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chelsea
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Welcome to Grex
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Sep 20 13:59 UTC 1994 |
Welcome to Grex, a network of folks from near and far, who connect through
the magic of telecommunications to form a community. Grex's hardware
platform is a Sun II, the software is PicoSpan, the location is just about
a mile from ground zero (the stadium) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Grex is a
non-profit co-operative, owned and operated by the membership, and it is
this membership who decides all that Grex is and does. Although only
members have voting privileges, everyone is encouraged to contribute to
the discussions which shape Grex, help out on special projects, and join
us for social events. The organizational structure is kept as simple as
possible, both as a way of encouraging those who wish to get involved, and
due to the amazing fact that everyone here volunteers their time and
efforts.
So jump on in, take a look around, get to know us some. If you'd like to
participate in a discussion on Clinton and Haiti, join World. If you want
to see how some folks are laying the groundwork for the next generation,
join Parenting. If you simply need to plan dinner, join Cooking. And for
that ever-burning question of why anyone would put Listerine on their
lawn, join Enigma. But know, when you're done with those, there is more.
A whole lot more.
Anyhow, enough of introductions. Welcome to Grex. We hope you like it
here.
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chelsea
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response 1 of 121:
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Sep 20 14:18 UTC 1994 |
Minutes from all previous Board of Directors meetings are
available online. Enter !minutes from any PicoSpan prompt
for the minutes listed by the meeting date.
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scg
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response 2 of 121:
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Sep 20 21:19 UTC 1994 |
Shouldn't that say that the hardware is a sun III?
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carson
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response 3 of 121:
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Sep 20 21:26 UTC 1994 |
let's see... "carSON"... "THIRD" response... yeah!
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popcorn
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response 4 of 121:
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Sep 20 22:04 UTC 1994 |
Yup, it's a Sun 3. Actually, a Sun 3 clone.
Good intro, Mary -- I laughed lots at the part about the ever-burning
question of why anyone would put Listerine on their lawn!!
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kentn
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response 5 of 121:
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Sep 21 00:39 UTC 1994 |
What brand of Sun 3 clone?
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chelsea
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response 6 of 121:
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Sep 21 01:09 UTC 1994 |
Sure feels like a Sun II. ;-)
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steve
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response 7 of 121:
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Sep 21 02:07 UTC 1994 |
We have a Compuvision system, which really is a Sun comoputer,
except that the way the VME cards go into the card cage is *[Dbetter*
than what Sun had. But we're completely interchangable with Sun.
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rcurl
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response 8 of 121:
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Sep 21 05:01 UTC 1994 |
Yes, a good intro, but for the record, Grex is not a legal co-operative,
but a Michigan non-profit member-based corporation, and therefore not
owned by its members..
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anne
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response 9 of 121:
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Sep 21 14:44 UTC 1994 |
picky picky picky....
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orinoco
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response 10 of 121:
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Sep 27 22:52 UTC 1994 |
Oh, and for people with the irrepressible urge to make ascii doodles,
join smiley!
--Lord of the Smiles (And shameless advertiser)
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jackson
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response 11 of 121:
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Oct 5 22:21 UTC 1994 |
New user question: what is the email address here?
I assume it's something like "username@grex.com"
--- Jeff Jackson
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davel
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response 12 of 121:
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Oct 5 22:22 UTC 1994 |
username@cyberspace.org or username@grex.cyberspace.org
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robh
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response 13 of 121:
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Oct 5 22:58 UTC 1994 |
Actually, I'm flattered that you think we're professional enough
to have a .com address. >8)
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scg
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response 14 of 121:
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Oct 5 23:03 UTC 1994 |
But wouldn't that violate Grex's principles?
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rcurl
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response 15 of 121:
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Oct 6 04:02 UTC 1994 |
.org doesn't mean amateur. Consider ITI - .iti.org. I suspect it
identifies non-profits other than educational organizations.
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robh
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response 16 of 121:
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Oct 6 23:00 UTC 1994 |
BING! rcurl gets three points for the correct answer! .org
addresses are for non-profit organizations.
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gregc
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response 17 of 121:
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Oct 7 00:14 UTC 1994 |
Actually, .org is for simply that, "organizations" that don't fit well
under 1 of the 7 other major domains. Non-profit is not a requirement.
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davel
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response 18 of 121:
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Oct 7 01:01 UTC 1994 |
Let's see. Are we .mil ... ?
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scg
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response 19 of 121:
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Oct 7 01:05 UTC 1994 |
What are the seven others? I can think of five: edu, com, mil, net, and gov.
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kentn
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response 20 of 121:
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Oct 7 19:52 UTC 1994 |
I noticed the other day that Bob Allison (the Scarecrow, and ASCII-Art
guru, rec.arts.ascii moderator, etc.) is trying to set up his own
site. boba.com was suggested, rejected by several respondents as being
inappropriate, and "you'll never get it" etc. Bob said, no, there isn't
a problem in getting a .com designation, you still go throught the
same process. Don't know if that's true (or if .com can be applied to
individuals like Bob and not non-profits).
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gregc
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response 21 of 121:
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Oct 8 06:16 UTC 1994 |
You can pretty much apply for any domain you want. I am also pm-tech.com,
for my consulting alter-ego PM technologies.
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remmers
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response 22 of 121:
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Oct 8 11:53 UTC 1994 |
"PM", eh? Let's see, does that stand for the fact that you work far
into the night, or does it mean "post mortem" because you come in to
revive things after they appear to be dead?
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davel
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response 23 of 121:
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Oct 8 13:09 UTC 1994 |
This response has been erased.
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gregc
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response 24 of 121:
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Oct 9 06:09 UTC 1994 |
re #22: remmers
What "PM" stands for depends on who's asking and what mood I'm in. :-)
But to answer your question: Yes.
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