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24    Now for a "-able " from The Martian Man!!
25 There are many ways to study science.  No single way is the
26 best for everybody.  We've prepared this book, and others,
27 to introduce you to science a bit at a time.  We could have
28 written a long book with many ideas and many chapters.
29 Instead, we chose to present a few important things for you
30 to think about in each of these books.  And we've done it
31 in such a way that you can do science activities--not just
32 read about them.
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34 __________________________Martian Man_______________________
35 ======================================================================
36 Quizmaster:  Re: "mans inherently violent nature......games such as 
37 Risk ......Survival Game"  I believe that you will find that there is 
38 a BIG difference between violence and competition.  Do you understand 
39 that difference?
40 ============================================== Sudden Death ==========
41 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-; 
42 Inherently violent nature- yes I can see that. It is not a needed thing
43 like competion, for we all feel a need to "win". Not the same for good
44 old violence, which is both senseless and needless. From the bully down
45 the block to a terrorist hiding in his hole, we find the same pattern:
46 violence being meted out to obtain some sense of control and power over
47 others. Ego, if I'm noy mistaken, has a lot to do with it. What should
48 be done is find a way of suppressing this need without stifling the
49 individual. And iI would prefer to avoid mind control (although that
50 could have some definite advantages, hmmmmmmmmm) as it might bring us all
51 
a little closer to "BIG BROTHER". 
52 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
53 LAISSEZ-FAIRE;  I STILL AWAIT AN EXPLANATION OF YOUR STATEMENT.
54                 SINCERELY,
55                 MISTRESS
56  
57 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
58 AH, yes, but man does have an inher-
59 ently violent nature.  How many people
60 have hit something in a blind rage,
61 as a means of expression, rather
62 than a means to dominate?
63    Even in other higher primates
64 we find violent aggression.  Van 
65 Goodall recently documented an actual
66 war between troops of chimps in Africa.
67 Violence and agression seems to be
68 part of the animal in all animals.
69 
70                   The Frogman
71 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
72 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
73 Gee, I think I started a, a *REAL* discussion!! Too bad I have nothing to add to it.
74 Alex:Life is wonderfull, I built a few sections of prototype last night and it 
75 is looking to be easyer then origionaly anticipated. Call me when you can.
76 N.A.P.P:What day was that? I need to be in washington for a con oct 2-3-4 and
77 maybe 5.
78 Prometheus&co:Biweekly brain brake today, see you at MLC when I can.
79 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
80 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
81 Quizmaster,
82         I will pick them up today...at a whopping cost of $ 3.58... Lets see
83 it was a 153 and a 166 .... As for the Risk game this Friday...I'll check with
84 the wife and see if she has any objections to rampant destruction being 
85 perpetrated in her dining room. If we need another player....I am sure 
86 I could convince " Black Bart " to join the bloodletting. Provided he has
87 been thoroughly plied with V.O.L. beforehand...and sits facing south...
88 as that seat seems to bring the full effect into play.
89  
90 Laz,
91         Or perhaps you would care to join us on the field of mayhem..? 
92 I also understand you are starting a sequential Risk game...As I recall
93 the gaining of countries is solely dependent on numerical superiority of the
94 attacking forces with the resultant occupying troops being the difference 
95 between the number of offensive & defensive men on the country in question.
96 Is that correct ?. How are normal & Wild cards handled ?
97  
98 L'homme,
99         Ran across an interesting article on Chaos theory in the Economist...
100 of all places...It lends credence to the V.O.L. effect. If we have a game 
101 Friday you can take a look. By the way you didn't say if you had read 
102 Brin's  " The Pratice Effect " ...good book...nice twist
103 So you have retired the mustang.....what was it replaced by ?  300ZX turbo ?
104  
105 MiG,
106         They have neither.... The E/2 was $4.00 more than the figure you spoke
107 of....And they have no idea how much or when either one will cost or be in
108 stock ...Sooooo what now ? are there any substitutes ? alternate sources ?
