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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 2 JAN 85 ****************************
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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 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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21 (Gasp, choke) What? On top again? It's AMMMMAAAAAZZZZINNNGGGGG!
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22 L'homme: I believe that there is a PSU stayover of some sort for potential incoming freshmen... the 12th? I'm not
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23 sure, but beware, I'm coming...
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24 Also, looking at last disk, you sure have become a target, haven't you? What socially unacceptable thing did you do in
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25 public to deserve that?
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26 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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27 Clunk.
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28 That's the last noise I heard before I blacked out.
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29 I was in my room, quietly cleaning my gun (as I do when I am bored), when I heard a noise in the bath. I, of course,
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30 went to investigate, with Besty in hand. I must have played right into their hands... I never even saw who hit me.
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31 Pity, too... I'm looking forward to personally giving that guy a lump that matches mine.
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32 awoke from my 'little nap'. I still felt a little dizzy, but it passed. I was in a 5 x 5 cubicle in which there
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33 as two breaks in the metal of the walls- the door, and the 2' x 1" ventilation slot. The cot I had been resting on
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34 as of the tubular aluminum type, too light to do any smashing. The small amount of light I got was emitted from the
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35 florecent lamps 10 feet or so above my head.
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36 I quickly searched my pants pockets. Keys, wallet, money... all gone. My 'com, too. I had been throughly searched.
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37 Nothing to do but wait.
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38 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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39 I began to hear distant voices. I was able to piece together a conversation.
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40 "...and you know, John sold this guy the last FD-78 just before we knew about Joshua. Eugene Farley, his name is.
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41 It's a good thing we recovered that ID card, or we'd have been another one of John's 'failure statistics'."
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42 Quickly, I went to the cot, and laid down. I had to act the opossum part for a little while. I closed my eyes.
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43 hey stopped in front of my cell. "Still out. I can't wait until he's not useful anymore. I do hope that John picks
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44 suitable end for him."
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45 t was very hard to keep a blank face while listening to that, but I tried my level best. The other began:
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46 "Not until the 'penathol. John wants to know exactly what Farley got from his file. It's erased now, but still..."
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47 Of course! A data tap on that file. But what about UNDOUND..?
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48 "Did he erase the master files, while he was at it?"
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49 "No, they're still useful, for some strange reason. No telling what John has planned. Well, no change in him, so
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50 let's go back to security."
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51 It wasn't the conversation this time that attacted my attention. I had heard, barely, the near-silent drop of a card.
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52 After making sure the guards were a good distance away, I looked out the door.
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53 Yes! Just as I'd hoped. One of the men dropped his passcard. And well within reach. Things were looking up.
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54 hoa! Things were looking *TOO* up. There was a catch here. I scanned the bars quickly.
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55 small blue wire was attached to the metal of the door.
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56 miling faintly, I turned to the cot. A few minutes of 'silent violence' were inflicted upon the cot. Shortly, I had
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57 a thin strip of aluminum with a sharp end on it.
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58 I took off my shirt, and wrapped it around my hand. Then, I grasped the strip with what I hoped was my insulated hand.
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59 This time, my hopes held. I felt no shock as I slid the strip through the bars, sawing at the wire. A few moments
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60 later, and it was done.
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61 Now I reached out of the cell, for the card. Slowly, I scraped it closer and closer to the cell with my fingertips.
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62 It was mine! I fumbled with the card for a moment, then inserted it into the slot near the locking mechanism.
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63 A quiet whine was the only sound made, but my eyes were greeted by the view of an open door. I quickly made use of it.
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64 No one about... but I had to make sure. Any number of things might go wrong as I tried to get out of here....
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65 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 01/02/1985 - 10:49 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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66 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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67 FARLEY:
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68 DRME CZQXM VSXSG DLJZI UJDTU HIOGW ITVIS ASASA RPKGS UOTBN ORFPI BVDLM
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69 EMNV TPDEU CEAOK WDQQT BIRJP JNFTV FNDTF DMOHR ASEXS CFEES XPRLF JWISG
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70 BOVIA PWODF XTFEW SPMIP PHAUT LFFRO SSSPP VTPPU VQWEI EPMQF ONMEJ CPFSO
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71 QUJHN FTTFT LOEIE NJHRF TSIGO PZOYR WRTFS XPRPC TPTEJ YQMVM EDMUA MQLVV
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72 PAGJE FUDGL LMYRD DACDJ VOYJF ZMCNQ YEWRT FSVEG PGLRP HZUCU GZBDV BMFOS
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73 CMZEY JXNEP TKNRW
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74 net level 1 cipher....
