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From: eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew)
Subject: Re: locality abbreviations (was Re: What is this group for?)
Organization: XeniTec Consulting, Kitchener, Ontario, CANADA
Distribution: can
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 03:44:25 GMT

In article <C09rxK.97w@wimsey.bc.ca> sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne) writes:
>In article <1993Jan03.040438.7309@xenitec.on.ca> eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) writes:
>>I've always had an aversion to making names longer than absolutely
>>necessary.  We went around the "what is a proper city name" merry-
>>go-round at some length this last spring in committee.  Unfortunately,
>>no one could find any "official city abbreviation list", so city
>>abbreviations were disallowed.  If anyone is aware of such a list,
>>please forward this info to me so that I can present it to the
>>committee.  The topic was revived in committee last week, and I
>>hope that we'll have a reasonable locality abbreviation policy
>>incorporated into the guidelines in short order.  If we could find
>>a list pre-prepared by some government agency, the task would be
>>much simpler.
>
>RFC1386 mentions Western Union list. It probably covers Canada as well. It
>also mentions that it is not that great. E.g. the names are not always
>mnemonic.

It's my understanding that for an abbreviation list to have any
authority within Canada, it would have to come from some form of
_Canadian_ government organization with appropriate authority.
I'm not quite certain that Western Union is that closely related
to a Canadian government department.

>Don't forget that the Post Office already has a well documented list
>of Canadian cities. In fact characterized right down to individual blocks
>in most cases. It qualifies as a government agency. It's prepared and
>ready for pickup at your local post office or library.

My inquiries to Canada Post indicate that they don't have an official
Canadian municipality list.  They have postal codes, but that's not
at all the same thing.

> Just ask for the Postal Code book.

The Postal Code book in front of me as I type this has all the Canadian
Municipalities listed using their full names.  Unfortunately, I can't
seem to find a single city abbreviation therein, just postal codes.
I should state that the copy I have is a few years old, however verbal
information from Canada Post employees suggests that the current copy
is the same, just a bit larger.

Thanks for trying. :-)

                --ed            (Ed Hew)
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From: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Newsgroups: atl.olympics
Subject: Tickets...
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 17:30:52 EST
Reply-To: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Organization: Deep In The Heart Of The South!


  Easy question... where and how do you get tickets to the olympics in 
  1996? Please email responses since my news feed is getting munged by 
  my host.

  bill

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From: karl@cc.gatech.edu (Karl Dias)
Subject: Airline ticket for sale.
Reply-To: karl@cc.gatech.edu (Karl Dias)
Organization: College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
Distribution: atl,git
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 23:46:10 GMT


I Have one-way ticket from Austin(TX) to Atlanta for sale.
This ticket is open till Feb 16.

Price : $150 or best offer.

Send email to  karl@cc.gatech.edu   

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From: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: Olympic tickets...
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:31:58 GMT
Reply-To: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Organization: Deep In The Heart Of The South!


  Easy question... where and how do you get tickets to the olympics in 
  1996? Please email responses since my news feed is getting munged by 
  my host.

  bill

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From: croft@cc.gatech.edu (Molly Croft)
Subject: College of Computing Events: Week of January 4, 1993
Original-To: all@cc, events@cc, acad-council@cc, advboard@cc, mscarbro@gtri
Organization: Georgia Tech College of Computing
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:12:49 GMT
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COLLEGE OF COMPUTING EVENTS
WEEK OF JANUARY 4, 1993


THURSDAY, JANUARY 7

David Kieras, University of Michigan, "Analytic Models for User Interface
Design," Graphics, Visualization & Usability Distinguished Lecture Series,
noon, Room 102, Microelectronics Research Center (Pettit Building)


FRIDAY, JANUARY 8

Room 319 has been reserved in the Student Center for faculty to meet and
have lunch together, 11:30 a..m. - 1 p.m.



FACULTY ACTIVITIES:

Peter Freeman, Colin Potts, and Annie Anton will be attending the
Requirements Engineering '93 conference in San Diego January 4-6, 1993.

Mike McCracken is attending the 26th Hawaii International Conference on
System Sciences and will be presenting a paper entitled:  "Object Based
Requirements Modeling for Process Continuity" (Anton, Gale, McCracken,
Shilling).  Mike is the Enterprise Analysis Mini Track Chair for the
conference.


KUDOS:
 
Ron Arkin has been appointed to the Editorial Board of IEEE EXPERT, a
bimonthly publication of the IEEE Computer Society on Intelligent systems
and their applications. The appointment is for two years.

