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From: ferguson@Colorado.EDU (Janet Ferguson)
Subject: Sparcstation 10 & AIPS 15APR92
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date:  9 Sep 92 19:44:25 GMT

Will AIPS release 15APR92 run on a SPARCstation 10 running
Solaris 2.0? Will 15APR92 be supported on the SPARCstation
10 platform? I've just ordered a SPARC 10 (single processor) 
and will need to run AIPS on this machine. 


Janet Ferguson
ferguson@yonder.colorado.edu
University of Colorado, Boulder
Center for Astrophysics & Space Astronomy


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Newsgroups: alt.sci.astro.aips
From: pmurphy@nrao.edu (Pat Murphy)
Subject: Re: Sparcstation 10 & AIPS 15APR92
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 13:23:53 GMT

In article <ferguson.716067865@yonder> ferguson@Colorado.EDU (Janet
   Ferguson) writes:

   Will AIPS release 15APR92 run on a SPARCstation 10 running
   Solaris 2.0? Will 15APR92 be supported on the SPARCstation
   10 platform? I've just ordered a SPARC 10 (single processor) 
   and will need to run AIPS on this machine. 

The 15APR92 and forthcoming 15OCT92 releases of AIPS will not have any
immediate support for Solaris 2.0.  There are so many differences between
Solaris 1.x (BSD flavor Unix) and 2.x ("Bell" or SYS.V flavor) that we
have to consider it a brand new port.  We have the Solaris migration kit
in hand but we don't as yet have any systems running the new OS yet.

There should be no problems with the hardware.  A Sparc10 should function
just as good as any other Sparc from the AIPS standpoint (although it
should be faster :-).

If you can set your system up to default to the Berkeley way of things,
you _might_ have some success with the standard SUN4 installation, but I
can't promise anything here.  Alternately, if you have the resources
(people to work on it and time), you could attempt the port yourself,
although I would not recommend this unless you or your helpers have
systems experience with Unix.

I believe that it is the AIPS' group intention to eventually support a
version of AIPS under Solaris 2.x, but I can't say when this is likely to
happen; at least not at this point in time.  Hopefully it'll be soon.

				- Pat
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From: bradshaw@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
Subject: Melting Point of YBCO "Green Phase"
Date: 6 Sep 92 14:37:00 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

I have a question for anyone involved in superconductivity.....
Can anyone reading this tell me the melting point of the
semi-conducting "Green Phase" of YBCO? Any and all replies
appreciated. My E-Mail addresses are below. Thanks in advance...

My E-Mail addresses:

CBRADH89@IRLEARN.UCD.IE
BRADSHAW@CCVAX.UCD.IE
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
From: paula@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Andreas Paul)
Subject: influence of magnetic fields on fuel ?
Originator: paula@hpzenger3.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 18:32:17 GMT


Hi All ...

I have a question concerning the general possibility that attaching a magnet
to the fuel pipe of a car might lower its fuel consumtion.

My father, inspired by some "wonder" devices he heard about, simply attached a
strong constant Magnet (from a radio speaker) to his car's fuel pipe 
(a few months ago). He's got a VW GOLF TURBO Diesel.

Now he claims that he in fact need's less fuel. He's been measuring the consumption
for year's and he say's it's never been so low.

Now I wonder if this might be possible and what the physical or chemical
explanation is, or if it's just a coincidence (then I'd like an explanation why
it's NOT possible :).

Thanx in advance ...


Andreas Paul



P.S.: Those "wonder" devices should work for any kind of fuel ... ;)
From: mcirvin@husc8.harvard.edu (Mcirvin)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
Subject: Re: Question about tachyons
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:24:12 GMT
 <mcirvin.715295832@husc8><92244.214455EXG106@psuvm.psu.edu> 
 <mcirvin.715320528@husc8><kedhDiu00awX8A4Wlf@andrew.cmu.edu> <92248.135913EXG106@psuvm.psu.edu>

<EXG106@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>Tachyons have imaginary mass.  This can be verified by using the special
>relativity equasions: M=Mo/(1-v:2/c:2):(1/2)

I just realized that this invalidates a statement I made before, that
the imaginary proper time experienced by them would make their time
evolution "very strange."  Since all the energy states of a system
of tachyons would be imaginary as well, there'd be no trouble with
expressions like exp (-iEt/hbar), at least.

-- 
Matt McIrvin, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 
Xref: sparky alt.sci.physics.new-theories:2023 sci.chem:3527
From: adolph@cats.ucsc.edu (Adolph Smith)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories,,sci.chem
Subject: Magnetic fields increase fuel efficiency
Date: 16 Sep 1992 03:25:52 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


Magnetic fields reported to increase fuel efficiency.

