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: :::. : ____,
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In Memory, : :: : : |_ _; Karl Marx
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,~~ : :::'istorted : `|| says:
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--)( : :::. :::: : || "Aufheben!"
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()= : :: :igital ::. rection : []
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HOOKAH! : :::' :::: :
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2 June 1994 : Text File #31 : Mongoloid Telecom
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... suburban teenage angst rears its ugly head
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Like, its 3am. Denny's parking lot ... we're all smoking our
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cigarettes and trying to think through the foggy haze that we
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have gleefully transformed our minds into. The landscape is
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gaunt ... the attitude is dispersed and replaced with a communal
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cesspool of swirling and raw fun. We don't know who we are or
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why or when but we do know that we can trust each other and we
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can believe that though we might not know what we'll do to our-
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selves, we know what we wouldn't do to anybody else.
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But as the curtains of night are lifted and we filter back to our
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own little place, the unsettling realization of reality comes
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reeling back. Fuck, we think, fuck - this really sucks.
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... whatever
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See, this is just the shit that has made me do what I done did.
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But first!- a few words to help provide some background into
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these things.
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1. Bulletin boards are crucial.
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I have always felt that telecommunications is not only the
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most fertile place for individualism, but also critical in
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maintaining the self, electronic or not. Bulletin boards
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are the last refuge for the socially persecuted ... the
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socially deviant ... and the socially unacceptable. BBS'es
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are faceless, raceless, genderless (sometimes!) forums of
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intellectualism ... perhaps J.S. Mill would find his
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marketplace of ideas only in bulletin boards. When the
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Orwellian disaster occurs, bulletin boards and the creative
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force that drives it will be the key to any sort of under-
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ground freedom.
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2. Bulletin boards are art.
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Aside from being politically important, BBS'es are also
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aesthetically important. A painter begins with canvas and
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works with it. A sysop begins with a board program and
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works with it. A friend of mine once said that everyone
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should have their own board ... and design it to fit their
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own personality and expression. Sounds good to me, but
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maybe not here and maybe not now. It seems that I'm in a
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sea of blank canvasses propped up as paintings! I can't
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really say that I've seen a board in 216 that has a very
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distinct personality in a long time.
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3. Johnny Rotten has the right idea.
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John Lydon once said that the Sex Pistols broke up because
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it became what it was and that was it. "We did it and we
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moved on. It was all very natural." People need to learn
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their limits. The Cure should have broken up years ago,
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for instance. Arrakis should have been offline for a long
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time. And I don't really want to commit the same crime
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that I profess against!
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... so, this means what?
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Well, kids (and I do mean baby goats), let's quit beating
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around the bush. The TDL/Necropolis era is OVER. There will
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no longer be a Necropolis bulletin board system. It is
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permanently offline.
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Now, when I first put up the Dragon's Lair way back when, I
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thought about the day it would go offline. I'd be off to
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college, the board-death date would be widely known, there'd
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be a big online wake ... well, it didn't happen that way. In
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a burst of wild realization, it came plummeting down without
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any warning.
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I don't want the Necropolis to become old hat. I don't want it
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to be second-hand watered-down over-the-hill et cetera etc.
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Towards that end, it is over.
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Now, there have been a lot of swell times over the years on
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the ol' Necropolis. Some things we would like to talk about and
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some things probably best left unsaid. In the end, I would
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suggest that the Necropolis was one of the more successful and
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maybe significant bulletin boards in Stark County's illustrious
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history. Maybe that's being a little immodest, but I think its
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true, objectively speaking (is there such a thing...?).
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In short, I've lost the passion and the edge that used to keep
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things running. But there's no blame to be placed here and
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there isn't really any negativeness about the whole affair.
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I don't regret anything about the Necropolis or TDL and that's
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the way it will remain now.
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This is the end of the Necropolis, but I seriously doubt
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whether this is the end of my sysoping career. Already, plans
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for a new project are in order. Something entirely different
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than the Necropolis ... hopefully better! There are a couple
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of things I need before it goes back up: 1. A 14.4k modem,
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2. Long-distance and 3. A new BBS program.
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Actually, the board program is already selected... that won't
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be revealed for a while though. More than likely, you'll see
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this new project towards the end of the summer.
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BBS'ing in Stark County has become utterly horrible. Akron isn't
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even much better. There is absolutely no resourcefulness, no
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creativity, and no mental processes at work. I must say that I
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am thoroughly revolted at the idea of BBS'ing. But like many
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users I know, I doubt I'll be gone.
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... tying up loose ends
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Right now, the only board I call regularly (semi-regularly) is
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Radio KAOS. You can contact me there. Distorted Digital Erection
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is on temporary hiatus until things can be worked out and some
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new direction is given. Belch is still in the works. There will
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probably be a Necropolis going-away cookout or something, but
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that's still in the works too. My voice number is now 966-PILE
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and you can call me there anytime to chat or whatever.
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I would like to hear your thoughts on my decision, so if you
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could call that # and leave a message on the machine... that'd
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be cool.
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Well, that's that. Those of you who thought another 3-month
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repair session was on, guess again!
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I loved being a sysop. Now I'm another user... may Gog be
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with me!
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sorc
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ryan
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`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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Distorted Digital Erection
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An AUFHEBEN Production! Support Boards: Tyrant: Number:
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"Why, I don't know much of The Necropolis .. DDE WHQ!.. 216.OFF.LINE
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anything!" -Eraserhead Radio KAOS ... Moonshadow .. 216.830.4657
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The Sewers ... Aligator King 513.229.1965
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_Submission Policy_: Distorted Digital Erection LOVES to get subs!
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If you write something - anything - send it to us and we'll get it
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to press. For contacting DDE, see below.
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Want to be a support board for DDE? Download ALL the DDE's,
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create a file sig on your board, and let me know. Your BBS will
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be listed. TO CONTACT US: Send e-mail to Amphetamine Gobbler
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on Radio KAOS, or send Internet mail to aufheben@aol.com
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`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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-eof-
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