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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 11 APR 84 *******************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is
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10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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20 New BBS! Olive-Pit BBS, 295-xxxx. 8 am-8pm. Keep trying, should be up by
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21 time you read this.
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22 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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23 To all bemoaning the absence of the REPLACE command, bear in mind that
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24 the gentleperson responsible has been cordially invited to attend the
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25 bi-weekly PorSFiS/BW meeting. If said person is proud enough to oblige,
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26 all of us will have an opportunity to properly show our appreciation.
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27 Then we will have no impediments to regaining our beloved REPLACE command.
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28 This also gives you hold-outs that extra incentive to attend.
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29 Concerning the means of identifying the BWers at PorSFiS, amongst the
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30 flourescent headband, pipes, gray clothing, compluter, etc., the means
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31 of identifying (oops, I repeated myself, and can't go back and fix it-
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32 PLEASE come to the meeting, oh clever 'hacker')
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33 anyway, you can tell the :::O O:::voyeur:::O O:: by his lack of
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34 identfying marks. After all, isn't anonymity the mark of the true voyeur?
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35 (there are other indications, but I don't want my message deleted by
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36 CISTOP)
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37 To the parityless man: I hope no 'shocking' situations will prevent
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38 your attendance this time?
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39 ::::::::::::::O O:::::::voyeur:::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::::
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40 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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41 Being basically a rather peaceable typpe, I am beginning to hope that the
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42 dread disk eraser does not identify itself. Although it munged my messages,
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43 I almost hesitate to take part in the takeapart party that seems to be
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44 forming in it's (honor? -- that seems a strange word to use here)
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45 Bard -- when one vists the wilds of downtown Portland and finally locates
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46 the library building, where does one congregate if one wishes to congregate
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47 with those who are there to do so? In other words does this meeting take
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48 place in a special room, the main part of the library, where? Is it marked?
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49 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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51 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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52 To the saturday crowd, I'll be trying to get a hold of MIG over
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53 the nurd as my first priority today. hope to see you all soon
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54 F.F.
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55 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ bsal @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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56 [][][][][][][][][][] 0827 04/06/84 [][][][][][][][][][][]
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57
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58 GARAGE SALE- APRIL 7TH
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60 A LOT OF COMPUTER STUFF, INCLUDING FULL SETS OF COMPUTE, CREATIVE,
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61 AND ATARI MAGS, IBM MAINFRAME MANUALS, SOME HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, ETC.
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62 LOTS OF GENERAL STUFF TOO.
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63
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64 JUST NORTH OF MULTNOMAH VILLAGE.
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65 9:00 TO 5:00 OR UNTIL ALL SOLD.
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66
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67 [][][][][][][][][][][][] DJJ [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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69 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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71 I would love to attend......However Saturday I have an rendezvous with the
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72 all to elusive " wind " on the river ..... perhaps another weekend.
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74 Are there any M.O.R.C. racers moored at the Backwater ?
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75
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76 ::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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77 P.H.R.F ........??
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78 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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79 M. L'homme sans parity: I may have transport, but your presence would give us
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80 a chance to take care of some business, n'est pas? Perhaps you can also help
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81 with a minor software problem: What do I do to the UART to get it to output
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82 a TRUE break (not a ^C)? I need this to get my modem to hang up!
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83 I know it can be done, because my current terminal prog does it! I just
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84 need to do it from a program I'm working on.
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85
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86 Piper: PorSFiS meets in the Auditorium.
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87
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88 ALL Niven fans: While getting some of my collection autographed Thursday,
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89 (WHAT! You didn't know Larry Niven was in town yesterday? See what you missed
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90 by not attending the last meeting!) I learned something that will interest
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91 many of you. After autographing my copy of "The Mote in God's Eye", Larry
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92 flipped thru the book & then WROTE IN A CORRECTION TO A TYPO! The correction
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93 (which TOTALLY changes the meaning of the sentence!) follows:
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94 Chapter 50, last line: change "spared" to "spaced"!
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95 ie instead of "The children should have been spared.", it was supposed to be
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96 "The children should have been spaced."
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97 Just a MINOR change, right? I don't know which editions have the typo,
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98 but I'd check mine if I were you!
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99 (I'm beginning to think that ALL publishers are just sending things thru a
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100 DUMB spelling checker & then using underfed chimps as proofreaders!)
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101 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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102 Starship Unity (words: Anne Passovoy, tune: Johnny Be Fair-Buffy St. Marie)
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103 My father is the captain of the starship Unity,
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104 And me and mama live on board to bear him company.
