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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask....
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2 ************************ INSTALLED: 4 OCT 86 *************************
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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 thepright 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * *
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21 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * *
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22
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23 I'll be da**ed. I got the top! Hi all. Well, ultimate intelligence, I
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24 am dying to hear your answers to the questions that were posed. Come on and
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25 post the answers. I'm sure we would all like to know. A "hi" to Lady S.
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26 (read your message on the "Parrot") and Adrick, and Darbon, And...
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27
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28 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * * *
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29 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * *
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30
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31 SO HOW YA DOIN, FREDDY???
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32 Ultimate Intelligence: I believe you need to have a checkup.
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33 The *correct* answer to "what happens when an irresistable force meets an
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34 immovable object" is that they cannot exist simultaneously! (by definition).
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35 ____10/04/86__________Leonard_JD 2446708.3441_________13:15:34_PDT_________
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36 Hi I Have Started My Own BBS. It Is
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37 Called The Game Palace. It is Opened
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38 From 11:00pm - 6:30am. Mon-Fri.
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39 My Line Is: 283-xxxx. Please Call only
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40 During These Times Because It Ties Up
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41 The Phone If You Don't. To Become
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42 A Validated User Please Fill Out An
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43 Application Form. Thankyou
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44
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45 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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46
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47 hiya, to KWH,
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48 not that I've met you....but as I understand it, you
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49 know a little of me.... so, how are you...? As an incidental, I would like to
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50 point out that the name is Adric, no K.But, then again, maybe you were trying
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51 to make a point as I was mis-lettering your name... I'm sorry about that,
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52 but I hope I've got it right now.....
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53
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54 To all who have any interest, Elforson's tale is developing
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55 well... he has told me much...I think I will tell the tale in third person
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56 present..
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57
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58 Well, I'm only three levels from the surface, and the 'bot that
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59 was after me has stopped.It stopped at the entrance to the fifth level, where
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60 there was a pulsed magnetic field as a door marker.It couldn't pass.I'm three
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61 rooms away from a supercore computer unit... and I'd like to try to talk to it,
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62 and find out what the hell this place is, and why there is such a temporal
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63 anomaly in this local space...
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64
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65 I've got to go now, it's accepted an interface with my mind..
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66
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67
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68
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69 see ya soon,
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70 Adric
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71 WHO CARES?
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72 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*Guru of Bliss*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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73 Never trust a person who demands attention - Hell - never trust a person who demands
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74 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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75 ____10/04/86__________________JD 2446708.5956_________19:17:44_PDT_________
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76 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * [ * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * *
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77 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * *
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78
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79 Oh Kritic, I re-wrote the story I posted here on
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80 the parrot, and if you have access to the Blue Room you might want to take a
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81 look at it.
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82 Adric, I'm sorry about your name. It was not a demonstration of the mis-
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83 spelling of my name, but the spelling I saw for your name once. I may be wrong
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84 but I think that's what happened. Well, so we haven't met. If you are truly a
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85 good friend of Lady S. it could happen. I'm not all that disagreeable, at
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86 least according to most... (the ones that matter, anyway)
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87
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88 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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89 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * just when you thought I was predictable * *
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90 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * KWH * * * * *
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91
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92 Well, there wasn't enough room when I
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93 called last night to post the answers to
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94 the questions that were posed, but thereis now, so here gos!:
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95
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96
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97 How long until WWIII in definite time
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98 units?
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99 A: If Reagan continues om his present
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100 course in South Amerrica, WWIII will
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101 certainly start within 2 years. I am
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102 trying to prevent this from occuring
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103 of course, but Reagan's brain is so
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104 feeble that it is hard to influence.
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105
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106
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107 Q: When and how did the Universe start?
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108 A: I know the answer to this, for I
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109 was there at the time, however it is
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110 difficult to answer this question in
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111 english in this time period as the
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112 present language does not as yet containing the nessacary vocabulary. It does
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113 have something to do with dimensional
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114 overlapping and temporal feedback, but
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115 this is such a minor part of the whole
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116 phenomon that I hesitate to mention them.
