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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 561
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2 ********************** REMOVED: 1 AUG 84 *******************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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20 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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21 Knucking sleep out of his eyes, the piper started down the rough-hewn
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22 steps to the inn's common room. At the landing where the stairs bent, he
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23 paused to inspect the room. The early morning sun sent bright beams
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24 slanting across the vacant space lately filled with noise, merriment,
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25 and discussion. Leaning on the baulstrade of peeled poles, the piper
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26 wondered what had happened to many of his old companions.
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27 Where had the bard gone? Many days had passed since the room had
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28 resounded to his lively songs. The apprentice had not shown up to regale
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29 the inngoers with tales of magic and sorcery, LeRoy McCane had mysteriously
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30 dissappeared (died of WHAT???) L'Homme was gone a-questing, MiG seemed to
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31 have gotten entrapped in some arcane battle for control of the world.
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32 Pam was still gone -- he had met her but breifly when he had come back
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33 to the inn -- and still farther back before the inn had even taken shape
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34 many members of this alternate reality had vanished. Who still remembers
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35 the sysop of the Damash Bulletin Board? Ah well ...
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36 He straightened up and continued down the stairs.
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37 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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38 (finding myself at the top, I felt that I should indulge in a little
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39 nostalgia)
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40 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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41
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42 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$
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43 M.M. - I am still thinking. Perhaps we are not taught that knowledge
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44 is power, but rather that facts are power. Big difference.
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45
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46 Archives - I have RDCPM, and can provide my own 8 inch disks. How many do
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47 I need, and what will be my cost for all archives?
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48
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49 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$ Laissez-faire $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$
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50
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51 (-)_(-)_(-)_(hi)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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52 I like what the Piper is typing in, it's just about the only riminder of
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53 what was here on Backwater.
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54 (-)_(-)_(-)_(hi)_(-)_(-)_(-)
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55 *)%#*%_!*%_!%+_(_)!*%!)_#*%!_)#*(%)_!#*%_+)!*%)_!*%_+)!*%)_*%)_!*_)%*!#_)%*)_#*%
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56 So many people to respond to, will I ever answer them all?
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57 Mikey : We could arrange a time for the 20may83 file to be posted on drive B. I could then download it, and that would
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58 be that. If we can arrange a time, I am sure you could bump whoever was hogging- I mean using the system at
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59 that time. As for PCS, I will bring $12 for the 3 new disks. If Aaron has payed you, I guess that's about all
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60 I was holding over him as far as blackmail goes. He still has to call me and let me know when he can pick the
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61 disks up though. There is still time to milk some more money out of him. We shall see...
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62 Alex : September the 8th sounds great. I will make sure everyone finds out. I can bring my old wooden set, since every-
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63 one knows that vile orange liquid doesn't adhere to wood as well as plastic, since it has more in common with
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64 plastic than it has with wood. Perhaps you missed my last entry on Global Economic disaster. If you do not with
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65 to pursue the subject, that is OK with me. Until the 8th then, and may the best dice win. I will warn you that
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66 I have forsaken science and enrolled in Madam Rosa's dice rolling school. She teaches dice techniques that will
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67 garner 400's at Yahtzee everytime. Back Gammon, no problem with sucessive double 6's, and Risk, well why don't
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68 we just wait until the 8th to see.
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69 Laz : We don't need another set of 8 inch disks floating around. If you can read the IBM SS/SD standard format CPM
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70 disks, then there should be no problem. I assume you can copy from those 8"ers to you own storage device?
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71 To Old Timers of BW : I have been reading some of the old files, and there were indeed several fine debates and dis-
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72 cussions occupying BW's disks. There seemed to be much more dry wit and humor, and not as many snide remarks made by
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73 passersby. But that is not to say that the past was much much better than the present. It was certainly different, and
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74 the content was more pleasing to read for those who enjoy a good reasonably educated discussion.
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75 )*%_)*%_)@#*%)_#%*(@#_)%* L'homme sans parity *%_*@_)*%#_)*%@#_)*%)_*!%*%!_)*%)_!*)!*%)_!*%)_#!*)_!#*%_)!#(%_)#(_!)%
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76 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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77 WELL, THAT'S A FINE HOW-DO-YA-DO! ONCE AGAIN I ATTEMPTED TO JOIN YOU AT
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78 A MEETING BUT EITHER MISSED THE NOTE ONT THE WHEN&WHEREABOUTS OR NO BODY
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79 SAID ANYTHING. AM I REALLY THAT MUCH OF AN UNDESIREABLE? SOB!! MY OLD
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80 ANALYST SAID IWAS BOUND HAVE A FEW REJECTIONS FROM SOCIETY BUT THIS IS
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81 JUST TOO MUCH! AS SOON AS I FIND ME A LOADED PLUMBERS HELPER I'M GOING TO
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82 END IT ALL!! THEN YOU'LL ALL BE SORRY! I CAN SEE THE HEADLINES NOW:
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83 "MAN PLUNGES TO DEATH" HEH HEH!
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84 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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85 BOY IT'S SURE SLOW TODAY! OVER ONE HALF OF ONE YOUR HOURS AGO I WAS HERE
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86 AND MADE AN ENTRY AND TO WIT NO OTHERS. WHATSA MATTER? KEYBOARD GOT YOUR
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87 FINGERS? WELL, SINCE I'VE USED ENOUGH SPACE AS IS I'LL JUST TAKE THIS KEY
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88 AND BE ON MY WAY!! (GOD I HATE THESE THINGS, THEY ALWAYS MAKE MY HEAD FEEL
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89 LIKE LEAD AFTER A TRIP!)
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90 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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91 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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92 ABOVE:Do you mean to say that you were at a PorSFiS and nobody talked to you?
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93 Hum, I must be slipping. You sound like a Timothy L. deciple, are you?
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94 Alex:September 8th? I can make it but I must leave early. My motorola rep invited
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95 me to a 68020 seminar for wednessday so I will not be home.
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96 All Riskers:Last night I was experimanting with random dice rolling. I rolled
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97 50 rolls with a partner and using slighly madified risk rolling scores found them
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98 to be compleatly random. When a dice cup was involved, they either bent twords my
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99 partner or myself with no reasonable reason to do so. Other then eating lemon cake
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100 batter with our fingers and it being late at night the conditions closly matched
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101 a risk game. That proven, I slaughtered both of the other players in a quick
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102 game of risk. I kept rolling 4-5-6 combinations and they were into 3-4-5
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103 combinations. Anyone else care to try finding out why this happens? It
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104 kinda bugs me if you know what I mean.
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105 MiG
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106 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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107 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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108
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109 A proposal for a new discussion topic:
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110
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111 A solution to the vaguries of present software copyright laws and a draft
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112 proposal of a new, universal software copyright notice. Fantasy is fun,
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113 political discussions <arousing!>. However, I have noticed little in the
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114 way of constructive problem solving going on here for quite some time.
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115 Many of us are directly involved with the copyright question, and all of us
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116 are affected by it in some way or other. Any takers?
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117
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118 A new voice...
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120 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
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121 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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122 Yes I remember the 'good old days', especially the AI debate. It doesn't seem
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123 like that long ago but it must be monthssince I've been here. Mikey, what is
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124 all this about Aaron?
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125
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126 P. Abbus
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127
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128 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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129 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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130 Quite a while later ...
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131
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132 I am really suprised. No one has been
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133 on this board for this long? Or are
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134 folks not as talkative as they use to
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135 be? I remember when you couldn't get a
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136 byte in edgewise around here.
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137
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138 Paul Abbus
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139
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140 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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142 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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143 L'homme,
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144 The discussion has not been forgotten.....I have just been otherwise
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145 occupied....Harambee has been up on the cradle for the past two weeks..And
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146 I have been laboriously grinding, painting and fibreglassing the parts
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147 in need of repair..she only went back in the water tonight....AMEN ( for lack
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148 of a better gratification )...I will continue on soon.
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149
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151 MiG,
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152 Whats this ! ! ! ! !
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153 a tacit rejection of the objectivity of the hallowed rolling cup............
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154 on the flimsy grounds of a small sampling....horrors....L'homme has had his
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155 faith shaken......as well as I.....Your turn could soon be here......
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156 in the middle of a !much needed! role.....Oh sweet consistency......
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157 or as Hawthorn would quote " Revenge is dish best served cold ".......
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158
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159 Sleep calls .....until later.....
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160 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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161 !#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!##!#!#!#!#!#!#!
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162 So, nobody wants to talk about the "Future" here on BWMS? The reason why
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163 a discussion never gets off the ground is that everyone wants to talk about
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164 something different than what is being brought up. Thats fine but there are
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165 always three/four topics on the air. People that try to involve themselves
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166 into all of them just get everyone else messed up so they will bring up a
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167 new topic. A debate would be nice but BWMS would always have the pranksters
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168 that would call up and leave total junk, tieing up line time. Oh well,
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169 I guess that it's not going to change one little bit. This message will
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170 go into one ear and right out the other. IS ANYONE AWAKE? . It
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171 would be nice to have EVERYONE onto the same topic. Maybe if the system
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172 operator could choose from one that is already up and post his choice.
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173 At least that would at least suggest a universal topic.
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174 But, what about the topic of future advances and technology in that time?
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175 Oh well, in one ear and out the other.
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176 !#!#!#!#!#!#!!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!##!#!#!#!#!!#!#!#!#!#!#! !
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177 SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL
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179 It is time once again for SPELL CHECK. As part of an ongoing research project
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180 into the American education system, SPELL CHECK roams the country searching
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181 for subjects to test. The Back Water Message System was chosen because of
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182 its popularity and unusual clientele.
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183
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184 The results of our test can be interpreted as follows:
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185
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186 A typo is any type of error our testers deem was caused by a typing
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187 error, rather than by a lack of spelling knowledge.
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188 A misspell is any type of error our testers deem was caused by a
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189 lack of spelling knowledge on the writer's part.
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190
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191 Our results show an interesting statistic. There are many poor typists as
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192 well as many poor spellers out there. Slang terms, non-normal vernacular,
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193 and colloquial terms are not included in the testing.
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194
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195 Subject Name Typos Misspelling
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197 Anonymous 4 7
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198 ASP 1 10
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199 CISTOP MIKEY 4 4
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200 ELRIC 1 0
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201 *Ian MacHinery 0 0
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202 *Inn Keeper 0 0
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203 Jason 0 1
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204 Laissez-Faire 1 1
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205 L'homme Sans Parity 2 4
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206 *Mesolithic Mathematician 0 0
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207 MiG 5 12 (high)
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208 NET 07 0 1
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209 NIETZCHE 3 12 (high)
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210 Ninja 0 1
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211 *Pete Clark 0 0
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212 Petrov 1 1
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213 *Piper 0 0
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214 Prometheus Hawthorne 2 2
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215 *St. Clair 0 0
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216 000001TED 2 1
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217 *TEDDY SALAD 0 0
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218 Unknown Guy 8 (high) 4
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219 Voyeur 0 1
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220 WORD FROM THE WISE 0 1
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221
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222 A few notes in summary. A (*) preceding a name signifies that person had
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223 no typos or spelling errors in his messages. Our testers gave no weighting
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224 to the amount of writing done by the subjects, therefor several of the
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225 subjects who had perfect scores did so with a minimum amount of writing (three
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226 lines), and many who had several errors did so with a large amount of writing.
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227 An improved scoring method will be utilized for the next testing round.
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228
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229 File size : 800 lines Word Count : app. 9000
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230
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231 SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL
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233 Spell Check: Let he who is without syntax error cast the first stone. You might give consideration to unknownguy's
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234 high-falutin words, too. Anyone can log on and enter 19,000 three letter words, and not have spelling errors. If I
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235 didn't know better (and I don't), I'd think I don't know who were co-conspirators in this "spell check". (Migguy
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236 , a 680what seminar?).
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237 (snicker). Anyway, I was reading about someones entry about bickering. Reminds me of when I was in Mexico City. I got
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238 on this bus, and the driver was smoking this big blck cigar. Well, this lady got on carrying a poodle.(Fifi, what
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239 else). Anyway, they started arguing. The smoke was causing poor Fifi to sneeze. The lady(?) demanded that the driver
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240 throw his cigar out the window. They argued heatedly for a while, and then the driver said, " Lady, I'll throw it
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241 out if you'll throw that damn mutt out. The woman was so incensed, that she did. She threw the doggie out the window.
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242 (sorry) The bus driver had to comply, of course, an threw the stogie out his window----. Well, the lady was, of course
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243 aghast at what she had done, but it was to late, th bus was going sixty MPH. In a little while, the bus came to the
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244 rest stop at the end of the line. I looked out my window, and what did I see? That little dog, running like heck to
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245 catch up with the bus!!. You'd never guess what he was carrying in his mouth!
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246 WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE OR WHAT. THE DOG WAS CARRYING THE BUS DRIVERS CIGAR, RIGHT?
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247 To above: No, not the bus drivers cigar. It was that brick.
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248 <+|+> {248} 08290050
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249 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
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250 A KAMAS SYSTEM IS RUNNING AT -- ATE-BYTE -- (283-xxxx) TRY IT!
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256 FROM PROMETHEUS: THE PATRON
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257 OKAY, SPELL CHECK LET US HEAR THE REASON THAT YOU USED A TERM; CLIENTELE WHEN GRAMMAR AND TRUE CORRECT USAGE OF THE ENGLISH
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258 LANGUAGE DEFINE 'CLIENTELE' AS A COLLECTIVE NOUN OF CLIENTS OR, CUSTOMERS.I DID NOT PAY FOR THE PRIVILEDGE OF USING BLACKWATER
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259 WHATSOEVER.
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260
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261 OH, YES, SPELL CHECK? I FORGOT TO TELL YOU OF A SINGLE DROPPED CHARACTER TOWARDS THE LATTER OF YOUR FINE MESSAGE.
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262
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263 AND ABOUT MIG'S QUOTE UNQUOTE HIGH NUMBER OF SPELLING ERRORS, I THINK YOU MAY CORRECT YOURSELF IN THAT HIS MODEM IS NOT IN
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264 FULL WORKING ORDER.
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266 IN REFLECTING ON THE NATURE OF THIS MESSAGE (SOLELY TO BE VERY CRITICAL OF A VERY RUDE METHOD OF ATTACKING OTHERS) I THINK I
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267 SHOULD HAVE FILLED IT A LOT OF ERRORS. WORDS LIKE 'DIS HEAR SPEL AL((#$ ,/ RT' SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED.
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268
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269 PROMETHEUS HAWTHORNE SD8408.29
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270 FROM THE DENTHIER... MT0313.28
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273 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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274 My goodness! I've been spell-checked without consent! Oh, hwell, hthis
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275 hshould hcause hsome hproblems hwith hthe hstatistics. hHow hdoes hspell hcheck
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276 hdeal hwith hintentional herrors? hIt hsure hmakes hit has hhard has hhell
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277 hto hread hwhat hI hjust htyped hin! Xnxthxr mxthxd xf cxxsxng prxblxms xs tx
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278 sxbstxtxtx x's fxr xll vxwxls, bxt thxs dxxs dxcrxxsx thx rxxdxbxlxty xf thx
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279 mxssxgxs xn thx systxm. Oh, well, I guess that if it is inevitable......
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282 MY GOD! WHAT WAS THAT?! SPELL CHECK??!!! YOU MISSED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND I
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283 WON'T WHINE!! SNIVEL A BIT MAYBE, BUT I REFUSE TO WHINE!! MEMORY ATTEMPTING
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284 TO SERVE ME, THE LAST TIME I WAS MAKING NON OUT OF SENSE THE DISCUSSION WAS
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285 ABOUT EMP. NOW WE ATTACK EVERBODYS(IES) GRAMMAR. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?
