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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************ INSTALLED: 8 AUG 85 *********************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 no restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is 10 privately owned, I retain thepright to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 to leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 The line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ************************************************************************* 19 20 heh heh heh heh heh....... 21 I'm here and you're not, which is as it should be. 22 _innocent bysitter_ 23 24 I would like to find out monformattion about this bulletin board. mk 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 to the above person: Try typing "HELP" at the command prompt... 33 ______________________________Leonard________________________________________ 34 I'm not like other girls. Or so my mother says, looking worried. And she's 35 right. Mostly because I understand death which is a good thing now that we 36 are up to our elbows in it as my dad said except he didn't say elbows 37 It all started when Miss Peach gave us the Chain of Prey assignment. You 38 had to trace who ate who (like from germs and bugs to fish to birds to man) 39 on a paper with pictures of everybody lined up in profile mouths open lined 40 ready to eat the next level down while unbeknownst to them the next level 41 lurked behind. So I had: germs, bugs, chickens, man, lions, wolves, buzz- 42 ards, worms, and back to germs in a big circle. And old cheery Miss Peach 43 held it up in class and said "Anna has developed an EXCELLENT ecological 44 niche concept." But what I really got a concept of was: Everybody's food. 45 Everybody's a killer. It was the first solid truth I got out of school so 46 I held onto it. 47 Now that a real murderer has come into our midst, I think I have some in- 48 sight.Or so I told Mr. John Arms the police lieutenant who came to ask me 49 about the day I saw Dr. Robert Bang fall from his 12th floor condominium 50 into the very river which the state was paying him to test for excessive 51 pollutants which they suspect of causing the rise in leukemia hereabouts. 52 That sick splat on the water had assured me that doctor wasn't doing any 53 firsthand research. So I called the cops and they sent me home to get over 54 the shock (even though I was calmer than anybody else blathering all around 55 there) and in a few hours here comes John Arms to take my statement which 56 boils down to this: Dr. Bang had been preying on a lot of people in a lot of 57 ways and was due by the laws of nature to get devoured. 58 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Annie AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 59 60 John Arms -> Gendarmes ? 61 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 62 Where did all these cheery stories 63 come from? Did someone take a 64 double dose of their Valium? 65 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 66 67 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. 68 Emu came over and looked quickly at the temporal condition 69 indicators. By the numbers, as Bard had intimated, there was 70 definitely a strong disturbance nearby. The largest fluxuations 71 seemed to be tied with the time jumps, rather than with physical 72 proximity or reality jumps. However, all were being affected. 73 "Lady Tayree, would you please bring me my packsack? I need 74 my temp-tracker. Trainor, I have an idea that we need to watch our 75 time jumping very closely." 76 The Scarlette Lion handed over the bag. "can your tracker tell 77 us something of the disturbance?" 78 "Unless I miss my guess," interjected Fencer, smoothing the fur 79 on his canine friend's collar, "Emu is going to try to use his 80 temp-tracker as a way of homing in on this so-called `entity'. I 81 would suggest, Emu, that you use the short-wave settings, as they 82 penetrate the reality barriers much cleaner." 83 "I didn't realise you were versed in paratemporal trackers, 84 Fencer. You're right, though if I can get a fix on it first, the 85 long-wave would allow a greater distance from the thing without 86 loosing contact. Assuming, of course, that it has some psi 87 emminations and that I can locat them." 88 As he talked, Emu reached into his bag and withdrew a polished 89 aluminum box with various control and readouts. After fiddling 90 with it a little, a slight cloud of annoyance crossed his face. 91 "is there something wrong, sir emu?" asked Lady Tayree. 92 "No, not really," was the answer. "It just needs a slight 93 adjustment." With that, Emu thwacked his delicate para-temporal 94 tracker quite sharply against the edge of the the control panel. 95 "Hey, that was almost my finger!" 96 "Sorry Bard. Now maybe it'll work." 97 Sure enough, two more LED's lit up, and Emu smiled a little. 98 Reading from the ships panel, Emu tuned the tracker and got a small 99 signal from the time-stream indicator. 100 Trainors ears perked up. "Anything?" 101 Yes, we're quite close to it, and since it does register on this 102 gizmo, it must be somewhat sentient. I would suggest that we stop 103 making time jumps until we reach the proper reality and physical 104 proximity. By the readings on your ship's sensors, this thing can 105 move much quicker through time than anything else. As long as we 106 move quickly through the intervals, we should be able to keep 107 ahead and away from it." 108 At Trainor's nod, the bard reached up and cut out the time 109 jump generator. 