From alan@curry.epilogue.com Mon Oct 31 16:31:07 1994 Return-Path: Received: from curry.epilogue.com by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) for /com/archive/cube-lovers id AB14288; Mon, 31 Oct 94 16:31:07 EST Received: (from alan@localhost) by curry.epilogue.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id QAA11987; Mon, 31 Oct 1994 16:34:39 -0500 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 16:34:39 -0500 Message-Id: <31Oct1994.155118.Alan@LCS.MIT.EDU> From: Alan Bawden Sender: Cube-Lovers-Request@ai.mit.edu To: brett@math.toronto.edu, cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu In-Reply-To: Brett Stevens's message of Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:35:34 -0500 (EST) <9410311936.AA07023@life.ai.mit.edu> Subject: Administrivia Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:35:34 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Stevens I joined this list in the middle of an ongoing discussion on shift invariance. can someone fill me in with the important definitions and what has already been discussed (if it is not too much work) This is what the archives are for! Some of you old-timers may have forgotten where the archives are, and it's been a while (several years) since I reminded everybody about the existence of Cube-Lovers-Request, so I have included the standard greeting message I send to all new subscribers below. Some quick administrative observations while I have your attention: Today are 151 entries on the main mailing list. Some of those entries are local redistribution lists. I estimate there are about 160 of us. We celebrated our 14 birthday last July. I'd bet we are among the top ten oldest active mailing lists on the Internet. I periodically get requests for FTP archives of cube-related material other than our mailing list archives (simulators and other programs, tables of results, catalogs of merchandise, etc.) I am not aware of any such centralized collection of Cubist stuff. If someone knows of such a collection, or would like to organize one, or simply has a list of cube related resources on the network, I'd like to hear from them. My policy on advertising: Since Cube-Lovers is an unmoderated mailing list, I really have no control over what is sent here, but I do complain to people who send advertising that isn't obviously Cube related. And I reserve the right to start complaining about -all- advertising should it ever get out of hand. ------- Begin Greeting Message ------- Our addresses are Cube-Lovers@AI.MIT.EDU for submissions and Cube-Lovers-Request@AI.MIT.EDU for administrivia. Please note that Cube-Lovers-Request is processed by a human being, not a computer program (such as LISTSERV or Majordomo). If your request is not instantly processed, it is because I don't spend my entire life reading my electronic mail. I do know how to interpret many of the commands typically sent to such programs, but I would prefer it if instead you can remember to address me in complete sentences. If you are interested in the archives of the Cube-Lovers mailing list: Using FTP, connect to FTP.AI.MIT.EDU, login as "anonymous" (any password), and in the directory "pub/cube-lovers" you will find the thirteen (compressed) files "cube-mail-0.gz" through "cube-mail-12.gz". Archive vital statistics (when uncompressed): File From To Size (bytes) ---- ---- -- ------------ cube-mail-0 12 Jul 80 23 Oct 80 185037 cube-mail-1 3 Nov 80 9 Jan 81 135719 cube-mail-2 10 Jan 81 3 Aug 81 138566 cube-mail-3 3 Aug 81 3 May 82 137753 cube-mail-4 4 May 81 11 Dec 82 139660 cube-mail-5 11 Dec 82 6 Jan 87 173364 cube-mail-6 10 Jan 87 13 Apr 90 216733 cube-mail-7 12 Oct 90 9 Sep 91 137508 cube-mail-8 1 Nov 91 25 May 92 171205 cube-mail-9 28 May 92 7 Jan 93 155755 cube-mail-10 20 Mar 93 6 Dec 93 171881 cube-mail-11 6 Dec 93 18 Feb 94 349772 cube-mail-12 24 Feb 94 5 Sep 94 181193 In addition, the file "recent-mail" contains a copy of the currently active section of the archive. (Unfortunately, due to the way mail works here at the AI Lab, it is not possible to have new mail accumulate directly into this file, so there may be some delay before a new message arrives here.) Finally, the file "README" contains the information you are currently reading. - Alan ------- End Greeting Message -------