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From: Ben w/ no emailaddress : (
Subject: Re: SCOTT DORSEY (film festivals)
Organization: University of Central Florida
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:38:43 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.183226.14513@cs.ucf.edu> ben w/ no email address : (
writes:
>Scott, we've got a lame system here -- it's very frustrating!  Unfortunately,
I
>have no email address, and must therefore rely on simply checking the postings
>when I can; and I have tried several times, unsuccessfully, to email directly
>to you.  I appreciate the help, and am very interested to hear what film
>festivals are out there (that accept short films).
>
>I just mailed out my short film and all accompanying press materials this past
>Tuesday to Telluride; Chicago; Virginia; Uppsala, Sweden; Turin, Italy; and
>London Film festivals.
>
>If you, or anyone out there, has information about film festivals/competitions
>in their area, I would be greatful for a posting or a note to:
>
>UPSTART Productions
>4831-D N. Goldenrod Rd.
>Winter Park, FL 32792
>USA 
>
>THANKS,
>
>Ben
> 
>

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
From: ben w/ no email address : (
Subject: SCOTT DORSEY (film festivals)
Organization: University of Central Florida
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:32:26 GMT

Scott, we've got a lame system here -- it's very frustrating!  Unfortunately, I
have no email address, and must therefore rely on simply checking the postings
when I can; and I have tried several times, unsuccessfully, to email directly
to you.  I appreciate the help, and am very interested to hear what film
festivals are out there (that accept short films).

I just mailed out my film and all accompanying press materials this past
Tuesday to Telluride; Chicago; Virginia; Uppsala, Sweden; Turin, Italy; and
London Film festivals.

If you, or anyone out there, has information about film festivals/competitions
in their area, I would be greatful for a posting or a note to:

UPSTART Productions
4831-D N. Goldenrod Rd.
Winter Park, FL 32792
USA 

THANKS,

Ben
From: Ben with no real Email address :
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
Subject: FILM FESTIVALS
Date: 24 Jul 92 23:57:02 GMT
Organization: University of Central Florida

So here's the deal guys and girls of the world:  I'm a filmmaker stuck here in
Orlando, Florida.  I just finished a short film (19 minutes) and I would like
to enter it into festivals and competitions all over the world.  My question to
all of you out there is "WHAT FESTIVAL OR COMPETITION HAPPENS IN YOUR AREA AND
WHEN IS IT?"

Any information on how and when to enter would be greatfully appreciated.  So
some of you don't go to needless trouble, here's a list of the festivals and
competitions that I am currently aware of:
								USA:									
											Chicago International
											Telluride
											Golden Eagle Awards
											Virginia Festival of American Film
											Fort Lauderdale International
											Alamo Competition
											Asbury, New York Festival
											Dore Schary Awards

									FOREIGN:
											London, England International Film Festival
											Montreal, Canada Festival of New Cinema
											Turin, Italy Festival of Young Cinema
											Uppsala, Sweden Short Film Festival

I'm also interested to hear from other filmmakers regarding their own
experiences producing a student or independent short film or feature (what were
your hurdles, problems, lessons learned, etc.?  AND,since I am a recent grad.
of the Univ. of Central Florida Film Program (BA, Motion Picture Production), I
would be interested to hear about any MFA Film Production Programs in the U.S.
(Can one get an MFA from another country?  Because I would love to study in
London or in Italy (in English though, I'm FAR from fluent in Italian).

So, that's it.