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75 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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76 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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77 The following is UNOFFICIAL!
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78 *I* would not be upset if a few people who were working on the
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79 "fringes" of the NET were to return. Especially the "agents" who told
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80 he kid to "get into the paper". As long as they don't try to mess with
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81 IGH LEVEL operations (like L'homme, Joshua, et al), they could do well
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82 s (pardon the expression) "junior agents".
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83 After all, junior agents aren't expected to know the correct
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84 procedures for everything. If they did they'd be SENIOR agents!
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85 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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86 L'homme: I hope you at least saved the line numbers...
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87 In any case, why don't we save a step. I'll take single-sided
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88 NEWDOS disks like the ones you've been making for voyeur. I can copy from
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89 those myself. Also, how much trouble would it be to make a backup set of
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90 MS-DOS originals as soon as you get them? (I'd be supplying the disks...)
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91 _________________________________Leonard___________________________________
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92
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93 {c}{c}{Happy Newyear everyone!}{c}{c}{c}{tammy}{c}{c}{c}{lurk lurk}{c}{85!}
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94
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95 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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96 Ian MacHinery: Thanks for the (semi)formal invitation! It has pleased me
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97 greatly! Don't think too much less of me to ask, but what do you
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98 think of my entries. It may be all too apparent that I write (type)
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99 them "on the spot" with only the basic idea to get me started. After
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100 I enter the lines, I have a friend (I think I can call him that) look
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101 it over and he does nothing but laugh. Is this because it is humorous,
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102 or because of my stupidity? I try to make them entertaining, as a
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103 few things in life should be, and I don't think that I'll change the
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104 kid, Rosewood, or Taggart too much in the future. Thanks again, 01.
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105 >>>>>>> So long, and thanks for all the fish- er- help! <<<<<<<
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106 (now that's my kind of humor!)
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107 {Tammy}-Welcome back, even if you are in lurk-mode! {Whoever you are!}
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108 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ abacab _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ the Cola kid _-_-_-_-_
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109
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110 ********************************************************************
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111 petrov: a fine entry!!! I salute you....
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112
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113 oh gawd, no... not that... IEEEEEEEEE...........
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114 *****************************************************kathy**********
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115 *****************************************************************************
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116 Things are getting really hectic. gota find a place to run. err
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117 a place to hide.. got to get rid of these red clothes. If any of
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118 hese folks around here find out my true id....Ieee they are playing
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119 hat dreadful song AGAIN... blast that Z100!!! what's this???
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120 that car, there is a sheep in it, who's that man? oh no!!! Oh bagwan
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121 i hope he doesn't see my face. thoughts blasting thru my head...
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122 He replaced me with a sheep? good he's going into the building,
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123 she runs to the car and opens it releasing the sheep) get going
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124 ou nasty thing!!! if i can't have him... noone can!!!
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125 the sheep looks back and gives her a strange glaze, it was
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126 WARM in the car.
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127 off into the night she scurries....
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128 *********************************************************yhtak*******
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129 0000000000000000000000 NULL SET 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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130
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131 Omega looked down at the soggy food given to him. Wet eggs with some weird
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132 jello or something. Anyway, after grimacing at what he was going to eat, later,
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133 much later, much much later, Omega looked again at the equally somber faces
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134 looking at their meals.
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135 "Sorry for the quality of the food, we are using only the stuff the funding
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136 llows for. Which means not too deliscious food, for a while."
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137 Everyone laughed at the use of the word deliscious in the same breath as this
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138
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139
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140 "Did you think about what I mentioned? The possibility that a mind block, put
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141 in for security reasons may have malfunctioned. That is may have erased every
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142 part of his memory?" Omega was sorry to suggest such a piteous fate for someone
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143 as illustrious as Joshua, master agent of net.
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144
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145 "I thought about it quite alot, actually. Stepping through the process we use
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146 n most agents, no. It could not have happened. However, with sokme of the NET
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147 elite, we used a process with a much stronger, and potentially more devastating
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148 effect. It works on a very important principle which I really don't know how
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149 to explain. Suffice it to say, yes, what you have suggested could have happened
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150 with the conditions you have outlined." Doctor Kyle Lloyd finally ate that
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151 piece of egg he had been holding aon his fork for five minutes.
