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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* INSTALLED: 23 MAY 89 ***************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$**************************************************************************
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5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' 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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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/23/89 21:14 Msg:3865 Call:21297 Lines:2
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20 Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster. --Nietzsche
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21 ************************************************************************
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003=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/23/89 22:36 Msg:3866 Call:21298 Lines:19
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22 &*&*&*&*'s
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23 Alright! I'm at the top! It's been a few disks since I made it to this exalted
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24 height.
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25
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26 G
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27 O
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28 I
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29 N
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32 D
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33 O
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34 W
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35 N
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36 !
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37
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38 An Astral Dreamer
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39 &*&*&*&*'s
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40
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004=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 05/24/89 01:14 Msg:3867 Call:21305 Lines:21
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41
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42
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43
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44 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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45
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46 ++++{+} A WORD NOW FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT EXXON {+}++++
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47 The next time you're enjoying an elegant dinner out, take a moment to
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48 consider a favorite side-dish.....Rice Pilaf. Maybe you didn't realize
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49 that Rice Pilaf is actually a marine fungus that EXXON engineers
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50 scrape off of our huge oil drilling platforms in the azure water of
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51 Baja California. (Thus the name, Rice "Peel-Off") Restaurants around
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52 the nation buy the stuff by the bargefull, dirt cheap, from EXXON.
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53 You can't eat the Rice Pilaf unless you can drive to the restaurant. The
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54 Food Service and Petroleum Products Industries...together making your
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55 life what it is here, today, in the future.
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56
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57
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58 {+}{+}{+}{+} -|- ThingFish -|- {+}{+}{+}{+}
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59 Some Are Confused, Others Are Bitter
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60
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61
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005=Usr:4 Milchar 05/24/89 19:27 Msg:3868 Call:21321 Lines:40
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62 ::: BGN CYBER-LINK: ID F78B:9EA1:C88D CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
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63
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64 Sleep had finally ambushed Sem in the early hours of the morning.
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65 Cargo sleds shot past the open window, ruddy sunlight reflecting off their
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66 windscreens to illuminate Sem's still form upon his cot.
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67 "Semaphore," said Ann, "optimum execution time is approaching.
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68 Please awaken."
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69 "...zzbzzwhat?" mumbled Sem, shaking off his sleepiness. His
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70 eyes fluttered open, focusing on the bleak Atlanta skyline.
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71 "Your attack plan will be most effective if it is carried out
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72 before the staff of OmniCorp arrives at work. Please prepare yourself."
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73 Ann's voice had an unusual grating quality to it at four a.m,
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74 Sem noted while wiping the sleep from his eyes. Sem sat upright,
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75 shaking his head to clear it. Casually he grabbed the pack of derms
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76 lying nearby and applied one to his inner wrist, letting the drug awaken
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77 him fully. "I'm ready, baby. What do you have for me?"
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78 "I have been quite careful while examining the matrix near
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79 OmniCorp's structure. Twice I sensed what may have been security
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80 scans- much like what you would call a surprise inspection. I was
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81 able to retreat to a safe distance before I was detected. The whole
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82 survey was completed in just under four hours.
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83 "I have surveyed the 11,280 data links connecting OmniCorp and
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84 the rest of the matrix. After analyzing the data traffic, I have
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85 identified fourteen links which will serve our purpose. Of those
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86 fourteen, three links are preferred."
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87 "Why those three?"
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88 "They allow access to OmniCorp's Security Division. We will
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89 go longer undetected if we work from their midst."
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90 "Perfect-O, Ann honey. Good work. Ready for some more data?
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91 Access local store 6BB3, key is BLITZ. Work out probabilities of
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92 success for this algorithm, given it uses one of those preferred links."
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93
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94 ::: SUSPENDED THREAD 02, WAITING FOR RESTART :::
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95
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96 "What did you do next, Ann?" asked the Honorable John H. White.
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97 "Are you familiar with the old war term 'Blitzkrieg'? It
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98 translates roughly into 'Lightning War.' That term approximates the
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99 algorithm used against OmniCorp's Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics."
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100
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101 ::: END CYBER-LINK: RUN TIME 00:17:34 CODED: SEMAPHORE :::
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006=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 05/24/89 22:02 Msg:3869 Call:21325 Lines:24
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102 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
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103 Ww, Mole! You were right! It *has* been slow! I thought I'd have
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104 two new disks to read! Ohwell, I guess I've been contributing to the
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105 silence. But no more!
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106
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107 AD: Yeah, that compiler's been taking a big CPU slice of my brain
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108 lately...
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109
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110 Milch: I vote for Sam's for the BWMS II party.
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111
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112 6969696969 & Mole: I'm not signing *ANYTHING*!!! Besides, blancmanges
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113 don't abduct, they consume!
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114
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115 IN A RELATED STORY:
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116
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117 One Jila monster to another:
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118 "There it is again... a feeling that in a past life I was
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119 someone named Shirley MacLaine."
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120 - The Far Side
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121 _
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122 /#)
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123 n n n (#/
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124 / ~~~ ~~~ \/
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125 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* -swob (a Self-Willed Orange Blancmange) /___/____\__\
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007=Usr:295 TOVAH 05/24/89 22:48 Msg:3870 Call:21326 Lines:32
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126 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#-Tovah-#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
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127
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128 She
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129
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130 She returned once again as a cry in the
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131 recess of my mind.
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132 Who is She that calls my name in the day-
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133 light and nighttime hours?
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134
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135 Is She part of my distant past or the
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136 child that was so cruelly treated in
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137 my recent past.
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138
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139 She cries so mournfully as if She is lost
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140 and can not find the right path to end
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141 Her fears.
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142
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143 The fears that grow like neverending weeds
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144 that choke the life out of a beautiful
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145 violet.
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146
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147 She needs the proper sign to point Her the
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148 right direction out of the dark labrinth
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149 of my mind.
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150
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151 I will calm Her with Heartlight until the
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152 right sign, then She and I will cele-
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153 brate Our new life as One.
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154
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155 Tova Rasmussen
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156 4/89
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157 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*
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008=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/25/89 01:18 Msg:3871 Call:21332 Lines:48
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158
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159 Tis easier to write the lines that obscure the truth from time.
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160 As history will someday find we've done it all before.
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161 The fantasy that we can see, and others can not if fine.
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162 Perhaps it's right for some of us, perhaps not.
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163
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164 Begin Data Hunk
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165
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166 waving in the simulated summer breez, the artfully rendered green
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167 palm trees called out to him. There was a feeling in the air of somthing about
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168 to happen, as if some sort of power would soon be released.
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169
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170 Isolation... Is anybody out there?
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171
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172 Staring at the fractaly generated landscape only heightened the
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173 sensation. A slow building extasy began.
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174
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175 Outreach... When you close your eyes, do you dream about me?
