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1. DO 5/09/96 --- Last November I heard a song "Remember How You Loved Me" .... "Endless summer nights" that I liked on the radio but no one in record stores could identify it for me. Last night I used the Love Song lyrics home page in Australia that had exactly the words I was looking for - and the song also showed up in the top 1000 soft rock listing. I bought it today - when I get back from Dallas (this morning) and Tulsa (this evening) I'll listen to it. Thanks.

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Douglas Quine Philatelic

• Philatelic Letters

• Philatelic Awards and Presentations

  1. GL 96-09-21 --- From Joe Lufts home page I found you. Enjoyed it I too am a AOL subscriber
  2. SN 97-01-09 "Awards" --- I was very interested to read about your exhibits and awards. --- snue (at) aol.com

• Philatelic Publications and postal automation

  1. GG 96-06-25 --- How did you become involved in postal automation? -- The history of my evolution from a biologist to a postal automation developer was the subject of an article I wrote called: Evolution of an Exhibitor (in my philatelic publications). In 1982 when postal barcodes were first used on US mail, I read an article in Linn's Stamp News about the code and started decoding incoming mail. I found many errors. This lead to an extensive study as a hobby, national awards for my research, my copyrighted program to decode postal barcodes, published articles including one in effect dedicated to my father (Quine DB. 1988a. "Decoding a Partial Bar code: A Diversion for Amateur Mathematicians and Cryptanalysts." The American Philatelist (Nov.): 1090-1092), and eventually as a recognized expert,a major corporation offered me a position when they founded their postal automation group in 1988. I left the academic world and helped develop postal automation equipment and things went on from there.... - Doug
  2. JO 96-07-24 --- I have created a link https://www.execpc.com/~joeluft to your homepage. I've tried to limit each site to one link to keep the size of my pages down. If you would prefer a link to a different URL than your main page please let me know.
  3. ED 96-06-06 --- First may I apologise for not reponding sooner. Second, thanks for the information. I will contact Mr Mullins and see if I can join the Postal Mechanisation Study Circle. I'll see if he accepts International MOs instead of going the bank route. A IMO is only $3.00, I think. I've been on the Pitney-Bowes page looking for info in my collecting area but there's not much there. I collect early automated mail, Pitney-Bowes and Intelex facer-canclers and also letter sorting machines markings or idents. I'm feeling my way along. Sorry, no bar codes yet. They're a little too modern. I can hear it now at the first critique when I get around to showing this material.. Judge: " I think you should go a little further and include something on the early barcodes." Then I'll be back asking questions. I thought the British study group could help if they have any info. No sense in reinventing the wheel. I collect the Pitney-Bowes cancels because I had purchased some material with them in it and that got me interested. Intelex machines were used in Providence, where I live nearby, and some of the material can be found locally but not the experimental Intelix cancels which were used in Washington, DC, which you probably knew. My friend, who I kid with a great deal, also collects meters and some bar codes, besides other material. Anything he can find in a waste basket is fine. He's always showing me ."Look what I found." But he is knowledgable. He's shown me some of the material from the Meter Society and I don't think they will be of much assistance. On your web page I thought you could provide a link to a text file - no hyper links - with basic info on barcodes. I also enjoyed that BIA October 1993 article on "Treasures Waiting to be Found." That's my friend, Paul, the meter and barcode man. I also agree about what you wrote in the section on SERENDIPITY in that article. That's happened a few times to me, also. You'll never know where you'll find something new. Found a new search engine - HOTBOT. If you haven't tried it out yet I'd advise you to give it a shot. I modify my searches and it narrows down the responses quite a bit. On the US Postal Services web page they have a section on the History Of The Post Office and they have a long section on barcoding. Have you seen it yet? I went to their page because one of my searches it turned up "Automation" in that History section. Thanks again for the info, Doug
  4. ST 96-07-25 --- If you could, please list me under your philatelic links section. Thank you. E-mail: stampservice (at) earthlink.net URL: https://home.earthlink.net/~stampservice Title: Aarons Stamp Service

Douglas Quine - Bibliography

• Offices Held, Professional Consulting and Society Memberships

• Popular Publications

  1. JV 96-10-03 --- I'm doing an article on racing pigeons looking for some resources beyond the local participants I will be interviewing this weekend. If you can provide any assistance about the origins and history of the sport, its appeal and significance, I would appreciate it. --- This is too big a subject to cover in an on-line message. There are books written on the subject of racing pigeons, there are pigeons that carried messages during the World Wars that have saved dozens of lives and are now stuffed in the Smithsonian Museum. Some racing pigeons have flown from Canada to Texas in races, the hobby has been especially popular in Europe and some large American cities over the years. There are organizations of fanciers and there are journals. As I recall, there even used to be a Boy Scout achievement badge in Pigeons. I hope that this helps to provide some scope as to the magnitude of the subject. In terms of the navigational systems of pigeons, there was an article in Scientific American in the 1960's or early 1970's called something like "The Mystery of Bird Navigation" by William T. Keeton. There is now information about celestial (star), sun (direction), and magnetic cues but still a lot of mystery remains.- Doug
  2. LI: 96-11-28 "Homing pigeons and brain magnetite" --- As the son of a homing pigeon flyer I have always been amazed at their innate ability to return home from many miles away. Recently I seen a show which revealed that much research has been done not only on pigeons but lobsters, turtles and numerous other animals in regards to this very subject. It was revealed that all these animals have an accumulation of the mineral magnetite in their brains and that this may help them to orient to true north. In doing my research I came upon upon your site and noticed that you had experience with pigeons, albeit in a slightly different manner. Can you possibly shed any more light on this subject especially in regards to what effect nutrition or biomagnetic fields may play? Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Dave Miller aka e-mail LIVE4METL (at) aol.com Prof. Mel Kreithen at Pittsburgh and Prof. James Gould at Princeton are probably the national experts on this now - Doug; also see the 96-12-24 message below on this subject
  3. EN 96-11-27 "Racing Pigeon Clubs" --- Just moved to San Francisco, and I seem to have lost my ARPU directory in the process. Can you tell me if there is a club in San Francisco and, if so, who the contact is? --- ENewton1 (at) aol.comRick Mardis (Continental Breeding Station 405-691-1313) in Oklahoma city is the best person to ask; he know all of the breeders in California, as he supplies them with expensive pigeons. Also, there is now a "Pigeon Center of America" in Oklahoma city. A quick telephone call to either place will get fast results. (neither place is an internet site yet --- Cheers, Mel (kreithen+ (at) pitt.edu)
  4. EN 96-12-03 "Pigeon club update" --- Thanks a million -- I will contact them! If I get back into racing, it would be very interesting to know more about pigeons' navigational mechanism as well, and now I know where to access that expertise.
  5. KR 96-12-24 "Pigeons and Magnetite" --- All of the pigeon magnetite found to date has not been found in the neighborhood of any neural structure resembling any kind of receptor. Isolated magnetite, without nerves, cannot report its magnetic effects to the nervous system, making it unlikely to play a role in homing behavior. We are still in the midst of a first class mystery, with no mechanisms which can explain the behavior of the birds. The birds can and do perform true homing feats; it is just that we cannot explain how they know what they seem to know. It does the birds an injustice to claim we know how they do this; we don't know how and they aren't telling us. --- kreithen+ (at) pitt.edu (Melvin Kreithen)
  6. LK 97-01-01 "Pigeons" --- Signing in. --- LKY604 (at) aol.com

• Poster Sessions

• Professional Employment and Research

  1. EP 96-07-10 --- I would be interested in knowing how you ended up in postal automation with a background in biological research. For my part, I counted myself a philosopher-by ambition foremost until I started working in spine research to pay some bills while "finishing up" my MA (in preparation for the PhD) and found myself very busy and very tired! It has been quite a task to pick up again on the MA thesis after these several years.
  2. PA 96-08-01 --- I came across a recent Park School bulletin....and there before me was your note and homepage address.....so I am writing a brief note to say "HELLO". Thirty five years ago or so we were classmates at Park...before I went off to Belmont Hill and you to Roxbury Latin.... Much water has flown under the proverbial bridge...and I am delighted for the opportunity to get back in touch.

