Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-loversSubject: Thunderbirds are GO!!!Keywords: FABMessage-ID: <1503@arran.tcom.stc.co.uk>Date: 2 Dec 87 10:54:39 GMTOrganization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB.Lines: 14A few quick trivia questions on Thunderbirds :-1) Does anybody know what the phrase 'FAB' stands for ??? 2) What's the first mission that International Rescue accomplished ?3) What's the Butler's name on the Island AND who is his daughter ? Regards,Steve Hillyer.  <hilda@tcom.stc.co.uk> || ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!hildaSTC Telecommunications, Oakleigh Rd South, London N11 1HB. Phone : +44 1 368 1234 x3358#! rnews 1159Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!btnix!crouchFrom: crouch@btnix.axion.bt.co.uk (Chris Rouch)Newsgroups: comp.os.vmsSubject: callable TPU?Keywords: TPU callable editorMessage-ID: <632@btnix.axion.bt.co.uk>Date: 3 Dec 87 11:33:58 GMTOrganization: British Telecom Research Labs, Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH, UKLines: 17I read somewhere that there is a callable version of EDT, available by usingEDT$EDIT(...). Does anyone know if there is a similar function for the TPUeditor and/or other commands such as MAIL, PRINT etc. If somebody couldalso point me in the direction of the VMS manual which contains thisinformation (assuming there is one), I would be very grateful.		Chris Rouch--------------------------------------------------------------------------------vax to vax (UUCP)       CRouch@axion.bt.co.uk (...!ukc!btnix!crouch)desk to desk            RT3124, 310 SSTF,			British Telecom Research Laboratories,			Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH, IP5 7RE, UK.voice to voice          +44 473 646093	"Ours is not to look back, ours to continue the crack."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------#! rnews 1090Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!peteFrom: pete@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Kendell)Newsgroups: rec.music.classicalSubject: Durufle virgin seeks adviceMessage-ID: <483@stc-f.tcom.stc.co.uk>Date: 3 Dec 87 11:50:35 GMTOrganization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB.Lines: 25	Being curious, as the name was completely new to me, I borrowed 	the Hyperion CD of Durufle's Requiem from my local public 	library. I enjoyed it very much and would like to find out more	about him, so :-	- What else has he written? (I believe he's not been very prolific)		- What else has been recorded?		- Is his other work similar to the Requiem; it is better, worse or	  just different?	- I thought I heard a Holst influence; is this typical?	- Are there other 20th Century composers in a similar vein that I	  should try?		-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------|		  Peter Kendell <pete@tcom.stc.co.uk>	        	     ||				...{uunet!}mcvax!ukc!stc!pete		     |------------------------------------------------------------------------------#! rnews 1235Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!praxis!gauss!drbFrom: drb@praxis.co.uk (David Brownbridge)Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizardsSubject: Re: //host vs "mount point"Message-ID: <1606@newton.praxis.co.uk>Date: 3 Dec 87 12:42:36 GMTReferences: <648@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <1668@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <38c15248.4580@hi-csc.UUCP> <9559@mimsy.UUCP> <411@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>Sender: nobody@praxis.co.ukReply-To: drb%praxis.uucp@ukc.ac.uk(David Brownbridge)Organization: Praxis Systems plc, Bath, UKLines: 19In article <411@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> jgm@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (John Myers) writes:>Just to add to the confusion, let me put in a plug in for the Carnegie-Mellon>University Computer Science Department's syntax:>>/../hostWe built a system which also allowed super-super-roots and so on ad infinitum. /../NearbyHost /../../OtherSite/host /../../../OtherCountry/AnotherSite/host"/.." makes sense to me which is why I promoted it as the "University ofNewcastle upon Tyne Computing Laboratory's syntax" :-) Some old-timers mustremember the "Newcastle Connection" distributed UNIX system which LindsayMarshall and I wrote in 1981-2."Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand" [Billy Bragg/Oyster Band "Between The Wars"]#! rnews 1785Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!datlog!slxsys!jppFrom: jpp@slxsys.specialix.co.uk (John Pettitt)Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenixSubject: Re: smail2.5Summary: smail on xenix without writing new programsKeywords: At last, a 'real' mailer for Xenix (are you listening SCO) :-)Message-ID: <106@slxsys.specialix.co.uk>Date: 3 Dec 87 06:44:07 GMTReferences: <484@rel.eds.com>Reply-To: jpp@slxsys.UUCP (John Pettitt)Organization: Specialix International, London, UK.Lines: 27In article <484@rel.eds.com> bob@rel.eds.com (Bob Leffler) writes:>During the last several weeks there have been numerous solutions posted to>the net to resolved the interface problem with Xenix and smail 2.5.  I>have tried all the solutions that I am aware of and my conclusion for the>best approach is a combination of two.	lots of stuff about how to install smail deleted.I have just installed smail 2.5 on Xenix 386.  The solution I usedhere was to replace /usr/lib/mail/execmail with a link to (copy of)/bin/smail.  I also moved the old sco execmail to execmail.sco and usedit as the local delivery agent.  The above will not work as it standsbecause the command syntax for execmail is not the same as smail. Thiscan be corrected by swapping the meaning of the -F and -f switches insmail (main.c and defs.h).   The local delivery macro in defs.h shouldbe set to give /usr/lib/mail/execmail.com -f from to.   With thissetup you get the sco mailer (mailx) and smail with both From and From:lines correct.  Also as execmail is still used for 'local' deliverymicnet (sco's RS232 "LAN") still works.-- John Pettitt G6KCQ, CIX jpettitt, Voice +44 1 398 9422UUCP:  ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!pyrltd!slxsys!jpp  (jpp@slxsys.co.uk)Disclaimer: I don't even own a cat to share my views !#! rnews 1287Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!lambertFrom: lambert@cwi.nl (Lambert Meertens)Newsgroups: sci.mathSubject: Re: Least-squares fittingMessage-ID: <135@piring.cwi.nl>Date: 5 Dec 87 14:41:10 GMTReferences: <1823@culdev1.UUCP>Organization: CWI, AmsterdamLines: 28In article <1823@culdev1.UUCP> drw@culdev1.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes:) Is is known how to perform least-squares fitting where the "error" is) the perpendicular distance between the point and the line?This least-squares fit still passes through the "center of gravity" of thedata points, so assume that the data has been reduced such that theaverages of the x- and y-coordinates are both zero.  Let the equation ofthe line to be determined be    x*(sin phi) - y*(cos phi) = 0,that is, it is the line making an angle phi with the x-axis.  Put    XX = SUM_i x[i]^2,    XY = SUM_i x[i]*y[i],    YY = SUM_i y[i]^2.Then tan(2*phi) = 2*XY/(XX-YY).This gives two solutions for phi.  Take the one such that the point(XX-YY, 2*XY) lies on the ray through the origin with angle 2*phi.(Remark.  It is possible to solve the coefficients for x and yalgebraically, without going through the arctan routine, but it is harderthen to get the signs correct.)