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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************** INSTALLED: 12 DEC 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 privately 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 privately 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 here I am, at the bottom + 1 line.
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21 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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22
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23 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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24 From Prometheus; Worried
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25 Sondargaard; Oh no. You are off getting all cryptic again. I personally enjoy messing you up, but ah well, it'll be a damned
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26 blasted interesting experience (Sitting in trash containers till all hours, getting chased by rough looking old ladies...)
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27
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28 Manin Gray; I bring an alternate unit this day, for installation. Also extra alligator clips. I wishh I had been at the Top
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29 but such is the life of a deskbound paper pusher.
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30
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31 Kathy; Well, then again, I must take this rejection, and struggle on, oboo, hoo.
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32
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33 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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34
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35
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36 The Crook County Cowboys
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37
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38 They play football. On a rainy December afternoon they came to Portland to challenge the big boys. In the end, they
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39 took the whole works... the state championship. A bunch of small town kids from the sleepy community of Prineville scrambled
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40 their way to greatness. They're known as the Crook County Cowboys.
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41 It's time to come out of the closet. I'm a Cowboy fan. I've tried taking the cure--no luck. It's in my blood. I
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42 grew up in Prineville. It was all I knew for seventeen years. We're the champs and I'm damn proud.
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43 Nestled in a river valley in Oregon's high desert, Prineville is the essence of an American small towm. Prineville is
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44 Spoon River, Peyton Place, and redneck central in one neat package. Perceptions of the real world are distorted by distance
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45 and attitude.
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46 Kids in Prineville have two options after high school: stay or escape. You can see some of those who stay sitting
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47 in a dingy lumbermill lunch room, hunched over a bologna sandwich, waiting for the noon whistle to call them back to work.
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48 Their ears are deafened by the screaming saws slashing through fragrant pine wood. Others work the rich, black earth,
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49 trying to eke out an existence from the land. They battle sweltering summers, thermometer-cracking winters, and an
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50 uncaring government bureaucracry.
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51 Life in Prineville can be full of despair and toil. Those who live there struggle to preserve traditional values in
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52 a world that seems to be thundering toward oblivion. But there is a satisfaction and contentment in Prineville born from a
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53 closeness to the land. And sometimes in this bittersweet environment, a spark of greatness is ignited and begins to grow.
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54 Seven years ago, some kids decided to create their own options, light their own spark. While in the eighth grade, an
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55 entire class set a goal of winning the state football championship their senior year. On December 8th, that class realized
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56 their dream and the dreams of small towns everywhere. They won the championship. Imagine the committment, the dedication
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57 of those kids. Those rose from their small town, and if just for a moment, acheived greatness.
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58 The Cowboys of 1984 will be a legend now, recalled whenever any small town comes to Portland to take on the big boys
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59 for the championship. Prineville will fondly reminisce about the '84 team for decades to come. Some may sneer at their
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60 acheivement, but the simple fact remains... We're the champs. Yes, I'm a Cowboy fan, and I'm damn proud.
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61
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62 Dr. Frankenstupe
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63 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_
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64
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65 L'homme: I can correct the line & then upload the file again. The new copy
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66 will replace the old. I'll have to re-enter the description block, so I'll
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67 be sure to note that the old version had a bug.
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68 MIG: I seem to have been mistaken for you. Any suggestions?
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69 _________________________________Leonard___________________________________
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70 Dr. F. Fragrant Pine Trees? Gimme a break!
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71 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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72 Dr. Frankenstupe sat transfixed in front of the flickering television
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73 set. He didn't notice the distinguished gentleman in a tweed jacked enter
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74 the room. The 'Young and Restless' was on the tube. The gentleman paused
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75 for a moment, then cleared his throat.
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76 "Ahem, Doctor Frankenstupe, I think we should talk."
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77 Frankenstupe tried to wave the gentleman away. "Not now, Sigmund,
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78 Julia just told Eric that he is the father of her baby. This is important."
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79 Sigmund shrugged and settled into a chair. He knew that Frankenstupe would
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80 allow no interruptions during his soap opera.
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81 Finally the show was over. Frankenstupe turned off the set and turned
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82 to his visitor. "Okay, Sigmund, what is it?"
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83 Sigmund lit his pipe. "Well, Doctor, I've been your therapist for these
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84 last several months, and frankly, I'm worried."
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85 "About what?"
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86 "Your visits to the Inn and the essay you've written on the Cowboys.
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87 I can't see the point in it."
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88 "Well," Frankenstupe said, "it was something I felt strongly about.
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89 You've always said that I should try to express my feelings, not hide them."
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90 "I can accept that. But the part about the fragrant pine wood, that
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91 doesn't wash. A pine 2 X 4 is not fragrant."
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92 "Yes, somebody else made that comment, and it started to make me mad.
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93 In the Inn, often someone will make an effort to enter something and some
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94 one else will discount the whole thing with a cutesy one liner."
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95 "Hmmmm. Yes, but you've done that yourself. Right?"
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96 "Yes, I have. But basically we may have a perceptual difference.
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97 Granted a pine board isn't fragrant, but try a walk in a pine forest after a
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98 thunderstorm." Frankenstupe closed his eyes for a moment, remembering. "Or
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99 walk into a lumbermill on a warm August evening. I perceived freshly cut
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100 pine as being very fragrant. It was not just a literary device. Maybe he
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101 who doesn't feel the way I do just perceives things differently."
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102 Sigmund sat in silence for a time, then said, "Doctor, you have a point
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103 By the way Pam called to see how you were getting along."
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104 The Doctor brightened. "Really, she's a fine woman. What did you tell
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105 her?"
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106 "I told her you might be getting out soon. You'll have to start making
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107 plans for returning to the real world." Frankenstupe lapsed into silence to
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108 ponder this new turn of events.
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160 THIS ONE IS GOOD! BELOW.........
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161 !!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!!"!"!!""!"!"!!"!"!"!"!!!!!"!"!"!"!"!!!!""!"!!
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162 Dr. F: If one line can dismiss your entire story, that says much for the
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163 one line and little for the long story. Besides, Dr. Freud (sic) is wrong,
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164 perception is merely an ideaology of inhibition corresponding to ethos
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165 versus pathos. Your determination is based on insufficient evidence and
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166 contains a veritable quandary of illogical sentiments.
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167 !"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!!"!"!"!!"!"!"!"!"!"!!"!"!"!"!"!"!!!"!"!"!"!"!""!!"!"!"!"!"
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168 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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169 Milchar kneels, frantically searching his cards for an escape spell. Bard
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170 and L'homme work feverishly to make an electronic blasting device activa-
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171 ted by the harmonics of Piper's chanter. We are tense, urgent. The crystal
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172 beauty of Diamond Valley is now jagged and glaring to us. My throat is
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173 tight with fear. It has finally become apparent to us that we may never
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174 return to the Inn. I stare at the clasp of the necklace. It reminds me of
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175 something, but what? Think. Be calm. Try to remember. Relax. Slow down.
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176 Slow down FASTER. Relax HARDER! HURRY UP AND CALM DOWN!!!
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177 ooooooops.
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178 I've activated my incomplete teletransportation powers. I'm on a sunny
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179 beach. It's quiet and safe and now I truly AM relaxed. For the first time
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180 in days I breathe slowly and deeply and lie on the sand feeling sleepy and
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181 satisfied.
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182 "Hello, Pilgrim."
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183 It's Mariani. Guilt shades my peace.
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184 "Er...your people...Are they....?"
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185 "We are getting liquid from the center of a jungle fruit, but can't do so
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186 much longer." He is tired, not angry.
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187 "We're trapped," I babble, "We don't know the right magic. We're devising a
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188 powerful electronic...."
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189 "The necklace is a key. A simple mechanical key. It opens the lock to the
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190 North Door which will take you directly home. The necklace has magic and
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191 complexity also, but they are of no use to you until you have mastered the
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192 humble part of its nature."
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193 "Oh." The clasp looked familiar because it was embossed with the design of
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194 the North Door. Typical. We try for exotic complicated escapes when there
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195 is a big door right in front of us and we're holding the key.
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196 "Uh...I don't exactly know how to get back."
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197 "I see." Mariani looks both amused and despairing. "I can take you as far
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198 as Gold Sand. The gods help you after that."
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199 Using his own sorcery, he summons a fine arching wave and we ride it to a
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200 deserted shore. Mariani smiles softly.
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201 "May the gods be merciful," he mutters and sails off.
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202 The golden sand stretches away without a bush or a pebble or a ripple or
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203 even a horizon until it becomes one with a golden sky in which I can barely
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204 discern a pure white winged creature soaring in beautiful arcs.
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205 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Lila UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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206
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207 !!!!!!!!!!!How do I download files from the "soft exchange BBS"???????!!!!!
