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3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator
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20 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
21 Knucking sleep out of his eyes, the piper started down the rough-hewn
22 steps to the inn's common room. At the landing where the stairs bent, he
23 paused to inspect the room. The early morning sun sent bright beams
24 slanting across the vacant space lately filled with noise, merriment,
25 and discussion. Leaning on the baulstrade of peeled poles, the piper
26 wondered what had happened to many of his old companions.
27 Where had the bard gone? Many days had passed since the room had
28 resounded to his lively songs. The apprentice had not shown up to regale
29 the inngoers with tales of magic and sorcery, LeRoy McCane had mysteriously
30 dissappeared (died of WHAT???) L'Homme was gone a-questing, MiG seemed to
31 have gotten entrapped in some arcane battle for control of the world.
32 Pam was still gone -- he had met her but breifly when he had come back
33 to the inn -- and still farther back before the inn had even taken shape
34 many members of this alternate reality had vanished. Who still remembers
35 the sysop of the Damash Bulletin Board? Ah well ...
36 He straightened up and continued down the stairs.
37 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
38 (finding myself at the top, I felt that I should indulge in a little
39 nostalgia)
40 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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42 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$
43 M.M. - I am still thinking. Perhaps we are not taught that knowledge
44 is power, but rather that facts are power. Big difference.
45
46 Archives - I have RDCPM, and can provide my own 8 inch disks. How many do
47 I need, and what will be my cost for all archives?
48
49 ^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$ Laissez-faire $^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$^$
50
51 (-)_(-)_(-)_(hi)_(-)_(-)_(-)
52 I like what the Piper is typing in, it's just about the only riminder of
53 what was here on Backwater.
54 (-)_(-)_(-)_(hi)_(-)_(-)_(-)
55 *)%#*%_!*%_!%+_(_)!*%!)_#*%!_)#*(%)_!#*%_+)!*%)_!*%_+)!*%)_*%)_!*_)%*!#_)%*)_#*%
56 So many people to respond to, will I ever answer them all?
57 Mikey : We could arrange a time for the 20may83 file to be posted on drive B. I could then download it, and that would
58 be that. If we can arrange a time, I am sure you could bump whoever was hogging- I mean using the system at
59 that time. As for PCS, I will bring $12 for the 3 new disks. If Aaron has payed you, I guess that's about all
60 I was holding over him as far as blackmail goes. He still has to call me and let me know when he can pick the
61 disks up though. There is still time to milk some more money out of him. We shall see...
62 Alex : September the 8th sounds great. I will make sure everyone finds out. I can bring my old wooden set, since every-
63 one knows that vile orange liquid doesn't adhere to wood as well as plastic, since it has more in common with
64 plastic than it has with wood. Perhaps you missed my last entry on Global Economic disaster. If you do not with
65 to pursue the subject, that is OK with me. Until the 8th then, and may the best dice win. I will warn you that
66 I have forsaken science and enrolled in Madam Rosa's dice rolling school. She teaches dice techniques that will
67 garner 400's at Yahtzee everytime. Back Gammon, no problem with sucessive double 6's, and Risk, well why don't
68 we just wait until the 8th to see.
69 Laz : We don't need another set of 8 inch disks floating around. If you can read the IBM SS/SD standard format CPM
70 disks, then there should be no problem. I assume you can copy from those 8"ers to you own storage device?
71 To Old Timers of BW : I have been reading some of the old files, and there were indeed several fine debates and dis-
72 cussions occupying BW's disks. There seemed to be much more dry wit and humor, and not as many snide remarks made by
73 passersby. But that is not to say that the past was much much better than the present. It was certainly different, and
74 the content was more pleasing to read for those who enjoy a good reasonably educated discussion.
