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The Electronic Apocrypha, Volume 86, Issue 3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Scott Poore)
Thu Mar 6 12:42:39 1997
To: apoc-dist@MIT.EDU
From: Jeffrey Scott Poore <jeffreypu@MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: jefreypu@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 12:31:07 EST
APOcrypha
Volume 86, Issue 3
Wednesday, March 5, 1997
Spring 1997
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From the editor...
Hi there. This is the third edition of the Apoc for this term. Thanks
to all who submitted articles. I don't know if you will notice, but
the typeface for the paper edition of this apoc is in a slightly
smaller typeface than the previous apoc, because for some reason when
I latex the apoc on my home machine, it uses a font that if in 11pt
doesn't have dashes but in 10pt does. Don't ask me why, but I found
that decreasing the point size by one seemed to fix the problem, and
it made the apoc the right number of pages. :) I hope that this apoc
inspires others to write articles. Thanks also go to Melissa Dullea,
who gave me the front cover art work.
- Jeffrey
Editor of the Newsletter
------------------------- Pledge Articles ------------------------------
Brian T. Sniffen (East Brian)
A long time ago, on an island far far away
I'm a freshman from Long Island. I'm an Eagle Scout, a wannabe-hacker,
and yet another Course Sixer. In my copious free time, I enjoy hiking
and backpacking, buzzer-games (like College Bowl, but better. Really),
inventing new ways to punt (e.g. the In-School Field Trip), and
reading really old books. And oh yeah, I'm a Twinkie and an LSC
Press-Op, I live at East Campus (Third West), and if anybody has found
my sleep schedule, I'd love to have it back.
- Brian of the East
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Anti Mike
So I am a pledge and I like free food and APO in general except
I am somewhat concerned about all the psychotic disorders and dirty
minds because now I feel like just another face in the crowdI
tool and hack in my spare time, play with unix, do MITOC (Outing
club -- we go mountain climbing, kayakcing, etc). I am from New Jersey
and I am courses 6 and 7, whose bastard child I am. Btw, New Jersey is
not an industrial wasteland! My high school was on 150 acres of land,
all forests. I like APO because of the open minds that run
around trying to not take over the world and be anitmaterialistic. So
anyway, I like the feeling of staring down a sheer cliff listening to
the little pebbles fall down and not hear the impactthe same
feeling you get when the car in front of you careens out of control
and you have to pull the blood soaked half-corpse out and begin
emergency surgery to clear the blood from the chest cavity and
extricate the tracheaSo that's why I like APO because you get
a little of that feelingHey, you know what? I am writing this
in a small enclosed space and there is this little sign that says, I
can't quite make it out:
``Danger, As, As, oh, Asbestos!''
Ackkk I can't breathe
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Cathy's Pledge Article
Hi. My name is Cathy. I am a 17 year old freshman from Pittsburgh. I
am thinking about studying computer science or maybe physics. I live
at Epsilon Theta. I am a pledge this term. That's about all I can
think of for now.
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Carolyn Jones
Hello. My name is Carolyn. Some people call me Sven the Frog
Princess. I'm one of those silly people who didn't associate myself
with APO as soon as I got to MIT - I really don't have any excuse, so
I'm trying to remedy that now. :) I've been told I should say
something about my hats. And my frogs. And my tuba. Hmmhats. I
have quite a few hats. I don't actually have an infinite supply,
contrary to popular belief. Only about 50 or so. I try not to be seen
in public without a hat. But no, that doesn't mean I am bald on top. I
play the tuba and have for many years. There's not much else to say
about that. Now frogs, on the other handsome people call it an
obsession. I don't think so; its more of a religion. And I am the high
priestess. :) But I won't go into that here. More pertinent
information: I am a freshman from East Campus - I am one of those
freaks from Third East. I've gotten involved in too many activities,
but I am always interested in another worthwhile cause. Hmm.. this
plate seems to have some interesting properties. But that doesn't seem
to be something to be pondered in a pledge article. Let's sse, back to
meI've been told I'm quite bizarre, and also that I attract the
bizzare. I would disagree with neither. I don't what else to say, so I
will stop. May the frog be with you.