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176
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177 Time for the first step, the second step. DO step WHILE NOT at
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178 destination.
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179
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180 Asperation... And when they drag you through the door they tell
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181 you that you've failed the test.
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182
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183 Destination reached, he paused. Only the artificial serf broke the
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184 silence as he stared out over the cliff.
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185
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186 Endings... Does anybody here remember me?
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187
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188 Pause, prepare, Set to full sensory input. remove water. Step forward
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189 and PLUNG!
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190
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191 Removing the plug, he paused to scratch his chin. Time to shave and
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192 get to work. Nothing like a refreshing dip in Cyper space to get you going.
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193 Idly he hoped he wouldn't cut himself shaving. It was a small chance, but
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194 he hated the sight of blood.
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195
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196 Data Hunk End.
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197
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198
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199 &*&*&*&*'s
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200
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201 Just here to lurk.
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202
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203 An Astral Dreamer
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204 &*&*&*&*'s
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205
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009=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/25/89 19:35 Msg:3872 Call:21345 Lines:64
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206 696969696969
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207 Welcome Thingfish....good stuff.
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208
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209 CONSUMERS WANT EXCUSE FOR HIKES:-5/25/89
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210 Since the March oil spill in Alaska, gas prices have been rising and
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211 consumer activists say it was an excuse for an industry-wide windfall. But oil
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212 companies insist - and many experts agree - there was no profiteering. Gas
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213 prices were rising anyway because crude prices jumped from about $15 a barrel
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214 in December to more than $20 by March.
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215
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216 THE WORST IS OVER:
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217 As you dole out those extra dollars for gas on your way to the beach or
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218 mountains this weekend, take heart: Gas prices appear to have peaked for now
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219 and probably won't rise much more than a few cents a gallon between now and
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220 July 4. The price of gas still is relatively cheap. In 1981, average gas
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221 prices hit $1.37 a gallon. Add in inflation and that's equivalent to $1.85 a
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222 gallon today.
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223 POWER - UP ON THE ROOF:-5/25/89
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224 Your roof could become your electrical power source, if Japan's Sanyo
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225 company has its way. The firm has built a small test house in Osaka roofed
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226 with shingles containing amorphous photovoltaic cells, which convert sunlight
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227 directly to energy, reports Popular Science in its June issue. Power is stored
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228 in batteries.
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229 By the year 2000, the Sanyo company predicts, solar-cell shingles will be
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230 available for small Japanese homes that will provide average electricity needs
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231 - about 2 kilowatts. Most new American homes are twice that size with more
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232 than double the power needs, but the technology holds promise here, too,
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233 according to the June issue of Popular Science magazine.
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234
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235 EXPERIMENTS SUPPORT COLD FUSION:-5/24/89
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236 Researchers at Texas A&M University announced this week that new
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237 experiments support the cold fusion claims by two Utah scientists. Experiments
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238 sponsored by the Electrical Power and Research Institute of Palo Alto, Calif.,
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239 discovered neutrons, net heat, and for the first time, the element tritium,
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240 after duplication of experiments done by B. Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann
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241 in March.
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242 FUSION - STILL LONG WAY OFF:-5/24/89
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243 Nuclear fusion, the sun's power source, potentially could supply clean
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244 power forever. But despite recent cold-fusion claims, scientists say
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245 commercial use is 30 years away. Fusion plants would produce up to thousands
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246 of times less radioactive waste than atomic reactors. Scientists first must
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247 get a fusion reaction to go on its own.
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248 The sun bathes the United States each day with enough sunlight to power
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249 the nation for 18 months. But capturing and storing enough of it to make it an
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250 economically feasible power source for the future is still a problem. Storage
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251 methods also must be made more efficient. About half a dozen solar thermal
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252 plants have been tested in recent years, says Edward De Meo, a solar power
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253 specialist.
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254 Geothermal energy is a clean, cheap energy source for the future - but
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255 limited to certain locations, mostly in the West. Underground water, heated by
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256 volcanic action, produces steam to drive electrical generators. Six geothermal
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257 plants are operating in California with four more being planned.
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258
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259 QUAYLE BOMBS WITH CADETS:-5/25/89
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260 U.S. Military Academy cadets hissed Vice President Dan Quayle before he
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261 spoke to the graduates Wednesday at West Point. But Quayle's staff insisted
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262 the cadets were only teasing with their reaction to the mention of his service
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263 in the National Guard. "They made an animal-type grunting sound when the
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264 National Guard was mentioned," said press secretary David Beckwith.
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265
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266 It's almost enough to give one hope.
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267
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268 696969696969696969
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269
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010=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/25/89 22:34 Msg:3873 Call:21349 Lines:4
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270 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*)(*&
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271 Lurk..... You Know who
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272 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*)(*&)
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273
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011=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/25/89 22:42 Msg:3874 Call:21351 Lines:71
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274 Path:percival!littlei!uunet!shelby!apple!vsi1!zorch!<ames!FNALF.BITNET!ESC000>
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275
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276 From:fusion@zorch.UU.NET
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277 Newsgroups: alt.fusion
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278 Subject: Submission for Alt.fusion
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279 Message-ID: <8905240609.AA29491@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
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280 Date: 23 May 89 23:52:00 GMT
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281 Sender: scott@zorch.UU.NET
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282 Organization: Alt.fusion/Mail Gateway
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283 Lines: 57
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284 To: FUSION@ZORCH.UUCP
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285 X-Original-To: FUSION@ZORCH.UUCP
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286
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287 For forty years physicists have been trying to get controlled nuclear fusion.
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288 They've been taking poor little nuclei of heavy hydrogen-- we call 'em
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289 "deuterons"-- and crashing them together with brute force. Just a little while
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290 ago the news came out of Utah that you could do fusion in a pickle jar, without
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291 a lot of expensive equipment. If this turns out to be true, it could be as
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292 important to energy production as good old Enrico Fermi's first reactor in the
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293 University of Chicago squash courts, way back when.
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294
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295 Fusion Girl
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296 by Bill Higgins
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297 Copyright 1989 by William S. Higgins
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298
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299 I was working in the Fusion Lab late one night
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300 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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301 But I couldn't get my magnetic bottle to light
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302 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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303 Yeah, it was late at night
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304 Yeah, it wouldn't light
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305 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
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306 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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307
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308 Then I met a chemist who was kinda pretty
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309 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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310 She told me that she came from Salt Lake City
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311 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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312 Yeah, she was kinda pretty
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313 Yeah, she came from Salt Lake City
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314 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
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315 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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316
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317 She said, "You're wasting your time, and you're bound to lose"
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318 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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319 "Let me introduce you to a new way to fuse"
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320 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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321 Yeah, you're bound to lose
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322 Yeah, a new way to fuse
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323 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
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324 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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325
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326 What Fermi did under a stadium
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327 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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328 She did with heavy water and palladium
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329 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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330 Yeah, he had a stadium
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331 Yeah, she had palladium
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332 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
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333 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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334
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335 We made it together and it was so sweet
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336 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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337 Just a few neutrons and a whole lotta heat
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338 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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339 Yeah, it was so sweet
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340 Yeah, a lotta heat
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341 Yeah, she was a Fusion Girl
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342 Da deuteron, ron, ron, da deuteron ron
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343
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344 ---------------------------------------------------------------
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012=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/26/89 10:21 Msg:3875 Call:21360 Lines:7
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345
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346 &*&*&*&*'s
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347 It's getting close to the another big day Will there be a party at Sams?
