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STATUS: ENTER ONLY
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NUMBER OF LINES: 607
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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 15 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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19 #!"#!"$("#)!%($#)(&%=$#)&(!#&(#!$&(!%&(!)#+(&>)#$+(&)!#+$<(%#)$<(&>#!)$<&(
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20 As I sit in the classroom in the third building in this 20th century
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21 institute of learning far up on the ppark blocks of this metropolis known a
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22 as Portland, I wonder why my employer suddenly had need for a 20th century
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23 computer expert. I remember how quickly it all happened...the reality booking
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24 office...the reality transport...the inflight training (thank heavens for
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25 sleep training)...That decrepit room in Union Station...and suddenly here
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26 I was...away from my friends at the Inn...away from the time period I knew
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27 best...everything I new and loved gone....but lets make the best of it...
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28 whoops...yes mr. Gilbert...what are the three basic forms of finding
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29 partitions...uhhh...oh yea..."First fit, worst fit, and best fit"...boy...
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30 that was close...I gotta start paying more attention to the teacher...
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31 But what is that I hear...the sounds of pipes...just like those at the inn.
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32 could it be...my old friends at the inn, here??? I quickly excuse myself...
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33 and amid the stares from the other students in the class, take my leave
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34 from "20th century Operating Systems". I hurridly make my way in the
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35 direction of the pipes. "They sure do have range today", I thinkto myself.
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36 Myu excitement causes me to start running, after nearly being hit by
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37 a mass transport device, and nearly running over a vagrant laying on the
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38 sidewalk, I can feel(and hear) I am getting closer. As I turn a corner,
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39 I see him...THE PIPER...standing outside, playing his pipes, as if to alertt
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40 the city to his location. Without letting up on his playing, but with the
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41 wink of an eye, he acknowledges my presence. A tavern...of course...be it
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42 the 20th, 40th, or 10th century...I always know where My friends from
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43 the Inn can be found. Entering, I find most of the old gang. "Hello
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44 apprentice...voyeur, MIG, TMA, Travaler...what on earth are you doing
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45 here?", I questioned...and without waiting for an answer, "I have been here
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46 about 2 weeks, getting some training in old computer technology. Isn't this
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47 a crazy place? I have plenty of money...and a car...my car!!! I forgot it
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48 in the excitement to get here...and..." Finally Bard calms me down with a
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49 friendly hand onn my shoulder... "You can tell us all about it later...but
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50 first sit down and have an ale", he says... Finally my friends...what a day!
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51 #!"(#)+"*(#)+"*(#!"#!" L'homme sans parity !"#$#"$!"#%!$"%$#!%!#$%#
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52 PS...After re-reading this, I see some material for definite editing... when
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53 will editing return?
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54 #"!#$!"$#"%#$&%$'%&(&'(%$&'%$&!#$&#$%&%$&#$%&!#"$"('&()#($#")($!"%!"%
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55 (this is going to be weird! I haven't FOUND the others yet!)
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56 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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57 Someone was asking the bard, "How are we gonna find the others?"
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58 "Well, at close range I can check for temporal charge... but
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59 at greater ranges...
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60 Wait a sec! This group is one of the least likely assemblages of
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61 allegedly intelligent beings I've ever seen." He replaced the unit he had
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62 been examining & removed another from the pack. "Yep, the improbability sensor
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63 is picking up a bunch of traces!" (Glad I held onto it after blowing
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64 that job track down the Heart of Gold!)
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65 The first source they tried was a false trail. Some man named
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66 Ivancie... funny, that had been the HIGHEST improbability reading! Oh well.
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67 Much later they were crossing the river (for the second time)
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68 when they heard the sound of pipes...
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69 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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70 If anyone was wondering why our *beloved* mayor was so improbable, I
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71 regret that to inform you that if you have to have it explained then you won't
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72 understand the explanation!
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73 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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74 The Asteroid Light (words: John Baoardman, tune: The Eddystone Light)
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75 My father was the keeper of the Asteroid Light,
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76 He slept with a Martian one fine night.
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77 Out of this match came children three,
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78 Two were mutants and the other was me.
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79 Chorus:Yo, ho, ho, the jets run free
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80 Oh for a life at the speed of c.
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81 When I was but a space cadet,
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82 They put me in charge of a proton jet;
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83 I cleaned the tubes and filled them with fuel,
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84 And picked my teeth with an old slide rule.