For a long time there has been anecdotal evidence that magnetic fields
increase fuel efficiency.  In New Scientist, 20 Jul 1991, p. 20 there
was a report that a Ford diesel engine gave an increase of 7.5% in
specific fuel efficiency.  The tests were done with standard engine
dynamometers so no psychological factors in driving habits were involved.
I would be interested in hearing about people's experience with magnetic
field influence on fuel efficiency.  The tests were conducted by the
British Internal Combustion Engine Research Instiute at Slough,
England.  The magnetic device was called the "Optimiser".  I faxed the
Institute for information about the device and they told me that the
company was no longer in business.  If anyone in the UK has any more
information about the Optimiser device, I would appreciate hearing
about it.
Adolph Smith
From: tarl@sw.stratus.com (Tarl Neustaedter)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
Subject: Re: influence of magnetic fields on fuel ?
Date: 6 Sep 92 01:52:55 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Sep5.183217.1495@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, paula@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Andreas Paul) writes:
> I have a question concerning the general possibility that attaching a magnet
> to the fuel pipe of a car might lower its fuel consumtion.
> [...]
> Now he claims that he in fact need's less fuel. He's been measuring the
> consumption for year's and he say's it's never been so low.

For something like this (where the person performing the testing can have a
desire for a particular outcome), a double-blind test is needed. In other
words, the test would have to be performed in such a way that the driver
does not know when the device is attached. You should also run multiple
tests, to reduce the noise from coincidences.

Since your father knows that he has attached the device, and has motivation
for the device to succeed, it is entirely possible that his driving habits
have changed. He could be ever so much lighter on the gas pedal when the
light goes green, or drive more on the highway than city roads, or any of a
number of other factors under his control which can modify his gas mileage.
Note that none of these require conscious manipulation. They could simply
result from the fact that he wants to keep track of fuel mileage - so is
more aware of what kinds of things cause consumption to go up and avoids them.

The question you should be asking is not "why it's NOT possible", but "why
would it be true". I can think of nothing that a magnet could do to
hydrocarbon-based fuel to provide greater energy at combustion (which is
what fuel-efficiency increase requires).

> P.S.: Those "wonder" devices should work for any kind of fuel ... ;)

This statement is more characteristic of fraudulent schemes than any kind
of working device. *NOTHING* works for "any kind of fuel". Internal
combustion engines, in particular, are delicately balanced pieces of
equipment. If the fuel is too eager to burn, you get premature ignition
(detonation), which reduces efficiency and damages the engine. If the
fuel is too reluctant to burn, you'll have trouble starting the engine
and get increased hydrocarbon emissions due to incomplete combustion.

If you've ever tuned an engine, you'll know that for any particular
fuel (87 octane vs 93 octane vs 107 octane), there is a specific "best"
time for the spark - it being earlier or later will reduce efficiency.
This doesn't account for other changes, such as compression & camshaft
timing, which are also affected by the type of fuel.

The critical factors are even more different between gasoline, diesel and
natural gas. What works for one is extremely unlikely to work for any of the
others. Not to mention other types of fuel for different types of engines,
such as liquid hydrogen, plutonium pellets, hydrazine, coal, . . . .
-- 
         Tarl Neustaedter	tarl@sw.stratus.com
         Marlboro, Mass.	Stratus Computer
Disclaimer: My employer is not responsible for my opinions.
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Date: Wednesday, 9 Sep 1992 22:47:12 EDT
From: <A54SI@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
Subject: Good Things

 You didn't pay attention to a word that I wrote. When I said that a photon
isn't localizable, it means that you cannot think of it as an object.
 Let me quote:
-Photons are quanta of a single (monochromatic) mode of the radiation field
-and are not localized at any particular position and time within the cavity
-like fuzzy balls; rather, they are spread out over the entire cavity. In fact
-no satisfactory quantum theory of photons as particles has ever been given.
...this quote comes from page 228 of Laser Physics by Sargent III, Scully, and
Lamb.
A femtosecond laser, which I hear do actually exist, is where the pulse size
is on the order of the radiation wavelength.
From: Richard.Mathews@West.Sun.COM (Richard M. Mathews)
Newsgroups: alt.sci.physics.new-theories
Subject: Re: influence of magnetic fields on fuel ?
Date: 9 Sep 1992 21:47:16 GMT
Organization: Sunsoft Inc., Los Angeles, CA.
NNTP-Posting-Host: astro
Originator: richard@astro.West.Sun.COM

tarl@sw.stratus.com (Tarl Neustaedter) writes:
>Since your father knows that he has attached the device, and has motivation
>for the device to succeed

The cause-and-effect could even be the other way around.  He might have
had incentive to attach the device because he knew his driving habits
were about to change (more long trips which use more total fuel -- but
less per mile).

