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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 12:54:10 EDT
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From:         Al Futrell <AWFUTR01@ULKYVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Thomas ?? on ethnography

While asking "what is ethnography" and then whether one can do an
ethnography of a user group or listserv, Jim avoids the real
question of whether e-groups can be treated as cultures.  Whatever
definitions, parameters, criteria, etc., one associates with
"ethnography" the word "culture" is bound to be included.  If, for
example, we take the easy route and say that ethnography is a
description of a culture, then we must tell our reader what a
culture is.  If we say that culture is x, y, and z, we will be
obligated to point out x, y, and z in the e-group.  One thing
certain about researchers claiming to be ethnographers is that they
ALWAYS "find" a culture when they hunt for one.   My own bias
aligns with those scholars who argue that "culture" is created by
the researcher.  The reason this makes sense to me is that as a
research construct "culture" is about as weak as they come.
Cultural theorists remain divided on what it is. (I say remain
because, for example, 19th century British contemporaries William
Morris and Edward Tylor, both of whom studied or pontificated on
culture, were not talking about the same concept.)   One thing
ethnographers (and I suppose cultural theorists) do hold in common
is the tendency to reduce "culture" to fit into whatever mold they
espouse.  If I want to do an "ethnography of ______"  then I will
go about creating an argument for why this study of ______ reveals
something about "culture," probably without any serious examination
of the assumptions informing my view of culture.

So the answer to Jim's question is that "yes" I can do an
ethnography of an e-group.  And I can also clean out my garage.


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Al Futrell, awfutr01@ulkyvm.louisville.edu
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From:         U21DLS1@NIU.BITNET
Subject:      Re: Thomas ?? on ethnography

Michael, I know that a lot of us follow interdisciplinary
research.  Some of us are lucky enough to do research in
an interdisciplinary field such as semiotics - and regulary
have our interdisciplinary studies presented at major
conferences.  But we are the exception rather than the rule.
Jim makes an excellent case.  In my department - visual and
performing arts - very few people follow any drummer other than
those which call them by discipline.  Interdisciplinary studies
are the rare case.  Students are enmeshed in one-sided debates
without reason from outside.
Would that we could break the barriers between disciplines, but
they are tightly barbed-wired.
Lucky are those who are in a situation where the wires can be
snipped!  peace, debbie smith-shank, pres. SIG Semiotics AERA
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Subject:      Re: Thomas ?? on ethnography

this is a test...
From: jjmorris@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Joyce Morris)
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Subject: health ethics references
Summary: need c suggestions for new course
Keywords: course readings
Date: 10 Oct 92 02:40:32 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I will be taking over the teaching of our 3 in 1 course - Health Ethics,
Law and Labor Relations.  Most of the students will be juniors and seniors
in public health administration.  I need to decide in the next few weeks
whether to use textbooks or readings or some combination.  Since I
think that all three are important I will probably divide the course into
three 5 week sessions although I would like to also spend some classes
where I use case studies that involve two if not all three.

I am looking for suggestions for readings and/or texts for this class.  I
am also looking for background material for myself for course preparation.
Thirdly, if anyone has any case studies that they think are good, I would
appreciate receiving them.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Joyce Morris  jjmorris@gandalf.rutgers.edu
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Date:         Sat, 10 Oct 1992 18:06:51 -0400
From:         Christopher Davis <ckd@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Computer Policies

Try ftp.eff.org, pub/academic
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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 08:49:21 -0700
From:         brochman@SFU.CA
Subject:      Re: Restricting access

Extract from recent contribution:
>Even after they leave the college.  It has dial-in numbers and can be reached f
rom >anywhere by an 800 number.  There is no fee associated with the use of the
>computer.   I get 200-300 messages a day and it was easy for me to get my quo
ta >increased.  Nobody hassled me for exceeding my quota.

It could well be argued that limiting access to computing (read information
access and dissemination) systems could be deemed unethical on the basis of
freedom of speech etc. I'd like to make two points:

1. Ethical is what you make it. There are no external standards.

2. These things cost (somebocy else) money.

I too have free access after leaving an institution. I am grateful for a
number of reasons. I also think that my continued access to the unix system
and Internet contributes to the university's 'mission'. No problem... but I
have also had an opportunity to view (and to some extent participate in)
the *enormous* flow of trivia that sloshes electronically back and forth
across internet. This is in itself no crime; except, *who pays for it?*.
There is no way that I will believe that these 200 - 300 messages a day are
*worthwhile* economically, socially or ethically... to 'the taxpayers'.
This number, incidentally is not unusual; I have seen it used several times
before.