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85 CHORUS
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86 One night as I was heading for the moon,
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87 And singing a well known space-man's tune,
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88 I heard a voice come from out of the void,
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89 And there sat my mother on her asteroid.
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90 CHORUS
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91 "Oh, what has become of my children three?"
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92 My mother then she asked of me.
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93 "One is on exhibit in a zoo on Venus,
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94 And the other keeps a telepathic link between us."
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95 CHORUS
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96 The deuterons flashed in her hydrogen hair;
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97 I looked again and my mother wasn't there.
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98 But she telepathed angrily out of the night,
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99 #Then to hell with the keeper of the Asteroid Light!#
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100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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101 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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102 Cistop Mikey:somehow,Michael has come acrosed a western electric 212A 1200 baud
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103 modem and we would like to put it on the Nerd.problem a)there are s DIP switches
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104 that are guarentied to be set wrong b) we`have no doc's on this beast.
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105 perhaps you could help??
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106
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107 the person who asked Michael Galassi`when a password is delivered,michael uses`
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108 this board 1* a week if at all,but I can tell you that it's about a week right
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109
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110 now.
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111 The Man in Gray
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112 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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113 THE ROAD HAD BEEN NOTHING MORE THAN OVER SIZED WAGON RUTS FOR MORE THAN A
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114 FEW MILES WHEN I HAPPENED ON THE NEXT CROSSING. THERE, BEFORE MY EYES, WAS
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115 THE SIGN OF A HIGH TECH CIVILIZATION: A FREEWAY! NOW, ALL I HAD TO DO IS
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116 WAIT FOR SOME PASSERBY, AND HITCH A RIDE. SITTING ON THE SIDE CLOSEST TO
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117 ME WAS SMALL BOOTH WITH A SIGN THAT READ "FREE LUNCH" AND ANOTHER THAT SAID
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118 "INQUIRE WITHIN". NOT BEING ONE TO PASS UP A MEAL OF ANY KIND I PROCEEDED
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119 TOWARDS THE PLACE. "I WOULD NOT GO ANY FURTHER MY FRIEND"!! I TURNED, LOOKING
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120 FOR THE SOURCE OF THE VOICE BUT SAW NOBODY. ANOTHER STEP, "I'M TELLING YOU
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121 PAL, YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU'LL BE SORRRRY!" WHEELING AROUND I SHOUTED AT THE
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122 VOICE "WHAT'S IT TO YA?!" "NOT MUCH REALLY, I'VE ONLY WATCHED A DOZEN OR SO
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123 PEOPLE GO IN AND NOT SEEN ONE OF THEM COME BACK OUT. THAT'S ALL!" WHAT A
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124 REALITY!! FIRST I'M WALKING TO WORK, THEN I'M LOST IN SOME OTHER "WORLD"
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125 AND NOW I'M TALKING TO THE AIR! AS I STOOD THERE WONDERING WHAT COULD OCCUR
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126 NEXT A GUT FEELING CAME UPON ME. I WALKED UP TO THE BOOTH AND SHOVED A
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127 TREE BRANCH IN THE DOOR. NOTHING HAPPENED. THEN I TRIED PULLING IT OUT AND
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128 WAS REWARDED WITH HEALTHY TUG IN RETURN. THEN INCH BY INCH, THE BRANCH WAS
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129 PULLED FURTHER IN. I LET GO AND IT REMAINED SUSPENDED WHERE I HAD SHOVED
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130 IT IN, THEN IT VANISHED! THAT DID IT FOR ME! I SLOWLY WALKED AWAY, NEVER
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131 TAKING MY EYES OFF THE PLACE. THAT WAS DEFINITLY NOT THE INN I HAD BEEN
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132 LOOKING FOR.
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133 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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134 Thank goodness sombody with some pull in this reality has shown
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135 up. I really was begginning to worry.... Wait, did you say 1984?
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136 Great, just what I needed. There sure wont be any bolo's around here.
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137 (I cut this line of conversation as I started to get some really
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138 strange looks). I have a few questions: first how did we get here.
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139 second: How Are We Going To Get Back!!!!!!!!!!!
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140 Also to our guide in this reality, I was not able to meet you before, but
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141 I met most of the others later in the evening. Unfortunatly now I'm HERE in
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142 this when-wherever, please don't forget and leave me stranded.
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143 Fast Fred
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144 BSAL
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145 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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146 HELP!!!!
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147 HOW DO I GET PAST THE MENHIR
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148 HOW DO I GET PAST THE LIZARD HEAD?
