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Topic 30 of 100: how many people logged into the Spring today?

Wed, Jul 1, 1998 (08:51) | Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
How many people log in every day to our conferences?

The 'usagelog' tells us, in raw numbers, how many logins there are.

Comments?
165 responses total.

 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 1 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (08:53) * 105 lines 
 
Here's 'dem numbers:

bash# tail -100 usagelog
Wed Mar 25: 3962
Thu Mar 26: 3951
Sat Mar 28: 0
Mon Mar 30: 1257
Mon Mar 30: 525
Thu Feb 7: 1639
Tue Mar 31: 1399
Wed Apr 1: 5641
Thu Apr 2: 3398
Fri Apr 3: 4051
Sat Apr 4: 2651
Sun Apr 5: 2636
Mon Apr 6: 2555
Tue Apr 7: 2874
Wed Apr 8: 2814
Thu Apr 9: 3480
Fri Apr 10: 3505
Sat Apr 11: 2488
Thu Feb 7: 1034
Sat Apr 11: 31
Mon Apr 13: 2807
Tue Apr 14: 3316
Wed Apr 15: 1246
Thu Feb 7: 407
Wed Apr 15: 1367
Thu Apr 16: 3462
Fri Apr 17: 3714
Sat Apr 18: 2498
Sun Apr 19: 2339
Mon Apr 20: 2707
Tue Apr 21: 2525
Wed Apr 22: 2823
Thu Apr 23: 3642
Fri Apr 24: 2281
Sat Apr 25: 2213
Sun Apr 26: 1793
Mon Apr 27: 3897
Tue Apr 28: 2567
Wed Apr 29: 2617
Thu Apr 30: 2833
Fri May 1: 2650
Sat May 2: 2168
Sun May 3: 2463
Mon May 4: 3996
Tue May 5: 3079
Wed May 6: 2873
Thu May 7: 2796
Fri May 8: 2455
Sat May 9: 2114
Sun May 10: 2610
Mon May 11: 2235
Tue May 12: 2593
Wed May 13: 2602
Thu May 14: 2208
Fri May 15: 1874
Sat May 16: 1980
Sun May 17: 1689
Mon May 18: 2903
Tue May 19: 2277
Wed May 20: 2885
Thu May 21: 1635
Fri May 22: 1421
Sat May 23: 771
Sun May 24: 709
Mon May 25: 724
Tue May 26: 1795
Wed May 27: 1268
Thu Feb 7: 724
Thu May 28: 1391
Fri May 29: 1152
Sat May 30: 1051
Sun May 31: 824
Mon Jun 1: 1331
Tue Jun 2: 1894
Wed Jun 3: 2255
Thu Jun 4: 1499
Fri Jun 5: 2404
Sat Jun 6: 1828
Sun Jun 7: 974
Mon Jun 8: 1577
Tue Jun 9: 1519
Wed Jun 10: 1308
Thu Jun 11: 1598
Fri Jun 12: 1499
Sat Jun 13: 1362
Sun Jun 14: 952
Mon Jun 15: 1247
Tue Jun 16: 1327
Wed Jun 17: 1950
Thu Jun 18: 2362
Fri Jun 19: 1571
Sat Jun 20: 932
Sun Jun 21: 1392
Mon Jun 22: 1720
Tue Jun 23: 1684
Wed Jun 24: 2466
Thu Jun 25: 1646
Fri Jun 26: 3473
Sat Jun 27: 1862
Tue Jun 30: 608 (so far today, it's early)

Note Jun 28-29 are missing, that's cause we wuz down!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 2 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (09:34) * 1 lines 
 
Holy $hit!!!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 3 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (22:42) * 6 lines 
 
So, 7,192 logins today. That's a lot.
I wish more folks who logged in would say things.

Lurkerville!




 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 4 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (22:49) * 1 lines 
 
(or at least give you a dollar!)


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 5 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (22:54) * 1 lines 
 
a dime even!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 6 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (22:57) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 7 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (22:57) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 8 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:00) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 9 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:04) * 1 lines 
 
free will WER... you had every opportunity...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 10 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:07) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 11 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:11) * 3 lines 
 
uh oh...
you're pushing my buttons on this one...
wanna take it outside (of this topic)?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 12 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:13) * 2 lines 
 
why, yessum, I do.
hotel, motel, bar, city park, chat room, or Cow and Chicken?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 13 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:16) * 1 lines 
 
oooh. always fond of parks myself.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 14 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:22) * 3 lines 
 
well, then, I'll dream of us in one tonight

see ya


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 15 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Jul  1, 1998 (23:23) * 1 lines 
 
g'night!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 16 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (05:44) * 1 lines 
 
Now, if that's not enough said for you, Terry, then you're a insatiable host!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 17 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (13:14) * 2 lines 
 
There has been a big influx of traffic on modjane. I think that's
pumping up our logins.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 18 of 165: wer  (wer) * Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (14:05) * 1 lines 
 
they've got, what, over a hundred topics now, right?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 19 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Jul  2, 1998 (14:40) * 3 lines 
 
CRAZY!!!!

