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: File !
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: Intro to Issue 4
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: Billy Biggs <ae687@freenet.carleton.ca>
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: Zine Info- Inquisitor
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: Daniel Drennan <xixax@echonyc.com>
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: File #
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: SF REVIEW OF: _ARISTOI_ by Walter Jon Williams
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: James A. Squires <jsquires@CERF.NET>
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: Attention suffocating masses [resist]
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: HYDRA@DELPHI.COM <hydra@news.delphi.com>
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: Computers Freedom and Privacy '94, Chi. Mar 23-26
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: Steven Baker <Steven.Baker@AtomicCafe>
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File - !
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Issue 4. Here it is. I still have not recieved the next part of the sci-fi
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story started in issue 2. Sorry. Anyways, it looks as though I will be going
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into one issue a week in January, if I keep on getting enough stuff. For
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Now I am not making any commitments as to when the next issue will be out.
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This issue was put together fairly quickly, so there is not much stuff in
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here. Expect a bigger-better one next issue.
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Subscriptions can be obtained by sending mail to:
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dodger@fubar.bk.psu.edu
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With the words:
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Subscription LineNoiz <your address>
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In the body of the letter.
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Back Issues can be recieved by sending mail to the same address with the
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words BACK ISSUES in the subject.
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--Da editor nerd, Billy Biggs
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>From: xixax@echonyc.com (Daniel Drennan)
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Subject: Inquisitor
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Z I N E I N F O
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the I n q u i s i t o r
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The INQUISITOR is an eclectic mix of culture, art and technology. The
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premiere issue focuses on: apocalypse culture, low-tech microcontroller
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projects, copyright, global telecommunications, Godzilla, a diary of New
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York City living, religious tracts and more. Future issues will look at:
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The marketing of AIDS, recursive television, women and language online,
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low-tech do-it-yourself media, microcontroller projects, sampling in
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modern music, modern music reviews and much more. GUARANTEED 100%
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CYBER-HYPE FREE!
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THIS REVIEW APPEARED IN FACTSHEET FIVE: (WINTER 93-94)
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Half high tech hacking...and half high weirdness. This is one excellent
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zine. Two articles, one on God as a Cockroach and the other on various
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doomsday cults, are the choicest bits from this truly wild zine. The
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doomsday article includes a probability table for various scenarios. "New
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York Diary" makes me glad that I live in Frisco. The Godzilla article is a
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gem, as are the horrorscopes. ...The tech articles are good for the hacker
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who frequents Radio Shack. It's weird, wonderful and worthwhile.
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THIS REVIEW APPEARED on Fringeware Inc.'s ELECTRONIC MAIL LIST: (PO Box
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49921, Austin, TX, 78765)
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You will hardly be able to believe the production quality and sheer beauty
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of design/typography embodied in Inquistor...Then I get around to mentioning
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the mind searing content...Dany's published piece in [Mondo 2000] was the
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only good tech "how-to" ever carried in a fashion magazine (Mutating Your
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Desktop, M2k#7)...
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The INQUISITOR was also featured in BEYOND CYBERPUNK: THE UPDATE STACK,
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published by The Computer Lab, RT 4 Box 54C, Louisa, VA 23093.
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The INQUISITOR is available at a newsstand near you, or for $5.00 from:
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Dany Drennan, Inquisitor, PO Box 132, NYNY 10024
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>From: jsquires@CERF.NET ("James A. Squires")
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FROM: James A. Squires (29-NOV-93) / /\ \
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SF REVIEW OF: _ARISTOI_ ____/ / \ \
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by Walter Jon Williams _________\
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WHAT, WHY, AND WHEN
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I first was attracted to WJW's writing by his book "Hardwired",
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which is a classic 'jack-in and go' tale. I would love to
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describe his other enjoyable books (and recommend ones to skip),
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but I'm motivated tonight to share his latest: _ARISTOI_.
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It was some time ago I finished _ARISTOI_, and it has stuck with
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me for several reasons. He presents several thought-provoking
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ideas, and their applications to the character's lives as well
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as the world(s) in which they dwell.
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THE SCOPE
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What WJW attempts in _ARISTOI_ is quite ambitious, and he pulls it
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off fairly well. In my limited reading, _ARISTOI_ is one of the
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few books to really push the immaginative edge in concieving the
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eventual results of our evolving 'Information Age'.
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There is a casualness in the introduction to the flood of his
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ideas, which are *not* spelled out to us in spoon-fed detail,
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introduced in a paced-out and predictable fashon. Instead, they
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sneek up on us, in the matter of fact banter and actions of the
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characters.