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149 HELP FOR ZORK II!!!
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150 HOW DO I GET PAST THE MENHIR?
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151 HOW DO I GET PAST THE LISARD HEAD AND THREE HEADED DOG?
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152 HOW DO I GET INTO THE BANK VAULT?
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153 HOW DO I GET THE WAND FROM THE WIZARD?
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154 HOW DO I GET THE RED SPHERE?
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155 THANX---------JOHN CLUFF
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156 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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157 ah, excuse me but i'm a bit new here. What century is this INN in???
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158 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$>>>>>>>>>>>darin<<<<<<<<<<<$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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159 darin, the Inn is in Innisfall. It also appears to exist simultaneously on
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160 several other planes of existence. The Bathrooms, for example, are apparently
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161 Roman, and the entrance has been known to face out upon Edwardian England.
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162 The most consistent aspects of the Inn are its heavy wooden doors, the Rowan
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163 tree growing by the road outside it, and the eclectic nature of the reality-
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164 hopping patrons.
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165 Enjoy!
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166 && The Mad Actor &&
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167 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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168
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DOES ANYONE IN THIS TIMEWARP KNOW WHATS GOING ON?
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169
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????????????????????????????CRAIG???????
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170 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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171 MIKEY: I READ WHAT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS DISK BY FENCHEL? OR YOU......WHICH?
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172 IT WAS VERY DEPRESSING, BUT QUIT TRUE.
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173 CALL WAITING SRIKES AGAIN!....................SOMEONE TAGGED THE STORY
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174 LINE AS SCIENCE FICTION. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IS INCORRECT. SF AND
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175 FANTASY ARE DIFFERENT. SO FAR IN MY VOYAGES HERE FANTASY IS POPULAR, NOT TRUE
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176 SCIENCE FICTION. NO OFFENSE INTENDED. WHEN, AND IF, A TRY AT SF IS ATTEMPTED
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177 I SHALL TRY TO JOIN IN. I'M NOT MUCH OF AN INSTIGATOR.......WELL, NOT ALL THE
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178 TIME, ANYHEY.
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179 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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180 MIKEY: AT THE END OF THE SECOND LINE ABOVE ADD "TRUE".
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181 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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182 . . ... ... . .. ..... ... ......
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183 excuse me please sirs but could you not show the way to camaroon to me?
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184 i was just going along you know minding my own business as usual when i
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185 fell through a tangent reality into this awful place. i had been on the sixth
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186 of the eightfold ways to pure understanding when somehow i got something
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187 nasty on my sandals. this can be quite uncomfortable you know with an open
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188 toed sandal and an inhibitor to romance also if you know what i mean (of course
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189 you do). anyway i was hopping around like crazy on my one other foot trying
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190 to figure out if i had damaged my chances for a gradual enlightenment in that
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191 land when i stepped in the thingy-pile again you know and fell right over, which
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192 was no fun at all but even worse is that when i hit the ground there was no
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193 ground there and i must tell you that i am a most metaphysically sophisticated
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194 person by as for this place i have no understanding at all.
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195 so who are all of you crazy people anyway not that i wish to offend you but
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196 only discover if i safe here or must wear my laser slingshot and chastity
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197 girdle all the time. naturally i wish to be on the best of terms with all
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198 of you delightful people but of course that might not be easy considering
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199 what you all look like and smell like too if you know what i mean.
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200
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201 where are all the girls?
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202 ...... . . ......... . . ..................siddhartha
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203 DOES ANYONE HAVE PROGRAM RECORDER?
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204 CALL-1206423xxxx
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205 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>MIKEY::MAYBE YOU SHOULD MAKE
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206 A PASSWORD SIGNON FOR THIS SYSTEM,THE PERSON ABOVE COULD JUST BE WIPED OFF
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207 THE LIST OF USERS. MAYBE THE BACKWATER GANG WOULD BE WILLING TO CHIP IN A
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208 LITTLE FOR THIS MODIFICATION.
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209 Pheric Foerender
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210
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211 #"!#')!+"*($#")(%$!)"*%=(!)$<#+%&!)$<'&!%'$%('%!)%='()"!*'?%)"$%"#!%#
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212 In the immortal words of Aaron..."Another epsilon minus spilling his guts in
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213 30 some lines of our beloved Backwater"...well that isn't exactly what Aaron
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214 said, but its close enough. I guess along with the ENTER ONLY goes the
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215 inability of the Inn users to do self-policing... Oh well...on to the adventure.
