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>C O M P U T E R U N D E R G R O U N D<
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*** Volume 1, Issue #1.08 (May 9, 1990) **
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MODERATORS: Jim Thomas / Gordon Meyer
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REPLY TO: TK0JUT2@NIU.bitnet
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COMPUTER UNDERGROUND DIGEST is an open forum dedicated to sharing
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information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of
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diverse views.
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DISCLAIMER: The views represented herein do not necessarily represent the
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views of the moderators. Contributors assume all responsibility
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for assuring that articles submitted do not violate copyright
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In This Issue:
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File 1: Moderators' Corner (news and notes)
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File 2: From the Mail Bag (Could it be the Broccoli King?)
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File 3: Report on Morris Sentencng (by Lawrence Kestenbaum)
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File 4: Sysops under Fire (reprint)
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File 5: Bboard Symbols (by Ruth Hanschka)
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*** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 1 of 5 ***
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In this file:
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-- LoD Update
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-- FTP (again?)
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-- BBS Info Wanted
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LOD UPDATE (May 9, 1990):
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The legal fate of Craig Neidorf (Knight Lightning) is still uncertain.
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Motions are currently pending to dismiss the case, and the defense
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attorneys are also waiting for rulings on their discovery motions. They
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hope to have responses by the end of the May. A status hearing has been set
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for May 29, and the trial is scheduled for June 18. Barring something
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dramatic, it appears there will be nothing to report for at least three
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more weeks. The case is in Illinois' Northern Federal District (Chicago),
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and the docket number is 90-CR-70.
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The trial of Robert Riggs and Adam Grant was originally scheduled for
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June 4 in Atlanta, but has been delayed, according to court sources.
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They indicate that the new trial date will likely be in July or August.
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Rumors of a plea bargaining arrangement *HAVE NOT* been confirmed, and
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sources indicate that the prosecution is currently intending to procede to
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trial. However, this was an "official" position, and did not preclude the
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possibility of a bargaining arrangement being negotiated.
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The case number in Georgia's Northern District is: 1:90-CR-31
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FTP PROBLEMS:
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As many noticed, a bitnet site cannot actually be an FTP site. The bitnet
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address was intended as the source by which users could be steered over to
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a workable site. It may not work as well in practice as conceived in the
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abstract. We are working on the problem, and will have more information
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in the next issue.
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requests as we can and then place the files on a central BBS that
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accomodates 9600 baud. For those with the new HSTs, this take about 10
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minutes for a one-meg download (at a cost of about $1.25). For those still
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using 2400, it would cost about $11.00. This isn't ideal, but it's
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workable.
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We've had some interesting responses to our query about BBSs. In coming
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issues, we'll try to do a series on the history of CU bulletin boards, when
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they started, what happened to them, and what's going on now. If you were
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(or are) the sysop of a CU board that has been around for a few years, or
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if you were a user of one, drop us a note on when it started, what it
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caters to, what it's like, or any other information you think relevant.
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WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR BBS ADS, so don't send any. The intent is to trace
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the rather dymanic and rapidly changing nature of this form of social
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interaction.
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*** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 2 of 5 ***
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%Eds. note: The following came with a "Camp David" header in all
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the right places, so it must be true, right?%
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Date: Mon, 06 May 1990 13:13:13 CST
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From: George 'I love Broccoli' Bush <GEORGE@THE.WHITE.HOUSE>
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To: Jimbo <TK0JUT2>
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Subject: Computer Underground Digest
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Dear Jim,
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Nancy and I, uh... I mean Barbara are really proud of the great job you are
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doing with all these hackers. These are dangerous kids that need to be
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kept off the street, I mean phone.
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These kids don't have much of a chance in life without people like
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yourself. Without the care that you show them, they would probably live to
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grow up as computer literates. What a terrible way to live in this day and
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age.
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You know Jim, I have several United States Secret Service agents to protect
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me from the holligans in the world, but whenever I can lend a few away to
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bust up these hacker-types, I feel proud to be an American. Keep up the
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good work, and tell Gordon hello too.
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Sincerely,
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George Bush, k-rad d00dz
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*** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 3 of 5 ***
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Re: Observation of Robert Morris Sentencing
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On Friday May 4th, I went up to the federal courthouse in Syracuse to
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witness the sentencing of my fellow Cornell graduate student, Robert T.
