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BTN: Birmingham Telecommunications News
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COPYRIGHT 1992 ISSN 1055-4548
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October 1992 Volume 5, Issue 9
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Table Of Contents
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Article Title Author
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Policy Statement and Disclaimer................Staff
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Publisher's Corner.............................Mark Maisel
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From The Editor................................Scott Hollifield
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Life On The Lines..............................Bernie Starchaser
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Traditions.....................................Lurch Henson
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BBS ProFile: Maggie Harden.....................The Bishop
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BBS Spotlight: Alter Ego.......................Eric Hunt
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Letters to the Editor..........................No one
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Special Interest Groups (SIGs).................Barry Bowden
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Known BBS Numbers..............................Staff
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Disclaimer and Statement of Policy for BTN
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We at BTN try our best to assure the accuracy of articles and
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information in our publication. We assume no responsibility for damage
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due to errors, omissions, etc. The liability, if any for BTN, its
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editors and writers, for damages relating to any errors or omissions,
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etc., shall be limited to the cost of a one year subscription to BTN,
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even if BTN, its editors or writers have been advised of the likelihood
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of such damages occurring.
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With the conclusion of that nasty business, we can get on with our
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policy for publication and reproduction of BTN articles. We publish
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monthly with a deadline of the fifteenth of the month prior to
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publication. If you wish to submit an article, you may do so at any
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time but bear in mind the deadline if you wish for your work to appear
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in a particular issue. It is not our purpose to slander or otherwise
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harm a person or reputation and we accept no responsibility for the
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content of the articles prepared by our writers. Our writers own their
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work and it is protected by copyright. We allow reprinting of articles
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from BTN with only a few restrictions. The author may object to a
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reprint, in which case he will specify in the content of his article.
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Otherwise, please feel free to reproduce any article from BTN as long as
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the source, BTN, is specified, and as long as the author's name and the
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article's original title are retained. If you use one of our articles,
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please forward a copy of your publication to:
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Mark Maisel
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Editor, BTN
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221 Chestnut St.
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BHM, AL 35210-3219
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(205)-956-0176
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We thank you for taking the time to read our offering and we hope that
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you like it. We also reserve the right to have a good time while doing
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all of this and not get too serious about it.
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F R E E B I E : G E T I T W H I L E I T S H O T !
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The following boards allow BTN to be downloaded freely, that is with no
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charge to any existing upload/download ratios.
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ADAnet One Alter-Ego Arkham Asylum
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Channel 8250 Little Kingdom Joker's Castle
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Crunchy Frog Owl's Nest The Bus
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The MATRIX Abject Poverty Night Watch
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The Outer Limits Teasers Kiriath Arba
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DC Info Exchange Owlabama BBS Safe Harbor
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Southern Stallion Martyrdom Again?! Lemon Grove
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Medicine Man F/X BBS Thy Master's Dungeon
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Playground
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If you are a sysop and you allow BTN to be downloaded freely, please let
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me know via EZNet so that I can post your board as a free BTN
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distributor. Thanks. SH
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N E W S F L A S H
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BTN HAS A NEW EDITOR! (See below.)
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CRUNCHY FROG HAS MOVED!
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The new numbers are (205)823-3957 for Node 1, and
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(205)823-3958 for Node 2.
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Publisher's Corner
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by Mark Maisel
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(After being relieved from the burdensome duties of editing BTN, Mark
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had so much time on his hands, he didn't bother writing a Publisher's
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Corner. Well, the guy WAS moving to a new house all month. Bug him
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for a new article, and while you're at it, ask him when the next BTN
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party is. He LOVES that. - Scott H.)
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FROM THE EDITOR
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^new
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by Scott Hollifield
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My friends, today begins a bold but uncertain new dawn in our shared
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history. Arm in arm, we stand on a teetering precipice, staring
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unflinchingly at the future with steel in our eyes and fire in our
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hearts. To those who said we would never make it, I say, "We are here."
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For those who say we'll never go further, I say, "Give us a chance." A
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chance, friends. That's all we ask. Give us a chance... and I'll show
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you miracles.
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Wait a minute.
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What the hell am I talking about? I'm not running for political
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office. I'm already there! I've got the power! And there's not a darn
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thing any of you can do about it!
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For those of you whose ears have not yet received the thundering
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cry, my name is Scott Hollifield, and yes, I am the new editor of BTN.
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I've been associated with BTN since its inception. Let me give you
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a little bit of background.
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In the early part of 1988, I conducted what was known then as "The
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First Annual Breezin' Birmingham BBS Awards Survey". (Don't ask me to
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explain what "Breezin'" means; old users of Channel 8250 will know.)
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The survey, which was little more than a (very) glorified opinion poll
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about local BBS's, got a lot of attention, and the results of it were
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published in the very first issue of BTN, back in April of '88.