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Daniel
Hi, I am Daniel, a freshman from Berkeley, CA. Showing the same
natural insanity which comes from growing up in Berkeley, I am already
considering majoring in Political Science (that's course 17), and
anyone who talks to me very much will get fed up dealing with my crazy
political views. I live at Fenway House, and dedicate my time to
driving the people there crazy while trying to learn how to cook (You
haven't eaten anything I've cooked. Count yourself as fortunate). I
don't know what else to say, but if you want to know something, ask
me.
----------------------- Big Brother Articles ---------------------------
Its Jeffreypu!
Well, I don't have a lot of space left in the apoc, so I will make my
article short. I am Jeffrey, a third year brother here at MIT. Like
Ingrid, I was a voting delegate at the last National Convention. I
served on a committee too, but I got plenty of sleep. (sorry Ingrid :)
I have also served as AVP, Fellowship Chair, Historian, and currently
the Editor of the fine newsletter you are holding in your hands. I
have quite an extensive family tree, and really, you should join us,
cause we are the largest branch on the largest tree here at AX, and so
we will be victorious in the end. (That's a slight jostle at Cathy's
article :) I have three littles, Elaine, Michael, and Laura, and they
are all really cool brothers.
The projects I usually PC tend to be Chapter Weekends, cause I really
like getting away from the Institute and I am from Montana, so I
really like scout camps. I tend to Sub PC more though. Must be my
inner nature as a computer scientist. (you know, how you break a task
into individual subprocesses that you then thread to run
simultaneously :)
Anyhow, I try to be a fuzzy friendly guy and would love to be your big
brother, so feel free to just ask me, email me, page me, whatever :)
- Jeffrey
jeffreypu@mit.eduBrian of the West
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Hi! For those of you who don't know me, I am Brian, also known as
Brian of the West, Brian of the East, or Next Brian, to distinguish
myself from the other Brian. In addition to being in APO, I am also
involved with such nefarious groups as the Shakespeare Ensemble and
the Assassin's Guild. I like almost everything related to the
outdoors, and I love to play ultimate firsbee a whole lot. Therefore,
by the combined forces of induction, well-ordering, contradiction, and
conduction, I should be your Big Brother.
- Brian of the West
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Elaine Tso
[Insert Picutre of Cute Cuddly Bear Here]
This is Elaine
Ok, maybe I am not a bearbut I am still soft and fuzzy.
*Essential Answers about me:
I'm a Senior in Materials Science
I live at Bexley.
I grew up in Illinois.
*Why do I want a little brother?
I am interested in having a little brother this term because I would
like to have my family tree continue to grow with new young, stronger
branches. This is my third year of membership with APO. Spring term,
my sophmore year, I held the junior office of Publicity Director (aka
PubDir). Since then I have declined nominations for offices because I
feel that I can better serve this chapter of APO by being an active
member, which means regularly attending projects and fellowship
events. My favorite projects are the ones involving the homeless where
we can actually interact with them and serve food for them. My
favorite fellowship event is our bi-annual Semi-Formal Formal (aka
SFF). I have PC'd (Project Chaired) a wide range of projects (from
Chapter Weekends to Book Exchanges) and would love to share my
experiences with you so you can know the secrets and tips on how to be
a good PC and then pass your new knowledge onto the next generation of
brothers.
Good Luck and Enjoy your Pledge Period!
My contact information:
Elaine Tso
email': vector@mit.edu
phone: 225-6781 (x5-6781)
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Susama Agarwala
Sigh.
Silly Susama.
Silly Susama Stressed.
Seldom Sane.
Sorry.
--susama
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Grant Emery
good morning. my name is grant emery. so, first a little bit about
myself. my apologies in advance if this doesn't make sense, i didn't
get too much sleep last night. one should not attempt to do 6.002
problem sets entirely the night before they're due, especially when
one doesn't start till 11pm. but that's not important right now. so
anyway, i'm currently a freshman planning on course 6. i've heard the
term ``lemming'' is particularly applicable, but this, too, isn't
important right now. i'm originally from springfield, va, which is
just south of washington, dc, and i now live at theta xi. now, what
do i do with my spare time, you might ask? well, i'm on the fencing
team, although that season is just ending. i've also been recently
hooked by the assassin's guild. what little time i have left after
dealing with things for classes, two fraternities, a varsity sport,
and a randomly time consuming activity, i like to spend dabbling in
raytracing. computer graphics is a cool field. sleep? what sleep?
sleep is a poor substitute for caffeine.
well, so this is just sort of a general impression of me. feel free to
come up to me at any time, although preferably when i'm awake, and ask
me questions. so, that just about wraps it up for me. good night.
