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New quotes for Tue Feb 18
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Tue Feb 18 01:29:10 1992
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 92 01:28:36 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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alcocer (David A Alcocer):
Home: 30 Whittemore Street, Arlington, MA 02174 (617-648-7280)
Work: Massachusetts Hall, Harvard U., Cambridge, MA 02138 (617-495-1502)
"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know
now that it is bad economics.... The test of our progress is not whether
we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we
provide enough for those who have too little."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
January 20, 1937
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angeli (Angeli D Salgado):
Graduate, return to California, go rock climbing,
be a Misfit Hero groupie.
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aras (Sheldon Robinson):
So you think you can tell
heaven from hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
from a cold steel rail,
a smile from a veil.
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade
your heroes for ghosts,
hot ashes for trees.
Hot air for a cool breeze,
Cold comfort for change,
and did you exchange
a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage.
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year.
Running over the same old ground,
what have we found?
The same old fear.
Wish you were here.
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cyrus (Cyrus Shaoul):
If Robert Di Niro assassinates Walter Slezak, will
Jodie Foster marry Bonzo??
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fallas:
Miracle of miracles..
Look what the night dragged in
It's a pocket full of misery
And trouble on the wind
You spoiled the best years of your life
You took them all in vain
Now you think that you're forgiven
But you can't be born again
And you say, "Why?"
You say, "Why?"
You say, "Why?"
Don't ask me why...
I don't love you anymore
I don't think I ever did
And if you ever had any kind of love for me,
You kept it all so well hid...
Promises sweet promises
You kept them from your mind
Like all the lost forgotten things
You never seemed to find
Like all the disappointments
You displayed upon your shelf
Now you've got no one to turn to
You've got no one but yourself
And you say, "Why?"
You say, "Why?"
You say, "Why?"
Don't ask me why...
I don't love you anymore
I don't think I ever did
And if you ever had any kind of love for me,
You kept it all so well hid...
I don't love you anymore..
You say, "Why?"
I don't love you anymore..
You say, "Why?"
I don't love you anymore..
Don't ask me why....
"Don't Ask Me Why"
Eurythmics
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gadi (Dinesh A Gopinath):
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Moshe Ben-Akiva.
Thesis Title : Stochastic Models of User Behaviour in the presence
of Dynamic Information
Key Words : Information acquisition, processing & behavioral response,
Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS), Learning
models, Psychometric analysis.
Research : Applied Mathematics(statistics), Operations research,
Interests Dynamic discrete choice modeling, Decision-making under
imperfect information, human behavior analysis &
psychometrics.
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honor (Andrew John Cassidy):
And most of all would I flee from the cruel madness of love--
The honey of poison-flowers and all the measureless ill.
tennyson, _maud_, 1830
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jcbourne (Julie Bourne):
Ooh... ooh... hey yeah...
Ooh... ooh... hey yeah...
Well in the morning when our days begins
And it feels like cold (cold) cold (cold) steel
And when the sun comes up it's like a new commotion
You say nobody told you it would be like this
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
You've got the killing gun held in your hands
It feels like cold (cold) cold (cold) steel
And when the sun comes up it makes a new commotion
You say "Shoot, shoot, shoot it up, shoot it up!"
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts...
Ooh... ooh... hey yeah...
And when the sun comes up, it makes a new commotion
You say, nobody told you it would feel like this
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
(Ooh... ooh... hey yeah...)
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts
(Don't gimme no fear..)
No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts..
("No fear, no hate, no pain, no broken hearts", Eurythmics)
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Do what you want to do
And go where you're going to
Think for yourself
Cause I won't be there with you
("Think for Yourself", Beatles)
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Companionship, partnership, mutual reassurance, someone to laugh with
and grieve with, loyalty that accepts foibles, someone to touch, someone
to hold your hand -- these things are "marriage," and sex is but the
icing on the cake. (Lazarus Long)
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jtidwell (Jenifer P. Tidwell):
Best lines heard from stereo salesdroids this week:
"The Paradigms are very forward-sounding speakers. They'll make
your ears tired, of course."
"We don't believe in switchers. ...No, you can't change the CDs or
the receiver; a salesman has to do that. ...No, I have to go be with
another customer. I'll be back after a while."
"Oh, but can't you tell how much more three-dimensional this amp
sounds compared to the lower-end model?" [Takes skill to make a
3D sound out of two speakers...]
