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HOW TO PROPERLY WRITE AN ANARCHY FILE
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Written By The Freddy
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In Association With The National Network of Anarchists and Nihilists (NNAN)
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Introduction
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Have you seen the number of shitty anarchy files out there? It's
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pathetic the way some idiots try to write files. I wrote this to give
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those people and first time writers pointers on how to correctly write a
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file.
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Disclaimer
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This document was intended for informational purposes ONLY, the author and
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the National Network of Anarchists and Nihilists do not endorse or support
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any illegal action presented here or in any other documents which we
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release. The only motivation for the writing of this document is purely
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for educating the general public. The author and the National Network of
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Anarchists and Nihilists will not be held responsible for any actions by
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the reader of this document.
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Construction of a Good Anarchy File
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There are many things to remember when writing a file. Here are
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some pointers:
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1) Always have the date and time at the beginning of the file like
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I have done. This is the most important part of any anarchy
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file because some material is time-sensitive and it is also nice
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to know how out-dated a file is. A good example of this is the
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Jolly Roger Cookbook. A very nicely written piece, however
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there was no indication of when it was written. Most of the
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sources to obtain slim jims, lock picks, etc. were out of
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business by the time I first got hold of it.
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2) Always use ASCII. Not ANSI but ASCII. This is for several
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reasons. One is that some viewers, word processors, etc. do not
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or cannot support the extended characters. The same holds true
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for several types of printers. Second, I have what seems like
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millions of files that were written on Word Perfect, Word Star,
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Multimate, MS Word, etc. Most people don't have these editors
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or viewers. I remember it took me two weeks to convert the
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Terrorist's Cookbook to ASCII from the WP format so I could
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print it. And finally, ASCII files are smaller and there are
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several ASCII only editors that have all the same functions of
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expensive word processors. I personally use MULTI-EDIT V3.00b.
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Call your local 10 gig public domain board and you will find it
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or some other qualified ASCII text editor.
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3) As a rule of thumb, set margins for 75 characters and never go
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beyond that. As mentioned before, a good ASCII editor will let
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you set up margins. This is mainly for printers. You may or
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may not believe it, but 90% of all anarchists print up files for
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easy reference. And some files have really strange margins. I
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once found a file with the right margin at column 100.
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4) It is perfectly all right to FUCKIN' cuss in a file. It is also
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semi-acceptable(but lame) to say PHUCK, FONE, etc.; but never
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ever write like this:
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"so you want to be an anarchist? all ya gotta do is learn how to
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rebel and denounce all government laterz"
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Slang is okay, but learn to spell and for God's sake use proper
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punctuation and capitalization.
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5) If you are going to include a diagram, schematic, or whatever,
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try not to do it yourself with ASCII characters if at all
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possible, unless you are good at it. Get someone else to do
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it for you. Very few people can draw a good ASCII schematic.
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If possible include two of each diagram or schematic. One in
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the text and one in ANSI format or .gif format. There are many
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draw programs out there. Also it's nice to find a self-loader
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for your .gif's. Keep the ASCII diagrams, as they will do in a
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pinch and not everyone can printout .gif files. ANSI is nice
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and all, but, generally, it should be avoided.
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6) Do or have done what you are writing about. I once saw a file
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that scared me a bit. Here is part of it:
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"now that theoretically should be the right ratio. I dunno. Tell
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me if this works."
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Now if you don't know what the fuck you're writing about, then
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don't write about it. That simple. Also don't alter files. I
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once found a file where someone altered the ratios for nitro.
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Not to nice. If you've done it before, please don't. We don't
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need assholes like you.
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7) You should have a good equipment, chemical, parts, or whatever
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list. It should also be complete. Like for instance a file
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construction of a olive box should tell you that:
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"Quantity Item Source
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-------- ---- ------
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1 Small plastic box Radio Shack (R.S.270-224)
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1 1" x 2" perboard Radio Shack (R.S.276-1395)"
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I don't know how many times I've seen files which tell you what
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to get but not specifically. Like:
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"get some resistors and 2 capacitors"
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Now if this author knew anything about electronics, he would
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have known that you need the specific voltages or whatever. Be
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specific.
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8) Also remember, don't use tabs. People have tabs set up for
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different spaces. You get some pretty strange stuff sometimes.
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For instance someone might have tab set at 9 characters and you
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have it a 8 characters. There are also many printers that use
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funny tab spacings. When you try to view or print these files,
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you get stuff like:
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"**************************************************************
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* How to Make Your Very Own Home-Made Tennis Ball Launcher *
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* by *
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* The Stupid Anarchist *
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* *
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**************************************************************"
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Always use the space bar to indent.
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9) A disclamer is also important. Even though you don't think so,
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your handle doesn't conceal your identity. The police, FBI,
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sectret service, or any other government agency(not to mention
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Ma Bell) has both the time and the resources to get you nailed
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if they feel like. Don't laugh at this point. It could save
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your life. Or maybe 20 years of it.
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Conclusion
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Well, I hope this file will better the quality of the files out
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there. I can be reached at The DeaTh BoX BBS--(714)970-6710--which is the
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home of NNAN. Well, it's getting late so until next time, adieu.
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12/02/91 04:43am
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