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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************* INSTALLED: 29 JUL 86 ************************
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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 I'M ON TOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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21 I don't believe it. I, Zardoz the
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22 unfathomable have reached the top!!!
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23 Such rapture, such ectasy, such such
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24 joy to have a clean slate to mess
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25 up with my bizarre scribblings. Mikey,
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26 thank you for this oppertunity!!!
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27 WOW!
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28 HELLO THERE OUT THERE WHO EVER IS "USEING 'MY'" NAME
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29 WHY CANT WE USE THIS BOARD FOR IT'S PURPOSE PLEASE.
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30 COM'ON PEOPLE THIS IS GETTING DUMB!
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31 FROM HERE ON LETS USE THIS BOARD FOR WHAT IT'S FOR
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32 I'LL BE NICE I'LL DRAW YOU A LINE SO YOU CAN START A NEW SLATE...
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33
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34 THE (REAL) FIREHAWK>
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35 ________________________________________________________THE LINE!
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36 FIREHAWK: PLEASE DO *NOT* USE ESCAPE SEQUENCES HERE! THEY WILL MESS UP
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37 MANY TERMINALS. USE CTRL-H OR DELETE TO BACKSPACE. DO *NOT* USE YOUR
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38 ARROW KEYS. (I CLEANED UP THE LINES THIS TIME).
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39 ************************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER***************************
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40 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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41 Darkness surrounds me, sparks occasionally have occured, but
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42 on the whole darkness has held fast. It isn't entirely dark,
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43 there are varying shades, but it has done no good to follow the
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44 lighter shades, always they have only lead to yet darker ways
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45 losing what I even have.
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46 I even have tried the opposite, seeking the dark ways. If
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47 the light would not lead to lighter, then perhaps the darker
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48 would. Yet I only achieved getting further lost in this
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49 demensionless maze of nothingless. That all there is,
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50 nothingness...
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51 Stumbling, moving without direction, unable to stay in one
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52 position, I continue to try to find a way out. The way becomes
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53 rougher, what little vision I have left becomes distorted and
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54 warped. The further I go the rougher it gets. Then the darkness
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55 shifts suddenly, and I stumble. Then I am falling... falling...
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56 falling...
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57 The world crashes to a halt, and I am laying prone on my
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58 stomache unable to move, unable to breath. The darkness remains
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59 unbroken, no sound, only the cold hard darkness closing in. The
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60 ground beneath me unyelding. My body no longer reasponds to my
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61 desires. Unable to move, the tears well up unbidden. I scream out
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62 into the darkness, but not even echos return, The darkness sucks
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63 the cries into its ever gapping maw.
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64 The loneliness always an ever present companion overwhelms
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65 and enfolds me in its embrace. I am lost in both mind and soul.
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66 The direction and motivation is gone. And now I can't even move.
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67 A cold wetness encloses me, I give in to it sinking even lower.
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68 I will my arm to move, but it doesn't. The coldness
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69 encloses me tighter. I'm alone. And only the tears come, building
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70 a pool around me. Where have I gone? What have I done? How did it
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71 happen? Did I do this, or was it done to me? All I know is that
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72 I'm alone, and the darkness offers no comfort.
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73 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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74 spooky.....
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75 Oh well, anyway people, this is probably my last entry on BWMS. I am
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76 leaving Thursday for Seattle and will not be back. It's been great f
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77 fun and I hope you enjoyed me as much as I enjoyed being here.
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78 Portland is a great place. Fare thee well and live long and prosper!
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79 -Dark Knight-
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80 ***************************************************************************
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81 AT LAST SOME ACTIVITY!
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82 *********************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER******************************
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83 I AM SORRY I AM BREAKING MY STATMENT AS ABOUVE BUT HWO
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84 $#%#$% CALLWAITING... ANYWAY WHO IS "TRIPLE FIVE" AND WHY ARE YOU MESSING
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85 UP THIS BOARD ANYWAY. DONT YOU HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO???
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86 NOW BACK TO THE NORMAL PROGRAMING...
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87
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88 >THE FIREHAWK>>
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89 ____________________________________________________________________
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90 %*@_%*_%*_%&*@##@^_%(!+(%!%_@#&^@*!_)%*!%+!_%(#*_)*%!%*!+(%_!%(!%!_*^!_)^*
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91 Voyeur: Are you programming away with visions of video tape dancing in your
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92 head, or should I even ask? I hope it worked out, but if not, we tried.