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152
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153 Omega was stunned at how confusing the Doctor had made things seem. All that
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154 e needed to know was that he was right, agent Joshua could have lost all his
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155 emories. Even could have been reborn, so to speak. Trained at everything again
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156 but this time, Dangerfield might have appeared as a father figure to him.
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157
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158 Dangerfield, mastering one of the op eight agents of NET? IOmega was slightly
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159 awed. All of his career, NET was the most stable thing he could think of. This
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160 changed all that, now Joshua could not be trusted implicitly anymore. Damn!
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161
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162 By the time everyone had decided that they coyuld not avoid things any longer
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163 and actually ate their breakfast, Omega was already preparing his gear for the
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164 trip back to Ian Machinery, for a personal report on the Joshuasituation.
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165
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166 A wall panel shrilled, and a communications plate lit bright red. Omega hit
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167 the listen button, and promptly dropped his single pann. It made a loud noise,
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168 hell, it woke some lab animals. Anyway, back to the communications at hand.
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169 "Omega, may I speak to you. In my quarters please, it is important. It has to
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170 do with the Joshua situation." Doctor Lloyd made a click noise, it took a while
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171 for Omega to realize that he had turned off the send button.
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172
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173 Omega slipped his submachine gun into it's proper place, ain his side holster
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174 and slid his pack around his shoulders. All packed, now only parting words to
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175 Doctor Lloyd, and he would trudge back to the Oklahoma city office and Ian for
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176 his report.
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177
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178 Walking down the flourescent lit halls, finding the quarters that looked the
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179 most official was not hard. Doctor's always lilked having their name on their
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180 own shingle. The door was clearly marked.
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181
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182 Omega stepped in, and approached a neat desk. Looking around, he saw no one,
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183 nd nothing really unusual. Omega expected that the Doctor made the call from
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184 ne of the labs, and would be there shortly.
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185 No one came in a few minutes, Omega stepped behind the desk, intending to sit
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186 for a while. A small indentation on the carpet attraced his attention. Nothing
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187 weird, laboratory installations are full of weird markings and indentations.
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188
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189 For lack of anything else to do, Omega started tapping at the floor. Soon,
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190 Omega had started to read some of the papers on Lloyd's desk.
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191 Some were simply standard NET information requests, and one was a notice from
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192 the United States Marine Corps. It said that a Kyle Lloyd Junior was killed in
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193 a terrorist action in Paraguay. It also stated the he had saved others and won
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194 a posthumous medal from courageus gallantry. Omega was sorry for Looyd Senior.
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195 Omega got tired of tapping away at the floor, and decided to look at what he
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196 had been tapping away at before. Kneeling, he peeled back the carpetting to
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197 reveal a small keypad. Itt was not the standard lettering of NET, and it was
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198 definately not a private safe. NET would have known.
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199 Omega looked at the small diplay, it was marked with 212114, a series? No, no
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200 one in their right mind would place the combination in plain sight. Except
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201 perhaps an absent minded professor. Always forgetting things, it made sense.
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202
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203 Omega slowly entered 212114 in series then pressed enter, and waited.
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204 The small keypad only mentioned that he had gotten the right access, and that
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205 it was getting ready for entry. Entry, what was that? Another code? Omega
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206 waited, and soon heard the telltale sound of a pneumatic action. Something was
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207 well protected inside this safe. Well protected except for the combination on
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208 public notice. After thirty seconds, tired of kneeling, Omega stood. And saw a
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209 large telivion screen that must have raised soon after Omega pressed the series
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210 in.
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211
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212 Another series of numbers was displayed, along with a set of keys. Still, the
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213 ettering was odd. Omega hit the communications panel and told a technician to
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214 ell Doctor Lloyd that he wad been called away suddenly and didn't have time to
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215 visit his quarters. TNow, Lloyd would stay at the Lab and Omega could proceed
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216 again, with no interuptions.
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217 Omega pressed the appropriate series, and the telivision screen started to
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218 fade into a picture...
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219
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220 00000000000000000000000 NULL SET00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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221 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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222 Hmmmm......212114....sounds like the account number of the Arabs collection
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223 account on " Roleover "( 21214).....
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224 .....on a more *fun* vein...semi-random ascii addition/subtraction...
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225 nice patterns...but which is to fool and which is real...heh heh..
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226 :::::::::Alex:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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227 NULL SET: Clean it up, or SPELL-ALERT will get ya! It's about time...
