Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: mod.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Message-ID: <7106@gatech.EDU> Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 00:24:06 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.7106 Posted: Mon Dec 1 00:24:06 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Dec-86 20:23:46 EST Expires: Sat, 10-Jan-87 00:24:04 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 199 Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU *** old/questions.n Sat Nov 1 16:43:24 1986 --- src/questions.n Sat Nov 29 18:36:28 1986 *************** *** 2,4 **** Expires: 40days ! Approved: spaf@gatech.CSNET --- 2,4 ---- Expires: 40days ! Approved: spaf@gatech.EDU *************** *** 5,7 **** Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 31 October 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu] --- 5,7 ---- Original-from: jerry@eagle.UUCP (Jerry Schwarz) ! [Most recent change: 29 November 1986 by weemba@brahms.berkeley.edu] *************** *** 14,17 **** 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. --- 14,16 ---- and warning about the inevitable consequence of asking others. If you ! don't like these answers let spaf@gatech.edu know. *************** *** 33,35 **** ! 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. --- 32,34 ---- ! These questions belong in news.config if anywhere, but in fact your best bet is usually to phone somebody at "foo" to find out. *************** *** 73,75 **** ! 7. How do I decrypt jokes in net.jokes? --- 72,74 ---- ! 7. How do I decrypt jokes in rec.humor? *************** *** 77,79 **** 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 --- 76,78 ---- 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 *************** *** 108,110 **** ! 11. net.unix-wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii characters in their names? --- 107,109 ---- ! 11. comp.unix.wizards: How do I remove files with non-ascii characters in their names? *************** *** 117,119 **** ! 12. net.unix-wizards: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles protection for programs that run suid. --- 116,118 ---- ! 12. comp.unix.wizards: There is a bug in the way UNIX handles protection for programs that run suid. *************** *** 132,135 **** 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. *************** *** 140,143 **** ! 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 --- 141,152 ---- ! 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 *************** *** 145,147 **** ! 16. How do I use the "Distribution" feature? --- 154,156 ---- ! 17. How do I use the "Distribution" feature? *************** *** 150,153 **** 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 --- 159,162 ---- 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 *************** *** 158,160 **** na Everywhere in North America ! net Everywhere on Usenet in the world (same as "world") --- 167,169 ---- na Everywhere in North America ! world Everywhere on Usenet in the world *************** *** 168,170 **** ! 17. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning of their articles? --- 177,179 ---- ! 18. Why do some people put funny lines ("bug killers") at the beginning of their articles? *************** *** 190,192 **** ! 18. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company? --- 199,201 ---- ! 19. What is the address or phone number of the "foo" company? *************** *** 207,209 **** ! 19. What is the origin of the name "grep"? --- 216,218 ---- ! 20. What is the origin of the name "grep"? *************** *** 217,219 **** ! 20. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, ARPA to BITNET, JANET etc etc.? --- 226,228 ---- ! 21. How do I get from BITNET to UUCP, ARPA to BITNET, JANET etc etc.? *************** *** 225,235 **** ! 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. --- 234,246 ---- ! 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.