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I went on to conduct a second and third annual survey, whose results
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were also published in BTN. Unfortunately, I lost interest and never
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made it to a fourth.
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A year ago, I took over the BTN "ProFile" column from Chris Mohney,
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who had carried it for three years and was now moving to Tuscaloosa.
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Under my disciplined grasp, it managed to last another three months.
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In April of this year, I started a series of columns in BTN called
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"Stop On A DYM", a chat-based interview segment with users of Willie's
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Dial-Your-Match which was intended to run five months. It never made it
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past the first installment.
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So based on my record, I'm going to skip trying to sell myself as a
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committed editor. The word "commitment" is, in fact, in my dictionary,
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but I haven't seen my dictionary since I used it to write term papers in
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high school. I could try to persuade everyone that I am dedicated, that
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I truly BELIEVE in making BTN the best thing since microwave ovens, that
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I hope to take it another fifty issues and beyond, blah blah blah, but
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that would be misleading.
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I can't promise anything. I can't guarantee that BTN will continue
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the same high standards of integrity and professionalism set by Mark
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Maisel <ahem>. All I can say is, keep reading.
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Anyone remember when I conducted the first BBS survey back in 1988?
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Remember how everyone just talked and talked about it, for months? Even
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though it really wasn't a great big life-shattering deal, it unleashed a
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fireball of intrigue and controversy? My ultimate aim is to make BTN
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like that, only monthly.
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I'll need help. I already have some of it (and thanks to them).
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A lot of the writers who wrote for Mark have pledged to keep on writing,
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and a couple who've never written before have even said they'd start.
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(One of these, who makes his BTN debut this month, is someone I'm glad to
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be welcoming back to the local BBS scene: Bernie D. Starchaser, who was
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around Way Back When It All Began, and whose name was even mentioned in
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the first issue of BTN. It's true, Bernie! Go download it and read it!)
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However, you might have noticed that this issue of BTN is pretty
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skinny. If anyone wants to submit an article, which would be greatly
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appreciated, please upload it to either Crunchy Frog or The Matrix, as a
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PRIVATE upload, and leave me mail telling me what the filename is.
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Being a BTN writer is cool. Being a BTN writer is hip. You want to be
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a BTN writer.
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I will be working in a few subtle, more conventional changes into
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BTN, along with the more large-scale clandestine ones I have in the
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works. <Heh heh.> For instance, the Known BBS Numbers list has been
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slightly reorganized, and, as is evident, it's getting messier and
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messier. In the coming months, we may decide to clean it up a bit -
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suggestions are welcome.
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That should do it for this month - I would talk some more, but I'm
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on a deadline. Next month: A bigger issue! (Hopefully.) Plus - the
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official BTN endorsement for President of the United States! Be here!
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-Life On The Lines-
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by Bernie D. Starchaser
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I am continually impressed with the advances made in the BBS Scene
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since I was a regular, oh so long ago. It's simply amazing to see
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systems boasting 14,000 bps and more, especially when I can remember
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2400 bps seeming like virtually instantaneous transmission. Even more
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incredible is The Matrix's gigabytes of storage when I can remember
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running my own BBS (such as it was) on two floppies. Times, they are
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a-changin'.
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Now in the old days, back when the now-legendary Fox Trap 80 was
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up, BBS systems were simpler. And yet, they had a certain elegance.
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Back then, you didn't have all this high-speed, large-scale technology
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so you had to make do with what you DID have. And as I remember, the
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Trap had a very impressive setup for it's day. There were numerous
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message bases, even back before networks. One in particular which I
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miss was the Warboard.
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This was an area simply devoted to what today is known as
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"flaming". Users would enter bald statements to start something, such
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as "Motley Crue sucks!" Then all the "Crue" fans would jump in,
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maligning viciously the person posting the offending statement. Then
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others would join in in support of the first. Later, as this
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progressed, still others would pop up wondering what all the fuss was
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about, or taking the position that BOTH sides were idiots, or whatever.
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We had all sorts. The "rodents", the regulars, those who took sides
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with these and the "devil's advocates" who attacked either side out of
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sheer bloody-mindedness. Ah, those were the days!
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Another element missing from the modern "scene" is the "Continuing
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Story" board. This was a message area where the most outrageous tales
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would spring up. One person would start the story by writing a one
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paragraph opening, ending midsentence at a critical point. The next
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caller would pick up where the last left off, ending his or her message
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in a similar fashion. Needless to say, anyone reading the entire thread
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would be amazed that apparently intelligent people could come up with
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such stark idiocy. Idiocy it may have been, but it was still funny!
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The Breezin' conference, I'm happy to say, still exists, albeit on
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a different board. Breezin' was a place that those of us bored with the
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Warboards sort of drifted to. The adversarial quality of the
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conversation there remained, but on a higher intellectual plane. And
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yet, it was different from such conferences as "argument" on the Frog,
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in that the conversation was always sort of light. Political and
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religious discussions just never came up. Maybe we weren't mature
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enough to care about these things, or more likely we were simply more
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interested in music. I dunno...
