From owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Thu Mar 2 09:12:43 2000 Received: (from bin@localhost) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) id JAA01553; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:01:31 +1300 Received: from mailhost.auckland.ac.nz (mailhost.auckland.ac.nz [130.216.1.4]) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) with ESMTP id JAA01548 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:00:56 +1300 Received: from sci4 (lbr-122-42.lbrsc.auckland.ac.nz [130.216.122.42]) by mailhost.auckland.ac.nz (8.9.2/8.9.2/8.9.2-ua) with SMTP id IAA29428 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 08:56:43 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 08:53:30 +1300 Message-ID: <000001bf83b7$d18b62d0$2a7ad882@sci4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Subject: off topic: 2nd-hand PCs From: "Michael Parkinson" To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz Sender: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Errors-To: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Precedence: bulk X-Loop: dq@dq.sf.org.nz X-Requests: To unsubscribe from this list, or change your subscription address, send a request to dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz. To unsubscribe from all lists on this site, send a request to all-request@dq.sf.org.nz. Reply-To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz Sorry about using the mailing list for off-topic subject: does anyone know of a place that sells *acceptible* 2nd-hand computers & key points I should look out for when buying one? naively, Michael PS: [on-topic] I'm operating on the assumption that there will be a Gods Meeting this Sunday. Michael Parkinson Mathematics & Statistics Subject Librarian Science Library, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, AUCKLAND, N.Z. Email: m.parkinson@auckland.ac.nz Phone: (09) 3737 599 x 5858 Fax: (09) 3082 304 ------------------------------------------------- This is true for all of science. Successes were largely due to forgetting completely about what one wanted ... in refusing to investigate things which profit, and relying solely on guidance by criteria of intellectual elegance; it was by following this rule that one actually got ahead in the long run, much better than any strictly utilitarian course would have permitted. -- von Neumann (1954) in "The Neumann Compendium" ed. Brody & Vamos (1995) ====================================== -- see unsubscribe instructions in message headers -- From owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Thu Mar 2 16:57:44 2000 Received: (from bin@localhost) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) id QAA04331; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:47:21 +1300 Received: from qedweb.qed.co.nz ([203.97.23.140] (may be forged)) by mail.sf.org.nz (8.8.6/NZSFI-19980830) with ESMTP id QAA04326 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:46:51 +1300 Received: by QEDWEB with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <14SLNR96>; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:40:01 +1300 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:39:59 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Subject: DQ Gods Meeting Agenda: 5th March 2000 From: Stephen Martin To: dq-announce@dq.sf.org.nz Sender: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Errors-To: owner-dq@dq.sf.org.nz Precedence: bulk X-Loop: dq-announce@dq.sf.org.nz X-Requests: To unsubscribe from this list, or change your subscription address, send a request to dq-request@dq.sf.org.nz. To unsubscribe from all lists on this site, send a request to all-request@dq.sf.org.nz. Reply-To: dq@dq.sf.org.nz Sunday 5th March 2000, Noon. At: Michael Parkinsons', 20/5 Park Rd, Grafton. Chair: William Second: Andrew Withy 0) Adventures Going Out 1) Campaign Voting Issues 2) Rules Voting Issues - Mind College: Acceptance of Final Version ? What version number/release? 3) Campaign General Business - Dark Circle stuff - Progress / GM briefing / announcements for the Guild Meeting (if any). What is known to have happened. - Announcements for the Guild Meeting... - Venue for Future Guild Meetings 4) Rules General Business Progress of the RuleBook, Proofing, etc. -- see unsubscribe instructions in message headers --