jasondostal/fidonet-bbs-voice huggingface dataset:
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assistant: From: jcoffey@crl.com (James L. Coffey)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Jam Sandwich?? (was Why don't Volvo drivers indicate?)
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access        (415) 705-6060  [Login:
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Lee Rudolph (lrudolph@panix.com) wrote:
: eliz@eskimo.com (Elizabeth Garner) writes:
: >Wazza "Jam Sandwich"? Some sorta Brit term?
: Only in the sense that "Mountbatten" is some sorta Brit royal family
: name.
Actually, it's a bogus name dreamed up by theose trolls the Brits insist
on calling a royal familly.  The Battenbergs wanted to hide the fact
thgat they're really Germany, and thet England is therefor ruled by the
Germans.  They have been successful, and are continuing their
Germanization of Englandt, as witnessed by the replacement of the pound
with the Mark as Europe's benchmark currency.
-jlc
"Knowledge is Good"  Emil Faber
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They wrote:
>OK.  In the past 24 hours I have heard about 10 different stories about
>computer viruses that come from downloading programs, pictures, and sound
>off the net.  Would someone please give me the real story.
>

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assistant: Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: mcc@nsscmail.southplainfieldnj.ncr.com (Mike Czaplinski)
Subject: Re: viruses
Organization: AT&T Global Information Solutions - NJ
In article <1995Feb19.235022.10907@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
ej002d@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Erin Jones) writes:
This won't end this interminable thread, but:
The following list is with respect to MS-DOS:
        PROGRAMS (That is, EXECUTABLE BINARY FILES) CAN BE INFECTED.
        DATA (Which includes graphics & sound files) CANNOT BE INFECTED,
          BUT CAN BE CORRUPTED BY VIRAL ACTIVITIES.
I won't even BEGIN to try and go into virus theory right here (mainly because
I only have the barest of familiarity with it, since I'm not a programmer or
theoretician) to explain why the above statements are true of MS-DOS (and, to
a lesser extent Macintosh) viruses, and let's not even THINK about things
ike
Unix or VMS viruses, which would operate under much different conditions.
So, to answer your question directly:  There have been cases of people
grabbing
virus infected programs off the 'Net (heck, shrink-wrapped software disks
ave
been infected).  There have been NO cases of people grabbing text files,
graph-
ics files and sound files that were infected with viruses.  This latter
fallacy
is probably due mostly to general paranoia about technology that no normal
human should ever have to understand, but may have some basis in the fact
hat
it is possible to have a self-extracting compressed file (which is an
executable
program) that contains datafiles also be infected.
Mike "Sorry to rant & be OTP on afu....how unheard of..." Czaplinski
mcc@nsscmail.att.com
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They wrote:
>
>There are plenty of boring ideological ideas about what Amnesty
>International is up to (Buckley and Will think they're Commies;
>the Commies, e.g. the now defunct Rude Pravo, think they're
>Capitalist Pigs; all basing their analyses on the number of
>pages in Amnesty's annual report condemning this or that country).
>But only Honduras has a truly imaginative and (if I may use this
>word in this context) arresting take on the matter: they have
>determined that Amnesty (being based in London) is an "agent of
>the British Crown" and therefore despicable.
>
>Maybe Honduras and Lyndon Larouche ought to get together on this.

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From: mcc@nsscmail.southplainfieldnj.ncr.com (Mike Czaplinski)
Subject: Re: New Insight on Black Helicopters
Organization: AT&T Global Information Solutions - NJ
In article <3ibp4h$qtp@mercury.interpath.net> tindall@mercury.interpath.net
(Bruce Tindall) writes:
MAYBE THEY ALREADY HAVE!!!!
Mike "Halfway to the bombshelter..." Czaplinski
mcc@nsscmail.att.com
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They wrote:
>  Just last night, I read an article in the latest issue of _American
>Heritage_ magazine which postulated that had Lincoln received proper
>medical care (by 1865 standards), he stood a good chance of surviving his
>injuries.  Now, if Lincoln could have survived a minor bullet wound to the
>head with rudimentary 1865 medical care (and managed to live through the
>despite receiving poor care), how is it that Kennedy supposedly died of a
>similar wound nearly a century later (in under an hour or so)?  Were there
>no competent doctors in Dallas that November day, just as there were none in
>Washington, D.C. in April, 1865?
>  The more you examine the evidence, the more it just doesn't add up.

