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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* REMOVED: 9 JUL 83 ****************************
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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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4 ************************************************************
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5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON
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6 THIS SYSTEM.
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7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned
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8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public.
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9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system.
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10 It is intended that the system be normally used for messages and
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11 advertisments by the users. As the system is privatly owned, I retain the
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12 right to remove any and all messages which I may find offensive
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13 to me. Additionally because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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14 periodically purged of older messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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15 The saved information will be cycled to drive 'B' while the information on
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16 drive 'B' will be archived, and a fresh disk will be installed in drive 'A'.
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17 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out
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18 of the enter mode. The message is automaticly stored.
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19 If after entering the message you find you made a mistake,
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20 use the replace command to replace the line.
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21 To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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22 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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23 ========================================
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24
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25 GOLLY, A NEW DISK?=========================================
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26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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27 YEP! ANOTHER BLANK EXPANSE STARING AT US. HOPE WE CAN USE IT TO GOOD
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28 ADVANTAGE. NEED SOME REALLY CONTRAVERSIAL STUFF FOR A CHANGE.
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29 HOW ABOUT THE "DEBATE-GATE" ISSUE? REAGAN CLAIMS THSAT HE HAD NO IDEA THAT
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30 THE NOTES HE HAD WERE FROM CARTER, I WONDER WHAT THE HELL HE THOUGHT THEY
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31 WERE AND IF TRULY HE DIDN'T KNOW, THEN WHAT THE HELL IS A STUPID MAN LIKE
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32 THAT DOING IN THE WHITE HOUSE ANYWAY: GUESS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CASE
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33 OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING DUPED BY THOSE WITH THE MEGA-BUCKS TO BELIEVE
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34 ANYTHING AND EVEN VOTING FOR IT. WE COULD SURE USE SOME GOOD-OL-FASHIONED
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35 HONESTY BACK THERE IN D.C., TO SAY NOTHING OF RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
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36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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37 7/3/83-08:02:10
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38 THINK ABOUT IT THOUGH..."JUST ANOTHER DUMMY" COULD HAVE BEEN 4
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39 Y DOODY!!!
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40 *****************PHANTOM REPUBLICAN
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41 ---------
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42 If it took filching some notes to keep us from another four years of
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43 Carter, FINE! Do it with my complements!
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44 ---------
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45 JUST THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF GREAT INFLATION
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46 AND SUCH...ONLY ONE PROBLEM THOUGH WE STILL GOT THE STUPID
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47 UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM....BUT THAT WOULD HAVE COME ALONG ANYWAY
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48 WITH CARTER BUDDY.....I THINK REAGAN'S PEOPLE DID ALRIGHT...
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49 THEY SAVED US FROM CARTER...AND I COULDN'T VOTE IN 80...GEE...
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50 --------------PHANTOM REPUBLICAN
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51 ----------
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52 Who above dares to use my 10 "-"'s for header and footer! That
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53 is a trademark of TRON, not someone else!
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54
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55
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56 Tron
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57 ----------
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58 *************************************************
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59 To the Bruiser: your hypothesis on the good and evil of
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60 the nefarious playboy Buddy Rose has some merit of credibility
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61 when juxtapositioned with the likes of Darth Vader, and the
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62 evil emperor (boo hiss). Perhaps even with the leader of
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63 our country. (but all politicians are wiked). It only
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64 proves tthat all the world really needs is not love, but
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65 BILLIONS and BILLIONS of Carl Sagans...
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66 bye for now...
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67 +=+=+=+=Shibumi=+=+=+=+
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68 ***************************************
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69 Don't overlook the logic problem on DB, line 573......What is the BEST
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70 answer? Come back, B.A.D. Dave
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71 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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72 TO PHANTOM REPUBLICAN: WISH THERE WERE MORE OF YOU OUT THERE, "PHANTOMS" NOT
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73 REBULICANS: IF YOU THINK RONNY'S SO GREAT WHYT, I SUGGEST THAT THE LEVEL OF
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74 THIS COUNTRY'S VOTING PUBLIC ARE VERY ILL INNFORMED. BUT THEN WHAT CAN ONE
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75 EXPECT WITH ALL THE INFO WE GET COMING OUT OF MULTINATIONAL CORPS, THAT E
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76 EVADE PAYING THEIR TAXESS WHILE HIDING THEIR OBSENE PROFITS IN SWISS BANKS!!