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Morris, Jr. I'm not acquainted with Morris, but I've followed the case
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closely through the media, Usenet, etc.
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It seems that every U.S. courthouse has the same airport-style security
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system: the walk-through metal detectors, the package conveyor belt. My
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friend and I passed through this and were just about to step on the
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elevator when we hear the guards laugh, saying "Here comes Robert!", and
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around the corner of the building comes a grim-faced, hands-in-pockets
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Morris Junior, surrounded by a cloud of dozens of microphone and camera
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wielding reporters. "Pack journalism," sniffs my friend; the grinning
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guards let our elevator go, and we reach the third floor ahead of the mob.
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Apparently Judge Munson's sentencings were handled routinely every Friday
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at 2:00 PM. This particular Friday, only two are scheduled; besides
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Morris, there's a contractor who underpaid his employees on a Federal
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construction project (sitting in the pew behind me, the contractor's lawyer
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says to his client: "Don't worry, these people aren't all here for you.").
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Ironically, the contractor's basic sentence (three years probation) is the
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same as what is later pronounced on Morris; the contractor, however, is
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required to make restitution to the aggrieved employees, and is prohibited
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from bidding on federal contracts for some period.
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With the contractor out of the way, the main show begins. First, the
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defense attorneys (Guidoboni and O'Brien), always referring to their client
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as "Robert," make lengthy statements. He's a "decent kid," they urge, who
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has taken responsibility for his actions and is properly repentant.
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Guidoboni, in particular, spends a good deal of time arguing about the
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sentencing guidelines. Though I am not familiar with the Federal
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sentencing guidelines, I have worked with Michigan's version, and they
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basic concepts are the same. Fundamentally, the idea is to limit what used
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to be unfettered judicial discretion over sentencing, under which people
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committing similar crimes -- indeed, two partners in the same crime --would
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routinely get radically different sentences, depending on which judge was
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presiding and how he felt that day.
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Given the stories they wrote, most of the reporters were completely
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befuddled by the argument over the guidelines. Suffice it to say that the
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new Computer Fraud and Abuse statute had been classified (presumably by
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court rule) as a "six," a "fraud and deceit" crime. The pre-sentence
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report applied this guideline, adding extra points for "special skills,"
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and came up with a sentence of just under two years (I don't recall the
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specific numbers offhand -- I think it was 21 months). Guidoboni argued
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that fraud and deceit (and motivating greed) were not part of "Robert's"
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crime; at most, it should be classified under "destruction of property,"
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which was a "four" and carried correspondingly lower sentences.
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Judges are allowed to depart from the guidelines, but they are required to
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make clear why the guidelines were inadequate to determine the sentence in
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the particular case. When I was practicing law in Michigan, one judge's
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failure to make such a statement enabled me to get a client's sentence
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reduced.
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The prosecution surprised me by saying very little. Essentially, he said
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he understood that the judge might want to depart from the guidelines in
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this case, but hoped that he would sentence Morris to *some* jail time.
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Then he sat down. If all the editorial-writers who have been yelling for
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Morris' blood had seen it, they would have been appalled: this was the
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opportunity for a fire-and-brimstone speech about national security and
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billions in damages. Suddenly, it became clear that "severe punishment"
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was *not* in the cards.
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The judge called a five-minute recess and disappeared into his chambers to
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craft his answer. When he returned, he asked if the defendant had anything
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to say; Morris said "no" (the only word he spoke during the entire
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proceeding). The judge then announced that NONE of the sentencing
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guidelines applied to this case, and none were even analogous. Hence, he
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was free to use his discretion, and he did: three years probation, $10,000
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fine, 400 hours community service, no restitution required.
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The hearing over, Guidoboni turned to the assembled media, with an air of
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contempt and condescension, and said "I'll make it easy for you: Robert has
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nothing to say, and he's not going to change his mind." He announced that
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he would make a statement and take questions when he got outside. The
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press assembled on the plaza outdoors, waiting for Guidoboni to make his
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appearance. Most of what he said has been quoted elsewhere. Afterwards,
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we ransomed the car (three bucks for 2 hours parking) and drove back to
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Ithaca.