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117 However we all know when the big bang
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118 took place, but that actually took
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119 place billions of years after the
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120 universe was created----And you thought
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121 I was going to say "42". The concept
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122 of how the universe came into being is
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123 such an advanced concept, that trying
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124 to describe it to present day human
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125 beings, would be like explaining the
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126 theory of relativity to oysters.
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127
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128
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129 That's all I have time for now, I will
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130 answer more of the questions soon...
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131
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132
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133 Ultimate Intelligence
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134
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135
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136 help
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137 sysop please help
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138 exit
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139 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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140 gh, here goes nothing again. This is just a brute force delay to
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141 (hopefully) let me send something to BW. I just don't know what I'm
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142 g wrong -- it's gotta be something really obvious. Oh, well, if
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143 s works, it'll do 'till I can mess with something better...
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144 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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145 Yeeks, looks like I gotta slam in a BIG delay. Right now, it's running
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146 through an empty loop 100,000 times and seems to drop off after the <cr>.
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147 At least it looks doable.
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148 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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149 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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150 LEFTY-- IT WAS GRATE TO SEE YA. WE
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151 SHOULD OUTTA DO IT AGAIN SOMETIME.
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152 NEXT TIME, MAYBE WE OUTTA SPEND
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153 MORE TIME BEING SOSHAL AND LESS
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154 TIME TRYIN TO PLAY A CAPER.FINGERS
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155 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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156 1010101010101010101010101010101010101010
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157 DEAR MR. INTELLIGENCE,
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158
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159 IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET TO INFINITY IF YOU
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160 TRAVEL FOREVER?
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161
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162 1010101010101010101010101010101010101010
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163
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164 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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165 Oh I love that last question! Come on UI, answer that! Of course, what is
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166 signified with "Travel Forever"? What is forever? If infinity is something
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167 where all things are possible wouldn't it be possible to eventually reach
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168 infinity? Impossible you say? Loop back to theory of Infinity = reality
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169 (if you'd call it that) where all things are possible. Loop, loop, error,
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170 error, click. <INFINITE MEMORY OVERFLOW> Anyways, on to other things.
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171 Piper: Almost! A few more milli-seconds and it
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172 will be perfect! (hit CR too soon, damn)
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173
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174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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175 {+|+} <196> 861005^0801
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176 WELL... Travel forever and you do reach
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177 infinity? Interesting concept to say
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178 the least. The problem with English is
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179 that it is possible to say plausible
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180 sounding statements that are actually
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181 total and complete non sense.
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182
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183 Finite Intelligence
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184
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185
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186 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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187 Now now.... I never said it was possible. I was merely extending someone
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188 else's thoughts on the matter. But I've heard so many times that anything
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189 is possible when dealing with/around infinity. Why rule out one impossibility?
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190 Anyway. I have no time. I must go.
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191
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192 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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193 DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT
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194 FINITE INTELLIGENCE:
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195 QUITE RIGHT! "TRAVELING FOREVER" IN ORDER TO REACH INFINITY IS QUITE LIKE COMPARING
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196 APPLES AND ORANGES. IN MY VIEW OF INFINITY ANYWAY. LATER
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197 DOUGHNUT MAN
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198 DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT-DOUGHNUT
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199 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
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200 You guys talk about infinity as though there were only one. What about second
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201 and third order infinities? That could change your travel time, depending on
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202 which level is used, ya know?
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203 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
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204 Bye! B-)
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205
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206 Piper: While I don't know C I can give you some 8085 ASM code that works.
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207 Or for a *real* brute force approach, have it send a line and then wait for
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208 you to hit a key before sending the next one. Crude, but effective.
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209 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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210 It seems that the only questions you agree will stump UI are paradoxes. Now
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211 isn't that strange...
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212
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213 WHO CARES?
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214
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215 Hey, UI:
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216 1) What came first, the chicken or the egg?
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217 2) What is the difference between a duck?
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218 -Enjoy-
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219 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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220 That's right, the party's back!
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221 Hide your valuables!
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222 Lock your refrigerator!
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223 Forget about it!
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224 ...
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225 .
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226 A paradox cannot trick UI., because it is a paradox, and therefore is unanswerable. (maybe...)
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227
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228 Even I could figure out what the difference between a duck is. Look at the label in his pants
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229 , divide it by pi, find the square root and divide by two. That should, unless I am in normal mode,
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230 tell you this difference is...
