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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 9 APR 87 *************************
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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 thepright 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 Neophyte's serendipity
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21 ************************
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22
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23 The top! The top! All mine! All mine!
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24 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
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25 Er, excuse me. Sorry.
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26
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27 V2V
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28
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29 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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30
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31 It was a bleak land. Rolling hills of jumbled stone
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32 stretched to the horizon. A pale red sun, half-hidden by
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33 perpetual clouds, struggled to warm the chill air. The only
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34 sound was the shrill whistling of the north wind.
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35 Magus pulled his cloak closer about him as he surveyed the
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36 desolate world. He stood in front of the only artificial
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37 structure visible, a squat stone building that rambled across the
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38 crest of a hill. God, he hated this place, but The Calling was
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39 upon him and he could not refuse the summons. He turned and
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40 entered the building.
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41
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42 "Well, Magus," the demon said, "you certainly took your time
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43 in coming."
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44 "I came as soon as I could, my Lord."
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45 "You came only because I demanded it." The demon waved his
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46 scaled fist. "I have a task for you."
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47 "Such as . . ."
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48 "You will journey to the Great Library on Alexander's World
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49 and do some reference work for me."
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50 "Not again," Magus said.
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51 "Yes, again. I weary of your insolence. It is time for you
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52 to reaffirm your vow. Say the words . . ."
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53 Magus stood mute before the demon. There was never any love
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54 between them.
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55 "Say the words or feel my wrath. You conjured me but could
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56 not control me. Your ambition for power was greater than your
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57 ability." The demon held up a pulsing mass, Magus' heart. "Now,
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58 say the words . . ."
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59 Magus grimmaced and said, "I am yours to command."
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60 "Of course you are. Think of it this way, I have given you
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61 eternal life . . . or is that eternal damnation?" The demon's
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62 laughter echoed through the stone hall.
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63
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64 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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65
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66 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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67
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68 The white cat rolled over in her patch of sunlight, trying to get
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69 comfortable. She lay on her stomach, head on her paws, her tail
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70 twitching with irritation. The sun felt too hot, the birds were
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71 making distracting noises, she felt restless. She jumped to her feet
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72 and darted into the shadows by the temple wall. She rubbed her side
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73 against the old bricks of the wall, but that didn't feel right--it
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74 wasn't enough. The restlessness increased. She grew more irritated,
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75 her tail twitched even faster. She felt an itch somewhere that she
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76 was unable to scratch.
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77 Suddenly the shape-changer's human brain took over. She
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78 recognized the source of the cat's restlessness and irritability and
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79 realized the need for immediate action. If she couldn't change to one
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80 of her human forms, very soon the cat instincts would take over
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81 completely, and she would find herself the bad tempered but willing
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82 focus of attention for every male cat in the vicinity--she was going
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83 into heat! Far better to be a human female with a lusty urge than a
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84 female cat out of control. She didn't even want to consider the
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85 possibility of bearing and rearing a litter of kittens. She had to
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86 act fast!
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87 Using all of the override power she could muster, the changer
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88 forced the cat's body to run down the hill toward the river. Once on
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89 the riverbank, she had the cat curl into a sleeping position on the
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90 grass, and closed her eyes. There was no time to waste contemplating
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91 a new destination, she would return to the world of the Inn, and the
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92 shape of the one crone. Once there she could, at leisure, make the
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93 necessary decisions. She quelled the rebellious cat portion of her
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94 brain and soothed herself into calmness. She thought the name Hobeth
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95 and silently intoned the sacred vows of transformation. She
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96 remembered the pond near the Inn with the willow trees surrounding it.
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97 She remembered the body of the old woman. Her thought patterns
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98 started resembling those of that form.
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99 A few minutes passed. The white cat got to her feet and slowly
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100 walked into the swift flowing water of the river. Two boys who had
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101 been playing in the mud at the edge of the river, stared at the sight
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102 of the small white cat calmly walking into the water until it
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103 completely disappeared. When they told their friends about it later,
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104 nobody believed them. Everyone knows that cats hate water.
