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Subject: Changes to Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
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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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  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.
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       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.