From <@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU:owner-LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU> Sun Feb 5 03:19:55 1995 Received: from netaxs.com (root@netaxs.com [198.69.186.1]) by access.netaxs.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA08634 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 03:19:55 -0500 Received: from UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu (ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu [128.205.2.1]) by netaxs.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id DAA02930 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 03:19:55 -0500 Message-Id: <199502050819.DAA02930@netaxs.com> Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU by UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7971; Sun, 05 Feb 95 03:19:40 EST Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UBVM) by UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3760; Sun, 5 Feb 1995 03:19:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Feb 1995 03:19:36 -0500 From: "L-Soft list server at UBVM (1.8a)" Subject: File: "GEODESIC LOG9301" To: "Christopher J. Fearnley" Status: RO ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:29:43 CST Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: "Christopher L. Weeks" Subject: Dymaxion maps Hello all, Over my recent X-mas break from school, I had the opportunity to visit the semi-new St. Louis Science Center. Among many interesting and some not-so interesting displays there was a dymaxion globe with magnetic panals holding the map sections to it's surface. It was a great puzzle to take them all off and assemble them flat on the surface provided. The display briefly noted that it was called a dymaxion map, and didn't mention Bucky at all. There is also an hourly(?) laser show on a huge (three-story tall) dymaxion map. Again no mention of Bucky. But it is exposure. Christopher L. Weeks C576653@mizzou1.missouri.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1993 10:01:41 GMT Reply-To: tnnigf@urc.tue.nl Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU From: Gijs Fehmers Subject: real geodesy Hello, this is a posting about a real geodesic matter and it has nothing to do with those Buck things. This is the only group that has anything to do with geodesy. I am a Ph.D. student working on an ionospheric-geodetic project. I am working with NNSS (Navy Navigational Satellite System) receivers that give me a headache. The equipment consists of 8 geodetic NNSS (2 CMA-751 and 6 CMA-761) receivers, all built by the Canadian Marconi Company. I am facing problems loading programs in the CPU's of the receivers. The software is stored on digital cassette tapes which were recorded about 10 years ago. The information has faded and reading the tapes causes checksum errors. Can anyone answer the following questions: 1 Do you have the programmes 751.000.X, 751.004.X, 761.201.X, and 761.210.X (X is wildcard)? 2 Do you also have the programmes in source code and do you have a compiler? 3 Can you give me some information on the IM6100 CPU in the receivers (manufacturer etc) ? You would help me greatly, Gijs Fehmers, e-mail: tnnigf@urc.tue.nl ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:17:55 EST Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Peter Baumbach Subject: temporary space Hello, Is this list still around? I am curious to discover if a dome can be built large enough to play volleyball inside it and remain a temporary structure which does not need to meet any zoning requirements. I like to play sand volleyball in the summer, and I wish to extend the season to all year long. Can you elongate the dome to make it conform to a rectangular playing area, or does this weaken the structure considerably. If I want to enclose an area 50ft by 80ft, how tall would the structure be? A height 25ft or greater is required. Any thoughts on this, and I will be interested. Peter Baumbach ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 21:25:36 -0600 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Judith Harris Subject: Volunteers Needed for On-Line Educational Project WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SHARE WHAT YOU KNOW WITH PRE-COLLEGE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS BY ELECTRONIC MAIL? Recent estimates indicate that there are now more than 50,000 classroom teachers from primary, middle, and secondary schools who hold accounts on the Internet. This makes a very special kind of learning available to them: one which directly involves subject matter experts communicating with students and teachers about their specialties, via electronic mail. With support from the Texas Center for Educational Technology, we (at the University of Texas at Austin) are now piloting a new Internet-based service (the "Electronic Emissary") that will bring together pre- college students, their teachers, and subject matter experts (SMEs) electronically, helping them to create telecomputing exchanges centered around the students' learning in the SMEs' disciplines. For example, * A class studying South America could learn about recent global environmental research results from a scientist who studies rainforest deforestation in Brazil. * A class studying geometry might "talk" electronically with Euclid, who is actually a mathematics professor. * A class studying the future of education might converse with an emerging technologies specialist from California's Silicon Valley. * A class studying American History might electronically interview Harry Truman, who is really a curator with the National Archives. * A class exploring the rapidly-changing governmental structures that are emerging in what was once the Soviet Union might correspond with a group of graduate political science students at a university in the CIS. * Or, a class reading _Huckleberry Finn_ might correspond with an African-American studies scholar about the repercussions resulting from the enacting of the Emancipation Proclamation. In this pilot phase of the project, 10-12 SMEs or SME groups are needed to correspond regularly (approximately 4 times per week) with primary, middle