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From: ber@gummo.UUCP (My full name is probably too long, but maybe not.)
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Subject: net.misc
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Date: Fri, 2-Dec-83 17:04:19 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  2 17:04:19 1983
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   Condensation of topics in net.misc
     As seen by Pete LaMaster ihnp4!houxh!pvl

   Given that people *drive* on the left in England, do they also
*walk* on the left?  The general consensus is that they, indeed, do
walk on the left when any order is observed at all.  In addition,
certain train tracks and highways passing left or right were mentioned.

  A recent report which studies mitochondrial DNA presents the possibility
that most living humans had a common female ancestor about 50K years ago.

  Times Zones: their history and the existence of zones offset from GMT
by non-integral multiples of one hour.

  Diet Coke has adopted a blend of Nutrasweet (aspartame) and saccharine.
They didn't go all aspartame due to cost.

  A rather comprehensive report of Harris' line of GaAs IC's with 
propagation delays in the 3 ns range

  Short topics: planned obsolesence of GM cars, warning against "Better
Living" Magazine and its ilk (lifetime subscription for $4), history
of Harbor Sweets chocolates, an electro-stimulation technique for
relieving back pain, programs to print "Merry Christmas" 15 times
in *many* languages, comments on "Consumer Reports" magazine (favorable),
an offer to post articles for those who can't, a survey of bias in
the teaching of world history, a number of people discussing the 49th
parallel and that all of the US is below it, discussion as to whether
or not USENET is a member of the press, identification of "whatever
happened to Exxon Office Systems, the desirability of long articles,
the use of "worm" instead of "hacker", a call for printed circuit
board software, and a program to clear a WANG 720