109  
110 Original sin....an unsubstantiated christian myth which provides a 
111 " raison d'etre " for many christian cults. Using a simplistic cause and 
112 effect relationship to insure loyalty to the faith.....You were born in sin 
113 therefore you must serve the deity so you may be saved......Yawn..yawn..Zzzzzz
114 As for * SIN * itself, I always understood it to be a variation of the 21st 
115 letter of the Hebrew alphabet (SHIN....you know...the Shin bone is connected
116 to the........
117  
118 :::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
119 )_%*)_%*!#)_%*@!#_%*!+*%!+*%!_)*%+!#(%!+#*%+)*%@)#*%_)@#*%_)@#*%@)_#*%@_#%*@
120 Alex : NO NO NO!!! I would NEVER retire the Mustang voluntarily. What I think
121  Quizmaster meant was I got a new set of wheels: for my tires. Nice Magnum 500s
122  which are original Mustang sport wheels - no high school craggers or appliance
123  on my car!
124  I have not read TPE. I am just finishing Sun Diver. Is TPE before or after
125  the Star Tide Rising/Sun Diver duo?
126 Quizmaster : I imagine T.i.t.I.C. has totally fooled you? I told you it would
127  be tough. I have found out a couple of nice things. Bench seats and auto
128  trannies *DO* have their respective advantages! Oh and another thing, do you
129  have any vitamin C I can borrow? I seem to have used my supply all up...
130 All : Regarding sin... I hesitate to equate debates on original sin with any-
131  thing that is germane today. I tend to extrapolate the definition of sin to
132  current society, and how our "definition" of sin has had to be modified to
133  cover all the "new" ways we have learned to sin. Maybe we should talk about
134  current sin instead of original sin? It would seem to be a more worthwhile
135  subject.
136 Mikey : Bad news. More errors have cropped up in the dissasm I am helping with.
137  Can I bring a semi-current listing to the next PCS meeting for you to look
138  at? (If you don't mind mixing 'work' with 'relaxation'?)
139 _%#)_*@#_)*%)_#*%)_#@*%)_L'homme sans parity #@*%_)@#*%)_@#*%_)@#*%_)@*%@#%
140     CURRENT
141   SIN
142    IS
143     TOO
144       OVERWHELMING!
145 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
146 Alex - yes, indeed, I was referring to L'hommes new wheels in the literal
147 sense, not the idiomatic sense.
148 Looks like L'homme may be otherwise occupied Friday.  If he doesn't go,
149 I'll have to drive my car, which I hate to trust on such an extended journey.
150 (Yes, L'homme, that's your only purpose in life - to supply transportation
151 to those without.  And here you always thought it was for your dashing good looks
152 and your devil-may-care, debonair personality.  Sorry, but you had to find
153 out sooner or later).
154 Regarding the IC's, I was under the impression that you had already obtained
155 them for me.  I wasn't implying that you should run out and get them for
156 me.  However, since it seems you already have, thanks.  (I hate obligations. 
157 They are so....obligitory).
158 MiG - it's definite.  Starting Monday, I put away my jeans and don my
159 uncomfortables.  Get back to a 'normal' schedule, and go back to work.
160 It'll be nice to have money again, but I sure wish I didn't have to WORK for it.
161 (behind every silver lining is a cloud....)
162 I may even sink so low as to ride Tri-Mess.  I understand there is a bus
163 which runs from Milwaukie to John's Landing area.  Ah, rush hour; how I
164 haven't missed you.
165 Well, off to enjoy my last 2 days of 'vacation'.
166 ??????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ????????????????????????????????
167 ))=<<>>=((=<<>>=((=<<>>=))=<<>>=((=<<>>=))=<<>>=((=<<>>=))
168           HELLO-
169          O.k. i am new on this system and if anyone can help
170 me out on what you do here ,i don't know what to write about
171 if anyone can help me or anyone can help me again well anyways
172 i will use a code name but i will never tell my real name ....
173 
174 to sysop:what is this system run on?? Anyway i just wanna let people know i want to use this bbs.
