: Device Driver Documentation
Date: 8 Apr 92 13:51:05 GMT
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Hi Netters,
	I need to write a device driver for a compression board
we are designing for the RS6K. What are good books or manuals for
device drivers for AIX in particular, and UNIX in general.
Does info cover device drivers?

Any and all responses appreciated.

Man
email : manmetha@gauss.rutgers.edu
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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1992 11:32:43 CDT
From:         Maurizio DAVINI <mau@IPIFIDPT.DIFI.UNIPI.IT>
Subject:      Re: eudora bridge
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              15, 92 10:00 am

I have made it,
mail me if you want
               Maurizio Davini
From: bengsig@dk.oracle.com (Bjorn Engsig)
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Subject: Re: Problem of Connecting PS/2 TCP/IP with Ethernet/Token Ring
Date: 7 Apr 92 09:16:23 GMT
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Organization: Oracle Denmark

Article <AIX-L%92040301430669@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU> by NAVRJIRI@CSPUNI12.BITNET (Jiri Navratil, Brno) says:
|
| According to the AIX TCP/IP
|User's Guide, the 1542 Ungermann-Bass NICps/2 Adapter is required
The UB adapter works with the TCP/IP software right off the tape.  You
may use the 3com adapter if you install the software found in /usr/nifl/3com,
provided you are on 1.2.1 of AIX.  It didn't work on 1.2.
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From: bengsig@dk.oracle.com (Bjorn Engsig)
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Subject: Re: Summer time
Date: 7 Apr 92 09:22:11 GMT
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Organization: Oracle Denmark

Article <AIX-L%92040609212438@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU> by UPH005@DDOHRZ11.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) says [about the corect v alue of TZ in Germany]:
|
|The problem is, how do you specify last Sunday when in some
|years March has 5 Sundays, in other years 4. graeme@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz
|says M3.5.0 means last Sunday in March, Heinz-Ruediger Oberhage says
|that doesn't work.
They are right.  And for completeness sake; on the PS/2 with AIX 1.2.1,
setting TZ to e.g. CET-1CETDST,M3.5.0,M9.5.0 does actually mean change
on the last sundays in those months, which is also documented like that in
1.2.1 of AIX.
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From: bengsig@dk.oracle.com (Bjorn Engsig)
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Date: 10 Apr 92 09:27:25 GMT
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Organization: Oracle Denmark

Article <9204091343.AA14279@cethil.univ-lyon1.fr> by bnarr@CETHIL.UNIV-LYON1.FR says:
|
|is it possible to put conditions in [the .exrc] file , for instance testing the
|TERM variable
What we do with succes is this:

In .exrc put:

	map g whatever
	set whatever
	source .map.$TERM

i.e. all the setting and the generic maps, and then in e.g. .map.vt220 put

	map ^V^[OP map_for_PF1_on_vts

and in e.g. .map.aixterm put

	map ^V^[[001q map_for_F1_on_hft

The only touble is that vi will vi you a warning if you have your TERM
environment to to a terminal that doesn't have a corresponding .map.$TERM
file.
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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:43:09 +0100
From:         bnarr@CETHIL.UNIV-LYON1.FR

hello


   I use the .exrc file to customize the vi editor (remapping some keys)
but the .exrc file is attached to a user and not to a tty
and we have many kinds of terminals.

my question is :

is it possible to put conditions in this file , for instance testing the
TERM variable

or is it possible to use a named file instead of .exrc , this file being
dependant of the TERM variable.




      Bernard SAGE
      Laboratoire Equipement Habitat  - INSA Bat 307
      20 Avenue Albert Einstein  -  69621  VILLEURBANNE
      Tel  : 72 43 84 68
      Mail : bnarr@cethil.univ-lyon1.fr
      Fax  : 72 43 85 22
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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 19:49:00 EDT
From:         "Peter C. Vernam" <pcv1584@MVS.DRAPER.COM>
Subject:      Re: A simple question.
X-To:         aix-l@pucc.princeton.edu

Ealier today I posted the following:

>...
>There is no direct way in csh to make stdout and stderr go to different
>files, but it can be easily accomplished via a sub-shell hack:
>    (cc test.c >stdout.txt) >stderr.txt
>...