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216 Hey Bard...is your bag like Dr. Who's Tartus? You seem to pull more stuff
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217 out of there! My knapsack (which I found was required along with $480 per
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218 term to attend PSU) is always bulging with books, and I would like to
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219 pick up a pack like yours, if possible. Also, could you tell Leonard,
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220 if he ever does get to this reality, that I have some important papers for
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221 him. Merci...
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222 "!#!"$"#!$#"%$!" L'homme sans parity #!"$"#%!$#%&$%"%!$%!#$"%$#%#"%#"%
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223
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224 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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225 Any baseball fans out there? It would be nice to get some reality into this
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226 system. Let's hear it, fans...
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227 ---------------------------------(<>)------------------------------------
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228 WELL HERE WE ARE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, HOW DID WE GET SO SCATTERED?
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229 DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET BACK? THE AREA/REALITY WE ARE IN PRESENTLY IS
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230 TO STABLE FOR ME TO USE MY USUAL MEANS OF REALITY HOPPING, THOUGH THERE
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231 SEEMS TO BE A SMALL AREA OF INSTABLITY ABOUT 150 KILOMETERS EAST OF HERE.
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232 FUNNY THING ABOUT THAT AREA, SEEMS TO HAVE A MAGICAL AURA ABOUT IT AS WELL.
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233 OH WELL, AS LONG AS I'M HERE, ANOTHER BEER...
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234 -------------------------(<>)THE TRAVELLER(<>)----------------------------
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235 NOTE: THE DOCTOR TRAVELS IN A 'TARDIS' NOT 'TARTUS'.
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236 (<>)--
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237 ***********************************************************
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238 DEBORAH: IT WAS A QUOTE BY FENCHEL THAT CAUGHT MY EYE. IT IS FROM
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239 ENERGIES OF LOVE BY JUNE SINGER.
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240
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241 WAR IS WAR PERVERTED. THE PROBLEM IS NOT WAR BUT THE PERVERSION.
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242 AND THE PERVERSION IS SEX PERVERTED. "WAR IS ENERGY ENSLAV'D"
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243 FIND THE TRUE FIRE; OF WHICH THE FIRES OF WAR ARE A SATANIC PARODY.
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244 FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE. THE TRUE TEACHERS OF THE PEACE ARE THOSE WHO
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245 HAVE THE HIGHEST POWER, WHO CAN WORK MIRACLES, WHO ARE MASTERS OF FIRE.
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246 THEREFORE THE BUDDHAS ARE CALLED JINNAS, CONQUERORS. - NORMAN O. BROWN -
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247
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248 WHILE I AGREE WITH THE OBSERVATION OF THE ABOVE QUOTE, I FIND THAT
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249 I DISAGREE WITH THE CONCLUSION PRESENTED.
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250
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251 NEED-LOVE CRIES TO GOD FROM OUR POVERTY; GIFT-LOVE LONGS TO SERVE,
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252 OR EVEN TO SUFFER FOR, GOD; APPRECIATIVE LOVE SAYS: "WE GIVE THANKS
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253 TO THEE FOR THY GREAT GLORY." NEED-LOVE SAYSOF A WOMAN, "I CANNOT
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254 LIVE WITHOUT HER." GIFT-LOVE LONGS TO GIVE HER HAPPINESS, COMFORT,
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255 PROTECTION, IF POSSIBLE, WEALTH. APPRECIATIVE LOVE GAZES AND HOLDS
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256 ITS BREATH AND IS SILENT, REJOICES THAT SUCH WONDER SHOULD EXIST
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257 EVEN IF NOT FOR HIM, WILL NOT BE WHOLLY DEJECTED BY LOSING HER, WOULD
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258 RATHER HAVE IT SO THAN NEVER TO HAVE SEEN HER AT ALL. -C.S. LEWIS-
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259
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260 AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY MUCH ELSE.