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Glenn Berry (on a Soapbox, like usual :)
Oh, so a bunch of you know me, since I've been around for a while. I
pledged in the Warren Ludzadder pledge class - maybe the Historian can
help you figure out when that was. I am an Eagle Scout, and hope to
someday work as adult volunteer for the Boy Scouts. My field is
statistics, but MIT doesn't offer a degree in that, so my declared
major is general math (no thesis - yea!) I dropped out of the
Institute a while back because I was unsure where I wanted to go with
my life. During my time away, I learned to cook for real (as opposed
to breakfasts which I have been doing on Chapter Weekends since the
pink french toast episode) and started learning to make candles. I
also worked as a data analyst and a computer operator for part of the
time. I am not being very active this term for a number of reasons,
including desiring to graduate, the distance away that I live, and
wanting to let people who have been around more make the decisions.
- Glenn Berry
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Cathy's Big Brother Article
Hi. My name is Cathy. I am a 20 year old senior from Pittsburgh. I am
studying computer science, and plan to stay next year to get an M.Eng
so I'll be around for a while. I live at Epsilon Theta. I want to be a
big brother. Enough of the current administrative stuff. I think
having a little brother is really cool. I've been hanging around a
while (since Spring '94). I've been a big brother. I like being a big
brother. I like lots of stuff. I know that's not a terribly informative
statement. I think having a little brother is really cool. I've been
ASC, AVP, SVP, MVP, and Treasurer. I can expand the initials if you
like (except for treasurer). My littles are Maria Pritykin, Susan
Born, Jill Pelavin, and Ryan Lackey. My family will be victorious in
the final battle. You must join us so that you may be victorious in
the final battle. You must be with us, so that you not against us. I
think it's a lot better to meet a person by talking to them than by
reading about them. I'd love to meet you or meet you again.
- Cathy
734-9211
cmcoury@mit.edu
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Gilbert Leung
Hi! My name is Gilbert. Not to be confused by Dilbert, who is my role
model. I have been a brother for a while now, but not extrememly
active due to school, etc. But those who are old enough probably
remember me as the AVP and treasurer, and of course the rideboard
chair some eons ago. I love classical music and enjoy playing the
piano and composing. Ask me all about 20th Century music. I mean ask
me about classical music! (Although alternative rock is quite good
too!)
- Gilbert
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Ari Wilkenfeld
Hello, my name is Ari and the things I draw come true
No wait, that's come one else. Anyway, this is my 4th term as an AX
and my 6th term in APO (I pledged at Case Western Reserve
University). I'll be pretty active this term, although I will also be
busy thesing (from the Lating ``Thesenius'' - to have an elephant go
bouncy, bouncy, bouncy aaaallll over your head). I'ave been ASC, AVP,
MVP, QRSTUVnevermind. Anyway, I have one little (the Incredible
Lizzie) and one grand-little (``Brian planet-killer''). I like cheesy
British sci-fi, guitar, and vegetables which begin with the letters
``P'', ``O'' and ``T''. I don't really have a life (its still packed)
and am normally reachable by phone or zephyr if my firends ever want
to talk. Other than that, welcom to APO and ``Let the games begin!'' -
Oh no. That's someone else's line too.
- Ari
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Ingrid Ulbrich
Hi. I am Ingrid. This my 4th term a brother of APO. I like doing stuff
with the chapter. I am REALLY hosed, but that's nothing new. I was a
voting delegate from AX to this year's National Convention. I served
on a committee and was awake for 43 continuous hours. I was still
bouncy. My username is sesamest. I think Elmo, Cookie Monster and
Grover are awesome. I think Elmo is more awesome when he doesn't say
``Don't touch Elmo there! Rape!'' I love Richard. We're engaged. To be
married. I'm going to print our wedding invitations using the press in
the office. Richard and I are too cute. You can send us mail at
too-cute@mit.edu. Kevin Dahm (my big brother) syas that if cuteness
were a disease, I would be the poster child. I have been Historian and
Fellowship Chair of APO. I have been Treasurer of Save and LSC, and
President and Secretary of the IAP Student Board. I am NOT the
Scretary of ASCE, but I am the Junior Class Representative to that
group. The essay I sent to MIT with my admission application was
entitled ``RMTS, SMMAN, and the NBA: An Abbreviated Adventure.''