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Well, as some old hands will remember, I always used to end
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messages on Breezin' with a musical or poetic quote. I think that was a
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good tradition, and I shall continue it with any other BTN offerings
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that Mr. Hollifield is able to read without gagging.
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IT"S GREAT TO BE BACK!
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"It's not as if this barricade,
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Blocks the only road;
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It's not as if you're all alone,
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In wanting to explode;
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Someone set a bad example,
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Made surrender seem alright;
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The act of a noble warrior,
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Who lost the will to fight;
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And now you're trembling on a rocky ledge,
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Staring down into a heartless sea,
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Done with life on a razor's edge,
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Nothing's what you thought it would be;
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All of us get lost in the darkness,
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Dreamers learn to steer by the stars;
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All of us do time in the gutter,
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Dreamers turn to look at the cars;
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(turn around and turn around and turn around)
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Turn around and walk the razor's edge,
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Don't turn your back and slam the door on me
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No hero in your tragedy,
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No daring in your escape,
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No salutes to your surrender,
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Nothing noble in your fate;
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Christ, what have you done???"
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-"The Pass" by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart ---> RUSH
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From album "Presto"
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BCNU!
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-Bernie D. Starchaser-
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Traditions
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or
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Why do People do Such Stupid Things?
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by
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Lurch Henson
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Tradition. What is it? WHY is it? What's a Tradition? A
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Tradition is something done long enough or often enough to become either
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habit, or required (which soon becomes habit anyway). That's not the
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dictionary definition, that's my definition, I can't afford a
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dictionary, so you get to suffer with mine.... Anyway, a Tradition is
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something you do, sometimes without really knowing why. Something that
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has "always been done that way", even if it's really stupid. Most
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colleges that have Frats on them will be a great place to learn about
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Tradition......IF you like being paddled in your underwear and covered
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in oil before being sent out into the woods blindfolded (just an
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example, mind you, no one would EVER REALLY do that, right?). Schools
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aren't the only place, either. You can find Traditions almost anywhere
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you look, even if you don't realize that's what you're playing with.
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For instance, my partner and I have quite a few Traditions, some
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of which we've kept up, others of which have fallen by the wayside.
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Back when I was still working in Lower Alabama and would drive down
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there every two weeks to go to work, the first thing I would do would be
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to drop in on him and wake him up (he worked nights, slept during the
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day). Once he got dressed we'd head out to Taco Bell....make a run for
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the border. Standard order was a 10 pack of tacos apiece. The girls
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working the counter would see us coming through the door, and when we
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got to the register, they would already have our seperate orders
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totalled up, all we had to do was hand them the cash, then pick up the
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food. How did it start? He asked me if I felt like going to the new
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Taco Bell they'd FINALLY built in the town I kept my P.O. Box in, and I
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said yes. After that, we just naturally headed there, again and again,
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until it became habit. Tradition. Something we KNEW was going to
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happen. My first meal in Lower Alabama would ALWAYS be a 10 pack of
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tacos at Taco Bell, Friday evenings, somewhere between 5 and 8pm
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(depending on when I drug my butt out of Birmingham and hit the road),
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once every two weeks. If we didn't show up, the girls asked where we
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were the next time one of us came in. This kept up until I stopped
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working in LA, and my trips became very infrequent. And I miss the
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border runs.... It was the time I caught up on everything my ex-wife
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was doing in town, stabbing me in the back....the time I caught up on
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how our little side business was running....the time we discussed
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anything and everything bothering either one of us....and even the time
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that I reconciled with a man that had been one of the greatest friends a
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guy could have. A friend of mine that I'd had bad words with, and
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missed. We met at my partner's place one afternoon when I hit town, he
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came on the run with us, and at the end of it it was as if the
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intervening years had never occured, things were CLOSE to back to normal
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between the three of us (The Warriors Three ride again.....).
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Doesn't sound like a Tradition to you? Tough. Not everyone has to
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like every Tradition, you know..... Not every one of those guys in
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their underwear in the woods are having a good time either, believe it
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or not. But enough of them DO, or enough of them don't dislike it
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enough to stop it, so it goes on. Tradition.