75 )*%_)*%_)@#*%)_#%*(@#_)%* L'homme sans parity *%_*@_)*%#_)*%@#_)*%)_*!%*%!_)*%)_!*)!*%)_!*%)_#!*)_!#*%_)!#(%_)#(_!)%
76 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
77 WELL, THAT'S A FINE HOW-DO-YA-DO! ONCE AGAIN I ATTEMPTED TO JOIN YOU AT
78 A MEETING BUT EITHER MISSED THE NOTE ONT THE WHEN&WHEREABOUTS OR NO BODY
79 SAID ANYTHING. AM I REALLY THAT MUCH OF AN UNDESIREABLE? SOB!! MY OLD
80 ANALYST SAID IWAS BOUND HAVE A FEW REJECTIONS FROM SOCIETY BUT THIS IS
81 JUST TOO MUCH! AS SOON AS I FIND ME A LOADED PLUMBERS HELPER I'M GOING TO
82 END IT ALL!! THEN YOU'LL ALL BE SORRY! I CAN SEE THE HEADLINES NOW:
83 "MAN PLUNGES TO DEATH" HEH HEH!
84 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
85 BOY IT'S SURE SLOW TODAY! OVER ONE HALF OF ONE YOUR HOURS AGO I WAS HERE
86 AND MADE AN ENTRY AND TO WIT NO OTHERS. WHATSA MATTER? KEYBOARD GOT YOUR
87 FINGERS? WELL, SINCE I'VE USED ENOUGH SPACE AS IS I'LL JUST TAKE THIS KEY
88 AND BE ON MY WAY!! (GOD I HATE THESE THINGS, THEY ALWAYS MAKE MY HEAD FEEL
89 LIKE LEAD AFTER A TRIP!)
90 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
91 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
92 ABOVE:Do you mean to say that you were at a PorSFiS and nobody talked to you?
93 Hum, I must be slipping. You sound like a Timothy L. deciple, are you?
94 Alex:September 8th? I can make it but I must leave early. My motorola rep invited
95 me to a 68020 seminar for wednessday so I will not be home.
96 All Riskers:Last night I was experimanting with random dice rolling. I rolled
97 50 rolls with a partner and using slighly madified risk rolling scores found them
98 to be compleatly random. When a dice cup was involved, they either bent twords my
99 partner or myself with no reasonable reason to do so. Other then eating lemon cake
100 batter with our fingers and it being late at night the conditions closly matched
101 a risk game. That proven, I slaughtered both of the other players in a quick
102 game of risk. I kept rolling 4-5-6 combinations and they were into 3-4-5
103 combinations. Anyone else care to try finding out why this happens? It
104 kinda bugs me if you know what I mean.
105 MiG
106 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
107 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
108
109 A proposal for a new discussion topic:
110
111 A solution to the vaguries of present software copyright laws and a draft
112 proposal of a new, universal software copyright notice. Fantasy is fun,
113 political discussions <arousing!>. However, I have noticed little in the
114 way of constructive problem solving going on here for quite some time.
115 Many of us are directly involved with the copyright question, and all of us
116 are affected by it in some way or other. Any takers?
117
118 A new voice...
119
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122 Yes I remember the 'good old days', especially the AI debate. It doesn't seem
123 like that long ago but it must be monthssince I've been here. Mikey, what is
124 all this about Aaron?
125
126 P. Abbus
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130 Quite a while later ...
131
132 I am really suprised. No one has been
133 on this board for this long? Or are
134 folks not as talkative as they use to
135 be? I remember when you couldn't get a
136 byte in edgewise around here.
137
138 Paul Abbus
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142 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
143 L'homme,
144 The discussion has not been forgotten.....I have just been otherwise
145 occupied....Harambee has been up on the cradle for the past two weeks..And
146 I have been laboriously grinding, painting and fibreglassing the parts
147 in need of repair..she only went back in the water tonight....AMEN ( for lack
148 of a better gratification )...I will continue on soon.
149
150
151 MiG,
152 Whats this ! ! ! ! !
153 a tacit rejection of the objectivity of the hallowed rolling cup............
154 on the flimsy grounds of a small sampling....horrors....L'homme has had his
155 faith shaken......as well as I.....Your turn could soon be here......
156 in the middle of a !much needed! role.....Oh sweet consistency......