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77
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78 **********************************************************************
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79 ##########################################################################
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80 IT ALL COMES BACK TO THE SAME BASIC PROBLEM WHEN WE START DISCUSSING
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81 THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN THIS COUNTRY.YOU HAVE SO MANY SPECIAL
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82 INTEREST GROUPS PUSHING AND PULLING FOR THEIR CAUSE THAT THE HOLE
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83 POINT OF "WE THE PEOPLE" ARE THE GOVERNMENT-EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET
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84 SCREWED IN THE END EXCEPT THE ONES WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO INSULATE THEM-
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85 SELFS FROM THE HOLE MESS.WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION STAND UP AND
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86 START USING SOME OF THE SENSE THEY WHERE BORN WITH AND THROW ALL THE
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87 STUFF THEY SEE ON T.V. AND THE NEWSPAPER OUT THE WINDOW-WE CAN ALL BE
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88 INVOLVED OR LET THE SMALL PERCENTAGE MAKE THE DICISIONS FOR US-I SEE
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89 IT JUST LIKE A CARD GAME AT THIS POINT-THE HAND IS GOING TO BE CALLED
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90 WE ALL SIT AROUND AND COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE B.S.-WILL LETS GET THE
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91 BALL ROLLING REAL FAST AND TO HECK WITH REAGAN AND HIS STUPID DEBATE
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92 PAPERS-THE DEBATE WAS B.S. ANYWAY-IT DIDN'T CHANGE A THING EXCEPT
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93 WASTE T.V. PROGRAMING WHEN WE COULD OF HAD A EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAN
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94 A BUNCH OF POLITICAL HYPE-THE SMALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRESIDENTS
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95 THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY LIFE TIME HASN'T BEEN GREAT-JUST A FEW MORE LINES
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96 OF BULL TO SATISFY THE MASSES-THEY SEEM TO EAT IT ALL UP-THE BIG NEW
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97 ONE THAT'S BEING USED IS----WILL THIS IS THE MESS "WE" THIS ADMINSTRATION
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98 CAME INTO OFFICE WITH AND USE IT TO SIDE STEP THE REAL PROBLEMS AT HAND
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99
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100
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101 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 O J KID333333333333333333333333
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102 OFF
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103 HI AT......ART I SD.......STILL CAN'T TYPE BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF
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104 I COULD SEND A MESSAGE................
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105
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106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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107 A man swathed in black robes confidently approaches
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108 the Inn. As he grows near he is puzzled by the
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109 growing din from within. He cautiously peers through
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110 the portal to see why this would be so. In dismay
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111 he finds no one of familar voice from within. As
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112 he continues his survey of the patrons within,
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113 he finaly spies the Innkeeper in the back at a
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114 small table in the corner, his head in his arms,
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115 fast asleep despite the din.
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116 The man in the black robes sadly turns away, for
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117 the Inn has changed and it is no longer companionable
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118 to him. As he slowly trudges back down the road to
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119 his abode. A single glistening tear falls to the
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120 ground in rememberance of that which once was.
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121 For as always, he is
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122 +++++++++ the believer ++++ 4 July 1983 ++++ 11:00 AM +++++
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123
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124 -----
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125 Mayhaps one with soothing tones shall comfort him?
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126 -----
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127 ----------
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128 Reagan's idea about the MX missile (densepac
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129 I thought was a stupid idea. TThere is absolutely no way to win
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130 a nuclear war. In effect, he was saying that if they fired missiles
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131 at us, we'd fire them right back. So, the only alternative is to
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132 totally inihalate ourselves, which in turn, screws us up from
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133 living any longer. Why don't we just deploy all of our missiles
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134 into space and forget about it?
