[3548] in Central_America
New quotes for Wed Aug 14
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Wed Aug 14 06:41:33 1991
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 91 01:32:02 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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celine (Rob F):
How to Spot a DINOSAUR:
In these fast moving times in order to succeed in the computing world,
it is important to be able to quickly spot and steadfastly avoid
dinosaurs.
At first glance, this task seems quite simple. After all, dinosaurs
are large, generally slow moving creatures usually showing all the
signs of being on their way to the tar pit. Any idiot should be able
to stay out of the way of these majestic monoliths.
Not so! For while it easy to stay away from *adult* dinosaurs,
spotting a future dinosaur is what keeps the up and comers ahead of
the rest of the herd. For example, no one who doesn't *have to* uses
ADA. People recognize it for the dinosaur it is, and stay away from
it. But an entire section of the industry is stuck using ADA because
people in high places decided ADA was the right thing to do.
Now you're probably thinking "Once ADA was young too. Back then it
compared favorably to the competition." But even then, ADA was a
dinosaur. It was just a *young* dinosaur.
Sometimes even the young ones are easy to spot. I hope those of you
who wrote applications in Motif 1.0 are paying close attention. Motif
is a dinosaur. It is now reaching adulthood, and thus impressing
some of those that saw it stumbling around very slowly as an infant,
but it is still a dinosaur.
You can probably think of some dinosaurs you've spotted in early life.
Other people tried to convince you that they were useful, and that
soon everyone would be using them and you'd be wise to get a jump on
the competition. But you knew better.
Other times dinosaurs are difficult to spot early. But you must keep
an eye out for them. If all you know is dinosaurs, you yourself will
become one.
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cst (Catherine S Trotter):
Wed 14 Aug - (approx) Mon 19 Aug: Salida, Colorado (719) 539-3279
(approx) Mon 19 Aug - (approx) Thu 21 Aug: Duncanville, Texas (214) 296-7167
(approx) Thu 21 Aug - (approx) Sun 25 Aug: College Station, Texas (409)693-8034
(approx) Sun 25 Aug - Mon 26 Aug: Duncanville, Texas (214) 296-7167
Note that I will be with my parents/relatives. They go to sleep early.
Calls after 10:00pm local time are to be avoided.
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erickdup (Erick Dupuis):
Adresse : 28A Plymouth St Apt#2
Cambridge, MA, 02141
Travail : Center for Information Driven Mechanical Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Mass Ave, rm 3-351
Cambridge, MA, 02139
USA
Telephone : (617) 876-9608 Maison
(617) 253-3772 Bureau
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honor (Andrew John Cassidy):
To reach me
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in CA: 1138 Gilbert
Hemet, Ca 92543-7910
in MA: (617)-262-7343
email: honor@athena.MIT.EDU
honor@benz.mit.edu
honor@stargate.mit.edu
To be true to one's self is the ultimate test in life.
To have the courage and the sensitivity to follow your hidden dreams
and stand tall against the odds that are bound to fall in your path.
Life is too short and precious to be dealt with in any other fashion.
This thought I hold dear to my heart and I always try to be true to
myself and others that I encounter along the way.
--- Flo Hyman
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. People grow old
by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up
interest wrinkles the soul. In the central place of every heart,
there is a recording chamber; so long as it receives the messages of
beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When the
wires are all down and your heart is covered with the snows of
pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown
old.
--- Douglas MacArthur, at 75
funky stuff:
freeze filename (that's sipb's freeze)
zwrite $user < filename
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houde (John F Houde):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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ikchiu (Iting K Chiu):
Course 6, EE. I am going to: graduate, marry a purple martian with pink pocadots, get a big dog, and live happily ever after.
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
Settling in to my new environment.
Believe it or not, we actually got some rain showers overnight in San
Francisco (due to remnants of a tropical storm).