That command should have read:
    (cc test.c >stdout.txt) >&stderr.txt

The ">&stderr.txt" syntax sends both stdout and stderr to that file, but
stdout has already been sent to stdout.txt by the redirection within the
parentheses, so stderr is all that makes it to stderr.txt.

(Thanks to my cohort Steve Bacher for pointing out my typo.)


Peter Vernam                              Email: vernam@draper.com
Draper Laboratory, Inc.                   Voice: 617-258-2735
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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 10:36:38 PST
From:         David Ramil <DCR@UCSFHC.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: skulker
              7 Apr 1992 12:36:08 -0500 from <cpurvis@ST6000.SCT.EDU>

On Tue, 7 Apr 1992 12:36:08 -0500 <cpurvis@ST6000.SCT.EDU> said:
>>We're starting to run short of space in /tmp, and I was going to use skulker
>>as per IBM. However, I vaugely remember a discussion here which said it
>>wasn't a good idea. Is anyone else using it, and have you had any problems.
>
>I recall seeing a flame to the effect that using skulker is a bad idea.
>However, the flame in question presented no evidence to support that
>contention.  I've been using skulker for some time with no problems.  I
>made a few modifications and added some things that made it more useful for
>my situation.  I would recommend, of course, that you take a good look at
>it and make sure you know what it's doing before you start using it.
>
>
>        	       	       	       	Cheryl Purvis
>        	       	       	       	Technical Project Manager
>        	       	       	       	Computer and Network Support
>        	       	       	       	Southern College of Technology
>        	       	       	       	Marietta, GA 30060-2896
>        	       	       	       	404/528-7346
>        	       	       	       	Internet:  cpurvis@sct.edu

We are running /etc/skulker also, with no problems (haven't heard any from
the net).  I've also made modifications to the section that cleans out the
/tmp directory that fits our needs.  Good luck
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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:18:30 EDT
From:         Brian Morgan <usr8752a@TSO.UC.EDU>
Subject: re: IBM PC <--> AIX via X-Windows
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I am also interested in the Cornell Software Workbench package.  Please post
any info!!!!
    Thanks,
      Brian Morgan
      usr8752a@tso.uc.edu
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From: buc@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Richards)
Subject: Transfering /usr space to SWAP ???
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 05:54:43 GMT


Can space that has already been alloicated to a partition (e.g. /usr)
be recaptured and added to the SWAP space?






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From:         Frank Behner <FBEHNER@CERNVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: A simple question.
              5 Apr 1992 15:12:00 BST from <ADAVEY@STARLINK.UCL.AC.UK>

Your output is standard error and you can of course redirect it.
Make simply "process > outputfile 2>&1 &" in sh or ksh or
"process >& outputfile" in csh to put both standard output and
standard error to the output file.
      Frank
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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 11:28:58 EST
From:         "Michael W. Kearney" <MICHAEL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      Cornell Scientist's Workbench
X-To:         aix-l%pucc.bitnet@NOC2.DCCS.UPENN.EDU

I saw a presentation on the Scientist's Workbench at the 1992 SUPER!
meeting earlier this week. The following is from the handout I got
there:

The beta release version of the Scientist's Workbench was made available
to the public in September 1991. It is accessible via anonymous ftp
from eagle.tc.cornell.edu(128.84.201.1), in the directory pub/swb. The
file README.TOP contains a description of the remainder of the files
in that directory. In addition to the source code, binary versions are
provided for the RS/6000 and Sun SPARC. To build from source, the user
must have OSF Motif; however, Motif is not required to install or run the
binary versions.

For more information about the Scientist's Workbench, contact the project
manager, Caroline Hecht, at the Cornell Theory Center. Send electronic
mail to hecht@theory.tc.cornell.edu.

Hope this helps.

