usenet@gatech.CSNET (07/01/86)
*** old/questions.n Sat May 3 19:49:11 1986 --- src/questions.n Mon Jun 30 11:38:18 1986 *************** *** 1,2 ! Newsgroups: net.announce.newusers Expires: 40days --- 1,2 ----- ! Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Expires: 40days *************** *** 5,7 Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 24 January 1986 by spaf] --- 5,7 ----- Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 19 June 1986 by spaf] *************** *** 224 --- 224,230 ----- + 20. What is the origin of the name "grep"? + + The exact origin of the name is shrouded in the mists of + prehistory, but one explanation is often given: The command + g/re/p in the original UNIX text editor "ed" was used so often it + was packaged up into a command that was obviously named "grep."
usenet@gatech.CSNET (09/01/86)
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*** 5,7
Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 19 June 1986 by spaf]
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 30 August 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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! 10. net.games: Where can I get the source for empire or
! rogue?
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! 10. net.games: Where can I get the source for empire or rogue?
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their right, have chosen not to make the sources available.
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their right, have chosen not to make the sources available.
+ The source to empire is not currently available, either.
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- The source for empire is available from John Buck provided you have
- the necessary Unix license. Contact him at ...philabs!polyf!john
- for details.
-
11. net.unix-wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii
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11. net.unix-wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii
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was packaged up into a command that was obviously named "grep."
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was packaged up into a command that was obviously named "grep."
+
+ According to Kernighan/Plauger _Software Tools in Pascal_, it
+ stands for "Globally look for Regular Expressions and Print."usenet@gatech.EDU (11/02/86)
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*** 5,7 ****
Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 30 August 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
--- 5,7 ----
Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 31 October 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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! 8. net.general: Is John Doe out there anywhere?
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! 8. misc.misc or misc.wanted: Is John Doe out there anywhere?
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at a different location. If you must try the net, use newsgroup
! net.net-people *NOT* net.general.
! 9. net.math: Proofs that 1=0.
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at a different location. If you must try the net, use newsgroup
! soc.net-people *NOT* misc.misc or misc.wanted.
! 9. sci.math: Proofs that 1=0.
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! 13. net.women: What do you think about abortion?
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! 13. soc.women: What do you think about abortion?
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Although abortion might appear to be an appropriate topic for
! net.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
! up. Since the newsgroup net.abortion has been created, all
abortion-related discussion should take place there.
--- 131,134 ----
Although abortion might appear to be an appropriate topic for
! soc.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
! up. Since the newsgroup talk.abortion has been created, all
abortion-related discussion should take place there.
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! 14. net.singles: What do MOTOS, MOTSS, and MOTAS stand for?
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! 14. soc.singles: What do MOTOS, MOTSS, and MOTAS stand for?
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Member of the opposite sex, member of the same sex, and member of
! the appropriate sex, respectively.
! SO stands for "significant other".
! 15. net.columbia: Shouldn't this name be changed?
! The name was devised to honor the first space shuttle. It was
! realized at the time the group began that the name would quickly
! become out of date. The intent was to create a bit of instant
! nostalgia.
!
! 16. net.columbia: Shouldn't this group be merged with net.space?
!
! No. Net.columbia is for timely news bulletins. net.space is for
discussions.
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Member of the opposite sex, member of the same sex, and member of
! the appropriate sex, respectively. SO stands for "significant other".
! 15. sci.space.shuttle: Shouldn't this group be merged with sci.space?
! No. sci.space.shuttle is for timely news bulletins. sci.space is for
discussions.
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! 17. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
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! 16. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
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! The newsgroup "na.forsale" exists for postings of sale
! announcements. Its distribution is limited to North America;
! posters should restrict this distribution even further, if
! possible and appropriate.
!
! 18. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
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! 17. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
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! 19. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
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! 18. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
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! 20. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
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! 19. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
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stands for "Globally look for Regular Expressions and Print."