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105
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106 Green Eyes (04/09/87)
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107 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIII *)
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108 oh, what lovely dribble has been written since my departure from frequenting the bwms.
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109 it seems as if nothing has changed
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110 oh well....
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111 <_>---> I don't know what this does, but it's pointed at you!!!
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112 When last we left, our begraggled hero was up a tree... or out on a limb, more
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113 to the point. After all, even if the ground is a bit less steady, you can see
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114 a *lot* farther. However, one look was enough to convince VanderVecken that
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115 the Inn was a far more interesting place to be than the tree... Especially
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116 with that short blue man over there waving his arms at him. Down, however,
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117 is no small feat when your brain is attempting to go into orbit, or at least
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118 reach escape velocity. After much effort, he reaches the base of the tree,
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119 to find that the blue man was not nearly as small as he appeared. Moreover,
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120 the blue man is definitely displeased. Sorting things out, VanderVecken soons
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121 begins to comprehend the blue man's problem. Over near the path there is a
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122 small sign. "Please Don't Walk on the Grass." Not one to offend, at least
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123 not more than is intentional, he hurries back to the Inn, muttering "If you
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124 don't like the way I walk, stay off the lake...," as he goes. Of course,
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125 he now has a serious problem: how to get back into the Inn. Well, going
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126 through the windows is effective, but frowned upon. Therefore, the door.
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127 Only one problem: Where is the door??? Walking all around the Inn, he finds
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128 no door. This is a puzzler. Perhaps if I try walking the other way?
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129 Thisd seems to be more effective - at least he recognizes all the scenery!
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130 After walking aroun four times, he decides to give up and explore the
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131 countryside. Perhaps an answer lies there. And where *did* that blue man go?
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132 !!!ouy ta detniop s'ti tub ,seod siht tahw wonk t'nod I <---<_>
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133 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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134 Green Eyes - Nice touch. I liked both twists this time.
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135 [][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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136 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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137 S/S/(etc): I have no idea what you mean by 'duplicity'. But even a poly-
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138 alphabetic cipher shows letter frequency. You just calculate the 'index
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139 of coincidence' for various key lengths. When you hit the correct key
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140 length the the Ci will be close to .067 (the larger the Ci the more the
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141 *plaintext* diverges from English [or any other language!]).
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142 Transposition Ciphers don't have *any* effect on letter frequencies so
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143 they are easily checked for.
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144 The remaining possibilities are a true code (unlikely given the length
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145 of the messages, code is *briefer* than plaintext). Or some advanced
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146 techniques that will still show patterns under proper analysis.
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147 The remaining choice is a poly-alphabetic with a key length >= the
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148 length of the msg (one-time pads). Only problem is if you use the same
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149 key for several msgs, then one "merely" has to do the tests on the set
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150 of characters in a given position in the msg. If you use a different key
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151 for each msg, you now have to distribute a volume of keys> the volume of
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152 msgs!! (thus you might as well send the msgs as send the keys...)
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153 The last two or three msgs *that I analyzed* had an essentially FLAT
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154 frequency distribution. This only matches one-time pads or a random
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155 'dummy' msg.
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156 *IF* I don't have anything better to do (unlikely) I'll check the msg
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157 on the previous disk...
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158 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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159 00000000000000 4-9-'87 0000000000000
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160 BEBE WATHCING TJHIS BBS FOR THE RFEFUGEE
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161 E'S TALE!!
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162 0000000000000000000000000000000000000
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163 comming soon...
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164
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165 a simple way to encipher...
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166 decode the folloing text in the quotes...
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167 "it i h atvnea wa utoeyn fliisnieh tp rroogfr am" ...oops!
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168 "it-ih-atvnea-wa--utoeyn--fliisnieh-tp-rroogfr-am"
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169 hint:the dashes are spaces. all the other characters are not encoded,
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170 simply repositioned by twos... i will tell you how it works if you
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171 want me to. very effective, especially if you send the position-
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172 scrambled text enciphered...
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173 think over this awhile. i'll be back in a few days to give away the
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174 answers, unless you alone want it personally.