I had a look at it - can't make ANY sense of it! Do you go there?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 20 of 165: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Fri, Jul  3, 1998 (16:30) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 21 of 165: nick a'hannay  (pmnh) * Fri, Jul  3, 1998 (16:48) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 22 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Fri, Jul  3, 1998 (18:23) * 1 lines 
 
Why are you pi$$ed off at them? Did I miss some of the exciting old boom-pow-woom action? D@mn!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 23 of 165: nick a'hannay  (pmnh) * Fri, Jul  3, 1998 (18:57) * 5 lines 
 
either topic 15 ("experts or not")... or
topic 18 ("what's hot on the spring")...
(this conference)...
don't remember which... (but pretty sure it's one
of those)...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 24 of 165: Wolf  (Wolf) * Fri, Jul  3, 1998 (21:06) * 3 lines 
 
yeah, it was pretty ugly there for a while...hmmmm...i don't remember where it
was.....we do need to figure out how to bring more action to other topics, but
at least people are visiting (even if just to do the modjane thang or to firth)!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 25 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (01:13) * 1 lines 
 
So why don't we make a joint effort? Let's hijack them, people!!!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 26 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (01:14) * 3 lines 
 
We don't call ourselves the SLA (spring liberation army) for nothing! And I choose Wer as my captain.

THE CLAW IS MY MASTER!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 27 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (01:16) * 1 lines 
 
hehe...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 28 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (01:23) * 4 lines 
 
And I'll shout the commands, 'cos my voice is the ugliest.
ATTEN ------ TION!
NOW, DO THAT SALUTE THING TO OUR CAPTAIN CLAW!
Don't just stand there, tell us what ta do!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 29 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (01:26) * 1 lines 
 
Okay, ready...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 30 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (01:30) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 31 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (01:49) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 32 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (09:01) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 33 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (09:03) * 1 lines 
 
So, how do I go about this?!?!?!?! Me and technology have never been great pals.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 34 of 165: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Sat, Jul  4, 1998 (09:13) * 9 lines 
 
you could register an ml.org for that link; something like

http://springart.home.ml.org

which would save having to type in all the yapp-bin/ stuff


see http://www.ml.org for more details



 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 35 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (02:04) * 1 lines 
 
where do I register? Do I mail someone? Do I mail Terry for that?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 36 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (06:02) * 7 lines 
 
Here's an idea. How about if every active person here tried to entice,
recruit, invite, or cajole just one other person they knew to become an
active participant here?

How's that for a challenge?




 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 37 of 165: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (08:37) * 2 lines 
 
it's a very hard challenge, i've found. i've tried to bring loads of people here; lots of them have registered, but then never come back.



 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 38 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (16:53) * 1 lines 
 
I know!!! My friends think I'm crazy, and that it's dangerous (pleeeeeze!!!) to do this! But I'll see if I can get my sister to join . . . you'll regret it!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 39 of 165: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Sun, Jul  5, 1998 (19:49) * 2 lines 
 
i invited a friend here to share in the taking apart of my brain, this evening.



 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 40 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Mon, Jul  6, 1998 (03:46) * 1 lines 
 
Good. Just make sure the scalpel is sharp, otherwise it'll hurt.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 41 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (14:56) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 42 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (15:16) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 43 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (01:23) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 44 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 16, 1998 (21:38) * 8 lines 
 
Wed Jul 15: 2340
Thu Jul 16: 2474 so far today, the day isn't over yet.

If you want to see this for yourself try this:

!tail -5 /usr/bbs/usagelog

(if you're a shell type person)


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 45 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (03:49) * 1 lines 
 
A shell type person??? What's that? Does that kind of person leave a slimy little trail behind wherever he/she goes?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 46 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (05:36) * 90 lines 
 
C'est vous, Riette!

You have a shell account now! You can pick up pointers from Staceyrama,
wer-man, mikey, and the other shell type persons on here. Here's a list
of shell types on tvnight.org:

Saccess clay iphone michaelt semi
abd clever isp mikeg shared
abram codered jameswatson mimi sharing
access comma janc minds sharon
achea connie janh minter shey
ackerman contuse java minton shrdlu
adultstory cool jbuckner mirmir sicard
advocate cooper jdagenais mirna silencefilm
agarrett cortex jdaniel mixu sjones
al cowboys jdoherty mmmrc snap
alice crapak jeanene moira sofldf
allie crosby jef mot sos
allison cspur jeff motorblade sosldf
ally ctla jenny mouse soup
alweeda cuseeme jh movies spew
amurray cw00d jher mpape spidaman
amy davros jhines mplex spif
amy2 dbii jim mqube sports
angus ddw jmiaso mrabbit spring
ann deejoe jmoore mrbob springpage
anna deniz jody mrobens springyapp
anne des johnt msworks ssabrina
anneh dfox jonathon murati stacey
aqua diana jpenner music staci
arc direcpc julief mworley stagecoach
archana dkitchell juste nan stc
arisco doherty jwinsor nancy steve
asharma donald jyerby nancyw stevev
ati dpo ka5kth narcy strong
atn drwool kaffeine nbba stroud
attitude dspark karen nbc submit
aubrey dutchman karenk net swire
audioaxs dxiechkn kaylene netmeeting tca
austen eatsolar kcook netrab tcarlin
austena echo kd5aad neuroses tcla
austencom epapers kelly new tcta
austenunix epub kendall news tech
austin er kerry ngaire ted
auto family kim nick tedchong
aworks ferror kk5mi nike teklay
babes fig kma noreen terry
band fingeware koblenz norma testuser
bayou frankbo kreblon nt tex
bearbear fringeware kristen ntc texaltel
bernie ftc kristin ntrc thalerd
beverly fw ktbc nutella theband
bhg garret kvue obiwan tina
billboy garrett kxan oldman tj
billw gekko kym ondrox townhall
blueray geoff kymc orient tvpc
bntran gg lafn owlseye tvu
bob ginnygal lavalley paciotti twqi
boomer golla lburton patches twri
bottomer gray ldarj paul ule
boyce great lee pcmattic undertheflag
brain greg legaffe pelles valerie
bratwood gusball letitia peter valrm
brenner ham life preston vard
brill harley linda procoat vplaces
bsdi harrie list public vsix
bubbi heather liz ratboy w3mrc
bwitt helpers louis riette walhus
caferace hmc ltpro rikam web
cam home lucy river webcam
carbon hooloo manual rjpepper webedge
carol horns mark robg webpager
carolina horse martin ronl webpages.txt
carolyno hosts matt rosato webrev
cash house maureenh rosey well
catfood hubbard max rrosell werner
cathey hugo mbht rross william
ces humdog mckinney rtadmin wizards
cfadm ian melon rus wmmeyers
charles ianoz merrill sandrabullock womack
charlesw ichat mfox sarahbe work
child info mhc scottc zen
chris interact mich scotth zimeis
cidneye invoice michael scottk

