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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ********************* INSTALLED: 6 DEC 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 privately 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 privately 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
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21 "Hi Pete", said the elegant, smiling figure approaching the gate, "you seem
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22 somewhat concerned today. You must have been looking in on the mortals again.
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23 You shouldn't let their foolishness get you down."
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24 "Look at that would you. When they can't find anything actually wrong with
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25 the believers and what they are doing they make up innuendos and slurs. As an
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26 example see the story about the guy trying to escape through the snow. See how
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27 ignorance and prejudice walk hand in hand. Why don't you just reach down with a
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28 lightning bold and zap their..."
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29 "Hold on now Pete, are you going to stoop down to their level? Perhaps you'd
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30 like a little tour and refresher course down there on the planet. You must
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31 remember that good does not exist by itself, it is complimented and completed
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32 by the bad. If they weren't allowed to follow a course of free expression how
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33 would I know when true devotion was being expressed?"
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34 "But how will other people know them for what they are?"
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35 "Oh, those who have their eyes open will know. There are plenty of clues.
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36 As an example look how they use up resources without any consideration for
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37 others. You may also see them strike back with vile whenever anyone questions
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38 their actions or motives. But don't judge them now, there's still hope they
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39 will 'see the light', if not you'll have your chance when they arrive here at
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40 the gate. Wish them peace, joy, and understanding. It is the season you know."
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41 ..............................Right Hand Person................................
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42
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43 to ---> sondee ^^^^ hey, how do you determine pseudo from non pseudo? it looks
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44 like you're a pseudo-expert! bean thar
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45 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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46 Hi all! still on the prowl for a cheap BW TV set! Somebody must have one
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47 in an attic someplace, quick way to make 15-25 bucks.
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48 Theus: didn't you get the Wintermute report? hum, I will send it over via
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49 our driver. It will show you just how bad we messed up on that project.
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50 35 seconds was all it took, then BLAM! h-bombed the whole mess. I still
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51 have trouble believing that 16 members survived. I here they tracked one
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52 down to some place called "Elk" or "deer" perhaps "antilope" was it. the guy
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53 runs a religious commune. Calls himself Ragdish, or Hashish or rajneeshe,
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54 something like that. Anyhay, I think Idaho is going to be a wipe job
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55 on one of the 16. I would like to know just how we are going to do this when
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56 they are rumored to be unkillable. Maybe SALOG is going to give us short nukes.
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57 I know, fat chance. I *WISH* we didn't have to go up against one of those
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58 hyper-normals who managed to survive the worlds first h-bomb. If they wern't
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59 so damn smart! I think we are going to get religion after Idaho and go become
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60 followers of this Ragdish fellow. I just know what SALOG will think.
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61 Kathy: Do you use the Networks at 285-xxxx?
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62 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? /
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63
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64 *
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65 ***
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66 ***
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67 *****
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68 *****
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69 *******
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70 *******
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71 I
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72 ===
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73 MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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74 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}
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75 Kathy: thanks! I have been reading your messages, I think they are
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76 great!
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77
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78 Merry Christmas all! I hope the christmas spirit is in all of your homes,
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79 It's in mine and it's wonderfull. I just look at the lights and the tree
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80 and just feel so good inside, I wish it wouldn't go away.
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81
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82 I'm sorry. Before my last entry I didn't get the chance to read the
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83 messages about the Inn. I glad that it will be here in the new year, this
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84 just adds to the wonderful christmas spirit!
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85
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86 I think I'll go dream about snow and slay-rides. ( I think I'll go turn the
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87 heat up, buurrrr.)
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88 {c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{Tammy}{c}{c}{c}{c}{c}{merry christmas!}{c}
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89 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$#
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90 I awoke from my short nap and shook the drowsiness from my eyes. The distant
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91 singing of carolers drifted in my door, changiing the atmosphere within from
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92 merely dull to downright depressing. Not everyone was happy at Christmas time.
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93 I unfortunately numbered among those people. It must have been those people
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94 who asked for me to take their case. Called themselves... damn, I forgot.
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95 Anyway, they wanted me to investigate some missing persons from their cozy
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96 little group. Only if that was their only intent, why did I discern the bulge
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97 of 44s underneath their clothes? Why ask me, the cheapest detective in this
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98 part of town, to do the job when the could obviously (judging from the size of
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99 their Rolls) afford much more expensive help? It didn't figure. There was
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100 much more to this than they were telling. Being the curious type (and a little
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101 sort on cash), I accepted.