• Scientific Publications

  1. EP 96-07-09 --- As requested, here are the citations found in MEDLINE 1966-1996. Sounds like you've done interesting work with MS patients.;
  2. MEDLINE (R) TI: Infrasound sensitive neurones in the pigeon cochlear ganglion.; AU: Schermuly-L; Klinke-R; SO: J-Comp-Physiol-A. 1990 Feb; 166(3): 355-63; ISSN: 0340-7594; LA: ENGLISH; AB: The cochlear ganglion of the pigeon contains neurones sensitive to sound frequencies below 20 Hz (infrasound). They are characterized by a high spontaneous discharge rate (mean 115 imp/s). In contrast to ordinary auditory units, the mean discharge rate of these neurones is not increased by infrasound or sound stimuli, but modulated by these stimuli at levels comparable to the behavioural thresholds of pigeon reported by Kreithen and DB Quine (1979). AN: 90218778
  3. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Neural response to very low-frequency sound in the avian cochlear nucleus.; AU: Warchol-ME; Dallos-P; SO: J-Comp-Physiol-A. 1989 Nov; 166(1): 83-95 ISSN: 0340-7594; LA: ENGLISH; AB: Recordings were made in the chick cochlear nucleus from neurons that are sensitive to very low frequency sound. The tuning, discharge rate response and phase-locking properties of these units are described in detail. The principal conclusions are: 1. Low frequency (LF) units respond to sound frequencies between 10-800 Hz. Best thresholds average 60 dB SPL, and are occasionally as low as 40 dB SPL. While behavioral thresholds in this frequency range are not available for the domestic chick, these values are in good agreement with the pigeon behavioral audiogram (Kreithen and Quine 1979). 2. About 60% of the unit population displays tuning curves resembling low-pass filter functions with corner frequencies between 50-250 Hz. The remaining units have broad band-pass tuning curves. Best frequencies range from 50-300 Hz. 3. Spontaneous discharge rate was analyzed quantitatively for LF units recorded from nucleus angularis. The distribution of spontaneous rates for LF units is similar to that seen from higher CF units (300-5000 Hz) found in the same nucleus. However, the spontaneous firing of LF units is considerably more regular than that of their higher CF counterparts. 4. Low frequency units with low spontaneous rates (SR's less than 40 spikes/s) show large driven rate increases and usually saturate by discharging once or twice per stimulus cycle. Higher SR units often show no driven rate increases. 5. All LF units show strong phase-locking at all excitatory stimulus frequencies. Vector strengths as high as 0.98 have been observed at moderate sound levels. 6. The preferred phase of discharge (relative to the sound stimulus) increases with stimulus frequency in a nearly linear manner. This is consistent with the LF units being stimulated by a traveling wave. The slope of these phase-frequency relationships provides an estimate of traveling wave delay. These delays average 7.2 ms, longer than those seen for higher CF auditory brainstem units. These observations suggest that the peripheral site of low frequency sensitivity is the very distal region of the basilar papilla, an area whose morphology differs significantly from the rest of the chick basilar papilla. 7. LF units are described whose response to sound is inhibitory at frequencies above 50 Hz.; AN: 90095999
  4. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Cholinomimetics mimic efferent effects on semicircular canal afferent activity in the frog.; AU: Guth-PS; Norris-CH; Guth-SL; Quine-DB; Williams-WH; SO: Acta-Otolaryngol-Stockh. 1986 Sep-Oct; 102(3-4): 194-203; ISSN: 0001-6489; LA: ENGLISH; AB: Acetylcholine (Ach) has received strong support as the neurotransmitter at vestibular efferent nerve endings. Ach, cholinomimetics and cholinergic antagonists were therefore applied to frog isolated whole labyrinths and isolated semicircular canals. Both spontaneous and evoked single unit and multiple unit activities were recorded from the decentralized posterior semicircular canal afferent nerve. In a manner analogous to efferent nerve stimulation, Ach produced both facilitatory and inhibitory changes in afferent firing rates. The facilitatory effect is likely mediated by muscarinic receptors (i.e. atropine antagonizes it at low concentrations). The facilitatory effect can also be elicited by muscarine and carbachol and it is likely produced presynaptically on the vestibular sensory cell. That is, the effects of Ach are not changed by removal of the efferent neurons but they are absent when afferent transmitter release is blocked. The inhibitory effect is not as well characterized as is the facilitatory effect but it can be blocked by strychnine. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that Ach is the transmitter responsible for both the facilitatory and the inhibitory effects of efferent vestibular nerve stimulation.; AN: 86289185
  5. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Amino-oxyacetic acid as a palliative in tinnitus.; AU: Reed-HT; Meltzer-J; Crews-P; Norris-CH; Quine-DB; Guth-PS; SO: Arch-Otolaryngol. 1985 Dec; 111(12): 803-5; ISSN: 0003-9977; LA: ENGLISH; AB: Amino-oxyacetic acid, previously shown to cause a reversible loss of hearing sensitivity and a reduction in endocochlear potential, was tried as a palliative in human tinnitus. Because the drug seemed to have a cochlear site of action, patients were selected for the study if their audiograms were indicative of cochlear lesions and if there was a reduction in tinnitus following intravenous lidocaine (lidocaine positive). Ten such patients received either 50 or 75 mg of amino-oxyacetic acid four times a day orally for one week or placebo administered in a random, crossover, double-blind design. Of these ten, three reported subjective lessening of tinnitus. One of those three and two others not reporting subjective lessening of tinnitus showed a substantial improvement in speech discrimination scores while receiving amino-oxyacetic acid but not placebo. One additional patient who did not receive lidocaine also reported a subjective lessening of tinnitus. Four patients who were lidocaine negative showed neither subjective nor objective improvement in tinnitus after treatment with amino-oxyacetic acid.; AN: 86050007
  6. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Computer analysis of vestibular responses to putative neurotransmitters.; AU: Quine-DB; Guth-SL; Norris-CH; SO: J-Neurosci-Methods. 1985 Sep; 14(4): 241-6; ISSN: 0165-0270; LA: ENGLISH; AB: An inexpensive microcomputer (Commodore 64K) based system was developed for the analysis of neural spike trains. The trains were recorded from single ampullary units in response to mechanical stimulation of the isolated semicircular canal of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). A BASIC program provided a number of options while machine language subroutines generated interstimulus interval (ISI) and peristimulus time (PST) histograms. Up to thirty 5-s spike trains could be combined for analysis (0.1 ms resolution ISI, 100 ms bin width PST). Histograms and summary statistics were saved on floppy disks. The cost of adding this computer system to an existing neurophysiology laboratory is less than US $600 (printed, tape, and disk versions of these programs are available). The system was used to measure vestibular responses to putative vestibular neurotransmitters such as carbachol (an acetylcholine mimic) (Rossi et al., 1980) and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) (Flock and Lam, 1974).; AN: 86038960
  7. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Degraded discrimination between speech-like sounds by patients with multiple sclerosis and Friedreich's ataxia.; AU: Quine-DB; Regan-D; Murray-TJ; SO: Brain. 1984 Dec; 107 ( Pt 4): 1113-22; ISSN: 0006-8950; LA: ENGLISH; AB: We previously found that some patients with multiple sclerosis are selectively 'deaf' to changes in the pitch of a tone, even when audiometric sensitivity to pure tones is unimpaired. This subtle form of deafness is not experienced by patients with noise-induced hearing loss of exclusively peripheral origin. It was suggested that this auditory defect may be one possible cause for difficulties in discriminating speech, on the grounds that frequency changes in the speech waveform are known to be important for intelligibility. This implication is not self-evident; our earlier studies tested hearing with a single pure tone that was either frequency-modulated or amplitude-modulated, while even a simple approximation to speech sounds involves not one, but three narrow bands of noise (formants) whose frequencies and intensities change from instant to instant. The present study has investigated the ability of subjects to discriminate between speech-like sounds. These consisted of three formant frequencies generated by computer. The only difference between the sounds was that the lowest-frequency formant rose or fell in pitch by different amounts. In order to ensure that subjects used frequency (pitch) cues rather than any associated loudness cues were mixed different loudness shifts with the frequency shifts. Nineteen control subjects, 25 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 4 patients with Friedreich's ataxia (FA) were tested. Nine of the patients with MS and all 4 patients with FA gave results that fell outside the range of the control subjects. A possible pathophysiological basis for this observation is the finding that some neurons in the auditory pathway of animals respond preferentially to changes in tone frequency: homologues of these neurons might be functionally impaired in some patients with MS and FA.; AN: 85073609
  8. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: The potentiation of ototoxicity when aminooxyacetic acid and kanamycin are co-administered.; AU: Bryant-GM; Cronin-Schreiber-R; Alexander-A; Norris-CH; Quine-DB; Guth-PS; SO: Hear-Res. 1984 Aug; 15(2): 173-8; ISSN: 0378-5955; LA: ENGLISH; AB: Aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA) has been shown to confer protection against noise-induced cochlear trauma [3]. We, therefore, decided to study the possible protective effect of AOAA against kanamycin (KM) ototoxicity and found, instead, that AOAA potentiated the toxicity. To produce ototoxicity in guinea pigs, KM is usually given in 10-14 daily doses of 400 mg/kg s.c. However, when combined with a single dose of AOAA (8, 11, 15, or 25 mg/kg) a single 400 mg/kg dose of KM is sufficient to cause cochlear damage. Such animals show a negative Preyer's reflex between 1 to 3 days post injection. 21 days later hearing thresholds as detected electrocochleographically at 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16 kHz have changed drastically sometimes to the point of being undetectable. The damage seen histologically at this time is destruction of both inner and outer hair cells. A pharmacokinetic analysis of this potentiation revealed a slight prolongation of KM's sojourn in the inner ear. The possible mechanisms of this unexpected, marked potentiation are discussed but remain unknown.; AN: 85030159
  9. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Patients with multiple sclerosis experience hearing loss specifically for shifts of tone frequency.; AU: Quine-DB; Regan-D; Beverley-KI; Murray-TJ; SO: Arch-Neurol. 1984 May; 41(5): 506-8; ISSN: 0003-9942; LA: ENGLISH; AB: After exposure to a prolonged tone of changing intensity but constant frequency, controls, patients with peripheral hearing loss, and patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) demonstrated a reduced sensitivity to shifts in intensity; sensitivity to frequency shifts was unaffected. After exposure to a prolonged tone of changing frequency but constant intensity, control and patients with peripheral hearing loss demonstrated reduced sensitivity to shifts in frequency; sensitivity to intensity shifts was unaffected. Some patients with MS showed no loss of sensitivity to shifts in frequency. Our findings suggest that some patients with MS have abnormal mechanisms for processing changes of frequency. If such processing of frequency change is important for understanding speech, then this observation of a specific central hearing defect may help to explain poor speech discrimination in some patients with MS who have normal audiograms.: AN: 84202413
  10. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Delayed auditory tone perception in multiple sclerosis.; AU: Quine-DB; Regan-D; Murray-TJ; SO: Can-J-Neurol-Sci. 1983 Aug; 10(3): 183-6; ISSN: 0317-1671; LA: ENGLISH; AB: Delays of auditory perception at three frequencies were measured in 30 multiple sclerosis patients using a psychophysical technique. Nineteen patients had abnormal delays at one or more tone frequencies, though 15 had normal audiograms at those frequencies. In addition, auditory acuity for left-right asynchrony was abnormally poor in 13 patients, 9 of whom had normal audiograms. Such delays of auditory perception within a restricted frequency band may provide a partial explanation for degraded speech comprehension in some multiple sclerosis patients. AN: 84001706
  11. MEDLINE EXPRESS (R): TI: Hearing changes in multiple sclerosis.; AU: Weldon-PR; Murray-TJ; Quine-DB; SO: J-Neurosurg-Nurs. 1983 Apr; 15(2): 98-103; ISSN: 0047-2603; LA: ENGLISH; AN: 83188365
  12. DS 96-10-16 --- I am looking for info on the frequency range that birds can hear. The hokming pigeon can hear from 0.05 Hertz (NOT KHz) to about 10,000 Hz. The audiogram from 0.05 Hz to 200 Hz is published in Kreithen and Quine (1979) as referenced at: https://www.quine.org/pub-sci.html. The audiogram from 200 Hz up to 10,000 are reported by: Heise (1953) "Auditory Thresholds in the Pigeon" Amer. J. Psychology 66: 1-19 and by: Harrison and Furomoto (1971) "Pigeon Audiograms: comparison of evoked potentials and behavioral thresholds in individual birds" J. Aud. Res. 11: 33-42. Ornithology textbooks should be able to provide a variety of bird audiograms in the human audible range. Infrasonic studies are relatively rare with mine being the first infrasound audiograms although since then both electrophysiological and behavior supporting data has been developed through a number of studies. I don't recall off hand the ultrasonic capabilities of other birds. Bats, of course, in comparison are well known for their ultrasonic hearing capabilities - Doug
  13. NU 96-11-07 --- Good evening Professor. Very briefly, I'm curious at what frequencies birds "hear" in the sense of long range low frequency detections (like elephants) and the spectrum of their hearing capabilities. Could you direct me towards finding these answers? Thank you. see answer above - Doug
  14. AL 96-11-17 "Effects of Infrasound" --- I can't found recent references on effects of infrasound on organisms (human too). Please, can you help me? I'll be very glad. Thank you very much in advance and sorry for the trouble. Best Regards I would say that the best reference by far regarding the effects of infrasound on humans is: 1976. W. Tempest (editor) "Infrasound and Low Frequency Vibration" Academic Press, London / New York / San Francisco (364 pages). (My thesis contains about 20 pages of references but most do not relate to the effects of infrasound on animals or humans.) More recent items are probably best found through "Science Citation Index". Regarding hearing thresholds. The homing pigeon can hear from 0.05 Hertz (NOT KHz) to about 10,000 Hz. The audiogram from 0.05 Hz to 200 Hz is published in Kreithen and Quine (1979) as referenced at: https://www.quine.org/pub-sci.html. The audiogram from 200 Hz up to 10,000 are reported by: Heise (1953) "auditory Thresholds in the Pigeon" Amer. J. Psychology 66: 1-19 and by: Harrison and Furomoto (1971) "Pigeon Audiograms: comparison of evoked potentials and behavioral thresholds in individual birds" J. Aud. Res. 11: 33-42. Ornithology textbooks should be able to provide a variety of bird audiograms in the human audible range. Infrasonic studies are relatively rare with mine being the first infrasound audiograms although since then both electrophysiological and behavior supporting data has been developed through a number of studies. I hope this helps. - Doug
  15. RG 97-01-14 "Scientific Articles - Sign In" --- Thanks for the opportunity to read some scientific articles. Rgwright (at) gnn.com (Bob) Please advise me if there are any articles that you are interested in. - Doug

• Scientific publications: Abstracts

  1. TI 96-06-23 --- How can I safely discourage Pigeons from nesting on the roof of my house, and leaving such a terrible mess with their droppings. I have tried shooing them away, and have even put up an inflatable owl as a scarecrow. They keep coming back Help! -- If the inflated owl does not work, you've got some determined pests. Check with the local agricultural extension or farmers cooperative for other ideas. Noise makers will scare you away for much longer than it scares them away. Do you have a foods source that they like? If so perhaps it can be covered. - Doug

• Seminars and Lectures

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Douglas Quine - POSTNET Software POSTNET barcode decoder

1. From Doug Quine in response to the requests that I have received. Thank you for the kind words about my Web Pages. I'm sorry that my program does not work in reverse and create POSTNET barcodes. It is designed for decoding printed postal barcodes into ZIP codes. The WORD word processor from MICROSOFT (check under "Envelopes" options) and many other programs (such as: "InTouch" for Macintosh, "Address Dictionary" from Postalsoft (800-831-6245), and My Advanced Mailing List available at Office Superstores) will create POSTNET barcodes to go with addresses on envelopes. Such programs, however, do not meet USPS certification regulations unless the ZIPCODES have been confirmed against a licensed database within the last 6 months. - Doug
2. PK 96-06-14 --- Hello, I am looking for software that enables me to create envelopes ready for business reply or Bulk Rate mailing. I need post office approved templets and the ability to create POSTNET codes and FIM codes. Please e-mail me if you can help or have any suggestions.

   1/ PITNEY BOWES Shipping & Weighing: "SmartMailer" through 1-800-MR-BOWES (needs annual subscription)

   2/ POSTALSOFT: "DeskTop Postal Code" through 800-831-6245 (needs annual subscription)

   3/ MySoftware Co: "My Advanced Mailing List" through office superstores (needs annual subscription)