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135
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136
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137 Tron
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138 ----------
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139 ----------
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140 Perhaps they don't believe that destroying the enemy
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141 is suicide!
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142 ----------
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143 ---------- Max Grody
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144 ---------
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145 Tron, I'm only using nine "-"s. Count'em, nine!!! Heh heh.
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146 ---------
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147 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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148 does the Dragon Lady reside here?
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149
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150 Aaron
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151 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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152
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153 *******************************************************
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154 Yes, Indeed the Lady of Dragons does often pass through
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155 this Inn. Perhaps if you call gently and wait patiently
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156 she will answer. Have a stought heart for she is a kind
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157 and gentle being and will speak with those of like mind
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158 fear not! But you must speak or she can't hear you call
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159 ***** CISTOP MIKEY ***** 9:33PM **** 4 JULY 83 ********
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160 P.S. HAPPY FOURTH!
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161 *******************************************************
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162 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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163 Dragon Lady:
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164 I have read of your plight on
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165 CBBS/NW,and I sympathize with you;I
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166 too would like to enter the mystical
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167 world of pseudonymology.I had seen
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168 references of "fantasy" in your dialog
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169 ,do you travese the planes of AD+D,or
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170 perchance the SCA? Note that this is
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171 my second trek into BWMS,please forgive
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172 my clumsiness.I am, (really!) Aaron
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173 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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174 TO ALL THOSE DEMOCRATS...HERE'S WHAT I THINK OF YOU.... IF IT
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175 WASN'T FOR ALL THE SOCAIL SPENDING THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE...
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176 1) SOCAIL SECURITY TO THOSE NOT OVER 65 (LIKE PAYING KIDS
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177 TO GO TO COLLEGE ON SS)
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178 2) WELFARE TO THOSE WHO ARE SO STUPID THEY CONTINUOUSLY GET
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179 PREGNANT (WOMEN ONLY). THIS I SEE AS THE ONLY REASON
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180 FOR PUBLIC PAID ABORTIONS AND/OR HYSTERECTOMIES
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181 3) MONEY FOR PET PROGRAMS (LIKE THE STUDY OF WILD TASMANIAN
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182 WOMBAT MATING HABITS).
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183 4) MONIES ALLOCATED FOR CONGRESSIONAL PAY RAISES (MOSTLY
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184 DEMOCRATIC SPONSERED MEASURES), AND FOR NIFTY LITTLE
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185 TRIPS TO FAR OUT OF THE WAY PLACES LIKE EL SALVADOR AND
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186 OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU COULD GET YOUR 'BALLS' BLOWN OFF.
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187
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188 IN GENERAL YOU GUYS NEED YOUR HEADS WASHED OUT WITH TIDE!
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189 ----------PHANTOM REPUBLICAN
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190 ^^^^^^^^^^NOTE THE 10 '-'S! WHO CARES WHOSE TRADEMARK THEY ARE!
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191 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 05 Jul 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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192 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02:06 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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193 The gates open abruptly; the girl, in startled reaction, hastens into
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194 their shadow to let the boisterous crowd pass. One spies her, and with a
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195 hoot of derisive laughter, makes a mock bow and continues on his way,
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196 roaring. Flushed with anger at this discourtesy, she does not favor him
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197 with a word. She takes a resolute step away from the still-open doorway,
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198 but a voice calls her name, spoken mildly and respectfully, and extends an
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199 invitation. A hesitant smile crosses her face, and she opens her mouth as
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200 if to speak to the stranger...but she seems inexplictably unsure of how to
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201 respond. He pauses, watching her, melding amiably with the crowd when she
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202 does not answer. So she lingers, a hand gingerly resting on the open door,
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203 to observe distant figures make their approach. A black-berobed gentleman
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204 looks somewhat familiar, and the girl shades her eyes the more intently to
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205 peer at him. "Could it be...?" she murmers, noting his aghast reaction to
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206 the speech floating out so loudly from the Inn. She unconsciously takes
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207 another step from behind the door, upon which a livery boy from the Inn
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208 notices her. The child comes running, to breathlessly report: "A fellow
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209 named Aaron has been seeking you, my Lady. Shall I bring a message back
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210 to him?" At this she smiles, and tousles the child's hair. "You may..."