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208 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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209 Regarding a message a ways up,on my atari,all I get is what looks
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210 like a bunch of hexadecimal numbers followed by the cryptic note:
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211 "this one is good...." or something akin to that. What is it? am
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212 I missing something?
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213 Callisto(you don't know me)
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214 CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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215 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{almost...}{c}
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216 boy: I am working on a story, I hope it is good enough. This is harder
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217 than I thought. Maybe I can have the first part done soon so I can put
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218 up here and see if anyone notices.
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219 Kathy: I like your writing, maybe mine might be as good as yours someday.
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220 Probably not but it is woth a try. I tried to write a little story a
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221 bunch of disks back but it is too late to look at them, I don't know if
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222 they were good enough...
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223 Computers just aren't the same without the hot chocolate and warm booties.
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224 I just got some real fuzzy booties and they are sooo warm I just love 'em.
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225 I'm all out of hot chocolate but a warm bathrobe is almost as nice. I
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226 better cut back on the chocolate anyway, don't want to get plump or
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227 something like that. What would be really nice is to go to Hawaii for a
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228 week then come back for christmas? I'd miss the winter though, and all
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229 the snow. (i'm babling again, sorry.) I better go now.
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230 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}
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231 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13 Dec 84 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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232 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01:00 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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233 For once, I come not swirled in mist, but to challenge the critic
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234 who has naught on his lips and a sneer on his face: there, the figure
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235 idling behind the rhinestone-enrobed Doctor! Your swipes are quite
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236 unwarranted, and only further ennoble yon Frankenstupe fellow for his
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237 grave, cordial response!
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The story was charming, and the touches of
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238 whimsy (like 8th grade vows and hunched backs over bologna) breathed
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239 life into his essay; but 'twas the fragrance of pine & sod that moved
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240 me in their honest simplicity. How dare you curse the very tingle
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241 that made his story taste good?!
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Dr. Frankenstupe, you are nigh on
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242 a stranger to me, yet I salute you. Indeed, free-blown writing DOES
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243 beget inspiration, and Mikey's unexpected gem touched me, along with
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244 Pamela's song...so I wrote a little ditty of appreciation, though
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245 none saw my efforts but you...In turn, YOU wrote of the inspired
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246 gleam that was triggered in all of our eyes, and captured the very
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247 spark that makes the Inn's magic--!
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You, my friend, are fanning
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248 the hearth flames, an honor oft held by Pamela and, on occasion, my
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249 privilege. Do not let one snide remark squelch your spirit, nor
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250 allow petty attacks to dampen your enthusiasm; please, carry on!
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251 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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252
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253 I seem to remember being an Eigth Grade student about 5 or 6 months ago, I can recall no balogna or associated oaths. We are
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254 not that bad, really. I promise, cross my heart and hope to die.
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255 Prometheus
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256
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257 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/? ?/
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258 Abacab:Sure, anytime, but thank Leonard, he was the person who helped you!
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259 Kathy:Uh? Yep, brain death at age 18. I seem to have forgoten just WHY I am
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260 calling you. I am sure it wasn't anything to do with skiing or the 0-60 times
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261 for the 550 maxim.
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262 None-the-less, I am 5 hours into my sleep pattern at 8 A.M. how about an
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263 earlyer time? say, 3:30-4.00 A.M.?
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264 Theus:What can I say, the food was great, the beer garden never empty and
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265 I thank you for all the hospitality. But one question, do you remember any of
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266 this? It took me untill today to recover from all that beer. Heck, you probably
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267 don't remember it, just take my word for it, you enjoyed yourself.
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268 Hex-dump. May I ask why? is this a taunt? so I will rack my head for
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269 days on end trying to decipher random garbage? Well, if it is garbage, it's
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270 damn good garbage, it has patterns!
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271 Sondergaard:Hum, we may have to talk to whomever was using your terminal that
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272 night. I will drop it for now. Let me know when you find out who Papa Smurfs
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273 girl friend is on this system.
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274 Tammy??
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275 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
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276 *****************************************************************************
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277 prometheus: (gaud you have a hard name to spell) Hope to see you at the
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278 next meeting. I think Ive missed something somewhere.
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279
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280 Mig: ahemm, the subject I am refering to is a cooparative, profitable
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281 writing of a said comic book.
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282
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283 Tammy: I love your praise, but Ive only been writing for about 6 weeks
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284 or so... so it shouldn't take but a micro to catch up with me. ( If I'm
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285 ahead at all...)
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286
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287 ***************************kathy****notice small letters on name?************
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288
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289 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (more mail?)
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290 All: Since the spellings of more than just my name is rather difficult,
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291 you might find it a little easier if you would copy down the name of the
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292 person from the bottom of one of their articles. Makes things a lot simpler!
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293 As you might notice, spelling mistakes are common (I make 'em myself)
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294 but Names should be treated a little more carefully since you are actually
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295 addressing a Person and not a dictionary. (Yes, I note your l/c; kathy, MiG)
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296
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297 MiG: Well, the truth of the matter is- this is PaPa Smurf's terminal, he just
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298 doesn't realize that I spend HOURS connecting to all these systems...
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299 And, oh, I don't believe he has a girl friend on this system; unless {Tammy}
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300 works at the P.M. Lab also... I wonder about that myself since PaPa Smurf
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301 has only made 1 (one) entry onto *this* system...
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302 >As to who else uses this terminal, the only other person I let on anymore
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303 is an old lurker called 'abacab' The smurf doesn't know about that though
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304
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305 Prometheus: Greetings and Salutations! I think I can tell you with all
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306 confidence that 'I HAVE TODAY (Thur) OFF' and I will be hunting all day...
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307 For some reason, since I transfered from somewhere in The North to India
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308 I haven't been able to even FORCE myself out of bed unless I would be late
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309 for the job... I have some more cookies for us all, and by the way, is
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310 the 'ANN' you mentioned the same one you have given cookies to before?
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311 [ CRYPTAC- OVER and OUT! ]
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312 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 0512 Hrs 13 Dec 84
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313 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^
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314 THIRTEEN MORE SHOPPING DAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS! (TERRIBLE, IS IT NOT?
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315
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316 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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317 Floating limply, the pegasus slept. for an endless space around her, all
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318 that was visible were endless expanses of golden light, twined through with
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319 tendrils of absolute black. For uncounted hours, she had tried to fly to one
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320 of these, the one that appeared nearest. Uncounted hours of ceasless effort
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321 had made no visible difference in its appearance. A feeling that she might as
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322 well be flying to the moon crept over her as her fatigue mounted. Only the
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323 state of complete exhaustion she finally reached could overcome her instincts --
|
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324 for a pegasus does not sleep on the wing. For her to sleep in flight -- even
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325 effortless floating -- was normally simply suicide.
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326 Perhaps it is best that we never know what dreams tormented her that long
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327 unmeasured sleep. It is hard enough to try to imagine the reaction we would
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328 have to awaking in free-fall. What panic would this awaken in a best that
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329 normally flys? How can we imagine the mortal terror that could fill her to
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330 overflowing? Coupled with an unpleasant rest, this could be enough to tip
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331 a human mind over into complete insanity. Only the simpler organization of
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332 the beast mind saved her -- leaving mental scars that would take long to heal.
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333 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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334 *****************************************************************************
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335 MiG: Ok, HoW aBoUt 3;30 Am? whatever, it really isn't that big a deal.
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336 *****.**.*********************************************************************
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337 Ill be back in a flash.. If I can get in again...\
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338 *******************************kathy******************************************
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339 **********************************************************
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340 d: Who says no one elese noticed your entry? You don't always
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341 babble senselessly over a piece of art, sometimes you just
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342 sit back and enjoy it for what it is.
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343
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344 All: Well, I see by the paper a couple of days ago that someone
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345 stole a street in phillidelphia, PA. That's right, STOLE it! They
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346 dug it up and carted it away. Boy, even the streets aren't safe
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347 any more. What's this world coming to?
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348
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349 Also, I notice in another paper (Electronics news) that Honeywell is
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350 closing down Synertek and taking a $70-$100 million write off on it.
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351 In case you don't know who Synertek is, if you were to pry open the
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352 lid of an Atari, you would find that the CPU chip, Roms, and much of
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353 the LSI to have labels indicating they were made by Synertek.
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354 Synertek made its nitch in the industry by producing cheap low density
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355 parts. Unfortunatly, beyond the game industry, no one is interested.
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356 And with the game industry dieing, so goes Synertek.
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357
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358 Other bits of news: TI will be laying off 2000 next month due to the
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359 current sag in the IC industry. NCR will stop making its PC, it seems
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360 that no one was interested in it. And, the memory market is currently
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361 getting very competitive. You can probably expect 64K ram to drop
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362 solidly into the $3 range soon, and 256kK chips already showing up
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363 for under $20 will solidly drop into that price range. Since they are
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364 in full production now, there is no reason for them not to, particularly
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365 with the current weak market.
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366
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367 Pam: No answer? Sigh, it's at times like this that I wish I hadn't
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368 even started this thing, then I wouldn't have to deal with the
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369 negative emotional aspects.
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370
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371 ********************* CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
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372 P.S. If you are really interested in the how and why of the Federal
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373 reserves handling of the economy the last few years, go down to the
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374 library and dig out the Dec 7,1984 (fri) issue of the Wall street
|
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375 Journal, front page right column titled "Monetary Zeal". It describes
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376 how the feds change in policy caused the rampant interest rates a
|
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377 couple of years ago, and also is the very reason for getting inflation
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378 under control today. The policy change was to stop controling intreest
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379 rates, and to start controling the money supply instead. A very
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380 informative article, and one I would strongly recommed anyone to read
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381 before poping off about who is to blame for the interest rates, and
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382 who gets cudos for stopping rampant inflation. No real surprizers,
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383 just good inside information on the workings of your government.
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384 **********************************************************************
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385
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386 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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387 The sometimes overcautious rare North American day-sloth wonders if he's
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388 doing anything wrong... yawn... maybe later.
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389 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->S
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390
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391 Mig: That hex dump looks suspiciously like an a Motorola (or was it Intel?)
|
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392 Loader file. I've got a program from the M100 SIG on CIS that reads files that
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393 look VERY similar. I _might_ be able to dig out the specs by Sat. As I recall
|
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394 each line starts :<load address><byte count?>. Wait a sec, the first byte has
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395 something to do with what kind of block follows... I'll *HAVE* to find those
|
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396 docs! (I don't dare try to run it thru the hexldr program. It pokes the code
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397 DIRECTLY into memory!)
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398 _____________________________Leonard_______________________________________
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399 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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400
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401 Leonard,
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402 Would you believe its a dump from some companys employee pay
|
||
403 roster ! ! !.....Ever heard of Glacial Products Company ???....not in the
|
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404 phone book .....Anyway its Dune tomorrow....
|
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405 ::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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406
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407 &'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&'&4'&'&'&4'4&
|
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408 WHOMEVER ACTUALLY DUMPED THE HEX STUFF; Why for did you do that? It somehow
|
||
409 seems cryptic, enciphered, in other words, a code! Lemme see, Yellow Pages dont
|
||
410 list Net deciphering teams...
|
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411 &'&'&4'&4'&4'&'&4'&4'&4'&4'&4'&4'4&4'&4'&4'&4'&4'&'&4'&4'&4'&4'&4'&4'&4'&'&4'&'&
|
||
412 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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413 LEONARD- DON'T WORRY ABOUT ROSEWOOD AND TAGGART.
|
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414 IF MY STORY FOLLOWS THROUGH- THEY WILL GAIN THE
|
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415 PROPER CREDENTIALS TO CALL THEMSELVES 'NET' AGENTS.
|
||
416 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ ABACAB _-_-_
|
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417
|
||
418 <<:********************************************************:>>
|
||
419 Dr. Frankenstupe: That's the best writing I've seen around here
|
||
420 since Mohammed Wassir gave us his best. Good Work. Grand D.
|
||
421 <<:********************************************************:>>
|
||
422
|
||
423 less messages, more writing. More Writing. MORE WRITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
424 "Robin"
|
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425 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{hi!}{c}{c}
|
||
426 Hi Kathy! Your writing sounds really good. I can't believe only a
|
||
427 couple of weeks. Oh well, my story isn't that good, I don't know if
|
||
428 I should post it here (or anyplace).
|
||
429 Guys talking about a lab, I don't work in the lab. Sorry if you got
|
||
430 me mixed up with somebody else but I don't work in a lab. Oh, and I
|
||
431 don't know anyone by the name of Papa Smerf. Sorry.
|
||
432 Well, I've got the hot chocolate but the seems to be something missing,
|
||
433 oh! I forgot the marshmellows, silly me!
|
||
434 I'll see if I can have the story in by tomarrow if I get it done. Bye.
|
||
435 Mig??
|
||
436 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{where's the snow?}{c}{c}
|
||
437 080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808
|
||
438 TO : NET AGENTS 01,02,03,05,06,07,11
|
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439 FM : NET EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
|
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440 RE : INFLUX OF NEW NET AGENTS
|
||
441
|
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442 AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT RISE
|
||
443 IN NET ACTIVITY, AND AS USUAL, THE GROUPIES AND COPY-CATS HAVE
|
||
444 COME OUT OF THE WALLS LIKE COCKROACHES TO A PIECE OF EXPOSED FOOD.
|
||
445 REST ASSURED YOUR STATUS WITH NET HAS REMAINED ACTIVE,
|
||
446 EVEN THOUGH THE NEED FOR A FULLY ACTIVE ROSTER HAS BEEN DIMINISHED.
|
||
447 YOUR PLACES HAVE BEEN RESERVED, AND ALL OPEN SLOTS WILL BE FILLED
|
||
448 BY YOU BEFORE ANY NEW NET AGENTS ARE ACCEPTED.
|
||
449 NET OFFICES IN OKLAHOMA CITY, BOSTON, AND PORTLAND ARE
|
||
450 BEING RE-OPENED, IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR ARRIVAL. YOU WILL FIND
|
||
451 TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS AND RESERVATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE IN
|
||
452 YOUR NAMES, CARE OF NET. PLEASE RESPOND ASAP AS TO YOUR
|
||
453 AVAILABILITY FOR MISSION ACTIVITY.
|
||
454 THANK YOU, AND WELCOME BACK TO NET, THE FINEST ESPIONAGE
|
||
455 AGENCY BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE.
|
||
456 08080808080808080808080808 12/13/84 AT 21:20:00 080808080808080808
|
||
457
|
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458
|
||
459 Omega lifted his feet slowly and placed them slowly on the wooden, creaking timbers. I don't think Omega wanted anyone to
|
||
460 see him first. Especialy in this place, the most arcane of all the arcane shops in Portland.
|
||
461
|
||
462 As the latest and loudest creak faded, a small old lady appeared in one doorway. Her reflection appeared on all the glass
|
||
463 cases in the shop. Fragments of her face shone brightly in the candlelitglass faces of each case.
|
||
464
|
||
465 The little old lady opened her mouth to speak, but Omega quickly and loudly interupted this action. "Hi, uh, I am here for,
|
||
466 er that is, a Christmass present." How gracefully he had lied.
|
||
467
|
||
468 After little moment of twinkling in her eyes, the old lady said "Oh, for who, a son?"
|
||
469
|
||
470 "No," He would have explained the truth but she interupted.
|
||
471 "A daughter then?"
|
||
472 "No, neither, for myself."
|
||
473 "Your..." She seemed suprised, but it was not her style to show this openly. She continued " .. self, what did you want? A
|
||
474 deck? A trinket?"
|
||
475 "Neither, I want..." He carefully decided what he was going to say "your services as..." He carefully decided what ELSE to
|
||
476 say. Again he spoke " ... a mystic or whatever you call yourslelves these days."
|
||
477 "Witches is the term, I never did like Modern Marketing."
|
||
478 "I wish you too tell me about..." Omega was tiring off all this hoopla, he blurted out the rest of it.
|
||
479 "I want you to tell me why I have switched universes. I don't know where I am, but my life is different. In mine Dangerfield
|
||
480 is still alive, in my life..." Omega realized that his point was made.
|
||
481
|
||
482 "Oh, you mean that the way you thought about things has changed." She spoke in the same patronizing tone that Psychaitrists
|
||
483 always spoke in.
|
||
484 Omega started thinking the obvious; That she thought he was insane. She was wrong, and Omega knew it, he had the Other to
|
||
485 prove it.
|
||
486
|
||
487
|
||
488 "I am not insane! I can prove it to you if you want. Somehow, someway, I am not in the same universe I was three days ago!"
|
||
489
|
||
490 "Why do you think this?" She said in her condescending tone. One that barely concealed her centempt for him. She felt soooo
|
||
491 superior to this man. She had a degree in Psychaitry, she was trained to deal with his kind.
|
||
492
|
||
493 Omega knew he had to come down to her level if he was going to convince her, and if he came down to her level, she might
|
||
494 convince him he was insane.
|
||
495
|
||
496 If he was insane, she might as well tell him. He sure couldbn't tell. So he explained everything that happened, with all the
|
||
497 facts about Net and all that carefully replaced with tallk of a ditch digging company.
|
||
498
|
||
499 She sat on her high backed chair, arms carefully placed on the arm rests. And let her eyes twinkle. She was contemplating.
|
||
500
|
||
501 She decided on her path of operation. She was going to tell him the truth, and try to convince him to stop using those nasty
|
||
502 hallucinogenics. She did not think Omega was insane, just addicted to some chemical.