These are all our shell users. Uh, some of them are imaginary like
sandrabullock (designed to get mail for http://www.sandrabullock.net
website and some of these are mainly for folks websites.

By the way, I have some exciting news.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 47 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (10:30) * 3 lines 
 
1. Why do I want to pick up shell types?
2. What exactly do I DO with shell types once I've picked them up.
3. What is the exciting news?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 48 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (11:25) * 5 lines 
 
1. Shell is what's happenin' babeee!
2. You cruise the spring like greaded lightnin'
3. The exciting news, Jeff Kramer jeff@spring.net is building us a kick
butt machine! With 8 gigs of storage.



 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 49 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (15:20) * 1 lines 
 
I know what gigs are. They are the ones that are bigger than megabytes. So I'm sure that does make Jeff a super-duper-kick-butt-brains-balls-machine-builder.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 50 of 165: Autumn Moore  (autumn) * Fri, Jul 17, 1998 (21:21) * 1 lines 
 
Too cool! :-)


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 51 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (01:23) * 6 lines 
 
greaded sb greased, oops

By the way, feel free to comment on our "live" party feed today.

IN the party like it's 1999 topic.



 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 52 of 165: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (04:14) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 53 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (15:18) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 54 of 165: Autumn Moore  (autumn) * Mon, Jul 20, 1998 (22:38) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 55 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Tue, Jul 21, 1998 (05:43) * 2 lines 
 
ha-ha!
And the synonym for summer.net would be uncool.net.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 56 of 165: Autumn Moore  (autumn) * Wed, Jul 22, 1998 (15:16) * 1 lines 
 
Have you ever noticed that there's no synonym for the word synonym?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 57 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 22, 1998 (17:23) * 2 lines 
 
But there's an antonym.



 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 58 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Jul 22, 1998 (17:46) * 1 lines 
 
hmm...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 59 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (01:24) * 1 lines 
 
Which again has has a synonym.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 60 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Jul 23, 1998 (01:24) * 1 lines 
 
woops.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 61 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (14:56) * 162 lines 
 

From murph@interport.net Tue Jul 14 00:09:38 1998
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:09:38 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: A Burglar in the Treasure House
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INTELLIGENT AGENT 2.3
http://intelligentagent.com


A Burglar in the Treasure House
by Robbin Murphy

A Review of Visual Thesaurus
by Plumb Design
http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus

Thesaurus means "treasure house" in Latin and so it seems apt that the
origins of this handy writer's tool lie some two hundred years in the past,
in the prison cell of an Englishman named Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) to
be more precise. His predicament gives rise to the intriguing image of an
unlucky burglar/writer patiently plotting his heist for when he breaks out
of his jail (writer's) block unknowing that he is, like all of us, a
prisoner of language and can never escape.

However, the truth is that for political reasons, Roget-a quiet and honest
student-was unfairly thrown into prison for a year. To pass the time and to
keep his wits he turned his philosophically inclined mind to
constructing a
list of one thousand terms to use as a "repertory" of words embodying
ideas. After his release he went on to become a successful physician and
scholar and continued to add words and phrases to his list throughout his
long life.

In 1852, after he'd retired, Roget published this list as the first Roget's
Thesaurus and it was an immediate bestseller-not with philosophers as he'd
intended, but with writers who immediately used it to enhance their writing
skills. To this day there are not only the descendants of the original work
but myriad printed texts using the generic term "thesaurus" published by
others as well as electronic versions included in major word publishing
applications.

At first, many writers probably feel a certain sense of guilt when they
reach for the thesaurus on their desk, or click on the item under the HELP
menu on their computer, as if admitting to a failure for not having the
entirety of their respective language at their immediate disposal. But the
tool's usefulness soon puts that concern to rest as the depth and richness
of their writing increases-or appears to. What these books can't do, and
what Roget intended, is give us a picture of the way words are intricately
linked in a web of meaning very much in the way our minds are set to work
by association.

As it happens, Roget was also the person to postulate the theory of
"persistence of vision" and discover that images remain on the retina a
split second after the source is removed from the visual field. This
finding became the basis for, at first, children's toys like flip-books and
magic lantern projections, and later, of course, motion pictures.

