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Printing Questions |
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How can I uncompress gzipped files?
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To uncompress use gunzip, which is part of the standard
installation in Unix systems. For Windows systems,
you can get it for free from
ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/utilities/i386
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How can I view/print postscript files?
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To get a free Postscript viewer, go to
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/
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How can I view/print PDF files?
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To get a free PDF viewer, go to
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/. If you have trouble
printing a PDF file, try downloading the latest version of acrobat reader
(currently 4.0).
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SIGMOD Record Questions |
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Where can I find old issues of SIGMOD Record?
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All SIGMOD Record issues since September 1993 (Vol 22, No. 3) are
available online as part of
SIGMOD Record - Web Edition. Earlier SIGMOD Record issues (prior to
September 1993) and all of the SIGMOD Conference
Proceedings are available through the
SIGMOD Anthology. We are currently uploading them on the
web and they should also be available online soon.
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Is there an XML version of the table of contents for SIGMOD Record?
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Yes! The ACM SIGMOD Record: XML Edition is available at
http://www.acm.org/sigmod/record/xml/ (the original site is at
http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/Araneus/Sigmod).
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How much does SIGMOD Record cost?
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The SIGMOD Record (ISSN 0163-5808) subscription cost is included in
the SIGMOD membership dues of $20.00 for ACM members, $20.00 for
non-ACM members and $12.00 for students.
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When did SIGMOD Record first appear on the web?
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The web edition of the SIGMOD Record was established in September
1993. It contains the table of contents and all the articles (usually
in postscript format) of each issue. In the winter of 1997, the SIGMOD
Record section of the SIGMOD web server was transformed into ``SIGMOD
Record - web edition'.
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SIGMOD Questions |
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How can I join SIGMOD?
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You can join
ACM and
SIGMOD
online, or in
other ways.
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My question has not been answered, what should I do?
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If your question is about SIGMOD
(the ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data),
you should send email to any of the
SIGMOD Officers.
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If your question is about
SIGMOD Online (the SIGMOD web pages) but
is not related to SIGMOD Record,
you should send email to
Alberto Mendelzon,
the Information Director.
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If your question is about
SIGMOD Record,
you should send email to one of the
Record Editors.
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If your question is about SIGMOD Record -
Web edition,
you should send email to
Ioana Manolescu
the webmaster.
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