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348
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349 An Astral Dreamer
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350 &*&*&*&*'s
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351
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013=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/26/89 12:05 Msg:3876 Call:21361 Lines:9
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352 )*(&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&
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353
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354 Hey, I liked that spoof of the song (Oh I don't remember the name).
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355
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356 Well, I was good anyway!
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357
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358 The Mole
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359 )(*&)*&)*(&)(*&)(*&(*&)*(&)(*)(*&)(*&)(*&*()&
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360
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014=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/26/89 13:06 Msg:3877 Call:21362 Lines:3
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361 Mole: it's "Da Do Ron Ron" one of Phil Spectre's overproduced hits from the
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362 60's, done by the Ronnettes, featuring Phil's wife Ronnie.
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363
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015=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 05/26/89 15:54 Msg:3878 Call:21364 Lines:6
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364 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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365 Well, only Milchar responded to the Tursday night gig, so how about
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366 breakfast on memorial day? At 6:00 at the 82nd street Elmer's.
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367 Everyone going there raise there right modem and say Aye!
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368 Aye!
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369 [][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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016=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 05/26/89 16:18 Msg:3879 Call:21366 Lines:18
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370 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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371 i
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372 This three day week-end, get Mexican by injection!
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373 Spend Memorial Day wrapped in the golden arms of ThingFish's
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374 favorite toxin....
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375
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376 JOSE CUERVO TEQUILA !
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377
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378 You'll be glad you did!
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379
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380 (monetary compensation and/or product gratuities
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381 provided in exchange for this announcement)
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382
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383
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384 {+}{+}{+}{+} -|- ThingFish -|- {+}{+}{+}{+}
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385 More Than A Feeling, Less Than A Thrill
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386
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387
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017=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/26/89 18:54 Msg:3880 Call:21369 Lines:87
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388 696969696969
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389
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390 ENVIRONMENTAL WORRIES RISE:-5/26/89
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391 Stirred by reports of acid rain, global warming and the Exxon Valdez oil
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392 spill, Americans are demanding more concern for the environment - regardless
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393 of the cost. Experts say businesses no longer can fend off concerns as they
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394 did during the Reagan years by saying that cleanup efforts cost too much.
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395 A long-delayed extension of the landmark 1970 Clean Air Act is likely to
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396 be approved by Congress this year. Among other provisions, it will mandate
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397 further reduction in sulfur-dioxide emissions - the cause of acid rain - from
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398 coal-fired power plants.
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399 The prospect of additional environmental cleanup costs is "scaring
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400 (businesses) half to death," says William Fay, president of the Clean Air
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401 Working Group, lobbying arm of a business coalition. Business already spends
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402 tens of billions of dollars to comply with environment controls and tightened
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403 laws could add up to $35 billion to those costs, he said.
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404 Businesses say extra environmental costs will mean higher prices for
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405 consumers. As an example, Canton-based Ohio Power Co., which serves 650
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406 communities, estimates that its electric rates would have to rise at least 19
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407 percent to comply with some proposed extensions of the Clean Air Act.
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408 Many gasoline stations say they could not survive higher environmental
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409 costs. New Environmental Protection Agency rules to prevent underground gas
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410 tanks from leaking require costly monitoring and million-dollar insurance
|
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411 policies. Phil Chisholm of the Petroleum Marketing Association of America said
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412 tighter controls could shut down half the nation's independent stations.
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413 Environmentalists say that businesses are overreacting to the cost and
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414 difficulty of keeping the environment clean. New laws will spur businesses to
|
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415 be innovative, they say. In response to Southern California's smog-abatement
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416 plan, new products are being developed, including an engine additive to allow
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417 diesel buses to run on methanol.
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418
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419 DEBATE - GAS
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420 USA TODAY'S OPINION:
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421 Gasoline prices are climbing fast. We should use less. This means
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422 demanding more fuel-efficient cars and more energy-efficient homes heated by
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423 fuels other than oil. Along the way, we'd reduce dependence on foreign oil,
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424 which now accounts for 47.6 percent.
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425 OTHER VIEWS ON GAS:
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426 GEORGE P. MITCHELL, chairperson and president of Mitchell Energy &
|
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427 Development Corp.: We desperately need a comprehensive policy that encourages
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428 development of domestic energy resources and protects our ability to do so.
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429 KEN EIKENBERRY, Washington attorney general: Our society's heavy reliance
|
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430 on petroleum products allows our future to be extremely vulnerable to action
|
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431 taken by a relatively few suppliers, whether legal or not. I trust that no
|
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432 matter what the outcome of our investigation, its focus will contribute to the
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433 way we deal with these policy questions.
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434 TOM BURNS, economist, Chevron Corp.: "The Exxon Valdez incident had little
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435 to do with the level of prices but everything to do with the timing of that
|
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436 increase."
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437 BILL SMITH, Exxon: "It's ridiculous to suggest that the Valdez spill has
|
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438 led to higher prices."
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439 ST. PETERS, MO., Dennis Sherman, 35, business owner: "I don't think
|
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440 they're fair. I own a towing service, so I use a lot of gas. Where I was
|
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441 paying $300 a month for gas, now it's $400.
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442 NORWALK, CALIF., Juanita Rich, 70, city ambassador: "My husband is a
|
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443 retired oil man, and we pay close attention to gas prices. We think it's
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444 unnecessary for prices to be so high."
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445
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446
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447 HOUSEWIFE GAINS SUPPORT:-5/26/89
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448 Terry Rakolta's recently formed group - Americans for Responsible
|
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449 Television (ART) - has picked up momentum. Rakolta has received thousands of
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450 requests for more information from people across the country. She said
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451 newsletters would be sent to those interested in joining the group, and $15
|
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452 would be the membership fee: write ART, Box 627, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.,
|
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453 48303.
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454 The first goal of the group Americans for Responsible Television (ART) is
|
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455 to get family, all-age viewing restored for the first two hours of prime-time
|
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456 viewing each night, says Terry Rakolta, the Michigan housewife who organized
|
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457 the group. Rakolta said the second goal would be to get commercial guidelines
|
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458 from advertisers.