It is only appropriate that Plumb Design should use the concept of a
thesaurus to demonstrate the flexibility of their Thinkmap software. Linked
to the WordNet database created by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at
Princeton University this java-based program creates "Maplets" that enable
users to visualize verbal associations of meaning by creating 3-D animated
clusters of words connected by fine lines. Instead of a list of
alternatives users see subtle variations with the most appropriate choices
appearing as the visually brightest. As you move through the network, words
realign and intensify or fade away but they don't immediately disappear.
There is that "persistence of vision" worked into it. While a word may no
longer be the best choice based on the point of view it is still there, in
the distance as a reminder of the complexity of language.

The WordNet database from which the "Visual Thesaurus" draws its material
is a dictionary based on psycho-linguistic theories (used for artificial
intelligence research) containing over 50,000 words and 40,000 phrases
arranged into over 70,000 sense meanings and is available from Princeton
University for free. Plumb Design has a copy of it on their server for Web
access and a stand-alone version that will be compatible with Microsoft
Word is in the works.

"Visual Thesaurus" is probably not the best productivity-enhancing tool for
people who want their information quickly-the temptation to spend time in
its game-like environment creating poetical word associations is too
great-but the program is wonderful in that it attracts and delights, and
resonant because it is a natural learning environment.

The "Thinkmap" software that is the engine for "Visual Thesaurus" is a
powerful, flexible and responsive tool for displaying any type of complex
information by turning the data into animated displays that encourage
interaction. "Thinkmap" is also behind the Smithsonian Institution's
Revealing Things online exhibit where visitors navigate the exhibit at
their own pace and in their own direction depending on their interests but
guided by rules defined by the curator. It allows for exploration and
interesting juxtaposition of objects without leaving the visitor lost.

Raw data can be beautiful in its own way, though it isn't very useful
without some kind of organization and interface design. That is why we
create data filters. Sometimes online data is left in semi-raw form as
lists to scroll down our screens or else it's tarted up with some basic
HTML and, if we're lucky, hyperlinks. Rarely is it presented in a manner
that we enjoy interacting with and even more elusive is a presentation that
allows us to gain deeper meaning as this one does.

Mark Tinkler, Plumb Design's Chief Technology Officer and Creative Director
who studied architecture and computer science at Carnegie Mellon
University, is behind both the thesaurus and "Thinkmap" (the latter
developed when he was the chief technologist at Razorfish). At 24 he may be
a sign of the future -- that much-anticipated breed of artist/programmer
who instinctively combines aesthetic concerns with object-oriented code,
qualities that make him a perfect collaborator as we break into the
treasure house of language.


OTHER URLs

Thinkmap
http://www.thinkmap.com/

WordNet
http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/

Smithsonian Institution
Revealing Things
http://www.si.edu/revealingthings/

Razorfish
http://www.razorfish.com

INTELLIGENT AGENT
http://intelligentagent.com

_____________________________________________________
ROBBIN MURPHY
murph@artnetweb.com
426 Broome Street, NYC 10013 212-925-1885
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Smithsonian Institution
Revealing Things
http://www.si.edu/revealingthings/


A Review of Visual Thesaurus
by Plumb Design
http://www.plumbdesign.com/thesaurus

I just checked it out. It's pretty groovy. Just turn on the
"Auto-Navigate" function and it's a complete standalone art piece.

Is this cool!

Sorry this was so long folks, but I just thought to be tres cool!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 62 of 165: Autumn Moore  (autumn) * Fri, Jul 24, 1998 (21:10) * 1 lines 
 
Tres, tres cool, groovy, hip, outta sight...


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 Response 63 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jul 28, 1998 (10:32) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 64 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (11:42) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 65 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sun, Aug 30, 1998 (02:02) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 66 of 165: Wolf  (wolf) * Mon, Aug 31, 1998 (20:56) * 1 lines 
 
we do miss you tons, wer!


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 Response 67 of 165: Judy Torrieri (isis) * Wed, Sep  2, 1998 (20:48) * 1 lines 
 
hey kitchenmanager if you leave now then i will never get the chance to know you.....


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 Response 68 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Sep  2, 1998 (22:31) * 2 lines 
 
sorta...
but you can always read all the back posts around here...


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 Response 69 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Sep  3, 1998 (01:35) * 1 lines 
 
Think you're being hunted, muffin!


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 Response 70 of 165: Judy Torrieri (isis) * Thu, Sep  3, 1998 (21:28) * 1 lines 
 
hey kitchen manager are you saying that you won't stick around so that i can meet you atleast,,,,,heard you were interesting......


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 71 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Sep  3, 1998 (22:11) * 5 lines 
 
time will tell, no?

(if I keep you in suspense, you'll stick around longer, too...)

from whom are you getting your rumors?


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 Response 72 of 165: Judy Torrieri (isis) * Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (19:50) * 1 lines 
 
hey kitchen manager wanna thank you for the meal the other day it was very good,and i am italian so i should know, i do plan on eating there again,,and i have told alot of my friends about the good food you guys serve there. I am even thinking about trying to get a job as a waitress there...what do you think>?


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 Response 73 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (21:20) * 3 lines 
 
call me or check in here tomorrow night and I'll let you know
what's open at work, however I don't hire the waitstaff...
thanks for spreading the word, that means alot...


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 Response 74 of 165: wer  (KitchenManager) * Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (23:00) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 75 of 165: Autumn Moore  (autumn) * Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (23:14) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 76 of 165: who da' man?  (terry) * Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (23:34) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 77 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (01:17) * 1 lines 
 
Go, Terry, Go!