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93 That's all that can be done sometimes. Not much eh, kinda like kissing one'
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94 sister. Oh, scratch that. I didn't mean it. Honest. <gulp>
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95 *%*%#@)*%!)_)^*@^!_)^*!^*!^)*!^ L'homme sans Parity %*&@#(%*!*%(^&_*!)%*%*!
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96 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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97 ello, kids. Here's a little story I wrote while waiting for my roomate to wrap-up his little party. It's one a-m, and
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98 this guy has to work tommorow. In any case, on with a little story about the aggrivators of the future.
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99
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100 SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE
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101 Waves distort the flat surface of the ocean. At a distance it is a calm and
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102 quiet ocean, but at the surface, gravity has its whims with it. Waves,
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103 coldness and sand flow through it as a part of those slight lunar whims.
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104 Above the ocean stands a man. On the rocks that tower above the
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105 water, he looks down and sees more than the plain ocean alone. It is a
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106 flower amidst the waves, a white and dewdrenched lotus, with a sweet scent.
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107 Then on the waves is a sight of him at the lotus, enchanted with the
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108 essence, and rapt with it. In one moment, it is a picture of him at the
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109 lotus, aged, dirty, restless and staring at it. Another moment, the lotus
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110 is gone, the man sits filthy alone.
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111 The man on the rocks looks away from the ocean. The pictures there
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112 fade and are gone in time. And a tear does appear at his eyelids after
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113 time. Once the act of sobbing is done with, he deserts the rocks, the
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114 ocean, and the tides to attend to his other duties.
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115 SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE SIMPLE
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116
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117 Surprisingly refreshing!
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118 I agree.
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119 ____07/31/86__________Leonard_JD 2446643.5357_________17:51:27_PDT_________
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120 Well, I for one am depressed. So there.
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121 .......................................
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122 {+|+} <128> 860731^2031
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123 AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THE EMPIRICAL METHOD, Some haystacks don't
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124 even have any needle.
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125
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126 THE High on a slope in New Guinea
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127 the Grumman Hellcat lodges
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128 MAN among bright vinesas thick as
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129 arms. In 1943, the clenched
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130 IN hand of a pilot glided it
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131 here where no one has ever
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132 THE been.
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133
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134 DEAD In the cockpit, the helmeted
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135 skeleton sits upright, held
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136 MACHINE by dry sinews at neck and
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137 shoulder, and webbing that
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138 straps the pelvic cross
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139 to the cracked leather of the
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140 seat, and the breastbone to
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141 the canvas cover of the
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142 parachute.
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143
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144 Or say that the shrapnel
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145 missed him, he flew back to
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146 by the back to the carrier, and
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147 every morning takes the
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148 Donald train, his pale hands on his
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149 black case, and sits upright,
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150 Hall held by the firm webbing.
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151
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152 IS ANYONE CONFUSED BY THE ABOVE ENTRY? IF NOT, TRY READING IT IN 40 COLS.
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153
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154 What a pile of crap!!! Why are such people allowed to eat up so many lines
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155 with pure trash??? Why is this allowed to continue????
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156
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157 Tony....
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158
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159 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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160 Yes, Tony, why are you allowed to continue?
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161 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ one line quipper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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162 ********************* 14:30 ********* 8-1-86 *********************************
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163 oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo
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164 Boy am I all messed up, the dates are all askew, sideways and twisted.
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165 I can see what I think is Disk C; there's a new disk in A; B is ?????
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166 Oh, heck with it! Making sense heads from tails is like getting teeth pulled
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167 around here sometimes. I'll just wait for L'homme to dispatch the real thing
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168 and stop maintaing my upstart version of the archives. Pooh.
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169 so
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170 oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo -oo
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171
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172 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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173
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174 John(530)....
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175 We are all set up to do the run on Saturday. 1276.e Virdex setup will be used
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176 as planned.
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177
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178 Also, Patsy said that the ladies will take care of any food needs. The only
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179 thing we need is our guts to fill!!