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175 jim michaels 231-xxxx
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176 ----------------------have fun-------------------------
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177
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178 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (eyes right)
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179 Green Eyes: Again your words have caused me to take pause in my visit near
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180 the Inn. It's been quite some time since I have seen what you
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181 employ with your characters used here, it serves well.
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182 Keep with it... Who knows, the urge to write might spread.
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183 Again.
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184 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (100:05)
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185
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186 Golly gee wilikers Batman, quick, where's my Captian Marvel decoder ring.
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187 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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188 KremVax, well, the story goes something like this... Take some horny marines
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189 is the USSR, tempt them with some russian sex kittens, and then using
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190 blackmail, have them smuggle DEC Microvax parts out of Boston through a
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191 secret series of package stations going down through the south from Florida
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192 to Cuba, and eventually to Moscow. Use the same sex-ploy on some nerdly
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193 unix hackers at University of California at Berkeley. Then blackmail them
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194 into bringing a Microvax version of the 4.2bsd distribution tapes over via
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195 airliner (the 4.3 networking stuff doesn't work on the uvax yet, but the
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196 ruskies are happy with 4.3). Then have this sex-satisfied computer nerd
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197 set up the microvax with full Berekely UUCP and SMTP, hook it in to seismo
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198 through a trans-atlantic fiber-optic link, and voila, the Russians are on
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199 usenet, with gateways to ARPA and CSNET. Our countries highest military
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200 secrets available to some lunatic hackers who happen to have first names
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201 like Ivan and Peitor. It is all so easy, so quick, and because of the sex
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202 in the equation, so unfailing. Hence, you have kremvax. Percival is a
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203 similar setup, except instead of Russians the culprits were Oregonians,
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204 but most of the rest of the scenario was carried out in a similar manner.
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205 Oh, instead of using DEC microvax parts, they used an old Tektronix work-
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206 station for their nefarious plans. The god fearing unix and xenix sites in
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207 the Portland metro-area put up with percival only because it somehow managed
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208 to get UUCP connections with a bunch of those left-wingers at Reed college,
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209 which I guess is no surprise, considering the political slant that
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210 particular institution has.
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211
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212 What can be learned from these intruders on the net?
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213
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214 Sex is a very powerful weapon.
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215 Sex can get you just about anything.
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216 Only send married marines to hostile countries.
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217 Take the Forever Wars/Aliens approach and have coed Marine platoons with
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218 approval of fratinization.
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219 Never let UCB computer nerds without girl friends get their hands on a
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220 distribution tape.
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221 Simply give the Russians at AT&T 7300, let them get disgusted with the slow
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222 speed, and they will give up on unix of their own accord.
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223
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224 History always gives us 20/20 sight.
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225
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226 ___________________________________________Historian____________________________________________________________________
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227
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228 WHO CARES?
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229 :::::::::O O::::::::04/10/87::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::20:55:::::::::O O::::::::
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230 ____04/10/87__________________JD 2446896.6919_________21:36:24_PDT_________
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231 ps. 103 days, 7 hrs, 23 min, 40 sec
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232 V2V
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233 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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234 ATTN:grey wolf call kel./mike\.at 4224
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235 ATTN:AARON EASTLAND|TEK|REED|QY II<S#W.09UJ7-09M>RECALL|RECALL::::
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236 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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237 Oh shit, here we go again with the countdown.
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238 ================================================================
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239 Well, this one's interesting. It's not PSG-PORTLAND but I sense
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240 a lost more creativity here. - Ferret
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241 ================================================================
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242 +++++++++++++++ 751 days, 5 hours 23 minutes ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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243 I When will this system go to 1200 baud?
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244
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245 The very nature of the system precludes it going to 1200 baud. ********
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246 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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247 Wanted: Any information pertaining to parts for or construc-
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248 tion of a CO2 cutting laser, preferably five wat five
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249 Whoa!!! Modem gets weird when I do that! That's five watts.
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250 - Floyd the Ferret
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251 22:06 4/11/87
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252 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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253 V2V
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254 How about 5 megawatt ala Real Genius? It can be done, if you really want
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255 it enough. Well punk, do you want it?