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What was really striking about all this was the contrast between the fairly
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widespread view (among editorial writers and lay people, especially) that
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Morris deserved severe punishment and a long prison term, and the reality I
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saw in the courtroom. Even my fiancee had argued that Morris "is guilty
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and should go to jail." I think that people who are unfamiliar with the
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legal system don't tend to consider how *good* Morris looks compared to the
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more typical criminal defendant who has a history of (a) prior crimes, (b)
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drug use, (c) violence, (d) greed, and (e) predatory behavior. Retribution
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is not usually foremost on a sentencing judge's mind; rather, he or she
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tries to look toward the impact of the sentence on the defendant's future
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behavior. It is hard to imagine Morris doing anything like the Internet
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worm again, so the need to lock him up is anything but pressing.
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Lawrence Kestenbaum
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Cornell grad student (City & Regional Planning, Historic Preservation)
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Attorney licensed in Michigan
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Copyright (C) 1990, by BBS PRESS SERVICE, INC.
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Copyright hereby waved by Alan R. Bechtold -- pass this article around at
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will, including posting it on any BBS and online service!
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THE EDITOR SPEAKS:
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by Alan R. Bechtold
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"Attack From Above..."
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It's happening all over. Telephone companies in Texas and Michigan and
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Indiana are exerting their power over bulletin board operators, trying to
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extort business rates out of anyone who runs a BBS -- whether the bulletin
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boards are businesses or not. It could happen in YOUR state next.
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A couple of weeks back I wrote about Variety 'N' Spice BBS in Michigan.
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Michigan Bell decided that Variety 'N' Spice should pay business rates for its
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phone lines and I agreed. They ran their system on a multitude of lines,
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switched in rotary fashion, and in every sense of the word operated the BBS as
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if it WERE a business. It was even listed as a "subdivision" of a publishing
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company responsible for a regional computer magazine in the area.
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I know the sysop of that board and like him a lot. This wasn't an easy stand
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for me to take. Now I have a copy of the actual regulations covering
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classification of telephone customers as business users and a letter from a
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Michigan Regulation Officer at the Michigan Department of Commerce, explaining
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those regulations in English (thanks, Dennis -- and to everyone who sent me
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info on this).
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It appears I was right.
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Variety 'N' Spice, operating as a "subsidiary" of an actual company that
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published a for-profit magazine, SHOULD have to pay business rates for the
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telephone lines it used.
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BUT, according to the letter I have, from Deborah Phipps, a Regulation
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Officer in the Customer Complaint Section of the Michigan Department of
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Commerce, "If bulletin boards or access to bulletin boards is provided to
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calling parties at no charge other than that which may be associated with the
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telephone call, and are not provided in conjunction with a business, a
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profession, an institution or other occupation, then it would appear the
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service should not be classified as a business."
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The letter goes on.
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"If, however, there is a charge associated with any level of access to the
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bulletin board, whether the charge is rendered to cover costs or produce a
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profit, then the service would be considered a business and classified as
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such."
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This means that if you run an open, free bulletin board in Michigan and it's
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strictly a hobby and not associated with a business or organization of any
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kind, you have a legitimate complaint if Michigan Bell tries to charge you
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business rates for the phone lines you use.
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To register specific complaints regarding such classifications, call the
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Consumer Services Division of the Michigan Public Service Commission at
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800/292-9555 or 517/334-6424.
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Which brings me to Indiana.
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Last week, Charles Bowen's A NETWORKER'S JOURNAL (right here in INFO-MAT)
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reported that Indiana BBS sysops were being hit by GTE with a required
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business rate charge for phone lines, regardless of whether the boards are run
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as businesses or not. This is hitting many BBSes with a nearly 200 percent
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increase in phone bills. It's an increase most can't afford or justify.
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In specific, Bowen mentioned Indiana sysop Randy Wilson, who was among the
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first to receive notice of the new increased rates.
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This week, Bowen quotes CompuServe's Online Today, which quoted Wilson as
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saying he has discontinued using Sprint (a GTE long-distance company) and
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"strongly urges" his BBS users to discontinue their Sprint service and "go
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with one of the other long-distance carriers."
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Wilson operates a hobby BBS for which he makes NO charge for access. He told
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Online Today that GTE refused to discuss the forced increase in business rates
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so he no longer has any interest in their long-distance services.