157 or as Hawthorn would quote " Revenge is dish best served cold ".......
158
159 Sleep calls .....until later.....
160 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
161 !#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!##!#!#!#!#!#!#!
162 So, nobody wants to talk about the "Future" here on BWMS? The reason why
163 a discussion never gets off the ground is that everyone wants to talk about
164 something different than what is being brought up. Thats fine but there are
165 always three/four topics on the air. People that try to involve themselves
166 into all of them just get everyone else messed up so they will bring up a
167 new topic. A debate would be nice but BWMS would always have the pranksters
168 that would call up and leave total junk, tieing up line time. Oh well,
169 I guess that it's not going to change one little bit. This message will
170 go into one ear and right out the other. IS ANYONE AWAKE? . It
171 would be nice to have EVERYONE onto the same topic. Maybe if the system
172 operator could choose from one that is already up and post his choice.
173 At least that would at least suggest a universal topic.
174 But, what about the topic of future advances and technology in that time?
175 Oh well, in one ear and out the other.
176 !#!#!#!#!#!#!!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!#!##!#!#!#!#!!#!#!#!#!#!#! !
177 SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL
178
179 It is time once again for SPELL CHECK. As part of an ongoing research project
180 into the American education system, SPELL CHECK roams the country searching
181 for subjects to test. The Back Water Message System was chosen because of
182 its popularity and unusual clientele.
183
184 The results of our test can be interpreted as follows:
185
186 A typo is any type of error our testers deem was caused by a typing
187 error, rather than by a lack of spelling knowledge.
188 A misspell is any type of error our testers deem was caused by a
189 lack of spelling knowledge on the writer's part.
190
191 Our results show an interesting statistic. There are many poor typists as
192 well as many poor spellers out there. Slang terms, non-normal vernacular,
193 and colloquial terms are not included in the testing.
194
195 Subject Name Typos Misspelling
196 ------------ ----- -----------
197 Anonymous 4 7
198 ASP 1 10
199 CISTOP MIKEY 4 4
200 ELRIC 1 0
201 *Ian MacHinery 0 0
202 *Inn Keeper 0 0
203 Jason 0 1
204 Laissez-Faire 1 1
205 L'homme Sans Parity 2 4
206 *Mesolithic Mathematician 0 0
207 MiG 5 12 (high)
208 NET 07 0 1
209 NIETZCHE 3 12 (high)
210 Ninja 0 1
211 *Pete Clark 0 0
212 Petrov 1 1
213 *Piper 0 0
214 Prometheus Hawthorne 2 2
215 *St. Clair 0 0
216 000001TED 2 1
217 *TEDDY SALAD 0 0
218 Unknown Guy 8 (high) 4
219 Voyeur 0 1
220 WORD FROM THE WISE 0 1
221
222 A few notes in summary. A (*) preceding a name signifies that person had
223 no typos or spelling errors in his messages. Our testers gave no weighting
224 to the amount of writing done by the subjects, therefor several of the
225 subjects who had perfect scores did so with a minimum amount of writing (three
226 lines), and many who had several errors did so with a large amount of writing.
227 An improved scoring method will be utilized for the next testing round.
228
229 File size : 800 lines Word Count : app. 9000
230
231 SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECK SPELL
232
233 Spell Check: Let he who is without syntax error cast the first stone. You might give consideration to unknownguy's
234 high-falutin words, too. Anyone can log on and enter 19,000 three letter words, and not have spelling errors. If I
235 didn't know better (and I don't), I'd think I don't know who were co-conspirators in this "spell check". (Migguy
236 , a 680what seminar?).
237 (snicker). Anyway, I was reading about someones entry about bickering. Reminds me of when I was in Mexico City. I got
238 on this bus, and the driver was smoking this big blck cigar. Well, this lady got on carrying a poodle.(Fifi, what
239 else). Anyway, they started arguing. The smoke was causing poor Fifi to sneeze. The lady(?) demanded that the driver
240 throw his cigar out the window. They argued heatedly for a while, and then the driver said, " Lady, I'll throw it
241 out if you'll throw that damn mutt out. The woman was so incensed, that she did. She threw the doggie out the window.