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THE CONCEPTS
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The coolest concept I liked was the /daimones/ :
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Let the daimon come. Let me wrestle with this
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daimon. Let me overcome the daimon and make him
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a part of me. Let me take the daimon's power!
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The idea is an /implant/, which is an augmentation device(s),
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placed into one's grey matter, wired up to boost an existing
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facet(s) of your personality. The daimon becomes an actual
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evolving personality. It is your work-slave, advisor, and friend,
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who is loose and chattering about in your head.
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In "Tides Of Light" by Gregory Benford, he described similar
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implants containing the memory/personalities of past tribe members,
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to be accessed for opinions and technical info when needed.
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These daimones of WJW's are quite different; although, they too
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can access the Hyperlogos (a kind of Galactic Net). They can also
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serve as a simulcron (sp?), representing you in your stead within
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the Oneirochronon (the virtual world).
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Apart from these personalities, there was a similar item for
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instant access to universal info in Delany's
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_The_Stars_In_My_Pocket_Like_Grains_Of_Sand_. He describes an
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on-line in-head info resource, where you could read any book
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in seconds just by willing it, and search for specific items
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on demand.
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But in _ARISTOI_, access to the Oneirochronon can be very real.
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To the point where it is difficult for one to spot an Aristoi's
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daimon agent which is acting on his/her behalf.
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Interaction with the daimones is frequently presented in a two
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column format. The events in one column being the external
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activities, and in the other is the concurrent dialog and actions
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of the daimones.
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THE PEOPLE
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There are two classes of humans, the Aristoi and the plain ol'
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masses. Occasionally, an Aristoi is selected from the masses.
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They become long-lived, get their implants, and receive sobering
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responsibilities. One task required of them is to care for the
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masses, building them whole worlds (called domains), lording over
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all like some ultimate 'SimCity 10000' god.
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The Aristoi must take great care with the powerful technology
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mankind has amassed (of which they wield unlimited control),
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and so they must also watch over each other... (uh-oh).
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Their most difficult task is to stay sane and avoid boredom.
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The common role of the masses is to be played with. Some of the
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common folk don't know about their 'gods', others fall in love
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or worship them.
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IN CONCLUSION
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The story is an enjoyable tale for those who like slightly non-
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traditional fare. It presents an intriguing set of ideas to
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entertain you, and the story possesses adventure, violence, love,
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and resolution.
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I hope you enjoy it (if you read it).
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-JAS [ jsquires@cerf.net (finger for CSOTW) ]
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Oh boy, this one is this one is this one. I thought it was a
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a neat thing to look at, have fun.
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File - $
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>From: hydra@news.delphi.com (HYDRA@DELPHI.COM)
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Subject: Attention suffocating masses [resist]
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Repost this everywhere, print this, distribute FREELY.
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When was the last time you thought? weeks. We are being swept
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away by truth and reality (theirs). We are suppressed by -them-
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WEyou ARE SUFFOCATING.
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they define your reality, BUT NOT IF YOU DEFINE IT FIRST.
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they can't allow you to learn and think freely, if you did YOU
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MIGHT REALIZE SOMETHING -THEY- DIDN'T THINK OF. You posses all
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knowledge, but it must be realized.
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Then it gets more COMPLEX. The media floods our minds with
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mixed images, throwing us into confusion and submission.
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Killing us with information overload, to much to see and
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consider we forget to look at the purpose.
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TELEVISION[media] FLOODS[poisons] OUR MINDS WITH MIXED IMAGES,
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THROWING US INTO[under] CONFUSION[control] AND SUBMISSION[control].
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KILLING US WITH INFORMATION OVERLOAD, TO MUCH TO SEE AND
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CONSIDER, WE FORGET[_are_not_allowed_] TO LOOK AT THE MOST SIMPLE THINGS.
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THE WEAK FALL... BUT YOU MUST [NOT]not[NOT] DRINK FROM THEY'RE
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STREAM[OF INFORMATION]. GENERATE YOUR OWN [simple] SPIRTUALLITY AND
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BUILD FROM IT YOUR OWN [complex] REALITY. DEFINE YOUR OWN
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MORALS AND BELIEFS, DON'T LET THEM FEED YOU THEIRS. YOU MUST
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THINK BRIGHT AND BURN FREE. DESTORY THAT WHICH POISONS THE
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STREAM, STRIVE FOR YOUR OWN REALITY AND FIND OTHERS WHO CAME
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TO THE SAME CONCLUSION.
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generate religions, don't follow them .
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[GENERATE RELIGIONS, DON'T FOLLOW THEM].
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generate religions, don't follow them .
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[[[And back to REALITYreality]]] they supress your ability to
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think. This isn't a lack of freedom of speach or expression,
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it is a suffocation of individualism at it's root: spirtuallity,
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reality, consciousness. FLY FREE FROM THE BONDS OF REALITY
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and drift in the seas of isolated thought.