school, or secondary students and their teachers (1 SME or expert group per class). Each electronic exchange will begin with 2 weeks of project planning via electronic mail between the SMEs and the teachers (2/16 - 2/28/93). Communications with students will begin during the week of March 1st, and will continue for 4 - 6 weeks. ==> If you would like to find out more about this pilot ==> project, please send electronic mail to Judi Harris, ==> jbharris@tenet.edu. Please include your name, ==> institution, and areas of expertise. ==> PLEASE RESPOND ASAP; all teacher-SME pairs will be ==> formed by 2/15/93. @>--;-- Judi Harris _ /| _^^_ Department of Curriculum & Instruction \'o.o'( \ University of Texas at Austin =(___)= ( ) c.." ..cc--"\_? Internet address: JBHarris@Tenet.edu c./ @>--;-- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 23:13:54 EST Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Francois Dion Subject: About the floating domes... Hi, i joined this list recently after having read the description in the LOML (list of mailing lists). I am interested in the floating dome city that Fuller planned, because i am on the autopia list (a floating techno-colony), and would like to link the ideas. Curiously enough, it is also just recently i learned that a dome i see from my house was designed by Buckminster Fuller. It is of course (if you haven't guessed from the fact that i'm in Montreal, Canada) the American pavillon from the 1967 International expo on Terre des Hommes (actually Notre-Dames island). Anyway, back to my main point: anybody can give me informations on the floating domes idea? Ciao, -- Francois Dion ' _ _ _ CISM (_) (_) _) FM Montreal , Canada Email: CISM@ERE.UMontreal.CA (_) / . _) 10000 Watts Telephone no: (514) 343-7511 _______________________________________________________________________________ Audio-C-DJ-Fractals-Future-Label-Multimedia-Music-Radio-Rave-Video-VR-Volvo-... ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:11:26 EDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: "Trimtab (Blaine A." Subject: Re: Dymaxion maps In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:29:43 CST from I agree that this kind of exposure is better than no exposure but it also demons trates why Fuller was so fanatical in enforcing his patents. Exhibition withou t attribution is a cardinal sholarly sin and even more so when the exhibitor is an institution like a museum. Since the dymaxion map is just one of the myria d results of Fullers nontraditional problem solving methods and since it was th e only Map patent awarded in the 20th century, visitors to the center should ha ve the benifit of knowing who to look up for further information. --Trimtab-- Universe to each must be All that is, including me Environment in turn must be All that is, excepting me. RBF ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:21:59 EDT Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: "Trimtab (Blaine A." Subject: Re: About the floating domes... In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 20 Jan 1993 23:13:54 EST from Start by reading Critical Path by Fuller. There is a chapter that talks about Fuller's alternative cities including the floating city. I will send more refe rnces later. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:58:59 -0500 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: George Spack - AACRAO Subject: Meeting RBF in Person & List of books. ------------------------ Begin Message ----------------------- All, I met Bucky in the early 70's at The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. My Mother, who was attending there at the time, took me to see & perhaps meet a great scientist (no doubt trying to influence my career goals.) I was just a bit too young to understand what he was talking about, but he made an impact upon my mind that developed into a love for science. My Mom purchased a book of his, Utopia or Oblivion - The prospects for humanity, and took me over to meet him after the speech. He signed it for me "Best Wishes George, R. Buckminster Fuller." This book is now one of my most treasured possesions. I did enter the field of science and majored in Electrical Engineering. I am now running several computer systems (or are they are running me?) in DC. Does anyone have a "complete" listing of his books and/or a review of the best? Your input would be appreciated. Electronically, ********************************************************* ''| George Spack - Director of Computer Services | ''''| Internet: SPACKG@AACRAO.NCHE.EDU | ''''''| :^) Voice: 202-293-9161 (^8 | ''''''|=======================================================| ''''''| American Association of Collegiate Registrars | ''''''| and Admissions Officers | ''''''| One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 330 | ''''''| Washington, DC 20036-1171 | ''''''********************************************************* ''''********************************************************* ''********************************************************* ********************************************************* ------------------------- End Message ------------------------ ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:02:30 +0100 Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Solan Subject: Quote of the week In New York Review, Dec. 3 1992; A-Symmetry by Martin Gardner is quoted from Golubitsky: "A new form of the element carbon, known as "Buckminsterfullerene" after the famous architect, has recently been discovered: it has 60 carbon atoms, arranged at the vertices of a truncated icosahedron. Although designed to human specification, it's proving unusually stable, and is believed to exist naturally in interstellar space." Solan ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1993 13:12:59 EST Reply-To: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works Sender: List for the discussion of Buckminster Fuller's works From: Gary Conway <71640.2350@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: Disconnect Please remove my name from the mailing list for discussion of Buckminster Fuller. Thanks, Gary Conway 71650,2350