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105 And I am of the age when I am anxious for to wed;
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106 And I must choose a groom who'll win approval from my Dad.
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107
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108 Well, Johnny is fine, and Johnny is fair, and wishes me to wed.
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109 And I marry Johhny but my father up and said,
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110 "I hate to tell you, Daughter, what your mother never knew:
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111 That tentacled mess is a son of mine, and so is kin to you."
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112 .
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113 Well, Jimmy is fine, with shining scales, and sweet as he can be.
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114 And I would marry Jimmy, but my father said to me,
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115 "I hate to tell you, Daughter, what your mother never knew:
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116 That hatchling too is an egg of mine and so is kin to you."
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117
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118 Well, Zarin is fine and nine feet tall, and covered with purple hair.
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119 And I would marry Zarrin, but my father said, "Beware!
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120 I hate to say it, my darlin' girl, but it's the same old tale,
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121 And remembering what his mom was like, we're not sure he's a male."
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122
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123 Now, Brian is made of light and air, and rather hard to see.
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124 At least he doesn't look as if he's any kin to me.
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125 I said as much to Father, and he said, "Girl, mind your lip!
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126 And never underestimate the captain of a ship."
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127
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128 Was ever there a maiden in so sad a fix as this?
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129 If all my father says is true, I'll die a single miss.
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130 For every man on board is my own brother true --
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131 I'll go and find my mother and I'll ask her what to do.
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132
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133 "Well, tidy your antennae, girl, and comb your hair so blue.
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134 I've taught you that a skipper is a father to his crew.
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135 He's doubtless laid each female in the Galaxy, but still
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136 He's not the critter that sired you, so marry whom you will!"
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137 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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138 AS I CROSSED THE FLOOR I LISTENED TO THE JUMBLE OF VOICES AND CLINKING OF
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139 GLASSWARE AND SILVER. THEN FROM ACROSS THE ROOM I HEARD THE DRAWLING
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140 NASAL VOICE OF THE SPINNER "AH YES, YES INDEED! THEN THERE WAS THE TIME
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141 I WAS CAUGHT UPON THE SURFACE OF GRIMNAL 5. WASN'T SUCH A BAD PLACE TO
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142 VISIT SAVE FOR THE CONFOUNDED NATIVES! BIG BRUTES THEY ARE, AND OF THE
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143 STRANGEST COLOR I'VE EVER SEEN. ALL BLUE AND FURRY KIND OF LIKE A BLUE
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144 GRIZZLY ACTUALLY, BUT INTELLIGENT. WELL, ANY WAY , I WAS WALKING ALONG
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145 MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS WHEN OF THESE FELLAS LEAPS OUT THE BUSHES WITH
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146 HIS EYES ALL GLAZED AND NOSTRILS ALL FLARED OUT. THINKING I HAD AT LAST
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147 FOUND A FOE WORTHY OF MY PUGALISTIC SKILLS I QUICKLY BRANDISHED THE
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148 NEAREST WEAPON I COULD FIND: A LARGE BRANCH OF WOOD WITH A GREAT KNOT ON
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149 THE END. I WAVED THE CLUB MENACINGLY ABOVE MY HEAD, PREPARING TO DEAL A
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150 BLOW UPON HIS FLAT FURRY TOP WHEN HE FELL TO GROUND SQUEELING IN THEIR
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151 NATIVE TONGUE WHICH, ROUGHLY TRANSLATED, MEANS SOME THING ALONG THE LINES
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152 OF "HURT ME! PLEASE!! OH HIT ME, BRUISE ME ABOUT THE SHOULDERS!!" I AWS
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153 OVERCOME WITH AWE! A MASOCHISTIC, BLUE GRIZZLY BEAR!! NEEDLESS TO SAY,
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154 THERE WASN'T MUCH TO EXCEPT WALK AWAY LEAVING THE POOR CRITTER SIMPERING
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155 TO HIMSELF." I GRIMACED, THINKING OF THE TIMES I HAD ENDURED HIS TALES OF
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156 GREAT PLANETSMANSHIP, BUT THE SPINNER WAS THE ONLY BEING, ALIEN OR OTHER
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157 WISE, WHO MIGHT POSSIBLY KNOE THE WAY HOME. I APPROACHED THE TABLE, MY
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158 EYES WATCHING THE CROWD, "EXCUSE ME , I BEGAN ..........
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159 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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160 Fast Fred:if you called this mourning,give it another shot,I was sleeping.
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161 and my BBS is the NERD not NURD!The Man in Gray
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162 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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163 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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164 oopps!!!! sorry mig. however, the nErd still refuses to answer
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165 my plea. AAUURRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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166 I'm going to try to get the number on a couple other places. Try west
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167 side 1 or somewhere else with private mail. If all else fails, since you
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168 know my last name, you can always find me in the phone book (not many of
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169 us around, y'know).
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170 Fast Fred BSAL(ret)
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171 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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172 Mig: Nobody answers. I really am in the book (not my my first
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173 name) but about the only time I'll be here is early saturday (you can
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174 leave a message here anytime). About 9am would be best. I'll be
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175 at mall 205 cinema for a couple of shows this evening (I have no
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176 idea how close or far this is from you). I hope you get a hold
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177 of me sometime in the near future.
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178 Fast Fred
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179 BSAL
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180 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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181 @@@ up above should be not BY my last name...... FF bsal@@@@@@@@@@
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182 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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183 it was down when some!"#$%&%$#" telephone worker messed up lines,its up now.
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184 The Man in Gray
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185 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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186 I ADMIT TO THE GHASTLY CRIME. BUT, I AM NOT WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A HACKER.
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187 AND THE CISTOP KNOWS WHO I AM. WE USED TO BE GOOD FRIENDS UNTIL HE $#&@!#$
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188 WELL, FORGET WHAT HE DID, BUT IT WASN'T NICE. I CAME BACK FOR A REVENGE OF
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189 SORTS. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A MODEM, OR A COMPUTER, BUT I'M USING A FRIENDS.
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190 CISTOP- YOU ARE IN FOR MORE, UNTIL YOU DO WHAT I ASKED YOU TO DO BEFORE.
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191 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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192 All you good folks gathered here:--Raise your right hands, and repeat:
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193 No matter what I write,
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194 No matter in what tongue I speak,
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195 I hereby solemnly swear TO SPELL EVERYTHING CORRECTLY!!!!!
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196 (Even if it means I have to care a little and think even more.)
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197 --- So Help Me Webster --
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198 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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199 Webster: Placing two dashes after a colon is improper punctuation.
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200 Following TO SPELL EVERYTHING CORRECTLY with an exclaimation point is
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201 somewhat questionable (I recommend consulting Elements of Style by Strunk and
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202 White) but following it with five of them is ridiculous. One would expect
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203 Webster to know better. Max
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204 #########################################################################
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205 =========================================
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206 Oh, yummy yummy...I just love pomposity.
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207 Could swallow it all day. Love it, love
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208 it...more, more, more. - Bandersnatch
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209 =========================================
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210 C'MON YOU GUYS LETS GET A GOOD ARGCANT THINK OF O
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211 STION????????
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212 PHERIC F.
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213 :::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::^^^^^^^^^
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214 ==========================================
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215 If the world is getting you down, and you can't stand more religion, or
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216 gun control, ro mad dreams; go down to the coast, and south to
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217 Seal Rock Art Coop
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218 Seal Rock Oregon
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220 We are having an opening of a showing of photographs on
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221 April 7,84
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222 starts about 10 am,lasts til about 5pm
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223
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224 The show will continue for the rest of april, so you still have time
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225 to see ti, even if you go to the garage sale.
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226 ========================================================================
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227 This disk is definitely a lost cause. Oh Mr. CISTOP, do you suppose
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228 you could do a little compression? And is it true what the preevert
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229 (Dr. Strangelove, not a mispelling) say? He is doing this for some
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230 alleged heinous crime of yours? If you care to give us a name and
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231 address, I at least would be more than willing to form a vigilante group
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232 and do something outside the law.
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233 To the non-hacker who is the subject of so much affection in the Inn:
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234 please bear in mind that the vandalism you do here hurts Mr. Day
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235 much less than it hurts the people who use this board. If you must
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236 persist in expressing your anger against him, please leave the innocent
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237 users of this board out of your quarrel. We, in turn, will refrain
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238 from inflicting grievous bodily harm upon you (assuming we manage to
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239 determine your identity, and there is a remarkably clever group of people
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240 out here.
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241 Sincerely, A Concerned User
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242 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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243 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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244 BARD: leave me the number of the UART and I will find the data on it.....
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245 Batgauno: are you ever in your office???
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246 Aaron
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247 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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248 ***************************************************************
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249
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250 Since this disc isn't going anywhere anyway I thought I'd chat
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251 a bit. I went to the "Computers and the Arts" Conference on the
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252 second.
