4.0006 Queries (97)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 7 May 90 20:27:43 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0006. Monday, 7 May 1990.


(1) Date: Fri, 4 May 90 16:35 EDT (10 lines)
From: <BCJ@PSUVM>
Subject: Query: Oppenheimer's Gita

(2) Date: Fri, 04 May 90 18:15:58 CDT (17 lines)
From: Charles Ess <DRU001D@SMSVMA>
Subject: Scientific wordprocessing

(3) Date: Sat, 05 May 90 11:22:32 BST (15 lines)
From: DEL2%phoenix.cambridge.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK
Subject: Queries

(4) Date: Sun, 06 May 90 04:53:56 IST (6 lines)
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@TAUNIVM>
Subject: Re: 3.1350 Queries (89)

(5) Date: Sat, 5 May 90 17:29:14 EDT (12 lines)
From: psc90!jdg@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield)
Subject: "Siegen Conference perplexity"

(6) Date: Sun, 6 May 90 12:00 EDT (17 lines)
From: LINDYK@Vax2.Concordia.CA
Subject: Addresses [eds]

(7) Date: Mon, 7 May 1990 14:21 IST (14 lines)
From: Marc Bregman <HPUBM@HUJIVM1>
Subject: Scripture Fonts

(8) Date: Sun, 06 May 90 14:18 PDT (6 lines)
From: KESSLER <IME9JFK@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
Subject: Nodes [eds]

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Date: Fri, 4 May 90 16:35 EDT
From: <BCJ@PSUVM>
Subject: Query: Oppenheimer's Gita

At Trinity, when they exploded the 1st atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer
quoted the Bhagavad Gita: "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Does anybody know what translation (and what verse & chapter) he was
quoting from? My father-in-law has serached through several
translations, but this wording has not been evident in any of them.

Thanks -- Kevin Berland
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Date: Fri, 04 May 90 18:15:58 CDT
From: Charles Ess <DRU001D@SMSVMA>
Subject: Scientific wordprocessing

On behalf of a colleague who finds writing equations in WordPerfect
cumbersome at best -- any experience/recommendations on scientific/
mathematically-oriented wordprocessors? (He has a 386 machine with
lots of memory and harddisk, if that is pertinent).

Also -- experience/recommendations on 2400 baud modems, especially
as available from mail-order?

As the American wandering through Switzerland (German-speaking part)
was heard to say, Danke field mouse (Danke viel mals)

Charles Ess
Drury College
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Date: Sat, 05 May 90 11:22:32 BST
From: DEL2%phoenix.cambridge.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK
Subject: Queries

A colleague has asked about a specific point with potentially broader
implications. Can any Humanist help on either level?

He recalls seeing (but cannot now find) a paper on the unity of Luke and
Acts which used as an argument in favour a list of words, longer
phrases, and motifs which the two had in common. His question, when I
confessed ignorance as to the source, was, Is there a program which will
identify any phrases or word-groups which two works have in common? Now
I confess that although interested in stylometry, I have never seen such
sophisticated attempts at measuring it--perhaps just a measure of my own
ignorance. Can anyone enlighten me?

Douglas de Lacey <DEL2@PHX.CAM.AC.UK>
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Date: Sun, 06 May 90 04:53:56 IST
From: Daniel Boyarin <BOYARIN@TAUNIVM>
Subject: Re: 3.1350 Queries (89)

on kaspar hauser. why don't you write to the goetheanium in arlesheim,
swtizerland. they must have a library etc. i think the topic is
fantastic!
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Date: Sat, 5 May 90 17:29:14 EDT
From: psc90!jdg@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield)
Subject: "Siegen Conference perplexity"

A colleague recently wrote on HUMANIST that he had not received any
registration materials for the Siegen conference although he had sent in
all requested information a month or two prior. The same is true for me.

Are others also in the dark?

Regards,
Joel D. Goldfield
Plymouth State College (NH)
joelg@psc.bitnet
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Date: Sun, 6 May 90 12:00 EDT
From: LINDYK@Vax2.Concordia.CA
Subject: RE: 3.1333 Meta-Discussions: Matrix and Addresses (57)

Hello,

I quite agree with Mary Dee Harris. I am in the same situation as she
is and I quite appreciate having a name and address at the end of a
message. This way I can edit out the very long header. I hope the the
situation of us modem users is taken into consideration.

Sincerely

Bogdan KARASEK
lindyk@vax2.concordia.ca
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Date: Mon, 7 May 1990 14:21 IST
From: Marc Bregman <HPUBM@HUJIVM1>
Subject: Scripture Fonts

We have heard mention a few times in the last few days of Scripture
Fonts (re the communications by John Bloom and Bill Ball), produced by
Zondervan Electronic Publishing. I would be very appreciative to hear
more about this from anyone who knows. Pehaps even John Hughes, who
seems to have been involved in its development would care to contribute
a description. I, for one, would NOT consider this commercialism.
Since I live outside the US, it is too expensive to simply call
Zondervan to get more information, as has been suggested.

Marc Bregman, Jerusalem (HPUBM@HUJIVM1)
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Date: Sun, 06 May 90 14:18 PDT
From: KESSLER <IME9JFK@UCLAMVS.BITNET>
Subject: Re: 3.1350 Queries (89)

And nodes in Budapest, for that matter, if any? Kessler@ucla