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From: TURTLE
To: RUFUS
Subject: sick
Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:39:24
Message Number 1603
You'd better check your temperature, boy; I think you're delirious.
EVERYONE knows the only reason Nastassia likes you is your Cal Arts
tape... }:>
===========
From: TURTLE
To: RUFUS
Subject: 4096 colors
Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:40:57
Message Number 1604
I dunno if I'd say the movie had /no/ value; I rather liked the idea
of a programmable "environment chamber" where you can...um, experience
exotic surroundings. (Yeah! Yeah, that's it!) The rest of the movie
was kinda lame, though.
===========
From: TURTLE
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: Simulated crime
Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:43:49
Message Number 1605
Of course some policemen have brains that work. Maybe not in Florida,
but I'm sure some policemen have brains that work. That just makes
things interesting.
===========
From: TURTLE
To: KEN OBER
Subject: Did I Tell You?
Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:46:41
Message Number 1606
Happy Birthday, doode!
(c) 1990 The Death To You All greeting card company.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: TURTLE
Subject: stoorkeeper
Date & Time: 01/29/90 16:57:52
Message Number 1607
STOORKEEPER (n.) one who keeps stoors.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: TURTLE
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:00:26
Message Number 1608
I have never been one to "force" my beliefs down the throats of others.
However, if I witness a homicide in progress, I will do what I can to
prevent it - and until someone convinces me otherwise I consider
abortion murder. I dont believe in sitting around bitching about the
state of the world around me - I believe that it is my right to do
whatever I want to recreate the world in my image (and it is everyone
else's right to try and stop me if they wish). Now, I know there ap-
pears to be a contradiction within this message but there really isnt.
I continue in my efforts to change things but I try not to be obnoxious
about it. And by the way...I may not be willing to adopt every unwant-
ed child on the planet but I would be willing to provide contraceptives
to any who could not afford or obtain them by themselves.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: TURTLE
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:10:53
Message Number 1609
[My, arent we an antogonistic Turtle today...]
I've tried that, it still alters the contrasting tones.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: BEATLE
Subject: Casablanca
Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:14:07
Message Number 1610
Well, I guess Turner is a dead man then. Pity...I'd hoped to avoid in-
carceration this lifetime. Perhaps I could find a jury who would agree
that it was justifiable homicide......
===========
From: YNGLING
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:18:42
Message Number 1611
Dear Chip:
I'm sorry but I cannot view dismemberment of a living being as a
"necessary evil." If there were a more humane method of aborting, or
if legislation would place a restriction re: the age of the fetus so
that dismemberment abortions were prevented, then I might consider
changing my support.
Don't worry - I have never been one to use abstention as an
arguement for prevention. It doesn't work on ANY scale.
The Yngling
===========
From: RUFUS
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:01:55
Message Number 1612
I'd be willing to go to California if:
1) I had the money.
2) My folks said "O.K., call when ya get there."
3) I had a really valid reason to go to California.
===========
From: RUFUS
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: sick
Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:04:01
Message Number 1613
>5% alcohol? That's it? Sheesh...
Well, your not supposed to get drunk off the stuff.
===========
From: RUFUS
To: KEN OBER
Subject: Did I Tell You?
Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:08:07
Message Number 1614
Happy birthday, is the party this weekend? I hear Chip always brings
a big Chocolate Chip cookie.
===========
From: RUFUS
To: TURTLE
Subject: sick
Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:09:05
Message Number 1615
Actually, my tale reminds her of that picture she did "...and the
Serpent." (I think that's the title, I know it has a snake) Of course,
I could be delirious.
===========
From: DONTHEN
To: RUFUS
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 01/29/90 19:56:15
Message Number 1616
> 3) I had a really valid reason to go to California.
(1) The San Diego Comic Con. (2) The Furry Parties at the San Diego
Comic Con. (3) The other parties at the San Diego Comic Con.
(4) That neat mall next to the hotel the Furry Parties were held in.
See, there's four valid reasons already.
===========
From: RUFUS
To: DONTHEN
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 01/29/90 21:26:49
Message Number 1617
Well, right at this moment, I have no reason to go. But I'l agree,
those are four VERY good reasons. Getting the money would be the easy
part, now point 2 is, to say the least, a major problem.
===========
From: THE ONE
To: TURTLE
Subject: Hello...
Date & Time: 01/30/90 01:12:31
Message Number 1620
Give them my number please. I am desperate........
For callers...
===========
From: CHARLES DITTELL
To: SAURON
Subject: SCBBS to Sauron
Date & Time: 01/30/90 12:51:02
Message Number 1621
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===========
From: MIKE L
To: ALL
Subject: RIFLE FOR SALE
Date & Time: 01/30/90 17:36:36
Message Number 1622
I HAVE A PELLET/BB RIFLE WITH A SCOPE ON IT FOR SALE
IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL AIR GUN OF ITS TYPE AT 1760 FPS
WILL SELL FOR 45$
===========
From: KEN OBER
To: RUFUS
Subject: All In Favor Of
Date & Time: 01/30/90 19:23:53
Message Number 1623
All in favor of me going to college in California say "I"!!!!!!
===========
From: KEN OBER
To: RUFUS
Subject: EErr..
Date & Time: 01/30/90 19:24:39
Message Number 1624
No, T'was /last/ weekend....DIdn't really have any sort of party, tho...
REMOTE CONTROL! - 378-2218 - 300/1200 Baud
(ACK! And NO, my 2400 is somewhere between Oregon and here!)
===========
From: RUFUS
To: KEN OBER
Subject: EErr..
Date & Time: 01/30/90 20:39:23
Message Number 1626
Well, why not have a party this weekend. Maybe someone would give you
an MSTF application for your birthday!
===========
From: KEN OBER
To: RUFUS
Subject: eerr...
Date & Time: 01/31/90 12:55:21
Message Number 1628
Well, maybe I should....it'd be pretty fun to have a party this weekend.
But where would we have it, and is Bart seriously going to give me an
MSTF application???
===========
From: RUFUS
To: KEN OBER
Subject: eerr...
Date & Time: 01/31/90 17:34:50
Message Number 1629
Your rich, rent a banquet hall! I'm sure if you had a party we could
get you an MSTF application.
===========
From: SAURON
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: VGA
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:07:53
Message Number 1630
Someone's in the wrong message chain. I suspect it's me.
===========
From: SAURON
To: DONTHEN
Subject: VGA
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:09:55
Message Number 1631
What /I MEANT WAS/ if anyone tells you their color perception is
sharper than 4096 colors allows...they ought to be touching up the
Sistine chapel. (did I spell that right?)
OK Chip - I got the gist of it now.
===========
From: SAURON
To: BEATLE
Subject: VGA
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:13:18
Message Number 1632
Oh, like a mere 3 or 4 thousand don't look realistic?
===========
From: SAURON
To: YNGLING
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:15:32
Message Number 1633
What's the story on you guys? Is it so difficult to turn your color
control counter-clockwise? Much ado about nothing.
===========
From: SAURON
To: TURTLE
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:18:28
Message Number 1634
Bovine Excretia!! You beat me to the punch on that one. (I've already
posted an almost identical response)
===========
From: SAURON
To: DONTHEN
Subject: Ice Pirates
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:22:10
Message Number 1635
Ron was wearing that heavy makeup because his face looks like a 47'
Nash fuel pump.
===========
From: SAURON
To: TURTLE
Subject: Did I Tell You?
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:24:17
Message Number 1636
C-Net automatically wishes you a "Happy Birthday" Hehehehe
===========
From: SAURON
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:28:32
Message Number 1637
Fairly thoughtful views there Chip. Good show.
===========
From: SAURON
To: BEATLE
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:30:02
Message Number 1638
Read C.M. Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons" sometime. All will become
clear.
===========
From: SAURON
To: YNGLING
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:31:39
Message Number 1639
Thank you. That's all I've been saying for over a year.
===========
From: SAURON
To: TURTLE
Subject: Simulated crime
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:32:43
Message Number 1640
A stoorkeeper is one who trains members of one of the three strains of
Hobbit.
===========
From: SAURON
To: TURTLE
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:34:09
Message Number 1641
Let me "impose" one of MY views on you; Homicide is unlawful.
===========
From: KEN OBER
To: RUFUS
Subject: Who Me?
Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:47:52
Message Number 1642
Rich!? SInce when!? I'm not rich until my parents die and I get
what's left over! :)
===========
From: DONTHEN
To: SAURON
Subject: VGA
Date & Time: 01/31/90 20:35:29
Message Number 1643
4096 colors is only 16 levels for each primary color. The difference
between each level may not be astounding, but it's quite noticeable,
especially the brighter the colors get -- if you take a picture that's
been created with 256 levels per color (a 16 million color palette) and
display it side-by-side on a Mac II and an Amiga, the Mac II one will
have perceptibly smoother shading. Minor quibbles, to be sure, but the
human eye can distinguish around 2 million distinct hues.
===========
From: TURTLE
To: MIKE L
Subject: RIFLE FOR SALE
Date & Time: 01/31/90 23:16:19
Message Number 1645
Who makes it, and what kind of scope? I might possibly be interested;
I also know someone who almost certainly will be.
===========
From: TURTLE
To: SAURON
Subject: Simulated crime
Date & Time: 01/31/90 23:20:25
Message Number 1646
So how do I become a stoorkeeper? I want to engage in simulated crime
for fun and profit, and Chip says stoorkeepers are the people who get
to do it.
===========
From: TURTLE
To: SAURON
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 01/31/90 23:21:27
Message Number 1647
>...Homicide is unlawful.
So is jaywalking. Abortion, however, is not. Let us get our terms
straight here: abortion is not murder for the simple reason that you
can't murder something that is not a sentient being, any more than
you can murder a blade of grass.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: SAURON
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/01/90 17:11:50
Message Number 1649
Next thing you know you'll be suggesting that we take up painting-by-
numbers. True art should not be tampered with. Period.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: SAURON
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 02/01/90 17:16:33
Message Number 1650
Thats ALL youve been saying for over a year? Over and over again?
Man, talk about a bad year.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: ALL
Subject: Dolphins & Tuna
Date & Time: 02/01/90 17:19:18
Message Number 1651
This follows my earlier message re: the killing of dolphins by tuna
fishermen.
I received a letter today from the president of Van Camp Seafood
(Chicken of the Sea) which was a reply to a letter I had sent him. In
it he stated the following:
"...only about 3.5% of our tuna purchases was yellowfin tuna caught
by foreign sources...we strongly believe that a complete cessation of
these purchases would have eliminated any desire of these parties to wor
k with us to further reduce dolphin mortality."
He also sent me some "information" which he felt I should have which
included the statement: "The purse-seine fishing method...is the only
known technique known which can catch the quantities recquired by the
international canned tuna market."
After reading this I feel like coughing up a hairball. But now I
understand...we HAVE to slaughter the dolphins or else we cant have
tuna cassarole on Saturday.
If any of you would like to write to this asshole (and I REALLY hope
some of you will): J. E. Munoz, President
Van Camp Seafood Co.
11555 Sorrento Valley Rd, Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92121-1396
or: FAX# 619-481-9344.
Thank you for reading this.
===========
From: PSYCHE
To: DONTHEN
Subject: Bionic VGA eyes
Date & Time: 02/01/90 21:38:39
Message Number 1653
Not to quibble, but the average human eye can distinguish more like 7
million distinct hues. Of course, that hardly matters since we rarely
are presented with all 7 million hues at the same time. Sure, we can
see them, but we certainly don't need them. 4096 or whatever is plenty
of variety for me, thank you very much.
Anyway, one can't even look at a single object like a sheet of paper
without being exposed to different hues. Perhaps the eye can distin-
guish them, but if they're all from the same entity, the brain doesn't
bother to say, "HEY! THESES ARE DIFFERENT COLORS," because it will
confuse itself - even though the different percepted hues are caused
entirely by an uneven light spread or by slightly different inks used
in the same sheet of paper because they ran out when they were halfway
through manufacturing the sheet (surely you must buy that one.)
Of course I don't have the sources handy to back that up, but trust
me - it's true. If I spent all of my time looking back through every
piece of information I've ever read in order to correctly document my
sources, they I simply wouldn't have the time to grace this board with
my presence. I also wouldn't be able to stand doing so, because then
I could not afford to enter these rambling, extremely confused states
such as the one I am in now. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: CORWYN OF AMBER
Subject: God & Stuff
Date & Time: 02/02/90 00:55:10
Message Number 1654
>Karsten's pretty nice in general... but a /god/ ???
He was just appointed quasigod status by the Committee That Oversees
Gods, Demigods, Angels, Demons, and Chocolate (C.T.O.G.D.A.D.C.) for
his work reforming New College students.
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: KEN OBER
Subject: OAG
Date & Time: 02/02/90 00:57:42
Message Number 1655
Dear Ken,
You said a mutual friend spent $1000 on Compuserve. How many
airline tickets did he buy, was my response.
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: RUFUS
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:06:32
Message Number 1656
The third one is the easiest to find a solution for: there's
always the beach.
The second is easy to fix, as well... tell your parents you're
going off to see a good friend. (Just don't tell them who.)
The first is, of course, a problem.
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: RUFUS
Subject: sick
Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:08:16
Message Number 1657
You're not supposed to get drunk off of the medicine? Sheesh... what's
it good for, then? It even tastes lousy...
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: KEN OBER
Subject: All In Favor Of
Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:10:33
Message Number 1658
Sure. I. Which college?
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: SAURON
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:15:29
Message Number 1659
Thanks, Sauron. I stick by my guns. Having gone from the most conser-
vative high school in Florida to the most liberal college in the
nation has caused me a lot of confusion, but my political ideas are
finally solidifying.
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: SAURON
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:17:41
Message Number 1660
Dear Sauron,
Silly law, isn't it? And I'll wager that there's not ONE law on
the books prohibiting unicornocide. Or applecider.
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: BLACK MAGIC
To: TURTLE
Subject: No Problem!
Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:55:22
Message Number 1662
Thanx....much obliged!
Black Magic
===========
From: BLACK MAGIC
To: YNGLING
Subject: Dolphins & Tuna
Date & Time: 02/02/90 02:02:12
Message Number 1663
See, we do agree....my letter is in the mail!
Black Magic
===========
From: KEN OBER
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: Airline Tics
Date & Time: 02/02/90 13:26:26
Message Number 1664
None. JUst sopent hours online chatting with people...
===========
From: KEN OBER
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: College
Date & Time: 02/02/90 13:27:06
Message Number 1665
Beats me...whichever will accept me! :)
===========
From: ETC...
To: KEN OBER
Subject: Airline Tics
Date & Time: 02/02/90 15:34:16
Message Number 1666
HoUrS? HoW AbOuT WeEkS!
etc...
===========
From: CORWYN OF AMBER
To: PSYCHE
Subject: Bionic VGA eyes
Date & Time: 02/02/90 15:59:46
Message Number 1668
To the best of my knowledge, your earlier response is correct, but it
overlooks the fact that we evaluate a picture both conciously and
unconciously. A 16 million color (Sun Graphics Terminal) will "seem" to
be more realistic than an 8 million color version on the same screen.
You may not be able to distinguish 2 shades when they are put side by
side, but by using the incredible variety available to reproduce shading
and textures, a picture will give an impression of realism.
- Corwyn
===========
From: RUFUS
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/02/90 16:21:50
Message Number 1669
Ahem, at the furry party, I had to draw a map to get to Franklins.
But at RufusCon, Bart drew the map and he placed Turtle's place about
3 miles North of the airport on 41.
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: KEN OBER
Subject: College
Date & Time: 02/02/90 19:02:07
Message Number 1670
Dear Ken,
well... best of luck. And keep in touch!
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: CHIP P. UNICORN
To: RUFUS
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/02/90 19:03:20
Message Number 1671
Dear Rufus,
Details. Details. Details. Maybe that was another furry party he
was planning to sneak off to when no one was looking.
Chip P. Unicorn
===========
From: TURTLE
To: ETC...
Subject: Airline Tics
Date & Time: 02/02/90 20:12:09
Message Number 1673
YoU kNoW, yOuR hAnDlE iS tHe SaMe As ThE nAmE oF a WeIrD cOmIc BoOk
LiNe By PiRhAnA pReSs...aLtHoUgH I bEt yOu DoN't CaRe.
ThErE's SoMeThInG vAgUeLy DiStUrBiNg AbOuT tHe WaY yOu EnTeR mEsSaGeS,
bUt I cAn'T qUiTe PuT mY fInGeR oN wHaT iT iS...
--A vAgUeLy DiStUrBeD TuRtLe
===========
From: RUFUS
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/02/90 22:37:58
Message Number 1675
No, Bart just made a very nice, very wrong map. BUT, he was gone for
some time in the middle of the party.
===========
From: YNGLING
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: God & Stuff
Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:04:31
Message Number 1676
Reforming them into what? And what was wrong with their original form?
===========
From: YNGLING
To: BLACK MAGIC
Subject: Dolphins & Tuna
Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:06:27
Message Number 1677
If you would like the addresses of the presidents and CEO's of other
corporations which are also responsible for the slaughter of the
dolphin species let me know.
The Yngling
===========
From: YNGLING
To: TURTLE
Subject: Airline Tics
Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:10:58
Message Number 1678
iF yOU KeEp HArRaSsInG neW UsERs ABoUt tHeiR tyPiNg SKiLls THeY woNt
cALl BAcK.
===========
From: KEN OBER
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: Well,,,
Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:16:31
Message Number 1679
it isn'T like I'm leaving in the next few days or anything...It'll
still be eerr....atleast 2 years! hehehehe (In world-famous Turtle
voice) :)
===========
From: NERISSA
To: TURTLE
Subject: to say hello
Date & Time: 02/03/90 01:14:23
Message Number 1680
just typing hello again its beenawile
===========
From: TURTLE
To: NERISSA
Subject: to say hello
Date & Time: 02/03/90 04:53:09
Message Number 1681
Hello to you, as well! What's up?
===========
From: ETC...
To: TURTLE
Subject: MeSsAgEs
Date & Time: 02/03/90 10:41:50
Message Number 1682
YeAh IvE BeEn NoTiCiNg ThAt ToO...
WeLl WhEn YoU FiGuRe It OuT PlEaSe LeT Me KnOw!
Etc...
===========
From: ETC...
To: YNGLING
Subject: tYpInG SkIlLs
Date & Time: 02/03/90 10:44:23
Message Number 1683
WeLl, My TyPiNg IsNt ThE PrBlEm, ItS ThE PeRmAnEnT BrAiN DaMaGe CaUsEd
By CoUcH PoTaToIsMoSiS...
YoU SeE, It FiRsT AtTaCkS OnEs AbIlItY To DiStInGuIsH BeTwEeN CaPs AnD
LoWeR-CaSe LeTtErS...
etc...
===========
From: CYCLE
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: CP/M
Date & Time: 02/03/90 11:39:26
Message Number 1684
I'm trying to resurect an old HP-125 CP/M machine. So far little luck
or support as to where to find help (other than the direction the sysop
of this board has given me). I was hoping someone out there would know
something about the ancient operating system and would offer some help.