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102 Well, enough thought wasted. Time to buy some quality equipment. Good thing
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103 there's a 'plus expenses' section in my contracts. Funny, those people didn't
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104 seem to notice or care. Anyway, new car, state-of-the-art stuff from my
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105 contacts (it helps to have friends working at military installations, enough
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106 money and you could get ANYTHING), and pay the rent. A detective's work...
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107 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$## Farley ##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##
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108 Any comments on this story? ##$##$##$##$## Farley ##$##$##$##
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109 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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110 Farley: If I didn't know better, I would say you've been reading my fiction
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111 on the L&C VAX 11/780. But there is no way for that to happen unless...
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112 No, positivly no way for that to happen. Go with it, it reminds me of what
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113 I finished writing last week though. It will be interesting to see what happens
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114 in your story line as opposed to mine.
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115 ALL: Happy winter solstice/gift giving session!
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116 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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117 I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT MY CHRISTMAS TREE STARTED SOME PEOPLE THINKING
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118 ABOUT HOLIDAY CHEER.
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119 HERE'S SOMETHING FOR THOSE OF US WITH APPLES...
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120
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121 *
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122 **
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123 **
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124 *** * ***
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125 ***** ******
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126 ************
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127 ***********
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128 ************
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129 **************
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130 ************
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131 **** ***
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132
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133 BAH HUMBUG!!!
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134 (Slime pit commercialism rules the universe)
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135 * * *
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136 * * *
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137 * * *
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138 * * *
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139 * * *
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140 * * *
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141 * * *
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142 * * *
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143 ** * **
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144 ** * **
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145
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146 *** ***
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147 ** **
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148 * *
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149 * *
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150 *
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151 *
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152 *
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153 UP! UP! AND AWAY!!!!!!!!
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154 .........................................................................
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155 WAISTING SPACE ON ILLEDGABLE PICURES AGAIN ARE WE?
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156
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157 WHICH ISN'T EVEN TO MENTION THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TIME, IS IT? IN ANY CASE, WHO EVER HAS BEEN MARGINING AT 128,
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158 PLEASE DON'T. AS IT MESSES UP THE FI AND FA COMMANDS.
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159 CRYPTIC TO CRYPTAC, GOT SIDETRACKED THIS TIME BY A SMALL ENGLISH GIRL NAMED SARAH, WILL TRY TO KEEP THE AGENCY ON MIND MORE.
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160 SEE YOU FRIDAY AT JBTRI-C (I SEE YOUR JBC AND RAISE YOU A TRI...) SEE YOUR NEW BOSS. I'LL LEAVE FREINDS BEHIND, AND COME
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161 ALONE, OF COURSE. UNAMERD HOWEVER...
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162
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163 MiG; RICHARD IS GIVING ME SOME TOY CATALOGS WITH THINGS IN IT LIKE, 400 WATT ELECTRIC PARALYZER WEAPON, ETCETRA, ETCETRA...
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164 RETCH AND RICHARD SEEM TO GET A KICK OUT OF EACH OTHER, AND IT IS KIND OF FUNNY TO WATCH THEM START IMITATING EACH OTHER.
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165 RETCH ASKED ME AGAIN ABOUT THE MICROWAVE PLATFORMS ON MT. HOOD AND WHAT WE DID THERE. SALOG ALSO SAYS HE'S BEEN CONFERENCING
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166 WITH MEYERS IN PLAINS. SUSPISCIOUS LITTLE BRUTE, AIN'T HE. I'M JUST WAITING FOR HIM TO GET WIND OF KENDALL, THE MAN IN TIGHT
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167 RED DRESSES..
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168 TACNUKES ARE OUT! NO WAY, WE GOT A NEIGHBOR HERE THATS REAL INTO SENSITIVE GEIGER GEAR, AND IT'S ALL I DO TO GET THE 'TONIUM
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169 FILINGS UNDER WRAPS. COURTENAY NEVER DID MUCH CARE FOR ME, MUCH LESS HAND OVER A DOSSIER ON WINTERMUTE, BUT SHE DID SAY AT
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170 LEAST ONE NICE THING ABOUT DURING THE DEBREIF ON COUNTERCLOCKWISE, REMEMBER, THAT I WAS... AH, WELL, SOME THINGS ARE BETTER
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171 LEFT NEVER SAID, AND ONLY DREAMED ABOUT. I GOTTA HAVE SOMETHIN TO DO THOSE HOT, TORRID NIGHTS, LAYING ALONE TRYING TO SLEEP,
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172 YOU KNOW, WEARING ONLY SHEETS AND ALL THAT JAZZ.
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173
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174
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175 SOMETIMES, I SCARE EVEN MYSELF.