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180
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181 Anyway, be sure to bring all of the necessary cans needed to run the 1276.e
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182 system. Also, any EQ's and the like that will fit the Virdex we be needed to
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183 do the nessessary setup. Other than that all you need to bring is yourself and
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184 a few cold ones!!! See you there
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185
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186 Don(555)ald
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187
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188 ///////////////////
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189 {+|+} <315> 860801^1915
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190 341345 789g
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191 Looks like Aaron is back. Smorgasboard is on the horizon now. Days. It's only
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192 going to be days now. TIB-TPDB
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193
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194 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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195
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196 Don(555)ald....
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197
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198 O.K. No doubt man.
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199 I found the 1296 Chips that you
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200 were looking for in the
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201 back of my car. The only
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202 thing I have to say about
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203 the run is that if we
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204 can't get the new Virdex
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205 Unit in to replace the old
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206 one, we can't run the
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207 new Telex unit.?.? or can
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208 we???? I talked to the ladies
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209 also and I think it should
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210 work great!
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211 Are you going to be at
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212 the next meeting?
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213 ohhh!! crap, before I forget...
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214 I did get that new antenna
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215 that Jim talked about
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216 at the last convention.
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217 It should make ionization of
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218 the Sodium compounds much
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219 easier, and no more Nitrogen
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220 trihalides!!!!
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221 So that's all from here. (This
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222 BBS should work great for us!)
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223 Have a good one and talk to u
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224 later....
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225
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226 John (530)
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227
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228 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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229 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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230
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231 Gentlemen,
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232 An overdue thanks for a wonderful evening of hostility. We must do
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233 it again in the not too distant future. I was somewhat disapointed that
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234 the nameless Russian was not in attendance, as I understand there has been
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235 progress in the manner he plays...But all in all...I enjoyed every minute.
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236
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237 As the saying goes ( with apologizes to voyeur )
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238 " Tis better to have Nuked and lost than never Nuked at all "
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239
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240 ::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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241 ____08/01/86__________________JD 2446644.7708_________23:29:58_PDT_________
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242
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243 EMBASSY
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244
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245
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246 As evening fell the day's oppression lifted;
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247 Far peaks came into focus; it had rained:
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248 Across wide lawns and cultured flowers drifted
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249 The conversation of the highly trained.
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250
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251 Two gardeners watched them pass and priced their shoes:
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252 A chauffeur waited, reading in the drive,
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253 For them to finish their exchange of views;
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254 It seemed a picture of the private life.
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255
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256 Far off, no matter what good they intended,
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257 The armies waited for a verbal error
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258 With all the instruments for causing pain:
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259
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260 And on the issue their charm depended
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261 A land laid waste, with all its young men slain,
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262 Its women weeping, and its towns in terror.
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263
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264 W. H. Auden
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265
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266 L'homme: Have you received my communique yet? -FTU-
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267 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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268 John(530)....
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269
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270 O.k. guy, I received your message o.k. and I have a few comments. First, we
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271 will have to try the new Telex unit at some other time. Why? Because it is the
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272 first of it's kind utilizing microprocessor control. The original ROM's are of
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273 no use in this area. I ordered the new ones last week as so far nothing as
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274 appeared. Therefore we will just have to forget using it till next session.
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275
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276 Also, be sure to bring that new antenna so we can try it out. It was really
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277 intended for use on the Telex, but it should work on either system. I guess we
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278 will find out, won't we?? However, be sure to bring the old one in the rare
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279 case that the new one either won't work with the Virdex or is defective for
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280 some strange reason.
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281
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282 One more thing.. Since you found the chips I will return the ones that I
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283 picked up this week. Those damn things cost $150 a piece and I cannot forsee
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284 any time in the future where I will need those little jewels again. I'd like
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285 to have my $600 back in my pocket instead of being in my "spare parts" bin. Boy
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286 I'm glad you found those little suckers. I have never seen any one item
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287 inflate so much in any one year before. Just out of curiosity, when did you get
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288 the ones you have and how much did you give for them. They ran for about $25 a
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289 piece last year.
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290
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291 Anyway, Did you give Bob the number to this system and tell him how to leave
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292 and read messages. If not do so and let's get him on here!
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293 O.K.???
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294 Talk to you later
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295
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296 Don(555)ald...
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297
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298 //////////////////////
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299 JOHN (530) & DON(555)ALD: THIS SYSTEM'S STORAGE WORKS ON *LINES*, NOT CHARACTERS
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300 SO YOUR 20-30 COLUMN WIDE TEXT IS WASTING ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF STORAGE. THE
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301 MA COMMAND WILL ALLOW YOU TO SET MARGINS UP TO 126 CHARACTERS. PLEASE USE
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302 AT LEAST 40 & PREFERABLY 80 COULUMNS.