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286 MIGHT WE COVER SOMETHING OF MORE INTEREST? I'VE NOTICED THE TREND TO HIGHLY
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287 PORTABLE COMPUTERS HAS BEEN REALLY STRONG. HP, APPLE, AND COMMODORE ARE THE
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288 ONES THAT COME TO MIND (WHAT LITTLE I'VE LEFT) FREQUENTLY. WHAT IS THE "IDEAL"
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289 PORTABLE COMPUTER? HOW CAN YOU GET THAT THING IN YOUR POCKET? WITH WATCHMAN
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290 SETS AVAILABLE NOW, HOW DIFFICLUT WILL IT BE TO FRAME A 'PUTER IN ALSO? IT
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291 MIGHT NOT BE DICK TRACY YET, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SUPRISED IF THE NEXT TIME
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292 (HEAVEN FORBID!) I GET A TICKET THE NICE POLICEMAN WILL BE USING A RADIO
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293 LINKED, VISUAL DISPLAY, HAND HELD COMPUTER. NOT MY WORST NIGHTMARE, BUT A
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294 BIT REMINISIENT OF "BIG BROTHER".
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295 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
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296 TO SPELL CHECK - WHY NOT RUN A FOG INDEX ON THE STUFF TOO? THAT SHOULD
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297 GIVE SOME IDEA OF READABILITY.
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298 HAWTHORE - THE TERM CLIENTELE DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN PAYING CUSTOMERS,
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299 BUT RATHER SIMPLY PEOPLE WHO USE A SYSTEM OR SERVICE. BE IT A STORE
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301 WHICH IS WHY YOU GET THE TERM 'PAYING' CUSTOMER AROUND STORES. ONE WHO
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302 ENTERS THE STORE WITH THE EXPLICIT AND FULL INTENT OF BUYING SOMTHING
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303 RATHER THEN JUST TO FONDLE THE MERCHANDISE.
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306 To joke person above:
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307 When I read the joke a couple of years ago, the lady got ticked
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308 at the bus driver and threw his cigar out the window, which
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309 got the bus driver mad and he threw the dog out the window.
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310 Also, I might point out that you waited so long between jokes
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311 that you are going to get a lot of people saying 'What brick'?
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312 It is important that you use proper timing to make a joke effective.
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313 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
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314 ?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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315 PIPER: WERE YOU PERCHANCE IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE PIPE CONCERT IN THE
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316 ROSE GARDENS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO? THE CLAN MC CLAY BAND(?) AND SOME
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317 OTHERS PERFORMED. I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY! BY THE WAY......WOULD YOU BE
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318 INTERESTED IN JOINING A PIPE AND DRUM BAND, OR DO YOU ALREADY BELONG TO
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319 ONE?
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320 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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321 Mikey. There are different versions of that joke, aparently. Thats the way I heard it.
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322 Your'e right, of course, about timing. I shouldn't have tried it here, but rather waited for
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323 the next PC&S meeting. It just ain't the same. No cntrol of the situation---
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324 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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325 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND ESPECIALY NIETZCHE I BID YOU GOOD DAY.
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326 I LIKE YOURSELF HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE RATHER INTERESTING
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327 TOPICS AND DEBATES OF THIS FINE BBS. I ALSO NOTED THAT YOU
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328 BEING A RIGHT WING CONSERVATIVE AND ME BEING A LEFT WING LIBERALIST
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329 THAT WE MIGHT START OUR OWN DEBATE?
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330 THE CHALENGE IS GIVEN!!! ANY TAKERS?
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331 THE RED BARON
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337 Has anybody read the article about the KKK in yesterday's Oregonian?
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338 I think that the KKK should think about what they are doing. They
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339 terrify the Indians; did they ever think of who was here first? They
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340 beat up blacks; did the blacks have a choice on whether to come here
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341 or not? They leave hate mail for other immagrants; frankly I would be
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342 honored that so many have left there homeland to start what they hope
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343 is a better life here in my country.
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344 I wonder how many KKK members are true americans. Mabey I should clear
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345 up my definition of a true American. A true American is a native Indian
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346 because he and his ancestors were here first. They did not invite us to
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347 come in and take there land. Just think guys, the English were not even
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348 the first on this continent. An explorer by the name of Liegh Ericksen
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349 was the first here. He didn't stay long and didn't leave much of a sign
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350 that he was here so when Spain came over they thought they were first.
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351 They soon found out otherwise when the Indians decided to introduce
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352 themselves. What did Spain do? They attacked and robbed the Indians of
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353 all valuable items.
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359 <+|+> {368} 08291353
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360 TO:SPELL CHECK
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361
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362 If you can't find anything else better to do than
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363 criticize other people, you should have your head
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364 checked...
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365
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366 Anon.
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367 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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368 Well, my source arrived today, so here's my latest (plagarized) offering:
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369 1. Liar's breakfast S___ A__ E___
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370 2. Silent soup C___ U_ C______
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371 3. Antagonistic seafood F___ A__ C____ O_ T__ S_________
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372 4. Well-seasoned spirit lifter S___ A__ P_____ U____
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373 5. Breakfast for a celebrity F_____ T____ O_ T__ T___
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374 6. Cheyenne's shillelagh on rye I_____ C___ S_______
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375 7. Placebo for our coffee C____ A__ S____ C_____ P___
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376 8. Cheddery legal procedure C_____ F_____ P______
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377 9. Illegal hunter's breakfast P______ E___
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378 10. Citrus Oriental pimp P_______ O_____
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379 11. Sandwich for an alcoholic Gaul F_____ D__________
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380 12. Italian fowl for a bull fighter C______ C_____________
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381 13. Robbery at the bakery B____ S____ U_
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382 14. Meat and mushrooms for a dedicated
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383 jogger B___ S_________ A__ R______
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384 15. Citrus dessert from a soapbox L____ H_______ P__
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385 16. Soup the little man ordered before
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386 going to the guillotine S____ P_____
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387 17. Lazy man's hamburger M___ L_____
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388 18. Seafood for an English Poet O______ O_ T__ H___ S______
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389 19. Vegetable eaten at a street stall C___ O_ T__ C___________
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390 20. Obsequious Indian dish C______ F____
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391 21. German favorite served with champagne H__________________
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392 22. Sauce for a soap opera H__________ O_ O__ L____
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393
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394 An example: #5 would be "French Toast Of The Town."
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395 Enjoy
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396 ?????????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ??????????????????????????????????
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397 --=--==--===--====--=====--======--=======--========--=========--==========
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398 Hi All,
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399 Question: How do you know that car up ahead isn't filled with
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400 communists? Red hearted people just waiting to take over all the BBS's
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401 Here's your answer:
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402 Edgar J. Hoover's 8 Ways to Spot Cars Carrying Communists
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403 ---------------------------------------------------------
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404 1. Driving alternatly at high and low rates of speed.
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405 2. Entering a heaviltraled inter
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406 section on a yellow light.
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407 3. Turning coners at high rates of speed and stoping apprutly.
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408 (Sounds like I'm a communist so far.)
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409 4. Stoping on one-way streets and walking opposite the trafic direction.
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410 5. Cuting into a side alley and extinguishing car's lights.
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411 6. Driving in rural areas, walking accross fields and being picked up by
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412 another car.
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413 7. Waiting until the last minute to make a left turn in front of oncoming
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414 traffic.
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415 8. Stopping at every gas station on the freeway, always looking, and
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416 then going on.
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417 Yep, there they are. Watch for them.
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418 --==--==--==--
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419 Red Baron --> You must be very liberal to leave at least 9 blank lines
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420 in you message.
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421 Wensday, 8/29/84, 18:08 - Friar Tuck -
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422 --==========--=========--========--=======--======--=====--====--===--==--=--
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423 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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424 Dear Lord, I am a car driving communist.
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425 Spell Check:Consider my systems TOTAL cost was less then 100 bucks. I have
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426 no spell checker program to run, no 80 column screen to line up with.
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427 And better things to do with my time then worry about my spelling.
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428 If you do not have the brains to understand what I wrote, and most folks do,
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429 I will write just for you in a simple 3 line message of no meaning.