     Richard M. Mathews			G eorge
					 D epression
Richard.Mathews@West.Sun.COM		  B ush casts a
					   G loom on us all
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: jamolina@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Molina)
Subject: How is the interview for the green card?
Organization: Syracuse University
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 18:38:42 EDT

Has anybody here been through the interview for the green card at the INS?
I'd like to know what kind of questions they ask and if it's convenient
to have an attorney present. My attorney is from out of state and if he
needs to be at the interview I'll have to pay for his expenses (including
the plane ticket). He has told me that it is not absolutely necessary for
him to be present at the interview. Anybody with experience about this?
Thanks!

Alberto.

Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: jwettern@techbook.com (Joern Wettern)
Subject: Re: Travel with Conditional "green card"
Organization: TECHbooks --- Public Access UNIX --- (503) 220-0636
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:48:03 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.222535.15397@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> ktong@shannon.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin Tong) writes:
>
>My wife received her conditional "Green Card" (obtained
>by marrying a U.S. citizen, me).
>
>We are going to travel back to Taiwan in October for 3
>weeks for me to meet her relatives.  She has a Taiwan passport. 
>
>Does she need any other documents other than the
>green card and the passport to reenter the U.S.?
>
>Anything to be gotcha's to think about?  Are there any INS 
>reasons to prevent my wife from reentering the US?
>

YES!  Leaving the country while your application for permanent residence is
pending means that you are ABANDONING THE APPLICATION.  In other words, you
have to start the whole process again, from outside the United States.

You can leave and return after you have received a letter stating that your
application has been approved and that the laminated green card is being
processed.  The temporary green card you get after the interview is NOT
proof that your application has been approved.

Even with that letter an immigration officer in New York insisted that I
should not have left the country and finally let me in only because the
computer system was down and she did not know how to proceed.  According to
the INS in Portland, OR, an immigration lawyer and the INS's literature,
however, it is OK to leave (and return) once you have received that magic
letter.


>Thanks.
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>ktong@shannon.jpl.nasa.gov       Pasadena, California  91109
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      jwettern@techbook.COM

Using Unix almost makes you want to own a Macintosh.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: rahul@npac.syr.edu (Rahul Bhargava)
Subject: H1 -> F1 , Having problems
Organization: Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University (NPAC)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 20:23:32 EDT

I had filed for a change of status from H1 to F1 (yes that's right) nearly
3 months back. Since then I haven't heard anything from INS. Couple
of telephone & personal enquiries yielded the standard response, "Will take
couple of weeks more". My school started 3 weeks back. The school has allowed
me to attend classes but I can not be paid for my RAship till I get the 
change of status.

Anyone out there has any idea how to break this impasse ? Any suggestions
would be welcomed.

Thanks

Rahul.
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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: martinsc@ucs.orst.edu (Carlos Martins-Filho)
Subject: Re: J-1 Visa Question
Organization: University Computing Services - OSU
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:40:08 GMT

In article <92251.181751EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> <EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>This is probably the most popular J-1 visa question? I came to the US from
>tunisia on a J-1 visa, subject to the two-year home residency requirement. I
>have been sponsored by Penn State since 1986. Does anyone know of any means to
>waive the two-year home residency requirement and be able to apply for a job
>in the US? I actually know people who came here as part of the same program
>and were able to obtain permanent jobs in th US, but for some reason refuse
>to give away any details of how they did it. I am also interested in obtaining
>names and phone #'s of lawyers in the NE part of the country who specialize in
>immigration.
>Your replies are appreciated.
>Mounir Blibeche / Penn State

Dear Mr. Blibeche,

I think the best way to proceed is to ask your embassy/consulate to forward
a "no objection" letter to the USIA.  Provided that your government does not
interfere with your visa changing and that you have not received support from
a US Government program/grant (Penn State is NOT a US Government agency or
institution, so you are safe here!) the USIA is likely to grant you a waiver
of the two-year home residency requirement.  In fact, the USIA recommends
the waiver which is actually granted by the Department of Justice.  The entire
process may take up to 3 months (sometimes it is a matter of days).

Best Regards,

C. Martins
From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: An English Man in New York.
Date: 11 Sep 92 00:12:29 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <Bu9swz.A6q@root.co.uk> jp@root.co.uk (John-Paul Leyland) writes:
>
>I am an English citizan

Interesting.  I wasn't aware that there existed such a citizenship...