175          I want to learn how to use it and how to get to know
176 the other people on here(THIS MAY SOUND STUPID) but that is all
177 i wanna know ,anyway see ya.......all later............
178                     (=<>LUCIFER<>=)
179 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
180 The devil you say!
181 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
182 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
183 Ah youth! so refreshing!
184 Alex:no problem, I called motorola today and they are sending me one of the 
185 ones we need, the other I have another source for. 
186 Quizmaster:wow, work. What an interesting phenominon. May be you can get a car that will work better/have gas milage.
187 Theus:Sick? MLC seems to think so, Sarah thinks so, nobody will tell me anything
188 over and above that. I must complement you on your choice of company, if she
189 were older I would be interested in her far more then I am now.
190 Aaron:My childhood friend can't even get ahold of David, ARG!!!!! 
191 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
192 When is the nest PORSFS meeting?                 the Phantom Glitch
193 (&(&(&(&(*&^#&%&^%&$^%$^%#$%$#%$#%$%%^$^%$&^%&^*(&(*^&^&^%^%$%#$@#
194 Quizmaster: You appear to be referring to the #40 bus. Have fun!
195 Phantom Glitch: Next PorSFiS meeting is Oct 6th.
196 ___________________________________Leonard______________________________________
197 *******************************************************************:
198 L'HOMME: SURE, NO PROBLEM. THOUGH I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT MY ANSWERS
199 WILL BE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT. (ASSUMING I
200 AM ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
201 OTHER: WELL, AFTER TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER BWMS FROM SPARE PARTS,
202 I FIND THAT I AM MISSING HALF OF MY BACKUP ROMS APPARENTLY LOST IN THE
203 LAST MOVE. I USED SOME OLD ROMS THEN FOUND THAT OF THE 6 SPARE DRIVES
204 I HAVE NONE OF THEM WERE WORKING... SIGH......
205 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *******************************:
206 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
207 but L'homme, original sin is so much better than jaded hackneyed sin
208 as you should know since the French are famous for great originality in
209 sinning unlike us Americans who think originals are something to put
210 in a Xerox machine and that the doctrine of original sin has something
211 to do with the copyright laws--it doesn't stop people from engaging in
212 acts of reproduction-it just makes them sneaky about it.
213 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Asleep at the wheel HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
214 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
215    The piper was sitting back listening to the conversations flow in the room.
216 Raising a cup of coffee (with REAL cream -- that's what all thee fuss was 
217 about with the cow!) he sipped and tasted the smooth richness fill his mouth.
218 Holding the taste of the freshly-ground, fresh-brewed coffee for a long moment,
219 he felt a pang of pity for all the people in the world that were destroying
220 their stomachs with instant coffee and non-dairy creamer (shudder).  Oh, well,
221 most of them did not know what they were missing, anyway.  Those that drank
222 their coffee light undoubtedly thought that cream was the thick milk that you
223 pay nine prices for at the store.  Given such a choice, non-dairy wasn't all
224 that bad.  Yeilding to temptation (after all it has been nearly three months
225 since cream was last available) the piper left the room, poured another cup
226 of coffee and spooned the thick, rich, yellow cream into it.
227    Also on the subject of food -- I noticed that at Ford's restaurant they
228 are inordanately fond of their unsalted butter -- white, tasteless stuff that
229 reminds me unpleasantly of little squares of rendered lard.  Anybody here 
230 ever seen or tasted REAL butter?  Salted or not, it needs no artificial color,
231 and really has a most pleasant and beguiling taste.  Just thinking about it
232 has put on five more pounds ...sigh.
233   Sorry to have brought up the doctrine of original sin.  I was hoping that
234 someone of the christian persuasion could make a serious case for it (I know,
235 it would be very difficult -- but challenges are what life is all about).
236 Since no one jumped up to the challenge, I'll try to offend someone into a
237 reply --  Have you noticed that commercial religions and life insurance salesmen
238 are really selling the same product -- guilt?
239 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
240 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
241   fROM pROMETHEUS: yOUR gUIDE
242   m.T. BOTTLE AND DELI IS IN MY STOMPING GROUNDS ALRIGHT, AND I AM ALSO WILLING TO SHOW PEOPLE TO IT'S VERY DOOR.