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From: hamlet@netcom.com (G. M. Lupo)
Subject: Re: Kennedy Conspiracy Theory
Organization: Elsinore Castle, Denmark
snopes <hbeng010@huey.csun.edu> wrote:
night
Hmmm, just maybe it's because the wound Kennedy received when OSWALD shot
him wasn't minor.  Take a look at the Z-film again.  A good portion of
Kennedy's brain was blown away.  I've heard interviews with the doctors
who examined him at Parkland and one who was working primarily on the
throat wound wanted to continue trying to revive JFK until the doctor
who'd been concentrating mainly on the head wound showed this to the
other doctor.  At that point, both agreed there was nothing they could
do.  This isn't an exact summary of what happened, just my memories of a
newscast I saw recently.
Yeah, right.
Matt Lupo
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assistant: From: count@crl.com (Joseph Pavlic)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban,soc.culture.canada,soc.culture.german
Subject: Re: Canada
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access        (415) 705-6060  [Login:
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Guenter A. Scholz (scholz@watsci.uwaterloo.ca) wrote:
: In article <3ikp9t$blf@crl5.crl.com>, Joseph Pavlic <count@crl.com> wrote:
: >Hans Paaimans (paai@kub.nl) wrote:
: >: Uh... the american indians? Wholesale genocide of the indigenous
: >: people? Packing the survivors together on small barren pieces of
: >: land and chasing them off again the moment you thought that land
: >: could be used for something different?
: >
: >Um... you mean Canadian Indian?  South Africa based its aparthaid
: >system on the Canadian reservation system.
: >
: >As far as fucking native peoples the US could learn a lot from the
: >British, French and Dutch.  Those 3 were masters at it.
: >
: >
:         Re. the Canadian Indians.  They were treated quite, quite different
: from the American Indians.  Still not well, mind you, but nothing like what
: happend to the American Indians.
bout the only difference is that the US Natives have nation status
and Canada still treats them as a bunch of no good drunks who
gotta be taught a lesson by the army every so often.  Last major
lesson was in Oka.  Even Tutu of South Africa was shocked at the
state of the reservation system in Canada in 1990.
:    - regads,  guenter
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They wrote:
>Just because it *did* happen doesn't
>mean it *can* happen.
>
>And that closes the opening speech for the defence.

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From: eliz@eskimo.com (Elizabeth Garner)
Subject: Re: lyrics about masturbation?
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
In article <BERNARD.95Feb24090941@sirius.gte.com>,
Bernard Silver <bernard@sirius.gte.com> wrote:
Further deponent need not sayeth. At this point, any judge would
issue a directed verdict for the prosecution after such an avowal.
Elizabeth "just think of all those poor dead logisticians spinning
in their graves like horizontal whirling dervishes" Garner
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: "KILLING ME SOFTLY" (ORIGIN?)".

They wrote:
>
>    I worked for Capitol in the 70s and wrote Lori's bio.  She said that
> she was very moved by seeing Don McLean at the Troubadour in West
> Hollywood and conveyed her feelings to songwriters Gimbel and Fox.  At
> the time they were trying to play Burt Bachrach & Hal David to her Dionne
> Warwick.  They put her emotional response to music.  And I agree -- hers
> was a much better performance.
> --

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From: flb3c@jm.acs.Virginia.EDU (Bo Bradham)
Subject: Re: "Killing me Softly" (origin?)
Organization: University of Virginia
mrr@teleport.com  writes:
Ok, we've got an eyewitness account. But what sticks in my craw
about this story is, if Lori Lieberman came up with the idea,
and gave it to the songwriters (Gimbel & Fox), why didn't she keep
a piece of the songwriting credit? That song pulled down a lot of
dough, and probably still does.
Songwriting credit is a touchy subject in the music bidness. If
you open your mouth in the presence of writers who are working
on a song, they'll stop what they're doing, look at you, and
say "you're not getting a piece of the songwriting credit" in
much the same way as you would tell someone in a theater to stop
talking during the movie. (I speak from experience)
And it is a rule of thumb that if you write a hit song you'll
find yourself in court over the ownership of it. So what gives
in this case? Did Gimbel and Fox ever have any argument with
Lieberman or anyone else over the ownership of "Killing Me Softly"?
Bo "as if I don't have enough to worry about already" Bradham
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assistant: From: arrow@wam.umd.edu (David C. Parr)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Who Is To Blame?
Organization: University of Maryland College Park
Okay, Bill.  We all understand.  Just put down the candy and let the little
boy go....
Easy now, that's it.
--
D. Christian Parr                       |   "...For man is a giddy thing,
University of Maryland at College Park  |   and that is my conclusion."
arrow@wam.umd.edu                       |            -Benedick,
cparr@eng.umd.edu                       |      _Much Ado About Nothing_
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assistant: From: sean@thomson.ucdavis.edu (Sean Willard)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Too, Too Precious
Organization: University of California, Davis
Reply-To: sean@galileo.desy.de
Ric Carter wrote:
:
:  Tn> From: "terry" <tnolley@cup.hp.com>
...
:  Tn> USENET NewsGroup- An arena where people can express their views to...
:  Tn> Bulletin Board- A lame little wanker zone where retards with cutesy...
:
:  Tn> See the diff??? REAL people use UNIX shell accounts or log in directly
:  Tn> over ETHERNET networks. Thats right, IF YOUR ACCOUNT DOESN'T HAVE AN
:  Tn> IP ADDRESS THAT IS DIRECTLY PINGABLE 24 HOURS A DAY FROM EVEN THE
:  Tn> ANTARCTIC RESEARCH  STATION THEN YOU SUCK!!!
:
: Thank you for the infantile attitude.
Charred, please go away _now_, and don't come back till you can spot
sarcasm when it smacks you between the eyes with a two-by-four.
Thank you.
Sean
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: SHAKE 'N BAKE".