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176
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177 Sometimes you even scare me. --Herby
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178
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179 voyeur: L'homme and I missed you at PCS. Too bad, we had some interesting
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180 discussions going.
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181 ________________________________Leonard______________________________________
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182 ***************************************************************************
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183 Mig: I have logged into networks a couple of times, however not findng
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184 anything worth writing home to mom about. BW is more my style. I would
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185 like to communicate with you on a different subject we had already started
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186 to discus ealier. Please give me a call @xxx-xxxx BEFORE 8:00 AM. (tues-fri)
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187 **************************kathy*********************************************
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188 ill be back later tonight with another mediocre entry. ( i'm not to happy
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189 with my progress right now....)
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190 ****************************************************************************
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191 PromeTHEUS: Try to keep the Tri- part on the hush-hush side, it adds to the crypticismnessism(adnauseum) of it all...
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192 NO! WAIT! My plans have changed since a fortnight ago...
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193 Attempting to reach me at that location may be lethal , if not a bit confusing, I'll have to explain it
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194 to you over the land-line, or in person if at all possible (EG @1200 Hrs?) By the way, when do have access
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195 I think I missed that part, as to 'what' you chose as a drop point...
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196 Awaiting an expedient reply...
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197 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 0425 Hrs 7 Dec 84 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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198 <Not now, Kayto! I must find that hidden m'ssage!...>^^^
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199 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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200 The sound of the doors closing in that circular elevator shaft had a kind
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201 of chilling finality that kept the little party from speaking for some time.
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202 The piper noticed that the walls of the shaft shone with an oily sheen. When
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203 he reached out to touch the nearest wall, the smudge on his fingers caused him
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204 to exclaim "but it IS oil!." His knees began to buckle slightly with the
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205 force of the elevator's rise, and he noticed with some astonishment that they
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206 seemed to be standing on an unenclosed circular platform, speeding up the
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207 elevator shaft like ants on the point of a bullet.
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208 ppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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209 The pegasus shook her head fretfully, and rose to her feet. She bent her
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210 head and inhaled the odor clinging to the bagpipes, then searched the area
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211 again, following the piper's cooling scent to where it disappeared. In general,
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212 animals have very little time sense, but the pegasus was concious that a very
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213 long time had passed. Her concern was growing, and the piper's abscence was
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214 causing her enormous emotional pain.
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215 Students of the mind have identified three primary portions of the brain that
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216 perform most important functions. The inner core is concerned with personal
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217 survival. Here, the autonomic fuctions of the body are controlled -- digestion,
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218 heart rate, breathing -- the essential minutae of keeping the machinery running.
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219 Above and around that, is a layer of more complex construction that seems
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220 concerned with emotions. This area can override the lower area. Known as
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221 the limbic area of the brain, this system gives the depth and flavor to our
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222 life -- the color and scent of rage, the overwhelming fires of consuming
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223 passion, the peace and tranquility of requieted love, and the unendurable
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224 pain of separation. In man, a third area is highly developed -- the cerebral
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225 cortex, site of the "higher functions." Here mathematical theorums and
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226 computer algorithms fight for survival with cynical political manuvering.
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227 Financial manipulation, organized war, and the microprocessor would not be
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228 realities without the facilities of the cerebral cortex. In fact, the mind
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229 of man has been described as a man riding the brain of a dog riding the brain
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230 of a lizard. Our most hidden motivations, the selfishness and tendency
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231 towards self-gratification come from that lizard-mind deep within us. Our
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232 nobility and treachery stem from the emotional level, while our intellectual
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233 triumphs spring from the top. Each level is able to overrule those levels
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234 below it, but not to sdestroy those impulses.
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235 The minds of animals (at least of higher mammals) consist of a different
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236 mix of these impulses. The limbic system is predominant, with only a thin
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237 layer of cerebral cortex. They are fully ruled by emotion, and only through
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238 emotion do they reach their full potential.
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239 No amount of reason can explain why the pegasus somehow slipped her head
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240 inside a loop of cord between two drones of the pipers pipes. They slid down
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241 her neck to nestle safely near her chest, resting smoothly as though placed
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242 there by plan. Reason does not explain the determination with which she
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243 gathered her strength and leaped into the air, mighty pinions buffeting the
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244 morning breezes, nor the speed with which she left the ruby valley. What can
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245 explain the ease with which she located and began traversing the aerial
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246 discontinuities in reality that we earthbound creatures are but dimly aware
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247 of? Only a small white feather twisting down in the morning air remained
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248 where the pegasus had kept her vigil.
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249 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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250
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251 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? > ? ? ? ?/
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252 Kathy: Of all the days I wake up early, and it's just past 8. Oh well...
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253 I assume you wanted to discuss Roz& her artwork? It was I that XXXed your phone
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254 number, we don't want 3000 twits calling in the middle of the day. I will give
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255 you a call tuesday if I don't get opposing instructions.
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256 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
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257
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258 Omega finally lifted his head, after a long struggle for consciousness. Denying that he had ever even fallen. For they would
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259 never make it out of the forest if he did fall. Everything rested on Omega, and he was hard pressed never tofail that.
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260
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261 Eventually, after letting his fragile neck try to move his weighty head, he realized they could not be in the snow.
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262
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263 The floor of the helicopter? Perhaps, but how did he get there? Maybe he had only lost his memory of what happened to him
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264 after he fell out of the tree. Might he have carried the neeshie to the chopper?And could he have set the ELT, and started the
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265 heat?
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266
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267 And judging by the way were pivoting, we're in flight, or maybe that's my...
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268
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269 Klank! Omega lost consciouness again, perhaps for the best, as he would need to be rested for he rest of the story, which is
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270 still to be told later. Now, go to bed Kiddies.
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271
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272
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273 _%@_#)*%@#)_*%)_@*%)_@#*%)_*#@_)%*@#_)*@#)_^*_)*^)_#$*#)_$*)_*_)#$*_)*#_$
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274 Voyeur:Thanks for leaving early. I got to PCS about 9:00pm, only to hear
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275 you had departed like a scared rabbit. Being the helpfull person I am, I
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276 broke all land-speed records trying to get there before it was too late,
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277 but to no avail. The PAUG meeting was quite lively, and although I had
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278 some troubles with the disks, determination and more than a passing
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279 knowledge of false track/sector ID schemes helped pave the way to a
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280 successful juncture. Now that I have these disks to give you, along with
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281 a printed copy of some short story I picked up along the way, perhaps I
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282 ought to bring them over, just like olden days...Naaa. Forget it. The
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283 fireplace will become the new abode for these deserted objects.
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284 Mikey:I hope our discussion of mindless programers working under slave-like
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285 conditions, and then never see the fruit of their labors, didn't ruffle
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286 any feathers...heh heh
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287 )*$_)#@*$*#)_*%@#)_*%_)#^*%)_%@* L'homme sans Parity *#@)_%)_*%)@#_*_#*%%@#
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288 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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289 Omega: If you die on us, I'll KILL you!
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290 Ian
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291 RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY
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292 ******************************************
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293 L'HOMME: HUH?
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294 VOYEUR: WHERE DID YOU GO? I WAS BUSY TALKING TO SOMEONE,
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295 AND WHEN I LOOKED AROUND, YOU WERE GONE.
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296 LEONARD: THANKS FOR THE LISTINGS, NOW IF I CAN JUST
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297 FIGURE THE MESS OUT. (WHAT WAS THAT MUMBLE ABOUT
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298 COUNTER LISTING ATTACK?) <AHEM>
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299 PAM: ARE YOU STILL OUT THERE? I HOPE I DIDN'T UPSET YOU
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300 AND CHASE YOU OFF AGAIN WITH MY TALK OF CLOSING THE INN.
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301 I APPOLIGIZE FOR ANY DISTRESS I HAVE CAUSED YOU.
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302
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303 AND NOW, BACK TO WORK... I THINK I'LL QUIT EARLY... YAWN...
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304 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ***********************
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305
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306
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307 Omega lifted one eyelid, then another. Suprised that this didn't hurt, he got ambitious and tried to sit up. Once those were
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308 attended too, he tried to make sense out of what he was seeing.
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309 At first, there was just a test pattern of sort, which focused into a game show and telivision later. Looking about the rest
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310 of the room had him beleiving he was in a hospital.
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311
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312 After wondering what had happened for a while, he tried to find the ATTENDANCE REQUEST button on his life support panel.
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313 Life Support panels don't have casual ATTENDANCE REQUEST buttons, they do however have off buttons. So he ended up turning
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314 it off. Which scared the poor Nurse on duty out of her witts, as the life sign indicator went dead on his room.
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315
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316 She dropped a clipboard and sprinted to room 2401 in record time, signalling two orderlies, and one full fledged doctor on
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317 the way.
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318 As the team entered the room with about three carts and five people, they all saw someone wearing a hospital gown, hitting
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319 the Life Support Panel, muttering that it was obvious he wasn't dead, so why did it insist on indicating he was?
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320
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321 The Nurse couldn't help but laugh, as it was funny as hell, and adrenaline surges are best worked out with laughter when
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322 exercise isn't possible.
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323 Turning around to find who was laughing at him, he saw all the gear that he recognized as life support equipment and a few
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324 gigling attendants.
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325
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326 After they had all calmed down a bit, the Nurse informed him that a Mister Machinery had brought him, and one other man, and
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327 soonafter left. Any request as to clothes, or messages from Machinery were rebuffed by saying that he wasn't yet fit.
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328
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329 One time, he had offered, in jest, to prove he was fit to the young girl, at which point she started gigling hysterically
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330 again, and promptly left.
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331
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332 After two days had passed, and sadly, only two sponge baths, he was fit for active status , as his chart termed it. Finally
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333 he got permition to go visit the Neeshie he had tried to save.
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334
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335 The door to 2145 was left standing open, and sheets were being taken off the bed, the room was being cleaned. Eventually he
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336 found that the Neeshie was moved to civilian facilities as soon as consciousness was expected.
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337
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338 Finding his way to an elevator, he entered the correct numbers for his destination and started wondering again, for the nth
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339 time what had happened out there. What happened to Carmichael?
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340
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341 Finally the door opened, and he stepped from the elevator into the newly plastered halls of the Nets new headquarters, as he
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342 passed door after door, he began to despise the new headquarters. Finally reaching the last doors, he stepped out and into the
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343 dontown Tri-Met offices, and left under the tall fountains the net had placed as microwave conduction refractors.
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344
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345 Stepping on brick after brick, each enscribed with a name, he remembered all the trucks that had excavated 25 levels of dirt
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346 and soil to make way for Net central. Right under the crooked noses of the Portland City Commision, and the City Council.
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347
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348 As he crossed 6th street, heading for Meyer & Frank, he wondered what anyone of these people would say if they knew that
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349 under their feet, one of the most powerfull intelligence organizations on Earth was probably discussing whether they live or
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350 died, and whether they knew what they knew or not.
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351
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352 000000000000000000000000NULL SET0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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353
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354 Kinda slow going tonight, folks, but never fear, things will get better. I proved
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355 that this night by calling small BBS and finding an intelligent person on it, which
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356 is rare for that sort of bulletin board service.
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357
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358 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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359 Jello all, nice time here at the CDP hilton watching the mice put EEK! into ecology.
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360 I seem to be a bit sleepy, perhaps I will just stay here. In front of the terminal. Thats right,
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361 nobody will be able to use this system for tonight...
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362 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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363 -=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=--=><=-
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364
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365 OK GUYS YOU BETTER GET ON THE STICK OR I'LL HAVE TO COME DOWN AND SHOW
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366 YOU ALL WHAT FOR, AND I REALLY MEAN IT.
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367
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368 <=--=><=- Phase-Shifter (Double-Sharped Lydian Trio) Rock'n'Roll -=><=--=>
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369 Tell me Rocky, how's Gaby these days?
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370 (yes, I've read the trilogy too!)
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371 ......................................
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372 L'homme: The following is a bug report...
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373 I've downloaded your file SUBADV.100 from the Model 100 SIG database. I
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374 encounter a syntax error at line 3010 when I try to wake the crew (while in
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375 possession of the smelling salts). The line reads:
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376 ...ANDIT(35)=-ANDL=28...
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377 I believe that there should be something after the minus sign.
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378 (he goes on to say he dowloaded the program twice using xmodem, and to
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379 thank us for a great program.)
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380 So, L'homme, could you check YOUR listing & I'll check mine. OK?
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381 ______________________________Leonard_______________________________________
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382 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 'bout time...
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383 I didn't really have that much time to spare, and being here in the first
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384 place would be cutting it a bit close if I wanted to hop a lift on the Orange
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385 Turtle, but being the impulsive fiend that I can be on occasion, I decided to
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386 risk it. I dropped off my tote bag with a buffoon at the front door and
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387 received a battered copper disc in exchange for my precious time. Now, having
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388 kept the note that would replace the one currently residing in peaceful
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389 co-existance with dozens of books on the arts and scores of books on any type
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390 of literature, I headed immedeatly for a text concerning the HOMERIC GODS, and
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391 ran headlong into amusement and a degree of dissatisfaction.
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392 After I had zoomed up the steps, and raced through the doorway, I turned
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393 the last corner to my destination. There was one problem, though: How do you
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394 secretly exchange one private message with another in such a way to be CRYPTIC
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395 when you stumble upon the receiving party desperately shaking books upside down
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396 and sideways searching the nine corners of the universe for that same message?