|
||
503
|
||
504 "Bhagwan Shree Dangerfield is still alive, and Ma Prem Rivers has apoologized publicly. She said it was all aa joke. She sid
|
||
505 it was her sense of humor!"
|
||
506 The little old witch's eyes twinkled happily as a smile swept slowly across Omega face. She had decided to tell him about
|
||
507 Dangerfield and Rivers first, since he seemed to place them as highly as he did.
|
||
508
|
||
509 "I was only gone for a little while, I remember that. It was funny as hell though." Omega tried to forget that she had eight
|
||
510 Neeshies killed that night, just to show she was still boss.
|
||
511
|
||
512 "Anyway, Dangerfield is still alive, and never even had Xenopolycythemia, I have never even heard of that. Do you know more
|
||
513 about it?" She was trying to switch gently into a less inflamatory subject. Letting her professional curiosity shine through.
|
||
514
|
||
515 "Are you sure he never had it? And no, I don't know anything more about the disease." Omega was elated, and his face showed
|
||
516 it. Somehow he had switched back to his own reality. And his own 'Time-Continuum'
|
||
517
|
||
518 Later, after a small lecture on halucinogenics and a tour of the shop, he left the small store. It was raining outside, and
|
||
519 it was winter. Somehow, Omega welcomed the biting sharpness of the cold. It gave him a sense of reality he wanted a lot right
|
||
520 then.
|
||
521
|
||
522 Putting some quarters into a newspaper stand in the Transit Mall, he pulled out an Oregonian newspaper. He read the headline
|
||
523 of it, and was given a cold feeling worse than the weather.
|
||
524
|
||
525 000000000000000000000000NULL SET0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
|
||
526
|
||
527 ANTELOPE (AP)- An attempt was made on the life of Bhagwan Shree Dangerfield today. A cloase advisor used a small automatic
|
||
528 weapon and fired several shots into Dangerfield's meditation cubicle. Luckily Bhagwan Dangefield wasn not in the cubicle at
|
||
529 the time of the incident. The assailent was shot by security teams acting as Police for the unratified city.
|
||
530 It seems that he was insane with jealousy of the Bhagwans diinity said Swami Jonee Carson after the incident was over.
|
||
531
|
||
532 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|
||
533 ****************************************************************************
|
||
534 Just remember, whatever happens and where ever you are, there you are.
|
||
535
|
||
536 Leo was getting really hungry now, she hadn't eaten in almost two
|
||
537 full days, Ontho still hadn't cracked the mind control code and they
|
||
538 had orders not to return to home base untill their mission was done.
|
||
539 "S**T!" Leo exclamed, Ontho looked back to see what crabby wanted, The
|
||
540 Inmo felt that the code was close to being broken, but Ontho wanted to
|
||
541 get into the dome to look at the equipment. Leo had dropped the trident
|
||
542 on her foot and was dancing about madly.. "rezze dez taz?" Ontho was
|
||
543 tring to be reasuring, but Leo was in a frenzy.
|
||
544 "Ok we will go into the dome, I don't like it but it's got to be done."
|
||
545 Leo barked. Leo picked up the trident and shethed it. "let's go!"
|
||
546 Ontho moved the disk close to the dome to allow for a quick getaway
|
||
547 and the two jumped down onto the ramp, they hurried inside since now that
|
||
548 they had left the disk they were exposed to whatever eye would glance their
|
||
549 way.
|
||
550 Inside the dome was one big room, with a controller in the center
|
||
551 and many charts on the walls, it was unoccupied. Leo walked over to the
|
||
552 wall and started examining the charts while Ontho checked out the controller.
|
||
553 "Hey look at this!" Leo exclamed, these charts show all the locations
|
||
554 of the recent earthquakes, the depict large caverns like the one we are in"
|
||
555 "these yuglies have been blasting holes in the earth to open up more living
|
||
556 space!" and the heat of the receding lava helps them generate energy, this
|
||
557 is most reveiling, I wonder how many more established settlements there are
|
||
558 on earth?" Ontho was listening out of one ear and watching Leo with a
|
||
559 couple of eyes, but mostly paying attention to the controller, the Inmo
|
||
560 now felt confident that the mind control could be stopped.
|
||
561 "What's wrong, didn't you hear what I said?" Leo turned to Ontho who
|
||
562 wasn't paying a bit of attention to her at the moment. Leo moved towards
|
||
563 Ontho and picked the Inmo up. Ontho on the other hand didn't feel like
|
||
564 being handled, and had much work to do and a few more problems to solve.