-- 
					
Molly Ford Croft
croft@cc.gatech.edu
College of Computing, Room 149 
(404) 853-2682  			
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From: joan@cc.gatech.edu (Joan Morton)
Subject: GVU Distinguished Lecture Series
Original-To: events@cc
Organization: Georgia Tech College of Computing
Distribution: git
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:52:37 GMT
Original-Cc: joan@cc.gatech.edu (Joan Morton)
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Graphics, Visualization & Usability
Center
Distinguished Lecture Series


presents


David Kieras
University of Michigan

Thursday, January 7, 1993, 12:00 noon
Room 102, Pettit Building
(Microelectronics Research Center)



Analytic Models for User Interface Design

Abstract

The conventional approach to evaluating the usability of a system relies
on empirical testing Q having a sample of users complete tasks using the
system.  While effective, such testing in slow and expensive, and the
lessons learned can not be easily applied to new designs.  A partial
solution to these limitations is analytic models, which predict 
aspects of usability such as learning time, consistency and execution
time based on psychological theory and a description of the task.
The talk will overview some work on these models and show how they 
lead to an engineering approach to the cognitive human factors of
systems design.



Short Bio

David Kieras received his PhD in General Experimental Pschology at the
University of Michigan in 1974, and held a post-doctoral fellowship at
Carnegie-Mellon University from 1974-1976 where he began his work
with computational models for reading comprehension of technical text.
He then joined the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona,
where in collaboration with Peter Polson at the University of Colorado,
he began working on computational models for human-computer interaction.
In 1984 he moved to the University of Michigan and is currently joint-
appointed in the Technical Communication Program and the Computer
Science Department.


-- 
Joan
GVU Center
College of Computing
404/853-0672
FAX 404/853-0673
email:  joan@cc
From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Re: Internal vs External Modems
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 17:08:50 GMT

In article <LVk0VB2w164w@amfent.Gwinnett.COM> amf@amfent.Gwinnett.COM (Andy Feibus) writes:
>gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue) writes:
>>   Why use an external vs an internal modem? Is it power, the lights,
>>   what? I looking to upgrade my modem and am considering an internal
>>   vs external. Internals are cheaper... but what are the major factors 
>>   that have been used in this decision?
>Two factors in external modems' favor are ease and device drivers.
>
>The ease part is simple: you can easily change any internal switches
>and you get to see lights on some models that indicate where in the
>communication process your modem is at.  The device driver part
>has to do with using the internal modem with operating systems
>like UNIX.  Internal boards need their own device driver and the
>modem manufacturer is the one to supply it; have they done the
>work?

IMHO the most important reason to use an external modem is to
protect your expensive computer investment from lightning. Speaking
as one who has been bitten, I'll stick with an external modem and
a fiber optic serial link to the computer.

Gary
-- 
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Destructive Testing Systems |    we break it.     | uunet!rsiatl!ke4zv!gary
534 Shannon Way             |    Guaranteed!      | emory!kd4nc!ke4zv!gary      
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From: bfbear@penn.Gwinnett.COM (Penn Collins)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: for sale
Date: 20 Dec 92 15:53:27 GMT

3 tapes- still in box, STILL wrapped (never viewed)
20,000 leagues under the sea
Field of Dreams
Jesus Christ Superstar
                        15$ each or all for 40

leave me e-mail (this newsfeed screws up occasionally)
From: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: Adding TV and stuff to video?
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 22:56:45 EST
Reply-To: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Organization: Deep In The Heart Of The South!

I have an ATI Graphics Ultra board in my pc and am looking into 
purchasing an additional video coprocessing board of some kind to hook 
vcr, tv, and camcorder into. The ATI board doesn't have a feature 
connector that I know of... and some add on video boards hook into the 
system via the feature connector. 

Does anyone have any recommendations on a video addon that will work with 
my system? What about Win/TV, VideoSpigot. Desktop TV? I want a windows 
based product. 

Any assistance you can give is greatly appreciated!
Please email responses.

bill

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From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Re: Internal vs External Modems
Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 20:24:28 GMT

In article <0VZNwB5w165w@dithots.Gwinnett.COM> gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue) writes:
>gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:
>
>> In article <LVk0VB2w164w@amfent.Gwinnett.COM> amf@amfent.Gwinnett.COM (Andy F
>> 
>> IMHO the most important reason to use an external modem is to
>> protect your expensive computer investment from lightning. Speaking
>> as one who has been bitten, I'll stick with an external modem and
>> a fiber optic serial link to the computer.
>> 
>> Gary
>
>If you use a surge/current protector with a grounding shield on your
>telephones lines, would this help prevent such damage?