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303 IF YOU FEEL THIS IS A HARDSHIP, THEN I SUGGEST YOU MOVE TO CBBS/NW (646-5510)
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304 AS IT IS A SYSTEM INTENDED PRIMARILY FOR THE EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES.
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305 *********************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER**********************************
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306 *%)(*$%*_%*_%)+*#^_)^*@+^(@^(@+^(@^*$_^*##_^&_^*$)^*(@^@+__^(@+^*_)^+*@^*@$^_
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307 Question: Does the Phantom of Backwater ever use mechanical laughter?
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308 Virdex guys: I assume you are being careful with the bus arbitrators in your
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309 system. You *have* read the reports on the effects of pull-down noise caused
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310 by virdi in HF equipment. Also, distortion due to heat in the FFU can cause
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311 logic errors, because the n^2mos wafers in the Virdex will bubble if exposed
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312 to temps greater than 90 degrees centigrade. I guess the manufacturer tried
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313 to cover that up, but the government uncovered the problem during Tempest
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314 testing of field units.
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315 FTU: No, I have not received your message yet. When did you send it?
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316 )(#@%)*@#%(*@&)***$@%_^&(^&)_)&# L'homme sans Parity %*&@%)((&%*!&%@%*!)%(
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317 Any day. Like, maybe monday, and Smorgasboard has got to come up. Doesn't it?
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318 I mean, nobody would lie around here would they? ibtw-tpdb.
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319 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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320 Ek! Sorry about that abrupt ending on lines 96-99, I had
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321 a problem with a mass of Telco equipemnt and was disconnected.
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322
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323 In any case, here is the actual product, if not too late
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324 and too little (which has NEVER been the case at Backwater).
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325 A man walked up to the Auto-Eat window and typed in his selection. He then
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326 slipped his CurrencyCard into the slot just above the keyboard and just below
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327 the display. The display, by the way, was proudly displaying his choice, or
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328 at least it's image at what his choice should, at least, resemble.
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329 The man waited impatiently for his selection to be delivered nice and
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330 hot and ready for consumming. He folded his arms and waited. Soon, the
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331 dispensory slotpned, motors inside whirred, the console said "Thank You!"
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332 in a cheerful monotone, and his selection was coughed up.
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333 The man scowled and looked under the cover bearing the words,
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334 "TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS SERVED" in bold emblazend letters, and he scowled
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335 ******
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336 Nope, still don't work, damn!
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337 ARGH! can it, you'll have to wait till I find a
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338 better way to do this (!). Ciao.
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339
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340 PEN NAME (yes, it's true)
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341 +-+-+-+--+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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342 L'homme: Sorry about that. The message was sent to Milchar. A slight
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343 mixup of sorts.
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344 Milchar: So have you received it yet? - FTU -
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345
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346 *************
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347 *Triple Five*
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348 * Was Here! *
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349 *************
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350
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351 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + I will turn your body to dust--------
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352 Fjor I am death
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353 ____08/02/86__________________JD 2446645.7388_________22:43:58_PDT_________
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354 I don't care, fjor I can spell 'for.'
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355 HEY, LEONARD. WHAT DOES 2446645.7388 MEAN???!!!
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356
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357 Jim Z: Hi this is Pete, I finally made it on. And this is just to let
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358 you know that I did!
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359 Pete
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360
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361 <*::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*>>
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362 Vortex Guys - I recalibrated the transponder on the internal
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363 thought recogninator on the Cognitive Transmogrification Gun.
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364 The loop-back detection kits looks good. If the transponder
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365 chips get here soon I should have it working by Friday.
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366
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367 Henderson LaMonte
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368 <<*::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*>>
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369 Cognitive Transmogrification?
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370 How interesting....
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371
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372 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////////////////////////
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373 My boss posted this at work and he said that he was not kidding. How would you
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374 take this if you found this type of system where you work??
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375 Tony...
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376 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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377 NOTICE
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378
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379
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380 Due to the excessive number of absences from the office, the following rules
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381 and procedures will be put into effect as of this date:
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382
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383 SICKNESS NO EXCUSE: We will no longer accept your doctor's statement as
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384 proof, as we believe that if you are able to go to the doctor, you are able
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385 to come to work.