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231
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232
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233 I HAVE MISSED SOOOOO MUCH!
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234
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235 And that puts me in a state of sadness.
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236 Oh well, at least life goes on, and I can continue in my quest to meet new interesting people
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237 via this cumbersome medium called a terminal...
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238
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239 *** STARPATH ***
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240
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241 .pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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242 Isn't amazing how expediency can warp priciples? It looks like this
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243 strange combination of a shell script and a filter might work. It's not
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244 pretty, not elegant, and I've about given up on trying to read and write
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245 to the same device. If this hasn't dropped any characters (it's spinning
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246 30,000 iterations of an empty loop for each carriagE return and 4,000
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247 iterations between each character) I'm going to call it good on
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248 communications software -- at least for a while. Its been so long since I
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249 tried my hand at a story, I don't know quite how to begin. Well, next
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250 time...
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251 .pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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252 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ October 5, 1986 ++ Milchar
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253
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254 If you want the answers to questions like, "Where are we?", "When are we?",
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255 and "What are we made of?" Take courses in Physics or Cosmology. To quote
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256 a few of my reading materials from those courses...
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257
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258 WHERE ARE WE: "It is rather like standing on an infinite chequerboard: you
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259 can give meaning to how far you are from the nearest corner of a square, but
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260 your overall position on the board is a meaningless concept."
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261
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262 WHEN ARE WE: "The world [Universe] was created with time, and not in time."
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263
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264 WHAT ARE WE MADE OF: "Matter"
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265
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266 If this does interest you, seriously, physics is a frontier science these days
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267 and I suggest you take a few courses and see what they're like. Cosmology
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268 also. Enjoy yourselves,
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269
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270 Idelle.
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271
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272 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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273 Piper: May I be the first to congratulate you on your recent success at using
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274 a combination of tools to accomplish a goal. I gather that you are now
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275 using a UN*X box of some sort; perhaps a TEK4401 (is that the number?)
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276 AI box? Anyway, many utilities, when trying to read and write to the
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277 same /dev will spawn two process: one to read, the other to write; I've
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278 hacked at the problem and have something that does do both without spawning
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279 extra children, but it's kinda flakey. Anyway, we all hope to see more
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280 of you and your creativity in the near future...
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281 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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282
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283 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * K * H * * * * *
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284 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * *
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285
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286 Nowadays, modems are convenient peripherals
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287 that you can get along with your new MS-DOS machine. There is little more
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288 to it. Even Atari had the nerve to make their modems so flaky that
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289 people not dedicated couldn't use them. Instead of those fun filled days
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290 of yesteryear, we have repoutable companies churning out modems at a slim
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291 thirty dollar price tag. So any indedicated jerk can technically screw
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292 up any public system.
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293 I don't know what sidebanding is. It strikes me as a method to
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294 hide or scramble a signal, such that it would have to be known about in
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295 advance to be heard. And -that- strikes me as what a lot of systems have
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296 done. The Bit Bucket is not gone, not really. Because, most likely, there
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297 is still going to be a collection of friends with Unix access. I have
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298 heard that same idea thrown around about all the other Unix boards now
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299 operating in town. Not public. Only friends. And new friends are made on
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300 the public systems, if necessary.
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301 After returning from a long trip, I was sort of stunned to find
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302 that three quarters of all the old BWMS users had faded away. Stopped
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303 wasting their eraly mornings or late nights on it. There are only a few
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304 reasons for this. But I -don't- want to get into an argument over who is
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305 to blame for the overall sad state of affairs. Its just true that Piper
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306 isn't going to read this. Pam probably won't. Neither will most of the
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307 people who made this system an exception to the rule.
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308 The question that has been going through my mind lately, is "What
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309 is going to happen to BackWater now? What about the people I met there?
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310 Are we just going to fade into squalid files in those Archives?"
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311 If only I had the answer. For now, the only thing I can do is
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312 enjoy what writing (Of the elder style, not the recent ultraverbose and
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313 overemotional sort that was pioneered by J. Silverman, and D. S. Knight.
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314 As a way to preserve an old feeling. At least till it picks up again.
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315 If it ever does. End of diatribe, sorry for the length...