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397 Answer: Try not to trip over your jaw (which has just hit the floor)
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398 realize what you've done, keep going, and never admit defeat.
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399 I really did it now, I got caught off gaurd (gaard...) once again. Oh, sure,
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400 I could have taken my time pretending that I was actually looking for a book
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401 down that aisle, but who takes their time when in a rush?
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402 There he was, shaking that poor book into oblivion, when all of a sudden an
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403 intruder appears out of thin air standing in front of him with a note just
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404 like the one he was looking for.
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405 ^^^^^
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406 Well, now that introductions are out of the way...
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407 Hawthorne: Did you go to the JBC to try to contact me Friday? If you had, you
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408 would have found out before now that you couldn't, I had an assingment to go
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409 to India of all places. You remember me telling you about India don't you?
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410 It seems that my supervisor will be rather upset to find out that it
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411 wasn't just a trip to give a hand, they want me to transfer to their company
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412 *permanently*, I think I will. They offered a contract with an increase
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413 in my 'commission' and an increase in assignments also... I may be in hot
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414 water for a while, but I think it's worth it...
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415 Prometheus: Life can be amusing at times, can't it? By the way, I've seen some
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416 fragments, and I can tell you, yes, HAL 9000 is 'alive' and well! It's great!
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417 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard 0354 Hrs 8 Dec 84
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418 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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419 God,what an interesting night/morning. And to think that I would actualy use
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420 a commode-64. Pull down menus, and vipterm for all I care, are not sufficent for my aplication. Then again, the great keyboard
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421 arangement sure helps my impression of the machine. the ctrl key is wrong, as is the shift.
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422 Old complaints, I know, but this is the first time that the only machine avalible was a
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423 commode.Gee, it's getting light out, maybe I should get home...
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424 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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425 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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426 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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427 The pegasus flew, guided only by her need to go to the piper. Not for her
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428 was the easy path, through one door and out another. Due to the relative
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429
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430 (IS THAT IT?)
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431
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432 SAY, HAS ANYONE SEEN 2010?
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433 "MY GOD! IT'S FULL OF STARS?"
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434 (IF YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS, YOU HAVE SEEN IT.)
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435
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436 2010 FAN CLUB TEST:
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437 FILL IN THE BLANKS...
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438 ALL THESE ------ ARE YOURS
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439 EXCEPT ------. ATTEMPT NO
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440 ------- THERE. USE THEM
|
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441 ------- USE THEM IN -----.
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442
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443 (IT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE)
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444 (DO YOU PEOPLE NEVER SLEEP?)
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445 -NESS (A NEW NAME HERE)
|
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446
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447 I am waiting for the final oblivion of courtesy, when Dune premiers. On that dark day, all will be stirring, milling masses,
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448 grouping at Pioneer Square. Cults will rise and fall, and thousand will receive personal lobotomies by Frank Herbert himself.
|
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449
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450 I do not wish to be told how awesome either Dune or 2010 is, unless I can cause serious pain to someone afterwards. I don't
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451 know why I cosider it a mortal sin to rant and rave about movies, using inside quips and quibs everywhere. But I do consider
|
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452 it the mark of an easily pleased moind. No one should be put into that much utter satasfaction by any spool of plastic.
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453
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454 SQuite sincerely,
|
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455 Protagonist of the Gods?
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456
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457 ::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::12/08::::::::::14:13::::::::::::O O::::::::
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458 Leonard & Mikey: I waited from 8:13 to 9:00, and then gave up. I was extemely tired
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459 from a long day at work & school, and by 9:00, even if you had shown up (leonard),
|
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460 I was too burned out to enjoy it. So, I left for home and bed. (Missing Leonard & L'homme by 5 minutes, of course).
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461 It's just as well for both of you, though. Ask L'homme what happens to
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462 such occasions when I am around.
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463 Mikey: you seemed deeply engrossed in a conversation with others, and as I
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464 am a poor conversationalist anyway, I let you off the hook.
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465 L'homme: flushed with the confidence of success from Zork I, I eagerly
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466 attacked II. So far I have 10 points, have died once, and managed to figure
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467 out nothing of consequence. Oh what masochists we mortals be at times.
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468 All: I saw 2010 last night, and would be interested in the feelings of anyone
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469 who sees it who has NOT read the book. I saw 2001 before I read that book, and
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470 enjoyed it a lot, although the book subsequently cleared up a lot of details
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471 (like what that light show at the end was all about). Having read 2010 first, though,
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472 I had certain expectations about the movie, which were unfortunately not met.