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261
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262 LOVE IS NOT CHEAP - LET US THEREFORE BEWARE OF CHEAPENING IT! ALL OUR
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263 BAD QUALITIES, OUR EGOTISM, OUR COWARDICE, OUR WORLDLY WISDOM, OUR
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264 CUPIDITY - ALL THESE WOULD PERSUADE US NOT TO TAKE LOVE SERIOUSLY. BUT
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265 LOVE WILL REWARD US ONLY WHEN WE DO. I MUST EVEN REGARD IT AS A
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266 MISFORTUNE THAT NOWADAYS THE SEXUAL QUESTION IS SPOKEN OF AS SOMETHING
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267 DISTINCT FROM LOVE. SEXUALITY DISHED OUT AS SEXUALITY IS BRUTISH; BUT
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268 SEXUALITY AS AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE IS HALLOWED. THEREFORE, NEVER ASK
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269 WHAT A MAN DOES, BUT HOW HE DOES IT. IF HE DOES IT FROM LOVE OR IN
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270 THE SPIRIT OF LOVE, THEN HE SERVES A GOD. - C.G. JUNG -
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271
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272 BASICLY A REASONABLE AND GOOD STATEMENT, BUT EVEN DONE OUT OF LOVE
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273 IT CAN STILL BE WRONG. THE LOVE DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT, IT ONLY
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274 PROVIDES A MORAL REASON. --- LIFE CAN BE SO COMPLICATED <<< SIGH >>>
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275
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276 ************************ CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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277 Dear Cistop Mikey;
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278 I like it!
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279 Dr. Frankenstupe
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280 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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281 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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282 {
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283 ho hum.... what's this? a terminal and modem? hmmmmmmm...
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284 lesseee......(getting comfey in chair...sliding keyboard over..send a few CR's)
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285
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286
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287
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288 USER NAME? foo
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289 INVALID USER
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290
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291 USER NAME? test
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292 INVALID USER
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293
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294 USER NAME? ivancie
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295 PASSWORD? pass
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296
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297 INVALID PASSWORD
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298
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299 USER NAME? ivancie
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300 PASSWORD? mayor
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301
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302 WELCOME
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303
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304 TO
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305
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306 CMDN
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307 ****************************************************************************
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308 LOGON AT 01:57:26 PORT 23,DU
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309 ****************************************************************************
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310
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311 COMMAND: cat
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312 UNKNOWN COMMAND
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313
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314 COMMAND: catalog
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315 UNKNOWN COMMAND -- USE HELP
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316
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317 COMMAND: help
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318
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319 CITY MANAGEMENT DECISION NETWORK -- SUPPORTED COMMANDS:
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320
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321 CHOOSER -- analyses options and picks optimum management stratagy
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322 ARBIT -- labor relation package
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323 DOL.FLOW-- simulates PORTLAND'S economy....warning: run time minimum 3 minutes
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324 ADVENT -- executive relaxation catalyst...for hints type "HELP ADVENT"
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325
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326 COMMAND: chooser
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327
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328 CHOOSER version 3.2
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329
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330 POLY STAT DEVIATION PER PECU UNIT CORRELATION FACTOR
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331 (IN MILLI-KILROYS)? uhhh...^C
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332 ^C
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333 ^C
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334
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335 COMMAND: help chooser
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336
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337 CHOOSER HELP version 1.1a
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338
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339 FIRST QUESTION: TELL THE COMPUTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WILL MAKE IF THE
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340 ANSWER IS "YES".
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341
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342 SECOND QUESTION: TELL THE COMPUTER HOW MUCH MONEY THE CITY WILL SAVE IF
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343 THE ANSWER IS "NO".
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344
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345 THIRD QUESTION: TELL WHEN THE NEXT ELECTION FOR YOUR OFFICE WILL BE HELD.
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346
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347 CHOOSER HELP DONE
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348
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349 COMMAND: chooser
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350 CHOOSER version 3.2
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351
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352 POLY STAT DEVIATION PER PECU UNIT CORRELATION FACTOR
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353 (IN MILLI-KILROYS)? $20.36
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354 CROSS-COVARIENCE MODULUS? $2,000,000,000
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355
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356 TIME DILATION PRO-RATION FACTOR OF MEDIAN POLLING? 136 years
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357
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358
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359 THINKING.....................
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360
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361 SOLUTION:
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362 ******************************************************************************
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363 GO FOR IT! YES, YES, YES!!!
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364 ******************************************************************************
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365
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366 EXPLAIN RATIONALE? don't bother...
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367
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368 PLEASE ANSWER "YES" OR "NO"
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369
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370 EXPLAIN RATIONALE? no
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371
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372 END OF CHOOSER
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373
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374 COMMAND: bye
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375
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376 QUIT, ARE YOU SURE? does a duck have lips?
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377
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378 THINKING..............
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379 IS IT A DEMOCRAT? ^C
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380 ^C
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381 ^C ^C
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382
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383 THANKS FOR CALLING................................
