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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 *********************** REMOVED: 4 MAR 84 ******************
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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
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6 PLACED ON 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. As the system is
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10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which
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11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be
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12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved)
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13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the
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14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the
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15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace
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16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up.
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17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18 ************************************************************
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19
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20 Oh wow, I guess the system CRASHED. I will try to boggle you for now.
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21 First, my name is Frizbee. I live in beaverton. I am what you would
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22 call the new kid on the block. I would like to introduc myself to you all.
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23 I just got this number and a few others like it. (although i've had a
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24 modem for some time, I only had a few cheap #'s to call)
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25 I was just on the computer before it CRASHED (I don't know if it crashed,
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26 I just can't find any listings)
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27 I'd just like to say HI to 'GRAY' and a special HI to the richest man
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28 in the world, one most of you know..............BO
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29 Well, it's way past my bedtime (12:22:31 AM) so I'd best be off. (I'not
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30 actually from beaverton, nor the EARTH, I'm from the planet GLEEB)
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31 I'll tell you guys about nmy adventures later, and I've got lots to
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32 tell.
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33 so I leave you with the most infamous English saying today............
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34 WHERE'S THE BEEF!!!
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35 goodbye.................................................Frizbee
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36 Dear Friz:
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37 The system didn't crash, the Sysop just changed the newspaper on the
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38 bottom of our cage. To see the old paper, just type "DB". To get back
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39 here, type "DA". And don't forget to wear your lead undies, the Russians
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40 are beaming us, you know. They've got all the beef, too.
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41 Deer Abby
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42 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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43 Looking around the back room, the piper tried to
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44 take count. "Is this everyone who is going to seek the Wizard?"
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45 As she entered, he turned to Lynn, "Lassie, I dinna ken... Oops!" he
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46 put his hand over his mouth, then waited a moment and asked respectfully,
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47 "M'am, as you are the leader of this expidition, could we confer as to
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48 our route, destination, and some alternate plans in case of disaster?
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49 IYou should also know of the limitations of the pipes, as they will be
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50 our main transport through the various realities."
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51 He held a chair for her as she sat at the table, and at her nod seated
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52 himself and began.
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53 "I am not entirely certain in what manner the pipes enable me and those
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54 around me to change their perception of reality. I simply know that the
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55 sustained sound of these pipes causes the cooperative perception of reality
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56 to become less secure. By careful concentration, I can easily change my
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57 personal perception of reality and move into the mundane world. With
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58 intense unopposed effort, I can make changes in the reality of the Inn.
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59 I have not experimented with the active aid and co-operation of others. I
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60 feel certain that we must agree upon our destination prior to embarking
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61 upon a trans-reality expedition, and as the transportation of the expedition
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62 ask that you regard me much as a hired capitan on a sailing vessel. I
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63 must be free to act without consultation in case of emergency -- a situation
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64 I shudder to contemplate. If this situation is acceptable to you and the
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65 others, I await your orders as master of this expedition."
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66 The piper bowed briefly to Lynn, then turned to the others.
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67 "If, indeed, this is to be the arraingement -- it must be with the full
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68 cooperation of everyone. If this is not satisfactory, for heaven's sake
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69 speak now. My instincts tell me that we must move and act as one. I cannot
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70 promise perfect judgement in transporting us, only the best that I can do
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71 as well as my word that I will endeavor to keep us all together no matter
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72 which realities we traverse. I do not seek, nor wish any leadership role
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73 when we have established ourselves in a given reality. In fact, if we use
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74 the ship as a metaphor, we really should try a short cruise to see if
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75 we can work together, before we set sail for uncharted lands."
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76 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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77 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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78
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79 It was later than normal for closing
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80 down the lot, but for some reason,
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81 more people than normal were taking an
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82 interest in bolos today. I was tired,
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83 and deeply in need of some rest when
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84 both lines on my phone began to ring.
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85
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86 "hello, who, no, there's no one by
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87 the name of Salazar here. you must
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88 have the wrong reality."
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89
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90 I checked the other line, "hello,
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91 what? those crazy backwater folk are
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92 out to destroy our lot again? I
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93 wonder what brought it on this time.
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94 Of course I'm not worried. We both
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95 that we are the only two people who
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96 know of the only wepon bolo's are not
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97 prepared to face, and who would be
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98 crazy enough to go after a tank with a
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99 stickshift. WHAT!!!!!"
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100
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101 Now I really began to sweat. There
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102 was only one man who would try such a
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103 thing, but I had thought he was dead.
