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Article #41Changes to Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
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Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:24
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 1986 05:24
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Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET
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Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 31 October 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking others. If you
! don't like my answers let me know and I may include revisions in future
! versions of this note.
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and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking others. If you
! don't like these answers let spaf@gatech.edu know.
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! These questions belong in net.news.config if anywhere, but in fact
your best bet is usually to phone somebody at "foo" to find out.
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! These questions belong in news.config if anywhere, but in fact
your best bet is usually to phone somebody at "foo" to find out.
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! 7. How do I decrypt jokes in net.jokes?
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! 7. How do I decrypt jokes in rec.humor?
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letter is replaced by the letter 13 farther along in the alphabet
! (cycling around at the end). Most systems have a built in command
to decrypt such articles; readnews has the "D" command, rn has the
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letter is replaced by the letter 13 farther along in the alphabet
! (cycling around at the end). Most systems have a built-in command
to decrypt such articles; readnews has the "D" command, rn has the
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! 11. net.unix-wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii
characters in their names?
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! 11. comp.unix.wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii
characters in their names?
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! 12. net.unix-wizards: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles
protection for programs that run suid.
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! 12. comp.unix.wizards: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles
protection for programs that run suid.
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soc.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
! up. Since the newsgroup talk.abortion has been created, all
! abortion-related discussion should take place there.
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soc.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
! up. All abortion-related discussion should take place in the
! newsgroup talk.abortion. If your site administrators have chosen
! not to receive this group, you should respect this and not post
! articles about abortion at all.
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! 15. sci.space.shuttle: Shouldn't this group be merged with sci.space?
No. sci.space.shuttle is for timely news bulletins. sci.space is for
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! 15. soc.singles and elsewhere: What does HASA stand for?
+ Nobody knows. HASA apparently stands for Hedonistic Asti-Spumante
+ Alliance. There are renegades, not to be believed under any
+ circumstances, who claim it actually stands for the Heathen and
+ Atheistic SCUM Alliance. It can also mean a few other fanciful and
+ amusing things, any of which should be judged in context.
+
+ 16. sci.space.shuttle: Shouldn't this group be merged with sci.space?
+
No. sci.space.shuttle is for timely news bulletins. sci.space is for
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! 16. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
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! 17. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
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replies is different, depending on where you are, but at Bell Labs
! in Murray Hill, New Jersey, possibilities include:
! mh3bc1 local to this machine
mh Bell Labs, Murray Hill Branch
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replies is different, depending on where you are, but at Bell Labs
! in Murray Hill, New Jersey, possibilities include (for example):
! local local to this machine
mh Bell Labs, Murray Hill Branch
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na Everywhere in North America
! net Everywhere on Usenet in the world (same as "world")
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na Everywhere in North America
! world Everywhere on Usenet in the world
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! 17. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
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! 18. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
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! 18. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
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! 19. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
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! 19. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
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! 20. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
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! 20. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, ARPA to BITNET, JANET etc etc.?
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! 21. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, ARPA to BITNET, JANET etc etc.?
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! 21. Didn't Indiana once pass a law saying pi == 3 ?
! Indiana House Bill #246 was introduced on 18 January 1897,
! referred to the Committee on Canals 'midst general cheerfulness'.
! It is so mathematically incomprehensible that no single value of
! pi is determinable from its text. It was passed by the state
! House on 5 February, but indefinitely tabled by the state Senate,
! thanks to the fortuitious presense of a Purdue professor of
! mathematics who was there on other business.
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! 22. Didn't some state once pass a law setting pi equal to 3 ?
! Indiana House Bill #246 was introduced on 18 January 1897, and
! referred to the Committee on Canals "midst general cheerfulness."
! The text states, "the ratio of the diameter and circumference is
! as five-fourths to four", which makes pi 3.2 (not 3), but there
! are internal contradictions in the bill as well as contradictions
! with reality. The author was a mathematical crank. The bill was
! passed by the state House on 5 February, but indefinitely tabled
! by the state Senate, in part thanks to the fortuitious presence
! on other business of a Purdue professor of mathematics.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Message-ID: <7106@gatech.EDU> Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 00:24:06 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.7106 Posted: Mon Dec 1 00:24:06 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Dec-86 20:23:46 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 199 Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU