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System Status: November 30, 1992
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Amassed masses, I say onto thee:
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After a lotta work getting Vox to take off, thing's are finally happen-
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ing, which is fuckin' wonderful. What this means is, when something is bro-
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ken, instead of spending 3 weeks trying to hold it together with willpower,
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tricks and a lotta solder; we can get a new thingamajig that does what we
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need. It also means that a lot of dis-believers are getting off our backs,
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since we've proven that MindVox IS a financially viable enterprise, and we
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do not have to spend our time pursuing that all-so-seductive corporate mark-
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et, and waste energy and effort selling SLIP feeds to Dog-Food manufactur-
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ers.
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Some things are not quite where we want them to be, and we suspect they
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never will be, because constant enhancement is on the agenda. As of right
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now, since our monthly bills are no longer coming out of our pockets, this
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situation makes it possible for us to invest in additional hardware to add
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to Vox, and continue to grow and support the increasingly large membership
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-- all of this means even more work than before, so please have patience.
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None of us are being paid anything, and aren't going to even see anything
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back from what has been a considerable financial investment, for at least a
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year and a half. Last but not least most of the people who work on Vox, are
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doing other things like going to school, or working someplace less fun in
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the hopes of turning MindVox into something which they can eventually devote
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their complete attention to.
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For all this, we are overwhelming happy, it means that we are succeed-
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ing in doing something that we really want to be doing. The reason this is
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possible, is because enough of us have belief in the possibilities that Cy-
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berspace presents . . .
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So we're here, and something really cool is happening -- we're get-
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ting a lot of media attention, a huge influx of new members, and are becom-
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ing established as one of THE places to be. While this is all very cool,
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it's not really the point . . . MindVox presents one of the very few nexus
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points within the Matrix where Cyberspace collides with The Real World, and
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there is a transfer of energy; IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. There are reporters,
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journalists, film makers, musicians, writers, editors, club owners, program-
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mers, designers . . . people from every creative field imaginable here. And
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they're here because they share an interest in what's happening.
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What that "something" is, has yet to be defined, but it's going to be
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the spark that weaves together all these talents and abilities and forms of
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expression, into the virtual tapestry of cyberspace and defines the cultural
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boundaries of an entire movement.
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And it is taking form NOW . . . and HERE. And you know something,
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*YOU* are here, and it's already NOW; and many of you ARE taking part.
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But you know . . . this isn't Television, there aren't SOME OF US who
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are the chosen few, while the rest of you sit around and either go "gee
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that's neat," or "you assholes, I could do that better..." to cop a line:
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JUST DO IT! Get up off your ass and take part, if you have something to
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offer, something to say, abilities or talents that you want to express -- go
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for it. Because if you don't, then someday in the not too distant future,
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you're gonna be 40something or 50something, working in a grist-mill main-
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taining Objective-COBOL programs, getting drunk someplace saying "Yeah, I
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coulda done it much better than those guys" and instead of pushing back the
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boundaries of what is possible, you're gonna be using Virtual Reality as an
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escape for the life you never gave yourself the chance to live.
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Look, whether you think that this is it, or you've lived a thousand
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times, or the flying saucers erased your memory and set you down on Planet
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Earth as an interstellar spy . . . you're here now, you are alive, so LIVE.
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There are remarkably few repercussions here; you are as real or unreal as
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you choose to be, you can only be judged by what you choose to present, and
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you're gonna find that almost everyone will welcome you with open arms. If
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someone feels compelled to treat you badly, it's a much greater reflection
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on their own pain or fear, than it is on anything you've said or done.
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In short, if ANYBODY puts you down, or has anything negative to say to
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you; fuck 'em. Who are they anyway? If you've always wanted to write, then
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don't waste 5 years in creative writing 1001, or submit to 50 different e-
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zines and editors; give it to MONDO, or if you hate Mondo, send it to Wired
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or bOING bOING; if you want to express yourself in any way imaginable: don't
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spend your time thinking that you could do it better than whomever, DO IT!
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There is absolutely no point in focusing on the short-comings of other
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people, they're always gonna be there, so what -- focus on YOUR OWN talents
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and abilities, and have faith in yourself. Entire movements are defined by
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a handful of people, it takes no more than 80, 90 . . . 100 people to re-
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define the very nature of reality. A sizeable percentage of those people
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are making their home here; BE ONE OF THEM instead of watching it all hap-
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pen.
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TAKE PART, don't just watch the universe scroll by . . .
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Peace, Light & "attitude problems" =)
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Patrick / digital@phantom.com
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