   - Doug
3. VE 96-07-20 --- We are trying to add Postal Bar Code Printing to our Windows and Mac Applications. Is there a Windows or Mac font we can simply add to our reports to accomplish this? Thanks for any help or advice you can give. UA 96-07-30 --- I am looking for a POSTNET bar code true type font. Any suggestions? I would appreciate any help I can get.
4. UA 96-08-01 --- It is/was very helpful. Thank you for your time & effort.
5. ET 96-08-21 --- Will your program work in reverse and give a barcode for a ZIP+4. I am trying to figure a way of of having my mailing list of 300 "cleaned" every 6 months and have personal contrl of it in the meantime without buying an expensive program. I enjoyed your home page. I am a quilter and was surprised to find many links of interest on your site.
6. FROM DOUG 96-08-25 --- I'm sorry that my program does not work in reverse and create POSTNET barcodes. The WORD word processor from MICROSOFT (check under "Envelopes" >options) and many other programs (such as: My Advanced Mailing List available at Office Superstores) will create POSTNET barcodes to go with addresses on envelopes. Such programs, however, do not meet USPS certification regulations unless the ZIPCODES have been confirmed against a licensed database within the last 6 months.
7. EC 96-08-25 ---- To say thank you doesn't begin to express my gratitude for directing me to Word. We have that program on my husband's computer but he doesn't do much word processing or letter writing. I have been searching high and low for an inexpensive barcoding program to use so that I can get my list certified every 6 months and print out my own labels in between times. I am so grateful that I don't even have time to feel like an idiot. Thank you
8. FR 96-08-27 --- My name is Fr and I need your program to decode the POSTNET barcode. I am in France (Paris), How I do get your software ? -- I've provided a copy to you - Doug Thank you
9. PE 96-08-28 --- I'm sure you're aware that the US Post Office has issued new standards for their POSTNET Barcode; ZIP+4, a space, and three more digits. As I'm also sure you're aware, WordPerfect arcode macro only allows a maximum of eleven characters. I've sent numerous e-mails to tech support at WP, asking them if there's a way to rectify that situation. I'e fooled around with their macro, and even got it to print a barcode with all the necessary lines, but it won't od it in a document. I keep getting an error message, telling me I've constructed an "Invalid US POSTNET Barcode. I'm afraid I'm not such a computer maven that I know where to find and eradicate this message. I noticed on the Web last night that you have a software product that interprets US POSTNET Barcodes. Do you also have one that constructs them, that I could use with WP? Please reply at your earliest convenience. By the way, if you would like, I will e-mail you a copy of the WP Barcode macro. Maybe you could use it to come up with a solution. Thanks for your time, & I hope to hear good news from you. Sincerely, PE. Make it simple, but not too simple ++Albert Einstein++
10. KE 96-09-18 --- I found your web page via yahoo. I have a mailing list I maintain in a database application. I'd like to start printing the POSTNET code on the lables so I can get the postal discount. Claris told me that it is just a matter of getting the POSTNET font but they didn't have it. Do you know where it is available? -- see the new FAQ section in my POSTNET page
11. KE 96-09-20 --- Thanks for the info. From your web page I figured you would be able to help.
12. DV 96-11-03 --- Thanks for providing the Info about PostNet printing. I'd like to make use of it for personal mailing -- not to get a discount, of course, but to do it just to do it. Your page was helpful. I'll check Word's capability. Combined with the USPS's free Zip+4 look up, maintaining addresses can be easy.
13. FL 96-11-04 -- Subj: Barcoding of Tray Labels --- As of January 1, 1997 (I think) the postal service is requiring that the tray labels for my non-profit organizations bulk mailings be barcoded. I already have the POSTNET, point-of-delivery barcoding capability in my word-processing software, but I have no idea howthe barcode on the tray labels is generated. In know how to label the labels, but I need software that can put on the barcode (whatever that is). Can you help? The POSTNET barcodes must be USPS CASS certified to earn the discounts. That means that you have to subscribe to the bimonthly update service or run some other address checking process on the addresses - word processing software alone is not enough. The labels must be generated from complex USPS label lists that are updated in the Postal Bulletin as often as every other week. I have not seen stand alone software to do this although it may exist from a company like BCC. I do nknow that Whittier offers a label printer and software for about $2000. You ciould also try calling POSTALSOFT at 800-831-6245 and see what their software can offer. If you find better please alternatives please let me know - or in any case tell me what solutions you find. - Doug
14. DO 96-12-03 "Barcode Decoders" --- Hi Douglas; I am looking for barcode decoding C++ code for 3 of 9 and others. We need to read barcodes from TIFF images. Can you help?. Thanks, DB Intermec (Everett, Washington) is a world leader in barcode decoding. They may have software for licensing. You could also try Symbol Technologies (New York state).- Doug
15. PR 96-12-14 --- "Postal Automation Website" --- I found your website a few days ago. The links to the Postal Bulletin are very useful, although since then I've also found them on the USPS pages. But perhaps it wasn't a very good idea trying to print out pages and pages of ZIP code changes on a networked printer in the middle of the afternoon! I'm still trying to keep up to date with the dear old Burroughs LSMs. I thought they were all supposed to have been phased out by now, but it still doesn't seem to be the case by any means. This is one of the reasons for this message: one reason is to say 'Like your website, it's a useful resource', the other is to say, could I try out a query on you that I'm interested in at present. In or about 1991 AMF O'Hare got its first LSM. At about the same time mail to the UK from Chicago & Illinois started to show on a regular basis LSM idents in the W range, generally in grey, but sometimes in red. I put this W ident down to the new LSM in O'Hare. At about the same time foreign mail that had previously gone through Indianapolis also started to have this W ident, so I took that to show that O'Hare had taken over Indy foreign mail. Then in 1995 foreign mail that used to be processed at St Paul started to show W idents, and at around the same time O T and U started to appear consistently in addition to W. Finally, in recent months I've noticed a few foreign items from Michigan (formerly despatched through Detroit) now showing the O U T W range of idents. I take this to mean that O'Hare got 3 more LSMs in about 1995, and is now processing outgoing foreign mail from a fairly wide area - something like ZIPs 400-630. On the other hand, it may be that the mail in question is being processed at Chicago P&DC, not O'Hare. I believe a new facility has recently been opened at Chicago. Yes? I've tried writing to Chicago P&DC to see if they could tell me anything that might confirm or correct my theories, but after nearlt 2 months no reply, so I've given up hope! Please - would you have any suggestions? I'm not asking you to do my enquiries for me, but if you can suggest another line of approach I'ld very much appreciate it. With all good wishes -- Paul Reynolds (of Postal Mech Study Circle) --- P.R.Reynolds (at) swansea.ac.uk
16. BE 96-12-19 "Barcodes" --- Interesting page! Question, do you know of any software that will print the barcode on the letter underneath the address, so that it can be mailed in a window envelope (thus eliminating the need for matching labels with letters)? Any thoughts or guesses would be appreciated! --- bellman (at) iquest.net (Jeff Bell) Certainly - The software mentioned in my POSTNET FAQ all can print the POSTNET barcode above or below the address in the address block (either is allowed by the USPS). - Doug https://www.quine.org/postnet.html
17. RB 97-01-04 "Postal Bar-Coding" --- I found your page while searching for information about the bar-coding that the USPS is using. I have a pretty good understanding of the POSTNET code on the front of an envelope, but I also note an orange coding on the reverse side of the envelope, and have no idea what that is for. Could you give me a quick explanation of this code? Also, I noticed that you have published a number of articles. Is it possible to get reprints of selected articles from you, or should I try to find the publications in which they appeared? --- rbauman (at) gmu.edu (Bob Bauman) The orange barcodes on the backs of envelopes are the mail piece ID tag applied by the Remote Bar Coding system in which operators enter address information that cannot be read by the USPS Optical Character Readers. Some pieces are also being tagged even though they can be read by the USPS readers because USPS is considering using these tags for tracing envelopes some time in the future. I can send any article reprints that you request. - Doug
18. RB 97-01-08 "Postal Bar-Coding - Request" --- Thanks very much for your quick response to my previous e-mail. I am interested in two of the articles listed on your web page. Could you please send me "Bar Code Questions Answered" and "Barcode Types Appearing on the Face of Domestic Mail" (both from Modern Postal History Journal)? --- rbauman (at) gmu.edu (Bob Bauman)