+
+ 20. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, ARPA to BITNET, JANET etc etc.?
+
+ See the article "Notable Computer Networks" in Volume 29, #10
+ (October 1986) of the "Communications of the ACM" (CACM). The
+ table on page 940 should provide the syntax needed. The
+ appropriate gateways should be derivable from the postings in
+ mod.map.
+
+ 21. Didn't Indiana once pass a law saying pi == 3 ?
+
+ Indiana House Bill #246 was introduced on 18 January 1897,
+ referred to the Committee on Canals 'midst general cheerfulness'.
+ It is so mathematically incomprehensible that no single value of
+ pi is determinable from its text. It was passed by the state
+ House on 5 February, but indefinitely tabled by the state Senate,
+ thanks to the fortuitious presense of a Purdue professor of
+ mathematics who was there on other business.
+
+ For details, including an annotated text of the bill, read the
+ article by D. Singmaster in "The Mathematical Intelligencer" v7
+ #2, pp 69-72.usenet@gatech.EDU (12/01/86)
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Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET
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Expires: 40days
! Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU
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*** 5,7 ****
Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 31 October 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking others. If you
! don't like my answers let me know and I may include revisions in future
! versions of this note.
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and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking others. If you
! don't like these answers let spaf@gatech.edu know.
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! These questions belong in net.news.config if anywhere, but in fact
your best bet is usually to phone somebody at "foo" to find out.
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! These questions belong in news.config if anywhere, but in fact
your best bet is usually to phone somebody at "foo" to find out.
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! 7. How do I decrypt jokes in net.jokes?
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! 7. How do I decrypt jokes in rec.humor?
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letter is replaced by the letter 13 farther along in the alphabet
! (cycling around at the end). Most systems have a built in command
to decrypt such articles; readnews has the "D" command, rn has the
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letter is replaced by the letter 13 farther along in the alphabet
! (cycling around at the end). Most systems have a built-in command
to decrypt such articles; readnews has the "D" command, rn has the
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! 11. net.unix-wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii
characters in their names?
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! 11. comp.unix.wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii
characters in their names?
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! 12. net.unix-wizards: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles
protection for programs that run suid.
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! 12. comp.unix.wizards: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles
protection for programs that run suid.
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soc.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
! up. Since the newsgroup talk.abortion has been created, all
! abortion-related discussion should take place there.
--- 131,136 ----
soc.women, more heat than light is generated when it is brought
! up. All abortion-related discussion should take place in the
! newsgroup talk.abortion. If your site administrators have chosen
! not to receive this group, you should respect this and not post
! articles about abortion at all.
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! 15. sci.space.shuttle: Shouldn't this group be merged with sci.space?
No. sci.space.shuttle is for timely news bulletins. sci.space is for
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! 15. soc.singles and elsewhere: What does HASA stand for?
+ Nobody knows. HASA apparently stands for Hedonistic Asti-Spumante
+ Alliance. There are renegades, not to be believed under any
+ circumstances, who claim it actually stands for the Heathen and
+ Atheistic SCUM Alliance. It can also mean a few other fanciful and
+ amusing things, any of which should be judged in context.
+
+ 16. sci.space.shuttle: Shouldn't this group be merged with sci.space?
+
No. sci.space.shuttle is for timely news bulletins. sci.space is for
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! 16. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
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! 17. How do I use the "Distribution" feature?
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replies is different, depending on where you are, but at Bell Labs
! in Murray Hill, New Jersey, possibilities include:
! mh3bc1 local to this machine
mh Bell Labs, Murray Hill Branch
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replies is different, depending on where you are, but at Bell Labs
! in Murray Hill, New Jersey, possibilities include (for example):
! local local to this machine
mh Bell Labs, Murray Hill Branch
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na Everywhere in North America
! net Everywhere on Usenet in the world (same as "world")
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na Everywhere in North America
! world Everywhere on Usenet in the world
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! 17. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
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! 18. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning
of their articles?