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Ok, don't like my border runs? Here's another one for you....how
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about the BTN parties? Tradition. Plain and simple. Somewhere down
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the line Mark had a bout of temporary (maybe?) insanity, and opened his
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house up to the general BTN readership. Then he did it again. And
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again. And even a few more times..... When I first started talking to
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people online, they asked me if I were going to the BTN party. Sure,
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why not, meet all these people I've been talking to. Sounds great. So
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I did. In the past two years I've missed ONE of them, and that was for
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personal reasons, not because I couldn't make it (I still showed up at
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that one, but not until about 2:30am). I even drove 200 miles up here
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on a weekend I worked in LA, attended the party, then drove 200 miles
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back down there to go to work the next day, before returning the day
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after that to B'ham for good again (that's when I could afford gas
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money). But then, I'm a little crazier than most. Most of the people
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that do a long haul to get here are only coming from Georgia, or coming
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back from Huntsville or Tuscalusa after a trip away from town. The
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point being, after Mark had had a few of these things, they got to be
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expected....looked forward to....missed when they didn't happen. He
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started a Tradition, whether he wanted to or not, whether he realized it
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or not.
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Since then, there have been other groups on the BBSs that have tried
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to start a few Traditions of their own.....which is the main reason for
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this article (Ah-HA! He finally got to IT!)..... I myself have missed
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each one of these fledgling Traditions when they've tried to get off the
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ground, though I am told that at least one of them went off fairly well.
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It seems there was a (non-BTN) roast given somewhere near Christmas, I'm
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sure many of you heard about it, some may have gone to it...I would
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have, but I was out of town at the time. At the roast, I'm told that
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there was an award presented....something called a POTY award.... When
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the weather turned warmer, the same people put together a picnic,
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invited alot of the people on the boards out to have fun, and proceeded
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to enjoy themselves (for the most part anyway. I hear some of the
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people that left smelling like spoiled cream weren't too happy later in
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the day... <<Smile>> ). The guys that put all of this together have
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seperated due to personal differences, but I think it's a step in the
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right direction, the establishment of more Traditions here in our BBS
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community. More Traditions that encourage the use of the systems. More
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Traditions that draw more Users onto the boards, and show the rest of
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the world that not all computer Users are "geeks", that many of us
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appear much like normal (I hate that word), everyday people...
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Since then, there has been a second picnic, and a "get-together" at
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a coffee shop, each held, one by one, the other by the other, by the
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same guys that did the first picnic and roast. They're doing their
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part, trying to provide an enjoyable atmosphere for the rest of us to
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play in, how about we do our part and play, eh? Call around to a few
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more BBSs than you planned to this morning....read a few more messages
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than you normally would, see what's happening on the systems around
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you....you might be surprised at just how far out of the computer these
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Traditions can come............and you might just find yourself getting
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into some lively discussion....and having a little fun. See you all
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online......
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BBS ProFile
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by The Bishop
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As I feel that the spotlighting of certain users and/or sysops
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provides a way for the online community to get to know that person
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better, I have brought the BTN ProFile back to life. Originally done by
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Chris Mohney, the ProFile ended its first run in December 1991. The
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questions are still the same, but if enough feedback requesting new
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ones is received, then the ProFile will be slightly edited(read
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"mauled"). However, for the time being, we will start out with someone
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I feel is long overdue... TB
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GODDESS #1/SYSOP PRO FILE: Maggie Harden
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Age: This is one of those trick questions, Right??? To be perfectly
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honest, I generally vacillate between adolescence and old age.
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It depends on the particular phase of the moon, I think.
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Birthplace: In a galaxy far far away ... already been done, huh?
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Alright, I wuz bawn in a cotton patch, thurd chil of poah share-
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croppers ... yeech, makes me sound like Scarlett O'Hara on a
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bad day. This one's better: The lightening etched intricate
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patterns across the midnight sky. Two spectacular bolts seized
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each other, entwining around themselves as they raced for the
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ground. Created out of the blinding brilliance of the strike,
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a new Goddess stood fearlessly alone ...
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Ok, Ok, <sigh....>, Birmingham.
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|
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Occupation: I'm not real sure, but I get paid for it! Has something
|
||
to do with machine shops, reading calipers and silkscreening.
|
||
|
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My hobbies include: Computer bulletin boards (who would'a thought
|
||
it?), photography, art, swimming, and <snicker> ... a few
|
||
more.
|
||
|
||
Years telecomputing: Somewhere between 7 and 8 years.
|
||
|
||
Sysop & Zoo Keeper, past/present/future of: The Alter Ego BBS
|
||
|
||
My oddest habit is: Hanging around with Saints.
|
||
|
||
My greatest unfulfilled ambition is: To take a photograph that is
|
||
Pulitzer Prize material.
|
||
|
||
The single accomplishment of which I am most proud is: A nearly perfect
|
||
emulation of my cat Nermal.
|
||
|
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My favorite performers are: Lou Gossett, Glen Close, Mary Chapin
|
||
Carpenter, Jethro Tull and The Moody Blues.
|
||
|
||
The last good movie I saw was: Hook
|
||
|
||
The last good book I read was: I honestly haven't read a really GOOD
|
||
book lately, but my all time favorite is ILLUSIONS, THE
|
||
ADVENTURES OF A RELUCTANT MESSIAH by Richard Bach.