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 Response 78 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus  (terry) * Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (12:15) * 1 lines 
 
Wonder why it's so quiet today?


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 Response 79 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (13:01) * 2 lines 
 
Yes, me too. It's only been you, me and Wolf so far, hasn't it? Wer's been silent as the grave. Anyway, I want to ask you something, Terry. The weather is still bad, so the video is having a bit of a rather irritating stand-still. Could I therefore throw in a helicopter ride I had two year ago over Table Mountain in Cape Town? I think I've also got some stuff about Zürich that I did for Mum and Douw three years ago that I could use - it looks just the same now as it did back then, and I'd get the ta
e finished alot quicker. The only problem is that I speak Afrikaans on it, but does that really matter? Alot of people don't have the audio thing anyway - I don't. I can see what else I've got as well - there might be some sweet things of my kids from when they were smaller. Don't have anything recent, but that I can do indoors. I don't know how else to fill the tape up!


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 Response 80 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Sep 17, 1998 (21:18) * 8 lines 
 
Of course, of course, toss it in! And then fire it off to my humble abode
and I will pop it in the vcr and play it on our main page.

This weekend the Whole Life Expo will be happening and I've commissioned a
talented videographer named Kirsten to interview folks and do video. It
will start playing early next week.




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 Response 81 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Fri, Sep 18, 1998 (00:57) * 2 lines 
 
Cool! Can't wait to see it!
And, thanks! Now I'll be able to finish the video alot quicker.


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 Response 82 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (10:29) * 18 lines 
 
Our stats for the last ten days or so. 9.6 days to be exact.

Analysed requests from Sat-25-Sep-1999 20:04 to Tue-05-Oct-1999 10:25 (9.6
days).

(Figures in parentheses refer to the last 7 days).
Successful requests: 123,780 (83,718)
Average successful requests per day: 12,896 (11,959)
Successful requests for pages: 18,240 (12,311)
Average successful requests for pages per day: 1,900 (1,758)
Redirected requests: 453 (270)
Distinct files requested: 6,650 (5,428)
Distinct hosts served: 6,219 (4,621)
Corrupt logfile lines: 23
Data transferred: 1,020 Mbytes (763,964 kbytes)
Average data transferred per day: 108,865 kbytes (109,137 kbytes)




 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 83 of 165: Stacey Vura  (stacey) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (11:49) * 2 lines 
 
woo woo!
one year plus later... rejuvenation!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 84 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (13:29) * 3 lines 
 
Yapp keeps stats too, on the number of logins per day, which I'll look at
soon and post here.



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 Response 85 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (13:32) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 86 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (13:37) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 87 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (14:19) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 88 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (14:32) * 1 lines 
 
I love it!


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 Response 89 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (17:46) * 1 lines 
 
It is also why I continue to pay for AOL when I do not use it...it is great for travelling...and my simple-minded other can figure it out...but I much prefer my Hawaii on Line ISP. They would not have given away my IM's for ANY reason.


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 Response 90 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (19:20) * 3 lines 
 
...of yes, and beside the phone line splitter, I carry a long extension cord
for my laptop, and a long (at least 20 feet) patchcord for the phone..I do not
like sitting on the floor of strange public places...*grin*


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 Response 91 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Oct  6, 1999 (13:17) * 1 lines 
 
...and pack a three-way plug just in case there are not enough outlets...!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 92 of 165: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Wed, Oct  6, 1999 (16:38) * 3 lines 
 
*laugh*
you are quite the techno traveler...
now we just need to get you hooked up with a phone like Paul's...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 93 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Oct  6, 1999 (16:41) * 1 lines 
 
Tell me about his phone...I travel with short wave radio and scanner (the police/fire/rescue kind not the image-into-computer kind)...I am a very curious person and NEED to know way more than is good for me *grin* It is a heredity thing - I got it from my son via my father...


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 Response 94 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (09:04) * 14 lines 
 
I have an AT&T Pocketnet phone which gives you unlimited email and web
browsing for $30 a month, unlike some services like the new Palm VII which
charges you a rate per kilobyte of data used.

You can use the pocknet phone to look up phone nnumbers, surf various
information and stock websites, and send and receive emails of any length.
And the best part is that it's a flat rate $30 per month.

It's not as sexy as the Palm, but it's relatively cheap and gets the job
done. It also will synchronize your Outlook appointments, calendar,
address book and task list automatically if you use pumatech's software
that they give you on their Pocketnet or pumatech website.




 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 95 of 165: Stacey Vura  (stacey) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (11:29) * 2 lines 
 
Woo Woo!
And I sent emails from it!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 96 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (12:37) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 97 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (18:37) * 0 lines 
 


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 98 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (19:23) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 99 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (20:47) * 16 lines 
 
It's great for reading email on the fly, it's a stretch to compose and
send an email using a touchtone pad, at best you get out a few words or a
simple acknowldgement that you got the email. You can think of it more as
a pager.

I found a website tonight which gives you a free 800 number, so I signed
up for one, you can now leave me voicemails at 877-228-0901 tollfree.

It's from http://www.ureach.com. Pat McGuire, who just sold his
http://www.wirelessvideo.com domain name for $120,000, just called me and
told me he got one. He was pretty pumped about this service.

It hasn't dawned on him yet that he just got a free house (the
equivalent).




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 Response 100 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (20:55) * 3 lines 
 
Good Heavens! $120,000!!! It IRS will bring him to reality soon enough! The land and house in which I am sitting is appraised for tax purposes (1/3 acre) at $150,000...so I can imagine reality has not quite hit him yet.