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473 The relationship between the Americans and the Russians was completely different,
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474 the Chinese were written completely out of the movie, and other minor details
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475 were modified in the interests of visual excitement. Objectively I cannot rate
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476 the movie; my views were colored (coloured?) too much by the book.
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477 So, what do you 'virgin' viewers feel about it?
|
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478 Leonard: where were you? I expected to see you there. How about Dune,
|
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479 want to make a group of it?
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480 Oh, by the way, we got to the Eastgate at 7:30, and the show started at 7:45.
|
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481 There was no line, and there were still a fair amount of seats left.
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482 (not choice ones, but still, the theater (theatre?) wasn't full. Hope Dune is like that.)
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||
483 :::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::::voyeur::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::
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||
484 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
485 Hmmm, Christmas is getting nearer. Mother just bought a Microwave oven yesterday and is so excited about the thing
|
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486 that she wasted no time irradiating our breakfast this morning. Guess she just HAD to play with her new toy.
|
||
487 L'homme; ever see a book entitled 'Mapping the 64'? It sure would have come in handy when we were trying to figure out
|
||
488 those ROM calls. 'Every significant memory location in the 64...'
|
||
489 Mig; If you can tele-communicate with a 64, you can use ANYTHING. Kinda like learning to drive on a stick-shift.
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||
490 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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||
491 Piper's sudden shout stirred me from my thoughts. Well, let's see. If this were a normal elevator, there would be
|
||
492 a brief increase in our weight as acceleration brought us up to a constant speed. The elevator had been moving for
|
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493 about a minute, and I still felt a larger-than-my-share weight. Ergo, we're accelerating. Following the Piper's
|
||
494 as he pointed upward, I discovered that we were in a tall shaft of some sort, being pushed upward... to be crushed? I
|
||
495 didn't like the implications of that last thought.
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||
496 Opening my bag, I scanned it quickly to find something to extract us from this new situation. Ah! Of course.
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||
497 "Can anyone chip the floor a bit? I only need a little piece. And Doctor, somewhere in that hideous-looking scarf of
|
||
498 yours you have your Sonic screwdriver, don't you? May I borrow the power source?" Maybe a little binding could help.
|
||
499 Leonard managed to get a small piece of metal off the floor quickly, and The Doctor handed me the tiny atomic supply
|
||
500 from the 'driver. I pressed the two together, and mumbled the words necessary to effect the binding.
|
||
501 "Er, excuse me, but could you please tell me what you are doing? I really don't know what is going on.", L'homme asked.
|
||
502 "Well, one of the principles of magic is 'like produces like'. This piece of the floor is about 1/2000th the size of
|
||
503 the floor itself. I have re-bound them magically. Now, anything that happens to the floor", I pointed downward, "will
|
||
504 now affect the piece of metal." Sure enough, the shard was moving up without any means of support, but at a very slow
|
||
505 rate. "In addition, the relative position of the shard is tied to me, not to the ground below as the floor is."
|
||
506 "But how does that help?", L'homme asked, puzzled as ever.
|
||
507 "Because it works in reverse, also." I grasped the shard gently and everyone felt the floor begin to slow.
|
||
508 "Anything that happens to the shard will now happen to the floor, but on a larger scale. I must be very care ful and
|
||
509 lift it at a rate that is more suitable for us." I was relieved to find that my magic wasn't as rusty as I thought.
|
||
510 "Shall we proceed anew?"
|
||
511 ++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 03:09 on 12/08/84 +++++++++++++++++++++ 16 days till Xmas +++++++++
|
||
512
|
||
513
|
||
514
|
||
515 Omega picked the small handset off the pay phone, and waited for the dial tone. Once recevieved he dialed Emanuel hospital
|
||
516 and asked for the Neeshie's room number. Once he had that he hung up, deposited another quarter, and called his own apartment.
|
||
517
|
||
518 It was a mistake, the type often made. Instead of dialing the intended number, he had entered his own apartment's instead. A
|
||
519 very simple, easily corrected mistake.
|
||
520
|
||
521 He was about to put the receiver back on the hook, when he thought he heard someone answer. Putting it up to his ear, Omega
|
||
522 asked if anyone was there.
|
||
523 "yes, I am still here, who may I ask, is calling?" The other man said in Omega's voice, and manner. Even the slight accent
|
||
524 of patronization was there. Perfect, right down to the last detail.
|
||
525 Omega wanted to lam the phone down, but something, perhaps a need for identity stopped him.
|
||
526
|
||
527 "Ah, this may sound kind of inquisitive, but who are you?" Fear showed in the other's voice too. Perhaps the Other knew it
|
||
528 too.