|
||
|
||
If they were making a movie of my life, I'd like to see my part played by:
|
||
Whoopie Goldberg.
|
||
|
||
My pet peeves are: People younger than me who complain about getting
|
||
old!!!
|
||
|
||
When nobody's looking, I like to: Play my air guitar. I'm really quite
|
||
proficient at it!
|
||
|
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|
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|
||
BBS Spotlight
|
||
by Eric Hunt
|
||
|
||
|
||
1) Name of the BBS:
|
||
THE ALTER EGO
|
||
|
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2) Name of the sysop:
|
||
MAGGIE HARDEN, SYS-GODDESS#1
|
||
|
||
3) BBS software used:
|
||
PCBoard 14.5
|
||
|
||
4) How long have you been sysoping:
|
||
I have been Chief Zoo Keeper of the Alter Ego for over two and
|
||
a half years.
|
||
|
||
5) Are you a subscription only / completely free / hybrid of the two
|
||
BBS?
|
||
Totally and absolutely 100% fee free -- and it comes in
|
||
seven yummy flavors!
|
||
|
||
6) How many incoming phone lines and approximate disk space? Do you
|
||
support high speed modems? If so, what type(s)?
|
||
I have one -- count 'em -- ONE incoming phone line.
|
||
My harddisk has just enough space to hold one cup of coffee.
|
||
Yes, I support high speed modems in all endeavors. I feel they
|
||
should have the same rights as .... oh .... not quite what you
|
||
meant, huh? I am currently using a Courier HST that supports up
|
||
to 9600 baud.
|
||
|
||
7) Is your BBS primarily a files BBS, primarily a message based BBS,
|
||
or a combination of the two?
|
||
I scoff at files and thumb my nose at them!!! Files, indeed!
|
||
The Alter Ego is primarily message based BBS geared towards
|
||
blatant insanity.
|
||
|
||
8) If you've sysop'd more than just this BBS, briefly list previous
|
||
endeavours and their lifespans.
|
||
Before starting the Ego, I spent over four years as co-sysop
|
||
of The Connection. This makes a grand total of about six and
|
||
a half years I have worked in some sort of sysoping capacity.
|
||
Now, some may wonder if this has possibly caused some sort of
|
||
irreversible brain damage. Nonsense!!! Hello??? ... this IS
|
||
Pizza Hut Delivery, isn't it??? Hello???
|
||
|
||
9) What made you decide to take the masochistic plunge and become a
|
||
sysop:
|
||
The power!!! The prestige!!! The fame!!! The fortune!!!
|
||
Well, actually there was this time -- way back when I was a
|
||
child -- I tied my cat up in a tree (yes, there WERE trees and
|
||
cats way back then!). I have felt the need for self-flogging
|
||
since that time.
|
||
Then there WAS that time I fed poison pizza to Dean
|
||
Costello .... nah, no guilt on that one!
|
||
|
||
10) What is the general 'thrust' or area of specialty for your BBS:
|
||
<snicker> It is HOME for many of the "less than normal".
|
||
The Alter Ego is a strange mixture that runs from serious to hyper-
|
||
silly. Most of the conferences on the Ego are local, though we do
|
||
carry a few echoed conferences. Any board is only as strong as the
|
||
users that support it. Consequently, I let my more frequent users
|
||
have considerable input in the direction the board takes.
|
||
|
||
11) (optional) What is your regular job/career to support this
|
||
leeching hobby of sysoping?
|
||
Since pulling off train robberies has gotten to be such a difficult
|
||
business (ever tried to catch an AmTrak on horseback?), I have had
|
||
to resort to real work (sad, but true). I work at a research
|
||
center.
|
||
|
||
12) What are your plans for the coming year?
|
||
I don't even know what my plans for the coming week are --
|
||
now you want me to plan a year in advance???
|
||
|
||
13) Where would you like your BBS to go over the next 5 years?
|
||
Frankly, a sailboat cruise to Martinique would be nice.
|
||
Other than that, it will go exactly as it has in the past --
|
||
it will endeavor to make it's users happy and amuse me in the
|
||
process.
|
||
|
||
14) What do you feel the highlights of your BBS are?
|
||
Most definately my users!!! Maybe I am biased, but I think I have
|
||
the greatest group of users in the BBS community.
|
||
|
||
15) What is your personal vision of the 'ideal user?'
|
||
He should stand about 6 foot tall, have blue eyes, look good in
|
||
tight jeans......you just HAD to ask, didn't you?
|
||
Seriously, the "ideal user" is one who feels free to participate
|
||
in the board. He/she should feel comfortable not only leaving
|
||
messages, but in offering comments, suggestions and even criticism
|
||
when he/she feels it is needed.
|
||
|
||
16) What is the thing you've enjoyed most about providing your BBS?