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256 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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257 ATTN: RVA
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258 YOUR PHONE BILL IS $37.98 FOR LAST MONTH...
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259 JIM WANTS IT PAYED BY THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH..
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260 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
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261 Gildor came back into the common room wiping excess oil from his
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262 hands onto the rag he found on the back steps of the Inn. His scaly
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263 friend's itch wasn't nearly as bad as the complaints had made it
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264 sound, but Gildor was glad to have caught it early. Dry, patchy skin
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265 is bad news on a fire-lizard.
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266 While he was taking care of his dragon's problem, Gildor thought
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267 about his own task. He had been told of a mage who might lend a hand
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268 in the search, but had yet to see anyone who matched the description
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269 of either him or his familiars. True, he could be amoung these
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270 various travelers here at the Inn, but the 'vibes' weren't right.
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271 There was no feeling of the magic this person was supposed to possess.
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272 Maybe Jaqew was wrong? Gildor thought for a moment. No, that
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273 couldn't be. Jaqew was very adamant about who to find and where to
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274 find him. He said this mage would be useful as he was well
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275 practiced in treasure hunts and the insurance business. Gildor just
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276 had to keep looking.
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277 Another bitter might help, Gildor decided. He had a mug filled
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278 and began to mingle with the patrons, listening for any mention of the
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279 mage known as Milchar.
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280 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
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281 oops... ch/amoung/among/
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282 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Gildor xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
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283 ____04/12/87__________________JD 2446898.5522_________18:15:15_PDT_________
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284 101 days, 10 hrs, 44 min, 50 sec
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285 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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286 Several hours passed before the mage realized that this world was indeed barren
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287 of civilization; perhaps of native intelligent life. He sat upon a large
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288 granite boulder which marked a gentle curve in the river he had been following.
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289 While he rested, he again examined his palm, looking again for the symbol that
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290 had shined brightly there for just a moment. Again he found that he could not
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291 find it, try as he might, with whatever senses he chose to use. It looked as
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292 it always had. But it felt different.
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293 The sun was low in the sky as the mage decided to attempt a spell of transport.
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294 He spread his magical implements before him, and surveyed them thoughtfully.
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295 His trusty 3 x 5 cards had taken the dousing well, thanks to the foresight of
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296 using vellum material to write the dweomers upon.
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297 He smiled to himself as he spied a grey-colored card near the bottom of the
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298 pack, which he withdrew and studied, his eyes glinting in the sun's last light.
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299 'Porlombic grandoluxim, werfidulon askuyabyn dolazuntiv, eksah!' he chanted,
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300 gathering together his posessions and focusing the ability of power within him,
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301 channeling it outwards and directing it in intricate patterns that wove a
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302 sphere of silvery threads that appeared to be the work of dozens of mad
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303 spiders. The silvery globe briefly outshined the dying sun, then contracted
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304 slowly to a point, leaving the river alone to bubble and babble to itself in
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305 private.
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306 A dimmer sphere of silver expanded from a point near the mainmast of the R.S.
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307 Razor's Edge an instant later, like an expanding soap bubble which broke to
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308 release a tired and scruffy-looking mage upon the deck. Carefully making his
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309 way down to his quarters, he collapsed into a hammock that stretched across
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310 the cabin, and fell instantly asleep.
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311 The Razor took care of her master, and gently rocked him as she floated upon
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312 a small creek over which a footbridge crossed, which in turn was part of a
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313 path to a cozy Inn with a large oaken door. The limbs of the Rowan tree
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314 seemed to move a bit as if waving hello to the returning dweomercrafter, who
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315 slept peacefully after his efforts.
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316 ++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++ April 13, 1987 at 12:19am +++++++++++++++
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317 And then there was light.
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318 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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319 V2V: Megawatts would require a power source about as powerful
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320 as one of the Trojan generators, sorry. Seriously folks, any-
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321 thing within reason (10 Watts max. unless pulsed) would be
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322 greatly appreciated (and paid for).
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323 - Floyd the Ferret
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324 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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325 *NO* FLOYD MEGAWATTS DO NOT NEED ONE OF THE TROJAN GENERATORS.....
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326 SORRY BUT I ALSO HAVE A 125 WATT GAS FOR $500
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327 TEX M.
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328 V2V
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329 Sorry, it wasn't me who mentioned the five megawatts. Someone just tacked that
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330 on after my marker
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331
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332 V2V
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333 off
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334 V2V: Contact me. Find out handle from kilroy
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335 Floyd/Grey Wolf:Contact me asap at main office
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336 Green Eyes: Nice to see you on here!!!
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337 Friar:You too!
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338
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339 ==========---------- DEMONWOLF ----------==========
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340 ____04/13/87__________________JD 2446899.6812_________21:20:55_PDT_________
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341 100 days, 7 hr, 39 min, 4 sec
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342 <_>---> I don't know what this does, but it's pointed at you!!!
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343 When all else fails, ask someone who looks like they belong here. So
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344 saythinking, VanderVecken heads for the blue man, who is *still* waving
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345 his arms wildly. "Ybleth!," the man cried. Rising to the challenge,
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346 VanderVecken cried "Blue!" Now we're getting somewhere, he thought.
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347 Perhaps this besotten meanie could help me back to the Inn. "Do you know
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348 he way back to the Inn?" "Oh, you speak English!," the meanie cried.
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349 w"Well, in answer to your question, the Inn is right over there... Or is
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350 it left over there???," he looks around quizically. Waving VanderVecken
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351 toward the path (a Blue Brick Road), the blue meanie wanders off. "Well,
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352 if thats the how of it...," VanderVecken wanders along down the path.
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353 A short walk down the path, he sees a large sign labelled "IN ->"
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354 "A-Ha, perhaps this goes somewhere!" Attempting to follow the sign,
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355 finds himself in a rather large See of wholes (It's positively amazing
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356 at the Catholic church is doing these day). What can you do in a see
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357 of wholes? Chase the papal submaarine of course, and listen to fairly
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358 passable 60's music by the Bugs (We've got the quteset little cameras
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359 hangin' everywhere, after a while you'll just forget they're there...)
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360 At this juncture, a tall gremlin with a xylophone and a mohawk walks throug
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361 a nearby whole. hay [D[D[D[D[D[Chey, VanderVecken, where's ht[D[Dth
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362 the party???"
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363 the gremlin looks quizicly at our hero...
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364 hey dude, lets head to the INN for a brew, I here there's a sage
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365 there whjo [D[D[Do ca n [D[D[Dn help with your problem!
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366 sop [D[D sayinmg[D[Dg thje[D[De gremlin and the hero headed of
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367 for the INN...
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368 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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369 Tex M.---
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370 I'm interested. A question though; is the
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371 final output 125 watts, or the input. The average
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372 laser is only one tenth of one percent efficient.
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373 If it is the output, what the hell are you driving
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374 it with?!? If it's cheap, I love it!!!.
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375 - Floyd
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376 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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377 Vandervecken: please quit using your cursor keys to edit! It works on *your*
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378 end but gives garbage here! (type CC N at the prompt and then re-read your
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379 last entry).
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380 Also, I *now* have the test on an IBM disk (missing all the fancy formatting,
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381 but the text is intact)
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382 Swordsmith: If you are reading this, what's the status on the rifle?
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383 Two years is a bit long....
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384 ____04/14/87__________Leonard_JD 2446900.6770_________21:14:59_PDT_________
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385 99 days, 7 hrs, 45 min, 1 sec
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386 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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387 Sleep had refreshed Milchar wonderfully, and he awoke rested and ravenous.
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388 His body sported bruises which ached painfully as he moved, but such was his
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389 cheer that the mage hardly noticed. He was back again!
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390 After he found one of his other garments, be felt human again- again decked out
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391 in a striking shade of blue, with small silver threads running along a few
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392 lines here and there. One by one the many tools of his trade found their way
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393 into the large pockets hidden about his robe. All but one tool- Milchar
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394 lacked his wand. It would take a lot of searching to find another of the same
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395 power, with perfect balance and channeling ability.
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396 The bright morning sun shone upon Milchar as he climbed onto the deck,
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397 unclouding his mind with such thoughts and filling it with new appreciation for
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398 the spring flowers blooming in the valley. He whistled an ancient ballad of
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399 magical adventure as he stepped upon the bank and made his way towards the Inn,
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400 where he knew a hot, hearty breakfast awaited him.
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401 Minutes later he opened the large oaken door and let himself into the familiar
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402 common room of the Inn. Many people satat scattered tables, chatting with
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403 one another and sharing the morning gossip. A few glanced at Milchar standing
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404 inside the door; a few others recogized him; and a handful wondered what had
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405 happened to him since his abrupt disappearance some weeks ago. One man, near
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406 the rear, at a table with a small dragon, gazed at him intently.
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407 The man behind the counter was not the Innkeeper, but served Milchar quickly
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408 and efficiently. "Just takin' care of things while he's gone."
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409 "Where has he gone? I have not known him to leave without very good reason."
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410 "No one I've talked to knows. Excuse me, I must wait on another gentleman.
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411 Good day." Milchar watched him move off to stand near another table.
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412 He sat down near one wall, and began to attack the feast before him, fending
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413 off questions with a small grin.
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414 +++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++ April 15, 1987 at 12:28am +++++++
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415
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416 Leonard, the bluer says it is done, will check and see if it is, and will
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417 pick it up if it is, what can I say, the bluer screwed it up the first time
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418 and it has taken him this long to correct it.
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419 Swordsmith.
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420
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421 Tex M
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422 you will be hearing from me just as soon as I am done with the paper work
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423 generated by my mothers death, and this is only a few days away, and with
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424 the way things have gone lately, I don't think you will be happy about it
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425 as I don't take being ignored well at all, and now have more than sufficent
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426 cash to remady this matter!!!!!!
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427 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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428 C.J.P.: Call home. Mother is worried.
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429 ---------------------------------------
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430 ATTN:GRAY WOLF
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431 CALL DID NOT GET MSG LAST TIME>
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432 DKH
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433 ATTN:BAX
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434 AM BACK IN TOWN CALL OR SEND # OF BBS THAT I CAN GET YOU AT
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435 DKH(ORA)
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436
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437 Historian: Ok... cute story... I will have to admit that I even liked it...
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438 however, there is some information that I would like to get from
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439 you (or anyone else for that matter)... exactly, how does one go
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440 about getting a login on percival, or this kermvax thing?
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441
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442 Floyd the Ferret: Ok. Ok. Seriously, I don't think that you will get any type
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443 of straight answer from anyone on this system... but, that is
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444 just a guess... I am in the process of looking into that
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445 little item that you want, so, just relax... talking to just
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446 about anyone here is just going to give you a brain hemmorage
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447 inthe end... later...
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448
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449 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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450
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451 __
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452 2B OR 2B
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453 TH@ IS THE ?
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454
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455 JIM MICHAELS
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456 JMMCALSEHI I <---MY NAME POSITION ENCODED
|
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457
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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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458 OK, OK. THE POSITION ENCODING WASN'T SUCH A HIT (MAYBE BECAUSE IT WASN'T COMPLEX
|
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459 ).
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460 ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE MANDELBROT SET FOR AN IBM PC? IT IS WRITTEN IN PASCAL.
|
||
461
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AND MAKES INTERESTING PATTERNS.
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462 AARON EASTLUND, I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WOULD FIND YOU ON THIS BOARD.
|
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463 I FIGGERED YOU WOULD ONLY BE MESSING AROUND WITH THE *NIX SYSTEMS...
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464 YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN GETTING A GRAFIX UPGRADE FOR YOUR WYSE-50 OR WYSE-75
|
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465 SOMETIME. CLEVELAND CODONICS MAKES SUCH A BEAST. TEK 4014 COMPATIBLE.
|
||
466
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||
CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHAT THIS COUNTDOWN IS ALL ABOUT?