I have myself spent many hours downloading programs from FTP sites all over
the world. It is NOT an exaggeration to say that 95% of this stuff is
amateurish and childish.

And then there is the cost of the time spent by all these people generating
this ASCII swill. Presumably the majority of it is created and read 'on
company time'...

If there are questions to be asked wrt restricting access, then there are
also questions to be asked about the effect of unrestricted access to this
global CB.


From the computer of  Harold Brochmann (604) 926-6716.
From: woody@STMARYS-CA.EDU ((Woody Weaver))
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Subject: Re: Computer Policies
Date: 11 Oct 92 17:38:59 GMT
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Sally Webster <ACDSPW%SUVM.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu> asks,

>I'm looking for the identity of fileservers to which I can anonymously
>FTP to get examples of computer use policies in force in North American
>colleges and universities.  Anyone on this list know of some?

odin@pilot.njin.net maintains a master list of anonymous ftp sites.

ftp.eff.org maintains a wide collection of computer use policies.

Robert Weaver                         office: 510-631-4416
Department of Mathematical Sciences     home: 510-680-1986
St. Mary's College of California         fax: 510-376-4027
Moraga, CA 94575                        data: 510-376-1554
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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 10:28:09 MDT
From:         Marshall Adams <BA24@UTEP.BITNET>
Subject:      From Marshall
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> On Thu, 1 Oct 1992 14:01:36 -0500 Undetermined origin c/o Postmaster said:
> >        Will somebody please do something about these stupid error
> >messages.  They are worse than McElwaine.
> >
> The offending address has been removed, and the Genie gateway has been
> added to the list of known generators of bad error messages.  After
> postmasters at all peers have updated the list, it should not generate
> any more errors like we saw recently.  I apologize for any inconveinance
> caused.
> /ahw
Hi Harry,

"If you have to operate, use a firm hand."
--Marshall
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From:         Undetermined origin c/o Postmaster <POSTMASTER@POLYVM.BITNET>

        Sally:  When and if you find out computer use policies in North
American colleges and universities, please let me know what you find out.
I have a feeling it will be a horror story.

                                        Chris Morrison
                                        CMorriso@snyescva.bitnet
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From:         Undetermined origin c/o Postmaster <POSTMASTER@POLYVM.BITNET>

        I think that Harold has brought up some very important points here.
What I was trying to say was that if I have to choose the two alternatives
I will choose the one that gives me the most freedom.  Nevertheless, I too
notice the triviality of much of the traffic, and by the time I finish
reading it I feel like I have wasted my time.  There is an example of what
I mean, no two examples.  One is Allmusic at AUVM.  It is a list for the
discussion of all types of music and sometimes very interesting.  But it
sometimes runs 150-200 messages a day, many of them are just silly.  There
is Freetalk at AUVM, where the people were talking about women's underwear.
I don't always like what I read on the political lists, flamewars, and assorted
garbage.  But if the people involved are all intellectually and emotionally
mature, if they have some moral standards they will try to make their time
and their use of resources count.  But the system owners have to sort of
encourage them in the right direction by giving them the right sort of
resources to do productive things and encourage them to do productive things
with the resources.  A little bit of fun is a good thing, but it must be
backed up by something which is in some way socially useful.

                                        Chris Morrison
                                        CMorriso@snyescva.bitnet
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Date:         Sat, 10 Oct 1992 16:04:04 EDT
From:         Sally Webster <ACDSPW@SUVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Computer Policies

I'm looking for the identity of fileservers to which I can anonymously
FTP to get examples of computer use policies in force in North American
colleges and universities.  Anyone on this list know of some?
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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 1992 13:29:55 EDT
From:         "(Robert Holder)" <robert@WHIPLASH.ER.USGS.GOV>
Subject:      Re: From Marshall
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Hi Marshall,

"If you're eating octopus, when did Charlemagne get his
 twenty-seventh haircut?"
--robert h
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Date:         Sun, 11 Oct 1992 09:41:23 EST
From:         Harold Sjursen <HSJURSEN@POLYVM.BITNET>
              11 Oct 1992 00:09:40 -0500 from <POSTMASTER@POLYVM>

I also have the feeling that the review of university and college
computer use policies may reveal serious issues and questions
concerning free expression, privacy, distributive justice, etc.  These
are the obvious topics to be discussed on this list.  I hope some means
is devised to post on the list excerpts from and/or the instructions on how
to retrieve the most significant files.  Perhaps an index and ftp directory
someplace could be established. (Maybe there is one?)