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384 <<< SYSTEM DISCONNECTS >>>
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385
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386 ~x~ j~
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387 {
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388 if the editor worked....
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389 thank you CISTOP MIKEY.... text corrections made....
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390 }
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391 ===================================================================
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392 That was beautiful! Complete with time delays. While the subject was
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393 humorous, I really liked the 'feel' of being at the terminal.
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394 But it must be why I couldn't get on for 2 hours.
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395 Got anything else clever up your sleeve? (you have a sleeve, haven't you?)
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396 ======================================================================
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397 {
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398 2 hours? well, ur, <blush> maybe i did overstay my welcome just a BIT.
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399 do you have some sort of auto-dialer on your beast?
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400 }
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401 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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402 Deborah -- you are always welcome to participate in one of the fantasy
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403 adventures should you wish to do so! Science Fiction is, after all, a
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404 subset of fantasy. The rules are formed by consensus. We seem to be a
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405 trifle loose and use such things as magic rather easily. But, as someone
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406 once said (please don't ask for the source of the quote) magic is
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407 indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced technology. In a pinch, we
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408 could probably find a rationale for our devices that approximates (at least
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409 for a "soft" science-fiction mileu) an acceptable explanation. We all are
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410 willing to accept "magic" as an operative force. However -- if push came to
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411 shove, we could work in some glib explanations. Why not jump in and join us
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412 for this little romp?? We're in downtown Portland in the here and now.
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413 I am dressed in kilts, standing near the doorway of a tavern, playing he
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414 pipes, most of the group, exept the bard are within. Come, join us!
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415 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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416 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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417 From "What to do after you hit return" book of computer games:
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418 "High Technology is Low Magic"
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419 Aaron
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420 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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421 addendum...
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422 piper: I have found my "degree" of connectivity sufficent to support my
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423 current investigations. Or as Mulla Nasrudin might say "..........
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424 ..." but seriously, folks, i seem to have found the object of my search.
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425 dandy translator (probably trnsltd best version of "Fiery Intelligence"
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426 availiable), and ooodles of Iranians have been keeping me on the path
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427 (at least as close as i care to follow!) for awhile now.......perchance
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428 have you ever met Barefoot John?
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429 right person, right?
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430 Aaron
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431 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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432 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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433 To the two hour user:
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434 It was worth it!! (dont do it again). I loved every line.
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435 Fast Fred BSAL
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436 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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437 Voyeur: unless you write the software yourself, you CANNOT get a good upload
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438 to BWMS. You will have to set the margin >> your text width to avoid
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439 problems with the "warning" bells. Your program will have to wait for
|
||
440 the echo of a character before sending the next char (if no echo
|
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441 for several minutes, resend char). I *ONCE* managed to upload a 2 or 3
|
||
442 line msg by telling the computer (the middle-sized one) that it was
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||
443 an Autolog sequence (only way to pause output!). Even prompted uploads don't
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||
444 work well.
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445 M. l'homme: I believe that I picked up the pack while traveling thru Nevia.
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446 It isn't all THAT big... I really don't think there's more than 1 or 2
|
||
447 thousand cubic feet of storage.
|
||
448 Everyone: please bear with me... we are getting ready to move & I have got
|
||
449 LOTS of packing etc to do.
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||
450 Since I will be rather busy, why don't we let the "new" people "run"
|
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451 things?
|
||
452 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
453 Thank Murphy! It IS the piper! thought bard as he approached the
|
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454 tavern. The piper waved him in and continued to play...
|
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455 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
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456 OK I'm here. Now what?
|
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457 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
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458 ***************************************************************
|
||
459 Ivancie Log on - Loved it. Most original thing I've seen in
|
||
460 months. Who are you? Backwater needs your imagination. Grand D.
|
||
461 ***************************************************************
|
||
462 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< *.* >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
463 Aaron: As Nasrudin might say.....
|
||
464 "They say your jokes are full of hidden meanings, Nasrudin.
|
||
465 Are they?"
|
||
466 "No."
|
||
467 "Why not?"
|
||
468 "Because I have never told the truth in my life, even once;
|
||
469 neither will I ever be able to do so."
|
||
470 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Captn' Barefoot >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
471 WELL SO FAR I HAD DISCOVEFED THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS DFREE LUNCH AND
|
||
472 THAT YOU BETTER OFF TRYING TO,FIND YOUR WAYH AROUND AS ASK FOR HELP FROM
|
||
473 SPINNERAND LISTEN TO VOICES POUT OF NO WHERE. MAYBE IF I TRIUED TM?
|
||
474 ................................................