Would you like to be my little brother? COOL! If not, that's ok. I am
pretty hosed. But I'll love you anyway.
If you are completely confused by this article, ask for an
explanation. :) Bwaha ha ha ha :)
Richard would be writing an article, but he's very sick.
- Ingrid Ulbrich
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Emily Wallis
Hi! I want to be a big brother (for the 3rd time) this term. I am a
senior in course 9, with a minor in Architecture. In APO, I have been
Memberiship Vice President, Fellowship Chair, and President. I live in
New House (where I am the Social Chair) and used to row crew (but I am
still involved with the program). If you want to be my little, just
ask!
- Emily G Wallis
------------------------ Other Articles --------------------------------
Susama's Call for Steak Fry Sub PC's
For those of you who remember the fiasco of last term's steak fry,
(thank you Jeff) I am refusing to get completely hosed by it this term
(happy Charlie?). As a result, I going to start asking for sub pc's
now. For those of you who aren't as obssesed with steaks as I am,
steak fry is on the fifth of April. I am stuffing envelopes full of
invitations on Friday afternoon in the office around 1, and would love
to have one or two people help me out. If I could also get veggie and
carnivore pc's by the fifteenth, I'd greatly appreciate it. I REFUSE
TO RUN THIS WHOLE THING SINGLE HANDED AGAIN!!!
Right, so if you could get back to me asap, I'd love you to death.
And I promise to be a good uber pc and not hose you too much.
YiLFSanity?
Susama
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Jeffrey's Call for Chapter Weekend II Sub PC's
Hi there. Since I am the apoc ed and the PC for chapter weekend II, I
figured now was a good time to pull a shameless plug and just try and
convince some of you all that you would like to help me PC chapter
weekend II, so that I don't have to do it all by myself (which I am
quite willing to do, but I will have all the fun, and its usually more
fun to share the experience :).
I am looking for a food PC, a manpower PC, and a transport PC. If you
are wondering what these jobs entail, look at the latex files in
/mit/apo/HowTo/PC/, particularly chapter-weekend.tex, manpower.tex,
foodpc.tex and transport.tex, or ask me or other brothers around, and
we would be more than happy to tell you.
YiLFS,
Jeffrey
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Gilbert's Eleven Reasons to Hang Out in the Office
[Editor's Note: This article was snarfed from his apo directory, and
updated, cause I needed a few more articles to fill up some space]
Eleven (not top eleven, as I am tired of top ten lists) reasons
to hang around in the APO office
1. The office has larger speakers than your rooms'.
2. The office, however untidy it is, is tidier than your room.
3. You love using a modem-terminal rather than a real athena machine.
4. There is coke for 40 cents. Where else can you get such a deal?
5. From time to time, brothers talking or walking in and out of office
will prevent you from (completely) falling asleep while studying.
6. The office is right above Lobdell/Networks so that you have easy
access to (yucky) food without spending Real Money(tm). (i.e. Use your
meal card.)
7. You can help move the safe and the letterpress in case of fire.
8. Your parents cannot reach you.
9. You want to help sell drop poster paper and deal with Book Exchange
stuff.
10. The office is right next to the Thistle. If Thistle haters decide
to bulldoze the Thistle office, you get to eyewitness such a memorable
event first.
11. If you stay in the office enough, you could watch sunset and
sunrise. (Oooooo! Aaaaaa!)
Gilbert
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Two Brians, or not Two Brians
What is the Nickname?
A problem was recenlty discovered. With the influx of new pledges,
there were discovered to be two Brians in the chapter. This situation
was quickly deemed critical, and immediate efforts were made to find
suitable nicknames. The first idea was to use the Heathers' form of
nicknaming by changing the first letter of one of the names to K. This
idea was promptly discardes, as neither Brian wanted to be known as
Krian (pronounced cryin').
The second idea, to use middle names, also failed because it created
further conflicts with other members of the chapter. The suggestsion
was made to use the titles Brian the Lesser and Brian the
Greater. Most people agreed that Brian should hold the title of
Greater before they realized that no one knew which one was being
referred to.
Finally, after great debate and long consideration, it has been
decided that the titles Brian of the West, Brian of the East, and Next
Brian may be used to refer to Brian P, where the titles refer to side
of campus, name of dorm, and wing of dorm, not necessarily in that
order. Brian S. should be referred to as Brian of the West, Brian of
the East, or Next Brian, these referring to the side of campus, name
of dorm, wing of dorm, and relative order of entrance into APO, again
not necessarily in that order.