It's like trying to keep a dinosaur alive. Right now, it's eating me
out of house and home. I just need to find some way to tame it. Like
how to get binary files into and out of it's stubborn ports. HELP!
===========
From: SAURON
To: DONTHEN
Subject: VGA
Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:05:36
Message Number 1685
Fancy that. This may account for the fact that I've always been
content with blue...whatever the hue.
===========
From: SAURON
To: TURTLE
Subject: Simulated crime
Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:07:45
Message Number 1686
I think he means STOOLKEEPER. Believe me, you don' want THAT job.
===========
From: SAURON
To: TURTLE
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:09:02
Message Number 1687
The hell with it. Until all concerned parties can at least agree on
when a being becomes sentientwe're all talking at right angles.
===========
From: SAURON
To: YNGLING
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:12:05
Message Number 1688
Oh, yeah...there's really a relationship between turning a color
control down, and painting by number.
===========
From: SAURON
To: YNGLING
Subject: priorities
Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:14:18
Message Number 1689
It's amazing. The murder of dolphins stimulates you into angry
letters to corporations, but the murder of children stimulates
sarcastic posts.
===========
From: NIGHT RIDER
To: TURTLE
Subject: TYPING
Date & Time: 02/03/90 20:52:32
Message Number 1690
Hi All Whats Happening Just thought I would break in and see what was
up besides the fact some one has a problem with thier shift key or
something like that. ( ha ha ha snicker ha)
LATER NIGHT RIDER
===========
From: BEATLE
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: Simulated crime
Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:12:17
Message Number 1691
> The answer to all queastions: money.
but if the crime is simulated, isn't the money too??
===========
From: BEATLE
To: RUFUS
Subject: California
Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:16:27
Message Number 1692
You mean to say that you don't have a valid reason to drive to
California?? I have plenty. I also have a reason to stop over in
Oklahoma City, but that's kinda outta the way.
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From: BEATLE
To: RUFUS
Subject: California
Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:18:48
Message Number 1693
Getting the money would be no problem? That would be harder for me
than the parents part... Hey, but you're about to move out on your own
and come and go as you please, aren't you??
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From: BEATLE
To: SAURON
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:21:48
Message Number 1694
Turning the color knob won't fix it!!
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From: BEATLE
To: KEN OBER
Subject: Who Me?
Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:23:02
Message Number 1695
Shut the heck up!!!!
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From: BEATLE
To: ETC...
Subject: tYpInG SkIlLs
Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:27:49
Message Number 1696
iTs NoT a CaSe Of DaIn BrAmAgE, yOu HiT tHe ShIfT yOuRsElF. aNyWaY, i Am
PrObAbLy ThE bEsT eXaMpLe Of A cOuCh PoTaTo YoU cAn FiNd...
But I usually type like this! I don't like that above and I don't think
we like it either. I don't mean to yell. Everyone likes to have fun, but
I can't read the screwed-up goop easily (much less type it)....
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From: SNAKEBYTE
To: TURTLE
Subject: MEMBERS???????
Date & Time: 02/04/90 00:43:54
Message Number 1697
BEEN ON YOUR BBS TWICE AND HOPE YOU HAVE MORE TO OFFER THEN THE TWO FILE
AREAS THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO. IF THERE IS A WAY TO GET A HIGHER SECURITY
LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR ME...O.K.?
I LIKE THE NAME, HOPE YOU LIVE UP TO IT!!!!
WELL, GOT TO BEAM UP 'FOR THE OL' LADY TAKES THE CHAIN SAW
TO POOR OF 'PUTER HERE. SEEEEEEE YA'......SNAKEBYTE
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From: DONTHEN
To: SNAKEBYTE
Subject: MEMBERS???????
Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:10:11
Message Number 1698
Of course there is more here than two file areas. There are ten
conference areas, with hundreds and hundreds of messages in them, most
of them vastly more interesting than this one.
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From: TURTLE
To: ETC...
Subject: MeSsAgEs
Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:22:30
Message Number 1699
I'vE GoT iT! I'Ve fIgUrED iT oUt! It'S tHe fReqUeNt UsE oF eXclAmAtIoN
pOiNtS! ThAt'S It!! It mAkES yOu SoUnD LIkE YoU'Re ShOUtinG AlL tHe
TiMe. It's KiNd oF SubTlE, BuT If YoU pAy CloSE AtTenTiON YoU cAn
NoTIcE...
--A SuBtLe TuRtLe
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From: TURTLE
To: SAURON
Subject: abortions...
Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:27:35
Message Number 1700
Donthen recently pointed out that this entire conversation thread is
the equivalent of placing Jerry Falwell and Madeline Murray O'Hare
in the same room together...it generates lots of verbiage, but not
a lot of persuasion. Still, it is kind of interesting to watch.