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228 ###############################################################################
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229 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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230 FINALLY!! I've been trying to get onto this system for days without success.
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231 I feel like I've missed two issues of my favorite comic or something...
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232 TAMMY...welcome back...come out of lurk mode and write something again!!
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233 PorSFiS...was a lot of fun... if I was staying in town I'd join. Maybe
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234 this summer...
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235 The NET is terrific, as usual...Now the question plaguing all Portland
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236 is WHO KILLED RAJNEESH DANGERFIELD??? If you could solve this by Sunday AM,
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237 when I leave for OSU, I would be eternally grateful.
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238 KEEP UP THE GREAT ARTISTICAL WORKINGS!!
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239 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/Luingil/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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240 ......Logan......
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241
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242 The Canals of Men
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243
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244 Fish cry, near a small body of
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245 Parachutes,
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246 In the long canals of men.
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247 Clocks melt.
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248 Cats chase seagulls,
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249 Birds,
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250 ance on the seacoast.
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251 Pink meteors
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252 moke angry men.
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253 While
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254 The wavy song of boxers
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255 Whisper,
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256 Along the harbor.
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257 The smell
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258 Of dead shrimp fills the air.
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259 Quick bearded boats
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260 Dashing, lonely,
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261 Dizzy.
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262
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263 ......Logan......
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264 Boy, this is some strange stuff here
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265 guys. I'm really lost. What is the
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266 purpose of all this? --A better
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267 question: Is there a purpose for all
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268 this? I don't know why I'm even
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269 asking, to tell you the truth...
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270 <<<<<<<ESP>>>>>>>
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271 ______________________________________________________________________________
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272 Humane Society, Portland Or. Weekly Report
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273
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274 AMMENDUM to regular weekly report : Case concerning strange appearance of
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275 sheep inside the city limits. One of our roving trucks spotted the sheep
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276 itting in a car in the parking lot of a NW Portland apartment building.
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277 he sheep was making quite a bit of noise, and had defecated several times
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278 on the interior of the car. The animal control truck took possession of the
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279 sheep, and Speed's Towing took the car away. A search for the owner of the
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280 sheep turned up nothing.
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281 On an examination of the sheep, Dr. Ue, our local on-staff vet, discovered
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282 a rare virus present in the blood stream. It appears to be mutated hybrid
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283 version of SAIDS. Dr. Ue fears anyone in close contact with the sheep could
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284 have contracted the disease. Fortunately, the drivers who picked up the
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285 animal were wearing protective clothing, having just picked up a rabid dog
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286 two blocks away.
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287 Dr. Ue is unsure what effect SAIDS virus could have on humans. We have
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288 contacted the poison and disease center in Atlanta, and the Capote clinic
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289 in San Francisco for help with this situation. Further details will be
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290 relayed to you as they become available.
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291 W. Fleece
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292 Director, Portland Humand Soc.
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293 _______________________________________________________________________________
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294 What do you think of this:
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295 The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines
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296 hat they ought to be, the slaves instead of masters of men. - Havelock
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297 llis
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298 (a new user)
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299
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300 _______________________________________________________________________________
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301 IOIOIOIOIO][
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302
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303 Me: When said it was to work to get Dr. Ha ha say you. W think i>~
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304 sit on chiildren. Also ha ha say Y've got to go.others press.
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305 p|yourself.
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306
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307 IOIOIOIOIO][
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308 ***************************************
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309 I like the story, but am kind of confused about what all the other entries
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310 really mean... People sound like nomads around here. What is the purpose
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311 of all this??? Maybe I'm just going crazy, I don't know.. I though this
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312 BBS was meant for public discussions or something.. But most of the
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313 messages don't make >>ANY<< sense at all... PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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314 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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315
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316 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-
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317 Cistop: Funny things are happening here! (See IAN)
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318 Ian MacHinery: After re-reading your request for some more "jounior agents"
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319 I have found that many of your lines, along with alot of others, have been
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320 seriously and cold-heartedly replaced/deleted for no obvious reasons.
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321 NULL SET: it would have been a great and wonderful entry had not some one done
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322 wicked, nasty and poo-poo things to your entry. I wish you luck next time.
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323 ythak: That was odd, very odd indeed. As you mentioned before (elsewhere)
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324 Yes, I do like creating my own little bits of mischief...(sp?)