|
||
475 PIPER: THE QUOTE IS from Arthur C. Clarke "Any sufficiently
|
||
476 advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" I think
|
||
477 it is in "Profiles of the Future".
|
||
478 _________________________________Leonard___________________
|
||
479 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
|
||
480 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< BEWARE THE BANDERSNATCH >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
||
481 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
|
||
482 !@#!#!@)$#@)%!#$)%+$#^)#%_$^(_!#%$(&$%)&+$@%_&(!_(%$_&)+^$%&(^_&(^_%&(%^&
|
||
483 Bard...You are moving??? Perchance will will tell me what neighborhood you
|
||
484 intend to invade? I still have to deliver some stuff to your friend Leonard,
|
||
485 how long will you be around in your current local (in this reality, I mean,
|
||
486 in the portland reality, which is to say the reality in Portland that is
|
||
487 not the other reality in portland, since we have two concurrent realities
|
||
488 in the same location in the same time frame but neither are realited to
|
||
489 each other except through that thin thread that holds all realities together
|
||
490 that some people call "The Farce"...well?
|
||
491 Oh by the way, do you know what this "bandersnatch" is? Is it anything
|
||
492 that Monty Python would make a movie about?
|
||
493 Adventures et all...Ca va? Where do we go now? What is the concensus on a
|
||
494 march down to the heart of this cities government? I say with our advanced
|
||
495 technologies we might be able to fix up this 'burg before we leave. With
|
||
496 the appearance of Ivan C. Terrible, and the upcoming local elections, we
|
||
497 could really create quite a stir! What say one and all?
|
||
498 (did I spell city's cities? My how this reality is getting to me?)
|
||
499 !@$#!@*$#*$)#@*$)@*!$#)$ L'homme sans parity $#@$*(@#)*$%@#)%*@#%@#%@#%@#%
|
||
500 Aside to Aaron. I will be at M F & E this saturday...it might be a good time
|
||
501 to come and get your money...(you have returned the books haven't you?)
|
||
502 $#$*#@()$*!)$*@#)*!%$)%*#$)*%^#$)^*#)%^*#$)*^!)$^*)#$*^)!$*^$)^*!)%*^&)!*&
|
||
503 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
|
||
504 L'homme: I didn't return the books, as M,F&E has already dispersed my
|
||
505 coin......(there wasnt supposed to be a comma there, where are you, oh
|
||
506 clever "hacker"?) Does this mean i can keep them? Spent some time chatting
|
||
507 with MF&E at his reality, tried to use the PCjr as a rs-232 to centronics
|
||
508 converter with "A:copy com1: lpt1:"..didn't work...it works on an '11! But
|
||
509 then again my '11 has special disk....the disk of TRON! yi yi yieee!
|
||
510 Barefoot: As i have yet to drink horse piss---uh, read that as "attend
|
||
511 PorSFiS", I havn't met piper. Maychance you would show up at one of these
|
||
512 conclaves....give me a chance to meet both of you.
|
||
513 Piper: I didn't notice if John signed that text above, but thats him....
|
||
514 Aaron
|
||
515 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
|
||
516 XXXXXXZ
|
||
517 XXXXXX GOODBYE!!
|
||
518 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
519 The voice seems to have disappeared. Ah well, I don't see how I'm
|
||
520 going to get to George MathKneeBiter SlimeHopper's reality.
|
||
521 "Hallo, there!"
|
||
522 What's this, it looks like the Doctor. Maybe he'll give me a ride.
|
||
523 (If his vehicle can ever reach the right destination)
|
||
524 "Doctor, the patrons have been sent to another reality by George
|
||
525 MathKneeBiter SlimeHopper. Can I get a ride in you TARDIS?"
|
||
526 "I suppose it's not far out of the way. Although I usually don't
|
||
527 give rides to strangers dressed in black."
|
||
528 With a whistle, 24 aborigines enter the Inn and climb through the
|
||
529 doors into a police box.
|
||
530 "Who are they?" The Doctor let out a gasp.
|
||
531 "My aborigine companions. The perfectly harmless."
|
||
532 The Doctor enters the TARDIS with a chuckle and we flicker out
|
||
533 in a series of lurching whines.