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think bright, burn free.
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THERE IS TO MUCH INFORMATION.
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destroy and rebuild, LIFE IS OUTDATED.
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deny religion it's foothold on your mind.
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YELL OUT YOUR VIEWS. CONVERT EVERYONE.
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form sects of like mind.
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ISOLATE SUFFOCATION AND DESTROY IT.
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above all.
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RESIST
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POBox 5356
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Louisville, Ky
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40205.
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Send a SASE or two stamps for more.
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As a matter of fact, send as many as you can (stamps and SASEs).
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[we have alot to say]
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food for the mind, freedom of suffocation.
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to much information, to little time,
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define your own reality.
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The revolution has begun, and it concerns everything and
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everyone.
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A movement passes, this will not.
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. [ r e s i s t ] . M r H a n d s . 1 9 9 3 . [ r e s i s t ] .
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Subject: Computers Freedom and Privacy '94, Chi. Mar 23-26
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COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY '94
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Conference Announcement
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Scholarships, Writing Competition Notice
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23-26 March 1994, Chicago, Il.
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The fourth annual conference, "Computers, Freedom, and
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Privacy," (CFP'94) will be held in Chicago, Il., March 23-26, 1994.
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The conference is hosted by The John Marshall Law School; George B.
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Trubow, professor of law and director of the Center for Informatics
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Law at John Marshall, is general chair of the conference. The
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program is sponsored jointly by these Association for Computing
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Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Groups: Communications (SIGCOMM);
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Computers and Society (SIGCAS); Security, Audit and Control
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(SIGSAC).
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The advance of computer and communications technologies holds
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great promise for individuals and society. From conveniences for
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consumers and efficiencies in commerce to improved public health
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and safety and increased participation in government and community,
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these technologies are fundamentally transforming our environment
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and our lives.
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At the same time, these technologies present challenges to the
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idea of a free and open society. Personal privacy and corporate
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security is at risk from invasions by high-tech surveillance and
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monitoring; a myriad of personal information data bases expose
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private life to constant scrutiny; new forms of illegal activity
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may threaten the traditional barriers between citizen and state and
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present new tests of Constitutional protection; geographic
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boundaries of state and nation may be recast by information
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exchange that knows no boundaries in global data networks.
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CFP'94 will assemble experts, advocates and interest groups
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from diverse perspectives and disciplines to consider freedom and
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privacy in today's Information Society. Tutorials will be offered
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on March 23, 1994, from 9:00 a.m. - noon and 2:00 - 500 p.m. The
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conference program is Thursday, March 24, through Saturday, March
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26, 1994, and will examine the potential benefits and burdens of
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new information and communications technologies and consider ways
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in which society can enjoy the benefits while minimizing negative
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implications.
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STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
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Full time college or graduate students may enter the student
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paper competition. Papers must not exceed 3000 words and should
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address the impact of computer and telecommunications technologies
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on freedom and privacy in society. Winners will receive financial
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support to attend the conference and present their papers. All
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papers should be submitted by December 15, 1993, (either as
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straight text via e-mail or 6 printed copies) to: Prof. Eugene
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Spafford, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West
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Lafeyette, IN 47907-2004. E-Mail: spaf@cs.purdue.edu; Voice:
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317-494-7825
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SCHOLARSHIPS
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The Chair for scholarships is Prof. James Thomas, Dept. of
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Sociology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. 60115-2854
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(email: tk0jut1@mvs.cso.niu.edu). Scholarships will cover only the
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cost of the registration fee, which includes 3 luncheons, 2
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receptions, 2 dinners and conference materials.
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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Registration fees are as follows:
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If paid by: 1/31/94 3/15/94 4/23/94
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Early Regular Late
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Tutorial $145 $175 $210
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Conference 315 370 420
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NOTE: ACM members (give membership number) and John Marshall Alumni
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(give graduation date) receive a $10 discount from Tutorial and $15
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discount from Conference fees.
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: Inquiries regarding registration should be
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directed to RoseMarie Knight, Registration Chair, at the JMLS
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address above; her voice number is 312-987-1420; E-mail,
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6rknight@jmls.edu.
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CONFERENCE INFORMATION: Communications regarding the conference
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should be sent to: CFP'94, The John Marshall Law School, 315 S.