I imagine I am just not busy enough to quite justify having one of those sweet little pbhone/pager/web browsers of my very own. Something to think about, though! Thanks for the interesting URLs, too.


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 Response 101 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (20:58) * 1 lines 
 
(Does that mean I could call that number and say Aloha and you would hear me - or hear something else say what I said? .....hmmmm)


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 Response 102 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (21:02) * 11 lines 
 
Nope, it's just voice mail and I need to activate it first.

Hold on.

It also reads your email to you.

My email there is springnet@ureach.com

It also accepts faxes and reads them to you over your voicemail.




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 Response 103 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (21:20) * 1 lines 
 
(Does that mean I could call that number and say Aloha and you would hear me - or hear something else say what I said? .....hmmmm)


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 Response 104 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (21:22) * 5 lines 
 
I would hear your voicemessage, yes, but you can't call me direct on it.
You can send a fax to it and it will read me the fax. All this is free,
according to the website.




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 Response 105 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct  7, 1999 (21:23) * 3 lines 
 
(honest...I did not post the above a second time...and it happened to me in Drool a few minutes ago...are we overtaxing the Spring's servers?!)

I shall not disturb your peaceful existance with noise from Hilo...was just curious!


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 Response 106 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct  8, 1999 (10:25) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 107 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Sat, Oct  9, 1999 (18:11) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 108 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct  9, 1999 (18:19) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 109 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct  9, 1999 (18:20) * 1 lines 
 
...make that....whales breathing... oops!


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 Response 110 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Sun, Oct 10, 1999 (05:49) * 4 lines 
 
Yea, 'cos else it'd hafta haf been "Welsh breathing", and who wants to listen to that?

(Marcia, good to be back. Extremely busy times here - not hell as in "production hell", but "post-production stuff", i.e. promo, marketing, distribution, mending sore spots and souls [and soles, too!], mixed with "pre-production muck", i.e. readying stuff for next issue, working on office hardware & infrastructure, trying to raise money for some colour pages for an artist portfolio [Juan Burgos from Montevideo, Uruguay, whom the editors had the pleasure to meet two days ago and have had over for dinner an
entertainment yesterday], trying to rig sponsorships and partnerships, and pointing our arrows, the extremely brilliant people working for superstar, to new stories and topics for this year's last ish. Normally, there's a slow month following hitting the news stands, then one month of work and a month of hell-in-an-office. The slow month is dropped due to 03/99 having been delayed, and us keeping 4/99 on schedule.)


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 Response 111 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Oct 10, 1999 (12:21) * 1 lines 
 
It is so good to hear that you are being occupied with entertaining and worthy projects and work rather than hell-in-the-office kind of necessary tedium all of the time. Meeting interesting people is always invigorating to the mind and soul; enjoy! (I have listened to Welsh breathing - nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing like the leviathans just off-shore here!)


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 Response 112 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Oct 12, 1999 (03:13) * 1 lines 
 
(Oh. Is that something like heavy breathing, laced with a bitter or a lager?)


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 Response 113 of 165: John Burnett  (mrchips) * Tue, Oct 12, 1999 (03:33) * 1 lines 
 
Sorry, Alexander, no hefeweizen on the breath of our leviathans, just plankton!


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 Response 114 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Fri, Oct 15, 1999 (15:38) * 1 lines 
 
:=}


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 Response 115 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Fri, Oct 15, 1999 (15:44) * 1 lines 
 
(Just for the record, I'm an Export drinker, not a Pilsener, Kristall- or Hefeweizen-man. I appreciate dark beers, too, and also Kölsch and Alt. But most of all, I love Apfelwein, the local type of apple cider - not related to beer at all.)


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 Response 116 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Fri, Oct 15, 1999 (15:49) * 1 lines 
 
(And my Apfelwein consumption goes down in the cold months, and in Summer depends much on the brand. Some stuff is considered indrinkable by me; I prefer the Apfelwein made in some bars by the proprietors, or some people around the village.)


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 Response 117 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 15, 1999 (17:12) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 118 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct 17, 1999 (01:49) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 119 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Oct 17, 1999 (14:12) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 120 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Sun, Oct 17, 1999 (16:32) * 3 lines 
 
I know the freezing method is applied by nomads in Mongolia, possibly also Siberia to make their booze more proof without distilling it...

Never had Apple Jack. Apfelwein is a special thing of this area, and there are quite some nice places that make their own (as well as freshly pressed apple juice).


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 Response 121 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Oct 17, 1999 (17:18) * 1 lines 
 
It must have an incredibly wonderful fragrance!


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 Response 122 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Mon, Oct 18, 1999 (11:31) * 1 lines 
 
Well, it's sour.


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 Response 123 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct 18, 1999 (14:00) * 1 lines 
 
Ah...it has already gone through the stages of fermentation. That attracts all sorts of little buzzing creatures. That part of the process is not as esthetic to the nose as crushing the apples when fresh, and the aroma of the finished product...


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 Response 124 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Oct 19, 1999 (13:16) * 1 lines 
 
Yes, you get the fresh juice, it's called Most. And if slightly fermented, it's called Rauscher ("rusher"), because that's what it gets the consumer... It's like the Federweisser, the half-fermented wine. Very enjoyable in light doses!