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325 {this msg was 11 lines before someone else got to it...}
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326 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ abacab _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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327 GASP!< Could it be that the nefarious R.D. is back? _-_-_ abacab _-_-_
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328 ~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%
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329 To Guardian: Your studies aren't as rusty as you may think.
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330 To tylian: I like this spelling better - SURE
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331 To Sysop: Some of the stories don't read well. Is it possible that
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332 just ANYBODY can alter anyone elses entries? If so, too bad.
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333 -The Chela
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334 ~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%~~~~~~~~~~%%%%%%%%%%
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335
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336 ...............................................................................
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337 MYSTREY BUS JOY-RIDE LEAVES OFFICIALS WITH NO ANSWERS
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338 PORTLAND, Oregon (AP)
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339
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340 Portland City Police and Three-Cities officials refuse to comment on the
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341 late night escapade of the stolen Hoot-Owl line bus somewhere in the Gresham
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342 area. This reporter was able to locate the former Three-Cities driver on
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343 the morning after the incident for his comment. Here is Wiley Steeple's rerply.
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344 "Ah never seen nuthin' like it before! That kid jus' pushed me offa ma
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345 own bus an took over from there. Ah don't believe it. Wut wuz I ta do?"
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346 Obviously the Transit officials figured out what they would do after
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347 relieving him of his duties. Their plans include the much needed "plainclothes
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348 checker" system that many bus patrons have been asking for for so long. To
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349 prevent any further such thefts in the future, buses will be outfited with a
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350 new driver identification device.
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351 These plainclothes checkers will be riding the buses randomly to make
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352 certain that their drivers are indeed who their ID devices say they are, and
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353 that policies for traffic safety and customer protection are being followed.
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354 RELATED STORY ON PAGE E-2
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355 ..............................................................................
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356 UNIDENTIFIED PARCELL "DISARMED" AT THREE-CITIES MAIN BRANCH
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357 PORTLAND, Oregon (AP)
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358
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359 A rather suspicious parcell was received this morning at the Three-Cities
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360 Main Branch Office that had some of the workers in the administration depart-
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361 ment worried. An executive, Wiley Rowan, called the city police in to make
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362 absolutely certain that the parcell in question would not be a bomb-threat to
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363 the office and surrounding areas. When the Portland City Police arrived at
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364 the scene of what was believed to be the "bomb", the area had already been
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365 evacuated of all customers and office workers. Once the parcell was uncovered,
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366 it was found to contain only a message and two six-pacs of Pepsi-Cola. The
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367 police have released the note for publication, and have found the soft drinks
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368 to be of the non-explosive nature. The note reads as follows-
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369 Sorry for taking the owl.
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370 I was a little late. Here are
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371 some colas for the troubles.
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372 (signed) the kid
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373 Officials believe that this may have something to do with the recently
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374 abandoned stolen Hoot-Owl bus a few days ago. Wiley Rowan was not open for
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375 these or other questions.
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376 ............................................................... abacab .....
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377 ------------------------Something cute.----------------------------
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378
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379 An Open Letter To My Husband.
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380
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381 To My Darling Husband,
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382
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383 I am sending you this letter in a bogus software company envelope so that
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384 you will be sure to read it. Please forgive the deception, but I thought you
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385 should know what has been going on at home since your apple computer entered
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386 our lives two years ago.
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387 The children are doing well. Tommy is seven now and is a bright, handsome
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388 boy. He has developed quite an interest in the arts. He drew a family portrait
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389 for a school project. All of the figures were good, but yours was excellent!
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390 The chair and the back of your head are very realistic. You would be very
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391 proud of him.
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392 Little Jennifer turned three in September. She looks a lot like you did at
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393 that age. She is an attractive child and quite smart. She still remembers that
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394 you spent the whole afternoon with us on her birthday. What a grand day for
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395 Jen, despite the fact that it was stormy and the electricity was out.
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396 I am also doing well, I went blond about a year ago and was delighted to
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397 discover that it really is more fun! Lars - I mean - Mr. Swenson, the
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398 department head, has taken an interest in my career and has become a good
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399 friend to us all. I have also discovered that the household chores are much
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400 easier since I realized that you didn't mind being vacuumed, but that feather
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401 duster made you sneeze.
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402 The house is in good shape. I had the living room painted last spring. I'm
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403 not sure if you noticed it. I made sure that the painters cut air holes in
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404 the drop cloth so you wouldn't be disturbed.