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253
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254 Real different being around Art director types but it was a
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255 trip. I only went for the telecommunications presentation. I
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256 wanted to learn more about Dialog and telecomputing in the big
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257 leagues. Was an interesting presentation.
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258
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259 They had print outs from local BBS's, including Backwater. It's
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260 easy to forget these words get passed around places you wouldn't
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261 suspect. The Apprentice got mentioned by name, as an example
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262 used by the presenter of what kind of names are used on
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263 Backwater. Other than having thirty-five people in the session
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264 with only two computers to demonstrate data-bases, it was
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265 a good conference.
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266
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267 Well, I hope this contribution is adequate in keeping this
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268 disc as boring as possible. I wouldn't want to break a streak.
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269
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270 Gary
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271
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272 *************************************************************
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273 YOU DIDN'T - MAX
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274 ================
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275 MIKE DESERVES IT AFTER WHAT HE'S DONE TO ME. SO, SORRY IF YOU GUYS ARE THE
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276 ONES WHO ARE HURT, BUT I CAN'T HELP IT, THIS WAS THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK
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277 OF. GOT ANY BETTER IDEAS POSSIBLY?
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278 DEATHTOMIKEDEATHTOMIKEDEATHTOMIKEDEATHTOMIKEDEATHTOMIKEDEATHTOMIKEDEATHTOMIKEDEA
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279 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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280 I take it that the above is the much beloved disk eraser. What did Mike
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281 ever do to you?! There are those among us who happen to like mike even
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282 if they have not met him face to face, someone who keeps something like
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283 BWMS going can't be that bad.
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284 I will try to make it to the Multnohmah Libray, can't gurantee anything
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285 though. What is scheduled tommarow, if I had known Larry Niven was to be there
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286 last time I might have tried a little harder to get there.
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287 This enter only stuff is a slight nuisance.
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288 (<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)The Traveller(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)(<>)
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289 *************************************************************************
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290 VERY ODD, I DON'T REMEMBER DOING ANYTHING TO ANYONE NOR BEING REQUESTED
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291 TO DO SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T THAT WOULD DESERVE THIS SORT OF TREATMENT.
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292 MOST PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO A FRIEND. MOST ODD. NOR DO I HAVE ANY
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293 IDEA AS TO WHO THE INDICATED PERSON IS AS OF YET. COULD IT BE THAT
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294 IT IS MISDIRECTED? THERE IS ANOTHER MIKE DAY IN PORTLAND, PERHAPPS IT
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295 IS THIS PERSON WHO HAS DONE THIS? I MYSELF TRY NOT TO LEAVE THOSE
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296 SORT OF THINGS BEHIND IF IT CAN BE HELPED.
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297 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY ********************************
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298 Mikey: I think this guy is just out to harrass SYOPs. I
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299 he's the same one that wrote the fake homosexual confession
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300 then signed it with the name of a SYOP from a different board.
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301
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302 He's not out for revenge against you. It's just that this is
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303 the biggest thrill his pathetic little life affords him. It's
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304 sad if you think about it. Too bad it couldn't be sad somewhere
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305 else.
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306
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307 Gary
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308
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309 ***************************************************************
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310 Here I am, ready to make my mark on society, and there is nothing to write
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311 about. Not being one to be deterred (I hope I spelled that wrong) by small
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312 obstacles, here goes ....
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313 My private theory is that our famed defacer is not just one person, but
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314 a whole host of troubled high school useres aspiring to be somebody. We talk
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315 about the vandal so much that eanyone can figure out what to say to get a
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316 little attention and disk space.
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317 And whats this vigilante stuff? a little scary if you ask me. Talking is
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318 one thing but... The Ku Klux Klan is the best example of what is wrong with
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319 that kind of mentality, ain my opinion at any rate.
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320 Worried about the natives to the back of the bus? Simple, just offer them a
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321 large number of anything that looks remotely illicit, and with any luck it
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322 will prove fatal. Note: this is not vigilante justice, it is merely a com-
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323 munity service. In all fairness, When I am occasionally forced to ride a bus
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324 I sit in the back as it affords plenty of free reading material, and some
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325 people even accuse me of fitting in.(yeeech).
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326 Mr. Tim
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327 Where be the Ninja? Powerful Magicks have sommoned the mighty waarrior.
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328 George MathKneeBiter SlimeCrawler is on the loose! We need help!
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329 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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330 Vigilanteism (sp) in the Backwater Inn? What is the world coming to?
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331 An interesting situation, coming so soon as it does after the discussions
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332 of violence on the last 2-3 disks. Since CISTOP doesn't know the person,
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333 I'm inclined to go along with a previous idea - it's just some jerk
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334 out to get his jollies. As in the 'confession' of the PMS sysop.
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335 For lack of a better solution, probably the best recourse is to
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336 ignore it until it goes away. Having been both the teaser and the
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337 teasee in my family, I can attest to the fact that if the victim does
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338 not respond, the teaser soon loses interest. In the mean time,
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339 grin and bear it.
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340 Bard: I also dug up some info on 'true break'. Tomorrow I
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341 will supply you with the code from OMNITERM that does it.
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342 Essentially, it resets bit 2 of port EAH (base + 2), kills about a fifth
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343 of a second, then sets the bit again.
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344 If everyone shows up tomorrow that has indicated they will,
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345 we'll have quite a mob there. I wonder if I will have any luck finding
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346 a place to park, since they are having all the Pioneer Square stuff
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347 going on this weekend.
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348 ::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::voyeur:::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::::
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349 && && &&
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350 As I have said before, I am basically a peaceful guy these days, so I can't see myself joining in the lynch mob forming
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351 in the Inn. However my friend Mongo might find it interesting (Down, Mongo! Good Mongo! Now be a nice Mongo and eat
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352 your cow quietly). See you at the Library!
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353 && The Mad Actor &&
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354 P.S.--If there are as many of us as there SEEM to be going, we may outnumber the PorSiFiS (sp?) members.
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355 && TMA &&
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356 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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357 --yawn
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358 mysterious "hacker": were you the same who DELETEd our last disk?
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359 (well no one has actually ASKED him yet.....)
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360 Aaron
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361 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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362 OOPS! forgot.....
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363 ALL: I am starting a PBM game of "Cosmic Encounter" on CBBS/PCS.
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364 (if i can figure out how to deal cards on a BBS.....) if you would
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365 like to play either the PBM version or with local group i have here
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366 (if your parents dont mind...(private joke)) in my area drop me a
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367 line, or give me a call.
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368 aa
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369 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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370 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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371 Odd how the topics move and shift. Here we are, taking up an entire
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372 disk, discussing very little. Mikey -- not knowing the identity of the
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373 persons on here -- how do you know the ladies have all left?? Could tey
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374 all have chosen masculine parts for the last few exercises? Now there is
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375 a species of mind-bending lurking that could have some good effects. I
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376 confess that I actually am a male, but may essay a female persona at some
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377 future time. Perhaps someone rather quiet and demure with a ferocious
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378 temper? Hmm I'll give it some thought.
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379 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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380
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381
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382 ----------------------------- + / * -----------------------------
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383
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384 Since the actions of the self proclaimed "Phantom Hacker" have
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385 brought forth a hypothesis or two concerning the 'nature of
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386 the beast', here is another based on my observations of it's
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387 characteristics on this and other tele-computer systems.
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388 (yes SISTOP the plague is widespread to most systems in the
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389 local area)
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390 The most noticeable character is the attempt make people
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391 angry. This leads me to the hypothesis that this is some sort
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392 of green silicon slime-fungus from another space time, that has
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393 appeared. Due to a collision with this time space continuum
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394 its system was distorted so that it feeds on human emotions.
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395 Since one of the strongest of these is anger, it makes attempts
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396 to provoke this emotion.
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397
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398 Too bad it is not possible to communicate with it and make it
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399 aware of the incredible possibilities of this consensual
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400 reality it has encountered. If it really is intelligent then
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401 it might even be possible to find out how it became damaged
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402 in transit and what can be done to effect repair!!!
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403
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404 One can only hope for the best!!!
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405
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406 --------------------- The Mesolithic Mathematician ---------------
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407
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408 p.s. Make that characteristic.... (alas with no replace ones errors
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409 are there for all to see... it's still a great place to gather)
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410
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411 ----------------------------- * / + ------------------------------
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412
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413 ##########################################
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414 Yummy, yummy, green silicon slime-fungus,
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415 eat it up, eat it up. Yum, Yum. - Bandersnatch
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416 ###############################################
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417 %&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&
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418 SO, HERE I AM. WHAT YOU PEOPLE CALLED THE PHANTON HACKER. ACTUALY I
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419 WASN'T THE PERSON WHO MESSED UP YOUR DISK, I JUST DECIDED THAT I WOULD
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420 PRETEND TO BE, SO THAT THE REAL PERSON, OUT OF JEALOUSY FOR THE RESPONSE
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421 THAT I GOT, WOULD ADMIT TOO THE CRIME. SORRY IT DIDN'T WORK. I PERSONALLY
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422 AGREE WITH SOMEONE WHO POSTED A LITTLE ABOVE THAT THE P"PERSON" WAS A GROUP
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423 OF TEENAGERS. WELL, GOOD LUCK IN FINDING THEM. THEY PROBABLY WILL
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424 TURN UP AGAIN.
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425 %&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&
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426 #@$@$#%#$%$^%&*&(*)_+)_)(&*(^&%*&^$*^^&(&*(^*&^%#$%@#%$%$^$%^&%&^*^&*%*
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427 Leroy: I guess I did mis-understand...A weekend war for recreation is still
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428 a little strange to me. Most people I know fight wars to win, with the
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429 fun part being a minor to victory. But...I guess you can sell anything
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430 to the public these days...Good luck with your enterprises...
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431 Bard: It sounds like you are going to get UART info without my help, but
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432 only if Aaron is not feeling 'punky' on any given day. You have to watch
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433 that guy, he can pull a concealed Gary Neuman tape from his coat at any
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434 time, and then...LOOK OUT!
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435 Voyeur: I will definitly be there, and as far as parking goes, if I have to
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436 go up and park at PSU, I will. I don't know what kind of identifying marks
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437 I can carry. I don't have a "J'aime Paris" T-shirt or anything like that,
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438 I guess I'll dress up like a normal college student, blue jeans, sweater,
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439 and nikes...This will be my first visit, so help me out a little...
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440 To vigilanties....It looks like the party is over, at least for awhile.
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441 Our own "vandal" (don't use the term hacker, it doesn't fit) was merely
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442 trying to make the real culprit confess. A nobel effort at best.
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443 Aaron : Bat is around, and he said he might even come to the meeting today.
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444 Try coming downtown (it will give you a chance to ride in the back of the
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445 bus with your friends - sado nation) and get paid in person...Good luck
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446 @!$#@$@#%#@%#$%@#$^#$ L'homme sans parity @#$$#@$#%#$%^$*^$(%*^$%(^$%^$
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447
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448 I am a new user on this system. I work as a Systems Engineer on an HP 3000
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449 system at Precision Castparts of Portland. As a computer professional, I am
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450 amazed at tchildishness which I've seen here. I feel that a BBS is a
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451 service to all who use it, and not a playground for babies. If you want to
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452 play, don't take up time and space on a system, go buy or bootleg a new game
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453 and play it. A BBS should be a forum for creativity and a place to meet new
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454 people, not a 'Romper-Room'. It may be that System-supplied passwords are
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455 in order, with the user supplying info about who (s)he is and where (s)he
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456 lives. While this at first seems too structured, think for a moment. The
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457 SYSOP (correct spelling) were to call the user's number and find that it was
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458 phoney, he could pull the password and deny access to that person. This
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459 would solve your apparent 'hacking' problem.
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460 Please also realize that most teenage computerists are responsible persons
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461 who are exploring a new world. Just because a few are infantile doesn't
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462 mean that they are as a class, 'Cretins'. I am definately not a teenager,
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463 but I was one not too long ago, and if I broke into a system, I was careful
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464 to never harm or modify another's data. I urge each of you reading this,
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465 as users of a privilege that may be taken away, to remember the above
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466 statements.....
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467 Dennis Olson
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468 Sys Eng
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469 ********************************************************************************
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470
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471 *****************************************************************************
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472 DENNIS: THANKS FOR THE CONCERN, BUT UNFORTUNATLY, THE VERY CONCEPT BEHIND
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473 BWMS PREVENTS ME FROM IMPLIMENTING SUCH A THING. NOT JUST BECAUSE THE
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474 HARDWARE CAN'T SUPPORT IT, BUT BECAUSE THE VERY NATURE OF WHAT BWMS IS
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475 PRECLUDES THAT SORT OF THING. AND I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED YET
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476 ANOUTHER CBBS/BIT BUCKET/PMS/ECT. TYPE SYSTEM IN THIS TOWN. I OFFER AN
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477 ALTERNATIVE TO SUCH. FREEDOM TO SAY WHAT YOU WANT FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT
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478 AND NO NEED TO HAVE TO SHOW YOUR IDENTITY TO ANYONE INCLUDING ME. THIS
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479 HAS ALLOWED THE USERS TO HAVE RAGGING DEBATES ON SUBJECTS THAT THEY WOULD
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480 NOT NORMALLY TALK ABOUT IF THEIR IDENTITY WERE KNOWN. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
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481 IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN GET EXPOSURE TO THE REAL DEEP DOWN DARK THOUGHTS
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482 OF PEOPLE THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD NEVER DARE ALLOW ANYONE ELSE SEE.