[After being told that another store has this amp at a lower price]
"Look! I must have made a mistake...The computer says the price
really is <the competitor's price> after all!"
"See, in the higher-priced model, the such-and-such component is
connected to the such-and-such with a fiber optic cable instead of a
wire. And, as you know, light travels faster than electricity, so it
produces a faster sound."
[While carting the speakers out to the car, I mumble something about
hearing a lot of BS from salespeople that week.] "Oh, well, you
got it from me, too. I guess mine was better BS, huh?"
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lsc (Lecture Series Committee):
LSC Movies for the weekend of Feb 21 to Feb 23
Fri. Feb 21 To Catch A Thief (1955) 10-250 7:30
It takes a thief to catch a thief, or so they say. A famous cat
burglar comes out of retirement on the Riviera to catch a thief who
is imitating his old style. Starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, and
directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Fri. Feb 21 The Butcher's Wife 26-100 7 & 10
Demi Moore stars in this romantic comedy as Marina, a country
clairvoyant who marries a butcher (George Dzundza) from New York.
Working in her husband's shop, she gives free advice to the customers
creating havoc for the local psychiatrist (Jeff Daniels). Presented
in Dolby stereo.
Sat. Feb 22 Regarding Henry 26-100 7 & 10
An aggressive attorney finds himself in the wrong place at the
wrong time -- a shooting in a deli, which leaves him with brain
damage. He must relearn everything from scratch and emerges a
simpler, more loving man. Directed by Mike Nichols and staring
Harrison Ford and Annette Bening. Presented in Dolby stereo.
Sun. Feb 23 Good Morning, Vietnam 10-250 7 & 10
Robin Williams is an irreverent military disc jockey whose caustic
comments on the air make him a hero to the American troops -- and a
thorn in the side of the military brass. Based on a true story.
Presented in Dolby stereo.
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Classic Movie shows end before the start of the second
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rlk (Robert L. Krawitz):
{From system: This user's .plan file is a Unix domain socket}
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sao (Andy Oakland):
Dave Barry, 2/16/92:
I like beer. On occasion I will even drink a beer, to celebrate a
major event such as the fall of communism or the fact that our refrigerator
is still working.
So you'd think I'd be receptive to TV beer commercials. Most of these
have the same plot: Some guys open some beers, and instantly the commercial
is overrun by friendly seminaked young women resembling Barbie but taller
and less intellectual. If you just got here from Mars, you wouldn't know,
from watching these commercials, that beer is meant for internal consumption.
You'd think it was a chemical Hot Babe Attractant, similar to what moths use
to locate each other so they can mate. You'd think that the Swedish Bikini
Team was constantly prowling the countryside, sniffing the air for a whiff
of Old Suburbs Of Cleveland Beer, or whatever brand it is they're allegedly
attracted to.
What bothers me is, in more than 20 years of opening beers with guys,
I have NEVER seen the Swedish Bikini Team show up. Almost always, the
teams that show up in beer-drinking situations consist of guys who have
been playing league softball and smell like bus seats.
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sethg (Seth A. Gordon):
acarine mite
accipitrine hawk
alaudine skylark
alcidine auk, puffin, etc.
alcine auk
alcine elk
alectoridine crane, rail, etc.
anatine duck
anguine snake
anopheline mosquito
anserine goose
antelopine antelope
apian bee
aquiline eagle
asinine ass
aspine asp
avine bird
basilicine basilisk
bisontine bison
bobovine gaur (asian wild ox)
bombycine silkworm
bovine cow
bubaline hartebeest
buteonine buzzard
caballine horse
cameline camel
canine dog
capreoline roe
caprine goat
cathartine vulture
cervine deer
ciconine stork
clathrine kind of primitive sponge
colubrine kingsnake or gartersnake
columbine dove
coralline coral
corvive crow
cricetine hamster
crocodiline crocodile
crotaline rattlesnake
cuculine cuckoo
culicine mosquito
cygnine swan
cyprine carp
dacelonine kingfisher
dasyurine dasyure
delphine dolphin
delphinine dolphine
didelphine opossum
didine dodo
elephantine elephant
equine horse
falconine falcon
feline cat
fistuline kind of fungus
formicine ant
fringilline finsh
fulicine coot
fuliguline eider
furciferine animal having a forked appendage [!]
