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      NEWS           THE San Diego County BBS List (with     
             NEWS & NOTES) is distributed each Friday. 
      AND           Look for it each week on your favorite  
    ܲ۲      BBS in the San Diego area.  If you detect  
      NOTES ۲       an error or omission, please leave a note  
      in the county-wide NET202_BBSLIST echo or  
     November 11, 1994       on the 9-1-1 BBS @ 669-0385 1:202/123.     
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            11 new nodes have been added this week.                          
            11 entries have been revised/corrected.                          
             6 off-line/disconnected system(s) was/were removed.             
             2 PRIVATE board(s)/node(s) was/were removed.                    
                                                                             
            30 total changes -               -  980 total entries            
                                                                             
      THE San Diego County BBS List is now zipped with two lists;            
      the original alphabetical format and a sort-by-exchange format.        

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  The following, with _complete_ information for each BBS, is located in the 
  MISC files area of The 9-1-1 BBS (669-0385). Available to validated users. 
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                      ROS SPACE / ASTRONOMY BBS LIST                         
                              August 1, 1994                                 
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         BBS Name:                    BBS Name:            BBS Name:         
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   3LB (three little birds) BBS   ABBS - Astromail      Anti-Matter BBS      
   ASTRO BBS                      ASTROBASE             Astrobasen (Electra) 
   astro!nfo                      ASTROLABE                                  
   Astronomical Society of the Atlantic BBS             The Cadre            
   Computer Emporium BBS     Dallas Remote Imaging Group InformationServices 
   ENVIRO BBS                     Eye's on the Sky's    The File Bank, Inc.  
   GEA BBS                        Genesis BBS                                
   The Kopernik Astronomical Society's - KAS BBS        L'Ecole Virtuelle    
   Mizar                          Moonlight Cascade     The NASA MLP BBS     
   New Jersey Astronomical Association BBS              North STAR BBS       
   The North Star                 The Observatory BBS   The Opus Magnum BBS  
   Port de la Lune                Pulsar                                     
   RAIN (Rochester Astronomical Information Net)        Rings of Saturn BBS  
   SkyWatch                       The Skywatch Network  ( ===Sky<>Net=== )  
   SpaceBase(tm)                  The Space/Time Continuum                   
   Starbase One                   Starbase Four         StarBurst BBS        
   Stargate BBS                   The Stargazer's BBS   Starry Night BBS     
   STigma BBS                     Vulcan's World BBS                         

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   Q: How many Microsoft Software Engineers does it take to                  
      change a light bulb.                                                   
                                                                             
   A: NONE, They leave you in the dark and tell you it is the new standard.  
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                    IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT SUBNOTEBOOK                     
                                                                             
 Though most notebook owners complain that their machines are too heavy,     
 consumer demand for the more diminutive subnotebook has been sluggish.  The 
 compromises in screen and keyboard size necessary to pare the weight by two 
 or three pounds have prompted the question: how small is too small?  In     
 response, IBM is working on a subnotebook that will feature a full-size     
 keyboard, a 10.4-inch screen and a built-in telephone, tipping the scales at
 four pounds. AST's new Ascentia 500S weighs 4.5 pounds and is only one-and- 
 a-half inches thick, but comes with an almost full-size keyboard and screen.

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    Sorry about the long time to reply.  You asked about Sneakernet.         
    Sneakernet is where you copy the file to disk, walk across the floor     
    in your sneakers to the other computer, and insert the disk in the       
    other computer.  :->                                                     
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                         ARMY PLANS DIGITAL BRIGADE                          
                                                                             
 "Force 21" is the Army's vision of 21st century warfare, where rugged lap-  
 tops will be used to transmit accurate, comprehensive, real-time pictures of
 battlefield conditions. Technologies being developed include: the "Grunt," a
 pen-based notebook computer that can run for up to eight hours under extreme
 environmental stress; global positioning systems, for identifying where your
 friends and foes are; telemedicine systems, including video diagnostic tools
 in field hospitals and small electronic devices to monitor soldiers' vital  
 signs; and object databases, for easier storage of maps and video images.   

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                           NEW PHONE SERVICES COMING                         
                                                                             
  The telephone, which was satisfied for a century or so simply placing and  
  receiving calls, has become a different animal in recent years. These days   
  everybody has an answering machine, a speakerphone, and a slew of other    
  telecommunication doodads. Call waiting, Caller ID, and last number redial 
  are fine, but here are some options that can't be far behind:              
                                                                             
  ON-HOLD DISRUPT. When someone puts you on hold for more than 15 seconds, a 
  digitized voice blares over their speakerphone, "Hey! Remember me? I don't 
  have all day!" This option also shorts out Muzak if it's being played.     
                                                                             
  CALL SCHMOOZING. Stuck listening to a long-winded acquaintance?  Call      
  Schmoozing activates a speech-synthesized voice that sounds just like you  
  and repeats, "Uh-huh...I see...right" while the other party babbles on.    
  They think you're hanging on every word, when you're actually getting some 
  work done.                                                                 
                                                                             
  CALL SCHMOOZING PLUS. Your phone places call to important contacts, trades 
  pleasantries, probes for career-enhancing information, and ends by saying, 
  "You're beautiful. Let's do lunch. Don't ever change."                     
                                                                             
  GOSSIP NOTIFICATION. Company rumors are automatically broadcast to         
  selected voice mailboxes. Time once wasted circulating gossip translates   
  into increased productivity.                                               
                                                                             
  CALL TERMINATE. Imagine being able to fire troublesome employees just by   
  dialing their numbers! An excellent feature for executives with poor       
  confrontation skills.                                                      
                                                                             
  NETWORK EAVESDROP. A must for the paranoid manager. Whenever anyone in the 
  company mentions your name during a phone conversation, a voice-activated  
  tape recorder stores the call so you can review it later and hear what     
  people say about you.                                                      
                                                                             
  SELECTIVE CALL DISCOURAGING. Program the numbers of people you _really_    
  don't want to speak with. When they dial your number, your phone transmits 
  a mild electric shock through their receivers.                             
                                                                             
  CELLULAR CRANK CALL. On command, your car phone can dial any other car     
  phone within a 30-mile radius and tell the driver his muffler looks as     
  though it's about to fall off.                                             
                                                                             
  CALL REMINDING. Store the birthdays and anniversaries of loved ones in     
  your telephone's memory. On the appropriate days, the phone automatically  
  calls them and relays heartfelt sentiments in a digitized voice resembling 
  yours.                                                                     
                                                                             
  CALL INTERRUPT. When you need to end a conversation quickly, a button on   
  your phone causes a fake operator to break in and announce that you have   
  an emergency call on the line from Steve Jobs.                             
                                                                             
  SUBLIMINA-CALL. Periodically during a conversation, the phone plays        
  subliminal messages to the other party, such as "Say yes" and "Increase    
  my department's budget."                                                   
                                                                             
  CHARGE FORWARDING. A quick push of a button charges any long-distance      
  call to the person you're calling or to friends who don't look too         
  closely at their phone bills.                                              
                                                   David Gersic              