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211 she replies slowly. "It seems my friends are indeed here! Tell the Keeper
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212 of the Inn, and Aaron, that I come to sup here this evening. And would
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213 you be so gracious as to tell the Believer that he is missed in the quiet
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214 corners of the Inn?" "I will, my Lady!" he cried out as he tore off to
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215 the Backwater Inn...upon which the girl loosened her cloak, and followed.
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216 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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217 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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218 as I try to identify my wampeter(s),
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219 and seek out members of my karass,
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220 I am reminded that the hidden
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221 is oft in plain sight,
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222 and the subtle oft the most
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223 significant.
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224
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225 Therefore,I would suggest the hidden
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226 and subtle. Aaron
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227 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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228 Possibly the report on wild Tasmanian
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229 wombat mating habits was to be applied
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230 to low-income federaly supported
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231 birth control. Aa
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232 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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233 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++TO PHANTOM REPUBLICAN AND OTHERS OF
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234 THAT "MIND?"
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235
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236 YOU SEEM TO FORGET THAT THE BIGGEST ABBUSERS OF THE SYSTEM ARE THE BIG BU
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237 BUSINESS CONCERNS. EXXON, MOBIL, DOW, CHASE MANHATTAN & CITICORP,
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238 TO NAME JUST A FEW THAT PAY NO TAXES AT ALL AND STILL EXPECT ALL THE PRO
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239 PROTECTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR OPPERATIONS ON FOREIGN SOIL, WHILE
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240 THEY ARE EXPORTING JOBS AND BANK ACCOUNTS OVERSEAS.
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241 AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THE TAXES I PAY SHOULD STAY HERE AND HELP OUR OWN
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242 BEFORE WE SPEND BILLIONS TO SUPPORT SLAVE LABOR IN CENTRAL AMERICA OR ANY
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243 PLACE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. PERHAPS YOU CAN ANSWER A SMALL QUESTION, WHY DO
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244 WE NOT SEE BREAD LINES WHEN THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN? SEEMS EVERY TIME WE ELECT
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245 A REPUBLICAN WE GO INTO RECESSION (DEPRESSION)IE HOOVER, EISENHOWER,NIXON,
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246 FAND NOW "RONNY BABY".
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247 I'D
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248 I'D SURE RATHER HAVE SOME INFLATION WITH A JOB THAN STARVATION AND
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249 NO JOBS!!! BUT THEN ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS YOUR OWN TO HECK
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250 WITH EVERYONE ELSE!!
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251 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++A DE+
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252 A ROOSEVELT DEMOCRAT AND PROUD OF IT
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253
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254 ----------
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255 To max,
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256 Okay, I apologize for coming down so hard on you. Just like
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257 to keep my gounds.....
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258 To Phantom Republican (Democrat),
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259 I wasn't talking to you. You put your name after the 10 dashes
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260 which signifies that you are NOT Tron.
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261
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262 Tron
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263 -----------
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264 Dave? Dave Morgan? I thought you never called this system!!!!
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265 -----------
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266 To My Roosevelt Democrat Friend....
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267 Sure old FDR did a few good things, but all those good things
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268 did not bring the US economy out of the depression of the 30's,
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269 it was World War II. Sure we got out of the depression, the
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270 hard way..... Just think, if MRonny didn't start the current
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271 troubles...they started in 77 &78. Give the Republicans 30
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272 years control of house/senate and then we can make a judgement.
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273
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274 Sure criticize Nixon for Watergate, and Reagan for Debate-
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275 gate...I personally think that we should lock Nixon up and
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276 throw away the key....but not for Watergate, but for STUPIDITY!!