galline domestic fowl
garruline jay, magpie
gazelline gazelle
giraffine giraffe
gruine crane
herpestine mongoose
hippopotamine [you can guess this one]
hippotigrine zebra
hircine goat (especially applies to strong odor or lustfulness)
hirudine leech
hirundine swallow
homarine lobster
hominine human
hyacinthine hyacinth
hyenine hyena
hylobatine gibbon
hystricine porcupine
ibidine ibis
lacertilian lizard
lacertine lizard
laridine gull, etc.
larine gull
lemurine lemur
leonine lion
leporine hare
lumbricine earthworm
lupine wolf
lutrine otter
lyncine lynx
macropine kangaroo
macropodine kangaroo, wallabee, etc.
manatine manatee
megacerine irish elk (extinct)
megacerotine irish elk (extinct)
megapterine humpback whale
megatherine american sloth (extinct)
meleagrine turkey
mephitine skunk
milvine kite
monadine flagellate protozoan
moschine musk deer
murine mouse
musteline weasel, mink
nestorine kea, kaka [some kind of bird - the kaka bird?]
noctilionine bat
octopine octopus
oscine songbird
ostracine oyster
ovibovine musk ox
ovine sheep
panorpine scorpion fly
pantherine panther
pardine leopard
passerine perching songbird
pavonine peacock
phasianine pheasant
phocaenine porpoise
phocine seal
picine woodpecker
pieridine another kind of butterfly
pierine particular family of butterflies
piscine fish
porcine pig
procynonine raccon, kinkajou, etc.
psittacine parrot
pteropine bat
pulicine flea
ralline rail
rangiferine caribou
ranine frog
rhinerocerine rhinoceros
rucervine indian swamp deer
rupicaprine chamois
sabelline sable
salamandrine salamander
sciurine squirrel
scolopacine woodcock, snipe, sandpiper
serpentine serpent
simian ape
sittine nuthatch
soricine shrew
sphingine sphinx
sphinxine sphinx
strigine owl
struthionine ostrich
sturnine swallow
suilline hog
suine swine
sylphine slender garceful woman or girl
sylvicoline warbler of family Parulidae
talpine mole
taurine bull
tetraonine grouse, ptarmigan, etc.
tigrine tiger
tolypeutine armadillo
trigine sandpiper
trochilidine hummingbird
trochiline hummingbird
turdine thrush
ursine bear
vaccine cow
vermian worm
vespine wasp
viperine viper
vituline calf
viverrine civit
volucrine bird
vulpine fox
vulturine vulture
zebrine zebra
--<jfh@netcom.com>
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staats (staats):
Finish Ph.D. in Ope.Research
by Sep '93.
God help me!
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
In Superworld (Chaosium), a normal man using normal strength uses no
energy...he can punch all day without tiring.
from Murphy's Rules
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the_lion (Donald E Marks):
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therese (Therese):
Corpulent generals safe behind lines
History's lessons drowned in red wine
Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade
All of those young lives betrayed
All of those young lives betrayed
All for a children's crusade
- Sting
Dream of the Blue Turtles
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warlord (Derek Atkins):
From: al@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Alan Peterman)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation
Subject: Funny announcements
Date: 15 Feb 92 10:38:41 GMT
Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
Just saw this on rec.humor.funny:
A friend of a friend, who is an airline copilot, told the
following stories about a captain with whom he often flew.
This guy was an excellent pilot, but not real good at making
passengers feel at ease.
For example, one time the airplane in front of him blew a tire
on landing, scattering chunks of rubber all over the runway.
He was aked to hold while the trucks came out and cleaned up.
His announcement:
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid there will be a
short delay before our arrival. They've closed the
airport while they clean up what's left of the last
airplane that landed there.
Then there was the time they were flying through turbulence.
Some of the passengers became alarmed at how much the wings
were bending in the rough air and one of the flight attendants
relayed that message to the captain. His announcement:
Ladies and gentlemen, I've been informed that some
of you have noticed our wings bending in the turbulence.
In fact, the flight attendant told me that the wing
tips are bending as much as ten feet in the bumps.
Well, that's perfectly normal; there's nothing to
worry about. Our wings are designed to bend as much
as thirteen feet at the tips and, as you can see,
we're nowhere near that yet.
--Andrew Koenig
ark@europa.att.com
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Alan L. Peterman (503)-684-1984 hm
al@qiclab.scn.rain.com
It's odd how as I get older, the days are longer, but the years are shorter!
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