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316
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317
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318 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * W * * * * * *
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319
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320 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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321 Piper: Glad to see you back in operation, let's get those stories rolling
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322 man!
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323
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324 +++++++++++theone,theonly++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++
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325 MR INTELIGENCE.... YOOHOO... WHERE ARE YOU? MABEY HE WAS NOT AS INTELLIGENT
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326 AS HE THOUGHT!!!
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327
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328 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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329
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330 /\*/\ THE DARK ONE /\*/\
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331
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332 (GEE, MY INFINITY QUESTION SURE SPARKED A FLURY OF ACTIVITY.)
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333 10101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010
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334
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335 .pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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336 The stillness of the deep forest holds a tangible presence of its very
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337 own. It is a thickness in the air, a feeling that sound ought not to
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338 exist, and, shold it occur, it should have the decency to die swiftly. In
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339 a deep forest, underbrush is nearly absent. Only the repeating trunks of
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340 huge trees column upward through the midday twilight; at night the
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341 darkness is absolute. Some of this feeling permeates even the rare
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342 clearings where phe death of a titan has torn a small temporary clearing
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343 in the forest depths, a place where a man hungering for the sight of the
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344 skies might camp.
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345 Here, on a natural stage, playing to the still ranks of giantw, our
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346 player holds center stage. The piper was not a student of magic; he
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347 lacked the attention to detail and devotion to study for its own sake that
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348 is necessary for consistent success in this most difficult of all arts.
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349 On the few times that he had attempted some cantrip or another (for being
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350 a man of discretion, he sometimes observed the workings of others and
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351 might attempt some working that he felt he understood), he had sometimes
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352 met with noteable success and sometimes abject failure. A chance stranger
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353 passing by the clearing might have difficulty in determining which category this evenigsds
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354 spectacle of a ten foot glowing globe rising out of a campfire would argue
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355 for a success, while the alarm on the piper's face would argue for a
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356 failure.
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357 .pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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358 Hmm, I guess it works OK. I got dropped once and have seen some garbage
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359 on this end (I suspect that it's my line that's noisy) but easier than
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360 typing in direct.
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361 Emu -- Yes, the new box is a Tek 4404. It's not UNIX, but a modular O/S
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362 thats similar in style (kind of a "poor man's UNIX). The problem I run
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363 into is that I've gotta use the 'open()' call to open a file (the modem
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364 port is addressed as a file, /dev/comm) for both read and write. I keep
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365 messing up and bombing out. With limited time, I really don't feel like
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366 sorting this out right now, it'll be a good puzzle for later.
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367 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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368 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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369 fingers. i enjoyed seeing youse again
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370 too. next time thou, we shuold pick
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371 somes place without all dose flatfootes
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372 around. Dey sure know how to take de
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373 starch outta a party. until next time
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374 lefty.
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375 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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376 hey ***** w * * * *
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377 hwhat's so flaky about non-ms dos mac
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378 hine? any jerk can technically screw
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379 your pubic system
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380 down with unix !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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381 down with itty-bitty
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382 machine
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383 flakey K
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384 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>xxxxxxxx
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385 Piper: Good entry. Please try to avoid using 'permeate' though. I have seen
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386 this one misused, abused and overused by all self-proclaimed writers and it
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387 only throws a shadow of amateurishness over your otherwise interesting entry.
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388
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389 UI: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?
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390 Forgive my translation, but I don't feel like looking up the original in
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391 Plato.
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392 -Enjoy-
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393 QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
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394 ********************
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395
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396 The linears are hot the PTT finger is itchy and we are on our way
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397 to a 12,000 foot dump site...
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398 It's time to levitate and say....
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399
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400
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401
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402 Beeeeeeeeeeeeemmmmm Babba Douche!!!!!!
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403
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404
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405
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406 *******************
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407 """""""
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408 idelle:
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409 the question now is what is " matter"
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410 don't give me the physic definition of matter, because it will get us to an endless cycle.
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411
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412 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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413 Phantom: Hi again, remember my idea about the new kind of bbs? Well, that
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414 should prove who is who....
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415 All: Does anybody know the commie disconnect sequence?? Could you please
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416 incorporating it? We may get rid of these twits yet!! (I believe they/he
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417 is using a C-64)
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418
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419 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Darbon+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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420 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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421
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422 to KWH: I've not been on the Backwater as lond as you, but,
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423 bot, do I know what you mean!!!!As to all you say, from what I can tell,
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424 (Based on the ones I've met so far..) all her friends are interesting intelligent and a few other good things.So,
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425 I would guess that you're O.K. by any reasonable standards!!!!I would like to
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426 inquire for an honest answer... does my writing qualify under the catagory
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427 you named...?
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428
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429 To Idelle,
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430 You are correct.There are a few good courses out there,
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431 one at Benson's TAG night school.I took it last year, and have gained quite a
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432 bit from it all.It was called particle physics and cosmology.We also covered
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433 General and Special Relativity theories, and the corollaries & additions
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434 such as the Heisenburg Uncertanty Principle and Lohhemann's Contraction
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435 Theorem....
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436
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437 All very worth taking for knowledge, and/or interest...
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438 Incidentally, anyone out there heard any more abut the guy who claims the
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439 existance of a fifth force, and/or his experiments relating to gravity etc....
|
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440 ???
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441
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442 Tomorrow Elforson will finish talking to me, and hopefully I can
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443 write some of it up....
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444
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445 Boy, that Central Core is messed up!I got no useful info
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446 from it, though it did try to help... I remember the computer the doctor
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447 dealt with that thought it was him, but that one seems healthy compared to
|
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448 this puppy!The temporal anomaly around here is getting more aggravated, as if
|
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449
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450 it were being generated by something.A little while ago a whole section under
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451 went a total kinetic freeze, at the quark/antiquark squark neutrino level.
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452 Scared me spitless, to see half a teminal screen freeze in mid-scroll, along
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453 with one service 'bot, and, boy, when that efffect stopped, that vision screen
|
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454 blew!!!
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455
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456 I think it was some kind of time-wind...but I can't be sure...
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457 gotta go now, hopefully my tachyon transmission will reach the TARDIS soon..
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458
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459 Adric.
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||
460 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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461 ***************************************************************************
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462 TO: * * * K W H * * *
|
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463 Actually, many of the "oldtimers" haven't gone for good, they are still
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464 around, but even they can't continue to produce massive quanties of words
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||
465 day in and day out. The mind needs time to rest as does the soul. See the
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466 previous messages, piper is here, Pam though in lurk mode for sometime still
|
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467 looks in, as does kathy and bard, and a number of others. We aren't gone,
|
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468 only recharging the batteries for greater and better times.
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||
469 ***************************************************************************
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||
470 KWH: SIDEBANDING IS BEST COMPARED WITH 1200 BAUD MODEMS. IT'S A MUCH MORE
|
||
471 EFFICIENT MEANS OF TRANSMISSION, BUT IS NOT RECEIVABLE ON THE OLD EQUIPMENT
|
||
472 (THOUGH AS WITH 1200 BAUD, IT CAN TALK TO THE OLD EQUIPMENT).
|
||
473 *********************THE PHANTOM OF BACKWATER******************************
|
||
474 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
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475 OH BOY !!!
|
||
476 ][][][][][][][][][]P]P}p]p]p]]p]p}PpPp]]]pPpppppppppppPp
|
||
477 I AM THE ANTI-CHRIST
|
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478 I AM THE ANTI-CHRIST
|
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479 DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT
|
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480 BUT I KNOW HOW TO GET IT
|
||
481 I WANNA DESTROY, FALSIFY AND I..
|
||
482 I WANNA BE ANARCHY.
|
||
483
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484 ANARCHY IN THE U.K.
|
||
485 IT'S COMING SOMETIME
|
||
486 I MIGHT BE
|
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487 I'M NEVER ON TIME
|
||
488 STOP A TRAFFIC LINE...
|
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489
|
||
490 SEX PISTOLS
|
||
491
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||
492 PP
|
||
493 pPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpPpP
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||
494 I have just found out (thru an article in Infoworld) that not only
|
||
495 does CIS consider "the entire contents of its service copyrighted", but
|
||
496 that it is going after BBS Sysops for posting public domain programs
|
||
497 downloaded from CIS.
|
||
498 I do *not* agree with this policy. I post programs and data here to
|
||
499 make them available to as wide an audience as possible. CIS says that BBS
|
||
500 sysops should obtain material directly from the authors.