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277 Nixon will still go down as one of our best presidents...
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278
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279 Oh well, mutter...mutter..., you'll see if a democrat gets
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280 elected in 84!
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281 ----------The Phantom Repubblican 5-jul-83
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282 MOONY LIVES!
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283 ---
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284 THE GOOB WANTS THE DARK SIDE!!!
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285 ---
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286
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287
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288 MY NAME IS MARTY I LIKE TO PARTY AND ILIKE
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289 ??????????????????????????????????????
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290 As for poitics:
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291 If all the hot air blown by the poiticians over economics was used, we
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292 could put Woops back on line, with windmils, but the sad truth is they
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293 have almost no control over the economy. They can hurt it, but help it?
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294 The record sholws otherwise (and this goes for both D____ and R____.)
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295 I must agree with the comment about "give --- 30 years" because it is
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296 possible that any "economic policy" would work in time: or, in other
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297 words, given time we could work around it. One of the killers of the
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298 economy is uncertainty, and we get plenty of this, every time we seem to
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299 have a little trouble, change something. How can a person, or a company
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300 plan for the future if he cant't know what it will be? Not that any
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301 change, whatever it is will help somebody, but hurt some one else; the
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302 game is to try to help your friends. The US would probably run better if
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303 we shot every politician after 5 years of politics, and everyone involved
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304 supporting him (a lot of power is never seen publicly, it's in the back.)
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305 However, the US isn't alone, and the rest of the world would step in when
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306 we were headless, and that means you-know-who. We need professional
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307 ploiticians.
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308 Now, how do we make government more useful to us, the citizens? Don't say
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309 get more political, that is what we are trying to get away from!
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310 1. Require totally carrying out of all campaign promises.
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311 2. Make this part of his pay: anything not done is not payed for.
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312 3. Subtract from his pay twice what he makes outside of government, in
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313 any form, including trusts, increase in value of his property, lecture
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314 payments, etc.
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315 4. We are now at a point wher we can actually ask the
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316 people what they want, by electronic means, and get this to the pols fast
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317 enough for them to use the data. We don't need them to take surveys, just
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318 tell them directly. Unfortunately, this requires the teller to know what
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319 is going on; if the experts (politicians and their staff0 don't know, what
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320 is the chance that the man in the street would? Not a lot.
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321 5. In that pamphlet that the state sends out, giving each candidates claims,
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322 include a section where each one gives 5 issues, and each candidate must
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323 answer these, and the same from all others candidates. And include the
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324 voting record of each, if he has one. Maybe we could find out who to vote
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325 for.
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326 6. Make any lies in a campaign automatic disqualification.
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327 ///////////////B.A.D.
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328 In the question of the jail: If you take all the alluded hint as facts,
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329 then only one combination works, but facts in jails are not usually true,
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330 so unless strictly stated, can not be used as such, leaving much open.
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331 Therefore, there is no "correct", or even, to his possible rescuer,
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332 useful answer, since an error would probably land her there too. Don't
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333 ask for the best: of 10 wrong answers, which is best? Easy:none.
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334 Logic only applies to data. GIGO.
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335 ////////////////////////////////B.A.D.\\\\\\\\\\\\
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336 ...............................
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337 In his advanced Theory of Knowledge class at the Academy, that
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338 good ol' Professor Plato taught that for every material object on the planet
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339 (including the planet itself) there existed in a far off heaven-like realm
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340 a perfect IDEA of that particular thing that was eternal, incorruptible,
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341 immaterial, and (I'm extrapolating here) non-carcinogenic, rust proof, and
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342 warranted for life! Furthermore, these IDEAS are somehow more real than thei
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343 manifestations on Earth, which are just shadowy reproductions with the quali
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344 of a xeroxed Mona Lisa!
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345 This concept of a supreme deity being portrayed as THE GREAT XEROX
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346 OPERATOR,
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347 who not only runs off copies, but imperfect and faded copies at that,
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348 caused me considerable personal anguish, not to mention raising some most
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349 disturbing cosmological & theological questions:
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350 Are the original IDEAS copyrighted? And if they are, by Whom? And for
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351 what duration of time ?(eternity?)