243   wHO NEEDS DIRECTIONS, AND ALL THAT ASSORTED DELTAIL- TYPE STUFF?
244   mAN IN gREY [MIG]; sORRY TO MISS YOU AT mLC, i WAS DOING A COUPLE HEADTRIPS ON MYSELF, AND STAYED AT HOME THAT DAY.
245   bEING SICK HAD LITTLE TO DO WITH THE DECISION.
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247 
248 
249 TODAYS WEATHER:
250 
251 
252                 TODAYS WEATHER WILL BE GOOD
253 
254 
255 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
256 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI
257 DON'T FORGET! THE OMSI COMPUTER FAIR IS THIS FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY!
258 I'LL BE THERE. WILL YOU? OPENS AT 9AM AND CLOSES AT 8PM FRIDAY AND 5PM
259 SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 
260 I WILL BE MANNING THE SANYO CLUB BOOTH FRIDAY FROM 4PM TIL CLOSING, AND
261 INTERMITTENTLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. BWMS WILL BE THERE IF I CAN GET THE
262 BACKUP UNIT GOING, AND FIND A HOME FOR IT TO SIT.
263 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI  CISTOP MIKEY  OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI
264 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
265 Leonard:About that backpack you mentioned the last time we were downtown,
266 can I get it on monday?
267 Mikey:I will be there on friday to get some disks from the PCS booth, perhaps
268 you will see me, I will be wareing gray as usual.
269 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
270   Commercial religions and insurance salesmen??!!  Come now!  The POPE, fer chrissakes, is in on it too.  The best 
271 example of all, not to offend anyone, is the Catholic church.  They spend the entirety of a young person's education 
272 teaching that person the way to feel good through the church, but through guilt of sins real and imagined, make him feel
273 bad.  Taught to feel good and told to feel bad.  (Thanks Pink Floyd)  Through guilt, more has been done to the human 
274 race , and all in the name of God! 
275 
276     LUCIFER..... First things first. Do something so that you have uppercase.  It is hard to read, all in lowercase.  
277               
278 
279 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFROGMANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
280 
281 Prometheus Hawthorne: I hope that wasn't your new & improved terminal
282 program--your cases are inverted.
283 ...innocent bysitter...