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459 SITCOMS DRAW MORE VIEWERS:-5/26/89
|
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460 Sitcoms were the clear choice in all categories of shows measured November
|
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461 1988, according to a Nielsen study released Wednesday. The comedies drew about
|
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462 23.75 million viewers during an average broadcast minute and were No. 1 among
|
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463 all major demographic groups, except men, who slightly preferred suspense and
|
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464 mystery dramas. The time period drawing the most viewers was 8:30-9 p.m.
|
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465 The Nielsen report released Wednesday notes TV viewing habits are linked
|
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466 to a variety of characteristics, including household income. Households with
|
||
467 an income under $30,000 a year watch the most TV, averaging more than 52 hours
|
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468 a week. Households earning between $30,000 and $40,000 average about three
|
||
469 hours less a week.
|
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470
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471 Thingfish: I'll drink to that. 'Tis a wish fish that can tell the difference
|
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472 between fact and fiction.
|
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473
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474 696969696969696969
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018=Usr:4 Milchar 05/26/89 22:39 Msg:3881 Call:21373 Lines:11
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475 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
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476 Friar: 6:00am???? Hold on. Whoa. Let me run that by myself again. You
|
||
477 seem to be referring to that hour that lies 360 minutes past midnight, are
|
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478 you not? Considering I'd have to ride the rail there, we're talking about
|
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479 this mage arising at some ungodly hour, when the roosters are still asleep.
|
||
480 And on a holiday? I don't think there would be much of a turnout...
|
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481 The location is fine with me, but would you consider another time? I'm
|
||
482 about two neurons this side of brain-dead anytime earlier than eight.
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483 Anyone else? Have you suggestions? I have head Sam's Hauf Brau mentioned,
|
||
484 any others? What would be a good time for you?
|
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485 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/27/89 12:14 Msg:3882 Call:21387 Lines:11
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486 &*&*&*&*'s
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||
487 6am? Hmm, I sumtimes go to bed about that time, but ditto on the two neurons
|
||
488 for me. I realy like the idea of going to Sams,maybe somtime next weekend?
|
||
489 It would be a bit early, but since it could be construed as a BP for
|
||
490 BWII as well as BW in general...
|
||
491
|
||
492 Besides, It sounds like a could reason for a party to me... :-)
|
||
493
|
||
494 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
495 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
496
|
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020=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 05/27/89 14:05 Msg:3883 Call:21388 Lines:6
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497 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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498 Sorry about the time, but I have to be at the airport at 8:00. (The
|
||
499 Cherokee, Alyx.) I also have to work on other weekdays, so eight
|
||
500 wouldn't work then either. How about lunch on Monday? Sam's is fine
|
||
501 if they are open.
|
||
502 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
021=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/27/89 19:33 Msg:3884 Call:21398 Lines:9
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||
503 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
504
|
||
505 Hello all. Not much action, only another month or so and I'll have been
|
||
506 here a year. Not very long as far as it goes, but a milestone none the
|
||
507 less. <<<Cliche---Is this really neccesary?
|
||
508
|
||
509 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
510 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
511
|
||
022=Usr:4 Milchar 05/27/89 19:47 Msg:3885 Call:21399 Lines:4
|
||
512 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
513 Lunch sounds fine. Say, Monday at 1:00pm? I dunno about Sam's being
|
||
514 open or not- I suppose I could go by there and ask.
|
||
515 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
023=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 05/27/89 20:25 Msg:3886 Call:21401 Lines:5
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||
516
|
||
517
|
||
518 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
519
|
||
520
|
||
024=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 05/27/89 20:32 Msg:3887 Call:21403 Lines:17
|
||
521 So this debt-ridden, ulcer-whipped, half-bright yuppie
|
||
522 newt was driving along in his BMW when he slid on the road
|
||
523 and was involved in a terrible accident. As the paramedics
|
||
524 were administering first aid, the guy was moaning
|
||
525 "Ohhh..my BMW...Oh no, my BMW..." One of the paramedics
|
||
526 could take it no longer, lost his cool and yelled at the
|
||
527 guy "Hey buddy...we're trying to save your life here.
|
||
528 Your stupid car is the least of your worries. For your
|
||
529 information, your left arm is severed at the elbow". The
|
||
530 yuppie then began moaning..."Ohhh, my Rolex....Oh no, my
|
||
531 Rolex...."
|
||
532
|
||
533
|
||
534 {+}{+}{+}{+} -|- ThingFish -|- {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
535 Out Of It And Proud Of It
|
||
536
|
||
537
|
||
025=Usr:313 MARK VANALSTYNE 05/28/89 00:17 Msg:3888 Call:21411 Lines:18
|
||
538 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
|
||
539
|
||
540 Hello, I am Xenon Laser... I used to call here a lot when I was
|
||
541 a little younger(before debt). I am very suprised that this is
|
||
542 still here.. so many BBS's have disappeared over the years..
|
||
543 including my own 'Olympus' also run on a Sanyo MBC-555.
|
||
544 I am looking for some communications software for my Sanyo.
|
||
545 All I have is Copylink... I have difficulties transferring files
|
||
546 all the time with it.. My Transfer modes are Normal, Fast, and
|
||
547 Checksum... Doesn't really mean much to anyone who doesn't have
|
||
548 Copylink. I have no manual for this one, I got itit when I was in
|
||
549 the 503 Alliance before I moved out of town (to OSU). Well now
|
||
550 I am back in PDX... work at PDX... go to school ate PSU, and
|
||
551 am curious about the very large amount of BBS's out there now-a-days.
|
||
552 Anyway... can anyone help me...
|
||
553
|
||
554 Type ya later....
|
||
555 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/ Xenon Laser /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/
|
||
026=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/28/89 02:09 Msg:3889 Call:21415 Lines:12
|
||
556 Xenon,
|
||
557 What version of Copylink do you have? The current version is 3.21.
|
||
558 If you have anything earlier than 2.41, then it is not surprising that you
|
||
559 have problems. Do you have a good interface card? The only two that were any
|
||
560 good were the Hawthorne Tech card, and the Comtel card. The rest were clones
|
||
562 of the original Sanyo RS232 card which didn't work very well because of a
|
||
563 design flaw (bad grounding). You can fix it though easily enough if you have
|
||
564 one of the bad designs, just ground pin seven of the RS232 connector to the
|
||
565 case of the Sanyo.
|
||
566 How do I know all this stuff? I wrote Copylink. - Mike Day
|
||
567 **************************************************************************
|
||
027=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/28/89 02:16 Msg:3890 Call:21416 Lines:5
|
||
568 Re the party/meeting/whatever: I have a suggestion. Since the usual PCS get
|
||
570 together is this thursday, why not combine the two and kill two meetings
|
||
571 with one bird? That way I can attend, because I won't be here monday.