242 (sorry) The bus driver had to comply, of course, an threw the stogie out his window----. Well, the lady was, of course
243 aghast at what she had done, but it was to late, th bus was going sixty MPH. In a little while, the bus came to the
244 rest stop at the end of the line. I looked out my window, and what did I see? That little dog, running like heck to
245 catch up with the bus!!. You'd never guess what he was carrying in his mouth!
246 WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE OR WHAT. THE DOG WAS CARRYING THE BUS DRIVERS CIGAR, RIGHT?
247 To above: No, not the bus drivers cigar. It was that brick.
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250 A KAMAS SYSTEM IS RUNNING AT -- ATE-BYTE -- (283-xxxx) TRY IT!
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256 FROM PROMETHEUS: THE PATRON
257 OKAY, SPELL CHECK LET US HEAR THE REASON THAT YOU USED A TERM; CLIENTELE WHEN GRAMMAR AND TRUE CORRECT USAGE OF THE ENGLISH
258 LANGUAGE DEFINE 'CLIENTELE' AS A COLLECTIVE NOUN OF CLIENTS OR, CUSTOMERS.I DID NOT PAY FOR THE PRIVILEDGE OF USING BLACKWATER
259 WHATSOEVER.
260
261 OH, YES, SPELL CHECK? I FORGOT TO TELL YOU OF A SINGLE DROPPED CHARACTER TOWARDS THE LATTER OF YOUR FINE MESSAGE.
262
263 AND ABOUT MIG'S QUOTE UNQUOTE HIGH NUMBER OF SPELLING ERRORS, I THINK YOU MAY CORRECT YOURSELF IN THAT HIS MODEM IS NOT IN
264 FULL WORKING ORDER.
265
266 IN REFLECTING ON THE NATURE OF THIS MESSAGE (SOLELY TO BE VERY CRITICAL OF A VERY RUDE METHOD OF ATTACKING OTHERS) I THINK I
267 SHOULD HAVE FILLED IT A LOT OF ERRORS. WORDS LIKE 'DIS HEAR SPEL AL((#$ ,/ RT' SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED.
268
269 PROMETHEUS HAWTHORNE SD8408.29
270 FROM THE DENTHIER... MT0313.28
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273 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
274 My goodness! I've been spell-checked without consent! Oh, hwell, hthis
275 hshould hcause hsome hproblems hwith hthe hstatistics. hHow hdoes hspell hcheck
276 hdeal hwith hintentional herrors? hIt hsure hmakes hit has hhard has hhell
277 hto hread hwhat hI hjust htyped hin! Xnxthxr mxthxd xf cxxsxng prxblxms xs tx
278 sxbstxtxtx x's fxr xll vxwxls, bxt thxs dxxs dxcrxxsx thx rxxdxbxlxty xf thx
279 mxssxgxs xn thx systxm. Oh, well, I guess that if it is inevitable......