110 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 111 -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- 112 Almost precisely six hours and ninety lines later, I have 113 missed the chance at saying something I had longed to say for 114 a great deal of time. Alas, it was not to be... This time. 115 Congrats, _bysitter_! You finally got what you deserved. 116 Ripple, I seem to have LOST what it is that you have said 117 not so long ago. If you are who I think you are, and I'm who 118 you think I might be, perhaps I may find what I have lost. No? 119 Boy, do I feel like a fool! 120 -+- -+- -+- -+- -JUGGLER- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- -+- 121 122 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 123 Someone told me that I missed something really juicy not too long' 124 ago, and that I was mentioned. What was it? Do I know a 125 what's-her-name? Pardon moi? Wait a second... Did someone say that 126 Tina was back? When it rains it pours, doesn't it? Looks like I'm 127 gonna have to get the old address book out and look up some numbers... 128 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Tony Ross Aug 9, 1985 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 129 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 130 sometimes i look out on across the waters, even on cloudy days, and it 131 lightens my heart. then there are other times, when the wind is calm and 132 the waters smooth, that shadows find their way into my chest. they make it 133 hard to breath sometimes, and every once in a while i have to swallow real 134 hard. maybe it's not really the waters. i might be looking out the wrong 135 window. 136 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] depressed mode: THE TIN MAN 137 ************************************************************************* 138 Tina walked briskly thru the market, it seemed as though a nicer day 139 could not have been ever created. She felt incrediably good, and looked 140 it too. Investments had been paying off, and luxury was no longer a dream 141 but reality. She stopped and carefully chose fresh fruits and vegetables 142 for dinner, while humming a little tune. As she paid for her purchases 143 she watched the clerks eyes light up at the sight of her rings. <flash-flash> 144 "Life is a bitch and then you die" she ammused to herself. Walking confidently 145 out the door. A face... No! He's seen me, let me out of here! Her 146 groceries went quickly into the dumpster as she took flight. 147 **********kathyd**************************************************************** 148 149 I always thought I was above such feelings. I had never really felt such 150 a burning in my soul before. I had never seen my former partner and mate in 151 the arms of another either. 152 It was like a slow-motion sequence in a bad kung-fu movie. I went through 153 a gamut of feelings until I at last landed on the one true emotion that would 154 set the pace for the rest of the day; jealousy. 155 They were walking along together, face to face, arm in arm, heart to 156 heart, lost in each other's being. I was an outsider, an intruder who chose 157 the wrong time to walk up the steps and find out what it is like to have 158 something you have loved and cherished first torn away, and then dangled 159 just out of reach. 160 They saw me walking towards them, and in an instant they broke their 161 contact and slowed their pace. No words were spoken, none needed to be. 162 The atmosphere seemed intense, heavy beyond belief. I could hardly 163 breath. Only their faces and their actions told me what they were going 164 through. 165 We approached one another, I walking towards the office, they walking 166 away. Away to what? I wondered. All my thoughts were tinged with anger and 167 betrayal. I knew where they are going. I knew what they planned to do, 168 together. I knew I would never be able to forget this moment, and what, just 169 by my seeing them together, they had done to me. 170 We passed, still not a word was spoken. My temples pounded and my throat 171 was dry. I took two more steps and stopped. The jealous rage swelled within 172 me and I swung around, my thoughts not really clear. It wasn't important 173 what I did, just so long as I did something. 174 They were walking faster now, arm in arm again. Just as they were about to 175 turn the corner, she looked back over her shoulder. Our eyes met for an 176 instant, and everything I had pent up drained in that same instant. She moved 177 on, and so did I. 178 Into the office, where every fixture was a memory of the times we had in 179 the past. Times together when she was in my arms and I was in hers. Times 180 when we were lost in each others eyes. Times that I knew where gone forever. 181 ````````````````````````````````````````````````````sn```````````````````````` 182 183 [/] 184 (Sad times, maybe. But isn't it better than the mindless dribble of before 185 which tried to be called stories? Some good stuff on this disk. Keep it up.) 186 \=-\=- 187 Didn't think I would ever say that something good was on this system but 188 now I get to eat my words, just about all of them. The stories above are 189 good, for once I found myself reading them, enjoying them! That's great! 190 Almost inspired me to write something, maybe I will - if I can ever get 191 myself off this system; If I can ever stop reading this disk over and over... 192 ---------\=-\=-inmo 193 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 194 i had something on the tip of my brain. guess it fell off before i could 195 enter it. well if i find it when i vacuum today i'll let you know. next time 196 i'll think it through before i type "enter". 