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405 Well, my dear, I must be going. Uncle Lars - Mr. Swenson, I mean - is taking
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406 us all on a ski trip and there is packing to do. I have hired a housekeeper
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407 to take care of things while we are away. She'll keep things in order, fill
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408 your coffee cup, and bring your meals to your desk, just the way you like it.
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409 I hope you and the Apple have a lovely time while we are gone. Tommy, Jen
|
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410 and I will think of you often - try to remember us while your disks are
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411 booting.
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412
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413 Love,
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414 Mary.
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415 ---------------------------------
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416 Just though I would type that in. I thinks it's kind of cute myself.
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417 I just hope the family goes out skiing while I am typing this in...
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418 -----------------------------------Mark F-----------------------------------
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419
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420 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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421 I was informed by a very nice individual that I no longer qualify for
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422 lurker status and that I had progressed to ... ah ... ah ... No ....
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423 NOT THAT ................. REGULAR BACKWATER USER >>> EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK ...
|
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424 Oh well, I guess this is what dreamming of little floopie disks in
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425 the night are all about. May my time here bring pleasure to those that
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426 I touch thru my terminal (Green glow and all).
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427 ~~~~~
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428 an it be true ... can the random delete be back ??? this very in-human
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429 ndividual will be strung up by his chips if this does not stop at once!
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430 I tried to get thru TI-LE-ANs story and had a bit of trouble. Talk about
|
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431 a maximum depressent......
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432 ~~~~~
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433 Well, off I must go again, until some other time.
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434 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PaPa Smurf ~~~~~~
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435
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436 We are definately missind lines, I do not leave holes like that in my entries
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437 s a matter of course.
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438 I know that at least four lines were removed from my story, and some were
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439 urely deleted from other's.
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440 urely deleted rom other's.
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441 Perhaps it is time to power up the old surge generator, for getting rid of
|
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442 hose annoying callers. Fries their circuits, and usually results in their own
|
||
443 arents yrelling at them for destroying their computer.
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444 arents yrelling at them for destroying their computer.
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445 Anyway, everything was enough intact to deliver he actual story that I had
|
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446 nended to tell.
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447 nended to tell.
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448 0000000000000000000000NULL SET 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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449
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450 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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451 Ian: Wrote it down, I'll work on it when I get off-line...
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452 Voyeur: My cousin picked up the mail today, but neglected to bring it to my house... May I assume your letter is the
|
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453 one with the return address that reads D..$#!%&(unreadable text)..., Milwaukie?
|
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454 ll above: I hope the meaning of the entries hasn't been changed too much by the missing lines....
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455 Hmm, getting a little late. Perhaps I will enter early tomorrow.
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456 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 01/03/84 - 10:43 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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457 leave the name & # of the beaverton c-64
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458 users group president,,JACK (I forgot his last mane)
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459 EOE]===
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460 ********************************************************************************
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461 ok, who screwed up my last entry? a curse on you and your children!!!!!
|
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462 ay the fleas of a thousand cats infests your ***. hmphhh!!!
|
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463 ****************************************************yhtak**********************
|
||
464 having found refuge near the bulding, sheela waited for petrov to return.
|
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465 the car with the sheep in it had been towed and Sheela was pleased the varmit
|
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466 was out of petrov's life.
|
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467 the tempature was falling and sheela was getting cold. Time to move
|
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468 on. No sign of petrov, oh well it's for the better anyway, I'm just
|
||
469 torturing myself. Gee I don't feel to good.
|
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470 ***********************************************************yhtak***********
|
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471 eems we have a few lines disappearing around here. I did a little
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472 urvey, and these are missing:
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473 2-34, 43-45, 54-56, 68-69, 80-82, 87, 118-119, 123-124, 135-137, 145-146,
|
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474 54-155, 169, 183-184, 213-214, 235, 249-253, 275-277, 296-297, 325, 327, 428-429,
|
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475 36-448, and 454. Some of these may have been ordinary housecleaning,
|
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476 ut most of them seriously damage entries. I seem to recall, CISTOP, that
|
||
477 ou can restore them?