They wrote:
>Just wondering -- is that the term for those ATM's that are authorized
>to print money?

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assistant: From: bay@eden.rutgers.edu (Doctor Science)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology,alt.tv.commercials,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Shake 'N Bake
Organization: Rutgers University
darrenm@spry.com writes:
Oh stop your pathetic attempt at trolling.  I think everyone knows by now
that *ALL* ATMs print money.  Sheesh.
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                                                        Sincerely,
                                                        Joe Bay
        PS I am not a crackpot.
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assistant: From: jcoffey@crl.com (James L. Coffey)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: viruses
Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access        (415) 705-6060  [Login:
est]
Mike Czaplinski (mcc@nsscmail.southplainfieldnj.ncr.com) wrote:
: This won't end this interminable thread, but:
: The following list is with respect to MS-DOS:
:         PROGRAMS (That is, EXECUTABLE BINARY FILES) CAN BE INFECTED.
:         DATA (Which includes graphics & sound files) CANNOT BE INFECTED,
            BUT CAN BE CORRUPTED BY VIRAL ACTIVITIES.
a.  Don't some (ANSi) console drivers interpret lines of text as they pass
through?  That would allow soemone to pass valid commands (Say renaming
copy to delete) while a text file scrolls by, setting the stage for some
later nastiness.
b.   A different variant is based on the control scheme used by modems to
detect modem commands mixed with data streams.  Hayes trumpets their
(patented) escape protocol as superior to others due the smaller
likelyhood of the exact combination of characters and timing occuring to
inadvertantly send a bogus modem command.  As a demo, the apparently
prepared a file that contained the string need to cause a competing
format to fail, and trumpeted the product as a means to test the
"reliablity" of your product.  In such cases, it wopuld be possible to
"infect": a text file that would cause certain modems to abort
downloads.  In this case, that would not be MS-DOS specific.
In either case, a text file can be used to cause your machine to perform
undesired operations as the result of a malicous attempt by others.  For
me, that fits within a lose definition of virus.
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: INTERCOURSE PA".

They wrote:
>
>NEXT!
>
>-Cindy Kandolf, certified language mechanic, mamma flodnak

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assistant: Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
From: mcc@nsscmail.southplainfieldnj.ncr.com (Mike Czaplinski)
Subject: Re: Intercourse PA
Organization: AT&T Global Information Solutions - NJ
In article <CINDY.95Feb20201531@nvg.unit.no> cindy@nvg.unit.no (Cindy
Kandolf) writes:
Why, Cindy.  I had no idea you were a redhead....
Mike "As in 'What's the Mating Call of The Redhead?'" Czaplinski
mcc@nsscmail.att.com
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: ANTI-SEMETISM IN STARTREK".

