grw@inmet.UUCP (02/11/84)
#R:inmet:9800032:inmet:9800033:177600:176 inmet!grw Feb 10 11:03:00 1984 Amp has been sold. Offer is withdrawn. -- Gary Wasserman ...harpo!inmet!grw ...hplabs!sri-unix!cca!ima!inmet!grw ...yale-comix!ima!inmet!grw ----------
johnl@haddock.UUCP (03/15/84)
#R:burl:-41900:haddock:16900001:177600:364 haddock!johnl Mar 1 13:35:00 1984 You have a truly amazing version of pr(1) if it does what you say, printing the first column all the way down the document before it starts the second column. The version I have (System III) and all previous ones print multiple columns per page. Considering that pr is happy to read from pipes, it's hard to see how it could do elsewise. John Levine, ima!johnl
paul@hp-lsd.UUCP (paul) (12/14/84)
RE: opening plastic DIPs
I brought this to the attention of a hardware friend of mine. I had recalled
EE labs where I had easily opened a DIP by electrical means and inquired about
it. The reply:
The best way to do this is to connect a very low impedence power
supply so as to reverse-bias one of the junctions. The junction
will vaporize and the vapor pressure opens the pack for you.
(Note - this is lots of fun but watch for flying plastic!)
--Paul Bame
UUCP: {hplabs,ihnp4!hpfcla}!hp-lsd!paul
CSNET: hp-lsd!paul@hp-labs.csnet
ARPA: hp-lsd!paul&hp-labs@csnet-relay.arpajan@absolut.UUCP (02/22/85)
Our company has had experience with WU, SPRINT, MCI, and another
"alternative carrier" I've forgotten. We are currently using SBS Skyline,
the only service whose quality and reliability of connection rivals that
of AT&T. And it's very attractively priced.
With all the others we suffered non-connections, disconnections, and poor
transmission quality when we were able to obtain and maintain a connection.
Jan Huffman. {ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!cfib, decvax!cca}!absolut!janbill@absolut.UUCP (03/03/85)
Check with
Dynacomp Systems
Vancouver BC Canada
604-872-7737
They have UN*X for the 64K machines, they may be able to point you in the
right direction.
William Gibbs {ucbvax!cbosgd!ima!cfib, decvax!cca}!absolut!bill
Absolut Software 617-232-8377
2001 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02146-4227mer@prism.UUCP (07/30/85)
Me too. Sigh. No one's going to have extra tickets to sell, though, I suspect. Are there a lot of Springsteen fans on the net? Meredith Lesly PO Box 129 Cambridge, MA. 02140
rjn@hpfcla.UUCP (10/14/85)
re: scalping
Yes, I realize that the concert in question is probably over, but there are
some wider implications here...
1. If the terms under which something is sold specify that it is not to be
resold (or resold at a profit), then you are BREAKING AN AGREEMENT by
reselling it at a profit. If you "don't like" the agreement, don't buy
the tickets. Using the net to assist you merely advertises that you
cannot be trusted to keep your agreements (this is probably a public
service :-).
2. In using the net, you also agree to NOT use it for explicitly COMMERCIAL
PURPOSES. Purchasing objects (e.g. tickets) with the intention of
reselling them at a profit them is a "commercial purpose" in my book.
This is another broken agreement, and the net shouldn't tolerate it.
3. I don't know if scalping is legal in your municipality or not, but if it
is not, you are once again out of agreement with the rest of the net by
using the net for ILLEGAL purposes. Considering the noise coming out of
D.C. on possible regulation of "bulletin boards", this kind of trouble
we don't need.
4. If scalping is illegal, you are also exposing yourself to personal legal
jeopardy. There may be netters in your area who are reserve police
officers, or are sufficiently incensed by your conduct to report you.
Whether or not scalping is legal, "consideration" (money) was exchanged
in purchasing the tickets, making the transaction a CONTRACT. So, you
may also have some civil liability.
If you don't think that being "out of agreement" has consequences, try
looking at yourself in a mirror and saying (aloud): "I keep my agreements.
I am an honest person. I like myself."
Regards, Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland 3404 East Harmony Road
hplabs!hpfcla!rjn Fort Collins CO 80525rjn@hpfcla.UUCP (10/14/85)
re: more on scalping - supply & demand observations... Some of the respondents here have suggested that scalpers merely represent normal supply and demand forces in the ticket marketplace. To the extent that you consider only the FINANCIAL cost of tickets, this is true. However, I believe that some performers are trying to sell tickets partially for a currency OTHER than money (and are thus discouraging scalpers). Suppose you are a performer whose fans are primarily blue collar workers and teenagers, with some number of yuppies and upper middle class thrown in too. So, your primary fans have less discretionary income (i.e. cash) to spend on tickets, but they have lots more TIME than the bustling yuppies and uppies. Now, to maintain fan loyalty, you feel obliged to tour. But in each city, there are enough yuppies and uppies to gobble up all the tickets if you simply let the price "float up" the supply/demand curve (like it does in Las Vegas). If you operate on this policy, you will eventually alienate your teen/bcw audience, and they'll stop buying records, posters, etc. What's the alternative? A low ticket price guarantees a huge demand, which must be mediated by some other mechanism. So, change part of the ticket price to TIME - standing in line. This puts the teen/bcw group on a more equal footing with the yuppie/uppie group. (Personally, 2 hours in line is a higher price than I'm willing to pay for any performer I can think of.) If Bruce Springsteen lets the market (or the scalpers) set the dollar price of his tickets, he'll soon end up with class of fans very much like Wayne Newton's. I doubt if that's attractive to him. Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland 3404 East Harmony Road hplabs!hpfcla!rjn Fort Collins CO 80525