|
||
572 ****************************** CM *************************************
|
||
028=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/28/89 02:54 Msg:3891 Call:21417 Lines:10
|
||
573 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
574
|
||
575 Sounds good to me. 1 vote counted. Anybody else?
|
||
576
|
||
577 Thought for the day. "Blind Patriotism is to Fascism as smoke is to fire." -me
|
||
578 (Thought somebody else might have thought of it before.)
|
||
579
|
||
580 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
581 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
582
|
||
029=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/28/89 12:16 Msg:3892 Call:21421 Lines:9
|
||
583 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&
|
||
584
|
||
585 Well, since w're coming up with snazzy quotes,
|
||
586
|
||
587 "Smoke is to Cheeze Puffs as Water is to Orange Marmalade." :-)
|
||
588
|
||
589 The Philosophistical Mole (I meant to spell it that way) [Phili + Sophist] :-)
|
||
590 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(()(*(*&)((*&)(*&)((*&&
|
||
591
|
||
030=Usr:4 Milchar 05/28/89 15:27 Msg:3893 Call:21422 Lines:4
|
||
592 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
593 Mikey: (sound of hand smacking forehead) Oh, yeah! A wonderful idea,
|
||
594 methinks. That way I also spend less money. :-)
|
||
595 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
031=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 05/28/89 19:09 Msg:3894 Call:21425 Lines:5
|
||
596 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
597 Okey Dokey! But is this a Pizza place again?
|
||
598 Do BBSers ever eat anything but pizza?
|
||
599 I'll be there, regardless, if I get directions.
|
||
600 [][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
032=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 05/28/89 19:49 Msg:3895 Call:21426 Lines:5
|
||
601 ____
|
||
602 ___ /#)
|
||
603 __ ___n n n (#/
|
||
604 -- / ~~~ ~~~ \/
|
||
605 lurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurklurk/___/____\__\
|
||
033=Usr:4 Milchar 05/28/89 23:00 Msg:3896 Call:21430 Lines:7
|
||
606 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
607 Friar: Stark Street Pizza Company, 92nd and Stark. I believe that the
|
||
608 PCS social begins at 7:00pm, but I never show up sooner than 7:30...
|
||
609 As for BBSer diets, I believe a Pizza Content Level (PCL) of .10 is
|
||
610 required by state law to operate a computer, and .20 if that computer is
|
||
611 attached to a modem or other telecomputing device. :-)
|
||
612 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
034=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/29/89 14:43 Msg:3897 Call:21442 Lines:11
|
||
613 )(**&)((*&&)(**&&)((*&*(&)(*&)((*&((&((&)*&)(&&)((*&(&)(*
|
||
614
|
||
615 Pizza. Oh, well! guess I'll have to miss it. can't aford the
|
||
616 time to go; something to do with the fact that I am actually trying
|
||
617 to graduate from college this term.
|
||
618
|
||
619 Oh, no! I have to get a real job. aaaaiiiiighhhhhhh!!!!
|
||
620
|
||
621 The Mole
|
||
622 )(*&()*&)(*&(*&)((*&)(*&)((*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&(*(&)((*&)((&)((&(*&(*&
|
||
623
|
||
035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/29/89 15:52 Msg:3898 Call:21445 Lines:10
|
||
624 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
625 They suckered you into Graduating? Now you've gone and done it! :-)
|
||
626
|
||
627 I'll probably be there this Thursday, should be fun. And since it's the day
|
||
628 after pay day I'll be able to afford food. Hmm.. I wonder it that's why they
|
||
629 have it at the begining of the month?
|
||
630
|
||
631 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
632 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
633
|
||
036=Usr:277 Schizo 05/29/89 20:04 Msg:3899 Call:21449 Lines:3
|
||
634 !!! @!@! !!!! !! @@!! @@@
|
||
635 I have returned to lurk and other seeminly unrelated things
|
||
636 !!! @!@! !!!! !! @@!! @@@
|
||
037=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/29/89 23:43 Msg:3900 Call:21455 Lines:3
|
||
637
|
||
638 Money may not buy happiness, but it sures makes don't hurt any!
|
||
639
|
||
038=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/29/89 23:52 Msg:3901 Call:21456 Lines:7
|
||
640 )(*(&)((*&)((*&(*)&)(*&)(**&&((*&()(**&((*&(
|
||
641
|
||
642 AD: Money wpn't buy happiness, but at least it doesn't buy sadness.
|
||
643
|
||
644 The Mole
|
||
645 )(*&)(*&)((*&)(&)(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*&)(**&&)(*&
|
||
646
|
||
039=Usr:313 MARK VANALSTYNE 05/30/89 00:29 Msg:3902 Call:21458 Lines:23
|
||
647 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
|
||
648 Mike Day....
|
||
649 The version I have is 2.3 dated feb 28 1984...
|
||
650 I got it when I sold Sanyos at Clackamas Town Center....
|
||
651 I learned a lot about Sanyos at the time by trial and error.. not much
|
||
652 dcumentation out there... I tracked down the Ph # of Sanyo's R-n-D Manager,
|
||
653 Mark something.. , and talked to him a few times and transferred some files
|
||
654 with him... I wrote my own BBS then(In Basic) but it could only Handle the
|
||
655 speed of 300 bps..I could set it at 1200bps.. but basic was still slower
|
||
656 than 300bps in delivery.. didn't use any machine language routines..
|
||
657 anyway.. I discovered I could transfer files at 300 bps on my smart modem 300,
|
||
658 but when I try to use 1200 bps SmarTEAM 103/212A modem, It disconnects when I
|
||
659 do the ESC '-' command or a ESC 'R' command to receive a file when in
|
||
660 Terminal mode...I am very suprised to find the author of Copylink this
|
||
661 coincidentaly..... I marketed a Utility program for the sanyo.. But it
|
||
662 didn't get very wide coverage..(worked good though)..It was called
|
||
663 FAST BACK'EM anyway... can you advise me in what to do...
|
||
664
|
||
665 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/ XENON LASER /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
|
||
666
|
||
667 P.S. I don't know at this time what RS232 card I have... (Using it righ
|
||
668 t now)...I'll check it though...TTYL
|
||
669 /Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z/Z
|
||
040=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 05/30/89 04:27 Msg:3903 Call:21460 Lines:4
|
||
670 #%#%@#^^%#%#!~!##)_*)_*^_)#$@*&^$)_#*^)_&^)#$*^%#)_$&^_!)#&_~*^_)*^)_@^%$_@)#
|
||
671 All: It's 4:30am and I ask the same question a guy named Pink asked once: Is
|
||
672 There anybody out there?
|
||
673 %)_#$*%_#*^_)*@^_)#)*^_&*$_)& L'homme sans Parity %)(@#*)(*#!%*()#$*%#()@%*@)
|
||
041=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 05/30/89 08:38 Msg:3904 Call:21463 Lines:6
|
||
674 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
675
|
||
676 Nobody here but us lurkers......
|
||
677
|
||
678 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
679
|
||
042=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 05/30/89 09:41 Msg:3905 Call:21465 Lines:3
|
||
680 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
681 More Lurking.
|
||
682 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/30/89 17:15 Msg:3906 Call:21470 Lines:13
|
||
683
|
||
684 The sign above the door read 'New world Inn.' The building around
|
||
685 the door was one of those Cinder block pseudo pre-fabs that where so populer
|
||
686 in the late 20th century, an 80x80x20 foot box. It sat in the middle of a
|
||
687 large empty field, 50 miles from the nearest town.
|
||
688
|
||
689 There was a tinkling from a tiny bell, and the door opened. A tall
|
||
690 lean man walked out, the door shutting behind him. He stood for a moment
|
||
691 looking up into the sky, searching for somthing. He focused in on a blue
|
||
692 green star in the southern part of the sky. A smile passed momentarily
|
||
693 upon his face. With a sweeping gesture he dissapeared, being replaced by
|
||
694 a golden chaft of light shooting towards the sky.
|
||
695
|
||
044=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/30/89 23:02 Msg:3908 Call:21476 Lines:5
|
||
696 )(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&)(*&&)((&)(*&)((*&)((*&)((*&)((*&
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||
697
|
||
698 The Mole
|
||
699 )(*&()*&&)((**(**& just a lurkin' )(*&)(*&)(*&)((*&&()(**&)(*&
|
||
700
|
||
045=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/30/89 23:06 Msg:3909 Call:21477 Lines:30
|
||
701 Xenon:
|
||
702 2.3??? oh ick! bleah! Phatuie! Old old old old.....
|
||
703 That was the very first version put out for MSDOS. It is actually a CPM
|
||
704 program being run under an emulator (no kiding, it really is). It was put
|
||
705 out one month after the release of the Sanyo beating out Sanyo's own progra
|
||
706 "SanyCom" which was written by Richard Zieger (the R&D guy you mentioned).
|
||
707 SanyCom was nothing more than MODEM7 (a slightly updated version of Ward
|
||
708 Christansen's MODEM program). Richard just happen to have written that
|
||
709 one too (MODEM7).
|
||
710 However, that is not your problem. 2.3 works, it just is slow and sluggish.
|
||
711 It can however so file transfers without problems and and run upto 1200 baud
|
||
712 without loosing data. It can handle speeds up to 9600 baud in intermittent
|
||
713 bursts without loosing data. Version 3.1 of Copylink is much better, it can
|
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714 handle 2400 baud on the sanyo with out problems and 19200 baud for file
|
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715 transfers. But, as I say, that isn't your problem. Copylink perfectly
|
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716 fine on the Sanyo, it was designed to work properly. The problem is the
|
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717 Sanyo BIOS. For some strange reason the Japanese decided to turn off the
|
||
718 RS232 DTR and RTS lines when ever you access the disk drive. Huh?
|
||
719 Seem unrelated? You bet. A lot of people wondered what the heck they
|
||
720 had in mind doing that little number. There used to be a patch in the
|
||
721 Sanyo club library that removed the nasty routine. If you're interested
|
||
722 you can go to one of the meetings and ask. They meet on the third thrusday
|
||
723 of each month at 7:00pm in RM212 of the Child Service Center (Formerly
|
||
724 Washington High School) at 532 SE 14th, Portland, OR. Or you can call
|
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725 their BBS and ask there. 775-xxxx
|
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726 For a quick fix, If you can, set your modem to ignore the DTR line (force
|
||
727 it always on). Usually there is a dip switch setting that can control
|
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728 that. That will prevent the modem from disconnecting whenever the
|
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729 Sanyo accesses the disk drive.
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730 ******************************** CM *****************************************
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046=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/31/89 17:21 Msg:3910 Call:21486 Lines:3
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731
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732 Tommorow nights the big night.
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733
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047=Usr:196 Cheryl Singer 05/31/89 21:30 Msg:3911 Call:21490 Lines:16
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734 ###############################################################################
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735
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736
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737 Seems like there's a lot of lurking going on here, so I thought I'd lurk,
|
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738 too. Will try to make it to the pizza party, but don't know how late.
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739
|
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740 Help! Does anyone know of any houses coming up to rent in the near future
|
||
741 with the following: 3-5 bed, 1 1/2-2 bath, cats okay, prefer fireplace,
|
||
742 garage, and basement. SE area prefered, will consider any decent neighbor-
|
||
743 hood not too far o. Would like to pay no more than $600 or so/month.
|
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744 Don't really expect anything, but I thought I'd ask. There is nothing to
|
||
745 rent in this town -- everything is for sale!
|
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746
|
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747 ***Cassandra***
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748
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749 ####################################################################3##########
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048=Usr:4 Milchar 05/31/89 22:13 Msg:3912 Call:21493 Lines:10
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750 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
751 "Just nod if you can hear me...is there anyone at home?"
|
||
752 Did I detect a lurker? I tawt I taw a lurker. Yoo hoo, lurker! Come out,
|
||
753 come out....
|
||
754 Well, Mike, it's nice to see that your software is still in use all over
|
||
755 the place. Now all I have to do is port it to the 1802, hook up the
|
||
756 keyboard and build the flop`y interface, and I'll have a state-of-the-1977-
|
||
757 art computer, complete with terminal software! :-)
|
||
758
|
||
759 ++++++++++++++++++++ Milch not-quite-lurking-but-almost-mode +++++++++++++
|
||
049=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/31/89 22:37 Msg:3913 Call:21495 Lines:119
|
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760 Path: percival!qiclab!nosun!tektronix!zephyr!uunet!lll-winken!
|
||
761 csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bionet!bloom-beacon!husc6!m2c!wpi!cyganski
|
||
762 From: cyganski@wpi.wpi.edu (David Cyganski)
|
||
763 Newsgroups: alt.fusion
|
||
764 Subject: Cold Fusion0Gorkchop: Huggins' talk
|
||
765 Keywords: Huggins, F&P, Fusion
|
||
766 Message-ID: <2486@wpi.wpi.edu>
|
||
767 Date: 28 May 89 21:40:58 GMT
|
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768 Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
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||
769 Lines: 64
|
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770
|
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771 I have just finished watching a video tape that we made from the satellite
|
||
772 transmission of the Sante Fe conference from LANL. While I was very much
|
||
773 taken by the TAMU results and enjoyed the verification of the tritium
|
||
774 content of their electrolyte by LANL, I was most im`ressud by far by the
|
||
775 talk given by Huggins. Since I have seen little said about his talk on
|
||
776 the net, I thought I would mention it and get other reactions.