THANKS,  Ben.
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Tuesday, 28 Jul 1992 16:21:40 MST
From: <ICSCH@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
Subject: Phone pranks

A great phone prank to do to some unsuspecting freshman on the dorm floor is to
get someone with a "radio voice" and have them call the dork in question.  Then
act like he's on the radio (real station playing in the background and ask the
dork if you can record his voice, then say off to the side "begin recording").
Tell him (after answering a stuuuuppid question that he's won and give him a
bogus address of the radio station to pick up the prize (preferably a "nice"
car).  Put the icing on the cake by calling back to get his id number...
From: v121mfrc@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (John C Parker)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
Subject: Jonesing
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:12:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

When I was at Michigan State we always used "Jones-ing" to refer to someone
who was trying to get something for nothing or deprive you of something
that was rightfully yours.
For example, if you received a grade in a class lower than what you think
you deserved, you had been "Jones-ed" by the prof.
Usually it was used with reference to money. 
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
From: ligman@zaphod.lockheed.com (Dan Ligman)
Subject: Re: college slang
Reply-To: ligman@zaphod.lockheed.com (Dan Ligman)
Organization: Lockheed Missles & Space Co.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 17:37:43 GMT

 Then there is always the quintessential comedy hit from the
 '70 that has a line that goes something like, "I've got a
 basketball jones". I don't the comedian who sang it though.
From: michaelb@cse.fau.edu (Michael Rogero Brown)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
Subject: Re: Pranks
Summary: George Hayduke's Getting Even books
Date: 27 Jul 92 17:53:08 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

Well, with some of the recent talk on pranks, I had to mention the
books by George Hayduke.  Now, Hayduke's books are descriptions at
getting back at people you hate, but some of them could give you
ideas for pranks.  Some also give info on 'fun' chemicals you can
use.  Most good bookstores carry his books in the humor section.

One word of warning.  Most of his books have hardback & softback 
editions, and for some reason they are given totally different
titles.  Here is a list of books off the top of my head, hardback
titles are in parens

Getting Even (Get Even)
Getting Even 2 (Get Even)
Revenge (Up Yours ?)
Make My Day!
Advanced Mudslinging & Backstabbing Techniques. (Payback...)
<there are others>
 
-- 
<<                                                               >>
<< Michael R. Brown    CS Graduate Student-Florida Atlantic Univ >>
<< Internet: michaelb@sol.cse.fau.edu                            >>
<< BitNet: m_brown@fauvax                                        >>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.college
From: Ben w/ no real Email address  : (
Subject: Re: Dumb Frat Games
Organization: University of Central Florida
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:41:50 GMT

In article <1992Jul25.231817.12931@leland.Stanford.EDU>
dhyatt@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Hyatt) writes:

> Dumb Frat Games

> Acted Out by Authentic Dumb Frat Guys

> DISCLIAMER: This feature does not intend to make damaging
generalizations about fraternities, nor does it mean to characterize
frat boys as self-mutilating, homoeroitc, mindless hedonists who would
gladly brand themselves on the butt with the red-hot mouth of a
blowing beer bottle simply because everyone else promised that they
would do it next.  Also, since few sources were willing to go on the
record, it could not be confirmed with certainty that these games are
in fact played, but these accounts are definitely more reliable than
"urban myths."


****** I _KNEW_ there was a reason I didn't join a frat (I say "Frat" instead
of fraternity . . . because they HATE that), beside the fact that I didn't want
to buy my friends, alter my personality or priorities (like actually getting an
education), etc. etc. etc.  Major waste of time --- cultivating plastic
relationships and pursuing meaningless activities.  DON'T FLAME ME -- I party,
I just don't do it with my thumb up some other guy's ass! (Whew, that's
_manly_!)
********************************************************************************


Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: Computer Relics (Was: 9 track data storage?)
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 20:01:13 GMT

In article <7583@public.BTR.COM> thad@btr.BTR.COM (Thaddeus P. Floryan) writes:
>
>And what about those "mini" punch cards with, what, 96 "columns" in an area
>about 1/3 the size of a conventional Hollerith card?  That concept was very
>short-lived, though I may still have some card holders and card samples.

They come out of ATM machines as receipts (no holes punched).

cjl
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: jelson@poincare.cs.jhu.edu (Jeremy Elson)
Subject: Re: Today's Games Destined to be Classics
Organization: Johns Hopkins Computer Science Department, Baltimore, MD
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 08:11:36 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.184311.5093@eskimo.celestial.com> shaggy@eskimo.celestial.com (David Case) writes:
>Yeah Koronis Rift was ok, I just didn't like the theme as much as
>Rescue's...  And what's this about my CoCo III's not being old?  it's
>about as old as CoCo III's get, it was the second CoCo III bought in my
>hometown (one of the clerks beat me to it...I got mine the first day it
>was released)  I liked the CoCo, it was a nice machine, I still own
>mine.