They wrote:
> In article <jtchewD4Gps5.GFq@netcom.com>, jtchew@netcom.com says...
>>
>>>> Yes.  But isn't James T. Kirk (from the real StarTrek) Jewish?
>>
>>> Does anybody know what the "T." stands for? I heard it was Tevye.
>>
> Just a few points:  As you should know if you really are Jewish, the
> Vulcan salute of Mr. Spock is the finger position of Cohanim when
> they bless the congregation.  Mr. Spock, who in real life is a Jewish
> man from the Boston area, obviously is either a Cohen himself, or is
> copying it.
>

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From: 00pfpogue@bsuvc.bsu.edu (We're only at home when we're on the wing)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Anti-semetism in StarTrek
Organization: Ball State University
In article <3iilv1$3kt@nntp.crl.com>, tailor@crl.com (Victor Schneider)
writes:
     (I'm going from memory here, and I'm not as familiar with Jewish ritual
as
I'd like to be, so I might be a bit off)
     In an interview some years ago, Nimoy was explaining the origins of the
Vulcan salute.  "The cohen was blessing the congregation, and we were
upposed
to keep our heads bowed and not look at it as he did so" (I may be WAY off
here.  The crux of his statement was, "We weren't supposed to look".)  "Now,
being nine years old at the time, I did what any young boy would do:  I
peeked.
Many years later, I thought it would be a good symbol for Spock...after all,
since no one was supposed to watch, no one would ever get the joke except
maybe
a few Cohen who wondered how I knew..."
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: JESUS DIED A VIRGIN?".

They wrote:
>>Does this mean Jesus died a virgin?
>Please read The Last Temptation of Christ By Nikos Kazantsakis for the only
>attempt made to answer this question.

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assistant: From: vx@teleport.com (V-X)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Jesus died a virgin?
Organization: Fragile Liquid
In article <golivera.33kq@dplanet.xbbs.com> golivera@dplanet.xbbs.com (Gerry
Olivera) writes:
What?
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: US PRESIDENTS & FRATERNITIES".

They wrote:
|> In article <3ig39j$k4g@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>,
|> Glenn R. Kurtzrock <grk2237@is2.nyu.edu> wrote:
|> >Daniel Gordon Frank (danfrank@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:
|> >: In article <3ieqb2$lq0@news.ecn.bgu.edu>,
|> >: David Todd Spinner <cudts@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> wrote:
|> >: >I'm sorry but Benjamin Harrison was a Phi Delta Theta, Miami, Ohio,
|> >
|> >: Actually, Miami's in Florida. Hope this helps.
|> >
|> >Actually, pinhead, Miami University is in Oxford, Ohio.
|>
|> Actually, schmendrick, Baliol University is in Oxford, England.
|>

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assistant: From: booda@lynx.navo.navy.mil (Martin H. Booda)
Newsgroups: alt.college.fraternities,alt.religion.kibology,alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Us presidents & fraternities
Organization: Naval Oceanographic Office
Reply-To: booda@lynx.noo.navy.mil
In article <3iirtr$q45@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>, elibalin@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Eli
Balin) writes:
1852.
Actually, cascade-boy, Krusty's Klown Kollege is in Springfield, USA.
Martin "I am *NOT* Kiboluv" Booda
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They wrote:
>In article <vx.2895.00175D3F@teleport.com>, V-X <vx@teleport.com> wrote:
>>In article <hatunenD4D244.E8D@netcom.com> hatunen@netcom.com (DaveHatunen)
>>What exactly do you think constitutes "direct historical evidence" for
>>who lived several millenia ago?  You've excluded "any writings on the
>>subject," so what "evidence" do you imagine that we have for the existence
>>say, Socrates?  Videotapes?  Birth certificates with hand and footprints?
>Any contemporary evidence whatsoever. Including any documents written
>by anyone who scholars agree knew him or were even personally
>acquainted with him or simply personally saw him with their own eyes,
>say a member of the audience at the Sermon on the Mount.
>records of his trial and execution. Any contemorary documented evidence
>of his presence (say, Roman records of crowd control required on Palm
>Sunday). Any records written by the Jewish authorities of the day,
>e.g., the Sanhedrin complaining about his throwing the moneychangers
>out of the temple.
>Despite your sarcasm, there are standards of evidence in historical
>research. So I mean anything that meets those standards.

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assistant: From: vx@teleport.com (V-X)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
Subject: Re: Jesus died a virgin?
Organization: Fragile Liquid
In article <hatunenD4H78J.Hx8@netcom.com> hatunen@netcom.com (DaveHatunen)
writes:
writes:
someone
of,
I think we've had this argument before.  This is starting to sound
miliar...
 Any Roman
And accounts by disciples are considered specious at best because they had an
agenda, and at worst there is a huge amount of doubt that the disciples
actually wrote the accounts.  And every secular reference is dismissed as
"vague" or the result of later Christian tampering.
Yeah, we've had this argument before.  I don't want to again.
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