|
||
Again, my users. I have met some of the greatest people I have
|
||
ever known since the Ego started. I enjoy the interaction we
|
||
have with each other. It feels like "family" -- sometimes
|
||
deranged family, but family just the same.
|
||
|
||
18) What is the funniest story you can tell about your BBS and/or
|
||
your users?
|
||
Probably all of the polling and politicing by the candidates
|
||
of last years Pervert of the Year (POTY) Contest.
|
||
|
||
Here's a space to write a paragraph or two to cover any
|
||
points/details/questions I missed, yet you feel should be addressed.
|
||
Being a sysop and running a board has got to be fun. When it
|
||
ceases to be enjoyable and starts to be "work", then it is time to
|
||
sit back and let it roll on it's own merit for a while. If it is
|
||
a good board and has a good group of users, it will survive while
|
||
you take a breather and regroup.
|
||
|
||
I have been fortunate, in that I have two great co-sysops. The
|
||
only thing left to cover is a great big thanks to both of
|
||
them -- to Saint George for helping me keep this monster on
|
||
line and to Bob Crawford for helping me keep the message
|
||
bases alive. Thanks guys!!! I couldn't have done it without
|
||
you!!!
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Letters to the Editor
|
||
|
||
As promised, here are the responses I've received that seem to belong
|
||
here. If you wish to make it here, please feel free to leave Scott
|
||
Hollifield a message on either the main message base of THE MATRIX or in
|
||
any EZNet message base. He'll get it one way or the other. MM
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
SIG's (Special Interest Groups), Computer Related
|
||
-------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
BEPCUG CCS
|
||
Birmingham East PC Users Group Commodore Club South
|
||
Jefferson Sate Jr. College Springville Road Library
|
||
Ruby Carson Hall, Rm 114 2nd & 4th Tuesday (C64/C128)
|
||
3rd Friday, 7-9 PM 3rd Monday (Amiga)
|
||
Paula Ballard 251-6058 (after 5PM) 7:30-10 PM
|
||
|
||
BCCC BIPUG
|
||
Birmingham Commodore Computer Club Birmingham IBM-PC Users Group
|
||
POB 59564 UAB Nutrition Science Blg
|
||
Birmingham, Al 35259 RM 535/541
|
||
UAB School of Education, Rm 153 1st Sunday (delayed one week
|
||
2nd and 4th Sundays, 2 PM if meeting is a holiday)
|
||
Rusty Hargett 854-5172 Marty Schulman 967-5883
|
||
|
||
BACE FAOUG
|
||
Birmingham Atari Computer First Alabama Osborne Users
|
||
Enthusiast Group
|
||
Vestavia Library, downstairs Homewood Library
|
||
2nd Monday, 7 PM 1st Saturday, 1PM
|
||
Benny Brown 822-5059 Ed Purquez 669-5200
|
||
|
||
CADUB BGS/CIG
|
||
CAD Users of Birmingham Birmingham Genealogical Society/
|
||
Homewood Library Computer Interest Group
|
||
3rd Tuesday, 6:30PM-8:30PM Birmingham Public Library
|
||
Bobby Benson 791-0426 3rd Floor Auditorium
|
||
3rd Sunday, 2:30 PM
|
||
Robert Matthews 631-9783 or
|
||
Bone Yard BBS
|
||
|
||
RAHSPCUG
|
||
Ramsay Alternative High School PC Users Group
|
||
Ramsay High School
|
||
1800 13th Avenue South
|
||
last Wednesday of each month (September-April)
|
||
from 3:02-3:35
|
||
Lee Nocella 581-5120
|
||
|
||
SIG's, Non-Computer Related
|
||
---------------------------
|
||
|
||
BBC Birmingham Astronomy Club
|
||
Blue Box Companions Subject: Astronomy
|
||
Subject: Dr. Who Hoover Public Library
|
||
Hoover Library 4th Tuesday, 7:00PM
|
||
1st Saturday, 2PM-5PM P.O. Box 36311, B'ham, AL 35236
|
||
|
||
If you belong to or know of a user group that is not listed,
|
||
please let us know by sending E-Mail to Barry Bowden on
|
||
The Matrix BBS.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
Known BBS Numbers For The Birmingham Area
|
||
|
||
NAME NUMBER BAUD RATES MODEM BBS SOFTWARE
|
||
SUPPORTED TYPE
|
||
|
||
129 ADAnet One (Nodes 1-3) 854-9074 1200-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
||
129 ADAnet One (Node 4) 854-5863 9600-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
13 Alter-Ego BBS 925-5099 1200-9600 USR HST PCBoard 14.5
|
||
4(0 Arkham Asylum 853-7422 300-14400 USR DS VBBS 5.50
|
||
(+ Asgard 663-9171 300-9600 V.32 WWIV 4.21a
|
||
Baudville (Node 1) 640-4593 300-2400 Major BBS 5.3
|
||
Baudville (Node 2) 640-4639 300-2400 Major BBS 5.3
|
||
Baudville (Node 3) 640-7243 300-2400 Major BBS 5.3
|
||
Baudville (Node 4) 640-7286 300-2400 Major BBS 5.3
|
||
2 Bone Yard, The 631-6023 300-9600 USR HST PCBoard 14.5
|
||
13 Bus System 595-1627 300-2400 PCBoard 14.2
|
||
17+ Byte Me! 979-BYTE! 2400-14400 USR HST WWIV 4.12
|
||
Castle, The 841-7618 300-2400 C-Base 2.0
|
||
16 Channel 8250 (Node 1) 823-3957 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
16 Channel 8250 (Node 2) 823-3958 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
$ Christian Apologetic 808-0763 300-14400 V.32bis Wildcat! 3.55
|
||
13_ Crunchy Frog (Node 1) 956-1755 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
13_ Crunchy Frog (Node 2) 956-0073 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
1 DataLynx 933-1974 1200-14400 V.32/V.42bis WWIV 4.21
|
||
Deep Space 9 980-1089 300-2400 Wildcat!