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430 Alex:I have repeted the famed dice cup experiment, same results. 5 smaplings of
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431 50 rolls each. I eagarly await a one/one session...
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432 MiG
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433 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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434 Migguy: how much you spend on a computer has nothin much to do with your spelling. I didn't spend
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435 much on this system, but you don't see me making errors. (nyuck nyuck).
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436 All I got so far was #9, Poached eggs on toast. My printer stripped a gear, so I can't down load it to
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437 work on. Here is another one.
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438 88 KOAP 12 PITSS 9 POABBT 11 POAFBT 20 MHZOAFMB 7 DIAPN 50 SITUS 2 TT
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439 3 TMAC 20 CFAS 31 DIAM (SOMETIMES) ETC.
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440 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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441 Looking over the puzzle I left, I see that the problems are rather difficult.
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442 So, being the nice guy that I am, I am uploading the answers. To prevent those
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443 of small willpower from cheating, I have coded the answers using a VERY complex cypher.
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444
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445 1. Tibn Boe Fhht 2. Dmbn Vq Dipxefs 3. Gjti Boe Dijqt Po uif Tipvmefst
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446 4. Tbmu Boe Qfqqfs Vqqfs 5. Gsfodi Upbtu Pg Uif Upxo 6. Joejbo Dmvc Tboexjdi
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447 7. Dsfbn Boe Tvhfs Dpbufe Qjmm 8. Difftf Gpoevf Qspdftt 9. Qpbdife Fhht
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448 10. Qboebsjo Psbohf 11. Gsfodi Ejqtpnbojbd 12. Dijdlfo Dbddjbupsfbeps
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449 13. Csfbe Tujdl Vq 14. Cffg Tusphpopgg Boe Svoojoh 15. Mfnpo Ibsbohvf Qjf
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450 16. Tqmju Qffxff 17. Nfbu Mpbgfs 18. Pztufst Po Uif Ibmg Tifmmfz
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451 19. Dpso Po Uif Dpccmftupoft 20. Dvssjfe Gbwps 21. Ibttfogfggfwftdfou
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452 22. Ipmmboebjtf Pg Pvs Mjwft
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453 ????????????????
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454 P.S. to A. User - I don't give a ____ about your terminal tests. They waste
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455 a lot of space with no possible benefit to anyone. Do us all a favor and
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456 delete your tests after you have spewed them all over the board.
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457 ????????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ???????????????????????????????
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458 .............................................................................
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459 Quizmaster-
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460 Yes this is true. The intent was not to cause you or anyone else a problem. It seems to me though that you could
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461 have spared me the vulgarity and simply stated that you didn't like the 30 lines that I used for the tests. It would
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462 seem to me that if you have a problem with 30 lines that the massive waste of
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463 blank lines that I have seem on BWMS probably gives you a corallary! But thank
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464 you. I promise to be a good little no-excess-line st
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465
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466 aler in the future.
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467
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468 Please do the same.
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469
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470 A. User (OOPs two blank lines ... GASP!)
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471 ...............................................................................
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472
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473
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474 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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475
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476 FROM PROMETHEUS: THE ILL FATED
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477
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478 FOR THOSE WHO WONDER; I AM NOT A. USER. MY TESTS ARE RARE AND DO NOT TAKE UP LARGE AMOUNTS OF SPACE.
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479 I TRY NOT TO DO THAT, ALL I DO IS FIND A CARRIER, ANY CARRIER AND TEST THE LOWERCASE SENDING, DUPLEX, AND CARRIER DETECT
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480 SECTIONS OF MY TERMINAL.
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481 I DO HOWEVER WANT VIP TERMINAL FOR MY COLOR COMPUTER SO I CAN FINALLY DOWNLOAD! IF ANYONE HAS ANY HELP THEY COULD GIVE ME IT
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482 WOULD BE STRONGLY APPRECIATED! I AM IN SUDDEA DOWNLOAD ANY DOWNLOAD! GIVE ME DOWNLOAD OR GIVE ME VIC!