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104 So the rumors were true, the Ninja did
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105 find Phillipe and get the 'get out of
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106 heaven free' card.
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107
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108 "Don't worry, I certainly won't," I
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109 lied, "we still have our secret wepon,
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110 even the ninja won't be prepared for
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111 this."
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112
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113 I hung up. And hoped I was right.
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114
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115
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116
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117 Fast Fred
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118 Used Bolo Salesman at
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119 large
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121 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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122 **************************************************************
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123 Fast Fred: Good work. I like your style. Grand Dragonmaster.
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124 **************************************************************
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125 ****************************************************************************
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126 AND AS I PUT MY FINGERS UPON THE KEYS I ASKED MY SELF, IS IT LIKE A
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127 DRUG, THIS COMPUTERESE? WILL I, ONCE CAUGHT UP IN THE FURY OF IT, BE ABLE
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128 TO CONTROL THIS URGE TO CREATE AND THINK MYSELF A GOD? NAAAAAA!
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129 FINI FIN
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130 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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131 OFF
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132 Looking about him, the bard decided that there were only two songs WEIRD
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133 enough for this group. And singing would keep their minds of off the transfer...
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134 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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135 Our Space Opera Goes Rolling Along (words: Jeff Dunteman, tune: Caisson Song)
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136 Bluster on, master race. Kick some ass in hyperspace.
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137 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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138 Shoot that Smeerp (what a grouch!). Drag that broad behind a couch.
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139 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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140 Fasten seat belts please.
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141 Here we go at 50 G's!
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142 Scrape yourselves up from the floor.
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143 If this violence offends,
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144 Burn a cockroach with your Lens.
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145 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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146
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147 Not a rest-room in sight! (second cluster on your right...)
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148 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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149 Solitaire getting dull? Something's eating through the hull.
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150 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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151 Batten down the stuff!
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152 Negaspace is getting rough.
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153 Should have camped out on Deneb 3.
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154 Scramble eggs or scramble guts,
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155 Just remember which is what.
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156 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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157
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158 Power up! Screens aglow! Battle stations! Here we go!
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159 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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160 Never lose your aplomb (try an antimatter bomb).
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161 Our space opera goes rolling along.
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162 Well, it's Crack! Crack! Crack!
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163 All the screens are turning black.
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164 Shoot! What the heck do we do now?
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165 Choose another from our stacks;
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166 Half price on all paperbacks.
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167 Our space opera goes rolling along!
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168 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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169 Good! They weren't paying attention to more than the next few feet of trail.
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170 It would be much simpler to make the shift.
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171 "Where exactly IS this lot? Give me some sort of description to "home-in" on,
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172 please."
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173 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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174 The apprentice spoke up, "Uh, milord..."
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175 "I wouldn't try any tests from this room, if I were you. You see,
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176 I didn't want any more 'unfortunate incidents', so I... well...
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177 I used a spell something like the one on thy sporran (I assume that IS a
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178 spell?). In any case, milords, while the door is closed you might say that there
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179 isn't any 'outside'. I really have no wish to find out what would happen......."
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180 "However, on the positive side, the back door over there doesn't
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181 open on the back side of the inn. It opens on a clearing in the woods about
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182 three miles away."
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183 Seeing the look the piper was giving him, he continued, "No, I
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184 can't shift us around the way you can, I'd been working on this 'shortcut' for
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185 some time now. It seemed like a good time to use it."
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186 "Sorry, if I messed things up, but at least we won't be disturbed in here!"
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187 ...................................the apprentice...............................
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188 ps to d (& others) .the apprentice. is MUCH younger than I 'really' am.
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189 ................................................................................
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190 ********************************************************************************
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191 As I looked into the screen I noticed the letters swimming around in
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192 a manner not unlike rippling water. Hmmm, I thought to meselfs, it appears
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193 that once again I'm assaulted from the nether regions of Throbar ( for those
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194 not in the know, Throbar is roughly 50 parsecs or so due north of Drinmar
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195 as the grimnal warps) and without my trusty electroparticulizer it could
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196 get mighty nasty. You see, the Lord Srrapnel and I once got into it over this
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197 little beauty from Gavenol 7 and ever since that day have been the most bitter
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198 of enemies. His favorite trick was to catch me unawares and make me do the
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199 most dastardly things in public and/or to the public. Now we battle it out
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200 and leave the clean up for the galactic police. Whole planets have been used
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201 to settle this issue and it never ceases. Help me! Oh you people off the
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202 Inn for in this all our lives are twined. I, Lasater Jeserath, warn you!!
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203 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
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204 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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205 My breath came in quick gasps. My lungs were aching. My feet pounded
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206 along the packed earth trail... branches lightly brushing my legs. My name
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207 is Salazar; but right about now, I was thinking of changing it to 'Dummy'.
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208 My trip to the Hutton estate gained me little. The grieving wife,
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209 Katherine, said all the right things, but underneath I could see she wasn't
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210 too concerned with her husband's disappearance. The safe that held the
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211 Phoenix's Egg was a good one. No sign of forced entry. Somebody knew the
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212 combination. But who?
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213 The only other lead was a map of Cornelius Hutton's route of his last
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214 run through the Park. 10 K's--6.2 miles. I had to run it. Forget that I
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215 tip the scale at 200 lbs. Forget that I puff away two packs of smokes a day
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216 It was my only lead... and a slim one. Somewhere up and down those hills
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217 there might be a clue I could latch onto.
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218 My side was starting to ache where my .44 was slapping back and forth.
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219 Shoulder holsters aren't made for long distance running. Aha! A down hill
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220 stretch. As I rounded the corner my path was blocked by three bald-headed
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221 men in saffron robes. The ugly one spoke up first:
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222 "Mr. Salazar, you are beginning to irritate us--first you will tell
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223 us everything you know--then you will die."
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224 This hadn't been my day. I was starting to get mad. When the long,
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225 curved knives appeared in their hands, I became absolutely livid. My
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226 magnaported .44 slithered into my hand. She's my best friend. I never go
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227 anywhere without her. She doesn't say much... but when she does, people
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228 listen. The hairy fishnuts started to move closer.
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229
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230 Whomp! Whomp!
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231 <God, I love it when she talks dirty>
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232 Two of the fishnuts when flying... The third(the ugly one) was too
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233 fast for me. A spinning back kick. The .44 took a side trip into the
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234 bushes. I leapt back. Another kung fu freak. I know a little of the
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235 martial arts myself:
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236 "Hey baldy, your shoe's untied."
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237 He looked down. A kick to the groin. A left cross to the temple. One
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238 hairy fushnut in the Land of Nod. I was starting to feel better. I went
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239 looking for my gun. Ah, there she was in those funny looking bushes. As I
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240 picked her up, I remembered what type of bushes those were...
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241 Poison Oak.
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242 I took out my frustrations on the remaining fishnut. He couldn't tell
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243 me much. They were looking for the egg, too, to finance their operations.
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244 But he did give me one juicy bit of info. Katherine Hutton donated freely
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245 to their operation. Hmmm... Interesting. Not knowing what else to do with
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246 baldy, I broke his neck.
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247 When I dragged myself back to my office, Serena was waiting. She had\
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248 that 'I'm ready for anything' smile on her lips. The donkey was ready too.
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249 My poison oak started to itch. This just wasn't my day. I run through
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250 the woods in my underwear, get attacked by three jerks in tacky bathrobes,
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251 and my girl's ready and I look like a broiled lobster from the waist down.
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252 The time had come, I went into the back office and had a good cry.
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253 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~
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254
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255 -------------------------------
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256 Well Piper,I do not know how to find the Wizard,perhaps the Apprentice
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258 could help.
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259
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260
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261 Goodbye daddy!!
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262
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263 Lynn
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267 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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268 There is no escape! Yield Laseter Jeserath to me now or forever fear
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269 for your bolos and those dear your to memory. I will be watching and listeni
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270 for him. Should you fail to give him to now the pains you all shall suffer
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271 will none to[D[D[D[be none too swift and none too soft
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272 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
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273 Hi, Walrus here.
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274 I'm not going to be around for a couple of weeks, I borrowed the modem that I'm
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275 using and now have to wait for Conroy-La Pointe to get their's in so I can get
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276 my own. See ya.
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277 I hate long goodbyes.
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278 - The Walrus
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279 Goo goo g'joob
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280 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:
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281 I'm glad to have all you nice people coming with me. I dont' even know grey manchin.
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282 No matter. Maybe I'll show him how to wield a stick shift. We're gonna thrash
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283 this place. Thanks for the song bard. Have a little of my raw shark.
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284 The Ninja
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285 P.S. Freddy, I like your style.
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286 ***********************************************************************************:**
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287 AS WAS QUITE APPARENT TO ME, THE OTHERS COULD NEITHER HEAR NOR SEE MEE.