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386
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387 DEATH: (Other than your own) This is no excuse; there is nothing you can do
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388 for them, and we are sure that someone else with a lesser position can attend
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389 to the arrangements. However, if the funeral can be held in the late
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390 afternoon, we will be glad to let you off one hour early, provided that your
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391 share of the work is ahead enough to keep the job going in your absence.
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392
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393 LEAVE OF ABSENCE: (For an Operation) We are no longer allowing this practice.
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394 We wish to discourage any thoughts that you may need an operation as we believe
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395 as long as you are an employee here, you will need all of whatever you have and
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396 you should not consider having anything removed. We hired you as you are and
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397 to have anything removed would certainly make you less than we bargained for.
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398
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399 DEATH: (Your own) This will be accepted as an excuse, but we would like a two
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400 week notice as we feel it is your duty to train someone else for your job.
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401
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402 Also, entirely too much time is being spent in the restrooms. In the future,
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403 we will follow the practice of going in alphabetical order. For instance,
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404 those whose name begins with an "A" will go from 8:00 to 8:15, "B" will go from
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405 8:15 to 8:30, and so on. If you are unable to go at the designated time, it
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406 will be necessary to wait until the next day when your turn comes around again.
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407
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408 The JD 24465.... is the current julian day #.
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409 ____08/03/86__________Leonard_JD 2446646.4010_________14:37:30_PDT_______
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410 Names galore. ttt
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411
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412
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413 DEPOT In the depot and the darkened day
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414 IN the clack of an old pinball machine
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415 A demands a curious notice.
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416 RIVER More sleeping than not
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417 TOWN a satchel faced farmer makes noises.
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418 A sailor circles like a child in church.
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419
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420 by In the depot and the darkened day
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421 Miller I surrender my back to the imperative bench,
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422 Williams unlistening hear the emphatic pencil
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423 tap itself on the table.
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424
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425 The little blond reads
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426 and fingers the cloth of her blouse
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427 like a nun telling beads.
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428
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429 Cracked across after an ancient painting
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430 the face of the woman with children
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431 ignores and ignores.
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432 There is fog at the windows
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433 and the open doors.
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434
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435 Within the ear's rim rises a separate sound.
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436 Wood slapping side slipping water sounds
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437 settle me deep.
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438 I feel again the penny in my pocket
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439 and the slow sleep of the river wraps me round.
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440
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441 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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442 Something was wrong, I could sense it. I had just returned from a
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443 rather lengthy trip to nowhere, and I could tell that something was
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444 wrong the minute I stepped into my apartment. Perhaps it was the barely
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445 percepital smell of fine machine oil, and the faint tint of ozone in the
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446 air. Or perhaps the drifting gerble hair that caused me to sneeze
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447 (I always was allergic to small furry animals).
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448 Tense and strung on adrenaline, I quietly closed the door and
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449 looked about, I didn't see anything out f the ordinary, but still I knew
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450 something was wrong. Moving down the short hall, I turned to the right
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451 and stepped into the living room. Something was wrong, but I couldn't
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452 put my finger on it.
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453 I stood there for a moment, pondering what it was that was
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454 bothering me, and then I realized that the computer was on and a CD ROM
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455 was in the drive. As the impact of it struck me (I had left the computer
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456 off, and I didn't even *own* a CD ROM drive!), I heard a metalic click.
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457 Turning about quickly I found myself face to face with my opponent. I
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458 didn't know who he was, but he seemed formidable enough. "Who are you?
|
||
459 What do you want? Why are you in my apartment? How did you get in?
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460 (My journalistic instincts automatically taking over.) The only response
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461 I received was laughter with metalic overtones.
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462 I edged towards the door in the hopes of escaping. But quicker then
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463 I could see, he grabbed my arm and spun me about. Before I could scream
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464 out, I found my mouth tapped shut, and my arms tied behind me.
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465 As I lay on the floor, he moved out of my vision. I heard a
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466 rustling sound, then he was back a smile on his face and a sringe in his
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467 hand. Wide eyed, I watched the needle enter my arm as I heard the faint
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468 whine of fine tuned servos...whine? Of course! As I lay there, I felt
|
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469 the drug begin to take effect, I tried to speak the fateful words,
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470 conciousness fading in and out in a rapdly increasing pulsating
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471 stream...the world began to darken, "Duex ex ma... ma... ghaaaa......"