284 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
285 
286 A R R G  !  !  !
287 The wife made plans for Friday night ! ! !  ! 
288 What about Saturday ????
289 
290 :::::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
291 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
292 HOW ABOUT SOMETHING A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME? IN READING THE BOREGONIAN TODAY
293 I FOUND AN ARTICLE CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS THAT RANCHO RAJNEESH AND CO. HAVE
294 BEEN SUBJECTING THE "STREET PEOPLE" TO. IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT FOR
295 A GROUP SO CALLED PEACEFUL, LOVING AND OTHERWISE NICE THEY HAVE TO HAVE GUARD
296 SHACKS AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS TO FEEL SECURE. THE PREZ DOESN'T GET THE KIND OF 
297 SECURITY THAT THE RAJ' GETS! IT EVEN QUOTED ONE INDIVIDUAL AS SAYING THAT THE
298 WOMEN THERE ARE CARRYING .357S. NOW THAT'S ONE TOUGH TOWN! AND HEY! THE STATE
299 POLICE WANT YOU TO TELL THE COUNTY SHERIFF IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON PASSING BY
300 OR THROUGH THAT NECK OF THE WOODS. WHAT'S AMERICA COMING TO? CAN'T EVEN DRIVE
301 DOWN A PUBLIC ROAD WITHOUT BEING HASSLED BY SOME RELIGOUS FANATICS. MY OWN
302 THEORY IS THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH A DOPE RING. THEY HAVE AN AIRLINE (SUCH
303 AS IT IS) AND PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IN MOST MAJOR CITIES. NO SELF RESPECTING
304 CUSTOMS PERSON (SAVE THOSE IN COMMUNIST COUNTRYS) IS GOING TO START A BIG
305 HASSLE IN HIS AIRPORT WITH THOSE FOLKS. AND AS I SAID BEFORE, WHAT DO THEY ALL
306 THAT MAXIMUM SECURITY STUFF FOR? I WOULDN'T WASTE GOOD LEAD OR POWDER ON ONE
307 OF THEM! A HYDRGEN BOMB MAYBE, BUT NOT GOOD AMMO. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO 
308 HEAR WHAT OTHERS THINK THE RAJ IS REALLY UP TO. ANY WILD GUESSES?
309 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;FIN;
310 )%*&@#_)*%@#_)%*!#+%!+%!#*%#!@*%+@#*%_)@*%_)@*%_@#*%_@*%_@#*%@_%*#!+%*@#*%_@
311 Oh no!!! No risk Friday...and I have already...oh no!!! What have I done???
312 The world is ending....and I don't even have my shoes on yet...
313 Mikey : Thanks... I'll probably be up at OMSI too. I have been scheduled to
314  handle the "RUN IBM PC INTO THE GROUND WITH TANDY 2000" demo. See you there.
315 Asleep...Cute. Real cute. How can you equate something so delicate with
316  something as crass as a xerox machine? One wonders sometimes what goes
317  on in that head of yours? Perhaps you have been listening to too many
318  people cry in their greasy food about all of their problems. Perhaps you
319  have lost sight of the true meaning of sin? I'm not talking stealing
320  paper clips or leaving work 5 minutes early. I am talking cardinal first
321  class pure sin in the first degree. Do you copy??? haha
322 *%$#(%*#$*%_@*%#_*%#$ L'homme sans parity `)_%*@_)#*%_)!@*%!_%!+*%_)@*#%_@*%@
323 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
324 First you get down, on your knees.
325 Fiddle with your rosaries.
326 Bow your head with great respect, and
327 Genuflect, genuflect, genuflect
328 
329 Get in line in that processional
330 Step into that small confessional
331 There the guy who's got religion'll
332 tell you if your sin's original
333 
334 If it is try playing it safer
335 Drink the wine and chew the wafer.
336 Two, four six eight
337 Time to transubstante.
338 
339 Make a cross on your abdomen
340 When in Rome do like a Roman.
341 Ave Maria!  Gee it's good to see ya!
342 Gettin' ecstatican, sorta dramatican, doin' the Vatican Rag!
343 
344 (excerpted from Tom Lehrer, 'That was the year that was.')
345 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: P. V. Jeltz ::::::::::::::::::
346 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
347 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
348 IT WAS A LONG HIKE DOWN INTO THE BLUE CANYONS. THE LIGHT OF FERN DOCK WAS
349 LIKE A GIANT LANTERN SO I HAD NO PROBLEM SEEING MY WAY. THE LAY STILL AND 
350 I COULD HEAR MUSIC SOMEWHERE OFF IN THE DISTANCE. THE TRAIL THAT I TOOK
351 WAS NARROW, SO I KEPT A SLOW EVEN PACE. MY MIND WANTED TO WANDER SO I LET
352 IT GO, BUT NOT FOR TOO LONG SINCE IT WAS LATE. I WATCHED MY MIND FLOAT
353 DOWN TOWARDS THE DEPTHS OF THE BLUE CANYONS UNTIL IT WAS OUT OF SIGHT. I
354 WALKED IN SILENCE, NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING FOR MY MIND WAS GONE. I
355 WALKED FOR TWO HOURS UNTIL I REACHED THE BED OF THE CANYONS, WHERE I FOUND
356 MYSELF RESTING. I LET MY MIND ENTER MY BODY AND IT TOLD ME THAT IT HAD SEEN
357 THE UNCERTAIN STRANGER TRAVELING THROUGH THE WINDS OF TIME. I FELT A STRONG
358 HIDDEN DESIRE DEEP IN A VAST CORNER OF MY MIND. YES, SHE WILL BE HERE SOON,
359 I THOUGHT.
360 
361 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
362 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SU_SUN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
363 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI
364 FRIDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 5PM AND 9PM IS BUCK NIGHT. GET INTO OMSI FOR ONLY A $1
365 WITH THE COMPUTER FAIR GOING ON IT OUGHT TO BE A BIG ONE.
366 OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI  CISTOP MIKEY  OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI OMSI
367 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
368 Ian: What BBS with private mail do you log into?  The only one I normally use is CBBS/PCS.  I could give it to you 
369 on there.