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352 Who gets the royalty payments for the reproduced material?
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353 Who (or what) built the Xerox Machine-in-the-Sky?
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354 And, by implication, was it always there ad infinitum, or was it built
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355 ex nihilo?
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356 Who services the Machine when it breaks down? (Or runs out of fluid?)
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357 And, by extension, who pays for these charges, or are they "taken care
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358 of"?, and to whom?
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359 Does God own the machine outright, or does he lease it?
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360 **** Peter Paycheck ***
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361 Ripped of from the May 1982 Creative Computing
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362 ..............................................................
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363
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364 ----------
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365 Ah! that "Dilitantte" doth fear to engage in debate with someone having
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366 things to say, preferring to remain engaged in idle chatter and
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367 meaninless banalities!
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368 ---------
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369 --------- Max Grody
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370 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 05 Jul 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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371 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 19:03 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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372 What would you say to the Dilettante, O Grody? She finds no pleasure
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373 in vicious battle. What end is there in that, but wounds on both sides?
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374 Aaron Riddlespeaker, refresh your throat with good ale--I would hear
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375 your tale and meet your friends. What subtle thing do you wish to reveal?
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376 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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377 (((((((((((((((((((((((07/05/83))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
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378
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379 TO: Bob From:Art
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380
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381 Recieved your most important message.
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382
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383 )))))))))))))))))))))))))(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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384 ***************************************************************
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385 Idle chatter? Ahh, what is idle chatter? Speaking of things
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386 which are in the past and saying how great it would be if
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387 they were different. This I would call idle chatter! Come..
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388 speak of the future not of the past. Remember, tomorrow is
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389 the first day of the rest of your life. Do not worry about
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390 changing those things you cannot. Instead strive to do
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391 those things you are able. Be true to yourself!
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392 *** CISTOP MIKEY JUST A BIT MIFFED *** 5 JUN 83 *** 11:00 PM ***
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393 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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394 the ale is good,and my head is
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395 clearing.many questions to ask,many
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396 not to,yet some that
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397 are pressing theselves to my tongue are:
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398 What is the control character in
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399 line 376 that acts mercilessly towards
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400 my terminal?What is a Cistop,Mikey?Why
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401 does everyone think in such a negative
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402 fashion whenever "San Fran" is mentioned?(DL?)The place is not entirely
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403 populated with subjects for a new
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404 Masters&Johnson monograph.
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405 17 and confused
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406 Aaron
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407 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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409 $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
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410 Boo! I'm new! Are thee ready to accept a new tenant to thoust inn?
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411 Do thee have any room for a FEMALE??!!
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412 LORI $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
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413 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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414 I ALWAYS have room for females,I
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415 think it is safe to assume that 90%
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416 of the others users feel the same.
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417 Watch out for black-berobed men,though
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418 Aaron
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419 <><><><><><><><>02:40 am,jul 6<><><><><>
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420 no insult intended,Believer
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421 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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424 mikey mikey i tried to turn lf on and off i tried to turn control char
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425 on and off but i still get all this stuff on one line
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426 wcum?????
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427 howcum??? BIll Marx
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428
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429 ][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][LL
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430 LET US BRING UP SOME "REAL" ARGUMENTS
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431 OTHER THAN THEIS IDLE TALK ABOUT POLITICS
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432 LONG PAST. WHAT DO YOU SAY WE GET INTO
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433 SOME REALLY HEAVY DISCUSSION,?
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434 HOW ABOUT WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE
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435 MANUFACTURERS OF "NEW" COMPUTERS THAT
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436 ARE REALLY "GOOD". ALL WE SEE ON THE
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437 MARKET THESE DAYS ARE EITHER COPIES OF
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438 MACHINES ALREADY ONBEING SOLD, OR NEWER
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439 COMPUTERS THAT ARE JUST JUNK!