197 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] THE TIN MAN [/] [/] 198 199 ATTENTION HUMANS: APPLE COMPUTER INCORPORATED RULES THE WORLD!!! 200 (EVEN IF IT CANT RULE ITSELF)... 201 202 HAS ANYONE BEEN ON THE AMIGO SYSTEM LATELY? PERSONALLY, I THINK THAT ITS 203 RATHER CHILDISH TO BE SHOUTING ABOUT HOW POOR EACH OTHERS COMPUTERS ARE. 204 I THINK THAT IF WE THINK THAT EACH OF US THINKS THAT EACH OTHERS COMPUTER 205 IS WORTH DIDDLY-SQUAT, THEN WE SHOULD JUST KEEP IT TO OURSELVES, SHOULDN'T 206 WE? (BY THE WAY... DEPRESSION IS AN ILLUSION. REFER TO "SO LONG, AND THANKS 207 FOR ALL THE FISH", PAGE 482). >>>LEARN TO SPELL!<<< 208 209 JUST ME, 210 THE NORAD COMMANDER (CHUCK HANSEN) 211 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 212 Chuck: If you mention a board also mention the NUMBER! 213 Yes, the PHONE NUMBER!!! 214 _______________________________________________________________ 215 I really thought I had a chance this time. She looked lonely. 216 I am lonely. She seemed receptive to conversation. It helped me 217 feel better about myself too. She was interested in the 218 discussion and added a great deal of her own input. Both of us 219 shared equally in the conversation. She seemed genuinely 220 interested in me. I was certainly interested in her. I tried 221 to arrange a cool collective way to breech the subject of 222 getting together for dinner. She was cool and collective too. 223 She was too cool. I forgot who I was. She didn't. 224 _______________________________________________________________ 225 <<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<< 226 227 Do not very many people own compute 228 *********************************** 229 A Standard, All Purpose Fairy tale. 230 ************************************** 231 Once upon a time, in a galexy far, far 232 away, on a small planet, in a small town 233 at a cheerful house, in her room, sat 234 a young girl named lisa. Meanwhile, in 235 another galexy, on a resort planet, in 236 a big city, at a discoteque, a worried 237 man was just finishing off his booze. 238 While in a spaceship on its way to 239 valgesia a woman was preparing dinner 240 for herself and two childeren. 241 242 I hope you enjoyed this story as much 243 as I did. 244 245 The events, places, and characters of 246 this story are ficticious. Any 247 similarity to actual people, places, 248 or events is accidental, nor should 249 be inferred. 250 copyright 1985, samsamsam 251 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 252 Sigh. Sometimes I think rewriting another terminal program would be easier. 253 Max and/or anyone else with a C64: Video Concepts in Town Center is having 254 one heck of a clearance sale, it seems that they must get rid of of a good deal 255 of their inventory. Lots of software in boxes, priced at $4.90 and $9.90. I 256 picked up HESMON 64 for $9.90 today. 257 +++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 258 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 259 John Arms sat at the tdesk in my room taking notes. He is a heavy serious man 260 with a round head and straight dark hair. He hardly ever blinks. "Can you 261 think of anyone who might wish to harm Dr. Bang?" He asked. 262 Well, there are a lot of people. Like Susie's dad. Susie lives in a big house 263 on a hill where youca can see the whole town. The house looks like it should 264 be in a magazine and so does Susie's mom, Mrs. Silk. She's tall, blond, tan, 265 and always smiling or holding her mouth open as if she's saying "Oooooh.." 266 just in case somebody might want to take her picture which nobody does since 267 she's too old to be a New York model anymore and since nobody takes pictures 268 of models anyway in a town this small. But she always dresses like Linda 269 Evans even around the house just in case something comes up. 270 Which it did two Thursdays ago in the form of Robert Bang. Me and Susie 271 went to her house early because our soccer game got cancelled and saw her 272 and Dr. Bang on the deck having drinks even though it was only 3 o'clock in 273 the afternoon. Mrs. Silk had on an electric blue silk blouse and her "Oooohh" 274 expression. Dr. Bang kept looking at her and talking softly. Every once in a 275 while he'd touch her shoulder and lean a little closer. He looked like a 276 wolf salking a big blond lion in the chain of prey. 277 Susie and me went in the house and played video games for awhile, but she 278 was too spaced out to concentrate. "That guy," she said, "He's go a lab in 279 the hospital where my mom does charity work. My mom likes doctors." Susie's 280 dad is a lawyer. Her dad came home a little while later. He'd been playing 281 racketball and was sweaty and happy. He's a strong stocky guy like a bull. 282 He put his curly head down and charged at Susie like a bull but hugged her 283 instead. She pointed at the scene on the porch. He looked, got very quiet 284 and calm. "More charity work, eh, Sport? Hey, quit worrying." "Are you 285 gonna leave, Daddy?" she asked. "Not without you, Babe," he stroked her 286 hair. "Maybe not at all. Maybe I won't have to." 287 Now this would never happen at my house. My Dad would charge right out 288 there and say "Hi there, glad to meecha. If I ever see you alone with my 289 wife on my porch at 3 o'clock in the afternoon again I'll tear your ears off. 290 Want another drink?" 291 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Annie AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 292 -------------------------------------- 293 Software Theft: A Case History 294 295 By Jim Butterfield 296 Toronto, Ontario 297 May 10, 1985 298 -------------------------------------- 299 Copyright (C)1984 Jim Butterfield. Permission to reprint is hereby granted, provided this notice is included in the 300 reprinted material. 