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> <snip>
> last week we had a voter turnout of 30% of the student body
> which is the best turnout in the nation......let's try to keep this up!
> <snip>

30% turnout of the student body... best in the nation.....

damn, if we're as apathetic as I'm led to believe, and we had a turnout like
that, all the other schools must have had just the candidates voting for
themselves.

In git.announce kokopelli <gte468i@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
: damn, if we're as apathetic as I'm led to believe, and we had a turnout like
: that, all the other schools must have had just the candidates voting for
: themselves.

We had an interesting, well campaigned and well publicized race.  The three
presidential candidates ended up seperated by only a few percentage points.  
And we can vote online, thanks to the fine folks at OIT putting together a 
secure website.

-David
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In git.general Amit Keswani <gt8373b@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> it is important to vote, 

No, it's not.  I, for one, won't be here to see the new candidates take
office, and they don't have any power anyways.

> and also important to make an educated decision

"Educated?"  As if I should bother to educate myself about MATTMASON's
bullshit ideas to create GT HoTMaiL (which he's powerless to do), give us
free shuttle services (which he's powerless to do), and give us voice mail
(which he's powerless to do)?

Please.  It's bullshit.  Little boys playing little games.  And while I
sincerely hope that the winner enjoys his little power trip, it makes not a
Goddamned bit of difference to me or any other Tech student who gets
elected.


Mitch
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In git.announce Miotch! <miotch@miotch.com> wrote:
> bullshit ideas to create GT HoTMaiL (which he's powerless to do), give us

Which is already in the works courtesy of OIT.  If they can get it working
reliably (and scalable enough... meaning $$$) then it'll happen.

> free shuttle services (which he's powerless to do), and give us voice mail
> (which he's powerless to do)?

<snort>  MARTA.  Improve the service to MARTA stations and we'll all be
happy.

 - Pizza
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In a zen moment of elightenment (30 Mar 2000 17:33:54 GMT),
 Stuffed Crust <pizza@shaftnet.org> touted upon the hill of git.announce:
> In git.announce Miotch! <miotch@miotch.com> wrote:
>> bullshit ideas to create GT HoTMaiL (which he's powerless to do), give us

> Which is already in the works courtesy of OIT.  If they can get it working
> reliably (and scalable enough... meaning $$$) then it'll happen.

This is perhaps a tangent, but: why is this needed? If you can get to a
computer that's connected to the internet, more than likely you can
download ssh on it (through Tera Term or Secure CRT, and probably some
others), and connect to acme. Sure it's slow, but so is hotmail.

>> free shuttle services (which he's powerless to do), and give us voice mail
>> (which he's powerless to do)?

> <snort>  MARTA.  Improve the service to MARTA stations and we'll all be
> happy.

Or if the suburbs would stop fucking whining about MARTA coming in and
ruining their shiny new neighborhoods and green lawns more pumped up with 
chemicals than a pro wrester.

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Why did Matt Alexander say in git.general:
) Or if the suburbs would stop fucking whining about MARTA coming in and
) ruining their shiny new neighborhoods and green lawns more pumped up with 
) chemicals than a pro wrester.

I get to cast my pitiful miniscule vote for expanding MARTA into Cobb
now!  :)


-gzb
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In git.announce Matt Alexander <gte253p@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
:> In git.announce Miotch! <miotch@miotch.com> wrote:
:>> bullshit ideas to create GT HoTMaiL (which he's powerless to do), give us

: This is perhaps a tangent, but: why is this needed? If you can get to a
: computer that's connected to the internet, more than likely you can
: download ssh on it (through Tera Term or Secure CRT, and probably some
: others), and connect to acme. Sure it's slow, but so is hotmail.

I don't even know what all computer stuff you're talking about, but for
now the only way I can get to acme from home is to make the long distance
call to the dial-up.  I would welcome internet access to my school
account.