A little in some cases. Primarily such line protectors can deal with
small spikes and surges from lightning hits some distance away. They
are of little value for near strikes or direct strikes on the phone
lines.

The worst situations are lightning strikes on the phone or power wires
where the bolt attempts to exit your equipment by the other cable. IE
enter on phone, exit on power line, or vice versa. This allows large
damaging currents to pass through your computer. If you can break that
path with a fiber optic link, you can prevent most damage to the computer.

There is an alternative protective method that is effective, but often
difficult to put into practice. That is the "ground window" approach.
*Every* wire entering or exiting your equipment has to pass through a
single confined area where it is securely grounded through heavy duty
and quick acting suppressors. The window is then connected to a solid
earth ground. This must be the *only* ground path in the system.

Ground loops are the main source of destructive current paths in equipment.
Preventing *all* of them is often unobvious. I used an ordinary 3 wire
AC plug on my remote mounted UPS because it's required by the National
Electrical Code. That created a ground loop that torched a Unix box,
monitor, laser printer, and two modems when lightning came to visit.
Only the Unix box was on the UPS with it's remote ground, all the other
equipment was on interruptable power and third wire grounded to outlets
in the computer room. The ground window was destroyed simply because
I wanted the noisy UPS isolated from my work position.

Gary
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Lawrenceville, GA 30244     |                     | emory!ke4zv!gary@gatech.edu
From: amf@amfent.Gwinnett.COM (Andy Feibus)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: Re: Internal vs External Modems
Date: 24 Dec 92 02:02:56 GMT

gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue) writes:
>   Why use an external vs an internal modem? Is it power, the lights,
>   what? I looking to upgrade my modem and am considering an internal
>   vs external. Internals are cheaper... but what are the major factors 
>   that have been used in this decision?
Two factors in external modems' favor are ease and device drivers.

The ease part is simple: you can easily change any internal switches
and you get to see lights on some models that indicate where in the
communication process your modem is at.  The device driver part
has to do with using the internal modem with operating systems
like UNIX.  Internal boards need their own device driver and the
modem manufacturer is the one to supply it; have they done the
work?

Also, another important question is: will this modem contain fax
capabilities and, if so, is it compatible with the fax software you want
to use?  All fax modems are not the same (regardless of what the 
manufacturers say about "Class 2" compatibility, very few truly _are_ 
compatible with the EIA Class 2.0 standard).  Watch for an upcoming
column (early Feb?) on this in OST.

Final important question: if you go with a high-speed external modem, is 
your computer and RS-232 port fast enough to handle the modem at the
57.6Kbps rate that the modem can use?  Many older/slower systems
(and lots of software) just doesn't go faster than 19.2K.

Have fun!
-- Andy.

------------
Andy Feibus.
AMF Enterprises / Open Systems Today / SCO Magazine    (whatever :-)
andyfe@utoday.com
Newsgroups: atl.general
From: dpayton@qcinet.Gwinnett.COM (Doug Payton)
Subject: Re: Internal vs External Modems
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:40:03 GMT
Organization: Quality Consultants, Inc.

In article <4k77VB32w165w@dithots.Gwinnett.COM> gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue) writes:
>
>  Why use an external vs an internal modem? Is it power, the lights,
>  what? I looking to upgrade my modem and am considering an internal
>  vs external. Internals are cheaper... but what are the major factors 
> that have been used in this decision?

Portability.  An internal modem can only be used in the hardware it
was built for, and requires opening the case (read: minor to major
hassle) to move it from one box to another.

An external modem will work on an IBM PC, a Mac, a Unix box, and any of
a zillion other proprietary systems that use serial ports.  The only
hassle is unplugging and plugging in a cable.
-- 
Doug Payton -- Internet:  dpayton@qcinet.gwinnett.com
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From: de@cc.gatech.edu (DeAngela Duff)
Subject: Colloquium: Analytic Models for User Interface Design
Original-To: faculty@cc, events@cc
Organization: Georgia Tech College of Computing
Distribution: git
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:58:34 GMT
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Graphics, Visualization & Usability
Center
Distinguished Lecture Series


presents


David Kieras
University of Michigan

Thursday, January 7, 1993, 12:00 noon
Room 102, Pettit Building
(Microelectronics Research Center)



Analytic Models for User Interface Design

Abstract

The conventional approach to evaluating the usability of a system relies
on empirical testing Q having a sample of users complete tasks using the
system.  While effective, such testing in slow and expensive, and the
lessons learned can not be easily applied to new designs.  A partial
solution to these limitations is analytic models, which predict aspects of
usability such as learning time, consistency, and execution time based on
psychological theory and a description of the task.  The talk will overview
some work on these models and show how they lead to a engineering
approach to to the cognitive human factors of systems design.