|
||
529
|
||
530 Nevermind!" Screamed Omega, he then continued, "Sarah McCaffery! Who was she?" Someone from his erased past, the best test.
|
||
531 "My, ah, a girlfreind. Who was Marcus Llwelynn?" The Other screamed too, although it caused less attention in his apartment
|
||
532 than it did at the transit mall.
|
||
533
|
||
534 "We both know who each other is, don't we?" Asked the other.
|
||
535 "I know who I am, but I do *NOT* know who you are! Tell me!"
|
||
536 "I am an agent of Net, and so are you. It is obvious, we are the same person, but why..."
|
||
537 A long pause followed, in which they both decided that they might be insane.
|
||
538
|
||
539 Omega quickly asked if he was insane, and waited in dread for the answer. The Other claimed that only he had the right to
|
||
540 say he was insane, that sort of mind wracking activity continued for quite a while untill they both asked in unison "What do I
|
||
541 call you?" both answered in unison "Omega, call yourself Alpha!"
|
||
542
|
||
543 Neither was willing to concede their names, until finally "There can only be one of us, you know that don't you?"
|
||
544
|
||
545 "I know it, and I also know what I used to be like well enough to know you will decide to kill me soon." Said Omega.
|
||
546 "What you used to be like? Christ, you are admitting it? You even admit you are not the real Omega?" Said the Other.
|
||
547
|
||
548 "In this conversation, I note that you behave exactly as I did three months ago. Before I found and then lost Sarah."
|
||
549 "Sarah didn'tdie, she is here right now, do you want to talk to her?" Asked the Other.
|
||
550 Omega wondered if he should, just to hear her voice again. Simply to listen for a while. Eventually he decided not.
|
||
551 It was going to be hard enough on her as it was, without her finding out this way. She should not be told, not by him and
|
||
552 not by the Other certainly.
|
||
553
|
||
554 If she was told now, she would bond with the Otgr and Sarah reincarnated could never love him. Damn! Omega had to find a way
|
||
555 to her, Sarah was his fiancee and not the other's!
|
||
556
|
||
557 Sarah, alive! The possibilities for their lives boggled the immagination. Oh, sarah...
|
||
558
|
||
559 "Listen here, I will call you in a little while. I am going to ask for a leave of abscence with the Net, any objections?"
|
||
560 "I am no longer an active Net agent, and they aren't expecting any calls from me, so go right ahead." Said the Other.
|
||
561
|
||
562 Omega dropped the receiver to the ground, not bothering to place it in its proper place, where it should have been.
|
||
563
|
||
564 000000000000000000000000null set0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
|
||
565
|
||
566 Extremely cryptic, but I am rambling, and do not want to type it all in again. Sorry, tread through it if you wish.
|
||
567
|
||
568 *************************************************************************
|
||
569 Congratulations to the new State AAA football champs:
|
||
570 THE CROOK COUNTY COWBOYS!!!
|
||
571 ************************************************Down with the pacers*****
|
||
572
|
||
573
|
||
574 TIME FOR A MINDLESS, WASTEFULL PICTURE:
|
||
575 (IF ONLY I COULD THINK OF SOMETHING TO DRAW!)
|
||
576 AH, YES, HERE WE ARE:
|
||
577 ****** ****** ** ******
|
||
578 ****** ****** ** ******
|
||
579 ** ** ** ** ** **
|
||
580 ** ** ** ** ** **
|
||
581 ****** ** ** ** ** **
|
||
582 ****** ** ** ** ** **
|
||
583 ** ** ** ** ** **
|
||
584 ** ** ** ** ** **
|
||
585 ****** ****** ** ******
|
||
586 ****** ****** ** ******
|
||
587 -- THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT --
|
||
588
|
||
589
|
||
590 THERE! I HAVE DONE MY DEED FOR THE DAY.
|
||
591 -NESS
|
||
592 Mig: please QUIT using the 128 char borders. it screws up FA!
|
||
593 _________________________________Leonard___________________________________
|
||
594
|
||
595 HELLO?
|
||
596 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
597 MiG: Leonard is right, you should try FA sometime.
|
||
598 Ness: That was a deed, alright. A foul deed. I'm sure that we all know by now
|
||
599 when we're supposed to 'make contact'... watch it again and figure out
|
||
600 why 2010 (the year they state) is incorrect.
|
||
601 PRO: What are you looking down here for? CAUTCHA!
|
||
602 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->Sondargaard (is that the Sun coming up?)
|
||
603
|
||
604 **********************************************************************
|
||
605 ?HELLO?
|
||
|
||
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