On the topic of sentience: I'd say it's probably pretty obvious that a
zygote is not sentient by any stretch of the imagination. On the other
hand, it's also pretty clear that a 8 1/2-month fetus /is/. At what
point does sentience magically appear? Good question. I'd say on
the outset not before the central nervous system starts forming, and
possibly not for quite some time after that. Before that point, it's
hard to talk about "homicide" when you're discussing abortion; I still
maintain that destruction of an undifferentiated--and non-sentient--
group of cells does not qualify as murder any more than extracting
a tooth is murder.
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From: TURTLE
To: SAURON
Subject: priorities
Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:36:39
Message Number 1701
Dolphins are better than people.
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From: TURTLE
To: NIGHT RIDER
Subject: Stuff
Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:37:10
Message Number 1702
Good evening, and welcome aboard! I like to see new users who are
willing to dive right in and POST (a subtle hint to all you lurkers--
I know you're out there!--is implied here). As for what's up, well, I
am, which is kind of foolish considering I need to be up (again) in
not too many hours and I'm running on almost no sleep as it is. Such
is life, mine at least. Talk to you later...
--A noctournal Turtle
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From: TURTLE
To: SNAKEBYTE
Subject: aLTER rEALITY
Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:41:09
Message Number 1703
Why, yes, as a matter of fact, this board /does/ have more to offer
than two files areas. It has over 1700 messages, to start with. As
I'm sure you've probably noticed, there are no games here. There are
almost no files here (it was with reluctance that I put up the
two areas that are here, in fact). That's because it's a /computer
bulletin board/. People call it and post MESSAGES. But wait, it
gets better! They also /read/ messages. Pretty cool, huh? That way, you
see, people can have CONVERSATIONS! And people can exchange messages,
too! It's kind of like...well, it's kind of like a BULLETIN BOARD!
But hey, if I ever decide to stop running a bulletin board and start
running a remote access games host or a file depo, why, I'll be sure to
let you know.
--A BBS sysop Turtle
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: RUFUS
Subject: YARF!
Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:59:09
Message Number 1704
I'm still waiting for the box of YARF's... it seems that Lance caught
himself the Flu and wasn't in the mood to go to the post office, but
that's gone now, so by the end of next week, I /should/ have your (and
my, and everybody's) YARF. Arf.
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: AHEM!
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:02:11
Message Number 1705
That's passed already, yeah, and it went off pretty well (19 guests).
We'll probably be having a fairly large FurryParty in Orlando next, in
March at the whatever-Con there/then. Details will follow in posts
here and at The Wyvern's Den. Juan Alfonso WILL be there, as will
probably Ken "Mitch" Mitchrooney and Skudder Kidwell.
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: Disney Releases
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:06:05
Message Number 1706
I just bought the soundtrack to MERMAID. I really got a kick out of
most of the songs, and I did like the plot...
By the way, since the government reposessed my terminals, I'm not really
calling this board; see, this is just a figment of your imagination...
either that or I'm calling from Rufus's Fruit //e. I'm fairly sure I'll
be calling the Den (and maybe even glancing at the other bases here)
tomorrow (later today?) from the Turtle's pad or The Den Itself or...
whatever. I'm really tired....
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: The Furry Tape
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:12:37
Message Number 1707
"Dude!" (Arf.) I'm in Sota right now, but I probably won't see you
this time. Anyway, I'd like to at least see the RufusCON & Furry
Party At Turtle's tapes one of these days... hmm...
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: RUFUS
Subject: A Furry Tape
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:14:42
Message Number 1708
We should all get together and prepare a half-hour trestise on Furrydom
with Tyler as the film dude (I'll do audio and some general what-is-a-
furry jabber with Watts and them).
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:16:30
Message Number 1709
> SP FOREVER! LP & SLP SUCK EGGS!!!!!
Amen, guy. Actually, SVHS & ED BETA & SuperBETA FOREVER! Regular VHS
SUCKS!!!!!!! (Tell that to anyone who thinks VHS is better than Beta...
or IBM is better than... well, anything. -grin- Ahem.) Uhm... yeah.
Whatever. UMATIC is kinda neat...
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: Documentary
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:19:02
Message Number 1710
VHS HiFi Rules! Linear audio bites rocks! Helical scan forever!
That reminds me. Turtle told me that at the last FurryParty there
were to be a mass of initiates, so I prepared a short presentation
on Furries for those of us of the Furrie persuasion, so as you all
could, well, grow fur (?). Yeah. I shouldn't even try to type at
this hour. Damn, justification! Cool...
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From: RUFUS
To: BEATLE
Subject: California
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:33:46
Message Number 1711
O.K. Stop it all, NOW!! At the exact moment I posted that message, I
really didn't have valid reason to go to California.
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From: RUFUS
To: BEATLE
Subject: California
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:34:45
Message Number 1712
Well, since the convention is in August, I could have the money. Since
I'm only 16, I can't move out for about 1 year, 5 months, and 7 days.
Of course, they probaly will be helping for college, so I won't be
moving out any time soon.
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From: PSYCHE
To: CORWYN OF AMBER
Subject: Bionic VGA eyes
Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:58:13
Message Number 1713
For human purposes, 8 million colors (or shades thereof) is overkill.