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472 0000000000 8-4-86 - 00:14 00000000000 Dern Rupes 000000000000000000000
|
||
473
|
||
474 *************
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475 *Triple Five*
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476 * Was Here! *
|
||
477 *************
|
||
478
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479
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480 Triple Five never enters anything. Despite the placing of his name above
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481 several entries. I think we have a sort of marker here. Three lines long and
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||
482 with a prefix you can never dial. ttt
|
||
483
|
||
484
|
||
485 *************************************
|
||
486 * *
|
||
487 * Call the Road House BBS *
|
||
488 * *
|
||
489 * (503)286-xxxx *
|
||
490 * 300/1200/2400 *
|
||
491 *8 data bites, No parity, 1 stop bit*
|
||
492 * *
|
||
493 * Open 24 hrs a Day *
|
||
494 * 1.2mgb of disk space *
|
||
495 * *
|
||
496 * The only Portland Area Mac Board *
|
||
497 * devoted to the Macintosh! *
|
||
498 * *
|
||
499 * 'ey Mate give us a rin' *
|
||
500 * *
|
||
501 *************************************
|
||
502
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||
503 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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504
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||
505 S P E C I A L N O T I C E
|
||
506 ----------------------------
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507 August 3, 1986
|
||
|
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508 ----------------------------
|
||
509
|
||
510 Bit Bucket BBS is now officially OFFLINE. The 'bbs' and 'bucket' logins will
|
||
511 no longer function, as of 11:00 AM on 03-AUG-86. Notification will remain
|
||
512 online through 31-AUG-86, at which time the 'bbs' login on this system will be
|
||
513 removed. Please spread word to other BBSs that Bit Bucket is no more!
|
||
514 ################################################################################
|
||
515
|
||
516 Excerp from Current Bit Bucket Logon
|
||
517
|
||
518 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
519 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
520 "Sam? Sam get the hell in here. We just got a directive from upstairs." Fred
|
||
521 hated directives from upstairs. On top of his normal animosity towards
|
||
522 directives, this latest edict from above contained extra reasons for worry.
|
||
523 "Ya Fred, what's all the commotion in here? Can't you see I'm working on
|
||
524 important stuff?"
|
||
525 "Can it Sam, this is important. Direct from the big guy. We have a glitch
|
||
526 in the 'droids we gotta fix fast, including retro-fits on all active units.
|
||
527 It appears that some of the units's lubrication module is going way before
|
||
528 MTBF. According to this directive, 40% of the units have experienced this
|
||
529 failure in the past two weeks."
|
||
530 "But that's impossible. Those IM2's are supposed to go 6 months without
|
||
531 a checkup, worst case scenario!"
|
||
532 "Hey, I'm just reading what the guys upstairs send down. We don't question
|
||
533 why, remember?"
|
||
534 "Ok, sure, whatever you say Fred. I'll go get the floor model." Sam walked
|
||
535 out of the room while Fred turned around and unlocked a large red locker
|
||
536 with stenciled letters spelling out 'IM2' on the front of it. Opening the
|
||
537 locker, he reached down and lifted a large rectangular case up onto the
|
||
538 work bench. He dialed in a number of a special multi-combination lock. At
|
||
539 the last number, the top of the case flipped open, revealing a maze of
|
||
540 wires and switches all hooked up to a brushed stainless steel box set inside
|
||
541 he case. He pressed a green button marked 'S', and the box beeped once.
|
||
542 Fred smiled as he took two probes in his hand, and waited for Sam to return.
|
||
543 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The Mechanics ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
544
|
||
545 *$%#_@*%_@#*%_)@#*%)_@#*%)@#$*%_^)#*$@^)_*!_^)_)^*_)*^_)#$(^#)_$(^_)!#$*^&_)#$*^_#*^#)_$*^&_#$^&*#)_&*#_)&*!#)_&!#*&!_#)&*
|
||
546 Mikey: 1000 apologies for not calling Saturday. It is a long story which I
|
||
547 will relate to you via voice. On a side note, I have managed to put
|
||
548 together a nice collection of routines for the project. Is next Saturday
|
||
549 still a possibility?