370 Piper: Well, since I'm as great a lover of fine beef as anyone else... OK.
371 Voyeur: Did you reply to my last long message about R.V. ?  If so, I missed it.
372 All: Now looking for a means to get to N.A.P.P., but the outlook is dismal.  The PorSFiS meeting the day after will 
373 almost certainly be out also, I work Saturdays.  How I hate schedules with 0 time alloted for fun.
374 Ruby, Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald... four stones, four sides, four powers.
375 Milchar, 10:17pm on 9/27/84
376 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
377 <+|+>  {381}  09280011
378 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
379  Ahhh Saturday has been cleared by Corporate High Command.....How many blood
380 lusters can I expect ?....The usual bunch of suspects ?  How about it Laz
381 are you up for some ruthless risk ? .... Quiz...I may hold the chips hostage
382 until after the nuclear game....for each hit I burn off one leg....
383 ::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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386 FROM: (LOOK AT THE BORDER)
387 SUBJECT: (THAT WOULD BE TELLING, NOW WOULDN'T IT?)
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392 
393 DJJ - YOU HAVE A MESSAGE WAITING ON PCS/CBBS.
394 
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396 For everyone desperatly in need of a horoscope, here is a general one i found
397   
398 AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB.13)  You have an inventive mind and are inclined to be
399 progressive. You lie a great deal. On the other hand you are inclined to
400 be careless and impractical, causing you to make some mistakes over and over
401 again. People think you are stupid.
402 PISCES (FEB. 14-MAR.20)  You have a vivid imagination and often think you are
403 being followed by the CIA or FBI. You have minor influence over your assoc-
404 iates and people resent you for flaunting your power. you lack confidence and
405 are generally a coward. Pisces people do terrible things to small animals.
406 ARIES (MAR.21-APR.19)  You are the pioneer type and hold most people in con-
407 tempt. You are quick tempered, impatient and scornful of advice. You are not
408 very nice.
409 TAURUS (APR.20-MAY 20)  You are practical and persistent. You have a dogged
410 determination and work like hell. Most people think you are stubborn and bull
411 headed. Taurus people have B.O. and fart a lot.
412 GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)You are a quick and intelligent thinker. People like
413 you because you are bisexual. However, you are inclined to expect too much
414 for too little. This means you are cheap. Gemini are known for committing
415 incest.
416 CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)  You are sympathetic and understanding to other pe
417 ple's problems. They think you are a sucker. You are always putting things off.
418 That's why you will never make anything of yourself. Most welfare recipients
419 are Cancer people.
420 LEO (JULY 23-AUG.22)  You consider yourself a born leader. Others think you
421 pushy. Most Leo people are bullies. You are vain and dislike honest criticism.
422 Your arrogance is disgusting. Leo people are thieves.
423 VIRGO (AUG.23-SEPT.22)  You are the logical type and hate disorder. This nit-
424 picking is sickening to your friends. You are cold and unemotional and some-
425 times fall asleep while making love. Virgos make good bus drivers.
426 LIBRA (SEPT.23-OCT.22)  You are the artistic type and have a difficult time
427 with reality. If you are a man you are more than likely queer. Chances for 
428 employment and monetary gains are excellent. Most Libra women are good prost-
429 itutes. All Libras have venereal disease.
430 SCORPIO (OCT.23-NOV.21)  You are shrewd in business and cannot be trusted. You
431 will achieve the pinnacle of success because of your total lack of ethics.