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1. [DBQ] Feb 11, 1997 "Martin Marietta" (found site through: Browsing) --- I was just searching for MMA news! I work in the south-east division. Thanks, Jason Jones
2. [DBQ] Feb 14, 1997 (found site through: Reference from a good friend) --- Doug, You are a man with too much time on your hands! --- from RollT1de (at) aol.com - Chris Spencer
3. [POSTNET] Feb 17, 1997 "POSTNET barcode specification" (found site through: Lycos search) --- I've been cruising the net to see if I can find a source on-line for the POSTNET barcode symbology specification. Can you point me in the right direction to locate such a specification on-line. Or, and I know this is asking a lot, if you have it in soft copy, would you mind emailing it to me? --- from wayne (at) aee.com The United States Postal Service specification is reprinted in chapter 5 of Publication 25 which is available on-line at the USPS site https://www.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub25/. Extensive documentation and information is available through the USPS home page and RIBBS page which are referenced on my home page Postal References. If you don't understand parts of the POSTNET specification document I can explain those items. - Doug
4. [DBQ] Feb 20, 1997 (found site through: Being extremely nosey, thank-you) --- Tell MC to write me back. Doesn't she check her e-mail? I hope you do! --- from gflat (at) innet.com - Holly Flateau!
5. [DBQ] Feb 21, 1997 --- the first time I signed in, AOL rejected me because I did not have any comments. You didn't state that was a requirement. --- from Jon Welch
6. [DBQ; More] Mar 19, 1997 (found site through: webcrawler) --- I found your page by surfin the net. --- bobsvgs1 (at) themall.net - Bob Henderson. Check out Bob's Video Graphics home page and sign the guest book.
7. [POSTNET] March 19 1997 "Auto OCR???" A friend of mine noticed the word "auto" (no quotes)placed before the bar code on the bottom of a cover. Do you know the meaning -- some "auto" machine function?? -- and why it is on some covers and not on others from the same post office. Could you point me in the direction for further information? Thanks in advance -- edr7 (at) worldnet.att.net - Edward Ryan Excellent question. The United States Postal Service requires that mailers who prebarcode their mail for a postal discount to print "AUTO" in front of the barcode to show that it was barcoded by a mailer for a discount and not barcoded by the United States Postal Service. These mailers would be using Multi Line Optical Character Reader systems (MLOCR) and could be large mailers or presort bureaus. The requirement for this marking was the reclassification regulations which took effect on July 1 1997. I trust that this answers your question. Regards, Doug
8. [POSTNET] March 19 1997 "Auto OCR???" Dr. Quine, Thank you for the fast reply. I'll pass along the information to my friend. And best of all I learned something new today. edr7 (at) worldnet.att.net - Edward Ryan
9. March 20 1997 --- COOL COOL COOL COOL COOL COOL from Allison Littlejohn
10. [DBQ] Mar 21, 1997 (found site through: webcrawler) Good luck with your home page! from shari (at) dataplusnet.com - Huey Steven Crowley
11. [DBQ] Mar 23, 1997 (found site through: webcrawler) --- cool....i'm so impressed from brambldr (at) aol.com - Duncan Bramble
12. [More] Apr 12, 1997 (found site through: webcrawler.com) --- Cool Page from Jason --- Email: XxWiNMaNxX (at) aol.com Web Page: https://members.aol.com/xxwinmanxx
13. [More] May 18, 1997 "geneology" (found site through: infoseek) --- I am also interested in the Boynton geneology. My father was born in West Chicago, Il. in 1895. His father moved to Virginia in 1908. I would be interested in communicating with you on the family. I am a graduate of Virginia Tech with a MS from Virginia Commonwealth University in accounting. I am a CPA and a minor shareholder in a small local firm, although I don't think I can take another tax season. from Douglas T. Boynton --- Email: dougjean (at) juno.com
14. [POSTNET] Jun 15, 1997 "barcode readers" (found site through: yahoo) --- what scanner (or reader) scans/or reads POSTnet barcode? I like to get some info on these scanners/readers. from thomas gerl --- Email: tgerl (at) tznet.com
15. [POSTNET] Jun 16, 1997 "POSTNET Barcode Readers" (found site through: I wrote the page) --- I have updated my POSTNET page to include sites with information about barcodes types, barcode vendors, and the National Address Server that will correct addresses and provide the barcode. Commercial grade scanners (runing 12,000 to 36,000 pieces per hour) can cost in the $10,000 to $20,000 range from Habitech (Dallas, Texas) and other postal automation vendors depending on read area and other specifications. Symbol Technologies (800-535-0201) manufactures a hand held POSTNET barcode reader called the Model LC2912 for $2,830. This unit can also can read interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes, Code 39, and code 128. Their web site also describes their history and role in Information Technology; the market for Bar Code-Based Systems; their products; PDF417: Symbol's Transformational Technology; manufacturing, sales and support; international reach; and financials. from Doug - Web Page: https://www.quine.org/
16. [POSTNET] Jun 18, 1997 "your postnet decoder" (found site through: Your e-mail) --- Thanks for your comments and link to our site. We have an updated page at www.scanlite.com. We have kept the old page because the search engines don't seem to find our new one. I would like to purchase your software so we will send a check. Would you also like us to list it on our site with a link to your page ? Just let us know and we'll get it done. Thanks ..... Mike "O" from Michael O'Grady --- Email: SCANLITE (at) INTREPID.NET Web Page: www.scanlite.com
17. [DBQ-T] Jun 28, 1997 "Mirror Web SIte" (found site through: I wrote the page) --- These web pages are now available at a mirror site: "https://www.triskelion-ltd.com/" from Doug - Web Page: https://www.triskelion-ltd.com/
18. [DBQ] Aug 17, 1997 "Stamps of Romania" (found site through: Francis Chan's Stamps Resources) --- Very nice and interesting ! from Laurentiu Cruceanu --- Email: phila (at) starnets.ro Web Page: https://www.mic.ro/clients/phila
19. [DBQ] Aug 20, 1997 "Family History" (found site through: AOL) --- I logged on to try to locate information for my brother whom is involved in the compilation of a family history of the Mulrooney's and Grossklois'. Raymond had recently sent to me a family history which dates back to Bartholomew de Boynton in 1067. I was intrigued by the infamy of Sir Henry Boynton and was searching for details of his execution when I located your page. I know my brother will ne interested in this and I will inform him of your site. I am certain he would be very interested in any other information you might have on Bartholomew, et al. Dennis Mulrooney, Miami, Fl from Dennis J. Mulrooney, Sr. --- Email: D Mul Sr (at) aol.com
20. [POSTNET] Sep 3, 1997 "Postal Barcodes" --- Douglas, I am looking for a routine that I can use in my Clipper 5.3 compiled program to enable me to print out a postal bar code on a label for the input of a zip code. I have written the Clipper software and would like to be able to link in a Clipper or C function that would do the conversion and printing. Thanks, Bruce Hurdman Email: lesmis (at) micron.net
21. [POSTNET] Sep 4, 1997 "barcoding my mail" (found site through: infoseek) --- Thanks for the great Web page, full of information. from Regina Roberts --- Email: db43 (at) jps.net
22. [POSTNET] Sep 9, 1997 "Word 97 form letters" --- I have Satori Software's Bulk Mailer+ and their C.A.S.S. subscription. I am told by Satori that I can print a barcode on an inside address of a Word 97 form letter(s). I only need to change the barcode (exported as part of the C.A.S.S. certified text file of addresses i am applying to my form letter) for the address(es) to the Satori barcode (satbar.ttf) My problem is that I don't know how to accomplish that. Could someone please help me? Thanks, Bill Smith --- Email: sterbrew (at) prodigy.net P.S. great site!I don't know if this will help. Word can make barcodes from the 11 digit ZIP codes. I have an earlier version of Word which works as follows: Use the TOOLS menu item and select ENVELOPES AND LABELS. - Doug
23. [POSTNET] Sep 10, 1997 "Word 97 form letters SOLUTION" --- Doug, Thank you for your response. My problem was getting the barcode to merge directly to a form letter. I am very much a novice at all this stuff. The Satori Software tech (Emil) sent me the solution. I will paste it below. /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ As far as I can tell, after you have created your mail merge file in Bulk Mailer, the steps you will want to take are:

    1) Type up your form letter.
    2) Choose Mail Merge from the Tools Window.
    3) Under Create, Choose Form Letter, Then choose Active Window
    4) Choose "Get Data" from the Data Source
    5) Choose your Mail Merge text file (should have a .txt extension).
    6) Choose Edit Main Document
    7) Select the "Insert Merge Field"
    8) Insert all of the fields you want in the Form Letter, including the
    DP_Barcode/
    9) Use your curser to highlight the Dp Barcode Field, choose Font from the
    Format menu, and select Satbar from the list of Fonts.
    10) Choose Mail Merge form the Tools menu, then choose Merge.
    