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kmisovec (Kathleen Misovec):
To boldly go where no man has gone before
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mczody (Michael C. Zody):
Stratomatic '78 Baseball
Through 33 Games Through 42 Games
Standings
Team W L GB Pct Team W L GB Pct
New York 22 11 - .667 Texas 24 18 - .571
Texas 17 16 5 .515
Houston 13 20 9 .394
Team Batting Team Batting
Team avg hr r Team avg hr r
New York .248 17 118 Texas .235 39 180
Houston .228 12 91
Texas .223 32 136
Batting (102 or more plate app) Batting (130 or more plate app)
Piniella, NYY .328
Cruz, HOU .315
Randolph, NYY .295
Grubb, TEX .287
Howe, HOU .286
Rivers, NYY .280
Nettles, NYY .274
Cabell, HOU .267
Munson, NYY .260
Watson, HOU .256
Slugging (102 or more plate app) Slugging (130 or more plate app)
Grubb, TEX .511
Cruz, HOU .500
Oliver, TEX .475
Nettles, NYY .453
Piniella, NYY .418
On base (102 or more plate app) On base (130 or more plate app)
Hargrove, TEX .398
Cruz, HOU .382
Grubb, TEX .380
Sundberg, TEX .370
Nettles, NYY .361
Homeruns Homeruns
Harrah, TEX 6
Nettles, NYY 5
Oliver, NYY 5
6 tied 3
Doubles Doubles
Randolph, NYY 9
Howe, HOU 7
Oliver, TEX 7
Puhl, HOU 7
Rivers, NYY 7
Triples Triples
Piniella, NYY 3
Rivers, NYY 3
5 tied at 2
Runs Runs
Harrah, TEX 20
Rivers, NYY 20
Randolph, NYY 19
Nettles, NYY 16
Jackson, NYY 15
Cruz, HOU 14
RBI RBI
Grubb, TEX 19
Nettles, NYY 18
Oliver, TEX 17
Cruz, HOU 16
Watson, HOU 14
Stolen Bases
Cedeno, HOU 13
Cabell, HOU 11
Cruz, HOU 11
Team Pitching
Team ERA Ratio Team ERA Ratio
Texas 3.09 1.095 Texas 3.07 1.107
New York 3.41
Houston 3.77 1.199
Earned Run Average (33 or more IP) Earned Run Average (42 or more IP)
Matlack, TEX 2.28 Jenkins, TEX 1.96
Jenkins, TEX 2.30 Matlack, TEX 2.76
Ruhle, HOU 2.52 Medich, TEX 3.00
Andujar, HOU 2.62
Guidry, NYY 2.99
Hunter, NYY 3.08
Medich, TEX 3.11
Figueroa, NYY 3.29
Winning Percentage (5+ decisions) Winning Percentage (7 + decisions)
Gossage, NYY .750 (6-2) Matlack, TEX .667 (6-3)
Guidry, NYY .750 (6-2) Jenkins, TEX .636 (7-4)
Jenkins, TEX .667 (6-3)
Figueroa, NYY .667 (4-2)
Hunter, NYY .600 (3-2)
Ratio (33 or more IP) Ratio (42 or more IP)
Jenkins, TEX 0.881 Jenkins, TEX 0.851
Ruhle, HOU 0.966 Medich, TEX 1.000
Medich, TEX 0.971 Matlack, TEX 1.181
Andujar, HOU 1.104
Matlack, TEX 1.119
Richard, HOU 1.248
Strikeouts Strikeouts
Richard, HOU 85 Jenkins, TEX 66
Guidry, NYY 79 Matlack, TEX 52
Jenkins, TEX 51
Matlack, TEX 46
Gossage, NYY 37
Saves Saves
Gossage, NYY 4 Cleveland, TEX 2
Forsch, HOU 2
Lyle, NYY 2
Sambito, HOU 2
Complete Games Complete Games
Jenkins, TEX 8 Jenkins, TEX 11
Richard, HOU 8 Matlack, TEX 7
Guidry, NYY 7
Matlack, TEX 6
Andujar, HOU 4
Shutouts Shutouts
Andujar, HOU 1 Jenkins, TEX 2
Comer, TEX 1
Guidry, NYY 1
Figueroa, NYY 1
Jenkins, TEX 1
Matlack, TEX 1
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND
In Chaosium's Runequest, cutting off both arms will kill a character
with CON 20, but not a character with CON 5.
from Murphy's Rules
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warlord (Derek Atkins):
Coming to the home stretch. Less than two weeks left out here
before returning to the 'right' coast...
So, you can reach me for the summer at:
Home: 269-D Bush St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
415-964-9233 (answering machine)
Work: Building MTV23
Room 219
415-336-3011 (voice mail if I'm not there)
e-mail: warlord@eng.sun.com
(if its an emergency, although I DO log into
MIT often enough that warlord@mit.edu is
good enough for most things)
See you soon!!!
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