|
||
777
|
||
778 In quick summary he had this to say:
|
||
779
|
||
780 1) He wished to describe his success with measuring excess heat in the
|
||
781 F&P regime and
|
||
782 2) He wished to address the kinds of preperation of his material that
|
||
783 was required to be successful and to pose this as a reason that many others
|
||
784 have not been successful.
|
||
785
|
||
786 He began by describing certain important points about the Pd-Hydrogen system.
|
||
787 In particular that H is absorbed in preference to D by Pd. Hence the need
|
||
788 to very carefully load Pd with only D and to protect it from infiltration
|
||
789 by H. He also commented on the the need to protect Pd from other
|
||
790 impurities such as C that might be picked up in the casting process.
|
||
791
|
||
792 His preperation technique: Melt, re-melt, re-melt .... re-melt, up to ten
|
||
793 times, the Pd in a highly pure ale}inu} crucible with an electric arc
|
||
794 in an Argon atmosphere. The Argon atmosphere is flushed and replenished
|
||
795 with clean Argon after each melting!!!!
|
||
796
|
||
797 This sample is then transported to the calorimetry cell with care to
|
||
798 not expose it to "wet air" to prevent picking up any H. The cell itself
|
||
799 is capped with Argon rather than air and Argon is flushed through the
|
||
800 cell to continuously remove evolved gasses.
|
||
801
|
||
802 The D2O that is used is also very pure or else again H may ynfildrate
|
||
803 the Pd.
|
||
804
|
||
805 He then went on to described in great detail his calorimetry. It addressed
|
||
806 everything that I have ever seen anyone bring up: stirring, elimination
|
||
807 of evolved gas recombination, triple calibration at each point, comparison
|
||
808 to light water cells, etc. It was a beautiful sight to behold.
|
||
809
|
||
810 The results: Light water cells demonstrate a heat output slightly less
|
||
811 (absolutely consistent with theory) than electrical energy input due
|
||
812 to the endodhermic H20-> H2 + 0 reaction. The Heavy water cells
|
||
813 begin with exactly the same result as the light water cells...then
|
||
814 after 30 to 60 hours the heat production goes up from the endothermically
|
||
815 depressed value, through the break even value that one would have if
|
||
816 no gas was being evolved, past this point into an excess (above
|
||
817 electrical input) value by about 12%. Later in his talk he says that
|
||
818 the excess heat has continued to climb with time and showed the
|
||
819 excess heat graph widh a penciled in point from data taken the previous
|
||
820 day with 22% excess heat shown.
|
||
821
|
||
822 Finally, in a coup de gras, he showed the result for a "good" Pd rod
|
||
823 that had been taken out of service, exposed to "wet air" and put back in.
|
||
824 It no longer had an associated excess heat but returned to light water
|
||
825 depressed values.
|
||
826
|
||
827 I am sold, completely. I now have just to come to grips with my feelings
|
||
828 about F&P. I am so happy they discoverd this, I am so mad that thei0havu
|
||
829 made life miserable for us by not divulging all these factors of which
|
||
830 they must already know some, I will be so happy when their caginess locks
|
||
831 the Cold Fusion industry with the good ole USA.
|
||
832
|
||
833 David Cyganski
|
||
834 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
|
||
835 --
|
||
836
|
||
837 Path: percival!qiclab!nosun!tektronix!zephyr!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!
|
||
838 tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!ukma!husc6!m2c!wpi!cyganski
|
||
839 From: cyganski@wpi.wpi.edu (David Cyganski)
|
||
840 Newsgroups: alt.fusion
|
||
84! Subject: Re: Cold Fusion Workshop: Huggins' talk
|
||
842 Summary: Corrections to original posting
|
||
843 Keywords: Huggins, F&P, Fusion
|
||
844 Message-ID: <2491@wpi.wpi.edu>
|
||
845 Date: 29 May 89 21:08:31 GMT
|
||
846 References: <2486@wpi.wpi.edu> <1989May29.072617.14770@cs.rochester.edu>
|
||
847 Reply-To: cyganski@wpi.wpi.edu (David Cyganski)
|
||
848 Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
|
||
849 Lines: 27
|
||
850
|
||
851 Dietz and Mack have noted errors in my original posting that I would
|
||
852 like d verify. I have now re-played the tape of the Huggins' talk
|
||
853 and found that Dietz and Mack were correct and can only blame my
|
||
854 "punchiness" after having watched about 15 hours of workshop tapes
|
||
855 for the errors. Sorry.
|
||
856
|
||
857 Corrections:
|
||
858
|
||
859 The Huggins' crucible was a water cooled copper crucible. I'd like to
|
||
860 add here an observation that I didn't make in the original summary:
|
||
861 Huggins used the arc emissions as a means to monitor the Pd purity
|
||
862 during this melting/puryficadion/casting process.
|
||
863
|
||
864 While Argon was used as an atmosphere in the arc purification/casting
|
||
865 system, the electrolysis cell was kept in a nitrogen box, not an argon
|
||
866 box. Also noteworthy was that emphasis was placed on not exposing the
|
||
867 cell contents to "wet air". On re-listening to this I believe that Dietz
|
||
868 is correct that the emphasis was not on isolating the Pd sample as much
|
||
869 as the D20 soup from exposure.
|
||
870
|
||
871 Again, if you haven't seen this talk, do so! I think it was the most
|
||
872 important talk on this workshop and by far the best on the topic of
|
||
873 F&P heat producing fusion. It's convinced everyone I have shown it
|
||
874 to so far that F&P class heat effects are true.
|
||
875
|
||
876 David Cyganski
|
||
877 Worcester Polytechnic Institute
|
||
878 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
050=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/31/89 23:28 Msg:3914 Call:21496 Lines:10
|
||
879 )(*&)((*&(()()(*&()(**&()(**&((**((**()(*&
|
||
880
|
||
881 Look out, nucluar water heaters are around the corner.
|
||
882
|
||
883 The Mole
|
||
884
|
||
885 :-)
|
||
886
|
||
887 )((*&()(*&)((*)(*&)((*&)((*&&)((*&)((*&)(*&)((&(*
|
||
888
|
||
051=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/01/89 09:11 Msg:3915 Call:21510 Lines:8
|
||
889 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
890
|
||
891 Well, today is the day. I'll be at the PCS tonight. Hope to see a buch of
|
||
892 you there.
|
||
893
|
||
894 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
895 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
896
|
||
052=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 06/01/89 10:59 Msg:3916 Call:21511 Lines:3
|
||
897 [][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
898 So sad, Friar can't make it.
|
||
899 [][][][][][][][][][][][]
|
||
053=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 06/01/89 19:53 Msg:3917 Call:21515 Lines:100
|
||
900 696969696969
|
||
901 ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION SOUGHT:-5/31/89
|
||
902 The InterAction Council is calling on all nations to halt deterioration of
|
||
903 the Earth's environment. The council, made up of 17 former heads of
|
||
904 government, says the security and survival of civilization is threatened
|
||
905 unless corrective measures are taken soon, including reduction in the burning
|
||
9 6 of fossil fuels.
