RISKS Info

Date: 10 Jan 2017 (LAST-MODIFIED)
From: RISKS-request@csl.sri.com
Subject: Info on RISKS (comp.risks), contributions, subscriptions, FTP, etc.

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=> OFFICIAL ARCHIVES
  http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/VL/IS gets you VoLume, ISsue.
 Also ftp://ftp.sri.com/risks for the current volume
     or ftp://ftp.sri.com/VL/risks-VL.IS for previous VoLume, IS = number.
  redirects you to Lindsay Marshall's Newcastle archive.
  If none of those work for you, the most recent issue is always at
     http://www.csl.sri.com/users/risko/risks.txt, and index at /risks-30.00
   Lindsay has also added to the Newcastle catless site a palmtop version
   of the most recent RISKS issue: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/w/r
  .
==> PGN's comprehensive historical Illustrative Risks summary of one liners:
     for browsing,
     or .ps for printing

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