    I used these steps successfully in Word 6.0. If you have a different version of Word, your steps may be slightly different, but not substantially. Hope this helps, but let me know. Cheers, Emil /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Bill Smith --- Email: sterbrew (at) prodigy.net
24. [DBQ-T] Sep 15, 1997 "hi Doug" (found site through: metacrawler) --- Hey DOug-- Dov Lank here. Stumbled across you this evening while looking for course notes at Cornell that I could steal for my animal behavior class. Check out my web page, which you can get to via the SFU Biol page. Nothing as elaborate as your edifice.... cheers, dov from Dov Lank --- Email: dlank (at) sfu.ca Web Page: https://www.biol.sfu.ca
25. [DBQ] Sep 23, 1997 "Methusaleh Boynton" (found site through: yahoo.com) --- grgr grandson of Methusaleh Boynton brother of your Charles Boynton. Harry A. Muncey 9912 Dragon Circle huntington Beach,CA 92646 from Harry A. Muncey --- Email: hmuncey (at) smssvs.com
26. [More-T] Sep 28, 1997 (found site through: meta) --- dovidians of america email: dovidians (at) dovidians.org internet site: https://www.dovidians.org online september 5,1997 number of logons as of september 27: 1808 comments *rjk - that is great! do i know you?????????/ *hec (acm) - i concur with rjk, this is great *rlb and numerous others - who are you? we accept the analysis by a mensa member as being fair. "you are either frighteningly brilliant or a lunatic with access and too much time on your hands." *mensa23 - "i concur with the assessment" *email cc reply forum - um, ok this was informative. anyone else agree? *host allowed us to publish our site on the south asian journalist assn board. *our website has been highlighted on the internet, but we are still a tiny speck in the night sky. *did you ever see your name in japanese? sort of story telling. ours ends in i pi. just like lightman in war games, we seemed to have found a backdoor on the internet. we sent a message to ourselves off a computer assn board and the sender was ??? (at) ???. now if an unidentified server could bypass internet security, we would assume that nothing on the internet would be secure. should there be any doubts in your mind, we sent another message to our internet service provider and theirs read "unspecified sender". he said that they could not reply because the system did not know who the sender was. of course we subscribe to nettique rules of the internet. if you do not want to receive email from us in the future, just send us a delete request. from dovidians --- Email: mwwdovidians_org (at) hotmail.com Web Page: https://www.dovidians.org
27. [More-T] Sep 28, 1997 (found site through: meta) --- dovidians of america email: dovidians (at) dovidians.org internet site: https://www.dovidians.org online september 5,1997 number of logons as of september 27: 1808 comments *rjk - that is great! do i know you?????????/ *hec (acm) - i concur with rjk, this is great *rlb and numerous others - who are you? we accept the analysis by a mensa member as being fair. "you are either frighteningly brilliant or a lunatic with access and too much time on your hands." *mensa23 - "i concur with the assessment" *email cc reply forum - um, ok this was informative. anyone else agree? *host allowed us to publish our site on the south asian journalist assn board. *our website has been highlighted on the internet, but we are still a tiny speck in the night sky. *did you ever see your name in japanese? sort of story telling. ours ends in i pi. just like lightman in war games, we seemed to have found a backdoor on the internet. we sent a message to ourselves off a computer assn board and the sender was ??? (at) ???. now if an unidentified server could bypass internet security, we would assume that nothing on the internet would be secure. should there be any doubts in your mind, we sent another message to our internet service provider and theirs read "unspecified sender". he said that they could not reply because the system did not know who the sender was. of course we subscribe to nettique rules of the internet. if you do not want to receive email from us in the future, just send us a delete request. from dovidians --- Email: mwwdovidians_org (at) hotmail.com Web Page: https://members.aol.com/dovidians/world.html
28. [DBQ] Sep 29, 1997 "information request" (found site through: infrasound) --- Please, would you mind sending me information about infrasound. I'd like information about detection in the atmospher I look forward to hearing soon. My address is : ARRIBEņOS 3565 (1429) Ciudad de Buenos Aires ARGENTINA from Andres --- Email: apluchin (at) cvtci.com.ar
29. [DBQ] Nov 18, 1997 "The Beatles" (found site through: I forgot...) --- I was logon in for my friend to get to stamps. I looked under the history of stamps. Then I saw "The Beatles" in purple writing. That was like way cool. I LOVE THE BEATLES. Peace from Megan --- Email: poe2334 (at) hotmail.com
30. [DBQ-T] Nov 19, 1997 "pigeons" (found site through: altavista) --- hello it is easy to see that you process more knowledge on pigeon homing ability . than Icould ever know or understand. If you could help me reconise homers with good homeing ability.what should Ilook for or do ? thanks for any help you can share . frank crane i c q 4362494 from frank crane --- Email: frank_crane (at) yahoo.com
31. [DBQ] Nov 20, 1997 "Pigeon Homing" --- You ask a very reasonable question but unfortunately, the understanding of pigeon homing is still incomplete and our ability to use that information to predict homing success is still nonexistent. Scientists are still trying to work with very good homers to understand all their tricks! Even if we did understand the process, it would be like looking at an athlete sitting on the bench and preducting whether he would be the best player. Knowing how the muscle moves the foot does not tell you who runs fastest. I would suggest the tried and true method of tracking performance on each bird to see which are best - just as a coach or scout would watch players in action to see who is best. Also, of course, the ability to get the bird back into the timing cage quickly can make a difference - the first bird back does not get credit unless they clock in. Regards - Doug
32. [DBQ-T] Nov 24, 1997 You gotta funky up yo' page mon. Pretty lame. Some flashing lights maybe? from Matt ---
33. [POSTNET-T] Dec 5, 1997 "it isn't fair" (found site through: alta vista) --- By Executive Order Even............ All Federal Employees will receive a "free" holiday on Friday, Dec 26. All Federal Employees EXCEPT Postal Employees. It isn't fair. Postal Employees could be given holiday pay. If you agree that it is "UNFAIR" that Postal Employees have be excluded, would you please send an e-mail message to: payleave (at) opm.gov I welcome you to pass this on to others, so that they may respond regarding the inequity for excluding some federal employees from the "free holiday." Thanks Martha S. Habluetzel from Martha S. Habluetzel --- Email: dhabluetzel (at) interconnect.net
34. [DBQ] Dec 5, 1997 "arts and crafts and poetry" (found site through: your home link at beginning of last url) --- I am glad I did find your updated page as I had a link to your page and I was afraid I would just have to remove your link. Now I will be able to update it so others will enjoy your home page as much as I do. I have not even gotten to see 1/3 of it all and I want to try to read it all. There is just not enough hours in a day for me. Do you know of any links to education over the net that is free? I have taken some classes from the virtual U. I want to learn more kinds of things.I think that is why I enjoy your page so much. Keep me posted as I did sign up when changes are made and I think that is a good idea, I am sure it was an original idea.Right? Ladt time we wrote I could tell you have a broad knowledge of the internet and programming. Being handicapped as I am I am not able to do to much at a time and when I do anything I like it to keepmy interest. Thanks again, Jen from Jennie Brynildsen --- Email: jennieb (at) sprynet.com Web Page: https://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/jennieb
35. [DBQ] Dec 8, 1997 "psych.crime/" (found site through: infoseek) --- I am webmaster of psych.crime/, a website that documents psych crime, abuse and transgressions against individuals, society and humanity in general with referenced media, gov't/court documents etc. Also included at this site is PsychWard: A pictorial museum of Psychiatry. The site is at https://www.webgate.net/~cchr/psych.crime.0.htm Some of the images are quite disturbing. Fair Warning. I thought that this may be of interest to you. from K Taylor --- Email: kevintaylor (at) cheerful.com Web Page: https://www.webgate.net/~cchr/psych.crime.0.htm
36. [DBQ] Dec 29, 1997 "family tree" --- My mother has done research on our family tree as well (boynton). She is always looking for new links. A lot of yours looks very similar to ours. Would you be interested in exchanging notes. from Carey --- Email: carey5 (at) flash.net
37. [DBQ] Jan 4, 1998 "Ham's Dates" --- My father's death date should be February 3, 1991. The anniversary of the day that the music died. I am on-line at Dixie's house we just stopped by to see the web-sight. from Nancy Folk --- Email: Joshuapoint (at) juno.com
38. [POSTNET-T] Jan 26, 1998 (found site through: can't remember) --- could use a "Back to Top" button after each letter. Thanks for giving me a place to look all this up. I just started at MTSC and they are throwing around TLA's like crazy. from kb --- Email: kewabl (at) yahoo.com
39. [DBQ] Feb 2, 1998 "movement and memory/learning" (found site through: lycos) --- I am in the fifth grade and am beginning to set up my science fair experiment. I am interested in investigating the effects of dance or movement on memory and/or learning. I would appreciate any suggestions or leads for research. My mother and aunt have worked with therapies involving sensory integration with people who have disabilities, but I want to find information on projects or ideas that have been used with people without disabilities. Thank you, Lindsey Walters from Lindsey Walters --- Email: slw (at) cfw.com
40. [DBQ] Feb 15, 1998 I want find applicattions of infrasound frequency lower 20 Hz in our common life or industrial /military applications from Andres ROZLOSNIK --- Email: si-ir-ar (at) satlink.com