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440 WHAT ABOUT THE CORPORATIONS WHO USED
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441 TO MANUFACTURE GOOD EQUIPTTMENT, BUT
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442 HAVE TURNED INTO SELLERS OF GARBAGE.
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443 FIRST SINCLAIR MARKETED A COMPUTER
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444 THAT WAS VERY LOW COST, THEN THEY LET
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445 TIMEX PRODUCE IT EVEN CHEAPER, AND LOOK
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446 WHAT IT TURNED OUT AS...JUNK!
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447 WHO CAN TYPE ON A KEYBOARD THE SIZE OF
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448 A WALLET? APPLE FIRST CAME OUT WITH
|
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449 A FAIRLY GOOD COMPUTER, BUT THEY REALLY
|
||
450 NEVER MADE ANY GOOD IMPROVEMENTS, SO
|
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451 EVENTUALLY THEY CAME OUT WITH THE IIE.
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452 WHAT IS THIS COMPUTER BUT A CHEAPER
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453 REPLICATION OF THE FIRST WITH ITS CHIPS
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454 MOVED AROUND? IT DOESN'T EVEN RUN ALL
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455 OF THE ]['S SOFTWARE.
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456 I THINK THAT THE COMPUTER MARKET IS
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457 GOING DOWN THE DRAIN. THERE ARE
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458 A FEW COMPANYS THAT REMAIN SOLID
|
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459 HOWEVER. (LUCKY FOR US!)
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460
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461 [][][[][][][][][ BIT BYTER [][][][][][][]
|
||
462 **********'''````********
|
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463
|
||
464 IN REVIEWING THIS SYSTEM FOR THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE OBSERVED SOME
|
||
465 VERY INTERESTING PHENOMENA CONCERNING THE USERS. (OF COURSE, WHAT OTHER
|
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466 PHENOMENA ARE THERE ?)
|
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467 FIRST, it seems as though there are those who simply try to beat
|
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468 a dead horse. That is, they either dwell in a fantasy world of
|
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469
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470
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471
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472 ####################
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473 K.L. ARE YOU STILL TESTING TERMINALS
|
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474 ON BWMS.? IF SO , THEN HI TO YOU .
|
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475
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476
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477 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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478
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479 To: Lori
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480
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481 Yes, we Do have LOTS of room for Females here. In fact, the
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482 guys are usually more boring that Females are.
|
||
483 I'm called TRON. Call me that from now on. What kinda terminal
|
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484 are you using? Just curious.... I met a girl skating once and
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485 just wondered if it was you. Her name was Lori also.
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||
486
|
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487 14 and miffed....
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488 TRON
|
||
489 ----------
|
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490 HAas anyone heard the song "EWOK Celebration" by MECO? If so,
|
||
491 waddya think of it?
|
||
492 ----------
|
||
493 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
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494 re:Dead Horses
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495 if you don't like it,leave it,change
|
||
496 it,or ignore it,and if you still
|
||
497 feel that some of us are lost in
|
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498 a land of fantasy
|
||
499 Take thee a sword of good strength
|
||
500 and fine temper,and sever that which
|
||
501 fetters thee,thine cord of life
|
||
502 of wizard Bell design.
|
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503
|
||
504 No,but seriously,one cannot judge the
|
||
505 relative merits of a medium such as
|
||
506 BW (nor the mental condition of it's
|
||
507 users,for that matter),by examining
|
||
508 the content(or apparent lack of it!)
|
||
509 of the information exchanged there.
|
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510 In the end,the justification for ANY
|
||
511 medium lays in the effect on the
|
||
512 users,and as long information is
|
||
513 exchanged,a mingling of minds,a chance
|
||
514 for an insight into the condition of
|
||
515 the fellow inhabitants of spaceship
|
||
516 earth exists,and in the end,isn't
|
||
517 this enough????????