280 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
281 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
282 MY GOD! WHAT WAS THAT?! SPELL CHECK??!!! YOU MISSED A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND I
283 WON'T WHINE!! SNIVEL A BIT MAYBE, BUT I REFUSE TO WHINE!! MEMORY ATTEMPTING
284 TO SERVE ME, THE LAST TIME I WAS MAKING NON OUT OF SENSE THE DISCUSSION WAS
285 ABOUT EMP. NOW WE ATTACK EVERBODYS(IES) GRAMMAR. WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?
286 MIGHT WE COVER SOMETHING OF MORE INTEREST? I'VE NOTICED THE TREND TO HIGHLY
287 PORTABLE COMPUTERS HAS BEEN REALLY STRONG. HP, APPLE, AND COMMODORE ARE THE
288 ONES THAT COME TO MIND (WHAT LITTLE I'VE LEFT) FREQUENTLY. WHAT IS THE "IDEAL"
289 PORTABLE COMPUTER? HOW CAN YOU GET THAT THING IN YOUR POCKET? WITH WATCHMAN
290 SETS AVAILABLE NOW, HOW DIFFICLUT WILL IT BE TO FRAME A 'PUTER IN ALSO? IT
291 MIGHT NOT BE DICK TRACY YET, BUT I WOULDN'T BE SUPRISED IF THE NEXT TIME
292 (HEAVEN FORBID!) I GET A TICKET THE NICE POLICEMAN WILL BE USING A RADIO
293 LINKED, VISUAL DISPLAY, HAND HELD COMPUTER. NOT MY WORST NIGHTMARE, BUT A
294 BIT REMINISIENT OF "BIG BROTHER".
295 ;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;
296 TO SPELL CHECK - WHY NOT RUN A FOG INDEX ON THE STUFF TOO? THAT SHOULD
297 GIVE SOME IDEA OF READABILITY.
298 HAWTHORE - THE TERM CLIENTELE DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN PAYING CUSTOMERS,
299 BUT RATHER SIMPLY PEOPLE WHO USE A SYSTEM OR SERVICE. BE IT A STORE
300 OR BWMS.
301 WHICH IS WHY YOU GET THE TERM 'PAYING' CUSTOMER AROUND STORES. ONE WHO
302 ENTERS THE STORE WITH THE EXPLICIT AND FULL INTENT OF BUYING SOMTHING
303 RATHER THEN JUST TO FONDLE THE MERCHANDISE.
304 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
305 ***********************************************************
306 To joke person above:
307 When I read the joke a couple of years ago, the lady got ticked
308 at the bus driver and threw his cigar out the window, which
309 got the bus driver mad and he threw the dog out the window.
310 Also, I might point out that you waited so long between jokes
311 that you are going to get a lot of people saying 'What brick'?
312 It is important that you use proper timing to make a joke effective.
313 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ******************************
314 ?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
315 PIPER: WERE YOU PERCHANCE IN THE AUDIENCE AT THE PIPE CONCERT IN THE
316 ROSE GARDENS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO? THE CLAN MC CLAY BAND(?) AND SOME
317 OTHERS PERFORMED. I ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY! BY THE WAY......WOULD YOU BE
318 INTERESTED IN JOINING A PIPE AND DRUM BAND, OR DO YOU ALREADY BELONG TO
319 ONE?
320 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!DEBORAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
321 Mikey. There are different versions of that joke, aparently. Thats the way I heard it.
322 Your'e right, of course, about timing. I shouldn't have tried it here, but rather waited for
323 the next PC&S meeting. It just ain't the same. No cntrol of the situation---
324 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
325 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND ESPECIALY NIETZCHE I BID YOU GOOD DAY.
326 I LIKE YOURSELF HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE RATHER INTERESTING
327 TOPICS AND DEBATES OF THIS FINE BBS. I ALSO NOTED THAT YOU
328 BEING A RIGHT WING CONSERVATIVE AND ME BEING A LEFT WING LIBERALIST
329 THAT WE MIGHT START OUR OWN DEBATE?
330 THE CHALENGE IS GIVEN!!! ANY TAKERS?
331 THE RED BARON
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334
335 To anyone who wants a change of discusion:
336
337 Has anybody read the article about the KKK in yesterday's Oregonian?
338 I think that the KKK should think about what they are doing. They
339 terrify the Indians; did they ever think of who was here first? They
340 beat up blacks; did the blacks have a choice on whether to come here
341 or not? They leave hate mail for other immagrants; frankly I would be
342 honored that so many have left there homeland to start what they hope
343 is a better life here in my country.
344 I wonder how many KKK members are true americans. Mabey I should clear
345 up my definition of a true American. A true American is a native Indian
346 because he and his ancestors were here first. They did not invite us to
347 come in and take there land. Just think guys, the English were not even
348 the first on this continent. An explorer by the name of Liegh Ericksen
349 was the first here. He didn't stay long and didn't leave much of a sign
350 that he was here so when Spain came over they thought they were first.