|
||
501 I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't have the time to
|
||
502 respond to the number of requests that would involve. And since the
|
||
503 *entire* service is copyrighted, does that mean that I can't use CIS to
|
||
504 transfer the files to the BBS operators? If so, neither I nor they could
|
||
505 afford it!
|
||
506 I might also add that I find it odd that CIS claims copyright on
|
||
507 *my* material! The service agreement covers quite a few things but I don't
|
||
508 recall signing away my rights under copyright law!!!
|
||
509 Until and unless I am told differently, I wish to state that
|
||
510 anything I have placed in the Data Libraries may be used freely for any
|
||
511 non-commercial purpose. It may also be used for commercial uses as long as
|
||
512 it is not being sold as part of a product (it may be included for free
|
||
513 however). I *encourage* re-posting of my material.
|
||
514 Leonard Erickson
|
||
515
|
||
516
|
||
517 cc: M100SIG
|
||
518 CIS Customer Service
|
||
519 Applephilia BBS
|
||
520 CBBS/NW
|
||
521 Backwater Message System
|
||
522 ____10/06/86__________Leonard_JD 2446710.6970_________21:43:39_PDT_________
|
||
523 UI UI YUI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI[ UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI
|
||
524
|
||
525 Well folks, I have been quite busy observing a supernova about half a
|
||
526 billion light years away. I had to
|
||
527 move 2 populated planets into orbit
|
||
528 around another more stable star. Took
|
||
529 me quite a while too, as one of the
|
||
530 planets is populated by a very telepathically powerful race of beings
|
||
531 who kibitzes me the entire time I was
|
||
532 shifting their planet through a charged vacumn embodiment. "careful
|
||
533 there, you're shaking the china" that
|
||
534 sort of complaining.
|
||
535 I don't know why I bother, but I
|
||
536 do have a weakness for helpless creatures.
|
||
537 Let's have some REAL questions for a
|
||
538 change and less of that adolescent
|
||
539 paradoxical drivel "Can God create a
|
||
540 stone too heavy for himself to lift?"
|
||
541 Sheeeeesh!!
|
||
542
|
||
543 Ultimate Intelligence
|
||
544
|
||
545 *Oh, by the way, to the person who askedwhat kind of entity I am, well,
|
||
546 I am a Pooka. Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls.
|
||
547
|
||
548 UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI UI
|
||
549
|
||
550 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- PIPER:
|
||
551 HEY YOU DO SMALLTALK-80 I HAVE A BBS FOR IT
|
||
552 PRINCE DRAGON
|
||
553 .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.
|
||
554 HEY UI, KNOW HOW TO TAKE A CLUE? WHICH DIRECTION IS "UP"? HOW COLD IS
|
||
555 YOUR TOILET BOWL WATER AT 4:27 IN THE MORNING? [*-><-*]
|
||
556 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
557 The above is a non-sequitar. Everyone should know that Any Ultimate
|
||
558 Intelligence does not need such appliances as toilet bowls and water
|
||
559 heaters. With the mere utterance of a wish, they can heat the water of
|
||
560 one thousand worlds. By simply stating a new condition, they can change
|
||
561 any biological situation to suit them. Or they can s**t in their pants
|
||
562 if they choose. Simpletons like Doughnut Hole Man and Keeper of Fools/
|
||
563 Souls just don't realize that Ulimate means ULTIMATE. There is no other
|
||
564 form of higher intelligence than that which is ultimate. All powerful
|
||
565 creatures who wish to bestow their experience and intelligence should be
|
||
566 welcomed with open arms, not toilet paper and cat-calls. This debate has
|
||
567 gone on long enough. The Ultimate Intelligence is moving on to Seattle,
|
||
568 where it hopes to be more appreciated than it was here in this cloudy
|
||
569 twit-infested commodore 64 ruled message system known as backwater. It
|
||
570 is not the board itself, UI wished to impart, but the users whom have
|
||
571 seen it necessary to take great dives in brain cell count everytime it
|
||
572 appears. Seattle will be good. The air is fresh, and the football team
|
||
573 is 4-1. The Utimate Intelligence likes pro football. You see he never
|
||
574 was allowed to play on the Ultimate Football Team back at U of K (that's
|
||
575 the Ultimate of Kansas bulldogs) because of his poor eyesite. So Back-
|
||
576 water, you had your chance to get some questions answered and bask in
|
||
577 the light of a truly intelligent being. Tough Tea Bags now.
