3.560 queries (123)

Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Tue, 10 Oct 89 20:50:58 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 560. Tuesday, 10 Oct 1989.


(1) Date: 10 October 1989 (17 lines)
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: what is current hardware outside N. America?

(2) Date: Mon, 09 Oct 89 23:14:19 MDT (22 lines)
From: "John Morris, Univ. of Alberta" <JMORRIS@UALTAVM>
Subject: Columbus Day Virus

(3) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 89 14:39 BST (16 lines)
From: Oxford Text Archive <ARCHIVE@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK>
Subject: texts wanted

(4) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 89 17:48 EDT (12 lines)
From: Michel LENOBLE <LENOBLEM@UMTLVR.BITNET>
Subject: Arabic text processing package??

(5) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 89 01:18:36 EDT (21 lines)
From: (Robert Philip Weber) WEBER@HARVARDA
Subject: Query regarding Zipf curve

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Date: 10 October 1989
From: Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca>
Subject: what is current hardware outside N. America?

I am very interested to know what Humanists outside N. America consider
to be current hardware. By "current" I mean what ordinary scholars are
likely to have themselves and what is likely to be found in classrooms
and wordprocessing labs -- not the latest gear to be found in Byte.
(About two months ago I saw on the cover of one such magazine the
somewhat amazed declaration: "Workhorse 12MHz AT-clones still
productive". I'm glad to hear this!) Are Apple IIs or their equivalents,
for example, still in widespread use? 8086/8-based machines?



Willard McCarty

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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 89 23:14:19 MDT
From: "John Morris, Univ. of Alberta" <JMORRIS@UALTAVM>
Subject: Columbus Day Virus

I am interested in more information on the virus mentioned by Charles
Bailey:

Does anyone know which systems the virus is likely to attack?
Does anyone know how it is thought that the virus is piggy-backed
into a system?

I have also noticed something rather peculiar in recent days. My hard
disk management package allows me to see which files have the "hidden" bit
turned on. After a careful search of all the directories on my hard drive,
I can only account for five hidden files. The DOS CHKDSK command, however,
informs me that I have six hidden files.

Does anyone else have extra hidden files?

Perhaps it is just a burst of paranoia on my part, but I thought it might
be worthwhile to poll other HUMANISTS just the same. And if anyone can explain
the extra hidden file, I would be most grateful.
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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 89 14:39 BST
From: Oxford Text Archive <ARCHIVE@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK>
Subject: texts wanted

Research Student, Scottish, little prev. exper., seeks computer readable
text of MALORY.
Professor, distinguished, Texan, seeks ditto of following prose writings
of ROBT. GREENE:
Mamillia, Arbasto, Menaphon, Morando, Planetomachia, Euphues his Censure,
Orpharion, Mirrour of Modestie, Ciceronis Amor, Gwydonius, Philomela,
Penelopes Web, Alcida, Pandosto, Perimedes the Blacksmith
Any info on concordances to Greene's prose would also be useful.

Please reply direct to ARCHIVE @VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK


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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 89 17:48 EDT
From: Michel LENOBLE <LENOBLEM@UMTLVR.BITNET>
Subject: Arabic text processing package??

A colleague of mine is looking for a text processing package
able to deal with Arabic, and possibly with arabic and french or english.
The problem is wider than purely sofware since both video display units
and printers should be adapted too.
All advise, suggestions and information welcomed.

Michel Lenoble
E-Mail: lenoblem@cc.umontreal.ca
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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 89 01:18:36 EDT
From: (Robert Philip Weber) WEBER@HARVARDA
Subject: Query regarding Zipf curve

Many years ago Zipf showed that in naturally occuring text there
were relatively few words that appeared frequently and many words that
appeared infrequently. Where was this work published?
Has this work be updated for English (American)?
If so, could you please give me the right citations.
Many thanks.
Robert Weber

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