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288 THE DEVIL TAKE THOSE WHO TURNED THEIR EARS FEA TO ME. THE FATE OF A
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289 GALAXY HUNGES ON MY AWAKENING THEM TO THE DANGERS AND ALL THEY COULD
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290 WORRY ABOUT WAS SOME GUY SELLING USED BOLS AND TELLING TALES AT THE
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291 INN. REMEMBER, I WARNED YOU ONCE AND HE HAVE HIS WAYS WITH US ALL IF
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292 WE DON'T FIGHT BACK AND SOON.
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293 LASETER
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294 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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295
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296 Ninja:thats "Graymalkin"
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297 I eagerly await my first instuction on that stick,what year was it made?
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298 L:thats "BOLO"
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299
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300
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301 At the Inn...
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302 "Now let me get this right,Ninja,Foti,bard and my self are going to the used bolo lot.
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303 nods and various approvals from the adventurers gathered around.
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304 "well lets be off then!"
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305
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306 after walking for a few hours the group reaches "Fast Freddy's Used Bolo Lot"
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307 Fast Freddy has closed down for the night."Ninja,perhaps you woould be kind enough to
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308 question that mark XI BOLO ?"
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309
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310 The Man in Gray
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311 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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312 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO
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313 Prime thought processor activated.
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314 Phase 1 scan finished
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315 Results;4 humans,1 stick shift,1 secret agent
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316 Action:wait for intelegent input.
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318 BOLO LNY-012
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319 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO
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320
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321 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ + - / * }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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322
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323 ..."Well", the mathematician muttered under his breath. He noticed
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324 that the 'hairy-footed metaphysicists' were sort of running out of
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325 talk concerning religious preferences and their justification, and
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326 someone over toward the middle of the room was yelling More Dialog.
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327 The mathematician knew that he tended toward a technical bent, but
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328 that it was the social implications of technology that he found
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329 most fascinating. One thing that certainly needs consideration
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330 these days is artificial intelligence programs and more important
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331 the fallout programs that are being used to analyze and predict
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332 patterns and actions of people. (Ignoring for a moment the debate
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333 concerning the nature of intelligence both real and artificial.)
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334 Those of you who get the Sharper Image Catalog have no doubt seen
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335 the software program called "Sell Dirty". It's a program that
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336 develops a profile of a customer from data input and tells the
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337 salesman what nature of sales pitch to lay on. Such ideas are not
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338 new, here's a message that appeared on several bulletin boards
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339 a couple of years ago. It was also floating around on Tele-mail
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340 for awhile.
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341
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342 Since the 1940's when C.E. Shannon published his classic
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343 paper on Information Theory, the powerful concepts it made
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344 available have been used for all sorts of communication
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345 analysis. One recent development is a correlation technique
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346 to analyze the content & style of either spoken or written
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347 communication, and develop a personality profile, behavior
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348 pattern and belief structure of the author. One study used
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349 a computer public message system where everyone used any
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350 fictitious name they wished. After a few months of use the
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351 computer developed profile was compared to a survey of the
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352 participants and their friends. Not only was the accuracy
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353 of the prediction amazingly high, but the computer matched
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354 the assumed names to the real people 94% of the time.
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355 The computer also predicted which people would respond to
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356 messages based on the message contents.
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357 *FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS ONE LEAVES A MESSAGE ON A PUBLIC BBS*
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358
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359 ...Now that is food for thought the mathematician mumbled to himself.
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360 He had noticed recently a comment concerning A.I. in one of those
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361 boring technical journals one feels obliged to read. A person
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362 much involved in the A.I. field had said, "1984 will probably not be
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363 the year that machines learn to think, but it will probably be
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364 the year that a lot of people think they do."
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365 As he was thinking about this he remembered that those @%#*$%%*(&
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366 (nice folks) at the I.R.S. have been trying to purchase some data
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367 and programs to predict which folks are likely to be cheating on
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368 their taxes. Where is it all going to lead he contemplated.
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369 They haven't made machines think but they have certainly shown
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370 that most people are creatures of habit and can be predicted to
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371 act in certain ways under specified circumstances. Well he'd
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372 fool em' today by calling the backwater at a different time
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373 and going out for a vanilla icecream cone instead. "Gad!",
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374 maybe that person was right who said the danger is not that
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375 machines might be programmed to think like people but that
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376 people would start to think like machines.
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377
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378 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ The Mesolithic Mathematician }}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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379
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380
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381 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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382
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383 I see myself sitting in an office, just about to close the
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384 biggest bolo deal of the century, when I was awakened by the phone
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385 once again.