Many colleges and universities have very explicit expectations for computer
use by students and faculty alike.  Such policies, usually very well
intentioned, both expand and limit the exchange of knowledge and information
while structuring the discourse in many ways perhaps not always noted.

Informed discussion of these crucial issues is vitally needed.

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From: hocks@RZRI6F.GSI.DE (Eva Hocks)
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Subject: Re: bffcreate failure when installing lpps
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:44:18 GMT
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              92 1:52 am

> When copying lpp install images via smit from tape to disk I get error message
>
> 0503-018 bffcreate:  Failure on system call to execute command /bin/dd
 if=/dev/r
> mt0.1
 of=/Inst.Images/RS6000/lpps.more/SDE.Workbench/1.1.1/workbench.usr.1.1.1.0
>  2> /dev/null.
> 0503-111 bffcreate:  Failed creating the backup format file for software
>         product workbench.
>
> This failure happens when I try to load different lpps from different tapes.
> (system is an AIX 3.2.1 on a mod 970, filesystem /tmp and /inst.images  used
> only by about 30%, rmt0 is an exabyte tape)
>
Solution to this problem is a full root filesystem. I deleted files and
increased the filesystem size (chfs -a) and am now able to install the lpps.
This experience brought up another problem with the filesystem. Obviously the
root filesystem doesn't free the space when deleting a file. This only
occures in the / filesystem, /tmp for example is handled properly. Is there a
bug in AIX3.2.1 ?

Eva.
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Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:48:26 PST
From:         David Ramil <DCR@OAK.HIS.UCSF.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Non-root shutdown

You can ftp sudo from oleander.his.ucsf.edu, sorry for the confusion on
my part.
From: morris@MORRIS.HEP.UPENN.EDU (Ed)
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Subject: QMS laser
Date: 14 Oct 92 18:03:02 GMT
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 I am looking for driver to run an imageStation/s Model # IP/III.
 Is any one out there doing this ? Any info,suggestions or leads
 would be appreciated.
 Thanks many
 Ed M
From: hocks@RZRI6F.GSI.DE (Eva Hocks)
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Subject: bffcreate failure when installing lpps
Date: 14 Oct 92 06:52:06 GMT
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When copying lpp install images via smit from tape to disk I get error message

0503-018 bffcreate:  Failure on system call to execute command /bin/dd if=/dev/r
mt0.1 of=/Inst.Images/RS6000/lpps.more/SDE.Workbench/1.1.1/workbench.usr.1.1.1.0
 2> /dev/null.
0503-111 bffcreate:  Failed creating the backup format file for software
        product workbench.

This failure happens when I try to load different lpps from different tapes.
(system is an AIX 3.2.1 on a mod 970, filesystem /tmp and /inst.images  used
only by about 30%, rmt0 is an exabyte tape)

Anybody seen this ? Any hints ?
Thanks in advance
Eva.
From: noynaert@ACAD.MWSC.EDU (EVAN NOYNAERT)
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Subject: COBOL and BAL Assembler
Date: 14 Oct 92 13:28:23 GMT
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We have just installed our first RS/6000.  We are going to use it mainly
for teaching programming courses.  I have *lots* of questions, but two
are most urgent.
     Problem #1: COBOL -- The instructor who teaches COBOL is having
     trouble getting all of her questions answered.  Has anyone seen
     a COBOL text based on UNIX?  Also, is anyone else teaching COBOL
     in a UNIX environment, and do they have some script files, etc.
     which might be useful to us?

     Problem #2: BAL assembler or ASSIST -- We have an instructor who
     uses a program called ASSIST, which is basically a simplified
     version of the IBM 360 type assembly language (BAL).  We want very
     much to move ASSIST to the UNIX system.  Does anyone know of a
     UNIX implementation of ASSIST or a BAL simulator?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Evan Noynaert
Missouri Western State College
noynaert@acad.mwsc.edu
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Date:         Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:52:29 EDT
From:         "William T. Martin" <AB9J@CORNELLC.BITNET>
Subject:      List of third party hardware for the RS6000

There is a ftp site where I once obtained a list of third party hardware
options for the RS6000.  Can anyone send me its Internet address?
Thanks,

William Martin
Cornell University
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Date:         Wed, 7 Oct 1992 10:22:16 WST
From:         Eng Heng Chiaw <hceng@SOLOMON.TECHNET.SG>
Subject:      Re: looking for screenblank
              at Oct 6, 92 2:23 pm

> Andre Potengy <potengy@visgraf.impa.br> writes:
>
> >Does anybody know about a "screenblank" for RS6000 ?
>
> If, by "screenblank", you mean a screen-saver program, try xlock.tar.Z and/or
> xnlock.3.tar.Z, available via anonymous FTP from export.lcs.mit.edu in the
> contrib directory.  There is also xautolock in volume 17 of comp.sources.x
> (get part0?.Z via anonymous FTP from ftp.uu.net in the directory
> usenet/comp.sources.x/volume17/xautolock).
>
xlock comes with AIX 3.2 (in X11dev.src) complete with the Sun logos (if you
go xlock -mode life.

