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Grex > Coop10 > #39: You can help tell Ann Arborites about Grex |  |
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valerie
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response 25 of 111:
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Oct 5 15:34 UTC 1997 |
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senna
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response 26 of 111:
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Oct 5 17:32 UTC 1997 |
Presumably. has to fit on a half page width, though.
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scg
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response 27 of 111:
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Oct 5 18:09 UTC 1997 |
I did a project on painted rocks in high school, and turned up several in
Washtenaw County and Western Wayne County. We were told about the plack on
the Washtenaw/Hill painted rock, and peeled off about an inch and a half of
paint to see what it says. It dedicates the rock to George Washington on his
200th birthday.
I grew up right around the corner from that rock, and have always liked it
as a neighborhood landmark. Some of my former neighbors did try to get it
removed a few years ago, complaining about paint being left in their yards.
Those of us who liked having the rock around pointed out that the nearest
public trash cans were several blocks away. The city added some trash cans
next to the rock, and as far as I know the problems have gone down
considerably.
The rock really does give some character to the neighborhood.
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rcurl
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response 28 of 111:
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Oct 5 19:36 UTC 1997 |
..of course, the *nature* of the "character" is pretty questionable...
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tpryan
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response 29 of 111:
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Oct 6 01:57 UTC 1997 |
You might remind ad readers that the '8-n-1' stuff just might
be taken care of by their computer telecom system, if they have new
stuff, like Windows '95.
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jenna
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response 30 of 111:
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Oct 6 04:01 UTC 1997 |
Lord...
if people didn't paint it, it would have been bulldozed by now.
I'm all for conservation, in fact, I'm probbaly classes as a crazy
enviornmentalist freak by some people, anmd I wouldn't argue with them.
Designating ONE rock to be painted so that others get left alone seems like
a GOOD idea to me. So does an add in a theatre porogram
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valerie
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response 31 of 111:
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Oct 6 15:21 UTC 1997 |
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bru
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response 32 of 111:
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Oct 6 15:21 UTC 1997 |
People been painting rocks for a lot longer than anyone you can think of has
ever been around. Ayers rock was painted (in spots), nad a lot of caves in
france got painted...
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rcurl
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response 33 of 111:
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Oct 6 15:41 UTC 1997 |
So, would you have selected the *one* rock in Ann Arbor dedicated to George
Washington, with a plaque installed, and placed in "George Wasshington Park,
to be the rock to be randomly painted?
People have been vandalizing *everything* for a lot longer.....are you
justifying vandalism because lots of people do it?
(Yes, those caves in France got vandalized too...sigh.)
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richard
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response 34 of 111:
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Oct 6 15:41 UTC 1997 |
Grex should be publicized better on the UM campus. Grex is in this huge
college town, and yet only a handful of UM students seem to use it. Print
out a b unch of fliers and plaster the campus. Especially near computer
labs and places likethat where people can access grex.
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rcurl
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response 35 of 111:
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Oct 6 16:00 UTC 1997 |
Hmmmm....you want *all* the students at UM to use Grex? Heh..
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ivynymph
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response 36 of 111:
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Oct 6 18:42 UTC 1997 |
Where is the rock?
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richard
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response 37 of 111:
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Oct 6 20:30 UTC 1997 |
Not *all* the students at UM but certainly some...Grex should have a
presence on campus. Plenty of students sitting around labs would try
grex if they knew it exsisted. I always found it a bit odd that grex
actually has more users from the student population at tiny McKendree
College in downstate Illinois, then big Univ. of Michigan, right in its
own backyard.
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mta
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response 38 of 111:
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Oct 6 20:40 UTC 1997 |
We've had a pretty active campaign to attract the married students and
their spouses on the theory that UM students have confer, but their
spouses might like the idea and want a place to do similar things.
(e-mail home, chat with friendly, like-minded folks, etc.) So far we
haven't noticed a lot of response, though it might just be that folks
aren't saying much when they come around. I figure that the next time I
do a flier campaign there I'll emphasize that you can get on GREX from
the downtown library, too.
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richard
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response 39 of 111:
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Oct 6 21:02 UTC 1997 |
At the next UM home football game, plaster the parking lots with fliers...
there cant be a h igher concentration of people at one place in the
state than on a football saturday in A2. Put a bunch of grex fliers
on windshields, hand'em out to passers by.
Fliers that have GREX in big letters and "FREE EMAIL!" "FREE WEB PAGES!"
"FREE CONFERFENCING"
it isnt that hard to publicize something like grex, it is just a matter
of doing it.
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tpryan
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response 40 of 111:
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Oct 6 22:39 UTC 1997 |
Of the near 100 computer professionals in my building, I am
amazed I am one of a few that know of GREX or M-net. Seems GREX
helps make computer professionals, but few professionals seem to
come to GREX.
See if you can get the computer repair stores to give out
a flier with the returned computer. Maybe Computer Renisannce or
Computer Medic could find out enough about GREX to sponsor a
phone line. Could we make them aware enough to turn 'dead',
unrepairable, or unwanted computers over to us instead of tossing
them in the dumpsters?
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mdw
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response 41 of 111:
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Oct 6 23:54 UTC 1997 |
I don't think it's surprising there are so few UM students on grex. UM
has its own computer conferencing system, using Confer, and UM students
are used to *much* better network connectivity than grex has.
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scg
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response 42 of 111:
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Oct 7 01:23 UTC 1997 |
Rane, George Washington Park was so named a few years ago, as part of the
compromize that kept the rock there and made it legal to paint it. It really
isn't much of a park. It's a small patch of grass between three roads at a
street corner. It has more in common with a median than a park. There is
a tradition of painting a rock near the campus. There are plenty of other
rocks around that aren't painted. Relax.
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valerie
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response 43 of 111:
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Oct 7 15:19 UTC 1997 |
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krj
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response 44 of 111:
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Oct 7 16:14 UTC 1997 |
Well, I will ask here for the answer to a Really Stupid Question which will
enable me to get off my butt and get some flyers made, flyers which
I started planning in November '96:
What's the keyword I need to look up in the manual to learn how
to insert a .gif (the Grex Logo) into a MS Word document?
<krj mumbles something about Grex Standard Time.>
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aruba
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response 45 of 111:
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Oct 7 22:21 UTC 1997 |
I think you need a "GIF filter" to read it in. I assume you tried looking
under "GIF", so you must have a different version of Word than I do. So my
advice is probably meaningless.
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other
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response 46 of 111:
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Oct 7 22:41 UTC 1997 |
try "place..." it works in pagemaker...
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valerie
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response 47 of 111:
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Oct 8 04:19 UTC 1997 |
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valerie
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response 48 of 111:
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Oct 8 14:55 UTC 1997 |
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krj
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response 49 of 111:
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Oct 9 15:07 UTC 1997 |
Thanks for aruba for the tip about the GIF filter for reading the Grex logo
into MS Word.
Next Really Stupid Flyer Problem:
The B&W Grex logo I have is too large for the flyers and bookmarks I have
planned. I tried scaling it down with "xv" on Unix, but the greyscale
building elements develop weird pattern, and the "Electronic Town
Hall" legend turns to mush. Suggestions?
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