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386
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387 "...what...is there anyone there?" Then I turned the phone around. Much better.
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388 "What is it at this time of the night?" I knew that if someone was
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389 to call now it must be important. "No, you expect me to believe
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390 that this thing all started with that Jeserath character. God knows
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391 I haven't seen him since he welched on those gambling debts he owes."
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392 My bank book gave a little whine at that comment. "What you mean
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393 the backwater crazies have already made it to the lot? Questioning a
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394 Mark XI? No, I doubt if they get much out of it. It dosen't even
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395 know what the secret wepon looks like. And who would ever expect the
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396 used VW bug across the street is really my secret Mark XIII?
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397 No, I'd better get out there. thanks for the warning. I think Laseter
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398 is taking us all for a ride."
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399
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400 I hung up and got my clothes and a drink. Not nessesarally in that order.
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401 It was to be a long night.
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402
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403 Fast Fred
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404 BSAL
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405 (bolo sales at large)
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406 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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407
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408 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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409 Frisbee: still out there? don't give up hope, there is still life after 20 columns.
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410 Say hi to your sister (she would probably get a kick out of getting
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411 a message here)
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412 later
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413 Bo
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414 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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415 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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416 Dear Leroy:
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417 I've heard that you might be reached through the Backwater. If you're
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418 interested in a used BOLO, you might try Fast Fred's. Also would like to
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419 know if you have heard anything on the disappearance of the Phoenix's Egg.
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420 Salazar and Serena are searching for it. I know you and Salazar are at odds,
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421 but there might be a profit in it. Will be entering the U.S. via a tramp
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422 steamer soon. Let me know if you have any capers going.
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423 Regards,
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424 Mohammed Wassir
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425 <The greedy Albanian>
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426 P.S. Have you heard anything on the supposed return of the Grand Dragonmaster?
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427 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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428
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429 'TIS LATE ME NEW DISCOVERED COMRADES. YOU DELIGHT ME WITH YOUR MOST
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430 PROSAIC AND ROBUST TALES! BUT PRAY THEE TELL, WHAT 'TIS A "BOLO" AND OF
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431 GREAT USE AND PURPOSE HAVE YOU FOR IT? MANY IS THE TIME WXEN STEEL
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432 FELL BEFORE RUST AND TIME AS FELT NOT A THING. GOOD ARMOR AND STRONG
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433 BLADES DO A BETTER JOB OF SETTLING THESE MERE MATTERS OF SUPPSED
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434 METAPHYSICAL PURPORT. FOR PHANTTOMS CAN NEITHER TOUCH NOR BE SO DONE
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435 TO. REST YE WELL, O TREVELERS AND FIND YOUM PEACE IN THE NIGHT.
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436 FINI FIN
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437 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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438 The Poet, though astonishingly good at entrances & exits, was abominably
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439 bad at bumping into things in between. It was thus that he, having stepped
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440 quietly out what appeared to be the back door ahead of the rest of the party,
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441 was completely astonished to find himself in pitch-black woods, with the Inn
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442 nowhere in sight.
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443 "What the..." he exclaimed brilliantly, walking headlon into a low-hanging
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444 branch. For the second time tonight he saw the black and yellow stars. He
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445 woke barely in time to hear the others' voices fading in the distance.
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446 The next hour was a painful one, as he accquainted himself intimately with
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447 half the trees in the forest. The only thing more amazing than the amount
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448 of noise he made was the fact that his friends never detected his presence.
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449 Finally reaching the Bolo lot, the party stopped to survey the locals,
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450 giving the player the chance to step into the shadows and wait for the best
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451 moment for his entrance.
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452 He was astonishingly good at entrances.
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453 && The Mad Actor &&
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454 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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455 Dear Pam:
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456 Speak up! I know you're out there.
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457 Dr. Frankenstupe
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458 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+
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459
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460 Fast Freddie: I also like your style. I'm particulartly pleased
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461 to see someone take the "other" side. I just hope, now that you have
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462 'picked up the ball', that you can run with it without tripping.
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463 I must admit to being curious whether you are someone new, or another
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464 alias of one of the regulars. (I believe there are only 5 peoplebehind
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465 all these names.)
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466 BARD: I liked your space opera song. It does a good job of capturing
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467 the E.E. Smith/Jack Williamson/John Campbell spirit.
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468 :::::::::::::::::::OO:::::voyeur:::::OO:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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469 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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470 Stepping out the back door with Lynn and the apprentice, the piper smiled.
