[3908] in Central_America
New quotes for Thu Dec 5
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Thu Dec 5 01:38:53 1991
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 91 01:38:03 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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andreast (Andreas M Turanski):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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ankleand (The Analog Kid):
Direct e-mail: ank@hulk.mlb.semi.harris.com
Default e-mail: ankleand@athena.mit.edu
Office phone: 407-724-3585
Home phone: 407-253-4267
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asshole (Marc Bejarano):
Party early, Party often, Party till you drop ! ! !
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balamac (Brian A. LaMacchia):
Restore jinx's .plan file to Central_America!
This file is modified daily so that it will appear every day in
Central_America, a discuss meeting which collects all .plan files on
Athena which have changed in the past 24 hours. This process will
continue until jinx's .plan file is added back into the CA database.
To date, five people have been removed from the CA database
because those who read CA didn't like having to see repetitive .plan
files day after day. They are:
boomer, dom, dhbernst, jinx, wslee
They were removed because they would not change their .plan files to
conform to the desires of the readers of CA.
Failure to see this file in Central_America means that I too have been
removed from the CA database against my will.
[ Mail forwards to bal@zurich.ai.mit.edu. Finger -l there. ]
Written on Wed Dec 4 07:00:01 EST 1991
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carla (Carla Jean Fermann):
Hosed!
- MLB
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ccount (Craig A Counterman):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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celine (Hagbard Celine):
Current plans include:
Finish writing the paper on logical atomism in which I compare
Russell's theory to Wittgenstein's. Turn it in tomorrow. (Funny how
this one can still be true...)
Write up my notebook for Frege to Quine, turn it in on Monday.
Start the paper due 12/10/91 on the question of personal identity as
it arises in the body of Hume's Treatise and more specifically, the
implications of the retraction(?) of this position in the Appendix.
Wait until 12/6/91 to hear David Pears' lecture on this very topic
before making any controversial claims (the paper gets turned in to
Pears).
Figure out if the argumentative circle Kant uses to found freedom and
the moral law is vicious or not, and put together some kind of paper
on freedom in the Foundations and Second Critique by 12/18/91 (whew).
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cyrus (Cyrus Shaoul):
Now that I have my ``APPLE,'' I comprehend COST ACCOUNTING!!
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jik (Jonathan I. Kamens):
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jnrees (Jim Rees):
Are you back from lunch yet, Carla?
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livewire (Live Wire):
GETTING SOME SLEEP, @#$%^&*!!!!!!
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raek (Robyn A E Kozierok):
"Thinking affects our thoughts"
-Marvin Minsky in _The_Society_of_Mind_
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scut (Scott A Miller):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
Outre Magic Item #3
Liquid-filled crystal sphere, always warm to the touch
from Murphy's Rules
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therese (Therese):
Go placidly among the noise and haste, remember what peace
there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with with all persons. Speak your truth
quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and
ignorant, they too have their story - Avoid loud and aggressive
persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare
yourself with others, there will be greater and lesser persons
than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans -
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a
real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise
caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of
trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere, life is full
of heroism - Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity
and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass - Take kindly
to the counsel of they years, gracefully surrending the things
of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden
misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome
discipline, be gentle with yourself - You are a child of the
universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right
to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the
universe is unfolding as it should - Therefore be at peace with
God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors
and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with
your soul - With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is
still a beautiful world. Be careful, strive to be happy.
- Max Ehrman
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warlord (Derek Atkins):
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 91 08:12:47 -0500
From: Usenet Oracle <oracle-vote@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Usenet Oracularity #381-09
Selected-By: Karyanta
The Usenet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
Your question was:
> Omnipotent Oracle, strangest sage:
>
> Why is your email box @iuvax.cs.indiana.edu?
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} Well, my son, it has to with the black art of Internet addresses.
}
} In a nutshell, each word to the right of that "@" sign is a "domain",
} and as you travel to the right the domains get larger and more
} encompassing; a domain is either a single computer (at the rightmost
} extreme) or a whole group of computers (each group getting larger as
} you move to the right).
}
} Now then, let's look at the domains that define my emailbox, from most
} generic to most specific (i.e., from right to left):
}
} .edu: "edu" is an abbreviation for "Eduardo's", which is a very popular
} pizza parlor in these parts. (Everybody knows that the Usenet
} Oracle and many other Illumina.. er, intellects practically live
} on pizza.) Other domains which are common in this position are
} "com" for the domain of Communist infiltrators, "mil" for the
} domain of Milk-Bone eaters, and "gov" for "Guests Of Vanilla
} (Ice)" although why anyone would want to be one of these latter
} is completely beyond me.
}
} .indiana: A lot of people think that this "indiana" refers to the
} state. Some of the more learned computer types think that it
} refers to the university. They're all wrong. It refers to
} that special breed of man
} who is handsome, rugged, adventurous, and a damn good
} archaeologist.
}
} .cs: Betcha thought this was "Computer Science" right? Wrong again,
} dude-breath. Here "cs" means "CognoScenti".
}
} .iuvax: This is a misspelling which has become common usage. It
} should actually be "iouvax", as it is a computer which is
} associated with unusually high lab fees. However, since it also
} happens to be my girlfriend Lisa's Nintendo game, I get to use it
} for free.
}
} SO, putting this all together, my emailbox describes someone who uses
} Lisa's computer, is a really, REALLY ingenious and influential
} archaeologist who likes to flourish his, er, whip, beat up Nazis and
} eat Eduardo's pizza. Namely ME.
}
} You owe the Oracle three Usenet postage stamps.
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