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! * * * B I T N E T   P S Y C H O L O G Y   N E W S L E T T E R  * * * !
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!  Volume 3, Number 22, September 11, 1988             Circulation 941 !
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!    From the Ed. Psych. Dept., University of Houston, Texas  77004    !
!                      Robert C. Morecock, Editor                      !
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Today's Topics:

1.  USSR and Electronic Mail Networking with the Western World

2.  Senate Testimony on Educational Electronic Mail Networking

3.  Steven Pinker and Stevan Harnad on 'Rules and Learning'

4.  New Journal - Interacting with Computers - Paper Call

5.  Free Statistical Hardware for Students
    and Free Clinical Assessment System Software for Students
      -- Walter Hudson

6.   Files Arriving at the Bulletin Board Since the Last Issue

7.   How to Retrieve Bulletin Board Files

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                       USSR Academy of Sciences and EARN

This letter is from the Feedback section of the BITNET publication NetMonth,
August 1988 edition, edited by Chris Condon.  The topic is that of the USSR
Academy of Sciences having requested a connection to the EARN network for
their computers ...

   From:     Hank Nussbacher <HANK at BARILVM.BITNET>
   Subject:  More on Russia and networking...

   Some comments on David Hibler's July editorial:   First, let me
   correct  you on  one point.    The Soviet  Union has  requested
   connection to the  network but not to BITNET -  rather to EARN.
   If you  are in favor of  open communication paths  then perhaps
   the United  States and people  within BITNET should  stop using
   geocentricism when  assuming that  all networks  revolve around
   them.  True, many do, but the fact that Russia (and Hungary and
   Bulgaria)   have  requested  EARN  membership  and  not  BITNET
   membership should say something to you.

   The major problem  of connecting all these  communist countries
   to the network is  not a security fear.   It is  the US Dept of
   Commerce  that  forbids  it.    Whenever  any  country  buys  a
   supercomputer from the United States  (Cray or ETA for example)
   they are required  to sign a very stringent  agreement with the
   US Dept of Commerce that that supercomputer will not be made in
   any way shape or form available  to communist countries - which
   includes  via electronic  methods.   The  US  Dept of  Commerce
   realized that one way around the trade  ban would be for a non-
   aligned nation to  order a Cray XMP/48 and install  an M1 (2Mb)
   line to  Moscow.   True,  the computer  never made it  over the
   border,  but its computing power would be sent over the border.
   So, all EARN sites (as well as many Canadian sites) that have a
   super computer  connected directly or  indirectly to  BITNET or
   EARN would  have to  *renegotiate* their  contract with  the US
   Dept of Commerce.    Feelers are being made  in that direction,
   but the game is just in the early innings so it is too early to
   tell  if the  US Dept  of Commerce  will relent  and alter  the
   supercomputer licences already issued.

   EARN has been  working over the past year  on accepting various
   new countries to their network.  Voting was concluded last year
   for  four new  countries and  their  ratification was  formally
   approved:

        Algeria    - University of Annaba
        Cyprus     - University of Cyprus
        Luxembourg - CEPS/INSTEAD
        Yugoslavia - UNESCO International Centre

   Last month  two new countries have  been ratified as  valid for
   EARN and they are:

        Morocco    - EMI
        India      - Tata Institute

   Currently, EARN is discussing requests from 3 eastern countries
   to join EARN, principal among them is the USSR:

        Hungary
        USSR       -  USSR Academy of Sciences
        Bulgaria

   There are various  legal problems with this and it  may be some
   time before a formal decision is reached.

   Just thought  I'd let  you all  know how  things are  currently
   rather than  the usual speculation  and philosophy  behind this
   topic.

   Hank Nussbacher
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Kenneth M. King, President of EDUCOM, recently testified before the
Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee of the United States Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

Discussing the formation of a national educational and research network,
King stated that "there is a broad consensus among government, education,
and industry leaders that creation of a high-speed national research and
education computer network is a critical national priority."

The complete text of the testimony is available for the Psychology
Bulletin Board in the file SENATE TESTIMON    .  -- Ed.
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       STEVEN PINKER AND STEVAN HARNAD ON 'RULES AND LEARNING'

Recently Steven Pinker presented a paper on aspects of cognitive psychology
to a major international convention.  Steven Harnad has replied to that
paper, followed by counter-replies from Dr. Pinker.  The set of six
commentaries are contained in the file HARNAD PRINCE on the Psychology
Bulletin Board, and provide a good example of how electronic mail
networking can facilitate the work of science by providing rapid
communication among scholars.  The files are reprinted from another
electronic mail list.  (Ed.)
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From:       mdw at INF.RL.AC.UK


INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS - CALL FOR PAPERS
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS will provide a new international forum for
communication about HCI issues betwen academia and industry.
It will allow information to be disseminated in a form
accessible to all HCI practitioners, not just to academic researchers.
This new journal is produced in conjunction with the BCS
Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group.  Its aim is to stimulate ideas
and provoke widespread discussion with a forward-looking perspective.
A dialogue will be built up between theorists, researchers and human
factors engineers in academia, industry and commerce thus fostering
interdisciplinary dependencies.