- Brian of the West
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n things to do with a plate, by Ingrid
[n=1] Thwack someone with it. Brothers occassionally need to be
thwacked. :) Thwackings are more effective with a thwacking tool.
[n=2] Play frisbee. Maybe I just suck at frisbee, but my
(poorly-designed) experiments show that the plate isn't a great
frisbee. Although I suspect that Ultimate could be a popular chapter
sport.
[n=3] Eat on it. Rather put food on it and eat the food. But not
if it has an article on it.
[n=4] Write an article on it. :)
[n=5] Love it and squeeze it and call it George. Hint: We'll
look at you funny. Even when you love the plage.
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On a Napkin, from John Kohl
Hi, my name is John Kohl, and I am moldy. MIT '88, past AX, persident,
SVP, AVP, treasurer, and current president of the AX Alumni
Association. I came to PAM by the pestering of Charley, who needed
help moving stuff to Next House Country Kitchen.
I stop by the AX chapter of APO office on occasion, and can sometimes
be found in the SIPB office. I live in Arlington, and work in
Lexington, MA.
Congratulations to all the pledges, big brothers and new
brothers. Have a good term!
- John Kohl
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Feedback from Joe Kesselman
As always, thanks for the softApocrypha! Us moldy types really do
appreciate knowing a bit about what's happening on campus.
(Don't feel compelled to answer this, by the way -- I know you've got
better things to do with your time on line. I'm just in a mood to ramble
for a while...)
Publishing the announcement of the talk by Ms. Fox-Genovese in the
same issue as the product review of Wife 1.0 causes an interesting
cognative clash... though as an ex-APOC-ed myself I'd have been
tempted to edit the latter into Spouse 1.0 and so on since most of the
comments apply equally well (or poorly) to both the Wife and Husband
subsets of that application. Then again, I'm one of the few people
who really believes that a gender-neutral second-person pronoun might
be a good idea, though I don't expect to live long enough to see it
adopted. Someone I know once proposed E, to go along with I/me and
U/you; if written as 'e it can be argued to be a semi-illegitimate
semi-Cockney contraction of both he and she``and I think 'e's
got a valid point, 'e does.'' Of course ``it'' works too, but people
get very annoyed when you refer to their child as ``it''.
The usual solution recommended for technical writers, as I understand
it, is to go from general examples to specific individuals, and flip a
coin each time to pick the gender of that individual. Rather than:
For example, when the user wants
to print his calendar...
they suggest
For example, when Jane wants
to print her calendar...
Or Bob, or whomever. If you really insist on complete
gender-neutrality, you could always invent some excuse for a robotic
or alien user and completely confuse the readers... But I'm
rambling. (As I warned you.)
Something completely different: In the meeting minutes, you say
Advisory Committee Chair (Joe): Nothing to report
Is that still Joe Kuchta? If so -- great; I'm glad to hear we haven't let
him get away yet <grin>.
Re the question about ``can we tell a pledge to go away'' -- In addition
to National's policy, Alpha Chi has something of a tradition of being
able to deal with almost anyone ... with the possible qualifier of ``as
long as they're interested in the service program'' so there's some
common ground to base a discussion on. For me the distinction between
Brother and simply ``member of a club'' was that I felt an obligation to
make an additional effort to work as smoothly as possible even with
brothers whom I otherwise wouldn't have picked as friends. And in
those cases I usually discovered that I could in fact work with, and
enjoy working with, folks whom I would otherwise have written off too
soon. Sometimes all folks really need is a chance to relax and let
down their guard a bit...
Carnival: Reminds me of the promise I made to myself that someday I
was going to rent a cotton candy machine and hand the stuff out to all
and sundry just for the sake of doing it and to watch people
smile. Someday.
- Joe Kesselman
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The Ten Commandments of Service
Shamelessly grabbed from the Gamma Gamma chapter's home page
(http://server.berkeley.edu/APO/) by David Maze
Our Supreme Service Ruler (Lun) speaketh:
I. Thou shalt not flake 2 times. If thou canst not make the project thou
hast imprinted your name for, thou must findeth a replacement. If
thou dost flake twice, thou wilt be forced to sacrifice one service
project credit.