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467 FOR YOU TEK 402X USERS OUT THERE,
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468 !bel
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469 !sno y
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470 !wor 33
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471 !hru 1 1 80 2
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472 !hru 33 1 80 2
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||
473 !jum 2,1
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474 !mon
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475 !lea 127 08
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476 !lea e /E/
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477 !lea 10 13
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478 !lea 13 10
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479 !lea E /e/
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480 !sto 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72
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481 !era w
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482 !mon 34
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483 !mon
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484 !bel
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485 !wor 33
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486 !wor
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487 !att s-e
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488 muddle, muddle...!att 0
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||
489 !lea pt /!tes/ 13
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||
490 !lea f2 /!cle/ 13
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491 !lea f3 \!mon 34\ 13 "!mon" 13
|
||
492 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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||
493 oops, forgot the name before the border... jim michaels
|
||
494 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-
|
||
495 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
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||
496 Jim Michaels: I've been to busy to run your tranpostion cipher through
|
||
497 any of the programs (or even attack it manually!). Note however, that a
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||
498 cipher is (in general) easier to crack if either the messages are long
|
||
499 or there are a lot of them. Thus short 'one-liners' are almost
|
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500 impossible to crack...
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||
501 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
|
||
502 Should I tell him? And this guy is Mr. know it all of ciphers...
|
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503 Take a look at the one-liner cipher again. Now read the left-most digit,
|
||
504 then right most digit (character), moving inward alternating from left
|
||
505 to right.
|
||
506
|
||
507 See? 1 3 5 7 9 11 12 10 8 6 4 2
|
||
508 J M M C A L S E H I I
|
||
509 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
||
510 WHO CARES?
|
||
511 For once I agree, who gives a rip?
|
||
512 xx
|
||
513 :-)
|
||
514 Listen \\\\\, you seem to have a real personality problem. IF you don't have
|
||
515 something nice to say about someone, keep your damn mouth shut. You can solve
|
||
516 the puzzles without insulting others. Let us decide that 'Mr ciphers' is an
|
||
517 idiot, we don't need your help or wise cracks.
|
||
518 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
|
||
519 Stick it in your ear. I have as much right to express my opinion here as
|
||
520 anyone else, and I find it to be quite childish. *TM*
|
||
521 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
|
||
522 A^GAW PD[YZ DREMT YVAQB WVBER SJXSZ CIXFC _ROIT YVUTW \PBD_ EKSDN _\UNN XIHOE
|
||
523 VG^SK XR^H_ ^VMWV KFLWL NOTE_ CSXWF WJZSI JM_JO MJ^IY CDGHM OFVKC UDYGE J\KTE
|
||
524 TMMCA SOMQA BFTZD GEG_Y LVGJS NSNKL EXMSC XKQIF CNHJH JRNEQ FIELT [[[RI DHIKN
|
||
525 ZOCFH XZSUC BM\PR V[QQL ^[MA\ WZMCD UWZ^_ OHILB FJCRQ ILI_W DFAZN AKFTO A[[OK
|
||
526 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
|
||
527 :::::::O O:::::::04/17/87:::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::19:228:25:::::O O::::::::::
|
||
528 ***********************************************************************
|
||
529 I'm de billboarb world enter: COUNT VON ZEPPELIN
|
||
530 with one question. Who writes this stufabout th magicn anyway?
|
||
531 Cute. Not very original. but descriptive. What kind of person writes this
|
||
532 but try to make it a little more
|
||
533 interesting. good style, though.
|
||
534 ************************************************************************
|
||
535 ARRRRRRRRRGH!!!
|
||
536 TWIT ATTACK.
|
||
537
|
||
538 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
|
||
539 Gildor watched carefully as a 'gentleman' in a bright blue outfit
|
||
540 stepped into the Inn. Several of whom seemed to be the regulars
|
||
541 merrily welcomed the traveller with the name that Gildor was looking
|
||
542 for. "Milchar, where've you been? How did you disappear?" was the
|
||
543 general cry, along with requests for more provisions.