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! 18. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
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! 19. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company?
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! 19. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
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! 20. What is the origin of the name "grep"?
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! 20. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, ARPA to BITNET, JANET etc etc.?
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! 21. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, ARPA to BITNET, JANET etc etc.?
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! 21. Didn't Indiana once pass a law saying pi == 3 ?
! Indiana House Bill #246 was introduced on 18 January 1897,
! referred to the Committee on Canals 'midst general cheerfulness'.
! It is so mathematically incomprehensible that no single value of
! pi is determinable from its text. It was passed by the state
! House on 5 February, but indefinitely tabled by the state Senate,
! thanks to the fortuitious presense of a Purdue professor of
! mathematics who was there on other business.
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! 22. Didn't some state once pass a law setting pi equal to 3 ?
! Indiana House Bill #246 was introduced on 18 January 1897, and
! referred to the Committee on Canals "midst general cheerfulness."
! The text states, "the ratio of the diameter and circumference is
! as five-fourths to four", which makes pi 3.2 (not 3), but there
! are internal contradictions in the bill as well as contradictions
! with reality. The author was a mathematical crank. The bill was
! passed by the state House on 5 February, but indefinitely tabled
! by the state Senate, in part thanks to the fortuitious presence
! on other business of a Purdue professor of mathematics.
usenet@gatech.UUCP (01/01/87)
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu]
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 9 December 1986 by rs@mirror.tmc.com]
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their right, have chosen not to make the sources available.
- The source to empire is not currently available, either.
11. comp.unix.wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii
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their right, have chosen not to make the sources available.
+ You can obtain the source to a version of empire if you provide
+ a tape and SASE *plus* a photocopy of your Unix source license.
+ To obtain further info, contact mcnc!rti-sel!polyof!john.
+ You can also call John at +1 516 454-5191 (9am-9pm EST only).
+
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#2, pp 69-72.
+
+ 23. Where can I get the necessary software to get a "smart"
+ mail system running on my machine that will take advantage
+ of the postings in mod.map? (E.g., pathalias, smail, etc.)
+
+ There are a couple of packages available through the supporters of
+ the mod.sources archives. If sites next to you don't have what
+ you want, contact your nearest mod.sources archive, or the
+ moderator. Information on archive sites, and indices of
+ mod.sources back issues are posted regularly in mod.sources and
+ comp.sources.d.
+
+
+ usenet@gatech.UUCP (02/01/87)
*** old/questions.n Thu Jan 1 00:17:54 1987 --- src/questions.n Sat Jan 31 21:51:25 1987 *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 9 December 1986 by rs@mirror.tmc.com] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 31 January 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu] *************** *** 147,153 **** ! Nobody knows. HASA apparently stands for Hedonistic Asti-Spumante ! Alliance. There are renegades, not to be believed under any ! circumstances, who claim it actually stands for the Heathen and ! Atheistic SCUM Alliance. It can also mean a few other fanciful and ! amusing things, any of which should be judged in context. --- 147,154 ---- ! The acronym HASA originated with the Heathen and Atheistic SCUM ! Alliance; the Hedonistic Asti-Spumante Alliance, Heroes Against ! Spaghetti Altering, the Society for Creative Atheism (SCATHE), ! SASA, SALSA, PASTA, and many others too numerous to mention all ! followed. HASA started in talk.religion.misc and also turns up in ! soc.singles, talk.bizarre, et al. because members post there too.
usenet@gatech.UUCP (03/01/87)
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 31 January 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu]
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Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz)
! [Most recent change: 11 February 1987 by spaf@gatech.edu]
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! If you hit return, you'll get the default, which is the first part
! of the newsgroup name. This default is often not appropriate --
PLEASE take a moment to think about how far away people are likely
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! If you hit return, you'll get the default, which is usually
! "world.". This default is often not appropriate --
PLEASE take a moment to think about how far away people are likely