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483 THIS GIVES THOSE WHO READ THIS MESS A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
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484 THE PEOPLE HERE REALLY THINK AND FEEL, AND HOPEFULLY A BETTER UNDERSTANDING`
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485 OF THE WORLD AT LARGE. I WOULD SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN BEFORE I WOULD
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486 CONSIDER IMPLIMENTING SSUCH A THING. THE ENTER ONLY STRUCTURE SERVES TO
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487 PRESERVE THE SYSTEM WHEN NEEDED. WHEN THIS ALL BLOWS OVER AS IT HAS DONE
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488 A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST, THE SYSTEM WILL BE RETURNED BACK TO THE
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489 NORMAL CONDITION. IT HAS BEEN ONE OF MY CONTINUING AMAZMENTS THAT THE
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490 VANDALISM THAT HAS OCCURED HAS BEEN SO MINIMAL, AND EVEN MORE SO THAT
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491 THE USERS ARE SO UNDERSTANDING AND TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN MAINTAINING
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492 THE SYSTEM THEMSELVES. IT HAS MADE MY JOB MUCH EASIER.
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493 THANK YOU ALL!
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494 ********************** CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
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495 P.S. IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING, THE TITLE CISTOP IS A CONTRACTION OF
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496 CISTERN OPERATOR. CONSIDERING THE NAME OF THE SYSTEM, THIS SHOULD
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497 GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. (THIS IS AS OPPOSED TO
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498 'CYST' OPERATOR <AHEM>).
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499 OH YES, FORR YOU NEW PEOPLE OUT THERE, THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A
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500 SINGLE BOARD CPU WITH 1K RAM (YES, ONLY 1K!) 8K PROM, USING A 8080
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501 PROCESSOR, AND TWO SA400 DISK DRIVES, AND BWMS 'IS' THE OPERATING SYSTEM.
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502 **************************************************************************
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503 Mikey:
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504 You referred to the BWMS getting back to 'normal' condition. Question:
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505 Does BWMS >>>>HAVE<<<< a 'normal condition.' I thought it was permanently
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506 abnormal!
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507 --------------------------------------------------- P. V. Jeltz ---------------
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508 DR. MICRON I WAS WONDERING IF YOU NEW WHAT DAY TODAY IS
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509 ===============================================================================
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510 MIKEY:
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511
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512 Thank you for your explanation, it was most enlightening. I understand that
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513 occaisionally individuals get out of hand, and try to spoil something for all.
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514 These people are usually frustrated folk who can't get any attention any
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515 other way. I for one enjoy these BBS's (!?) and the opportunity to get
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516 bizzare from time to time. Please don't think that I advocate massive
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517 security measures, I just don't feel that the minority should rule all.
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518 I like your informal approach to this system, and hope to converse with others
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519 in the future.
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520
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521 D. Olson
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522 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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523 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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524 mr Olson.perhaps you are a relative of the infamous "mrs.Olson" at PSU
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525 signed-a group of backwater regulars at the home of the Nerd.
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526 Archangel Michael-The Man in Gray-Fast Fred-The Mad Actor-Bo-2 BOLO's-dear
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527 Abby-The Wizard-The Silver Ghost-Gaius-the Outsider
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528 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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529 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>=<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>><>
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530 P. V . JELTZ:
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531 WHEN IS THE HYPERSPACE BYPASS TO BE CONSTRUCTED??
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532 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><Ford Prefect<><><><><><><<><>
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533 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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534 not ANOTHER one! (sigh......)
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535 BARD: tx that UART number over here iffin you want the data......
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536 MIG: quite a party.....
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537 L'homme: sorry, couldn't make it. much to do.....
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538 Ford: imitation is the....etc. are you related to Linda?
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539 Aaron
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540 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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541 addendum........
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542 Dennis Olson: do you know anyone there who is involved with the wax molding
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543 things that Power Trans Products is putting together for you? I was involved
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544 in that project and wonder how (if?) it turned out.......
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545 correction......