The journal will initially appear three times a year.  The first issue
of INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS will be published in March 1989.

Each issue will contain a large number of fully refereed papers
presented in a form and style suitable for the widest possible
audience.  All long papers will carry an executive summary for those who would
not read the paper in full.  Papers may be of any length but content will be
substantial.  Short applications-directed papers from industrial contributors
are actively encouraged.

Every paper will be refereed not only by appropriate peers but also by experts
outside the area of specialisation.  It is intended to support a continuing
commentary on published papers by referees and journal readers.


The complete call for papers is in the file JOURNAL INT-COMP
available from the Psychology Bulletin Board -- Ed.
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From: Walter Hudson  AIWWH at ASUACAD

FREE  STATISTICAL  SOFTWARE FOR STUDENTS -- The WALMYR Publishing
Co. has released a  free  Student  Edition  of  the  "Statistical
Package  for  the  Personal Computer" or SPPC Program.  It is NOT
public domain software.  It is copyrighted and cannot be modified
in any manner.  However, you may copy the Student Edition of  the
SPPC  Program  and  give  a  copy to every student in your class,
school, college or university.  Or, you may install the SPPC on a
local area network or LAN system and thereby make it available to
all students.

  If you would like to have a copy of the Student Edition of  the
SPPC  program,  send four formatted blank diskettes and a stamped
self-addressed return mailer to the Software Exchange, School  of
Social  Work,  Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287.  Please
note: Diskettes will not be returned unless adequate  postage  is
enclosed.
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From: Walter Hudson   AIWWH at ASUACAD

  FREE  CLINICAL  ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS -- Walter Hudson
has just  released  a  FREE  Student  Version  of  the  "Clinical
Assessment System" or CAS program which may be used for classroom
or  field  practicum training in psychiatry, clinical psychology,
social work, counseling and other human service professions.   It
is   an   extensive   system   which   enables   future  clinical
practitioners to learn  computer-based  clinical  assessment  and
progress monitoring.  It is shipped with 20 clinical scales ready
for  use and the CAS program is designed for interactive use with
clients.  Administers and scores the  scales  and  sends  graphic
output  to  the  screen,  disk files, and printer.  If you want a
copy of the CAS program, send three formatted blank floppies  and
a  stamped self-addressed return mailer to the Software Exchange,
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287.
NOTE: Diskettes will NOT be returned unless adequate  postage  is
enclosed.

  The  Student  Version  of the CAS program may be copied for and
distributed to virtually every student in your school, department
or university.  The aim  of  this  FREE  Student  Edition  is  to
encourage  students  to  learn  how to monitor and evaluate their
clinical practice.
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                  FILES ARRIVING SINCE THE LAST ISSUE

________________________________________________________________________
FILENAME FILETYPE | (Posting Date)      FILE CONTENTS
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AIDSNEWS 57         (09.01.88) AIDS Newsletter
AIDSNEWS 58         (09.01.88) AIDS Newsletter
AIDSNEWS 59         (09.01.88) AIDS Newsletter
AIDSNEWS 60         (09.05.88) AIDS Newsletter
AIDSNEWS 61         (09.05.88) AIDS Newsletter
AIDSNEWS SIGNUP     How to get the latest AIDS news automatically
BITNET   SERVERS    (09.01.88) - other fileservers on Bitnet
COMPUTER SOCV3N24   (09.05.88) Computer and Society Digest
CRTNET   150        (09.05.88) Communications Research and Theory Newsletter
CRTNET   151        (09.05.88) Communications Research and Theory Newsletter
CRTNET   152        (09.08.88) Communications Research and Theory Newsletter
FONETIKS 880901     (09.09.88) Phonetics Newsletter
HARNAD   PRINCE     (09.10.88) S.Harnad&S.Pinker discuss 'On Rules&Learning'
JOURNAL  INT-COMP   (09.10.88) New Journal Paper Call-'Interacting w/Computers'
MEDNEWS  VOL1N33    (09.02.88) Health Info-Com Network Newsletter
MEDNEWS  VOL1N34    (09.05.88) Health Info-Com Network Newsletter
MEDNEWS  VOL1N35    (09.09.88) Health Info-Com Network Newsletter
NETMONTH 1988AUG    (09.05.88) Bitnet MONTHLY news magazine
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system is.  To make the request use the same method you use to 'chat' or
talk interactively with live users at other nodes.  From a CMS node this
might look like:

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from a VAX system it might look like:

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At other Bitnet sites (or if these fail for you) check with  your  local
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people  at other nodes) send an electronic mail letter to userid EPSYNET
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requested file, usually the same day that your letter arrives.
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