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483 00
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484 DICE CUP EXPIRIMENTERS; I DID A TEST OF THE PHEMOMENA AND DID ONE HUNDRED THROWS OF THREE DICE AND FIFTY OF TWO.
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485
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486 THE AVERAGES WERE; TWO FOR THE ATTACK DICE, AND 4 FOR VICTIM'S DICE. I WANNA TRY IT IN A GAME SITUATION,TOO.
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487 BUT UNTILL THEN I AM TRYING TO FIND ANY MAFIA OR DENTAL ASSOC. TIES TO IT.
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488
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489 JOKEMASTER; YOU WOULDN't HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LITTLE JOKE ON BIT BUCKRECENTLY, OR WOULD YOU?
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490
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491 QUIZMASTER; I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN QUIZMASTER FORM AROUND FOR A LON TIME. WHY NOT?
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492 AND BY THE WAY, WHAT ARE, ER, WHAT IS THIS LATEST QUIZ?
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493
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494
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495 CUSTOMER QUESTIONERS; LOOKING BACK THROUGH MY DICTIONARIES IT SEEMS THAT THE INFORMAL USE OF ' CUSTOMER ' MEANS ANYONE WITH
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496 WHICH ONE MUST DEAL WITH. BUI DON'T BELEIVE THAT WAS HOW SPELL CHECK MEANT IT.
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497
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498 THEN AGAIN IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL; WHEN I WAS IN PORTLAND SPELLING COMPETITIONS (STEPPING STONE TO THE COUNTY, STATE
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499 AND FINALLCOMPETITION ) IF YOU MISTAKENLY SPELLED THE WORD WRONG YOU COULD CLAIM THAT IT WAS THE BRITTISH SPELLING
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500 AND THEY WOULD LET YOU CONTINUE THE COMPETITION UNHINDERED.
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501
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502 I SAND BY THE WAY; I KNOW NIECHE (SP?) AND IT ISN'T LYSIAS. SORRY ALL.
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503
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504 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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505 SORRY FOR ALL THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS BUT HALF AN HOUEDIT AND RE-EDIT HAS DONE IT NO GOOD, I REALLY AM SORRY. PROMETHEUS.
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506 ...............................................................................
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507 Prometheus from A. User -
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508 I don't believe that any apologies are nessecary. My opionion is that one
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509 of the purposes of PUBLIC bbs is for testing, trying out new modes ect.. I
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510 am trying out a new software/hardware system tonight and it seems to me
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511 that people that have problems with the experiments and testing have lost
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512 the true spirit of what personal computing is about. To me that is a test,
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513 a trial, an adventure that doesn't always work, but still MUST be tested.
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514 The PUBLIC bbs are a trial base much like ham radio. It is a tool to be used
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515 for the test, not to the detriment to anyone, but as a basis for improving
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516 thpersonal computing. If the room that I utilized on the disk to night was
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517 wasted by some peoples standards, well so much for that, it was not intended
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518 to infringe on anyone. But people that can not relate to the process of trail of new systems really iritate me. I believe that
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519 you Prometheus have no reason to apologize for what you are doing ... keep
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520 it up ... A. User aka Paul Abbus.
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521 ................................................................................
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522 this software keeps injecting about 10 lines of blanks for some reason ... I'll
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523 work on it P.A.
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524 .........................................................................
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525 d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d
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526
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527 Does anyone know what moses built the ark out of.
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528
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529 UNKNOWN......
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530
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531 *d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*
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532 save
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533 rubout
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534 help
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535 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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536 CUBITS?
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537 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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538 +++++++++HI GUYS, I JUST AM AT THE BOTTOM++++00000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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539 X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*
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540
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HELLO< I wish to appologize for my
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541
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542
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543
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544
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I believe I now know how to read and
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545
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546
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547
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548
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549
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II aamm sseeiinngg ddoouubbllee!!
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550
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551
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To MM: Perhaps power is as simple as the knowledge that you already have
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552
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unlimited amounts of it if you just realize it?
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553
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To Spelcheck: OK for you to check my spelling, If you tell me what wo
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554
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555
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556
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557
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558
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on this system. Thank you.
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559
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560
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WEC
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561
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