|
||
534 The Ninja
|
||
535 ----------------------------(<.)DD>)-----------------------------------
|
||
536 The Ivancie section was graeDDeat! thgDough I suggest downloDDDDownlo
|
||
537 download in loading in the future.
|
||
538 ----------------------(<>)The Traveller(<>)-------------------------
|
||
539 The above was an upload, scrap the entire thing!!! without replace and
|
||
540 delete uploads are usless on this system!
|
||
541 -----(<>)-----
|
||
542 OH TO BE IN THE 20TH CENTURY... SIGH..
|
||
543 Is it my imagination or does CMDN run on a HONEYWELL 66/40a ?
|
||
544 to coin a phrase "yiiiii yiii yii"
|
||
545 With that and MIKEY this is quite a disk!
|
||
546 Mr. Tim
|
||
547 {
|
||
548 Traveller: the back arrow key on your VT-100 look-alike dosn't really
|
||
549 erase the character. It just looks like it on your machine. Use BACKSPACE
|
||
550 (control-h). One of your escape sequences was crashing my system. Hope you
|
||
551 don't mind if i patched it.
|
||
552
|
||
553 Mr. Tim: CMDN runs on imagination, not a Honey-Bucket. yiii-whatever back.
|
||
554 }
|
||
555 Greetings Earthlings,
|
||
556 We will be making tests on all of the humans in this area to deter
|
||
557 mine whether they have the "RIGHT STUFF" to be president. To qualify,
|
||
558 you must be multi-faced (faced will do) and have lots of teeth. Send
|
||
559 your application (available at any convienience store) to :
|
||
560 Ronnie
|
||
561 1600 Pensylvannia Avenue
|
||
562 Washington, DC
|
||
563 {}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}
|
||
564 { for anyone who didn't notice... text to CMDN has been repaired.... }
|
||
565 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
566 The piper's mouth was nearly bone dry after four continous hours of
|
||
567 blowing into the pipes. The moisture from his breath had condensed inside
|
||
568 the leather bag and oozed out through the leather causing a large stain
|
||
569 on his right side where it was squeezed against his side. After bard went
|
||
570 into the tavern, he crisply stopped the tune, folded his pipes and went
|
||
571 inside. His companions had camped at two tables and from the noise ad
|
||
572 empty pitchers, had partaken quite freely of the thin weak beer that this
|
||
573 reality seemed to favor. The piper's sporran was quite heavy, as he had
|
||
574 taken the precaution of setting his cap on the sidewalk before he began
|
||
575 playing. Salting it with several of the strange coins this culture used,
|
||
576 he noticed that these people really did not much value their coinage.
|
||
577 They seemed instead to value curiously marked pieces of paper.
|
||
578 As he walked toward the men's room, he lifted a nearly full pitcher of
|
||
579 ale from his companion's table and drained it in a swift draught. Ahh...
|
||
580 that soothed a parched throat. Inside the men's room, the piper noticed
|
||
581 several pieces of paper tucked up under the waistband of his kilt. Pulling
|
||
582 them out, he found that most were the paper this culture favored over money,
|
||
583 and several were slips of white paper with curious numbers written upon
|
||
584 them. Now where?? Of course! while playing
|
||
585 several rather drunk ladies had come back several times. But why?? Could
|
||
586 this reality have a nudity taboo???
|
||
587 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
588 aaron- glad your 'connections' worked. I don't know Barefoot John, at
|
||
589 least by that name. However I may by another. It will probably be quite
|
||
590 a while before I brave downtown Portland again. I am definitly not a
|
||
591 city person. My liver would not like the anesthesia necessary for a
|
||
592 sustained stay in mundane reality portland.
|
||
593 To the rest in our present adventure-- Did I not hear that some of you have
|
||
594 transportation? I'm ready to leave at any time!
|
||
595 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
596 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
|
||
597 CISTOP MIKEY! TIME FOR A NEW DISK! THIS ONE'S GETTING STUFFY. --MOTHER
|
||
598 MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
|
||
599 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
|
||
600 piper: mundania too much for you? are you out in the Xanthian suburbs?
|
||
601 Aloha? Troutdale? ???......well, if you brave the elements and make it to
|
||
602 the next PorSfiS, look me up....
|
||
603 Aaron
|
||
604 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
|
||
605 ************************************************************************
|
||
606 SIGH... HERE IT IS THE MONTH HALF OVER AND STILL NO PAM. SIGH...
|
||
607 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY **********************************
|
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