41. [DBQ] Feb 16, 1998 "infrasound" (found site through: Excite) --- I recall reading a reference to bird navigation through the use of infrasound in a relatively mainstream publication, such as Natural History or Smithsonian. I have searched for it extensively and can't seem to find it. I remember that it said something to the effect that the wind off the Andes emits sound of a certain frequency. You wouldn't know the reference would you? It's amazing that I stumbled upon your site. I have been aware of your father's work for some time. I think that I first heard of him when I read Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. Or perhaps it was something by Raymond Smullyan. Lee Edwards from Lee Edwards
42. [POSTNET] Feb 18, 1998 "POSTNET Checksum" --- > The formula is ADD up all the digits of the ZIP code (was 5 digits for A field) then 9 digits for C field and now 11 digits for DBPB). The checksum is whatever number is needed to get this number to become a multiple of 10. For example: the ZIP code 12345 adds up (1+2+3+4+5) to 15 and a checksum of 5 totals 20 which is a multiple of 10. If the numbers add up to a multiple of 10 already then the checksum is 0. from Doug - Web Page: https://www.quine.org/postnetj.html
43. [DBQ] Feb 22, 1998 "Philately" (found site through: Joe Luft's Philatelic Web Page) --- Member APS, Member BIA, Life Member PNC3, Member AFDCS Will have to check my holdings of PNCs. May be intersted in trades. Good Web Page. from Richard E. Crowe --- Email: rcrowe (at) concentric.net
44. [More-T] Feb 27, 1998 "Beatles" (found site through: Lycos) --- Really cool site. Please can you put my link on it. https://indigo.ie/~abpa/ It is the official Beatles Ireland Fan Club from Andrew Behan --- Email: abpa (at) indigo.ie Web Page: https://indigo.ie/~abpa/
45. [DBQ] Mar 7, 1998 "plate numbers" (found site through: hum.....) --- I have collected a few coil plates 3's and mostly 5's Am I correct in thinking this is an exchange or a for sale site tooo?? thinking this is an exchange and a for sale site?? What should I be looking for in general?? I am a begginner. regards Evy McGinness from Evy McGinness --- Email: REMCG (at) infoave.net
46. [DBQ] Mar 8, 1998 (found site through: Search.com) --- So what else have you been doing...pleased to run across your web site...now live in Santa Fe, NM ...still involved in Postal consulting...was in Saudi Arabia recently helping them redesign their system...tell me what you are really involved in and where you are living...gene hagburg from Eugene C. Hagburg --- Email: eugene.hagburg (at) internetMCI.com
47. [DBQ] Mar 20, 1998 "PNCs availabilty and general interest" (found site through: PNC3 web-site) --- Am APS and PNC3 member and looking for possible trade and purchases in the future. from Robert H. DesRosiers --- Email: rosyred (at) aug.com
48. [DBQ] Mar 28, 1998 "Zoology" --- A very interesting page need more like this. from NIcole Jefford --- Email: 9403307j (at) sci. student.gla.ac.uk
49. [DBQ] Apr 1, 1998 "infrasound" (found site through: Alta Vista) --- Do you know references on effects of infrasound upon cellular physiology or membrane permeability? from Margaret Mortz --- Email: mmortz (at) wsu.edu
50. [DBQ] Apr 2, 1998 "animal communication" (found site through: Info seek) --- What information do you have concerning animal communication compared with human communication? from Lorelyn Zapanta --- Email: imperialprincess (at) hotmail.com
51. [POSTNET-T] Apr 4, 1998 "MLOCR,s Bar Code Sorters, and Video Indexing" (found site through: Lycos) --- I am from Underwood Mail Centre which is part of Australia Post in Brisbane. At present we are about to introduce MLOCR, barcode sorters and Video Indexing to our centre. I am trying , however hard it has been, to gather information from places this technology is being used. The sort of information I am after is the type of improvements that have been made on the machines. Any information , email address or contacts you could give me I would much appreciate. Cheer From Down Under :-) from Matthew Staley --- Email: thuthy (at) one.net.au
52. [DBQ] Apr 24, 1998 "postal automation, customer satisfaction" (found site through: Alta Vista) --- Wow Doug, now I know what you do in your spare time! What's with the web address name "triskelion" (sp?) ? Do you do this on your work time because it would explain why Kelly can never get a hold of you. from Dan Paulus --- Email: danp (at) firstlogic.com
53. [POSTNET-T] May 4, 1998 "first class mail discounts" (found site through: webcrawler "Coding Accuracy Support System") --- Looking for a software that may help us save money with all our mailings. Are small business has started mailing several thousand of an letter. Any suggestions? from Jeana Walter --- Email: mediaink (at) mindspring.com
54. [DBQ] May 17, 1998 "PNCs" (found site through: Internet Explorer) --- Downloading want & exchange lists to see if we can help one another. from Dan Kauffman --- Email: dwkman (at) inreach.com
55. [DBQ] May 24, 1998 "Rowley Essex Research" (found site through: I forget but am here) --- I live in Yorkshire and have Rowley Yorkshire connections, eg ACY family but am very interested in the Boyntons. What a wonderful site you have I can see I will spend more time here now that I am really in the Rowley roots game. Mark from Mark Andrew --- Email: 106530.424 (at) compuserve.com
56. [DBQ] May 24, 1998 "Rowley Essex Research" (found site through: I forget but am here) --- I live in Yorkshire and have Rowley Yorkshire connections, eg ACY family but am very interested in the Boyntons. What a wonderful site you have I can see I will spend more time here now that I am really in the Rowley roots game. Mark from Mark Andrew --- Email: 106530.424 (at) compuserve.com
57. [DBQ] May 28, 1998 "Douglas Quine" (found site through: Yahoo) --- A great site Please have a look at my site about Douglas Quine https://perso.wanadoo.fr/durif.varces/ from DURIF --- Email: andre.durif (at) wanadoo.fr Web Page: https://perso.wanadoo.fr/durif.varces/
58. [DBQ] May 29, 1998 "pnc's singles sell trade etc" (found site through: www.dalestamps.com) --- have a rather large hord of pnc's used singles strips etc started collecting in 1986 at the start. would like sell,trade etc. must have15,000.00 to 20,000.00 linn's retail value by now from david w anderson --- Email: dwanderson (at) worldaccessnet.com
59. [DBQ] Jun 3, 1998 (found site through: yaahoo) --- Found you as I live at a house named BOYNTON in N Wales. Interst is in the barcode detector, as y company is into name and address s/w, thus mail sort codes etc. I thought it might be useful to make contact,we are always looking for new angles. Any thoughts on this? ps there ae 3 houses in the UK called Boynton. from david wyke --- Email: eos (at) enterprise.net
60. [DBQ] Jul 7, 1998 "Pigeons" (found site through: Infoseek) --- I am the CEO and founder of a commercial pest control company. Pigeons roosting or nesting on/in commercial structures is being addressed by competitors using poisons. I cannot allow my personnel to follow suit. Exclusionary tactics will work; however, clients consider these approaches to be too costly. Are there particular sounds that pigeons find dis- quieting to the point where the flock might move on with no harm done? from Jay Porter --- Email: ECIGuy (at) SWBell.Net
61. [DBQ] Jul 8, 1998 "Website" (found site through: Infoseek) --- Mr.Quine, Being the Manager of Production Planning at The Mail Equipment Shops of The USPS in Washington,D.C. and also being a newer Postal Worker (one year) I find the information on your website great! It will be one I use over and over. If there is anything you would need concerning MES, please email me and let me know Thanks, Tom Whitling from Thomas J. Whitling --- Email: tjwhit1 (at) bellatlantic.net or twhitlin (at) email.usps.gov
62. [POSTNET-T] Jul 14, 1998 "Postal Abbreviations" (found site through: Looked up new name for TTC) --- EOS (employee opinion survey) is missing from list thanks, from Roland Petit --- Email: Roland444 (at) AOL.COM
63. [DBQ] Jul 18, 1998 "Joint Lines on PNC's" (found site through: Joseph Luft Links) --- Scott lists joint line pairs for the Transportation Coils,but under imperfs, and with no reference to varying values for different plate numbers. Your list does not refer to them at all. Please enlighten me. If examples are necessary, use: 1908 jlp,pn 1;1908 jlp,pn3;1908 jlp,pn5; 1908 jl strip of 5,pn15. Is there no collecting in joint line pairs of these stamps? Thank you for your help. from Don Powell --- Email: trinitytwice (at) webtv.net
64. [DBQ] Sep 9, 1998 "mutual funds" (found site through: alta vista) --- Enjoyed visiting your site. from A. Bull --- Email: mutualfunds (at) mailexcite.com Web Page: https://www.fundz.com/
65. [DBQ] Sep 15, 1998 "Directory of Maximum Cards" --- Your site is nice and interestig. It is a good place to stop by. Keep up the good and creative work. Please Visit my internet sites dedicated for the hobby of Maximum Cards Collecting, at URL's: The Maximaphily Group of Israel Maximum Cards Collecting Directory of Maximum Cards Maximaphily club from Itzhak Shdemati --- Email: ishdemati (at) yahoo.com Web Page: https://members.xoom.com/mcsu
66. [DBQ] Sep 15, 1998 "Directory of Maximum Cards" --- Your site is nice and interestig. It is a good place to stop by. Keep up the good and creative work. Please Visit my internet sites dedicated for the hobby of Maximum Cards Collecting, at URL's: The Maximaphily Group of Israel Maximum Cards Collecting Directory of Maximum Cards Maximaphily club from Itzhak Shdemati --- Email: ishdemati (at) yahoo.com Web Page: https://members.xoom.com/mcsu
67. [POSTNET] Oct 29, 1998 "Postnet Code Verification" (found site through: Exite) --- Dear Sir, as a manufaturer of barcode Verifiers we are looking for a specification/standard and quality requirements for the Postnet code Can you please send us this as (PDF Dockument) if free available or give us an adress where we can get this specification. Thank you in Advance Wilfried Weigelt REA Elektronik GmbH Teichwiesenstr. 1 D-64367 Muehltal/Germany Tel +49 6154 6380 Fax +49 6154 638 195 from Wilfried Weigelt --- Email: WWeigelt (at) rea.de Web Page: https://www.rea.de
68. [DBQ] Nov 30, 1998 "1902 Popcorn Wagon Stamp" (found site through: Yahoo!) --- I'd like to know the market value of the 1902 Popcor Wagaon Stamp. from Jolene Lovato --- Email: lovato5 (at) gateway.net
69. [DBQ] Dec 13, 1998 "Employment" (found site through: dunno) --- Douglas Quine has a nice job. Do you? Put the POWER of the Internet to work for you in your Job Hunt! The Employment Connection has job resources for those who just need some extra cash, to those who are looking for $100,000+ salaries. from Taco bandito --- Email: taco (at) bandito.com Web Page: https://www.geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/Boardroom/7054/index.html