|
||
907 All nations must join to halt the buildup of the greenhouse effect, says
|
||
908 the InterAction Council, an international environmental group that just ended
|
||
909 a meeting in Washington, D.C. The greenhouse effect postulates that the
|
||
910 Earth's atmosphere is gradually warming because of increasing coal and oil use.
|
||
911 Industrialized countries should set targets for reducing carbon dioxide
|
||
912 and other pollutants released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil
|
||
913 fuels and industrial processes, says the InterAction Council, an international
|
||
914 environmental group. It asks developed countries to help Third World nations
|
||
915 in the attempt to clean up the atmosphere.
|
||
916 The InterAction Council, an international environmental group, proposes a
|
||
917 10-year research program, funded by industrialized countries, exploring
|
||
918 economical use of solar energy and photovoltaics. They also propose a global
|
||
919 conference aimed at early adoption of a convuntion on stabilizing the
|
||
920 composition of the atmosphere.
|
||
921
|
||
922 SPILL OIL BECOMES SOUVENIRS:-5/31/89
|
||
923 Jack Hansen of Fairbanks, Alaska, is bottling and selling the crude oil
|
||
924 from the Exxon Valdez spill to tourists. Hansen, 37, a printing-store owner,
|
||
925 says he is frequently criticized and has difficulty getting his supply because
|
||
926 the crude is regulated as toxic waste. Yet he has sold 3,000 vials to
|
||
)27 Fqirbanks stores. They retail at $2.99 each.
|
||
928
|
||
929 DUMP PLANS GET NO OPPOSITION:-6/1/89
|
||
930 A low-level radioactive waste dump proposed Tuesday near Needles, Calif.,
|
||
931 drew no protest at the first of four public hearings set this week. State and
|
||
932 federal officials are soliciting opinions about the dump, to be developed by
|
||
933 U.S. Ecology. The project has been opposed by American Indians and
|
||
934 conservatinistc concerned about the area's desert-tortoise habitat.
|
||
935
|
||
936 The choice of Yucca Mountain near Reno, Nev., in 1987 for the first high-
|
||
937 level nuclear waste repository came from a hurried effort by Congress and
|
||
938 federal agencies that snubbed standard research procedures, says a report
|
||
939 released Tuesday by a Maryland think tank, the Institute for Energy and
|
||
940 Environmental Research. Federal officials stood by policies governing the
|
||
941 selection.
|
||
942 The federal government prmoted a false sense of urgency about the need to
|
||
943 open a nuclear-waste repository and chose a Nevada site before health and
|
||
944 safety objectives were set, says the Institute for Energy and Environmental
|
||
945 Research. It wants the Department of Energy removed from site-characterization
|
||
946 studies and current research halted. DOE officials defended their siting work.
|
||
947
|
||
948 NUCLEAR-WASTE PLANS PROPOSED:-6/1/89
|
||
949 The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research has issued
|
||
950 recommendations on nuclear-waste handling: Store waste temporarily for up to
|
||
951 100 years; strengthen transportation-safety requirements; seek siting
|
||
952 information from other countries; and tighten radiation-dosage limits. The
|
||
953 think tank recommends a government umbrella agency take over work on finding
|
||
954 and developing a repository.
|
||
955
|
||
956 AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE.................
|
||
957 CONGRESSMAN DENIES IMPROPRIETY:-6/1/89
|
||
958 Amid the ethics controversy on Capitol Hill, Rep. Robert Davis, R-Mich.,
|
||
959 went public to say "there is nothing wrong" with hiring -as a $28,000
|
||
960 committee staff member - the woman he now lives with. Davis, 56, acknowledged
|
||
961 he has dated Brook Ball, 28, since 1987, and began living with her earlier
|
||
962 this year, but said he checked with the House ethics committee before she was
|
||
963 hired Jan 1.
|
||
964 ....it's okay, I'm a Republican...I don't have to caru
|
||
96%
|
||
966 JIM WRIGHT RESIGNS AS SPEAKER:-6/1/89
|
||
967 House Speaker Jim Wright - pleading for an end to this "period of mindless
|
||
968 cannibalism" - resigned Wednesday. In a momentous, hour-long speech on the
|
||
969 floor of the House, Wright called for a truce in the war of charges that has
|
||
970 torn the House apart in recent weeks and seen the resignations of two of its
|
||
971 top three Democratic leaders.
|
||
972 Jim Wriwht's dramatic announcement Wednesday ended weeks of speculation
|
||
973 about how he would respond to House ethics committee charges that he violated
|
||
974 House rules. Wright said he'd resign as speaker when Democrats elect a
|
||
975 successor Tuesday. Expected heir: Majority Leader Tom Foley of Washington
|
||
976 state. Wright said he'd quit as a Fort Worth, Texas, congressman by month's
|
||
977 end.
|
||
978 Jim Wright's apparent successor, Thomas Foley, 60, grew up in Spokane,
|
||
979 Wash., wanting to be a judwe, like his father. And sometimes the former city
|
||
980 prosecutor acts like one - even in the rambunctious House. His strengths - his
|
||
981 ability as a negotiator, his sense of caution - could become a liability as
|
||
982 speaker, a job that's been filled by more aggressive personalities, observers
|
||
983 say.
|
||
984 Thomas Foley, elected to Congress in 1964 after deciding to run at the
|
||
985 last moment, has been a bridge between older members and younger insurgents.
|
||
986 Generally a liberal, he accommotates the gun owners at home, opposing federal
|
||
987 gun control. His wife Heather is his unpaid administrative assistant.
|
||
988
|
||
989 CHINA'S LEADERS DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE RIOTING STUDENTS... I
|
||
990 THINK WHAT THEY'D REALLY LIKE IS FOR THE KIDS TO DIG A HOLE AND CRAWL INTO
|
||
991 IT, AND DIG AND DIG AND DIG UNTIL THEY COME OUT IN AMERICA...
|
||
992
|
||
993 ACTOR MARTIN SHEEN GETS CHOSEN AS HONORARY MAYOR OF MALIBU, TO SUCCEED ALI
|
||
994 McGRAW, AND THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS TO DECLARE IT A NUCLEAR FREE HAVEN
|
||
995 FOR ALIENS AND THE HOMELESS... AND IT'S JUST AN HONORARY TITLE -- IMAGINE
|
||
996 WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE DONE IF HE'D BEEN APPOINTED KING!
|
||
997
|
||
998 696969696969696969
|
||
999 I've seen the top, and now the bottom...It's better at the top
|