The Home Page for usf.misc
This is a place where you can find out information not only about the
usf.misc newsgroup and its associated mailing list, but a
place where you can find out a little more about the people
themselves.
Information
A current copy of the usf.misc FAQ is available. The topics covered
in the FAQ are as follows:
- What
is usf.misc?
- What about these
other newsgroups?
- Who is this
Benevolant Dictator (tm) guy?
- So
who are you?
- What does "the
Devil's child" mean?
- What's this
stuff about you being a bartender? Where do you work?
- So can I post my opinions here
too?
- Can I post test messages on
usf.misc?
- You guys go to
lunch together?
- Why do I
sometimes get an error when I try to post that says 'no message left
on device'?
- What does it mean
when it asks for a distribution when I post?
- So what's the deal with there being a
usf.misc Home page?
- I want to
get on cfrdc (sunlink). How do I do this from my account?
- I am having a problem with my system. Who
do I e-mail?
- When I post to
usenet, my address is reprinted incorrectly in the header. What do I
do?
- Is the Oracle on the
net?
- Who owns this
newsgroup?
- You are kidding,
right? This is all a joke, isn't it?
Newsreaders
There are several ways to read news at USF.
Because not all systems support the same software, you'll need to
check with your system operator to verify what is available to you.
Some of the most common ways to read news are:rn - If you would
like to join the discussion and are using 'rn', here are the canonical list of
steps for posting in rn.
tin
>pine (e-mail and newsreader -
it has a help file that can be printed)
Netscape (graphical browser
and newsreader)
To read the newsgroup, usf.misc, click here. If you are not in the usf.edu domain,
you may need to change your default NNTP server to news.usf.edu in
order to read the group.
Mailing List
Any person can sign up
for the misc mailing list which was implemented at egroups.com when
most of the usf.misc regulars had graduated and no longer had access
to USF newsgroups. Information on how to receive the mailing list is
available at http://www.egroups.com/group/usfmisc.
usf.misc PEOPLE
People from all areas of USF post on the
usf.* newsgroups. Many have developed their own home pages and are
linked to interesting areas on the World Wide Web. If you're
browsing I'd recommend starting here!
The people listed below
contribute regularly to the posts on usf.* groups, or used to do so.
- Trevor Aaronson
- Jonathan Adair
- Vicki Andrews, Senior
Computer Support Specialist, FMHI Computer Support Center
- Kate
Cantrell
- W. Saul "The Maven" Caplan
- Steven Chatelat
- Shira Chess]
- Matthew
Clark
- Jamie
DeVriend
- Justin Deal
- Ben Dobrin
- Sam Falco
- Robert "Devil's Child"
Fernandez
- Michelle Gilmore
- Himanshu Gohel
- Chad "Soundwave" Gould
- Dennis
Guillette
- Jonathan Hogarth
- David Horgan
- David Hubbard
- Paul Jantzen
- Phil Kaprow
- Michael Krivacek
- James
Lade
- Elizabeth Latshaw-Foti
- Johan Li
- Steve Martin
- Manuel Mejia
- Hitoshi Oi
- Kirt Olson
- Ben
Ostrowsky
- Brent Paschall
- Dave Pinero
- Dave Pringle
- Rich Rauscher
- Danno Salzana
- Suzanne Saunders, segnbora@amuck.com
- Debbie Sellers
- Stu Shapiro
- Deb Silverman
- Drew Smith
-
- John
Straumann
- Lauri J. Taylor
- Matt Thatcher
- Bob Woodard
- Brent "Phantom" Wynn
- Randy Yates
- Jon Young
If you would like to be added to this list, please send your name,
e-mail address, and home page (if you have one) to andrews@hal.fmhi.usf.edu
or ssaunder@chuma.cas.usf.edu
You can also check out pictures of usf.misc
lunches past.
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