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I think Wilson's reaction is perfectly rational. We as bulletin board
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operators and users must NOT back down on our resistance to paying business
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rates for telephone lines just because a bulletin board is on them. They must
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be BONA-FIDE BUSINESSES first, and not all BBSes are BUSINESSES!
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The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is telling sysops that "business
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rates for home computer lines were approved in January."
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Read that line again -- CAREFULLY. It sounds to me like the telephone
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companies, if allowed to continue, don't intend to stop with just charging
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business rates to bulletin boards. They eventually plan to charge business
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rates to EVERYONE with a computer attached to their phone lines. That means
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you won't be able to set up a separate phone line for your computer without
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paying business rates for the line. That stinks.
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So. I back Wilson's idea to boycott GTE (remember -- this is ME talking
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here, not INFO-MAT or BBS PRESS SERVICE or any of our affiliate BBSes that
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carry INFO-MAT). I personally support his idea and recommend that you follow
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it.
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If you disagree with GTE's stand against BBS operators in Indiana, Cancel
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your SPRINT and GTE long-distance service and switch to other companies not
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currently engaged in attempts to gouge computer users for use of their lines.
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It will certainly make a strong statement of your feelings, in no uncertain
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terms.
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Also, if your local phone company is trying to charge bulletin board
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operators (especially FREE hobby boards) business rates for the use of their
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lines, let your local utility regulatory commission know you are outraged.
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Lodge a formal protest if possible.
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And -- I think it's time for us to put our money where our mouths are. I
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have long advocated the need for a true national Modem Users Association. We
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modem users -- sysops and BBS users alike -- are scattered far and wide,
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linked by a variety of electronic mail systems and local and regional
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associations, but not truly linked into a single, unified voice.
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I've called for the formation of an organization that not only would link
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with existing local and regional groups but also would stretch far beyond
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their capabilities, and I've been waiting too long for it to happen.
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I'm saying let's DO IT. NOW.
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I'm willing to coordinate it, but it takes money to put something like this
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together and all of you must be willing to come up with some money to get this
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off the ground.
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The organization I propose would act as a central clearing house for
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information of interest to BBS users and operators, act as an umbrella linking
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local and regional modem user groups into a nationwide network, and unify all
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modem users and the services and systems they use.
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It would also establish a lobbying effort in Washington to push for
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legislation favorable to modem users and would fight, state-by-state, against
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outrages rate increases and demands from telephone companies and other
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entities.
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Membership in such an organization would be open to individual modem users,
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bulletin board sysops, publishers of telecommunications software,
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manufacturers of modems and providers of commercial online systems.
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The organization I envision would require an attorney for the group, a
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Washington D.C. lobbyist and a Coordinator for each state. We would publish a
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monthly or weekly electronic newsletter that would be posted on each and every
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bulletin board and online service that is a member, and a quarterly newsletter
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that would be mailed to each member by U.S. Mail.
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The organization would establish criteria for operation of online services
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and for conduct by online service users, and would consider ways to network
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nationwide, tracking down sources of known viruses and "Trojan Horse"-type
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software so action can be taken against the perpetrators.
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Other activities could include discount buying power for software and
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hardware, low-cost group health and accident insurance, low-cost insurance for
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computers, and, really, all the benefits of any large group.
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Initial yearly membership in such an organization would be:
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Individual -- $15
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Hobby BBS Operator -- $25
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Commercial BBS Operator -- $50
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Software Publisher (Shareware) -- $100
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Software Publisher (Commercial) -- $250
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Hardware Manufacturer -- $500
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Now let's put this to a vote.
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I said I would be willing to take on the formation of such an organization
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and I meant it. If you would be willing to support such an organization,
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considering the fact that it would be formerly incorporated as a non-profit
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organization, and would dedicate itself to the goals and objectives I have
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listed above (in addition to others as it goes), send a check to the address
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below.
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Yes, I said SEND A CHECK. Make it payable to MODEM USER'S ASSOCIATION of
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AMERICA, for the appropriate amount from the above list.
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I will collect the checks and report here every week how much has come in. I
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figure it will take a minimum of $10,000 to start this organization and WILL
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NOT CASH ANY CHECKS until at least that amount has been received. If the
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amount necessary to start this organization isn't raised, I will mail a
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postcard to everyone who sends a check, letting you know the organization
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didn't fly and the check has been destroyed.
