[5412] in Central_America
New quotes for Tue Apr 19
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Central America)
Tue Apr 19 04:56:31 1994
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 04:55:42 -0400
From: Central America <root@charon.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@charon.MIT.EDU
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abbe (Abbe J Cohen):
Studlier wheels that don't wobble.
Happily mounted to the splufty motors.
Happily mounted to a piece of masonite that's .5 cm smaller.
It drives straight. And well.
That's *both* wheels. :-)
Walls are fixed, and mounted to the base, a bit further forward.
Electrical connections happy.
Cardboard cut to shape and bent to fit around/within walls.
Polaroid motor geared to give enough torque.
The rolling piece is almost working well enough to put the cover on.
Except that the cover interferes with its rolling, and is now mounted
further away from the rolling piece.
The rolling piece has yet to close over the ball of its own accord.
It likes to move sometimes, though, and that's all it's going to do.
Pieces are beginning to be painted purple...
Harry West said it was very "aesthetically pleasing." :-)
Of course, this was before I painted it purple.
At this point in the term, average hours/week = 13.8 (for a 9 unit class)
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kdmiller (Kenneth D Miller):
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Yes!! I'm online! Just use 'kdmiller@vongole.mit.edu'...
I've been on since Tue Apr 19 00:39:54 EDT 1994
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lsc (Lecture Series Committee):
LSC Movies for the week of Apr 22 to Apr 24
Fri. Apr 22 Addams Family Values [PG-13] 26-100 7 & 10
They're creepy, they're kooky, and they're back, with two new members:
Baby Pupert, who looks just like his father Gomez, and Debbie, a
"black-widow" murderess posing as a bubbly blonde nanny. Wednesday and
Pugsley are intensely jealous of their new brother, and their diabolical
schemes cause them to be shipped off to camp for the summer, leaving
Debbie to set her sights on Fester. Starring Raul Julia, Angelica
Huston, Christopher Lloyd, and Carol Kane.
Fri. Apr 22 La Dolce Vita [???] 10-250 6:30
In tribute to Federico Fellini, LSC Classics is proud to present one of
his finest films. The New York Times wrote "This sensational
representation of certain aspects of life in contemporary Rome, as
revealed in the clamorous experience of a freewheeling newspaper man, is
a brilliantly graphic estimation of a whole swath of society in sad
decay and, eventually, a withering commentary upon the tragedy of the
overcivilized." Directed by Federico Fellini (1960, 16mm print).
Sat. Apr 23 The Piano [R] 26-100 7 & 10
Ada (Holly Hunter) is a Scottish woman who has not spoken a word since
childhood, and no one, not even Ada herself, knows why. Her father sends
her to New Zealand where she is to marry a farmer (Harvey Keitel).
Though speechless, Ada is far from silent and expresses herself with her
gifted piano playing.
Sun. Apr 24 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [PG-13] 10-250 7 & 10
Harrison Ford returns as the globe-trotting archaeologist Indiana Jones
and Sean Connery stars as his father, Professor Henry Jones. Together
with their friends Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) and Solla (John
Rhys-Davies), father and son race against time and the Nazis in search
of the Holy Grail. Director Steven Spielberg brings you more
cliffhanging thrills, spectacular stunts, dazzling special effects and
clever humor than ever before. You'll have the time of your life
keeping up with the Joneses.
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For more information, call the LSC MovieLine, 258-8881,
or the LSC office, 253-3791.
MIT or Wellesley ID required, one guest allowed per ID.
Admission to movies is $2.00 and a 20-Admission
Superticket is available for $35.
Classics Double Feature tickets may be purchased for $3.00.
Double Feature tickets are good for admission to the
Classic Movie show at which they are purchased
plus any regular series LSC movie that same weekend.
Classic Movie shows end before the start of the second
show of the corresponding Friday series movie.
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rlcarr (Richard L. Carreiro):
On Apr 17, m5@vail.tivoli.com wrote:
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There was a neat piece on NPR Friday about why it's a bad idea
to evade filing Federal tax returns. Among the spine-tingling
techniques used to pinpoint tax cheats:
* The IRS knows about big cash transactions (we knew
this already here.)
* The IRS has all data from states concerning individuals
registered as licensed persons in any field of work;
thus, if you're a doctor, lawyer, plumber, electrician,
or registered professional engineer, the IRS knows it.
* [This blew my socks off] The IRS has subscription data
for many national magazines. Thus, if they know you're
getting Time & Newsweek & Barron's and USNews but they
see no tax return, they nab you.
This builds a good case for the notion that the IRS will have big,
big problems with digital cash economies. They also probably have
problems with electronic magazines mailed through anonymous
remailer chains :-)
m5
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sgw (stephen g. wadlow):
And she said "how are you Harry?"
I said "how are you Sue? through the too many miles, and the too little
smiles, I still remember you"
It was somewhere in a fairy tale,
I used to take her home in my car.
We learned about love in the back of a dodge,
The lesson hadn't gone too far.
"Taxi"
by Harry Chapin
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stephen wadlow w: 617 253 7892 e10-244
e10/bcs computer systems manager h: 617 246 2569
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tamm (Steven Tamm):
1. To graduate from MIT with a degree in Course 6, 14, or 15 (two of the above)
2. Find a nice girl, who understands me for who I am, and what can will become.
3. Get over my delusions and massive paranoia, well not that massive.
4. Get into an alternative rock band as a bassist. (or jazz)
5. Give peace to the Posse, JD,TNK,PS,MD,MB,etc. & 1/2 Bakerites everywhere
362 Memorial Dr., Cambridge MA 02139-4317 - (617)225-7156; jazz.mit.edu
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therese (Therese):
Bits and pieces, bits and pieces.
People.
People important to you, people unimportant to you cross your
life. Touch it with love and carelessness and move on.
There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of relief
and wonder why you ever came into contact with them.
There are people who leave you and you breathe a sigh of remorse
and wonder why they had to go away and leave such a gaping hole.
Children leave parents; friends leave friends, acquaintances
grow apart.
Enemies hate and move on.
Friends love and move on.
You think of the many who have moved into your hazy memory.
You look on those present and wonder.
I believe in God's master plan in life. He moves people in and
out of each other's lives, and each leaves his mark on the
other. You find you are made up of bits and pieces of all who
ever touched your life, and you are more because of it, and you
would be less if they had not touched you.
Pray to God that you accept the bits and pieces, in humility and
wonder, and never question and never regret.
Bits and pieces, bits and pieces.
- L. Channey
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