Alternatively, you can also use xset (also in X11dev.src).
>
> Peter Vernam                              Email: vernam@draper.com
> Draper Laboratory, Inc.                   Voice: 617-258-2735
> 555 Technology Square                     Fax:   617-258-2705
> Cambridge, MA 02139
>
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Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1992 13:28:10 -0500
From:         "Steven C. Erwin" <erwin@CRYSTAL.PHYSICS.UPENN.EDU>
Subject:      Re: advertisements on AIX-L
              08 Oct 92 10:58:21 D.)
              <9210081532.AA14351@crystal.physics.upenn.edu>

I would like to strongly second Norbert Conrad's complaint about
advertisements on this discussion list.  I'm sure that the Wang
Corporation feels that we all want to hear about the "number one
document imaging system" (and maybe some of us do), but I fear this may
be the tip of a very deep iceberg....

Please, please, please -- keep commercial notices off our list!

Steven C. Erwin
Department of Physics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia PA
erwin@crystal.physics.upenn.edu
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Date:         Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:35:53 CDT
From:         Steve Holyer <holyejs@OKRA.MILLSAPS.EDU>
Subject:      Segmentation Fault running code generated from lex specifications

I am using lex to generate a C program to scan PASCAL source code and break its
input into tokens.  I am using AIX lex to generate the C code.  I can compile
the C program generated from lex (with no errors).  I can run the C program (I
call it lexit) over a small test file with no problems.  I can run it over a
larger test pascal source file and I get a segmentation fault after processing
several line of the file.  The offfending token appears to be a comment of the
form (* comment text *).  The strange thing is my test file and my larger file
both contain these tokens and the lexit (my program) program parses these just
fine until it come to one in the larger file that "chokes" it.

Here is my regular expression and action rules for the comment:

#define	Comment	238

A	\(
B	\*
C	\)
D	[^\*\)]

%%

{A}{B}(({B}*{D})|{C})*{B}*{B}{C}		{return(Comment);}

%%

Of course there are other lex specifications for the rest of the lex grammar.

Dbx reports that the segmentation violation occurs in the middle of the lex
generated routine yylook.  Where do I need to look for this error?
   1.   Is something wrong with my regular expressions?
   2.	Is this a bug in AIX lex?  (I had the same problem under 3.1 and 3.2)
   3.   Is there something else to look at?

Any help is appreciated.

J. Stephen Holyer
Conway Computer Consultants
(601) 957-7400
      	
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Date:         Mon, 12 Oct 1992 16:38:31 MEZ
From:         Klaus Kretschel <RZ13@DLRVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Charcodes ISO versus PC
              9 Oct 1992 12:42:31 MEZ from <PHY070@VM.HRZ.UNI-ESSEN.DE>

>
>Anyhow: When connected to some other (UNIX-)host or executing special
>applications, especially when working under X11, I sometimes need or
>wish to have the ISO-Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) keycodes and character display
>instead of the PC (IBM-850) codes - we have a German keyboard over here!
>I do not want to switch the machine to ISO-Latin permanently, though, as
>we have a mainly IBM oriented world (PCs and the like) locally. Just for
>a special connection or application, one X11-Window amongst other PC-code
>windows, e.g.
>
Under X11 you may use the xmodmap command to change keyboard mapping.
Documentation is not very clear, but after some emperimenting I found out:

- if you change keyboard mapping before starting a client, everything
  works fine
- if you change it after the client has been started, some parameters
  have changed (e.g. modifiers), others not, especially the glyphs do
  NOT change; I don't know if this is a feature or a fault (AIX 3.2.1)

  Note: Keyboard remapping affects each client in the server!
        But according to the described (in my opinion) somewhat strange
        behaviour it might be possible to find a compatible mapping
        for German and English keyboards.

The available keyboards are in /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xmodmap.

Klaus Kretschel
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Date:         Tue, 13 Oct 1992 10:26:02 -0700
From:         gbell@GENESIS.CSC.WSU.EDU
Subject:      remove from list

Please remove me from this list.

Thanks,
    Greg Bell
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