432 Most Scorpio people are murdered.
433 SAGITARIUS (NOV.22-DEC.21)  You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a
434 reckless tendency to rely on luck since you lack talent. The majority of
435 Sagitarians are drunks or dope fiends. People laugh at you a great deal.
436 CAPRICORN (DEC.22-JAN.19)  Yuo are conservative and afraid of taking risks.
437 You don't do much of anything and are lazy. There has never been a Capricorn
438 of any importance. Capricorns should avoid standing still too long as a dog
439 might think you are a tree and piss on you.
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442 ****************************************TO ALL- DOES ANYONE HAPPEN TO KNOW OF SO
443 ME GOOD TERMINAL SOFTWARE. I'M HAVING TR
444 TROUBLE USING THE V.I.P. TERMINAL, THE
445 TERMINAL SOFTWARE THAT COMES WITH THE 
446 WESTRIDGE MODEM SEEMS TO WORK O.K. BUT
447 IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD CAP-
448 ABILITIES,
449        THE SCORPION.
450 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@URGENT MESSAGE FOR NT !! MESSAGE FOR THE
451 MILKMAN:
452                            
453   HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED   ED THAT WHEN DAIRY PRODODUCTS GET OLD THEY TURN INTO  
454 ANOTHER DAIRY PRODUCT  (MILK TURNS INTO YOGURT..YOGURT INTO COTTAGE CHEESE ETC..
455 ) YEECH!!
456 Boy oh boy oh boy oh boy,man,oh boy george,gosh oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh b
457 oy,jesh,oh BOY OB OHYO...youknow everyone on here is a total gumby and i hope -
458  you know that i could erase anyone's messages,well anyway this message has been
459  brought to you by by by by by by by byb b the 
460 ------****------***------***=-----***KING***--------------
461 better yet the disk space waster
462 thk you thank you very much much much
463 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
464 TWITS-twits-TWITS-twits-JUVIES-juvies-
465 Foul mouthed idiots, you should have your terminals
466 fried!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
467 DAMIEN II AKA CYM###############################################################
468 HMM, LET'S SEE; TWIT DETECTOR, TYPES I, II, AND III. PHONE TRACER, NET CIPHER'S, PUNISHMENT PRODDER (300 AND 1200 VOLT) TRI-
469 ET BUS PASS, EMP , SMALL AMMOUNTS OF PLASTIIC EXPLOSIVE, DETONATORS SWITCH, MODEL 100, EXTRA BATTERIES (FOR DETONATOR OR THE
470 MODEL 100) AND A SMALL BRAINWASHING DEVICE FOR THOSE HARD-CASES.
471 
472 NOT CONNECTED OFFICIALLY WITH THE NET, NOT CONNECTED OFICIALLY WITH NET, NOT CONNECTED OFFICIALY WITH NET, NOT CONNECTED...
473 
474 OH, YES, I ALMOST FORGOT MT 5000 VT. ELECTRO MAGNET FOR HARD-TO-LOSE STORAGE MEDIA.
475 
476 BWMS was first put on line as a private message system in 1981. In 1982
477 it was opened to for public use, and has been open for public use since.
478 BWMS consists of a data entry machine built in 1977 by Edge Technology.
479 It has been slightly modified to operate as a BBS. It uses a 8080 CPU
480 with 1K of RAM, and 8K of ROM for the BBS program. There is no operating
481 system used for BWMS, instead BWMS 'is' the operating system. The 
482 program was written in assembler for the 8080 CPU. The disk is formatted
483 for 35 tracks of 18 sectors per track. Each sector holds 128 bytes
484 of data. BWMS uses one sector for each line stored in the system (even
485 if it is blank). With the first sector reserved for system information,
486 this leaves 629 sectors for use by the data, thus the maximum number
487 of lines being 629. BWMS uses a 1771 disk controler, and was one of the
488 first computer designs to do so. As each line of data is entered into
489 the machine, it is saved to disk. Thus when you hit the return key
490 BWMS will go away for a bit while it saves the line on the disk. When
491 you type the control C to get out of the enter mode it goes back to the
492 first sector and saves the number of the last line entered so it can
493 remember where it was. The next time the enter mode is selected, it
494 goes back to the first sector to find out where to continue entering 
495 data.