70. [DBQ] Dec 30, 1998 "Mostly Physics" (found site through: Yahoo) --- Interested in your ideas on translation indeterminacy. from Robert Fung --- Email: ca314159 (at) bestweb.net Web Page: https://www.bestweb.net/~ca314159/
71. [DBQ] Jan 3, 1999 "FMPCS" (found site through: dogpile) --- how do i get more technical information regarding the FMPCS? from maryanne cliff --- Email: mcliff0828 (at) aol.com
72. [DBQ] Jan 10, 1999 (found site through: qwl) --- An RCA is a Rural Carrier Relief (substitute rural carrier) from Linda Dellinger --- Email: ldelli5151 (at) aol.com
73. [DBQ] Jan 27, 1999 "Argosy" (found site through: Netscape) --- Hi. I was up in Central City, CO panning gold and took an old house for a few months. Some previous tenant had left an Argosy, dated October 1954. Reading the article on diamond hunting in Venezuela I eventually went. True I lost my camera, film, backpack, placer pan, rock hammer, shovel, and return ticket but if I could read more of those old Argosys I might have better luck next time. Are they available anywhere? Thanks. from William T. Johnston --- Email: billy_j (at) primenet.com
74. [DBQ] Feb 9, 1999 (found site through: aol - find) --- Thanks for the help from jmm --- Email: gomk (at) aol.com
75. [DBQ] Mar 12, 1999 "Two Dogmas of Empiricism et al." (found site through: Excite) --- I have no formal training in philosohy beyond Hum 5, and I regret that I did not discover W.V.O. Quine until sometime after I graduated from Harvard in '68. I have long been intrigued by Professor Quines writings (not to mention entertained by his wit and literate style). Do you happen to know if there is, in New York City, anything resembling an informal study group of his writings? I am particularly interested in his "Two Dogmas" essay. Many thanks. Lou Hinman from Lou Hinman --- Email: lohinma (at) hotmail.com
76. [POSTNET-T] Mar 29, 1999 (found site through: Altavista) --- Doug- Just fell over your site. Was looking for useful stuff for a presentation re:Planet Codes. Have a happy! Gail N-K from Gail Nickel-Kailing --- Email: gailnk (at) firstlogic.com
77. [DBQ] Apr 2, 1999 "Paine family relatives" (found site through: Surname list) --- Trying to get background information on Alice Peabody PAINE from Forrest R. Paine --- Email: MeGoToo (at) aol.com
78. [DBQ] Apr 7, 1999 "infrasound" (found site through: yahoo) --- I am very interested in finding out as much as I can about infrasound - is there any papers or details you can email me - I would be very grateful. from Hannah Tapping --- Email: books (at) barni.co.uk
79. [DBQ] Apr 16, 1999 "Jaisini, Gleitzeit" (found site through: AOL) --- Talk Show, Jaisini Talk Show is a painting which proves the idea that we live in a postmodern world of the apparent loss of any reasonable hope in a desirable alternative to the present. In Talk Show, immediacy unites with immortality, trivial with profound. In our days the long time myth of immortality is replaced by the myth of immediacy. The substitution of the trivial for the profound for many was a loss, rather than a gain. Jaisini unites the two principles, searching for unique ways that can create this double effect of a physical lowland, united with the philosophical purity of mind. talk Show may have a significance of the biblical wisdom based on a street scene. The work shows people in time when sex became 'the new lyricism of the masses'. The work shows that we live in a more cynical, realistic time by means of parody. The new cynicism is the old one. The work can relate to all, at all times. Talk show has the analogous environment as the work called Show Time; the crowd representatives and the image that centers the crowd's attention. In Talk Show, it is the two dogs in an intercourse that attract the attention of different people. In the painting we can clearly see the interlocked line composition. This line flows freely as an unconscious line. The absence of an 'end' in jaisini's composition may be his revolt against the end of ideology and the general failures of social theories obsessed with 'ends'. Modern society was once based on a principle of expansion, but having reached a certain 'critical mass' it has begun to recoil. Is this why the artist creates his secluded composition? What are we witnessing in the domain of social is a kind of the inverse explosion? The artist avoids to break the line not to allow the expansion that is now regressive and 'archaic.' The principle of enclosure is the radical inquiry for continuance. Jaisini has found his way to avoid the end-state. His closed circle of composition creates a visual mode of traveling energy. The artist tries to withdraw into the incorruptible consciousness. The communication code in 'Talk Show" provides a 'recognizable meaning.' The 'Talk Show" mockery reflects the contemporary condition of Byzantism. It could be mentioned here, that even in Cicero's time, the ancient world was becoming stupid. "Talk Show' may symbolize the mass communication as an enclosing circle connecting mass culture and its audiences of 'mass conformism.' The picture's title can be attributed to the fact that consequently television, along with the rest of mass culture, has become an undreamed-of medium of psychological control. We become part of mass communication circuits, part of a realm and era of connection, contact, feedback, an era that is 'obscene,' yet lunar cold. The reason why the artist prescribes the emerald color to his painting may be this coldness of the contemporary world of communication which contacts penetrate without resistance. In the picture we see the dogs' intercourse as the critique of the talk show. Thank you for reading, Sincerely Yustas Text Copyright yustas Kotz-Gottlieb --- Email: Yustas61 (at) aol.com
80. [DBQ] Apr 18, 1999 "Pigeon marker rings" (found site through: hotbot) --- I want to find out if there are any American suppliers of plastic marker rings for pigeons. I need to know before I return to South Africa in a few weeks. Thanks Gustav from Gustav Barnard --- Email: gbarnard (at) sprynet.com
81. [DBQ] Apr 25, 1999 (found site through: Linn's, Forum Update) --- Like the 'E' mail cartoon! from Lee M. Roberts --- Email: leemr3ra (at) webtv.net
82. [POSTNET] Apr 28, 1999 "Viewing a USPS code breaker" (found site through: PMSC - Alistair Nixon) --- Hiya! My main interest is the "- 2 out of 5" bar codes of NZ and the new patterns applied to mail since about 12 months ago. I thought that this site apart from being of interest might help. I see that there is another connected site to which I can gain access but I can ill affored the $2830 scanning unit mentioned! I will have a look later on. However I am also really after cracking NZ's new four state codes - details will no doubt be deciphered in due course; if you think you can help me - that would be great! thank you. David. from David Smitham --- Email: Annnie.David.Smitham (at) xtra.co.nz
83. [DBQ] May 21, 1999 "Postal Glossary" (found site through: AltaVista) --- Dear Mr. Quine, We are bidding on a postal-related material handling system; and one requirement is that it be "FMPCS and CPOCS compatible". Not knowing what these terms are, I did a Web search, and found your glossary. It certainly helped. I explored some of your other philatelic pages, and was impressed with your efforts. I like the power of the Web. I feel that a major part of that power is individuals publishing info not for commercial reasons, but simply because it interests them and might interest others. When I find such a useful site, I feel it's important to let the creator know his work is appreciated. Thank you very much for the work you put into your site. It is an example of the best of the Web. Martin L. Shoemaker, Mannesmann Dematic Rapistan Systems from Martin L. Shoemaker --- Email: shoemakerml (at) rapistan.com Web Page: www.rapistan.com
84. [POSTNET-T] Jun 9, 1999 (found site through: yahoo) --- nice collection of usps terms. from Dan Brinkhaus --- Email: dbrinkhaus (at) icsystem.com>
85. [DBQ] Jul 14, 1999 "Hard Days Night" (found site through: Yahoo) --- Do know if the original version of A Hard Day's Night United Artists UAL 6366, UAS 6366 June 26, 1964 is available on CD? Thi is a great and very useful/user-friendly site. from Greg --- Email: gjames (at) chscorp.com
86. [DBQ] Jul 24, 1999 "Thirty Years After" (found site through: Sherlock) --- What a kick. Good Morning, Good Morning, Doug. James Owens here. Out looking for Beatle websites. A few weeks ago, I was dropping a friend's son off at Wellesley college for enrichment camp and saw your Surname upon a door in his dorm. Any connection? Hope things are going well for you and yours. Life is good here in West Roxbury. I didn't attend the 30th Reunion last month. I feel less and less connection to the school the longer Rev. Jarvis runs his Graeco-Roman Masterpiece Theatre schtick. Take care, JO from James Owens --- Email: jmsowens (at) mindspring.com
87. [DBQ] Aug 11, 1999 "Acting" (found site through: Yahoo) --- Reader I was looking for Don Quine of the Viginian. I believe it was a television show in the 60s. I am 30, I don't even know who this actor was or seen it on cable. I realize I am barking up the wrong tree. Well, the legend has it that my uncle was once married to his mother. I write because I was not digging in to a family tree of your, but trying to find the character of my own grandfather. Search engines lead to god knows where. Sorry for waisting your time. SP Gores from Stacey Paul Gores --- Email: SP Gores (at) AOL.Com
88. [DBQ-T] Aug 14, 1999 "T-SHIRTS" --- from bill --- Email: shirtshop1 (at) aol.com Web Page: https://www.shirtshopexpress.com
89. [POSTNET-T] Aug 24, 1999 (found site through: Excite) --- I'm a postal employeee, and find this information to be useful, from Bernie McCarthy --- Email: Bmac848 (at) prodigy.net
90. [DBQ] Oct 11, 1999 "a" (found site through: a) --- if ( time == less ) { sleep }; else if ( girl != often ) { space }; else ( 4ever contained ); var const me; const irrational=time; int escape; char life; (me != people) { paranoid && escape >everything if (everything = today) { cout > "again?" cout << endl; } End https://www.intoxicated.com/delete/meaningoflife from doug --- Email: qui (at) more.com Web Page: https://www.intoxicated.com/delete/meaningoflife
91. [DBQ] Oct 14, 1999 RECAP (found site through: excite) --- Quine is amazing- i am studying his works and methods of theory in a class at Purchase College {Purchase, NY} and the information which has pressented to me thus far is simply intriguing as well as mind expanding......thanx. from dave alger ---

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