Regards, Michael Kearney
From: joann@ariadne.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Jo Ann Malina)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
Subject: RE: Transfering /usr space to SWAP ???
Date: 14 Apr 92 03:18:50 GMT
Reply-To: joann@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu
Organization: SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center)

In article <AIX-L%92040811282673@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU>, MONIOT@FORDMULC.BITNET (Robert Moniot) writes:
|> Robert Richards <buc@LELAND.STANFORD.EDU> asks,
|> 
|> >Can space that has already been alloicated to a partition (e.g. /usr)
|> >be recaptured and added to the SWAP space?
|> 
|> In principle, yes.  But it is no fun.  The only way to do it is:
|>         1. Back up /usr to tape or scratch disk space.
|>         2. Delete the /usr partition.
|>         3. Re-create the /usr partition with the new, smaller size.
|>         4. Restore /usr from backup.
|>         5. Increase swap space.
|> 
|> This was the answer from IBM the last time I asked.  Perhaps in the
|> latest release of AIX there is a way to shrink partitions.  The tricky
|> part is making sure that you do not need to use anything in /usr
|> during steps 2 thru 4 (e.g. tcsh should not be root's default shell).
|> 

We were promised the ability to shrink logical volumes and file systems
(without destroying their contents) in 3.2, but it did not happen.

I have shrunk /usr in the way described above, and it is an enormous pain,
mostly because it's nearly impossible to unmount /usr, since lots of programs
reference it. I would add step 1.1: Make sure your /usr backup is good
(mine wasn't), and step 1.2: Boot from diskette. Don't try to do it on a
live system. If you don't boot from diskette, kill every daemon you can
before starting.

More to the point, don't ever give /usr (or /) space you think you might
want back again. If you temporarily need a lot more space in one of these
it would be better to create a new file system and mount it underneath,
where you are going to install stuff. Later, you can throw this extra file
system away and reuse its space.

*) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *) *)!(* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (* (*
Jo Ann Malina, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
joann@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu  -or-  415/926-2846
Neither Stanford nor the DOE would be caught dead with these opinions.
Nor do they consult me when formulating theirs.
--------
conversation, n. A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities,
each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares
to observe those of his neighbor.
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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 12:36:08 -0500
From:         cpurvis@ST6000.SCT.EDU
Subject:      Re: skulker
X-To:         IBM AIX Discussion List <AIX-L@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU>

>We're starting to run short of space in /tmp, and I was going to use skulker
>as per IBM. However, I vaugely remember a discussion here which said it
>wasn't a good idea. Is anyone else using it, and have you had any problems.

I recall seeing a flame to the effect that using skulker is a bad idea.
However, the flame in question presented no evidence to support that
contention.  I've been using skulker for some time with no problems.  I
made a few modifications and added some things that made it more useful for
my situation.  I would recommend, of course, that you take a good look at
it and make sure you know what it's doing before you start using it.


        	       	       	       	Cheryl Purvis
        	       	       	       	Technical Project Manager
        	       	       	       	Computer and Network Support
        	       	       	       	Southern College of Technology
        	       	       	       	Marietta, GA 30060-2896
        	       	       	       	404/528-7346
        	       	       	       	Internet:  cpurvis@sct.edu
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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 12:19:00 MDT
From:         The Shadow <THESHADO@CORRAL.UWYO.EDU>
Subject:      RE: skulker
X-To:         AIX-L@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU

I looked at skulker, and tossed it for being ugly.
I wrote my own version that runs every night and trims out old SAR reports,
and a number of other things I don't recall...
If you would like it I could mail it to you...?

Kirk Haines
Systems Administrator
Safety Office
University of Wyoming
theshado@outlaw.uwyo.edu

p.s.  The program is running on an RT, but that shouldn't make any difference.
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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1992 11:24:00 EST
From:         Robert Moniot <MONIOT@FORDMULC.BITNET>
Subject:      RE: Transfering /usr space to SWAP ???

Robert Richards <buc@LELAND.STANFORD.EDU> asks,

>Can space that has already been alloicated to a partition (e.g. /usr)
>be recaptured and added to the SWAP space?

In principle, yes.  But it is no fun.  The only way to do it is:
        1. Back up /usr to tape or scratch disk space.
        2. Delete the /usr partition.
        3. Re-create the /usr partition with the new, smaller size.
        4. Restore /usr from backup.
        5. Increase swap space.