In git.announce Matt Alexander <gte253p@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> In a zen moment of elightenment (30 Mar 2000 17:33:54 GMT),
>  Stuffed Crust <pizza@shaftnet.org> touted upon the hill of git.announce:
>> In git.announce Miotch! <miotch@miotch.com> wrote:
>>> bullshit ideas to create GT HoTMaiL (which he's powerless to do), give us

>> Which is already in the works courtesy of OIT.  If they can get it working
>> reliably (and scalable enough... meaning $$$) then it'll happen.

i thought i had originally heard of oit planning on this... but then i
found out about mason's "goal" of web email so i thought i originally
heard wrong. is mason really trying to take credit for create web email
for gt? i could see him pushing for it on his platform, but as far as 
saying he instantiated the idea??

> ruining their shiny new neighborhoods and green lawns more pumped up with 
> chemicals than a pro wrester.
                   ^^^ ^^^^^^^
there's one sport i would excel in... 

Miotch! <miotch@miotch.com> wrote
> "Educated?"  As if I should bother to educate myself about
> MATTMASON's bullshit ideas... (snip)

I will say one thing about Matt though - he tries to get things done for
his constituents and he very often manages to do so.

When I was representing GTPD on the Campus Safety, Services and Planning
Committee that Matt used to chair, I scarcely went a week without
receiving some kind of email from him addressing a constituents concern.
He was able to get quite a few things done through his committee,
notably the negotiation of the new Stinger contract (although Kurt
Neufang was the brains behind that, Matt and Hemanth worked closely with
him to figure out what we wanted from Argenbright) and the
implementation of the short-lived "State of Parking" addresses (which
turned out to be a farce since Nolte didn't back up his words with
actions soon enough for the proletariat's liking).

I have also worked with JR Spriggle on a few things, and he too is a
capable candidate. Not as experienced at networking with the admin as
Matt is though. My vote is with Matt Mason this year and with JR for
next year!

NOTE : The above public service announcement is purely my opinion and
has no affiliation to any candidate's campaign.

In article <8c09u5$557$1@news-int.gatech.edu>, Sean Mendis wrote:

>I will say one thing about Matt though - he tries to get things done for
>his constituents and he very often manages to do so.
>
>When I was representing GTPD on the Campus Safety, Services and Planning
>Committee that Matt used to chair, I scarcely went a week without

Maybe he's effective, but he's also a typical politician... It was funny
that he headed that committee (which quite often dealt with parking
issues, I understand) but yet you could always count on his car being
parked  illegally in front of Center St South at almost any time of the
day or night. 

And then he decided to use SPAM as a campaign method last year... Not a
good idea. Hey maybe after oit implements the web-based email, Matt can
claim that he "invented" web-based email. 

(I shouldn't give him ideas...)

Really, what would be far more useful than web-based email would be a way
for off-campus students to reach it. i.e. PPP dialup connections rather
than slirp. (although I guess the MCI/Campuscwix is meant to address that,
but it seems like it needs to integrate better with Tech's systems... ?)

Ryan

> SSH allows you to access acme from anywhwere as long as you are
> connected to the internet (e.g. on your own, there).  As such, you
can
> then check your mail.  But, I guess most folks are afraid of
> mutt/elm/pine/mail/whatever, so.....

Check out www.webinbox.com.

Let's you check your email account from a webpage.  I have my account
on the coc machines and it worked just fine.


Irwin

Here's an idea,

You could always forward your gt-email to a free hotmail account.  Hmmmmmm.


Jonathan

Big Daddy wrote:

> In git.announce Lora <gt4584d@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> : I don't even know what all computer stuff you're talking about, but for
> : now the only way I can get to acme from home is to make the long distance
> : call to the dial-up.  I would welcome internet access to my school
> : account.
>
> You already do have internet access to your school account.  But, folks
> like Lora (not knockin' ya; that's just the fact of the matter) are why
> "it matters" ("GT Hotmail").
>
> SSH allows you to access acme from anywhwere as long as you are
> connected to the internet (e.g. on your own, there).  As such, you can
> then check your mail.  But, I guess most folks are afraid of
> mutt/elm/pine/mail/whatever, so.....
>
> --
> Big Daddy
>
> I don't see what all the fuss is about, if those dolphins were so
> smart, they wouldn't hang out with tuna.