II. Thou shalt check Stylus Electric regularly, at least thrice every
hour, to obtaineth the latest information about upcoming service
projects.
III. Thou wilt receive half-credit for a project that is two hours or
less. Thou wilt receive double-credit for a project that is 6 hours
or more.
IV. Thou shalt don thy badge of honor at every service project:
thine service pin.
V. Thou canst only haveth a co-chair if thine project hath more
than 15 fellow brothers.
VI. If thou dost assume the responsibility of a chair, thou must
turneth in the Attendance List within a week of the project, and
the Project Planning/Evaluation Sheet at the next Chapter
Meeting.
VII. Thou wilt not receive any credit if thou goest to a project but
does no work. If thou disputes the decision of the project chair,
thou wilt be damned to hell.
VIII. Thou canst only count Winter Projects towards Sturdy Oak
credits.
IX. The Supreme Ruler will cancel projects if there be not enough
people signed up one week prior to the date of the project.
X. Thou shalt have merriment at thine service projects.
Many thanks to the original Supreme Ruler: Atul! (posted 2/4)
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Gilbert's guide to Apoc Colors
For those of us who spend enough time on athena to read the apoc on-line,
and for that finite subset of which who use Emacs (Eight Megabytes And
Constantly Swapping) to read their mail, you can change the apoc's
color instantly, and as often as you wish, even within the same issue!
The things you need to do are:
M-x set-background-color
M-x set-foreground-color
and you can either enter the color using X's color names (stored in
/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt) or as an RGB triplet rrggbb. Neat,
huh!?!? :)
Alternatively, one can write Emacs LISP code to make the color of the mail
distribution of APOC a discrete-time random process. i.e. the color at
time t
c(t) = c[n], T_n <= t <= T_n+1
where
0x00 <= rr < 0xff,
c[n] is in rrggbb : 0x00 <= gg < 0xff,
0x00 <= bb < 0xff
for n >= 0
is the aforementioned random process which maps the time segments T_n
<= t <= T_n+1, to a discrete set of sample paths of X colors. Now
this discrete set of sample paths is obviously bounded for a finite
number of time segments because the possible values c[n] can take on
for each n is bounded. Now, if you think you are geeky enough to
understand this, can you tell me how many elements are in the set of
all possible sequences for say, the displayed background colors for
APOC-dist, for N time segments? This is a very tricky question. >:)
but if you can get the correct answer, I'll offer you the choice of
either a brotherly hug from me or some other priceless things that I
haven't thought of yet... Chances are you can't answer it. >:)
It's about time to get back to my thesis! I promise that I will meet some
of you new brothers and pledges after I'm done with it :)
Gilbert
The Geek
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Athena information
Ping Huang compiled this listing of the various electronic mailing
lists while he was AVP in Spring 1992. Here is a new updated version
of it. It's been a while since this information was published, so for
new pledge classes and brothers who have forgotten, here is the
information again.
(My definition for the term ``USE ONLY WITH PERMISSION'' as used
below: speak with the President before using, or at least two senior
officers; intended only for important chapter use.)
[apo-news@mit.edu] For general announcements and
information of interest for brothers, pledges, prospectives, and anyone
interested in the chapter. apo-pledges@mit.edu is contained
on this list. Anyone may add/remove themselves from this
list. Only people who explicitly asked to be on this list are.
[apo@ai.mit.edu] A list maintained by alumni, containing a
much higher percentage of alumni members than the list
apo-news@mit.edu. Note that apo-news@mit.edu is
contained within this list: what this means is that if you are
interested in reaching lots of alumni as well, you should send to this
list, otherwise send to apo-news, BUT DO NOT SEND TO BOTH LISTS
OR MANY PEOPLE WILL RECEIVE DUPLICATES. This list is not administered
by people on apo-acl@mit.edu, but by alumnus Len Tower
(tower@ai.mit.edu). Only people who explicitly asked to be on
this list are on it.
[apo-exec@mit.edu] Current ExecComm members, useful
for sending all of us your comments, suggestions, complaints, etc., en
masse. Currently used for discussion within execcom.
[apo-announce@mit.edu] This list is a low volume, weekly mailing of all
the events happening during the week. apo-news@mit.edu and
apo-prospectives@mit.edu are contained on this list. This is a
``USE ONLY WITH PERMISSION ONLY'' list.