351 They soon found out otherwise when the Indians decided to introduce
352 themselves. What did Spain do? They attacked and robbed the Indians of
353 all valuable items.
354
355 Have a nice day,
356
357 The Grizzly
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359 <+|+> {368} 08291353
360 TO:SPELL CHECK
361
362 If you can't find anything else better to do than
363 criticize other people, you should have your head
364 checked...
365
366 Anon.
367 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
368 Well, my source arrived today, so here's my latest (plagarized) offering:
369 1. Liar's breakfast S___ A__ E___
370 2. Silent soup C___ U_ C______
371 3. Antagonistic seafood F___ A__ C____ O_ T__ S_________
372 4. Well-seasoned spirit lifter S___ A__ P_____ U____
373 5. Breakfast for a celebrity F_____ T____ O_ T__ T___
374 6. Cheyenne's shillelagh on rye I_____ C___ S_______
375 7. Placebo for our coffee C____ A__ S____ C_____ P___
376 8. Cheddery legal procedure C_____ F_____ P______
377 9. Illegal hunter's breakfast P______ E___
378 10. Citrus Oriental pimp P_______ O_____
379 11. Sandwich for an alcoholic Gaul F_____ D__________
380 12. Italian fowl for a bull fighter C______ C_____________
381 13. Robbery at the bakery B____ S____ U_
382 14. Meat and mushrooms for a dedicated
383 jogger B___ S_________ A__ R______
384 15. Citrus dessert from a soapbox L____ H_______ P__
385 16. Soup the little man ordered before
386 going to the guillotine S____ P_____
387 17. Lazy man's hamburger M___ L_____
388 18. Seafood for an English Poet O______ O_ T__ H___ S______
389 19. Vegetable eaten at a street stall C___ O_ T__ C___________
390 20. Obsequious Indian dish C______ F____
391 21. German favorite served with champagne H__________________
392 22. Sauce for a soap opera H__________ O_ O__ L____
393
394 An example: #5 would be "French Toast Of The Town."
395 Enjoy
396 ?????????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ??????????????????????????????????
397 --=--==--===--====--=====--======--=======--========--=========--==========
398 Hi All,
399 Question: How do you know that car up ahead isn't filled with
400 communists? Red hearted people just waiting to take over all the BBS's
401 Here's your answer:
402 Edgar J. Hoover's 8 Ways to Spot Cars Carrying Communists
403 ---------------------------------------------------------
404 1. Driving alternatly at high and low rates of speed.
405 2. Entering a heaviltraled inter
406 section on a yellow light.
407 3. Turning coners at high rates of speed and stoping apprutly.
408 (Sounds like I'm a communist so far.)
409 4. Stoping on one-way streets and walking opposite the trafic direction.
410 5. Cuting into a side alley and extinguishing car's lights.
411 6. Driving in rural areas, walking accross fields and being picked up by
412 another car.
413 7. Waiting until the last minute to make a left turn in front of oncoming
414 traffic.
415 8. Stopping at every gas station on the freeway, always looking, and
416 then going on.
417 Yep, there they are. Watch for them.
418 --==--==--==--
419 Red Baron --> You must be very liberal to leave at least 9 blank lines
420 in you message.
421 Wensday, 8/29/84, 18:08 - Friar Tuck -
422 --==========--=========--========--=======--======--=====--====--===--==--=--
423 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
424 Dear Lord, I am a car driving communist.
425 Spell Check:Consider my systems TOTAL cost was less then 100 bucks. I have
426 no spell checker program to run, no 80 column screen to line up with.
427 And better things to do with my time then worry about my spelling.
428 If you do not have the brains to understand what I wrote, and most folks do,
429 I will write just for you in a simple 3 line message of no meaning.
430 Alex:I have repeted the famed dice cup experiment, same results. 5 smaplings of
431 50 rolls each. I eagarly await a one/one session...