|
||
138 Den, The 933-8744 300-9600 USR HST ProLogon/ProDoor
|
||
) Disktop Publishing 854-1660 300-9600 V.32 Wildcat! 3.01
|
||
* Drawing Room 951-2391 300-2400 Wildcat! 3.02
|
||
EcoBBS 933-2238 300-2400 WWIV 4.21
|
||
Elysian Fields 620-0694 300-2400 Telegard 2.7
|
||
3^ F/X BBS (Node 1) 823-5777 300-14400 USR DS PC Board 14.5
|
||
3^ F/X BBS (Node 2) 822-4570 300-14400 V.32bis PC Board 14.5
|
||
3^ F/X BBS (Node 3) 822-4526 300-14400 V.32bis PC Board 14.5
|
||
12\]>?/{}-Family Smorgas-Board 744-0943 300-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
||
Final Frontier 681-6148 300-2400 USR DS Wildcat! 3.50
|
||
Genesis Online (Nodes 1-4) 620-4144 300-2400 Major BBS 5.3
|
||
Graphics Zone (Node 1) 870-5306 300-2400 MNP4 TBBS 2.1(16)
|
||
Graphics Zone (Node 2) 870-5329 300-2400 MNP4 TBBS 2.1(16)
|
||
Hacker's Corner 674-5449 1200-2400 MNP4 PCBoard 14.5
|
||
$* Hardeman's BBS 640-6436 1200-14400 Wildcat! 3.51
|
||
HellBound BBS 444-9043 2400-14400 VBBS 5.52
|
||
Hoots With Owls 520-9540 300-2400 TriBBS 3.0
|
||
2 I.S.A. BBS 995-6590 300-9600 USR HST Remote Access
|
||
(40+Infinite Probability 791-0421 2400-9600 V.32 VBBS
|
||
Intruder Enterprizes 969-0870 300-9600 V.32 VBBS 5.5
|
||
2 Island 870-4685 2400-9600 V.32 Hermes 2.0
|
||
136 Joker's Castle 664-5589 300-14400 USR DS PC Board 14.5
|
||
Killing Fields 780-8845 300-2400 WWIV 4.21
|
||
4( Kiriath Arba 681-8374 300-2400 WWIV 4.21
|
||
Labrynth 681-0002 300-2400 CNetAmiga 2.17
|
||
2 Lemon Grove 836-1184 300-12000 V.32/42bis Searchlight
|
||
+ Lion & Unicorn 856-2464 300-9600 V.32 WWIV 4.21
|
||
1 Little Kingdom (Node 1) 969-0007 300-9600 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
1 Little Kingdom (Node 2) 969-0008 300-2400 MNP4 PCBoard 14.5
|
||
13 Magnolia BBS 854-6407 300-14400 USR HST PCBoard 14.2
|
||
1378%@[ MATRIX, The (Nodes 1-10) 323-2016 300-2400 PCBoard 14.5
|
||
1378%@[ MATRIX, The (Nodes 11-14) 323-6016 9600-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
1378%@[ MATRIX, The (Node 15) 458-3449 9600-14400 V.32 PCBoard 14.5
|
||
# Medicine Man BBS 664-5662 300-14000 V.32bis GTPower 17.00
|
||
29 MetaBoard 254-3344 300-14400 USR DS Opus
|
||
Missing Link 853-1257 300-2400 C-Net Amiga 2.18g
|
||
Monster, The 967-4839 300-2400 Telegard 2.7
|
||
^&* Night Watch 841-2790 1200-2400 TriBBS 2.11
|
||
+ Nirvana 942-6702 300-2400 WWIV 4.21
|
||
2 Outer Limits 425-5871 1200-9600 USR HST Wildcat! 3.01
|
||
# Owlabama BBS 856-2521 300-2400 GTPower 17.00
|
||
13_ Owl's Nest 680-0851 300-14400 USR DS PCBoard 14.5
|
||
^&* Party Line 856-1336 300-14000 V.32bis TriBBS 2.11
|
||
&* Playground 836-4200 300-2400 TriBBS 2.11
|
||
Pooh's Korner 980-8710 300-14400 USR DS Wildcat! 3.5
|
||
% Pro-Electric 980-8836 300-9600 V.32 Proline 2.065
|
||
Quiet Zone, The 833-2066 300-9600 V.32 ExpressNET
|
||
# Safe Harbor (Node 1) 665-4332 300-2400 GTPower 17.00
|
||
# Safe Harbor (Node 2) 665-4355 300-14400 USR DS GTPower 17.00
|
||
Safety BBS 581-2866 300-2400 RBBS-PC
|
||
Song Remains The Same 995-0794 300-2400 VBBS
|
||
1!_ Southern Stallion 631-0262 300-14400 V.32bis PCBoard 14.5
|
||
Sperry BBS 853-6144 300-2400 V.32 PCBoard 14.5
|
||
1 ST BBS 836-9311 300-2400 PCBoard 14.2
|
||
+ Teasers 987-0122 300-2400 WWIV 4.20
|
||