|
||
478 _innocent bysitter_
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479 66 66 66
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480 Gaius was beginning to wonder exactly what was going on here. He'd ordered the MK XXXIX to take care of all of the
|
||
481 NET operatives in the files over a week ago, and yet his observers in Portland said that Joshua had been seen alive
|
||
482 and kicking, or at least driving. Joshua should have been one of the ealy targets, as he was known to be in the
|
||
483 vicinity. Even with the delay while the Device worked its way north from the automated base at the bottom of Crater
|
||
484 Lake, Joshua should have bought it no later than the first. Here it was the fourth already and No Dead Joshua.
|
||
485 Perhaps the commands were given in error? No, he'd given it a broad field of targets, but Joshua fit quite well
|
||
486 within that field. Could there be an error in the program? Two hours of examining source code gave him the answer
|
||
487 he needed: someone had tampered with the Mk. XXXIX's programming. It was set to respond to a command to kill all NET
|
||
488 operatives by first killing all known NET impersonators. Even more disturbing, once they were all gone the Device
|
||
489 would start picking targets at random from the phone book. Such wanton killing upset Gaius terribly; it was bad for
|
||
490 his image. Maybe it wasn't too late to stop it...
|
||
491
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||
492 ENTER ACCESS CODE
|
||
493 . . . . . . . . . .
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494 ACCESS GRANTED.
|
||
495 AWAITING COMMAND:
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||
496 Q : # 1 t a r g e t
|
||
497 CURRENT PRIME TARGET: SUSPECT AGENT FARLEY.
|
||
498
|
||
499 So the Device hadn't started on the civilians yet...that was good, but there was no way to cut it off once it was
|
||
500 started. Damn failsafes! He'd had it done that way to prevent tampering when on a mission, but was regretting the
|
||
501 choice now. Oh, well. Nothing for it but to go into the field and see if he could stop it himself. Gaius finished
|
||
502 his by now cold coffee, checked his weapons and made ready to leave. As a last-minute thought he added a sheet of
|
||
503 reflective mylar to his regular kit; getting hit by the Device's laser could be most unpleasant...
|
||
504 66 Gaius 66
|
||
505 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (speculations) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
506 Farley: Could it be that the FD-78 is a mixed-up '78 ForD? Naw...
|
||
507 Ian: I told you, you really ought to be more careful! Now just look at
|
||
508 what has happened! This could stir up international reprisals! But did you
|
||
509 make absolutly positive that all MGP codes were correct? "Sure," you said.
|
||
510 Now we're just going to hope we get that missle back befor The Academy gets
|
||
511 their little paws on it. "I told you so!" Chips or no chips, this was
|
||
512 uncalled for! Next time you try another one of your new remote control toys
|
||
513 do it at Vandenburg or somewhere closer. Okay? But why Finland for
|
||
514 goodness sakes? that could hurt relations you know... Agent "Quantus"
|
||
515 .D.jr.: 'Taint funny McGee. (or whoever you are, out there!)
|
||
516 eight days and counting . . . . . . . .
|
||
517 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian 0321 Hrs 4 Jan 85
|
||
518 I found it, here it is: Chela (chay'-lah) a student, disciple, or
|
||
519 follower of the ******** spiritual teacher. --->S.
|
||
520 ***************************************************************************
|
||
521 Ontho and Leo have been getting to know each other again, and
|
||
522 the last few days had been fun. Alex felt a little left out of the
|
||
523 celebration but he would be ok.
|
||
524 Alex had heard of another organzation that might accept him as a
|
||
525 junior member if he cracked a code, unfortunatly he hadn't been able
|
||
526 to get a hardcopy of the said code. (this is a plea for help folks).
|
||
527 And his mind was filling of thoughts of missions and intrigue. Leo
|
||
528 was getting boring anyway and her and Ontho seemed pretty happy. The
|
||
529 elders had reported a drifting pirate ship on the atlantic, but that's
|
||
530 another story. So leo and Ontho are temporarly unemployed, or untill
|
||
531 something odd needs to be corrected. Alex knew he could be of excellent
|
||
532 use to the NET because of his telepathic skills, but nothing could be
|
||
533 dont untll the code was solved. I'm just going to have to lurk untill
|
||
534 something shows up.
|
||
535 *************************************************kathy*********************
|
||
536 mMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmM
|
||
537 This can sure be a hard system to get into!
|
||
538
|
||
539 Dan relaxed as the elevator descended. The man wearing the inkblot watched
|
||
540 with a smile on his face. Soon Dan felt the elevator slowing. A loud beep
|
||
541 sounded from the elevator's controls and the back wall split into five
|
||
542 sections. Two of these sections revolved revealing two pads flanked by chrome
|
||
543 rails. The man wearing the inkblot waved toward one.