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546 above address should read "Dennis Olson, SYSENG (correct spelling):"
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547 Aaron
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548 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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549 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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550 We were all sitting`around a couple of tables in the Inn, enjoying our
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551 ales, and discussing how boring things had been lately since the expedition o to
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552 In the part of the Inn unofficially reserved for a group who enjoyed tall
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553 ;ales, and discussing how boring things had been lately since the expeditiontost
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554 We were all sitting around a couple of tables in the Inn, enjoying our
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555 /ales, and discussing how boring things had been lately since the expedition to stop the flow of high-tech weapons hd ad
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556 /In the part of the Inn unofficially reserved for a group who enjoyed tall
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557 /tales and the discussions of unlikely futures, the Piper was playing his
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558 /pipes to the appreciative gathering. The current topic was the unfortunate
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559 /lack of the feminine persuasion, most notably the barmaid Pam, when I
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560 /noticed that the room was wavering slightly. Deciding to test the likelier
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561 /observed anything pecuLiar about the circumambient atmosphere?"
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562 /(that's not what I really said, but Hey, it's my story!)
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563 /He looked at me with a slightly puzzled expression. "Yes, I have. I
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564 /wonder if the Piper is affecting reality again." As it is bad manners to
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565 /to cause a reality shift without notifying the affected partiesnot to
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566 /mention giving 73 days warning and getting a three-fourths plus one majority), we decided to remind the Piper of th pop
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567 /his free rein with the pipes during the last trip, he had been actinga bit
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568 /cavalierly lately.
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569 / Getting up, we heard the pipe's drone die down discordantly. The
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570 /Piper was standing there with a very confused look on his face. He turned
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571 /to us and said "something is very wrong here. I felt a reality shift, but I
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572 /didn't do it!"
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573 / Looking about the room, I noted that the furnishings had changed
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574 /slightly, the air smelled of unpleasant chemicals, and the group the Piper
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575 /had been playing had changed. Going over to the barkeep, I inquired
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576 /"Innkeeper, what reality is this?". He looked at me and said "what WHAT?"
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577 /"Reality. Where is this?". "This is the PC&S Tavern, and I think you've
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578 /and muttered something about serving those porsfis people any more.
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579 /"Horse Piss!?" I gagged. "You've been serving us THAT?". He just groaned
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580 /and walked away.
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581 / I asked the Bard "well, shall we look outside and see if we can get
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582 /some intelligent idea of where we are?" Going to the door, we stepped out.
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583 /Hearing a loud noise coming from our right, we looked in that direction just
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584 /in time to see a large orange behemoth bearing down on us, exhaling foul
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585 /smelling smoke and apparently heading straight towards us!
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586 :::::::::::::
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587 Well, my first attempt uploading a story was not ent
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588 DAMN!. As I was saying, my first attempt at uploading a story was not entirely successful.
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589 Let's see if I can fill in some gaps.
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590
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591 ..high-tech weapons had had no greater result than to allow some
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592 of the party to meet Dorothy and a somewhat dubious wizard.
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593 In the part...
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594 ...test the likelier of the two possiblities first, I attempted to touch
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595 my nose with my eyes closed. Well, my right eye was close enough.
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596 "Bard, have you observed...
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597 ...remind Piper of the proper etiquette. Since his free rein...
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598 ...PC&S Tavern, and I think you've had enough." "Alright, but in
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599 what reality does this tavern lie? What plane of existence, what
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600 world-line?" He looked at me queerly, then turned and muttered something...
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601
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602 Sorry about this, but I worked too hard on this to just let it go.
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603 Feeling very exposed,
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604 :::::::::::::::::::O O::::::voyeur:::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::::::
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605 I am a new user who has been reading the messages and I like the system so
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606 much that I am going to build a bbs similar too it.
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607 -- and on a vic 20 yet! I have had it with the pms/cbbs boards in the area
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608 these systems have a place but there are precious few places where you
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609 can just kick off your shoes and relax.
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610 my machine is presently unexpanded but i plan to expand the memory to a full
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611 24 k I have already built the interface to my modem and I am now modifing
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612 it to auto answer( i own a volksmodem) I would be espically interested in in
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613 tips on setting up one of thesr systems.
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614 I dont plan to add disks but just store messages in the memory. [[[[[[[[[[[[
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615 +++++++++++++++
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616 Pre vic board++++++++++++
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617
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618 save
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619 help
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620 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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621
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622 ATTENTION: THE END IS NEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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623
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624 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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625 ___
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626 ------------------------------ * + / --------------------------
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627 CISTOP MIKEY: My misprelling (sp) of your title was not intentional
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628 (just one slip of the wrist, awhack at the return key and one
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629 is forever immortalized (well maybe not forever) The Mesolithic Math!
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