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Issue #51 October-10-1990
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** disclaimer **- - - - - - - - - - .
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Activist Times, Inc. ATI is a
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journalistic, causistic, /
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/cyberpolitical /
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/organization, /
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/trying to /
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/help y'all, and us /
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change the world /
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radically, in less / ATI
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than two minute / PO Box 2501
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increments. / Bloomfield, NJ
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- - - - - - - - - 07003
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ATI's Insane Staff:
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Ground Zero - publisher, editor, writer
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Prime Anarchist - editor, writer
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Writing/Research Staff - Sk8 the Skinhead, Fah-Q, MAC???, Happy Harry
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Hardon, Stormbringer, and other occasional contributors.
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Archivist: Llo
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Hello. Welcome to ATI51. First off, I apologize for all the typos
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in ATI49 and ATI50. We'll try to better this time ;) .
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I would like to welcome all of the new ATI readers that have been
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added to our net distribution list. We acquired these new readers due to
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a piece written by Prime and myself that was run in the Computer Underground
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Digest (CuD). Any reader who has any comments or contributions, or would
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just like to say hi, email me at:
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...uunet!tronsbox!akcs.groundzero
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Those of you who expressed an interest in writing for ATI may send in
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their contributions by typing them out and emailing me the text at the
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above address. Anyone who does not have a net address may type out their
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piece in hardcopy (handwrite it if you have to as long as it's readable)
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and send it to me at the above ATI's PO Box address. Submissions can range
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in size from one paragraph to about 15k. We will consider articles larger
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than 15k, but send a brief outline first before submitting the actual piece.
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A warm welcome also goes out to two new regular contributors: Happy
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Harry Hardon (anyone see "Pump Up The Volume"?) and Stormbringer. You'll
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be seeing items from them every so often.
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Also, some corrections and updates on items in ATI49/50. Ripco BBS is
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back up, under a much smaller system with a file area and one message base.
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The sysop, Dr. Ripco, has stated that the "new Ripco" is not meant to replace
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the system as it was before Sun Devil, but exists mainly as a means for
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interested parties to keep in touch. Call it at 312-528-5020.
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In our review of other interesting publications, we neglected to
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mention CuD (although we have written it up in a previous issue). It is an
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online newsletter dedicated to reporting items about the computer underground
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and any issues relevant to computer use, first ammendment rights of computer
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users, and more. CuD is a professional journal and provides valuable
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information in a well-written, concise format. To get on their distribution
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list, email them at: tk0jut2@NIU.BITNET.
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Now, as always, let's start out with Prime Anarchist and his column,
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Prime Anarchist World News:
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pawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawn
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Allo, Luke. Laura et al? Prime Anarchist here. Your Libertarian at
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Large. Or was that Librarian on the Luge? Or was that Thespian on the
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Thames???
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INSURED UP TO 100,000.? Yeah, right!!! Remember the old-time bike with
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the huge thin front wheel, and the little wimpy wheel in the back? Know what
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it's called? Penny Farthing Bicycle. This trivial thought, petty poop, and
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little luckypiece brought to you by P A P.
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Sign on a park bench, "NO GOVERNMENT WILL BRING YOU FREEDOM," Yippie!!!
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I recommend Earl Grey tea over Celestial Seasons or English Breakfast-then
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again, nothing beats a good (FLASH-- this just in. Prime Anarchist changes
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his tea-stance. "I get a bigger kick out of English Breakfast now. Anyone
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who can make something in Pencil-Vein-Yah, and call themselves English has
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my vote!!! Had me rolling on the floor with laughter. Eating white bread
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is like chawing on a soft sugary sponge.
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The DIAMOND VISA CARD. A 50,000 limit. Lets you buy stocks and bonds.
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No commission-- just a 29$ service charge with each transaction. Hmm. What
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made the 29-crash??? Fronted bucks!! Hmmm...
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If anyone wantsa do a movie about George Bush, John-Boy Walton would
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make about a great choice to play our illustry yuss Prez-Phez. When
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restringing a guitar, always wear something around your arms. Nasty slices
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are no fun.
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Dr. Hunter S. Thompson freed, film at 11-ish.
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TomTom Club is getting back together. At long last, some old-timers
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re-onioning I can tolerate.