We can't distinguish that many, and it makes the monitor a whole hell of
a lot more expensive. I think 4096 is just fine - no more than a
million at the most.
Give me 16 million pixels over 16 million colors any day.
.s
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From: KEN OBER
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: tape
Date & Time: 02/04/90 15:23:07
Message Number 1715
I can mail you a copy if you desire....
Cosmic Thing......
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From: KEN OBER
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/04/90 15:24:01
Message Number 1716
Actually, Hi-8 Is the best.... :)
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: Break Objects?
Date & Time: 02/04/90 16:47:46
Message Number 1718
What? Who are you talking to? What are you talkig about?
Pass me that little reed pill, please....
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: ROCKY
Subject: Graphi-Gen
Date & Time: 02/04/90 16:50:47
Message Number 1719
I've seen those. They're kinda nifty...
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: CHIP P. UNICORN
Subject: VulCon
Date & Time: 02/04/90 16:52:34
Message Number 1720
Ew... (I've been to a couple of those) To quote Watts, "they're
expensive and bad," andd from Turtle, "but other than that, at least
they're boring."
The MSTF application, at 32 pages, was a TAD long. Donchya think?
<grin>
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: TURTLE
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:08:31
Message Number 1721
> So watch then with the color control turned all the way down.
Uhm... that doesn't help the fact that now the contrast is all screwed,
and... well, lotsa nifty side eeffects.
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: The Furry Tape
Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:13:47
Message Number 1722
I want one.
Of course, getting it won't be easy. If'n you bring it to the next
FurryParty (Orlando in March) I'd like to get a copy on a decent tape
(can you write HiFi VHS?).
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: eerr...
Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:16:21
Message Number 1723
I'm sure Bart would seriously cconsider it. Gee, maybe Bart will be
able to get a copy of if printed out. Gee... maybe...
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: CORWYN OF AMBER
Subject: Bionic VGA eyes
Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:22:13
Message Number 1724
1) You probably can't distinguish more than 4 million hues anyway, so
the 16 megacolor display will look no different than the 8 megacolor
display (in most cases, you can be a ddweeb about it, tho)
2) Does that display even have 8 million pixels? You can only display
a number of colors equal to or less than the number of display points
available, n'est pas?
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: KEN OBER
Subject: tape
Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:28:36
Message Number 1725
USPS, eh? Dude... but that'll cost you $2.40 plus the cost of the
tape itself. Maybe I should just get you a tape one of these days
(probably through Donthen, Turtle, Rufus, or Chip) and get it back
at somee unspecified time (like, oh, maybe when your district dude
or myself drops off your MSTF app).
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From: TURTLE
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/04/90 18:27:05
Message Number 1726
Well, goshm, I have a copy of Brazil and The Wall on one videotape...in
SLP mode...second generation...bleah!
--A "no-sync" Turtle
You, too, can help prevent abuse of ellipses in our time...
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From: TURTLE
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: tape
Date & Time: 02/04/90 18:31:44
Message Number 1727
>...like, oh, maybe when your district dude or myself drops off your
>MSTF app...
As local MSTF district dude, I think that should be the responsibility
of the sponsor dude...
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From: RAVEN
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: YARF!
Date & Time: 02/04/90 23:08:56
Message Number 1730
Haven't we heard something of the sort already? Just checking. Hmm.
Chip was right, this tail DOES tast better with a little salt. . .
-r-
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: TURTLE
Subject: sponsor dude
Date & Time: 02/04/90 23:16:50
Message Number 1731
Dude!
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From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
To: RAVEN
Subject: YARF!
Date & Time: 02/04/90 23:17:57
Message Number 1732
I don't see the connection. <a confused fox>
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From: DONTHEN
To: ALL
Subject: YARF!
Date & Time: 02/05/90 11:57:10
Message Number 1734
According to the person who was supposed to send the YARF copies to
Bart Fox (this person being Lance Rund), the responsibility for mailing
the suckers out has been shifted over to Jeff Ferris, the publisher of
YARF, who will supposedly be sending a "bundle" of both YARF #0 (the
preview issue) and #1, which has already been printed.
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From: KEN OBER
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: Sorry...
Date & Time: 02/05/90 12:52:15
Message Number 1735
I don't even have a stereo VCR! :(
Feel like showing up at Pelican Pete's down in Engleweed in about 2
weeks? I'm planning a BBS get together around that time...
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From: YNGLING
To: SAURON
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/05/90 15:27:20
Message Number 1737
If you cannot understand the reasons why a classic like..oh..Citizen
Kane is diminished by altering even the most subtle effects of shadow
and light then you probably have trouble recognizing sarcasm when you
read it.
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From: YNGLING
To: SAURON
Subject: priorities
Date & Time: 02/05/90 15:30:50
Message Number 1738
Excuse me? Let me tell you something pal, I will give you $1000 for a
hard copy of ANY posts originating from MY computer that were in any way
sarcastic AND dealt with the subject of abortion.