Coco?  What kind of game is that?  The Coco *I* know is an instructional
program for the Commodore 64 that I used when I was about 11 (after we
bought our first computer).  It was supposed to teach programming but
was actually pretty lame.  You write your BASIC program in a little box
at the bottom of the screen (the thing was written to interpret a limited
set of BASIC commands, and it checked your syntax as you were writing...).
Then when your program is done, you hit "run" and it runs it visually --
i.e. it has little boxes on the screen indicating the "A" and "B" variables
and the "C" array, etc... if you write a line "C(3) = A" you see a little
arrow get drawn (with accompaning music and sound effects) from the A to
the 3rd slot of C, finally delivering the contents of A to C(3) where it
appears.  Very slow, lame, but kinda neat.

Also I remember it's the only C-64 software I've ever seen that uses a
dongle.  Had a little thing you plug into one of the joystick ports to
get it to run.

-je
-- 
Jeremy Elson
jelson@server.cs.jhu.edu (Internet) / jelson@jhuvms (Bitnet)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: ALAN@VM1.McGill.CA (Alan Greenberg)
Subject: Re: IBM vs. world terminology (was: What does dd stand for?)
Organization: McGill University
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 22:00:52 GMT

In article <5201@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
valdis@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Valdis Kletnieks) writes:
 
>The IBM S/360 models 65 and 95 (and maybe others) had a bizzare
>creature called an "imprecise interrupt".  This basically meant that
>your 'STORE' opcode hit a protection or addressing error, and the
>CPU didn't find out about it till 2-3 instructions later. (It doesn't
>take much if you consider that 2361 Large Core Storage modules had
>a 7000 ns cycle time.  Yes - this is core storage that's slower than
>some disks available now.  Anyhow, I seem to remember that it was
>possible to belly-up the machine by doing a stray store into non-
>existent memory, then doing an SVC - and then the opsys would die
>because it would take an unexpected interrupt *after* the SVC switched
>to the kernel context...
 
 Interrupts on the /65 were always precise, but the models 91 and 95
 at times presented imprecise interrputs.  This was because they
 were heavily pipelined with multiple execute units, so a later
 instruction could finish before a (physically) earlier one.
 Normally an interrput points to the next instruction so that
 execution can be resumed later.  In this case, the one that failed
 could be followed by one that had already successfully been executed
 (and you wouldn't want to redo it when resuming!).  So the interrput
 would be signalled as imprecise to ensure that restart was not
 attempted.
 
 If I remember correctly, the SVC "drained the pipeline" (made sure all
 previous instructions were complete before executing), so I don't think
 a previous interrpu could be presented in the wrong mode.
 
 The overall technique made for fast machines, but non-standard
 software.  Overall increases in hardware performance meant that
 this techniques was not used for a while.  Heavily pipelined
 systems with multiple execute units are now common again.  They
 now capture a lot of status and intermediate values along the way,
 and if an instruction fails, completed instructions that physically
 follow it are backed out (that is, anything they may have changed
 are set to their original values).  That would have been too costly
 sixties, but now with microprogramming (which wasn't used for performance
 reasons on systems like the 91 and 95) VLSI, it is quite practical.
 
 Alan
Xref: sparky alt.folklore.computers:11320 comp.protocols.time.ntp:756
From: ivie@cc.usu.edu (CP/M lives!)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: Re: Multiple Wristwatches
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:34:18 GMT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Jul28.174553.15149@uvm.edu>, wollman@sal.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes:
> In article <1840@adagio.UUCP> grog@adagio.UUCP writes:
>>I don't blame them. It would drive me nutty too. How the ^&* do you
>>keep them in sync?
> 
> Say, has xntp3 been ported to a Seiko yet?