Thy Master's Dungeon 940-2116 300-9600 V.32 TriBBS 2.11
|
||
! Torch Song 328-1517 300-2400 Wildcat 3.01
|
||
7_! Wanderer, The 836-0603 300-14400 V.32/42bis Wildcat! 3.00
|
||
+ Wild Side 631-0184 300-1200 WWIV 4.20
|
||
Willie's DYM (Node 1) 979-1629 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
||
Willie's DYM (Node 2) 979-7739 300-2400 Oracomm Plus
|
||
Willie's DYM (Node 3) 979-7743 300-1200 Oracomm Plus
|
||
Willie's DYM (Node 4) 979-8156 300-1200 Oracomm Plus
|
||
( Word, The 833-2831 300-2400 WWIV 4.12
|
||
Ziggy Unaxess 991-5696 300-1200 Unaxess
|
||
|
||
The many symbols you see prior to the names of many of the bbs' in the
|
||
list signify that they are members of one or more networks that exchange
|
||
or echo mail to each other in some organized fashion.
|
||
|
||
1 = EzNet, a local IBM compatible network
|
||
2 = FidoNet, an international network, multi-topic
|
||
3 = RIME/Metrolink, an international network, multi-topic
|
||
4 = WWIV-Net, an international network, multi-topic
|
||
5 = BhamTalk, a local network, multi-topic
|
||
6 = Uni'Net, an international network, multi-topic
|
||
7 = ThrobNet, an international network, adult oriented
|
||
8 = ILink, an international network, multi-topic
|
||
9 = ADAnet, an international network dedicated to the handicapped
|
||
0 = VirtualNet, national network, multi-topic
|
||
= = TcNet, not certain at publication time
|
||
! = PrideNet, a local homosexually oriented network
|
||
# = GTNet, an international network, multi-topic
|
||
$ = WildNet, a national network, multi-topic
|
||
% = InterNet, an international network, linking businesses,
|
||
universities, and bbs', multi-topic
|
||
^ = City2City, a national network, multi-topic
|
||
& = TriBBS Net, a national network, multi-topic
|
||
* = Dixie Net, a regional network, multi-topic geared toward the south
|
||
eastern United States
|
||
( = MAXnet, a local network, connecting WWIV and VBBS systems
|
||
) = PlanoNet, a national network, multi-topic
|
||
_ = LuciferNet, an international network, adult oriented
|
||
+ = ANet, a local network, adult oriented
|
||
\ = MJCN, an international network, religion-oriented
|
||
@ = Shades N Shadows Net, a national network for role-playing games
|
||
[ = Science Factor Net, a national network, science and technology
|
||
oriented
|
||
] = BCBNet, a local network, religion-oriented
|
||
< = SearchlightNet, a national network, multi-topic
|
||
> = FamilyNet, not certain at publication time
|
||
? = ICDM, not certain at publication time
|
||
/ = CFN, not certain at publication time
|
||
{ = CDN, not certain at publication time
|
||
} = NPN, not certain at publication time
|
||
- = AgapeNet, not certain at publication time
|
||
|
||
|
||
If you have any corrections, additions, deletions, etc., please let us
|
||
know via EzNet.
|
||
|
||
|
||
The following BBS numbers responded with rings but no answer when we
|
||
attempted to verify their existence. If you have any information
|
||
concerning their status, please leave me mail on The Matrix or Crunchy
|
||
Frog:
|
||
|
||
Bus System Elysian Fields I.S.A. BBS Island
|
||
Killing Fields
|
||
|
||
- Scott Hollifield
|
||
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|
||
|
||
|