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 Response 125 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Oct 19, 1999 (13:17) * 1 lines 
 
You'd have Zwiebelkuchen with either of the three drinks (an onion-tarte). I love Autumn for this!


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 Response 126 of 165: Isabel  (Isabel) * Tue, Oct 19, 1999 (13:26) * 8 lines 
 
HUNGRY !!! Gimme some of it - sounds wonderful!

Do you have a Zwiebelkuchen-recipe? Maybe I'll try this!




Don't you get stomach-ache from fermented applejuice AND onions? (Like mmh - winds?)


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 Response 127 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Oct 19, 1999 (16:56) * 1 lines 
 
Isabel, it's all a matter of dosis.


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 Response 128 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 19, 1999 (18:14) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 129 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (06:16) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 130 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (10:40) * 3 lines 
 
Ah, yes: Süsser (rather: Süßer)! No, that's not alcoholic - that like Most... I always thought... Or do the Swiss call Süßer what we call Rauscher?

Marcia - Think of how much your fresh pineapples ALL YEAR ROUND tortures me! If that doesn't cheer you up...!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 131 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (13:33) * 1 lines 
 
Goodness, Alexander, do you lust after pineapples? Might have to ship you a few to keep you from imploding or whatever happens to the pineapple-deprived...! But, it should probably be after there is no threat of freezing. They get pretty boozy after that (which is ok, too, depending on your proclivities)


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 Response 132 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (16:47) * 3 lines 
 
Boozy pineapples! WOW!

Our Süsser actually comes from Italy, I believe, and can be alcoholic or non-alcoholic - depending on the stage of fermentation. It is the one case where I find the alcoholic version tastier.


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 Response 133 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (11:26) * 5 lines 
 
Oh, but then your stuff would be Federweißer from grapes, no?

If you get some bottles of either Federweißer or Rauscher (the cap has to be punctured lest they explode...), they have to be kept in the fridge. Still, every day they taste different, as the fermentation process goes on, changing sugar into alcohol.

Marcia, fresh pineapples are quite a feast to me! Easy for you, but we are pineapple-y challenged here...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 134 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (12:09) * 1 lines 
 
Cannot have a fine gentleman be pineapple-y challenged while your friend resides in the land where they grow in every yard. Let me check around and see what the shippers suggest as to the freeze potential and whether or not they suggest we wait until spring (6 long months from now?!) Perchance you may be surprised on of these days....please email me your snailmail address so I have a place to send them!


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 Response 135 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Thu, Oct 21, 1999 (13:24) * 1 lines 
 
Whatever you do from now on, DON'T open yer mail with bare hands, Alexander!!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 136 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 22, 1999 (17:13) * 4 lines 
 
For agricultural products entering a country, they will open it at each
border, eat some to see if it passes inspection, then send it on with huge
labels proclaiming the box to contain PINEAPPLES as though you could not
tell by the aroma surrounding the box...!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 137 of 165: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sun, Oct 24, 1999 (13:15) * 1 lines 
 
Or the little fruit flies!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 138 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct 25, 1999 (22:06) * 1 lines 
 
Don't even think Fruit Flies. Some places on the Mainland of the US would like to ban all ag imports from the Islands due to them...! There will be rigorous inspection before they ever leave here - no insects whatsoever will be allowed out of Hawaii to you!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 139 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct 25, 1999 (22:10) * 0 lines 
 


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 Response 140 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (09:10) * 4 lines 
 
I'm not sure what's going on here, keep me posted. Only the conference
hosts can scribble posts. I need more details.




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 Response 141 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (12:17) * 3 lines 
 
All I can tell you was that I noted by accessing her post using recent/333 that I could read it. I commented on it and submitted my response. When mine came up hers was gone. Telnet stated that it had been "censored and scribbled". Since she is about ready to sleep I will ask her more this evening when she awakens tomorrow (very confusing when you commune with someone on the other side of the Date Line...) Her ISP is peculiar. When you hit the reply button to respond to her eamil, her address shows
p as <@icenet.com.au>
which is not usable. Consequently all message board items are permanently bouncing. Oh well. Will tell you more when I know more.


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 Response 142 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (13:22) * 3 lines 
 
OK hmmm, wonder if it's a date problem?




 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 143 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (13:29) * 1 lines 
 
Don't know...others from Australia do not have this posting problem. She seems to have to do about 4 posts before one takes. Most frustrating...and not just on Books and Drool and Geo - it happens every time she tries.


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 Response 144 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (13:46) * 5 lines 
 
Well, we offer telnet accounts to anyone who has problems on the web.

They're more reliable for posting.




 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 145 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct 26, 1999 (13:56) * 1 lines 
 
Good idea...I shall ask her about that and then suggest she contact you or Ray Lopez (who set me up here in telnet)for help setting up an account. Thanks!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 146 of 165: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (16:45) * 2 lines 
 
I did inform Anne of her options. She was grateful and gracious about it
and said she would consider it and get back to me. Thanks, Terry.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 147 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Mon, Nov  1, 1999 (11:19) * 1 lines 
 
But charge her for that service, Marcia: "That'll be, wait, ten quality posts, naw, I'm generous, say, seven! Seven quality posts a day during the next fourteen days EACH outside of Drool..." ;=}


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 148 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Nov  1, 1999 (12:35) * 1 lines 
 
When Terry sets up access to telnet accounts on Spring for us he does not charge for that...how could I possibly do the same. Besides, this lady has been a very special friend to me and helping her would be like helping you...I could not even think of charging either one of you *smile* Now, if you can think of a way to get nusiance posters to apy we just might be rid of them for ever!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 149 of 165: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Nov  2, 1999 (12:33) * 3 lines 
 
Yeh yeh, easy, Fury! Hoh!