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Now $10,000 sounds like a lot of money but it's only the bare-bones minimum
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needed to get an attorney, to incorporate the group as a non-profit
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organization, retain a lobbyist in Washington and start things rolling. It's
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a LOT of money but that's reality.
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So, if you REALLY want it to happen, mark your check with the level of
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participation you're signing up for, and mail it, along with your name,
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address and telephone number, to:
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MODEM USER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
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Alan R. Bechtold, Coordinator
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8125 S.W. 21st Street
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Topeka, KS 66615
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I hate to sound pessimistic, but this is a challenge I'm betting we won't be
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able to meet. I don't think enough of you REALLY WANT THIS to make it
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happen. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I DO believe that what I've proposed is the
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way to get things done and protect modem users in the future. If you agree,
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then you now have your way to let me know. If you don't, just sit there and
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watch it all go away.
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This is drastic stuff -- and I stand willing and ready to take on the
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challenge of putting this organization together and getting things done if
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you're willing to stand behind me with the dollars it will take to do it
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right.
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Also, feel free to pass this article around. Copyright is hereby waved and
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you are encouraged to upload this to any and all bulletin boards and other
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online services you wish. I WANT you to prove me wrong!
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*** Computer Underground Digest Issue #1.08 / File 5 of 5 ***
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***************************************************************
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%Eds. note: Ruth Hanschka sent the following across the Computer Mediated
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Communications bitnet hotline, and said she didn't mind if we reprinted it.
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She's graduating and off to make her fortune, so we thought we'd send her
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off with the symbolic closing of CuD 1.08 with her list.
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----------------------------
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Date: Fri, 4 May 90 14:23:00 EDT
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Sender: Computer Mediated Communication <CMC@RPIECS>
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From: RHANSCHKA@HARTFORD
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Subject: SE-communication on BBoards - or While I've got it...
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These are two messages concerning symbols used to express emotion in
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computer-mediated communication. One has a few additions of my own, the
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other is as I received it. I am posting it partly because I am soon to lose
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my access to the school computer, and thus to all nets. A second reason is
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that I believe other people would like to see these. My apologies to those
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who have read them before.
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Ruth Hanschka, soon-to-be MA in Communications and <sob> real-worlder
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"THE IMFAMOUS SYMBOL LIST" [W/ADDITIONS]
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:-) humorous, joking
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:-( sad, this is no joke even though it looks like one
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:-') tongue in cheek
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:-0 shout
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;-) say no more, nudge nudge
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=:-0 scares me too
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:-! foot in mouth
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:-$ put your money where your mouth is
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0:-) don't blame me, I'm innocent
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%-/ don't blame me, I'm hung over
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<:-) don't blame me, I'm a dunce
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C:-) don't blame me, I'm an egghead
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[:-|] sent by a robot
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:-)8 sent by a gentleman
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8:-) sent by a little girl
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(8-) sent by an owl
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(:%/ sent by a duck
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:-)=== sent by a giraffe
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(-:|:-) sent by siamese twins
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d:-) I like to play baseball
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q:-) I am a baseball catcher
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:-| I play the harmonica
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:-8 I just ate a pickle
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"In printed communications (in this case bulletin boards), it is tough to
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get the idea across that you are being sarcastic etc. Scott Fahlman, with
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the help of other participants on FIDONET, might just have the answer..."
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This appears at the top of the original. There are probably more of them
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by this time, but I do not have them. The original notice asks FIDONET
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contributors to send more in. My copy of this came from a photocopy of a
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printout in the University of Hartford Computer Resource Library, so blame
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them :-') not me.
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And now the additions. These came from a VAX discussion line called
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these really were [:-|].
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:-) joking or sarcastic face
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:-% fiendish grin
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;-) wink
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:-( sad or angry face
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|-( late night
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Have fun and may nothing crash,
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Ruth Hanschka RHANSCHK@HARTFORD
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and last but not least, one of my own - *:-) - here's an idea
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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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((((((((( forwarded by Bob Roberts - bsa018@nmsuvm1 )))))))))))
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Here is the canonical list of emoticons. I make no claims as to be the
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creator of them; they were gleaned from lists that were sent, lifted from
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others' lists, cribbed from postings and .signature files. I am just a
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librarian who keeps track of them all.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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emoticon: a figure created with the symbols on a keyboard that
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is read with the head tilted to the left. Used to convey
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the spirit in which a line of text was typed.