432 MiG
433 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/
434 Migguy: how much you spend on a computer has nothin much to do with your spelling. I didn't spend
435 much on this system, but you don't see me making errors. (nyuck nyuck).
436 All I got so far was #9, Poached eggs on toast. My printer stripped a gear, so I can't down load it to
437 work on. Here is another one.
438 88 KOAP 12 PITSS 9 POABBT 11 POAFBT 20 MHZOAFMB 7 DIAPN 50 SITUS 2 TT
439 3 TMAC 20 CFAS 31 DIAM (SOMETIMES) ETC.
440 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
441 Looking over the puzzle I left, I see that the problems are rather difficult.
442 So, being the nice guy that I am, I am uploading the answers. To prevent those
443 of small willpower from cheating, I have coded the answers using a VERY complex cypher.
444
445 1. Tibn Boe Fhht 2. Dmbn Vq Dipxefs 3. Gjti Boe Dijqt Po uif Tipvmefst
446 4. Tbmu Boe Qfqqfs Vqqfs 5. Gsfodi Upbtu Pg Uif Upxo 6. Joejbo Dmvc Tboexjdi
447 7. Dsfbn Boe Tvhfs Dpbufe Qjmm 8. Difftf Gpoevf Qspdftt 9. Qpbdife Fhht
448 10. Qboebsjo Psbohf 11. Gsfodi Ejqtpnbojbd 12. Dijdlfo Dbddjbupsfbeps
449 13. Csfbe Tujdl Vq 14. Cffg Tusphpopgg Boe Svoojoh 15. Mfnpo Ibsbohvf Qjf
450 16. Tqmju Qffxff 17. Nfbu Mpbgfs 18. Pztufst Po Uif Ibmg Tifmmfz
451 19. Dpso Po Uif Dpccmftupoft 20. Dvssjfe Gbwps 21. Ibttfogfggfwftdfou
452 22. Ipmmboebjtf Pg Pvs Mjwft
453 ????????????????
454 P.S. to A. User - I don't give a ____ about your terminal tests. They waste
455 a lot of space with no possible benefit to anyone. Do us all a favor and
456 delete your tests after you have spewed them all over the board.
457 ????????????????????????????????? QUIZMASTER ???????????????????????????????
458 .............................................................................
459 Quizmaster-
460 Yes this is true. The intent was not to cause you or anyone else a problem. It seems to me though that you could
461 have spared me the vulgarity and simply stated that you didn't like the 30 lines that I used for the tests. It would
462 seem to me that if you have a problem with 30 lines that the massive waste of
463 blank lines that I have seem on BWMS probably gives you a corallary! But thank
464 you. I promise to be a good little no-excess-line st
465
466 aler in the future.
467
468 Please do the same.
469
470 A. User (OOPs two blank lines ... GASP!)
471 ...............................................................................
472
473
474 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
475
476 FROM PROMETHEUS: THE ILL FATED
477
478 FOR THOSE WHO WONDER; I AM NOT A. USER. MY TESTS ARE RARE AND DO NOT TAKE UP LARGE AMOUNTS OF SPACE.
479 I TRY NOT TO DO THAT, ALL I DO IS FIND A CARRIER, ANY CARRIER AND TEST THE LOWERCASE SENDING, DUPLEX, AND CARRIER DETECT
480 SECTIONS OF MY TERMINAL.
481 I DO HOWEVER WANT VIP TERMINAL FOR MY COLOR COMPUTER SO I CAN FINALLY DOWNLOAD! IF ANYONE HAS ANY HELP THEY COULD GIVE ME IT
482 WOULD BE STRONGLY APPRECIATED! I AM IN SUDDEA DOWNLOAD ANY DOWNLOAD! GIVE ME DOWNLOAD OR GIVE ME VIC!
483 00
484 DICE CUP EXPIRIMENTERS; I DID A TEST OF THE PHEMOMENA AND DID ONE HUNDRED THROWS OF THREE DICE AND FIFTY OF TWO.
485
486 THE AVERAGES WERE; TWO FOR THE ATTACK DICE, AND 4 FOR VICTIM'S DICE. I WANNA TRY IT IN A GAME SITUATION,TOO.
487 BUT UNTILL THEN I AM TRYING TO FIND ANY MAFIA OR DENTAL ASSOC. TIES TO IT.
488
489 JOKEMASTER; YOU WOULDN't HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LITTLE JOKE ON BIT BUCKRECENTLY, OR WOULD YOU?