-- Lambert Meertens, CWI, Amsterdam; lambert@cwi.nl#! rnews 852Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!inria!imag!bordierFrom: bordier@imag.UUCP (Jerome Bordier)Newsgroups: comp.sys.macSubject: Re: Arabic Wordprocessing / PublishingMessage-ID: <2285@imag.UUCP>Date: 4 Dec 87 10:24:35 GMTReply-To: bordier@imag.UUCP (Jerome Bordier)Organization: IMAG, University of Grenoble, FranceLines: 14"Winsoft", a small firm developping and selling software for the Macintosh,has made "Wintext", a word processor fully compatible with the "ArabicMacintosh+" (you have to obtain the Arabic keyboard distributed by Apple).Their address is:	Winsoft	34 boulevard de l'Esplanade	38000 GRENOBLE   FrancePhone no.:   76.87.56.01-- Jerome BORDIER   Laboratoire Structures Discretes  Institut IMAG		 B.P.68 - 38402 SAINT MARTIN D'HERES CEDEX   FranceE.Mail:bordier@imag.imag.fr   or   {uunet.uu.net|mcvax}!imag!bordier#! rnews 1182Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!inria!rouaixFrom: rouaix@inria.UUCP (Francois Rouaix)Newsgroups: comp.sys.amigaSubject: POPCLI III Another BugKeywords: left-amiga-esc timingMessage-ID: <587@inria.UUCP>Date: 5 Dec 87 17:45:19 GMTOrganization: INRIA, Rocquencourt. FranceLines: 20	Well, it seems there is another bug in Popcli III.	Just try 		1> run popcli 30	and then press Left-Amiga-Esc: the drive (where c: is) spins for	a moment and nothing happens.	The new 'screen-blanker' works all right but the automatic launch	is defeated.	Same for values of 10 and 40 seconds.	I didn't have time to figure out the limit value for which Popcli will	work (it works with default value and 240s).	Anyway, despite I *love* the new feature (let's keep the secret :-),	I'd rather have the old screen-blanker : at least I can sleep while	the Amiga is still on and working, and also it won't eat CPU-time I	need for Ray-tracing !!-- *- Francois Rouaix                    /       When the going gets tough,     **- USENET:rouaix@inria.inria.fr     \/            the guru goes meditating...**  SYSOP of Sgt. Flam's Lonely Amigas Club. (33) (1) 39-55-84-59 (Videotext) *#! rnews 539Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!lll-lcc!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!crash!pnet01!hhallerFrom: hhaller@pnet01.cts.com (Harry Haller)Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modemsSubject: Re: Facsimile on PCMessage-ID: <2140@crash.cts.com>Date: 14 Dec 87 04:36:13 GMTSender: news@crash.cts.comOrganization: People-Net [pnet01], El Cajon, CALines: 4There is a board you can plug into the backplane that purports to give youfull FAX capability with editing. Of course, I forget the name, but if youlook in the literature...()#! rnews 1436Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!lll-lcc!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!crash!pnet01!dmFrom: dm@pnet01.cts.com (Dan Melson)Newsgroups: rec.aviationSubject: Re: ARSA transition phraseologyMessage-ID: <2141@crash.cts.com>Date: 14 Dec 87 06:16:11 GMTSender: news@crash.cts.comOrganization: People-Net [pnet01], El Cajon, CALines: 21The question was asked why an ARSA controller might want to know yourdestination.Actually, what they really want to know is where you're going *now*, like'direct PMD' or 'following I5 northbound' (I have *no* idea of what type ofairspace that will take you through at any given altitude) or whatever course,heading, or whatever you intend to take through the ARSA.Now, if you're going to get flight following, the controller is going to wantto know your complete route of flight for which you want flight following,so that it can be entered into the machine and the autumated handoffs can beused between sectors and facilities.As for why, that's very simple.  For purposes of calling traffic, which Iconsider to be sufficient, if no one else does.  The same reason thecontroller at the VFR tower asks your direction of departure.  If nothingelse, the controller can always tell the left downwind departures 'traffic a(whatever) reported 6 SE for a left base entry', or whatever is appropriate.MY opinions ONLY!                                              DM#! rnews 2759Path: alberta!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!diku!iesd!jacobFrom: jacob@iesd.uucp (Jacob stergaard B{kke)Newsgroups: comp.aiSubject: job search, Comp. eng.Summary: I'm looking for a jobKeywords: Job, Computer. eng., Computer. sci., M.S.Message-ID: <152@iesd.uucp>Date: 2 Dec 87 13:20:07 GMTReply-To: jacob@iesd.UUCP (Jacob \stergaard B{kke)