Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!acf3!russell From: russell@acf3.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: APDA - any satisfied customers? Message-ID: <170034@acf3.NYU.EDU> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 00:06:00 EST Article-I.D.: acf3.170034 Posted: Wed Nov 25 00:06:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 14:43:29 EST References: <1228@runx.ips.oz> Organization: New York University Lines: 141 APDA is simply awful. I, too, have let my "membership" lapse. There is a definite hint of "cutting off your nose to spite your face" here, but I reject that argument vehemently because it is exactly APDA's monopoly position that must be ended. Unfortunately, Apple just isn't listening (well actually they do, and they defend Apple's decision to use APDA very strongly). The only thing to do is JUST SAY NO. APDA stinks. Kill it. Apple must find some way to release non-free material to developers in a more effective way -- and it MUST not be a monopoly, unless of course Apple does it itself. The dopiest clowns in Apple can do a much better job than APDA. Sorry about the irrational tone of this, but I have been driven crazy on the subject of APDA. -r (Richard Reich as russell@nyu) Relay-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU From: lewish@acf2.UUCP (Henry M. Lewis) Date: 24-Nov-87 16:37 EST Date-Received: 24-Nov-87 16:37 EST Subject: Re: Kitchenaid Mixers Message-ID: <1270003@acf2.UUCP> Path: acf3!acf2!lewish Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf2.UUCP Organization: New York University References: <1306@lll-lcc.aRpA> > On the subject of Kitchenaid mixers, could someone give me a breakdown on > the different models, their features, and advantages/disadvantages. . . I have used all three basic KitchenAid models. The smallest model (K4C?) is, to my mind, not worth considering simply because it offers no dough hook. It does, however, outperform almost any non-KitchenAid. It has a 4-quart glass bowl. Those in the K45 family, including K45SS and a new model whose number I don't know, have 4 1/2 quart stainless-steel bowls. The motor tips back to remove the beater from the bowl. K5 and K5SS have 5-quart stainless-steel bowls that rest on a yoke that raises to meet the immobile motor. Both come with flat beater, whip, and dough hook. I find the K45 more convenient, especially when attachments are used: the K5's attachment port is about a foot and a half above the counter, and one must build great sculptures of books, pans, etc., to get a bowl in position to catch sliced onions, ground meat, pasta, or whatever. I haven't found K5's additional power or capacity necessary. It does have one advantage over K45, in that it accepts a water jacket that can be used to keep the mixture in the bowl warm or cool. All models accept a variety of attachments, except that you're warned not to use the grain mill with the K4C. I recommend the food grinder with the fruit- and vegetable-mill parts, and the "rotary" slicer-shredder. I have also the pasta-making parts, but prefer other means of making pasta. The attachments are all stupefyingly expensive. The Farberware mixer, by the way, is a good alternative--it's very much like the K45. I once found it on sale for $99. --Hank Lewis {ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cmcl2!acf2!lewish Relay-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU From: mcp7579@acf3.NYU.EDU (Michael Poppers) Date: 24-Nov-87 21:13 EST Date-Received: 24-Nov-87 21:13 EST Subject: Lots of Haas air Message-ID: <514@acf3.NYU.EDU> Path: acf3!mcp7579 Newsgroups: rec.music.classical Organization: New York University References: <3353@aw.sei.cmu.edu> <373@a.UUCP> <55000027@uicsrd> <4156@venera.isi.edu> Lines: 74 Summary: From the Haas' mouth to this net (2 quoted responsa -- *not* long) In article <373@a.UUCP>, mwj@a.UUCP (William Johnson) writes: > > In Haas' case, very few "knowledgeable" people > (whatever that means ...) have much use for him -- but I bet our local > classical station has more listeners while he's on than in the hour right > after him, and costs and advertisers being what they are, they need all > the listeners they can get. In a word, Haas is SUCCESSFUL, both as > entertainment in his own right and as popularizer of a genre. If the > classical-music business as a whole was as successful, there wouldn't be > as many major orchestras in trouble. Come on, Bill, Karl didn't get on the air because he was successful. You're putting the kart before the Haas :-). Seriously, it seems to me that K.H. brings himself down to a more popular (even vulgar, if you recognize the strict etymology rather than the coarser connotations) level in order to give solid music lessons to simple commonfolk (more on this below). If his brand of musical instruction garners a large audience, as Bill said, so much the better for classical music as a whole. A friend of mine who loves c.m. says that he got his start in listening to it because I and some others told him that the nice music/musical themes that he heard in certain TV commercials were classical. In article <4156@venera.isi.edu>, smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu (Stephen Smoliar) writes: > > The things you can learn about from the real world! To the best of my > knowledge, Karl Hass originates from WQXR in New York City. This is not > an NPR station. It is a commercial station; and, in my childhood, it > was one of my earliest introductions to classical music (not to mention > a full Gilbert-and-Sullivan operetta every Saturday morning). Right you are. I've always heard WQXR's name mentioned, every hour on the hour, as "...the radio stations of the NY Times." Let me tell all you sophisticated classical-musicophiles something: Haas may not be your cup of tea, but (in much the same way that WQXR related to Stephen) I think he provides a great service for those poor, ignorant, lower-class, etc. folk who aren't extremely well versed in classical music (and I still put myself in that category, even though I've been listening to and loving c.m. for years), and sometimes he even puts on a show for dedicated listeners to c.m., such as "Name the Mystery Composer." Whatever the case, I really did enjoy listening to his show on a day that I wasn't in school (many moons ago). And my mother, whose level of musical love & knowledge I rank with the late Danny Kaye (can't read a solitary bar, but a hell of a memory), considers him both knowledgable *and* interesting. So there!... Just thought you people should also know that WQXR itself might agree that K.H. was getting a little tiring in his middle age ("middle" as in "'til 120, Karl!"), since it moved his program from 9AM weekdays to some late time on weekends (ya know, when we're getting back from a movie..I mean, a concert). > However, it has long since fallen from whatever grace it may once have had... > Meanwhile, back in New York, serious listeners can always turn to WNCN > or, when it is broadcasting classical music, WNYC. Well, if serious means "no personality, just music," maybe, but I happen to feel that serious listening and warhorses like Duncan Pirnie [sic] (when he was on), George Edwards, etc., are not orthogonal. As for the commercials, except for a few funny ones, I simply "tune out" (same re TV). If you can tolerate an intermission during a concert, surely you can handle a few stupid commercials!? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Michael C. 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