In git.general Jonathan D'Andries <gte498e@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> Here's an idea,

> You could always forward your gt-email to a free hotmail account.  Hmmmmmm.

That seems like a waste of the gt-account.  
Why not just have the hotmail account?

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> Yes, and if acme/prism wasn't ip-restricted like
felix/oscar/whatever, that
> might work.  ;-)

Ah didn't realize. Well, everyone just needs to become CS TA's to get
cc accounts, and our problems are solved. :)

Irwin

Am Thu, 30 Mar 2000 15:28:13 -0500 schrieb Irwin Dolobowsky:
>> Yes, and if acme/prism wasn't ip-restricted like
>>felix/oscar/whatever, that might work.  ;-)
>
>Ah didn't realize. Well, everyone just needs to become CS TA's to get
>cc accounts, and our problems are solved. :)

Just being a CS major will be fine :)

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sol wrote:

> In git.general Jonathan D'Andries <gte498e@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> > Here's an idea,
>
> > You could always forward your gt-email to a free hotmail account.  Hmmmmmm.
>
> That seems like a waste of the gt-account.
> Why not just have the hotmail account?
>

The gt-account is more secure and reliable than any web-based email account.  I
do not want someone off campus to be able to crack my account (easily at least).
Not that I am an expert, but password cracking bots seem fairly easy to write for
html environments.

As a side note, the hotmail account can be used for registering or purchasing
online when you do not want to receive junk email to your main account.  I know
it is illegal for places to distribute your email address, but it happens often.
In a way, having two accounts allows you more screening control and freedom to
give out your email address without fear of spam (your can always cancel the
hotmail account or use the cool block feature in hotmail).

Jonathan

In git.announce Matt Alexander <gte253p@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> This is perhaps a tangent, but: why is this needed? If you can get to a
> computer that's connected to the internet, more than likely you can
> download ssh on it (through Tera Term or Secure CRT, and probably some
> others), and connect to acme. Sure it's slow, but so is hotmail.

SSL-enabled web browsers are far more prevalent than the likes of SSH
clients.

 - Pizza
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Patience comes to those who wait.                            ICQ #1318344
    ...It's not "Beanbag Love", it's a "Transanimate Relationship"...

> last week we had a voter turnout of 30% of the student body
> which is the best turnout in the nation......let's try to keep this up!


Ugh.  Well, it's that time again.  Time for the SGA's inevitable runoff
elections and another rant by the Devil.  

This time the candidates have taken a new approach: trying to get people
off campus to vote, people who may not even go to Tech.  Yep, about 1/2
mile outside Tech is the farthest I've seen the posters, usually on a
gas station lawn or some place like that.  I urge all Atlantianites(?)
to follow their suggestions, break into someone's dorm room, interrogate
them for their password, and vote, dammit!  They want us to vote, then
by God (shudder) we'll vote!  We'll be the only campus in the nation,
no, on Earth with a 130% voter turnout!

Sorry about that, the Devil's brain is mush after his 2 tests today.  In
fact, the Devil's brain is so dead that he's started talking in 3rd
person.  The runoff from the clogged gutter that was the first election
is here, and we have to mush through it.  Those SGA bastards need to get
it through their thick heads that the majority of students here don't
give a rat's ass about SGA or their little election.  Nope, J.R.
Spriggle will continue to empty toner cartriges on his all-black
posters, while Matt Mason will strive to make his name as large as
possible on an 8.5x11 sheet of pinkish paper.  Why can't they be like
everyone else and pick a hobby that doesn't involve annoying an entire
campus?  

At least put up a campaign booth under my window so I can have some fun
with water balloons.  Or maybe ink balloons, or syrup balloons or...naw
that's too gross.

This has been a public service announcement from the Devil.
That's it, tar balloons!  Off to the hardware store I go!