490
491 QUIZMASTER; I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN QUIZMASTER FORM AROUND FOR A LON TIME. WHY NOT?
492 AND BY THE WAY, WHAT ARE, ER, WHAT IS THIS LATEST QUIZ?
493
494
495 CUSTOMER QUESTIONERS; LOOKING BACK THROUGH MY DICTIONARIES IT SEEMS THAT THE INFORMAL USE OF ' CUSTOMER ' MEANS ANYONE WITH
496 WHICH ONE MUST DEAL WITH. BUI DON'T BELEIVE THAT WAS HOW SPELL CHECK MEANT IT.
497
498 THEN AGAIN IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL; WHEN I WAS IN PORTLAND SPELLING COMPETITIONS (STEPPING STONE TO THE COUNTY, STATE
499 AND FINALLCOMPETITION ) IF YOU MISTAKENLY SPELLED THE WORD WRONG YOU COULD CLAIM THAT IT WAS THE BRITTISH SPELLING
500 AND THEY WOULD LET YOU CONTINUE THE COMPETITION UNHINDERED.
501
502 I SAND BY THE WAY; I KNOW NIECHE (SP?) AND IT ISN'T LYSIAS. SORRY ALL.
503
504 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
505 SORRY FOR ALL THE TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS BUT HALF AN HOUEDIT AND RE-EDIT HAS DONE IT NO GOOD, I REALLY AM SORRY. PROMETHEUS.
506 ...............................................................................
507 Prometheus from A. User -
508 I don't believe that any apologies are nessecary. My opionion is that one
509 of the purposes of PUBLIC bbs is for testing, trying out new modes ect.. I
510 am trying out a new software/hardware system tonight and it seems to me
511 that people that have problems with the experiments and testing have lost
512 the true spirit of what personal computing is about. To me that is a test,
513 a trial, an adventure that doesn't always work, but still MUST be tested.
514 The PUBLIC bbs are a trial base much like ham radio. It is a tool to be used
515 for the test, not to the detriment to anyone, but as a basis for improving
516 thpersonal computing. If the room that I utilized on the disk to night was
517 wasted by some peoples standards, well so much for that, it was not intended
518 to infringe on anyone. But people that can not relate to the process of trail of new systems really iritate me. I believe that
519 you Prometheus have no reason to apologize for what you are doing ... keep
520 it up ... A. User aka Paul Abbus.
521 ................................................................................
522 this software keeps injecting about 10 lines of blanks for some reason ... I'll
523 work on it P.A.
524 .........................................................................
525 d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d
526
527 Does anyone know what moses built the ark out of.
528
529 UNKNOWN......
530
531 *d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*d*
532 save
533 rubout
534 help
535 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
536 CUBITS?
537 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
538 +++++++++HI GUYS, I JUST AM AT THE BOTTOM++++00000001TED++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
539 X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X*
540
HELLO< I wish to appologize for my
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ignorant vandalism, I assure you it was
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entirely unintentional. I am a new user
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and was not familiar with your system.
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I believe I now know how to read and
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enter messages onto your system.
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Suggestions to owner/operator:
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A. A special command to help newcommers
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B. A command to prevent your computer from echoing back to ..
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II aamm sseeiinngg ddoouubbllee!!
550
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To MM: Perhaps power is as simple as the knowledge that you already have
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unlimited amounts of it if you just realize it?
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To Spelcheck: OK for you to check my spelling, If you tell me what wo
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were mispelled so I will know better. Critisism without even correct
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is wnot criticism at it's best.
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Sorry again about my inadvertant destruction of some of the fine messag
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on this system. Thank you.
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WEC
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