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From: ETC...
To: TURTLE
Subject: MeSsAgEs
Date & Time: 02/05/90 16:25:33
Message Number 1739
Ok LEt'S TaKe A vOte WhO LiKeS/PrEfeRS My TyPiNg ThIS WaY??!?!!?
THis Is A mEaNinGLeSs MeSsAge. It CoUld Be SaYiNg SoMeThInG But It Is
NoT. iT CoUlD bE CoOl aNd InTeReStInG, BuT iT Is NoT.
ThIs Is JuSt YaRg!
ThIs Is ThE BeSt WaY To Be KiCkEd Of A BbS, So KiDs At HoMe Do NoT
aTeMpT ThIs At HoMe, ThIs StUnT WaS DoNe By BaIn DraInAgEd PrOfEsSiOnAlS
!..!
=oo=
(__)
UU
etc...
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From: TURTLE
To: YNGLING
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/05/90 18:01:29
Message Number 1741
>If you cannot understand why a classic like...oh...Citizen Kane is
>diminished by altering even the most subtle effects of shadow and
>light...
I assume, then, that you're also rabidly opposed to destroying the
integrity of such a classic work of art by, oh, say, transferring it
from 35mm film to videotape, and thus ruining subtle nuances of timing
(and destroying the resolution of the original film) by presenting it
in a media which is presented at 30 frames per second instead of 24
frames per second...or is it all right as long as the person watching
the videotape has had the brightness and contrast controls on his
television checked, set, and approved by an official member of the
Organization To Enforce Subtle Nuances of Shadow and Light in Early
Film Classics...?? Heaven forfend that some ignorant Philistine
should watch it in black and white and destroy the effect by turning his
contrast down too far!
By the way, as long as /you're/ watching a black and white copy of the
film, why all the fuss over what your next-door neighbor might be
watching? Just a question.
--A totally disinterested Turtle
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From: TURTLE
To: ETC...
Subject: MeSsAgEs
Date & Time: 02/05/90 18:08:24
Message Number 1742
Myself, I Am Generally Fascinated By Original And Creative Uses For
The Shift Keys, Especially On Bulletin Board Posts, But Evidently
My Respect For Creativity Is Not Shared By All The Users Here...Oh
Well. yOU kNOW, iT oCCURS tO mE tHAT tHIS pOST aLSO iSN'T sAYING
vERY mUCH. bUT aT lEAST iT dOESN'T mENTION aARDVARKS, jELLY dONUTS,
sPACE aLIENS, oR dAN qUAYLE aNYWHERE iN iT.
--a w d Turtle
a e
rp
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From: RUFUS
To: TURTLE
Subject: MeSsAgEs
Date & Time: 02/05/90 18:19:42
Message Number 1744
And what's wrong with aardvarks!!
Hummphhhh...
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From: YNGLING
To: TURTLE
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/06/90 16:33:24
Message Number 1745
As an artist I am offended by the alteration - in any way - of the
vision of another. I work mostly in pen and ink (usually a black and
white medium) and would hate to think that sometime in the future some
asshole might come along and take his Crayolas and alter my creation
to "improve" its asthetic value (especially if he were to limit himself
to three or four colors!!!). I should think you would be able to
understand that...but maybe not.
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From: TURTLE
To: YNGLING
Subject: Colorization
Date & Time: 02/06/90 17:03:03
Message Number 1746
>...I would hate to think that sometime in the future some asshole
>might come along and take his Crayolas and alter my creation...
We're not talking alteration of an original work of art here; the
black and white 35mm copies of Citizen Kane are not being attacked by
armies of people with paintbrushes. To extend your analogy a little,
would you start screaming if some asshole took a photocopy of your
work and started filling /that/ in with crayons? The piece as you
created it is still untouched.
I'm not especially impressed by colorization of old movies, but I'm not
going to start flaming about it either; if I want to see the original
version of the movie, I can. No problem. So call me a Philistine.
--A "don't sweat the trivial" Turtle
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From: BEATLE
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: Documentary
Date & Time: 02/06/90 19:43:37
Message Number 1748
> VHS Hi-Fi rules!
and linear sucks eggs,,, HMMMM,,, I have to agree. I'm just so dang
upset that it's all I have! ARGH!
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From: BEATLE
To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX
Subject: VulCon
Date & Time: 02/06/90 19:45:45
Message Number 1749
You're telling me that I'm missing something BETTER!?!?!?!? I happened
to ENJOY my first (and last, so far) Vulkon Convention. I guess it all
depends on 1) if you like Star Trek 2) how much you like Star Trek and
3) If you've been to something better...
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From: BEATLE
To: TURTLE
Subject: 2nd Generation
Date & Time: 02/06/90 19:49:19
Message Number 1750
You know, for less than $30, you can replace that copy of "The Wall"
and get Hi-Fi stereo to boot.
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