Short Bio

David Kieras received his PhD in General Experimental Pschology at the
University of Michigan in 1974, and held a post-doctoral fellowship at
Carnegie-Mellon University from 1974-1976 where he began his work
with computational models for reading comprehension of technical text.
He then joined the Psychology Department at the University of Arizona,
where in collaboration with Peter Polson at the University of Colorado, he
began working on computational models for human-computer interaction.
In 1984 he moved to the University of Michigan and is currently joint-
appointed in the Technical Communication Program and the Computer
Science Department.

--
From: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: Mail Servers...
Date: 21 Dec 92 22:28:12 GMT
Reply-To: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Organization: Deep In The Heart Of The South!


  Does there exist a list of mail servers on the net? It would be nice to
  have a list of all available file request servers for access.

  bill

  ps: it might be better to email me since my current host is munging 
  news feeds.

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From: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: Re: Internal vs External Modems
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 15:53:44 EST
Reply-To: gwp@dithots.Gwinnett.COM (George W. Pogue)
Organization: Deep In The Heart Of The South!

gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman) writes:

> In article <LVk0VB2w164w@amfent.Gwinnett.COM> amf@amfent.Gwinnett.COM (Andy F
> 
> IMHO the most important reason to use an external modem is to
> protect your expensive computer investment from lightning. Speaking
> as one who has been bitten, I'll stick with an external modem and
> a fiber optic serial link to the computer.
> 
> Gary

If you use a surge/current protector with a grounding shield on your
telephones lines, would this help prevent such damage?

bill

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From: gt0157a@prism.gatech.EDU (Chan C. Tran)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: Air Ticket For Sale (Atl-Austin)
Date: 19 Dec 92 21:27:32 GMT
Distribution: atl
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

I have a ticket, open date,that fly with continental from 
Atlanta to Austin one way. I will sell it for $150.00 or
best offer. Please contact Victor at(404) 762-0706
or leave email at gt0157a@hydra.gatech.edu

Summary:
Nature of Ticket: One way
Airline: Continental
Date: open (valid till 31 Dec 92)
Departure: Atlanta, Ga
Arrival: Austin, Tx
Price: $150 or best offer 
Contact : Victor at (404)762-0706
	or email gt0157a@hydra.gatech.edu
Please act fast!!


-- 
Chan C. Tran
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:	  ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gt0157a
Internet: gt0157a@prism.gatech.edu
From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: Seeking Nominations for Best Buffet in Atlanta? 
Date: 3 Jan 93 13:56:03 EST
Followup-To: 
Keywords: 
Organization: MNOP Ltd - Mini & Micro Consulting, Atlanta, GA

I know at least some of you readers are carbon-based life forms, and hence
have to eat.   (All silicon-based life forms can go on to the next article)

We seek nominations on the best and cheapest buffet dining in the area.  I
will summarize.   

Whether to emphasize bestest or cheapest is difficult.    Perhaps a two
dimensional matrix will be needed...

Sample nominations:
	1. Ken's Pizza on Monday or Tuesday.   We have regularly fed two 
	adults and one child all the pizza they can hold and walked out
	$6.91 lighter.   Only one I know of is hwy 78 in Stone Mountain.

	2. Spiced Right BBQ, Lawrenceville Hwy.   All the pork, chicken, 
	beef bbq you can eat.   Lunch is $4.95 for each adult,  Kids free, 
	Dinner $5.95?   For some bizarre reason, lunch prices apply at 
	dinner if some important football game is on...

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From: mworley@mathcs.emory.edu (Meg Worley)
Newsgroups: atl.general
Subject: ticket for sale
Date: 30 Dec 1992 20:28:51 -0500
Organization: Emory University, Dept of Math and CS
Distribution: atl
NNTP-Posting-Host: emory.mathcs.emory.edu

For sale:  one-way ticket from Atlanta to Knoxville,
Tennessee.  Must be used before or on January 4.  
Make me an offer -- I probably won't refuse!

meg

-- 

 Meg Worley 				Internet:  mworley@mathcs.emory.edu