LB
From: walver@kielo.uta.fi (Ville V. Walveranta)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Fingerprints...
Date: 11 Sep 92 06:39:28 GMT
Reply-To: walver@uta.fi (Ville Walveranta)
Distribution: alt
Organization: University of Tampere, Finland


	Can I take the fingerprints myself (on the appropriate form)
	or should they be taken by some official (at a nearest 
	police station or in an INS office)?

	-- Willy
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From: boaz@concerto.lcs.mit.edu (Boaz Ben-Zvi)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Renewing tourist visa
Date: 7 Sep 92 19:12:00 GMT
Reply-To: boaz@lcs.mit.edu
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT

In article <1992Sep4.224651.10698@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>, sotoc@eecae.ee.msu.edu (Ciro Soto) writes:
|> My borther came 5 month ago to visit me and learn some English.  
|> He has a permanent (without expiration date) tourist
|> visa for multiple entries.  When he came the inmigration people
|> put a maximum of 6 month to stay here.  Now my brother wants to
|> renew it for 6 more month.  What is the best way to do it?

FAQ #1 of this group: The visa does not matter once you are inside the US.

Your brother should go to the nearest INS office and ask them to extend
his permission of stay (on the little I94 form in his passport). The
main question he'll be asked is about his financial means; i.e., the
INS does not want him to look for work here !!  The best thing to do here
is to present the INS official with financial proof (e.g., Traveler's
checks).  Your brother should be as polite as possible and give a good
story about why he wants to stay; mentioning a brother with an F1 visa
does not sound like a good idea to me, I'd rather show up with a brochure
from a travel agent about some long organized trip for students.

  Remember -- it is all up to the INS official's good will !!

-- Boaz

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From: vadim@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Naive question.
Date: 15 Sep 92 15:05:50 EDT

 Hi guys! It was nice to find such a group. I have a naive(for most
of you) question:  When do I have right to apply for a green card?
Or if I have that right now, under what circumstances the probability
to get the green card is big ?   (current holder of f-1 visa)
-Vad.
From: rangana@cs.uwindsor.ca (RANGANATHAN A            )
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: 5 years for citizenship - when does this term start?
Date: 9 Sep 1992 15:04:44 GMT
Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Hi !! Just Kicking around......

Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: maledvij@IASTATE.EDU (Marko A Ledvij)
Subject: BOOK(let)????????
Reply-To: maledvij@IASTATE.EDU (Marko A Ledvij)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 16:52:28 GMT

Hi everybody,

I wonder if anybody knows if there exists a book(let), manual or
a set of information about various visas, how they can be obtained,
what are the conditions, etc (something similar to the instructions
for filing tax-returns). I do not mean that such a book(let) should
teach you properly how to apply for a visa, green card,  etc, but
it wolud be nice if it could at least provide answers to some
basic questions (so that one need not to pay a lawyer in order to get
an answer to a trivial question).

Thanks in advance,

ML


Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: aalis@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Al Bundy)
Subject: Re: Green Card holder filing I-130 for Parent, is that possible?
Keywords: PR (Permanent Resident), Green Card, Parent, Father, Daughter 
Organization: San Francisco State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 22:35:27 GMT

In article <BuHBFu.9K8@nic.umass.edu> joshee@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Jeetendra R. Joshee) writes:
>
>My Follow up question to the querry above:
>
>If a person with Green Card wanted to bring his/her parents to the U.S
>on a permanent basis - what needs to be done? How long does it take? Is
>there a long waiting list?
>
>Parents are still abroad and do not hold any type of visa.
 I think you have to be a US citizen, according to the INS regulation 
I got a while a go from INS office in SF.
But don't count on me on that, any other answer anyone on the net ????


Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: gutala@angelo.amd.com (Ravi Gutala)
Subject: Need info about Resident Status for tuition purposes
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Santa Clara, CA
Distribution: ca
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:46:44 GMT




 Hello,

 Recently someone posted an article asking for information on
 who would qualify as a Resident in order to get exemption from
 paying out-of-state/non-resident tuition fee. In particular,
 there was mention of community colleges (in California) relaxing
 the requirements compared to the University colleges (SJ State). 
 I don't have a copy of the posting and I too need some clarifi-
 cations in this matter. Since there is no other way of getting 
 in touch with the person, I am requsting a copy of the posting
 if anyone has it. My email address is: gutala@brahms.amd.com.

 Thanks
 Ravi Gutala
  
 
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.hongkong
From: wing@pegasus.com (Wing Ng)
Subject: Re: Immigration Question
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 22:45:34 GMT

The relevant criterion is whether one is married to an Am. citiz.
at the end of 3 years.  If so, one can apply for citiz., otherwise
wait for 5 years.  The way one obtained the green card is irrelevant.

Wing

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