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* *
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* Tilt your head slightly to the left and read the following examples. *
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* *
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************************************************************************
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:-) Humor
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:-) )-: Masking theatrical comments
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:<) For those with hairy lips
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:-%)
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:<)= For those with beards
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:/) Not funny
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'-) Wink
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P-) Pirates
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!-(
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;-) Sardonic incredulity
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(@ @) You're kidding!
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:-" Pursing lips
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:-v Just another face (speaking) profiled from the side
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:-V Shout
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:-w Speak with forked tongue
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:-W Shout with forked tongue
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:-r Bleahhh (sticking tongue out)
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:-f
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:-p
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:-1 Smirks
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:-,
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<:-O Eeek!
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:-* Oooops (covering mouth with hand)
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:-T keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)
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:-D said with a smile
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:-P
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:-y
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8^)
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:-o More versions of shouting
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:-O
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:-% Count Dracula
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=|:-)= Uncle Sam
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7:) Reagan
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:-=) Hitler
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:-# Censored
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:%i Smoking
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:-Q
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:%j (and smiling)
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:/i No smoking
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:-I It's something, but I don't know what....
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:-x Kiss kiss
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:-> Alternate happy face
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:-( Unhappy
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:-c Real unhappy
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:-C Unbelieving (jaw dropped)
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:-< Forlorn
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:-B Drooling (or overbite)
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:-| Disgusted
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:-? Licking your lips
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<:>== A turkey emoticon
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:-) :-) :-) Loud guffaw
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:-J Tongue-in-cheek comments
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:*) Clowning around
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:-8 Talking out both sides of your mouth
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(:-) Msgs dealing with bicycle helmets
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@= Warning about nuclear war
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<:-) For dumb questions
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o= A flaming candle for flaming msgs
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-= A doused candle to end a flaming msg
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OO Headlights on msg
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:_) I used to be a boxer, but it really got my nose out of joint
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B-) Smiling and wearing glasses or sunglasses
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(or a message from Batman)
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8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
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#:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
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:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
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#:-o Same as previous
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|-( Late night messages
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:^) Messages teasing people about their noses
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:-%#% Messages teasing people about their braces
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(:-$ Message indicating person is ill...
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(:-& Message indicating person is angry...
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(:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad...
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(:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
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(:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
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:-(=) Message about people with big teeth
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&:-) Message from a person with curly hair
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@:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
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?-( Message about people with a black eye
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*:* Message about fuzzy things
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*:** Message about fuzzy things with fuzzy mustaches
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%-) Message about people with broken glasses
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+<:-| Message from a monk/nun...
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%0-) Message from cyclops...
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(:-|K- Formal message.
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...---... S.O.S.
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@%&$%& You know what that means...
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||*( Handshake offered
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||*) Handshake accepted
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<&&> Message concerning rubber chickens
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>< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
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2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare
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(-_-) Secret smile
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<%:-)% Message in a bottle...
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<:-)<<| Message from a space rocket...
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(:-... Heart-breaking message...
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<<<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man...
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(O--< A fishy message...
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(:>-< Message from a thief: hands up!
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<I==I) A message on four wheels
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% User is Alfred Hitchcock.
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@>--->---- A rose.
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%^) smile with glasses
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:-% wearing lipstick
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:-% popeye smiling face
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;-% popeye gets his lights punched out
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:-] biting sarcasm
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:-[ biting criticism
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:%) needs a nosejob
|
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:=)
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*<|:-) Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho)
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(-) needing a haircut
|
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0-) wearing scuba mask
|
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:-O Wow!
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:- | Baboon
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:-|| Anger
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%-% Drunk with laughter
|
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*:-) Bobble hat/baby
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|-P yuk
|
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%:-( net.flame
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O|-) net.religion
|
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8:-I net.unix-wizards
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X-( net.suicide
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E-:-I net.ham-radio
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>:-I net.startrek
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3:o[ net.pets
|
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<:I dunce
|
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(:I egghead
|
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@:I turban
|
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8:-) glasses on forehead
|
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:-8( condescending stare
|
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>:-< mad
|
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o/
|
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_O_ Rudolf the waving penguin
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+ END THIS FILE +
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