496 
497 BWMS is open to the public and can be found at (503) 230-xxxx 24hrs a day
498 
499 ******** CISTOP MIKEY System operator *****************************
500 
501 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
502  oops, wrong number.                                         Aaron
503 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
504 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
505 Did you ever have the right number?       Fred
506 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
507 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
508 I CAME, I SAW, I LEFT. WAS FUN.
509 ?                                    MIG                                  ?
510 :::::::::::::::FUN  A::::::::::::
511 xt
512 It's time to share the work fairly.  SSSSSSSSSS
513 help
514 help
515 hello world.  I am trapped in this box. Say hello to my mother for me.
516 this is a test.
517 .,..............................................
518 Hello, as I am not often on BWMS, I miss a lot, but was I wrong or
519 did someone refer to DArkover?
520 When were you there? How did you like the weather?
521 What did you buy with the piece of copper wire you swiped from electrical?
522 Tell us your tales of there, we listen.
523 ...............................................lonely spaceman.......
524 Yes, it seems dark annd cold at first, but you get used to it, when
525 you have a friend. She was tall and very pale, and her hands had 6
526 fingers but we hit it right off.
527 But finally I had to leave.
528 I left for New Chicago , and she went back into the
529 forest.
530 On the lasat day, she introduced me to her brother, Immni.
531 ................................................................
532 NOPW OS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO LCOME TO THE AIDE OF THEIR COUNTRY.
533 ...............................................................
534 DARKOVER AAGAIN
535 DDDD
536 As morning came after midsummer's day, and we watched the sun light
537 up the peak of high Kimbi, we heard  a ship roar off from the spaceport.
538 Immni looked far, far away, and said "It wasn't always like this. I
539 cringe every time I hear a ship roar off."
540    "Why?"
541    "The roar scares me, I fear it will end. It once was safer to go, the
542 matrix never failed."
543    "Matrix? Do you mena like the landing gtridrid that supplyes power to 
544 the ascending ships on New VCChicago?"
545    "I say too much. Yes, much like the landing grids, but far better."
546    "Brother, dear, do you still yearn for space? Will you never be 
547 satisfied with what you have?"
548    "No, I will ever yearn. I have seen better."
549    "you have? They are going to build a grid here, to serve the larger
550 ships that will be going through. This will be the most modern port
551 in the galaxy."
552    "Yes, but not the best. I hate to see foreigners running it."
553    "What could be better?"
554    "Up there, in the cater in Kimbi. It is still there, but buried
555 
556 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
557           Tthanks to one and all for this pleasant visit to another reality
558 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
559 
560 
561 No, it wasn't PAM. Did look like it though didn''t it? Sigh.....
562 ========================================
563 
   To those working on the ASM system.
564 
Please leave a note to me or call my
565 
system at (206) 695-xxxx.
566 
   I think i can help you on it. For
567 
I program on a 2.3 ASM d.o.s.
568 
Well keep up the good work!
569 

570 
               Kenneth A. Yankee
571 
               MSD-PS Programmer
572 
        
573 
       
574 
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575 ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
576 HELLO WORLD.  I AM TRAPPED IN HERE, BUT, I DONT MIND.  SAY HELLO TO MOTHER FOR ME.   GOOD BYTE.
577 LIST
578 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
579      Looking around, I find I am surounded by hords of nothingness.
580 My mind and body are assulted by the roar of the mindless tide.
581 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fred +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
582 ################################################################################ 
583 WHAT A LOAD OF GIBBERISH>z
584 
585 PRINT
586 PR 10
587              LIST
588 * * COPY DISK ERROR * *
589   @P-O0I9U8IY7 TY6R5RE4E3WQ2R1A23235 4
590 
PRINT
591 {}{}{}{}{}
592 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
593 NO MIKEY!
594 * * COPY DISK ERROR * *
595 SIGH.........
596 
597 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
598 BUT I AM HERE! YOU JUST DIDN'T LOOK.  (NUTS!)
599 *************************************

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