|
||
544 "You'd better brace yourself against the cushion and hold on."
|
||
545 Imitating the other, Dan stepped next to the wall, leaned against the pad,
|
||
546 and grabbed the two rails. As though his touch had been some sort of signal,
|
||
547 he felt a tremendious force pressing him back against the padding. The
|
||
548 pressure soon eased, and Dan became aware of a subtle vibration filling the
|
||
549 "elevator." He turned inquiringly to his companion.
|
||
550 The man wearing the inkblot turned with a smile, "Hang on, we've got
|
||
551 at least one manuver coming aa uuuuuu oo p."
|
||
552 With his words, the elevator made a rather complicated motion. Dan spent
|
||
553 a short time attempting to visualize the motion, but the attempt left him
|
||
554 feeling rather ill. However, the manuever must have reversed the orientation
|
||
555 of the elevator with respect to its path, for when they felt a force begin
|
||
556 to press them back in the cushions, the man wearing the inkblot smiled.
|
||
557 "We're about home," he announced cheerfully.
|
||
558 The elevator slid to a stop. Dan watched anxiously as the doors hissed open,
|
||
559 revealing a wide, brightly lit corridor.
|
||
560 "Let's get you settled." With this, the man wearing the inkblot set off
|
||
561 down the corridor, followed by a somewhat reluctant Dan.
|
||
562 mMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMm The Machrioness mMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmMmM
|
||
563 FOR SALE CHEEP!!!!!!!!!
|
||
564 SIEMENS SINGLE SIDED DISK DRIVES
|
||
565 NEED REPAIR WILL SELL FOR 25$ EACH.
|
||
566 CALL 646-xxxx ASK FOR MARK.
|
||
567
|
||
568 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
569 Once, long ago and far away, a wise teacher was giving
|
||
570 instructions to a group of followers. It was the occasion
|
||
571 of their departure into the world, to spread the word.
|
||
572 The message was brief:
|
||
573 Whether you turn to the right or to the left,
|
||
574 Justification is in the content.
|
||
575
|
||
576 When the teacher had departed there was much discussion as to the
|
||
577 meaning of the words. Some felt that it had meant that they were
|
||
578 to align themselves to the right since that was the first choice
|
||
579 that the teacher had spoken.
|
||
580
|
||
581 Others felt that the meaning was to turn away from the right and
|
||
582 to justify themselves with the left. This they did with great
|
||
583 vigor and condemnation of the rightists.
|
||
584
|
||
585 Still others were just as certain that neither of the other
|
||
586 groups had perceived a true meaning of the master's words. Their
|
||
587 interpretation was that the proper course was to broaden the
|
||
588 scope of existence to justify both the right and the left.
|
||
589
|
||
590 With TIME, TRAVEL, & EXPERIENCE ALL
|
||
591 returned to the center of the path.
|
||
592
|
||
593 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Legendist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
594 P.S. Written in memory of a recent conversation with one of the
|
||
595 patrons of the Inn, figuratively sporting a jauntily worn beret.
|
||
596
|
||
597 ******************************************************************
|
||
598 REMEMBER, AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, I REMOVE THE GARBAGE AND ALL REFERENCES.
|
||
599 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY *********************************
|
||
600
|
||
601 |################################################|
|
||
602
|
||
603 DE 600
|
||
604
|
||
605 `',^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
606 ATTENTION ALL BWMS FANS!!!!
|
||
607
|
||
608 A new system (very similar to BWMS) is up in the Portland
|
||
609 area!
|
||
610
|
||
611 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
|
||
612 Zaphod Beeblebrox, System Operator
|
||
613
|
||
614 Call today...641-xxxx...
|
||
615
|
||
616 The system is new...Not all commands are supported yet...
|
||
617 Call and make suggestions...Help me work out the bugs...
|
||
618
|
||
619 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
620 620 I hope that I don't write over anyone else's lines.
|
||
621 I am not really new here altough I have never tried to enter
|
||
622 anything before. Can just anything be left here( I mean in the
|
||
623 vein)? Or is there a current story going on??? Saw the
|
||
624 mad deleter's work plus that fool that wrote the incredibly
|
||
625 crude entry!!!! UGH!!!!!!!
|
||
626 Well until later...
|
||
627 Mentat
|
||
628 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\=======================
|
||
629 As a Mentat I am able to compute that this is the last line...(M)
|
||
|
||
TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 629
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