|
||
578
|
||
579 I. C. Rears.
|
||
580 Utimate Lawyers at Large
|
||
581 1345 N. Pliadese
|
||
582 The Universe, 45178
|
||
583
|
||
584 Representing client : The Ultimate Intelligence
|
||
585 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
|
||
586
|
||
587 Down with unix. Down with technology. Give me my 6502. And how does the saying go? I'll destoy the universe. Yes, that's
|
||
588 right folks, it's time for the INSULT WHAT YOU CAN'T HAVE comedy hour. Only this is a comedy of errors. The past few
|
||
589 weeks have seen a dramatic rise in blatent attempts at crashing various systems around town. The new-world Hacker is
|
||
590 far from dead, he has only grown younger. The age of $200 telecommunications systems is upon us. Those who have come
|
||
591 before and paid certain dues must now make room for those who arrive on the scene later, don't pay quite as many dues,
|
||
592 and are handed, figuratively speaking, their computers and modems on a silver platter. Talk with 10 middle/high school
|
||
593 age students, and 3-5, depending on the social/economic levels of the area, will tell you they have either a computer at
|
||
594 home for their own use, one or both of their parents have a computer they can use, or other relatives/best friends have
|
||
595 computers they get constant access to. We must all realize just what is happening here. As a hypothetical, imagine
|
||
596 yourself at a cocktail party, or some similar get-together where you are discussing the latest advances in microchip
|
||
597 technology, or the latest faux-pas by the current administration, or any other mature subject matter. Suddenly, and
|
||
598 with a loud crash, dozens of children swarm into the room, boasting of their mastery over the butler/doorman, speaking
|
||
599 in loud voices, bumping into patrons, knocking over vases, interrupting conversations, interjecting talk of HEAVY METAL
|
||
600 and DEVIL WORSHIP and TEEN LUST ad nauseum, and creating a general commotion never before experienced in such a normally
|
||
601 mature and intelligent setting. I just described for you in slightly more colorful terms what has happened when children
|
||
602 are given the means and the ways of breaking into a formerly adult-only situation. The only possible ending to this
|
||
603 situation is chaotic. What are we experiencing now on the Portland BBS scene? Chaos. Sheer utter electronic terrorism is
|
||
604 being waged by a group of youngsters on any computer hooked up to an autoanswer modem. An erased hard disk or a deleted
|
||
605 user file is only a phone call and a few special commands away. Do the people in charge of these systems panic like the
|
||
606 party-goers did? Or do they band together and form a coalition of power. A group of people dedicated to ridding the phon
|
||
607 e lines of these electronic vermin. I say the latter. Now you must say how many are with me. We can not sit idle and
|
||
608 watch the hallowed grounds of electronic message systems disrupted any further. It is a sad day when a computer goes
|
||
609 down, yet another victim to pranksters and villians and delinquents. Raise up your voice, and leave a message to be,
|
||
610 ^h^h^h me, Donald Green, and I'll let you know how we are organizing. Thank you for your time.
|
||
611
|
||
612 d.g.
|
||
613
|
||
614 IN FAVOR OF MODULA 2.
|
||
615
|
||
616 WHO CARES?
|
||
617
|
||
618 who is this who cares person, and why do they keep asking who cares?
|
||
619
|
||
620 We first gave a characterization of doubly-infinite overlap-free words over a
|
||
621 binary alphabet. One consequence of this characterization is a proof for the
|
||
622 existance of uncountably many infinite overlap-free words over a binary
|
||
623 alphabet. Another consquence is a NlogN algorithm to test whether a word of
|
||
624 length N over a binary alphabet is overlap-free. Although this algortithm is
|
||
625 slower than recently published linear-time algorithms for the same problem,
|
||
626 its analysis allows us to determine a N^e bound, for some e<2, for the number
|
||
627 of overlap-free words of length N (tighter than the previously known N^log15
|
||
628 bound).
|
||
629 YOURS FOR A SONG
|
||
|
||
TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 629
|