No, but rumor is that they're working on a watch that listens to WWV ala
Heathkit's Most Accurate Clock.

Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
Subject: Re: Unix Roots of DOS?
Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 13:46:30 GMT

cline@cs.scarolina.edu (Ernest Cline) writes:
> ARRGH!!!
> Number 1 reason I use Macs instead of DOS/Windows
> Most vendors are not afraid to admit that there was bug, so when they do a bug
> fix, they change the version number. Makes it much easier to determine which
> is latest version, and which is not.

IBM is an exception to this. They have made publically available, quite
a few bug fixes for OS/2. Being a new operating system, when it got to a
very wide user base, small things started cropping up. They have
published fixes for quite a few little problems and don't try to hide
them as anything else but fixes. They have not released a new version
though, although 2.1 is due RSN.

-- 
Tom J Parry.
Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Subject: Re: You know you've been hacking too long...
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 13:38:20 GMT

In a previous article, gudjm@uniwa.uwa.edu.au  says:
>
>Just out of curiosity... out of all of you hackers who wear a digital
>watch, how many have it in 24 hour mode?

Well, in this part of the world, when it comes to *writing* a time,
it's always done 24-hour-wise. Most people in current conversation
though use 12-hour terms, but also many use 24-hour there. You see,
we simply don't have these am/pm terms, we have to say the full
words forenoon or afternoon (or evening) if there is any ambiguity,
and then the 24-hour form is even more convenient. Also in official
speaking like on TV or radio, they only use 24-hour terms.

-- 
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Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
                                   or  peterk@public.sub.org
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: circuit@convex.csd.uwm.edu (circuit)
Subject: Alphaville
Originator: circuit@convex.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: Ministry of Misinformation/Room 101
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 08:40:38 GMT

	More on the COMPUTERS in movies thread!......ack

	Has anyone seen the movie Alphaville by Jean Luc Goddard (sp?)
It is a French film from about 1965 that is centered around a computer
called the Alpha 60 that controls everything in Alphaville. It's
supposed to be a futuristic avant-garde sci-fi romance type of film...

	The computer was supposed to be an AI machine that planned
EVERYTHING for the citizens of Alphaville and banned the use of words
regarding emotion, most importantly love. 

	This is not a BAD film about computer either... unlike some of
the other movies mentioned earlier.....actually it's quite a well made
film, but the computer science is kind of goofy... 

whatever....


C()


	






	


-- 
circuit@convex.csd.uwm.edu
From: jon%vector0.UUCP@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Dazed N. Confused)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Unix Roots of DOS?
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:49:49 GMT
Organization: Vector Zero

magnus@THEP.LU.SE (Magnus Olsson) writes:

> But I agree that MS-DOS 'more' is a hopelessly broken hack, only
> vaguely reminiscent in functionaity to the Unix original.

     Ah, but what Unix can run V. Buerg LIST.COM, hmm?  Whenever
cd'ing through a zillion user work directories, I sure wish there
was a port of it..

--Jon

   jon%vector0@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US                Life is like a ____.
   PacBell.COM!sactoh0!vector0!jon
From: klaus@diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: You know you've been hacking too long...
Keywords: workstation, hacking, risks
Date: 28 Jul 92 08:41:14 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter) writes:

>In article <1992Jul23.152757.1506@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> gudjm@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (D John McKenna) writes:
> > Just out of curiosity... out of all of you hackers who wear a digital
> > watch, how many have it in 24 hour mode?
> > 
>I have, as would most (all?) people in Europe, unless they have a watch
>that refuses to be set in 24 hour mode.  No funny AM/PM doings overhere.
>BTW, today my watch is 8.5 minutes fast, last week it was only 7.5 minutes.

Right. In this country at least, most people prefer the 24 hour mode. I think
that is because while we do use 12 hour times, their terminology is entirely
different. 9 05 is always 9 05, never 21 05. Five minutes past nine might be
either. You will never hear 5 minutes past 21, that is mixing the systems.
You cant set these watches to show "5 minutes to 9", or "10 minutes to
half past 9", so its less confusing to use the 24 hour format. (Well,
actually counting minutes to the half hours is dying out, most younger
people would say 20 minutes past 9).