|
||
550 FTU: No problem. But do I get to find out what the message is?
|
||
551 *%_)@#*%_@)#*%)_@#*%)_$^&*@)_*@_) L'homme sans Parity %*@#_%*_@#)*%_@#*%_#@*%@_#%*@_^&*@#_)*^@_^&@_)^*@#_)^*@)_^*)_*@_^@_^
|
||
552 PARKINSON'S LAW: The bad drives out the good.
|
||
553 I remember back in the mid 60's when CB was a means of communication. When the
|
||
554 late 70's rush hit, all the "good" CB'ers either went to sidebanding, or ham
|
||
555 radio, or quit.
|
||
556 The "good buddy" types have hit the bbs's....
|
||
557 ____08/04/86__________Leonard_JD 2446647.6011_________19:25:35_PDT_________
|
||
558 Leonard...
|
||
559 Were you ever on C.B. in the past?? I like your realating story to
|
||
560 that lost form of fun and it got me
|
||
561 wondering if you once were??
|
||
562
|
||
563 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Bruce **********************************
|
||
564
|
||
565 CBER'S? OMIGAWD PLEASE NO!!!!!!!!!!!
|
||
566 ....................................
|
||
567
|
||
568 PETE: MESSAGE RECEIVED, WHOTS HAPPENING?
|
||
569 <><><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><<><>
|
||
570
|
||
571 ttt I agree with Leonard. Nowadays, modems are convenient peripherals
|
||
572 that you can get along with your new MS-DOS machine. There is little more
|
||
573 to it. Even Commodore had the nerve to make their modems so flaky that
|
||
|
||
574 people not dedicated couldn't use them. Instead of those fun filled days
|
||
575 of yesteryear, we have repoutable companies churning out modems at a slim
|
||
576 thirty dollar price tag. So any indedicated jerk can technically screw
|
||
577 up any public system.
|
||
578 I don't know what sidebanding is. It strikes me as a method to
|
||
579 hide or scramble a signal, such that it would have to be known about in
|
||
580 advance to be heard. And -that- strikes me as what a lot of systems have
|
||
581 done. The Bit Bucket is not gone, not really. Because, most likely, there
|
||
582 is still going to be a collection of friends with Unix access. I have
|
||
583 heard that same idea thrown around about all the other Unix boards now
|
||
584 operating in town. Not public. Only friends. And new friends are made on
|
||
585 the public systems, if necessary.
|
||
586 After returning from a long trip, I was sort of stunned to find
|
||
587 that three quarters of all the old BWMS users had faded away. Stopped
|
||
588 wasting their eraly mornings or late nights on it. There are only a few
|
||
589 reasons for this. But I -don't- want to get into an argument over who is
|
||
590 to blame for the overall sad state of affairs. Its just true that Piper
|
||
591 isn't going to read this. Pam probably won't. Neither will most of the
|
||
592 people who made this system an exception to the rule.
|
||
593 The question that has been going through my mind lately, is "What
|
||
594 is going to happen to BackWater now? What about the people I met there?
|
||
595 Are we just going to fade into squalid files in those Archives?"
|
||
596 If only I had the answer. For now, the only thing I can do is
|
||
597 enjoy what writing (Of the elder style, not the recent ultraverbose and
|
||
598 overemotional sort that was pioneered by J. Silverman, and D. S. Knight.
|
||
599 As a way to preserve an old feeling. At least till it picks up again.
|
||
600 If it ever does. End of diatribe, sorry for the length... ttt
|
||
601
|
||
602 Adultery -
|
||
603
|
||
604 The air becomes thin
|
||
605 at this altitude
|
||
606 and footholds are rare
|
||
607
|
||
608 But above all else,
|
||
609 Remember not to look down
|
||
610
|
||
611 - Jackie Fox
|
||
612
|
||
613
|
||
614 *************
|
||
615 *Triple Five*
|
||
616 * Was Here! *
|
||
617 *************
|
||
618
|
||
619 Come on, what takes so long to change disks. Come on Mikey whats the
|
||
620 big deal???
|
||
621
|
||
622 _______________________________________________________________________________
|
||
623 BACKWATER will survive because the backbone users of this system will do every-
|
||
624 thing they can to save it. I am not writing about the transitory hit-and-run
|
||
625 authors so popular of late. I am talking about the oft-spoken of old-timers
|
||
626 who have gone on to other personnas and are speaking in different tongues. BW
|
||
627 will endure because they will endure. They will not let this unique and
|
||
628 enjoyable system fade away. It means too much. French Toast __________
|
||
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