|
||
565 "puzzz kezzz fewz!" (which meens, put me down dummy!)
|
||
566 Leo was furious and hurdled Ontho to the hard floor where the little
|
||
567 alien landed with a painful crack. "izzzzzz" Ontho hissed and bolted
|
||
568 tenicles a flalling, grabbing Leo sacred trident, waving it in from of her
|
||
569 face, making a menacing scene. The lack of food and sleep had Leo at her
|
||
570 deadly worst and she kicked at Ontho, knocking the Inmo onto the controller
|
||
571 Leo then leaned over Ontho to retrieve the trident, the trident slipped
|
||
572 from Ontho's tenicle and accidently hit a power source on the controller
|
||
573 causing a bright flash and lightning like arcing, the controller began
|
||
574 to smoke and Leo pulled Ontho to safety, the trident in her hand still
|
||
575 had and electric arc to the controller and strange things began to happen.
|
||
576 ***************************kathy********************************************
|
||
577 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
||
578 "The problem all began when I stopped wearing dresses." The man sat cross-
|
||
579 legged in his tent at the commune. Across from him sat his only friend,
|
||
580 Cheekoof. Petrov contemplated his present situation.
|
||
581 It had been at least four months since that fateful day when he left his
|
||
582 helicopter and crossed the wilderness -- mortally afraid of an Indian attack.
|
||
583 The commune had quickly "converted" him, or so he led them to
|
||
584 believe. He only pretended to eat the "specially prepared" food they gave him.
|
||
585 Petrov remembered the confused state he was in when he arrived.
|
||
586 Before him was a paper he wrote a week after entering the commune. Picking it
|
||
587 up, he read aloud to the ever attentive Cheekoof.
|
||
588
|
||
589 "All has become clear to me. Amidst the maelstrom of confusion which
|
||
590 consumes all facets of mortal life, I alone have been enlightened. Ah the
|
||
591 countless, nameless individuals who have likened life to the game of Chess
|
||
592 without truly comprehending the potential depth of their musings.
|
||
593 Dimensions. The pitiful life of a chess piece: fleeting, restricted,
|
||
594 controlled, two-dimensional. When two dimensions are all that is known, how
|
||
595 complete seems the life. In all its glorified strength, however, even the
|
||
596 most powerful piece cannot compare to the mind that wields it. The mind which
|
||
597 dwells in three dimensions.
|
||
598 So we praise the glory of three dimensions. Our lives are full and
|
||
599 complete. Dare we stop to consider the entity which rules the fourth dimension?
|
||
600 Time! He who truly understands it can move through time as we can travel north,
|
||
601 south, east, or west. He can choose not to move in that direction, and time, for
|
||
602 him, would stand still (at least we would perceive it that way).
|
||
603 Some call the entity of which I speak God. Others call it fate. But I
|
||
604 know it. I have seen it. It has a name and that is McKane. He exists above
|
||
605 the laws of science. He controls, manipulates, conquers. They say he is dead,
|
||
606 but I know better. McKane could foresee death, and avoid it.
|
||
607 Only one other being has displayed such power. In another reality, in
|
||
608 another time, a certain Innkeeper brought the world to its knees using only the
|
||
609 power of words. Indeed, the ultimate control over anything is the ability to
|
||
610 destroy it."
|
||
611
|
||
612 Petrov's voice trailed off. He noted the profound look on Cheekoof's face.
|
||
613 "Don't worry Cheekoof, McKane was just an ordinary man with incredible
|
||
614 abilities." Petrov was now back to his former self. The greatest therapy in
|
||
615 the world, work, had given him renewed purpose. Through the past several months
|
||
616 Petrov had been uncovering the mysteries of the commune. As time went on he had
|
||
617 become quite "close" to Ma Prem Rivers.
|
||
618 Petrov smiled to himself while remembering how angry she got every time he
|
||
619 called her Honored Matre during moments of passion. No woman could excite
|
||
620 Petrov the way Honored Matre did that blissful evening so long ago.
|
||
621 Petrov hoped to enter the service of the NET. He needed to start again. He
|
||
622 turned to Cheekoof. "And I will wear dresses again -- I'll dance in sleazy
|
||
623 dives. It's part of my heritage." Petrov's optimism faded. "But I'm afraid
|
||
624 the NET will kill me on sight. After all, I deleted two of their finest
|
||
625 operatives." Always the brave... \\\\\ Petrov sans disk space \\\\\
|
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