Klaus O K
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Subject: Re: Computers on TV
Reply-To: lasner@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Charles Lasner)
Organization: Columbia University
Distribution: alt
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 23:20:15 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.065617.19751@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> jelson@poincare.cs.jhu.edu (Jeremy Elson) writes:
>
>A "jig" is a special kind of fast dance you do to avoid getting hit
>by a tape reel flying past your head at high velocity while standing in a
>machine room.
>
>:-) :-)

Years ago, magnetic tape was made under the "Irish" brand, and also a
"Shamrock" division.  The company was located in Opelika Alabama.

So, I suppose if they made the tape reel, then it would be an Irish jig.

cjl
From: bob@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Bob Nutter)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Life machines?
Date: 27 Jul 92 12:40:54 GMT
Organization: Manchester Computing Centre


In <sourada.711499798@vincent1.iastate.edu> sourada@iastate.edu (Steven D Ourada) writes:

>Have any dedicated Life machines ever been built? I've heard (I think in
>Sci. Am.) that there were some cellular automata machines made, but I don't
>know if they ran Life or not.

When I was doing my final year undergrad project, another student made a
4-processor (8086-based I think) machine to run Life. Worked too, but only had a
terminal as output. This was 86/87 at Computer Science in Manchester.

bob

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email:b.nutter@umist.ac.uk
From: cudep@warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Today's Games Destined to be Classics
Date: 30 Jul 92 09:27:20 GMT
Organization: Team Limpid's Meathead With Aptitude - Kunst und Wahnsinn

In article <cs.17.712482750@ib.cc.rl.ac.uk> cs@ib.cc.rl.ac.uk (C. Stratford) writes:
>In article <Bs5nsL.4wH@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> dagbrown@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Dave Brown) writes:
>>CLUELESS!!!!!  The CoCo is the Radio Shack Color Computer, one of the
>>neater beasts to come from the guts of Tandy...it ran OS/9 and did other
>>neat things.
>It was also one of the few computers (apart from the PC) to have a clone 
>made of it - the wonderful (but sadly long dead) Dragon 32.  It ran all
>of the same software, could use most of the same hardware, and sold
>better than the CoCo (in the UK at least.)

Same thing happened (in the UK at least) with that other 'famous'
Tandy/Radio Shack computer, the TRS-80.  The clone as the Video Genie
(ugh - what a name!) and it sold amazingly well and was pretty good.

Cheers,
-- 
\/ato - Ian Dickinson - NIC handle: ID17                              Yo! Bum 
vato@csv.warwick.ac.uk  ...!mcsun!uknet!warwick!vato                     rush
/I=I/S=Dickinson/OU=CSV/O=Warwick/PRMD=UK.AC/ADMD= /C=GB/                 the
@c=GB@o=University of Warwick@ou=Computing Services@cn=Ian Dickinson     show
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From: cc2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Jeff Luszcz)
Subject: Re: Scott Adams = writer of "Dilbert?"
Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers
Organization: Cornell University
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:25:03 GMT

  The Cornell Daily Sun ran the comic strip Dilbert last year. Very,
very Funny. Dilbert was an engineer,and you could see his strip on 
many of the engineers doors here on campus.
  In my apartment we had what we think is the most famous Dilbert cartoon,
at least on campus.
  It went a little like this.....


    The first panel was of Dilbert and his co-workers sitting around
    a table.
      One of his friends says   '....kilobits."
  next panel,
   Dilbert says' I think you mean MEGAbits!"
  next panel
    Dilbert and his friends laughing uncontrollibly
  last panel
    Dilbert remarks..
     "I don't know why none of us has friends outside of work."

  ha.
    When we posted the cartoon strip up, we cut off the last panel.
  I thought it made it have a little more twisted humor.

  -Jeff

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   210 Linden Ave Apt#3                cc2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
   Ithaca,NY                        Bitnet Address
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                                    Tel:(607)273-6888