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#'s? You want #'s? I don' nee' y'ur stinkink #'s. If you're still with
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us here, here's a treat: 213 935 1111's a loopchecker generator. Some
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gweebs call em sweep or sweeptone. So is 215 698 0049. Also 617 494 9900
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and 718 528 9979. 412 633 3333 is a PA Bell employee newzlyne. So iz
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717 255 5555. 619 375 1234'll getcha time and temp on the west coast; while
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303 443 1910 gets u the same schtuff for the rockies. Anyone got central
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and atlantic? Lemme know. The Watson vmb demo has changed from an 800# to
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508 650 1399. I guess like our beloved fearless-faithless healer, Pat
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Robertson after a prezident-yall ploy, THEY can't afford to foot the
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fonebill anymore EITHER. 719-630-1111 is a lot of fun. News, sports, jokes,
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poems, stories, movie reviews, all automated, menu driven. AT&F is
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800 424 5057. Tell em u wanna traid dope for tobacco, acid for alcohol,
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and daisies for dummdum bullets. 800 826 6290 is the automated fone-service
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changer-upper. The white house press office is 1-800 424 9090. Have
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much phun, ok?
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RESEARCH TOPIC OF THE DECADE: Why does ITT get to share the 1-800 424
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exchange?? Thank you Sothsenes Behn, thank you Adolf Hitler!!!
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Book of the day? "How Not to Pay Your Bill Collectors" by D. Trump.
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$15.95. Tell him you'd rather owe it to him than cheat him out of it. Send
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him a check for 13 cents. He'll cash it in less than a week.
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I swear to God.
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PRIME'S FAMOUS NEW FOLK SONG CHORUS:Abm,E,Gb,Abm. George, George, George
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of the jungle. How ya gonna deal with the drugz u dealt. George, george,
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good king george. What's gonna happen under martial law.
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FLASH, FLASH, FLASH. (hey, cut it out. that hurts your eyes) World Will
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End; And You May Die. James Baker (not the jailed preacherman-prophet-
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pudpuller-pee, but might as well be (the sik of state)), in a sudden
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turn of back on national tv, told both sides of the gaza strip (dont ask
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for an 8 oz gaza strip (medium-well) at a kosher restaurant.) "our fone #
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is still 1-202-456-1414. If you feel like talking about peace sometime,
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give us a call." Now, I'm not saying we should continue our orgiatic
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lovemaking with either side but we've been in bed with Israel for 42 years
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now, and mother earth has stayed-together-at-her-seams so far DESPITE all
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our efforts to plunder, pillage and petrify. You know what the Bible says
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about cursing Israel? Uh oh...
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Welp, that's about it for now. Tune in next week when Prime interviews
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a friend of a friend of a real beatnik. We'll have more phun #'s, and we'll
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bring you "all the viewz that fits in a bag lady's shopping cart".
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Hasta Banana..Buenos Tacos.............
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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:ATI, changing the way people :
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read for over 2 years.
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:ATI, a freedom paper. :
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ATI, a way of life, patriots /
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:ATI, more than just a - -
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newspaper, it's the rag /
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:of justice!!! /
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-------------------> random notes from ground zero------------------>
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"Hi. Welcome to the free white party line," chimed the introduction
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to a free-access party line in 702 that no longer exists. White party
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line? Hmm. I later learned that the same company that set that line up had
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another line up that introduced itself as the "free black party line". Why
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the "segregation"? You might also notice a lot of 1-900, 976, and other
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premiun toll chat lines conduct the same practice. They set up regualr party
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lines, but also set up other lines "for soul sisters and brothers" or "for
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soul companions", etc. Apparently the world "soul" is meant to indicate
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that these lines were intended for black callers. I thought segregation
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was to become a thing of the past, but with things like these lines existing,
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it might not any time soon.
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Speaking of 900 numbers, another practice is bugging me: the practice
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of setting up 900 numbers that charge anywhere from 70 cents to a few bucks
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just to enter a sweepstakes or contest. I see plenty of commercials for
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on TV. Now, it's the law that a sweepstakes has to have a "no purchase
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necessary to enter" policy. But companies running these things are getting
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around this by having commercials that repeat the 900 entry number over and
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over, but only flash the "no purchase necessary" mail-in address momentarily
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without allowing enough time for it to be written down, in hopes that most
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people will call the 900 number and pay to enter instead of trying to write
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the address down. Meanwhile, these companies, and 900 leasers are raking
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the money in. A dishonest practice.
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Did anyone ever watch "Alien Nation" before it was cancelled by Fox?
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It was a great show - as good as "Star Trek" or "Beauty and the Beast". If
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anyone knows anything "Alien Nation" maybe coming back or going under
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syndication, let me know!
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If a movie called "King of New York" is playing in your area, go see it.
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The plot is definitely thought-provoking. It's another movie that makes the
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viewer think about organized crime, criminals, and their role in society.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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THE ROVING EAVESDROPPER
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We have an occaional column in ATI called The Roving Eavesdropper in
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which we present possible phone conversations, buffers, in-person communiques
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or other interesting phenomena. We do this in order to represent other
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forms of reality, to educate our readers..or just to have some good clean
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fun!
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In this issue, we proudly present:
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"Fun and Chaos on a Conference Bridge"
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It was a slow evening on the conference bridge, a dial-in conference
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line owned by a private company which was sometimes borrowed by hacker types
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to hold their own conferences. Although the number to bridge was widely
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known within hacker circles, there weren't many caller that early evening.
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"Hey, anyone got any good codes?", asked on unknown voice.
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The caller's request was met by silence. Finally, after a long pause,
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another voice spoke up.
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"Shut the hell up with that shit, man," growled Brutus, a regular caller
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who disguised his voice to sound like a Black man, although most of the
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callers knew he was white. "We don't need no talk about codes on here."
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"Hey," protested the first voice, "I'm calling this thing direct and I
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need something-"
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"Then why don't you just wait until you get something to call with
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before you call? Who says you have to call here now anyway?" yelled Brutus,
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interrupting him.
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"Well, I'm supposed to meet someone here now," said the first voice.
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"Who you meeting here?" demanded Brutus. "Who are you anyway? What's
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your handle?"
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"This is Pyro. I'm waiting for-"
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"Oh yeah, I heard you the other night, man. You waiting for that other
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lamer Terminator. What are you lamers gonna do anyway? Trade some cool warez
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or what?" shouted Brutus, once again interrupting Pyro.
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"Lame, lame, lame!!!" cried out an extremely high-pitched voice that
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sounded like it was induced by helium.
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"Hey, who that? Is that Squeaky again?" asked Brutus.
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"Yeah, this is Squeaky! Some people on this bridge are lame, lame,
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lame!!!" cried Squeaky in his 2600hz voice. "Hey, I'm gonna play you all a
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song! Here we go!!!"
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Squeaky proceeded to play a song on his touch tones, and soon other
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callers proceeded to repeat the song. As the "song" was being repeated,
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several tones were heard, indicating that a few more callers were on the
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line.
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"Hey, what's going on..." greeted one voice.
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"Is Doc on here?" inquired another.
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Soon, the bridge was filled with several different voices all talking
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at once, clicking out on their 3-way calling, hitting touch tones, and
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shouting. However, above the confusion a professional-sounding male voice
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was barely audible.
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"ATS Long Distance, this is Rob, how may I help you?"
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"ATS? ATS?!?!?! You work for ATS," asked Brutus as the bridge grew
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silent.
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"Yes, sir," said Rob. "How may I help you?"
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"Hey, I got something to tell you!" exclaimed Brutus. "I found a
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calling card out on the sidewalk, I went over to the corner to use it, and
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it said, 'Please dial a valid calling card number'. Now what you gonna do
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about that?"
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"Well, sir, I think it might be helpful to set up your own ATS calling
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card number. I'd be happy to help you with that if you like," said Rob.
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At that point, total mayhem spread across the bridge. Callers started
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hitting touch tones, clicking out on their three-way calling, shouting and
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cat-calling Rob.
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"Hey, I think ATS rips people off," shouted on caller.
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"ATS sucks! Their security is lame!" screamed another.
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"Just what am I connected to? Is this some sort of party line?"
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asked Rob.
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Squeaky decided to join in the anarchy. "Hey, I've got something to
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say...
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..I've got something to say..I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY!!!" cried Squeaky
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until there was silence. "I'm going to blow up ATS!!!"
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"Nah, nah..," said Brutus. "We not gonna blow up ATS. Just the parking
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lot."
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"Word, word, word," chorused everyone on the bridge spontaneously.
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A barely audible click was heard on the bridge, most likely the being
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the caller who originally connected Rob on his 3-way disconnecting him.
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"Hey, is that guy from ATS still here?" asked someone.
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"Nah, he gone," stated Brutus.