|
||
544 The power that emminated from this new being suggested that this
|
||
545 was the mage of whom Jaqew had spoken, but the outward appearance
|
||
546 seemed less an old wisened wizard and more a simple traveller. "That
|
||
547 could be an advantage," Gildor reasoned. The slaps on the back and the
|
||
548 explainations soon subsided, and Gildor creeped in closer to meet this
|
||
549 mage.
|
||
550 "Good morrow," ventured Gildor with the slight elven lilt evident
|
||
551 in his speech.
|
||
552 "And to you also," the mage replied between mouths of potato bread
|
||
553 and bratwurst. "You're new here? I don't remember meeting you before."
|
||
554 "Just in from the plains." Gildor knew that was a weak
|
||
555 explanation, the Inn being surrounded by mountians. "I see you're
|
||
556 friends are happy to see you've returned."
|
||
557 The mage eyed Gildor suspiciously. Something seemed a bit forced in
|
||
558 the stranger's manner.
|
||
559 "I'm Gildor the Green, and this is Mel, my fire-lizard. We've
|
||
560 come on a rather long walk to find someone, and we were wondering if
|
||
561 you might be of help."
|
||
562 The mage merely raised an eyebrow.
|
||
563 The table had cleared a little and there was little chance of
|
||
564 being over heard. Gildor set Mel on the table and went on. "We have
|
||
565 a small quest before us, and were told to find a friend of the
|
||
566 Doctor's. A mage known as Milchar, possibly accompanied by a small
|
||
567 apprentice. We were informed that this mage was well versed in the
|
||
568 arts and would possibly be of service. If we could find him, that is.
|
||
569 I believe I'm correct in assuming that you are the mage known as
|
||
570 Milchar?"
|
||
571 Milchar nodded, and took another bite of bratwurst.
|
||
572 "Would you be interested in a possibly short and probably
|
||
573 profitable journey?"
|
||
574 "How short and how profitable?"
|
||
575 Milchar seemed interested, but Gildor still wasn't sure.
|
||
576 Obviously just returning from some adventure, perhaps the mage would
|
||
577 be too fatigued for what was in store. Jaqew seemed certain, though,
|
||
578 so Gildor blundered on.
|
||
579 "Are you familiar with the Shield of Palidore and the Dungeons of
|
||
580 Mariha?"
|
||
581 The mage called Milchar almost choked on his ale in surprise.
|
||
582 "I thought you might be."
|
||
583 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
|
||
584 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
|
||
585 I AM LOOKING FOR BBS'S IN THE PORTLAND
|
||
586 AREA THAT SUPPORT APPLE II+ SOFTWARE.I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP.THANKS
|
||
587
|
||
588 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HANKSTER
|
||
589 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!17APR87 2311
|
||
590
|
||
591
|
||
592 GREEN EYE'S---
|
||
593 Will you collage diploma studs leave me alone. I'm new to the system.
|
||
594 Maybe that message was out of place. Sorry. On the lighter side, do any of you
|
||
595 guys know any other billboard numbers. Local only . They would be greatly
|
||
596 appriciated. I'm not saying this one is no fun, in fact this is the best one iI'v
|
||
597 found yet.
|
||
598
|
||
599 -COUNT ZEPP
|
||
600 For more numbers call CBBS/NW at 284-xxxx, get into the download section by
|
||
601 typing "M", and get the file that starts "BBSL ".
|
||
602 @J P@ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppqq
|
||
603
|
||
604 @J P@ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
|
||
605 @J P@pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppqqqq
|
||
606 Mind your P's and Q's. (not to be confused w/ Piper's border)
|
||
607 bdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbdbd
|
||
608 Noted industrialist Hammond Armour glanced with irritation at the stack of
|
||
609 papers demanding his signature or his condemnation. Nothing likely today
|
||
610 to be overly profitable, creative, or benevolent. He was a strange kind of
|
||
611 capitalist. His juices flowed best when both money and good works were
|
||
612 involoved--and he saw no need for these interests to be conficting. But
|
||
613 paperwork! There was no good about it. Wilma Banks strode in. She was
|
||
614 tall & athletic & looked like she could vault the desk."Here.Personal.From Albania."
|
||
|
||
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