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Helium Balloons

do...@tekirl.uucp (donch) — Mon, 20 Oct 1986 23:30:35 UT

I was wrong on a point of chemistry here. Helium is monoatomic, i.e. it exists
in nature as a single atom. Thanks to those who corrected me.
Don Chitwood
Tektronix, Inc.

Poor People/Lazy People

dia...@ism780c.uucp (dianeh) — Mon, 20 Oct 1986 21:22:14 UT

But, Ken, people who really do believe that "egoism and rationalism are the
alpha and omega", have already answered that question...
Diane Holt
Interactive Systems Corp.
Santa Monica, CA
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"Play it from the heart..."

Poor People/Lazy People

ja...@reality1.uucp (james) — Mon, 20 Oct 1986 02:54:22 UT

Turn the question around and look at it this way: The question is really do
shiftless and lazy (optionally "dirty" :-) ) people have a claim on my
wealth, such as it is? I think not. They have no right to presume that if
they chose not to work, someone will take away my money and give it to them.

Helium Balloons

do...@tekirl.uucp (donch) — Fri, 17 Oct 1986 22:55:17 UT

Helium will diffuse through ANYTHING! It is a very small molecule (it comes
in twos--He2) and is almost impossible to keep in or out of things. In high
vacuum work, helium is the standard media used for leak checking, largely
because of its incredible mobility.
So, yeah, it just leaked out of your balloon, but not through any hole you

Poor People/Lazy People

gad...@ihlpa.uucp (gadfly) — Thu, 16 Oct 1986 14:37:17 UT

Poor People/Lazy People

gad...@ihlpa.uucp (gadfly) — Thu, 16 Oct 1986 14:27:11 UT

Helium Balloons

f...@encore.uucp (Peter Fay) — Thu, 16 Oct 1986 14:06:40 UT

Helium molecules are too small to stay inside a mushy balloon for very
long. Next time try one of those foil-type balloons. My daughters have
lost more than one of them to their helium-munging father.

Poor People/Lazy People

r...@fai.uucp (Ronald O. Christian) — Thu, 16 Oct 1986 02:55:45 UT

Well, to collect toys, of course. :-) I'd like to know, though,
what makes it axiomatic that we have obligations to other
people and society in general? I mean, in an absolute sense,
one can not avoid some obligations to society. After all,
it's society that allows us to procure all of those toys. But

humanity

cra...@kontron.uucp (Clayton Cramer) — Wed, 15 Oct 1986 17:32:38 UT

Children are not welfare recipients -- they are dependents of welfare
recipients. As my previous postings have made clear, I accept the fact
that AFDC is necessary. What I do not accept as necessary is supporting
able-bodied men, or women without kids.
Clayton E. Cramer

Dangerous Colors & Noise (was: Jacob's Ladders)

al...@orca.uucp (alanj) — Wed, 15 Oct 1986 16:48:07 UT

When I was considerably younger I had a chemistry set (didn't we all?) and
was always running out of alcohol for the alcohol lamp. So my older brother
went out a bought a gallon of cheap anti-freeze. This was in the days when
cheap anti-freeze consisted of plain methanol. (There may have been some

battery sizes

b...@sigma.uucp (William Swan) — Wed, 15 Oct 1986 15:33:04 UT

In article <8...@jplgodo.UUCP> steve@same (Steve Schlaifer x43171 301/167):
Uhh.. one question.. it seems to me that the "A" battery would make a
better lantern battery, as the filaments require high currents at low
voltage (typically 6 or 12 volts), whereas the "B+" supply was (is?)
considerably higher (remember the vibrators in old car radios?) at lower

Phone billing bug, revisited

f...@jc3b21.uucp (Fabbian G. Dufoe) — Wed, 15 Oct 1986 07:10:30 UT

I can see from your remarks that you haven't been reading the
discussion of how to recognize leap years that has been going on in
net.lang.c. :-)
Fabbian Dufoe
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St. Petersburg, Florida 33705
813-823-2350
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Poor People/Lazy People

bor...@bucsb.bu.edu.uucp (The Mad Tickle Monster) — Wed, 15 Oct 1986 04:59:26 UT

My apologies; I don't know any such thing. I don't mind helping, if I
can do something for someone in need of help, but I don't see that any-
one else in this world has any RIGHT to anything of mine, as you seem to
claim. Moreover, considering the uses that my money has been put to in
the past, I've quit contributing cash; I've found that it tends to be

Dangerous Colors & Noise (was: Jacob's Ladders)

be...@solaria..arpa (Berry Kercheval) — Tue, 14 Oct 1986 19:01:32 UT

This works even better with 5-gallon GLASS carboys and rubbing alcohol.
Use about a tablespoon of alcohol, roll the bottle around to distribute it
and drop in a match. With care and experience you can get a nice oscillating
flame propagation front with neat sounds. Get stoned first.
Need I add a disclaimer that this may be dangerous? Wear eye protection.

humanity

m...@cybvax0.uucp (Mike Huybensz) — Tue, 14 Oct 1986 18:26:46 UT

Then my point is valid because: 1) coercion against theft and tax evasion is
analogous. There is a standing threat to potential violaters, and the vast
majority are never actively coerced. 2) The criminality of theft and tax
evasion revolve around the question of ownership. Part of the social contract