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"He's gone!" echoed Squeaky.
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"Just having some fun man, just having some fun," said Brutus with a
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mischievous twist in his voice.
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The night had just begun....
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Space Shuttle Frequencies - by Stormbringer
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VHF/UHF Fequencies - all listed in Mhz.
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Kennedy Operations - 117.8 121.9 126.4 148.4 162.2 170.1
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Aircraft - 117.8 118.4 120.7 121.75 126.3 126.65 127.8 164.8 284.0
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Ships - 148.5 149.1 162.0
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Edwards Air Force Base - 120.7 121.8 128.05 138.45 162.6 162.625 164.1
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168.0 169.4 169.6 290.0 318.0 348.7
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Space Shuttle (You might hear these frequencies when the shuttle is in space
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and flies over your area):
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279.0 EVA (space suit)
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243.0 Emergency
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296.8 Primary
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259.7 Secondary
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Space Shuttle HF Support Freqs:
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(You need a shortwave with SSB (Single sideband) capability)
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Aircraft - 6.693 6.896 6.938 7.461 8.891 9.043 9.131 10.780 11.205
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13.170 15.015 18.200
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NASA - 2.678 4.510 4.855 5.350 6.723 6.740 6.896 6.983 7.675 8.993
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9.315 10.780 11.104 11.416 11.584 11.805 13.218 14.615 19.306 20.185
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20.390 20.475
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Ships - 2.625 5.696 5.810 9.125 11.407
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Ground Zero and Happy Harry Hardon & reviews of the new (cough) TV season:
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Cop Rock:
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GZ: I'd hate to say that name fast. Might result in an embarassing Freudian
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slip.
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HHH: Hey, that gives me an idea. Someone could make a porno version of that
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show.
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GZ: A porno musical cop show?
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HHH: They could do it. I once saw a porno that was a spoof of a cop show. It
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had two female officers, Gagme and Layme. It was a spoof of Cagney and Lacey.
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GZ: I know, I know.. Hey, we're getting off the subject. Did you like the
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show, Harry?
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HHH: Yeah, I liked it. But I don't know why. It's a weird feeling.
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GZ: I feel the same way. I like it, but I'm not sure why. I usually bust
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out laughing when they break into their
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musical numbers. I think they must have the words "YOU WILL LIKE THIS SHOW"
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interspliced between frames of the show while it's airing. What do you think?
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HHH: Sounds reasonable. Beware of masonic mind control techniques!
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Lenny:
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GZ: Total sham. We all know that all blue collar men plop down on the couch
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and demand a beer when they get home from work. Boring.
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HHH: Boring. Hey, get me a beer, GZ.
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Gabriel's Fire:
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GZ: Interesting. Nice photography. Has potential. They have to come up with
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more interesting plots, though.
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HHH: It was ok. But it needs more car chases, guns, and bombs.
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Babes:
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GZ: I liked the commercial for the show. 2 or 3 skinny, made-up bimbos from
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hell stand there tossing their teased heair when the floor opens up under
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them and the big "babes" sitting on a couch get lowered down. Funny show.
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HHH: But how did they get a couch that could all of them without breaking?
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Earth Farce oops.. um, Earth Force:
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GZ: What a disappointment. The show is poorly put together and therefore
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doesn't deliver the appropriate message. It seems more like a James Bond
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007-type show that a show that's supposed to promote environmental awareness.
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HHH: Well, it wasn't that bad. I think that oceanographer lady's hot! Anyway
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they may get their act together a little better. Plus the fact that the
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show even exists will get people thinking about the environment, and
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hopefully, to treat it better.
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Wow. That's about it for now. Look for more great info on ATI52 very soon!
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To obtain back issues of ATI, call BBS's such as the TAP bbs at 502-499-8933
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or Ripco at 312-528-5020, or access ATI's ftp site at 128.95.136.2 and
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enter 'cd /tmp/ftp/ATI' . Or, send a 3.5 inch disk to our PO Box and specify
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your computer type: Amiga, IBM Compat., Macintosh, Atari ST, or Commodore
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(they are available on 5 1/4" disks for Commodores as well as 3.5").
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FLASH: Doc Holiday says he will continue to put out his online newsletter
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under the Phrack name. I guess we'll see how it all goes, eh? Look for
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Phrack #32 sometime in December. A "best of phrack"-type issue might also
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be coming out soon.
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See ya! ;)
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