|
||
518 Aaron
|
||
519 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
|
||
521 -----=====-----
|
||
522 HELLO---FIRST TIME ON SYSTEM. JUST TRYING TO ENTER A MEsSAGE WITH NULL
|
||
523 NULL TO SAY. NAME IS DAVE, ALIAS SINGLE GUY (ON COMPUSERVE). QUESTION
|
||
524 QUESTION--HOW DO I LOAD ,OR RATHER DOWNLOAD PROGRAMS INTO
|
||
525 MY APPLE. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
|
||
526 THANKS---DAVE
|
||
527 NOW HOW DO I GET OUT OF "ENTER"???
|
||
528 OFF
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||
529
|
||
530
|
||
531 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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||
532 TO: ANY VIC USERS (64 OR 20)
|
||
533
|
||
534 FROM: ERIK ROGERS RE:GOOD NEWS!
|
||
535
|
||
536 IF ANY OF YOU OUT THERE ARE CURRENTLY
|
||
537 USING VIC-20'S OR 64'S THEN I HAVE SOME
|
||
538 GOOD NEWS. I HAVE A TERMINAL PROGRAM
|
||
539 THAT I HAVE JUST ABOUT COMPLETED THAT
|
||
540 WILL UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD, STORE/RETRIEVE
|
||
541 INFORMATION TO/FROM TAPE OR DISK,
|
||
542 STREAM MEMORY TO YOUR MODEM, ETC.
|
||
543 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, CHECK OUT THE
|
||
544 BIT BUCKET, I HAVE LEFT THREE
|
||
545 CONSECUTIVE MESSAGES ABOUT IT TO VIC
|
||
546 USERS WHERE I HAVE DESCRIBED IT IN
|
||
547 DETAIL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
|
||
548 OBTAINING A COPY AFTER IT HAS BEEN
|
||
549 TOTALLY TESTED AND REFINED, LEAVE ME
|
||
550 A MESSAGE ON THE BIT BUCKET AND I WILL
|
||
551 GET A COPY TO YOU WHEN IT IS DONE.
|
||
552
|
||
553 PS. I WILL LEAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE
|
||
554 BIT BUCKET WHEN IT IS TOTALLY
|
||
555 FINISHED.
|
||
556
|
||
557 ===ERIK===
|
||
558
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||
559 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|
||
560 -----
|
||
561 Like totally!
|
||
562 -----
|
||
563 ----------
|
||
564 The "conversation" in this inn is no debate or real conversation-
|
||
565 There is no real presentation of ideas or meeting of minds,
|
||
566 only the idle chatter, and manipulative word-play found
|
||
567 extensivly in cocktail parties. One could easily find these same
|
||
568 words and "conversations" at such a cocktail party.
|
||
569 ----------
|
||
570 ---------- Max Grody
|
||
571 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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572 To Mike Day Fm Adam Trent Sj Deadly Handshake in AMODEM
|
||
573 Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try next time I hook the KAYPRO
|
||
574 up to the 8 in. system (within a couple weeks). I'll let you know
|
||
575 the results. I re-read the DOC file on AMODEM and just
|
||
576 discovered the CTRL-Y flips me in and out of console logging to the
|
||
577 T file. NEATO! Didn't know this before--was using MAKE, CLOSE before.
|
||
578 What other golden nuggets will time uncover?
|
||
579 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$06jul83-2109 - Adam Trent$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
|
||
580 $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
|
||
581 To: Tron From: Lori Re: Skating
|
||
582 So, we may have met at a roller rink? How long ago did this happen?
|
||
583 Why are you miffed? Did the female do something...?!!
|
||
584
|
||
585 To: Aaron From: Lori Re: Black-berobed men
|
||
586 May I perhaps ask why to beware? Glad to know that someone (well,
|
||
587 more than one) willingly accepts me into gracious service of their
|
||
588 gentle abode. LORI
|
||
589 $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$ |||| $$$$
|
||
590 It's 1:00AM and I just got home I think I'll go crash in my bed....
|
||
591 *** 7 JULY 83 *** CISTOP MIKEY ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
|
||
592 df
|
||
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