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471 "Perhaps it's a good thing to put a little distance between us and the others
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472 before making any test runs. I'm not sure just how fine control we can get
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473 over just how we affect realitiy. Perhaps those who communicate with us
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474 or even remain aware of our existance will be affected in some way by what
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475 we do."
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476 Stepping into a small clearing, he said, "Perhaps we should wait here for
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477 a few moments for whoever else wants to go with our party. I see that the
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478 group going for the BOLO lot seems to be getting into the swing of things
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479 quite nicely."
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480 He lifted his pipes and before blowing, remarked "Perhaps we should have a
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481 beacon of some sort. I'll try a fairly stable song -- Bonnie Dundee."
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482 Settling the drones on his shoulder, he inflated the bag and gave it a sharp
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483 tap to start the drones. They sounded like a strange giant clearing his
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484 throat, then caught sounding as though a thousand Thibetan monks were chanting
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485 "AUHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.........
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486 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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487
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488 :*************************************************************:
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489 Dear Mohammed:
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490
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491 Salazar is a scumbag; I'll have nothing to do with that
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492 two-bit cretin. He and that pantywaist Ninja aren't in the
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493 same league as real men like us.
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494
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495 Profit you say? How much? Where from? What risk? Do I have
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496 to associate with tinkerbell and his friend?
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497
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498 I've been following the action. Don't know that I buy it.
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499 You know what a stickler I am to keeping to the facts. The
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500 real world is where I'm at. Don't have much stomach for all
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501 this fantasy crap.
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502
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503 For example, what kind of fool would try to take out a Bolo
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504 with a stickshift. You couldn't even dent one of those
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505 suckers, not even if it were one of the less sophisticated
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508 early models. If you doubt what I say, ask Fast Fredie. He
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509 knows.
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510
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511 Besides, I don't know if even I've got the guts to get
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512 involved in a Katherine Hutton scam. Then again it would
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513 depend alot on the money.
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514
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515 McKane
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516 :*************************************************************:
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517 The bard smiled as he ran thru a check on the controller. The trapdoor codes in
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518 the original command code block had apparently been left in in the later models,
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519 good! He didn't know if he could control any of the bolos but at least they'd
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520 KNOW he was on their side.
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521 "Ninja..."
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522 "Yes?"
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523 "You might try checking out that car over there, I'm getting a telemetry
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524 signal from it..... and the only things around here that I should be getting
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525 anything from are BOLOs so...."
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526
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527 "Unit LNE, status report!" the bard spoke in a commanding voice into
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528 the box he had called a 'controller'. A voice came from the BOLO:
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529 "AUTHENTICATION CODE NOT RECIEVED!"
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530 "Damn!", muttered the bard as he pressed on some peg-like objects on the box.
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531 "CODE RECIEVED.... AND VERIFIED. STATUS NOMINAL."
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532 "INSTRUCTIONS, SIR?"
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533 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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534 Freddie:let me make one thing clear, I am NOT cheating. If you didn't see this
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535 coming as soon as I pulled out the 'controller'........
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536 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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537 The apprentice closed the 'door'. From this side it looked like some random
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538 cracks in the trunk of a LARGE Douglas Fir. There was a branch stub at about the
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539 right height for a knob. As he closed it, he 'set' it to open to any of the
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540 party, anyone else would waste their time attempting to pull the branch off of
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541 the tree trunk.
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542 He cleared his mind and stood, relaxed and waiting, while the piper played.
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543 ..............................the apprentice....................................
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544 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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545 Voyeur,5 ?? I count 7 at thg very least.
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546 Fini Fin,a BOLO is a VERY large tank,after about model VII they became
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547 sentiant creatures.rumor has it that a "backdoor" was put in all models up to XI
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548 that enabled its origional creator to disable it with a properly placed late
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549 60's stick shift.
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550
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551 The Man in Gray
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552 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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553
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554
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555 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO
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556 Primary thought centers:activated
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557 Request recieved
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558 Send code request:
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559 Code recieved:
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560 "ALL QUIET SIR,ORDERS?"
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561
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562 LNE-001
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563 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO
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564 ********************************************
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565 BOO.
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566
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567
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568
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569 MOO
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570 ?????????????????????_??????_?_???????????????????_????_????????????????????????
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571 BEAM ME UP SCOTTY,THERES NO INTELEGENT LIFE ON THIS PLANIT!
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572 Gray Dude
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573 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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574 ***************************************************************
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575 HELLO?
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576 *****************************************************************
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577 PAM: ANSWER YOUR MAIL!
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