[apo-minutes@mit.edu] This list receives the minutes, in text
format, from every chapter and executive committee meeting. Anybody
can add or delete themselves from this list.
[apo-pledges@mit.edu] Exists for the convenience of
the MVP for sending certain announcements out, only to supplement
other means of communication. This is a ``USE ONLY WITH
PERMISSION ONLY'' list.
[apo-prospectives@mit.edu] This is a list of people who have
expressed an interest in APO but have not pledged yet. This should be
used by the MVP only to announce open projects, meetings, and to
publicize other chapter activites. This is a ``USE ONLY WITH
PERMISSION ONLY'' list.
[apo-athena@mit.edu] This list exists for AFS file
access control purposes for the apo locker on Athena. DO NOT USE
THIS LIST FOR MAIL!
[apo-brothers@mit.edu] This list is for announcements
which pertain only specifically to active brothers (``active'' as
defined by our bylaws). This is a ``USE WITH PERMISSION ONLY''
list.
[apo-printshop@mit.edu] This list is for
announcements and discussion pertaining to the printing press
associated with Alpha Chi chapter sitting in our back office.
[apo-acl@mit.edu] This is a list containing people
who have the power to update all other lists except where noted. This
will typically include senior officers and a number of alumni. List
changes should be mailed to this administrative list. ACL stands for
Access Control List, and this acronym was chosen because several
software sub-systems on Athena, including AFS, use this terminology.
[apo-request@mit.edu] Points directly at apo-acl.
This is for people whose fingers naturally conform to the Internet
standard for administrative addresses for mailing lists.
[apocrypha@mit.edu] Contains the current APOcrypha
editor so that submissions can always be send to the address apocrypha
from term to term. Should not contain anybody else - rationale for
that being that someone may wish to mail an anonymous article to this
address.
[apo-apoc@mit.edu] Points to the list apocrypha@mit.edu since
the latter list is easily mispelled.
[apo-l-incoming@mit.edu] Contains people who wish to
receive a copy of mail from a nationwide e-mail list established for
the use of brothers from many different chapters to talk about Alpha
Phi Omega issues. While you can subscribe to the list directly by
sending an address to the remote Bitnet site, it takes up less
bandwidth to subscribe to this national APO-L mailing list through
this list.
You can add or subtract yourselves from mailing lists using mailmaint
(just type "mailmaint" at an athena prompt and follow the
instructions) or, you can always email me (apo-avp@mit.edu) and I will
be happy to do it for you. additionally, there is a zephyr instance
that we use for discussion, which is -i apo.
to add yourself to it, type:
zctl add message apo
and to send to it, type:
zwrite -i apo
happy communicating!
YiLFS,
Jill Pelavin
Administrative Vice President
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The Quotable Brother
Michael: What is that called?
Charley: Telekenisis?
Michael: No. Kresge Oval.
One Prick is enough. (Lizzie)
And then you would just have to take it out again, cause
that isn't where it goes. (Emily)
Shoot me and call the meeting adjourned. (Oscar, Lizzie, not
necessarily at the same time)
I don't yield as easily as the door. (Lizzie)
I was completed many times and in many places. (Grant)
If you are really desperate, I can stick my hand in. (Emily)
You missed seeing my bra. But if you ask nicely, I might show you
later. (Emily to Oscar)
She's intelligent, but you can use that to your atvantage. (Oscar to
Melissa)
Cris Lin: Lizzie, where did you get the hot water?
Lizzie: On the left side of the spigot.
Cris: Oooh
We will not violate ET freshmen. (Brian)
Michael: It is good pot.
Charley: yes
Michael: Then its chapter pot.
Charley: Why Michael not use pot anymore?
You can't get it in on the first time? (Michael Salib)
Nobody vibrates as much as me. (Emily)
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Thanks again to all who submitted articles.
Jeffrey
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+ APO is sponsoring an on-campus carnival. Register +
+ your student activity/living group by sending mail +
+ to carnival@mit.edu or visit the Carnival homepage +
+ at http://web.mit.edu/orod/Carnival/ +
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Jeffrey Scott Poore Home Phone: (617)225-8868
500 Memorial Drive #518 APO Office: (617)253-3788
Cambridge, MA 02139 My Pager #: (617)675-7258
jefreypu@mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/jefreypu/www/
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Brother and Editor of the Newsletter of the Alpha Chi
Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, the National Service Fraternity
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