I was jus' kiddin', ok? But still, it'd BE nice to have her about and around...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 150 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Nov  2, 1999 (13:27) * 2 lines 
 
Oh Heavens, I did not mean to be rid of AnneH....she is a dear friend who sends me thing to post from Cricket to weather in weatern Australia to earthquakes anywhere in the world, and so on. We also discuss things Welsh (now, how many people can I do that with on Spring?!)...AnneH is anything but an nusiance, and that is why I am going through the exercises to get her posting properly. She is an admitted user of IE (Her husband's computer and he lIKES it!)...but that cannot be the entire answer to her
roblem with posting. Still thinking...!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 151 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Nov  5, 1999 (17:36) * 4 lines 
 
I use IE, but then I use telnet to post and read usually. Browsers seem
so interminably show, even with my ISDN and T-1 connections.




 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 152 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Nov  5, 1999 (17:40) * 1 lines 
 
Your download can only be as fast as the site you are downloading from is sending it to you. My son keeps telling me this, and gave me the formula for figuring the max speed at which one could download even with the best equipment on both ends. It was amazingly slow!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 153 of 165: on the porch (sprin5) * Mon, Jun 12, 2000 (10:32) * 22 lines 
 
Our stats!

Statistics Report Range: 04/19/2000 03:14:48 - 06/07/2000 03:10:45

Hits Entire Site (Successful) 557,743
Average Per Day 11,382
Home Page 6,969
Page Views Page Views (Impressions) 133,535
Average Per Day 2,751
Document Views 127,491
Visitor Sessions Visitor Sessions 79,594
Average Per Day 1,624
Average Visitor Session Length 00:14:46
International Visitor Sessions 0%
Visitor Sessions of Unknown Origin 100%
Visitor Sessions from United States 0%
Visitors Unique Visitors 28,200
Visitors Who Visited Once 23,217
Visitors Who Visited More Than Once 4,983





 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 154 of 165: spring today (sprin5) * Wed, Jun 14, 2000 (08:17) * 1 lines 
 
Low home page views. About 4 or 5 million hits a year it looks like. Anyone know the definition of a "hit"?


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 155 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, Jun 15, 2000 (00:19) * 1 lines 
 
Is it not how often a page is accessed from outside? Not my going from on topic in Geo to another or even from conference to another. It is when I access it again from outside the Spring. At least, it is how I interpret it.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 156 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Apr 30, 2001 (00:53) * 19 lines 
 
General Statistics

Date & Time This Report was Generated Tuesday April 17, 2001 - 22:05:53
Timeframe 04/06/01 03:11:12 - 04/17/01 03:10:54
Number of Hits for Home Page 1,827
Number of Successful Hits for Entire Site 1,355,332
Number of Page Views (Impressions) 228,264
Number of Document Views 211,774
Number of User Sessions 89,354
User Sessions from United States 0%
International User Sessions 0%
User Sessions of Unknown Origin 100%
Average Number of Hits Per Day 123,212
Average Number of Page Views Per Day 20,761
Average Number of User Sessions Per Day 8,123
Average User Session Length 00:07:33
Number of Unique Users 30,959
Number of Users Who Visited Once 24,294
Number of Users Who Visited More Than Once 6,665


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 157 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus  (terry) * Mon, Apr 30, 2001 (06:23) * 3 lines 
 
11 days 1.3 million hits.

Thank you Karen Rosenberg! And Bridget Jones. And Colin Firth!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 158 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus  (terry) * Mon, Apr 30, 2001 (06:23) * 1 lines 
 
Right now we might be the number one fan site on the net.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 159 of 165: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Mon, Apr 30, 2001 (06:33) * 1 lines 
 
That is pretty damn cool...


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 160 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, May  2, 2001 (05:45) * 1 lines 
 
It's tres cool and edgy.


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 161 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, May  9, 2001 (05:43) * 8 lines 
 
Some recent stats:

Sat 04/28/2001 50,536 4,050 495,158 K 3,195
Sun 04/29/2001 122,035 8,587 1,083,401 K 7,088
Mon 04/30/2001 164,084 12,726 1,641,696 K 8,340
Tue 05/01/2001 80,311 6,796 739,872 K 3,752
Total 421,626 35,851 3,968,771 K 22,591



 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 162 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, May  9, 2001 (05:46) * 3 lines 
 
The columns are hits, page views, kbytes and visits.

About 100,000 hits a day plus, which is a 3 million - 4 million hits per month pace. Bridget Jones is red hot!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 163 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, May  9, 2001 (05:51) * 12 lines 
 
bbs logins

Sun Apr 29: 3901
Mon Apr 30: 5729
Tue May 1: 6937
Wed May 2: 6857
Thu May 3: 8035
Fri May 4: 5526
Sat May 5: 4018
Sun May 6: 4285
Mon May 7: 5318
Tue May 8: 4575


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 164 of 165: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, May  9, 2001 (10:07) * 1 lines 
 
Most of my regulars for Geo have not found their way back here. I shall have to rattle cages once again!


 Topic 30 of 100 [porch]: how many people logged into the Spring today?
 Response 165 of 165: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, May  9, 2001 (12:23) * 1 lines 
 
Wow, yeah, definitely rattle those cages!

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