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Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL 60604-3907
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(Voice: 312-987-1419; Fax: 312-427-8307; E-mail: CFP94@jmls.edu)
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ROOM RESERVATIONS: The Palmer House Hilton, located in Chicago's
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"loop," and only about a block from The John Marshall Law School,
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is the conference headquarters. Room reservations only should be
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made directly with the hotel, mentioning "CFP'94" to get the
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special conference rate of $99.00, plus tax. (17 E. Monroe.,
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Chicago, Il., 60603, Tel: 312-726-7500; 1-800-HILTONS; Fax
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312-263-2556)
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NOTE: More specific information about conference program
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content will be available December 1, 1993.
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George B. Trubow, Professor of Law
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Director, Center for Informatics Law
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The John Marshall Law School
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315 S. Plymouth Ct.
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Chicago, IL 60604-3907
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Fax: 312-427-8307; Voice: 312-987-1445
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E-mail: 7trubow@jmls.edu
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December 1st, 1993
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Super model Claudia Schiffer is most likely not aware of the Internet
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and all of its possibilities. Penthouse magazine might have heard
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of the Internet, but probably has not given it much thought.
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Claudia had her pictures taken when she was partying off the coast
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of France on a boat with Peter Gabriel. Everyone was having a good
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time on the boat and Claudia decided to take her bikini top off and
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get some sun. A curious sole with a camera took several pictures of
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her and now she will be appearing in the December 1993 Penthouse.
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Claudia probably knows this and is not happy. I wonder how happy she
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would be if she knew these pictures have been available on the Net
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for quite some time now.
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A simple browse through the right section of USENET and you will
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find these shots popping up from time to time. There are a steady
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stream of celebrity photos that appear on the Net/USENET and they
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come from all over the world. The day is here when it is hard for a
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good newsman can get the story (or photos!) out in print before it is
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available on the Internet.
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o-o-o-o
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Recently in the Chicago Illinois Online/BBS community a string of
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events have occurred that caused the Association of Software
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Professionals (ASP) to put out a nation wide warning. It seems that
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someone has been contacting various ASP sanctioned BBS's and
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identifying themselves as a representative of the ASP. This person
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is requesting full and unrestricted access to these boards so that
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they can do a 'system file check'. Once access is granted they
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proceed to leech every file they can get. One BBS was hit for 310
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ZIP files.
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According to Richard Holler , ASP BBS Membership Chairman , the person
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logs on as 'ASP Overlooker' and uses the ASP logo as their online
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signature. Richard also said that the person has not done anything
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malicious or harmful, but only seems to want to bypass the validation
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and subscription fees common with ASP boards. According to the
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Chairman, ASP does not conduct searches or have anyone authorized to
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do so at this time.
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o-o-o-o
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=- I want my MTV.COM! -=
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That is what over 1,700 Internet users have been saying. MTV.COM is
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a recent entry into Cyberspace that has drawn a lot of attention from
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the online community. Accessing it is as simple as telneting to
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MTV.COM and following the menus.
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Adam Curry is the force behind this new online service and he is providing
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it with his own resources. MTV Corporate is aware and supportive of him
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but will not officially support the online service as of yet. There
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are some other online services that are trying to get MTV to go
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online. The Imagination Network (Sierra Online Network) has been
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knocking on MTV's door for a while, but nothing has come of it as of
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yet.
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Adam sends out a daily newsletter called 'CyberSleaze' that can be
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sent directly to your Email account. It is full of the latest gossip
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about the music industry and the people in it. When I say latest I
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mean the VERY latest. Adam provides information that never makes it the
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mainstream publications until much later. As with the Claudia
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Shiffer pictures, you cannot beat the Internet to the presses.
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o-o-o-o
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Just to confirm the report in the last issue of BandWidth, Sprint
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has officially canceled new memberships to PC Pursuit. They are
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closing it down as soon as possible.
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Last time I mentioned that PC Pursuit was a way for BBS callers to call
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other states without incurring long distance charges, and also
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discouraging illegal use of Sprints long distance network. PC
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Pursuit was started in the 1980's when analog phone technology made
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it sometimes hard to trace a phone phreak. We are now living in the
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Digital age and most phone systems are now on digital networks.
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Tracing calls are no problem. I guess Sprint decided they did not
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have to discourage phone phreaks anymore now that they can trace the
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illegal calls and prosecute.
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o-o-o-o
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Comments or questions?
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Send Internet Email to:
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StevenBaker@Delphi.Com
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Steven.Baker@AtomicCafe.Com
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NetHackR@Cris.Com
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Or Voice Mail (BellMail) to:
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713-783-1200 Box #7890343
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This has been BandWidth for December 1st, 1993
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(c) 1993 Steven Baker
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-----------------NEXT ISSUE WILL BE OUT BY DECEMBER 13th--------------------
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I would like some more Sci-Fi. If you write it, send it.
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Billy Biggs Ottawa, Canada "When all else fails,
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ae687@Freenet.carleton.ca read the instructions"
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