This was the answer from IBM the last time I asked.  Perhaps in the
latest release of AIX there is a way to shrink partitions.  The tricky
part is making sure that you do not need to use anything in /usr
during steps 2 thru 4 (e.g. tcsh should not be root's default shell).


Bob Moniot
Fordham University
College at Lincoln Center
New York, NY  10023  (212) 636-6331

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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 10:38:05 EDT
From:         "Victor M.J. Ryden" <71551.1415@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject:      skulker

We're starting to run short of space in /tmp, and I was going to use skulker
as per IBM. However, I vaugely remember a discussion here which said it
wasn't a good idea. Is anyone else using it, and have you had any problems.
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 08:02:24 MEZ
From:         Uwe Hauck <UWEHAUCK@DOSUNI1.BITNET>
Subject:      Using an X-Station as HFT-Terminal

Maybe my question may sound stupid, but I am rather new to the area of
LAN-Networking and using AIX. We currently installed a Token-Ring LAN
with a RS6000 as Server and two Monochrome X-Stations by IBM (the
rest of the network consists of normal IBM-386 and IBM-486 PCs.
My problem is, that a) if I start xinit from one of the two X-Stations
there is no Gray-Scale desplay, but a black and white instead.
                    b) I can't open any further shell with the open ksh
                       Command (We are using AIX3.1) because there will
                       always be the message, run this command from the
                       console or an hft Terminal only. So, is there
                       a possibility to install the X-Stations as hft-
                       terminals, and if so how ?

Thanx

uwehauck@dosuni1.bitnet
uwehauck@dosuni1.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de
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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 08:49:11 -0400
From:         Steve Akilan <sakilan@MMDIS01.HQ.AFLC.AF.MIL>
Subject:      PMSS? Proj Management Sypport System?
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Does anybody know of a Project Management Support System PMSS that runs on the
RS6000 ( a package that computes critical paths,...etc)

Steve
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 12:00:00 EDT
From:         "Peter C. Vernam" <pcv1584@MVS.DRAPER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Using an X-Station as HFT-Terminal
X-To:         aix-l@pucc.princeton.edu,
              uwehauck%dosuni1.bitnet@surname.draper.com

>Maybe my question may sound stupid, but I am rather new to the area of
>LAN-Networking and using AIX. We currently installed a Token-Ring LAN
>with a RS6000 as Server and two Monochrome X-Stations by IBM (the
>rest of the network consists of normal IBM-386 and IBM-486 PCs.
>My problem is, that a) if I start xinit from one of the two X-Stations
>there is no Gray-Scale desplay, but a black and white instead.
>                    b) I can't open any further shell with the open ksh
>                       Command (We are using AIX3.1) because there will
>                       always be the message, run this command from the
>                       console or an hft Terminal only. So, is there
>                       a possibility to install the X-Stations as hft-
>                       terminals, and if so how ?
>
>uwehauck@dosuni1.bitnet

a) You state that your X-Stations are "Monochrome".  Monochrome means
   just that: one color (well, actually, two, if you want to count
   black :-).  The monitor and/or display adapter hardware is physically
   incapable of rendering more than either black or white.

b) The open command, and the hot keys that let you switch between the
   virtual terminals, is supported by the hft terminal driver, which
   runs at the console only.  The pseudo terminal driver (pts), which
   supports network logins from X terminals and telnet or rlogin from
   other hosts, does not offer the virtual terminal capability.

   Note that the virtual terminal concept was conceived before X became
   the standard that it is today.  With X, it is no longer really
   needed, although I'll admit that it can be very handy for doing
   sysadmin sorts of things (which are normally done at the console
   anyway).  For normal usage, if you want lots of different terminal
   sessions, just create as many aixterm clients as you need.  These
   have the advantage that you can see more than one at a time, so you
   can easily compare two or more files or cut and paste between the
   sessions.


Peter Vernam                              Email: vernam@draper.com
Draper Laboratory, Inc.                   Voice: 617-258-2735
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