301 302 -------------------------------------- 303 304 Maybe you're tired of reading about program piracy. There's been a lot said about it lately. But I have one or two extra 305 houghts on the subject. 306 307 Recently (September 1984) I was chatting with the author of the program FBACKUP. You probably know it: it's sometimes 308 called FAST BACKUP, sometimes the FOUR-MINUTE BACKUP. Everybody must have a copy by now. In contrast to the single disk 309 backup program that comes with the 1541 and which takes half an hour or more to perform a disk backup, the fast backup 310 program will do the job in four minutes, sometimes less. 311 312 It's quite cleverly written - to describe it technically, it formats as it writes in order to get this amazing speed. 313 When it wants you to change disks so as to continue the backup process, it whoops at you. Perhaps I don't need to tell 314 you all this... it seems as if most people I talk to have a copy. 315 316 This celebrated program was written for commercial distribution by Thomas Tempelmann, a student who lives in Oldenburg, 317 est Germany. It has been for sale in Europe for some time now. There were problems lining up a U.S. distributor, and so 318 the program has never been offered for sale in the U.S.A. or Canada. 319 320 Thomas told me his total sales on the program - world wide - amounts to seventy copies. I suspect there are at least ten 321 thousand copies in North America alone. If all Thomas' sales had been to North America (and as far as is known, none of 322 hem were), that would mean that over 99% of the copies in circulation were not purchased. 323 324 Seventy copies. If you have a copy of FBACKUP, how do you feel about that? Would it be better if you didn't know the 325 author's name; if the program were written by somebody unknown rather than Thomas Tempelmann? Would it be better if you 326 thought maybe he has sold sold a million copies, so won't miss your royalty? 327 Seventy copies. Listen, you can't be blamed, right? It wasn't even for sale in North America. So how else could you get 328 a copy except from a friend? And it's a really fantastic program that everyone needs, right? 329 330 We seem to be entering a new era where pirates are proud of their work. Bootleg copies are signed by the pirates who 331 broke the protection. There's now a regularly published newsletter which deals with how to make 'unprotected backup' 332 disks. The newsletter names commercial software packages, details the protection schemes they use, and gives precise 333 procedures to remove the protection. 334 335 Thomas Tempelmann's story might have a happy ending. He told me he hopes to sell FBACKUP rights to Commodore for general 336 istribution. It's a first class utility and would look great on a bonus disk. It's certainly well tested - thousands of 337 people have used it. So Thomas might - possibly - eventually receive respectable compensation for his work. But it won't 338 be from the sale of seventy copies. 339 340 How do you think such an experience would affect Thomas Tempelmann's attitude towards developing new software? Well, 341 Thomas is not the type of person to let small setbacks like this slow him down. Six months ago, he wrote a fast disk 342 program that will load software at remarkable speed. About the time it was completed, he was visited by a young person 343 to whom he showed the system. During the demonstration, Thomas was called away to the phone. The kid stole a copy, and 344 there are hundreds of copies around West Germany now. Thomas doesn't think he'll ever put his fast disk on the market 345 now. 346 347 Thomas' current project has something to do with reading sequential files from other computers disks - perhaps Apple, 348 Atari, and/or IBM PC. But he doesn't talk about it much, and he doesn't show his new system to anyone. I get the 349 impression that he's learned not to trust people. I wonder why? 350 351 Maybe you hope to write software some day soon. And maybe you plan to work hard, learn efficient coding, get some good 352 insights into machines and people, and put together a program that will be universally admired. It will be useful; it 353 will be elegant; it will be efficient; it will be easy and convenient; and it will do something that hasn't been done 354 before. 355 356 And maybe you'll get it all together, and your program will be a sensation. Everybody will admire it, everybody will 357 want it - more, everybody will need it. 358 359 And maybe you'll sell seventy copies. 360 361 [It is we who really lose here. We will not see the fast load program, and we may never see the program that reads other 362 formats. If we do, they will be awfully expensive and inconveniently protected. Hmmm. When will we learn? - G.W.] 363 364 365 I found the above on Zarahemla & thought it deserved a wider audience. 366 ______________________________Leonard____________________________________ 367 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 368 too bad I have never heard of the Author or his program - must be real 369 popular. 370 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k 371 Hello. 372 About Russia: Most of the fear of the USSR is left over from the McArthy 373 days. It is easy to look back on it with all wisdom hindsight brings and say 374 that the people who persecuted alleged communiists were foolish and evil, but 375 remember that less than 10 years before a man and his country tried to take 376 over the world for the sake of taking over the world (namely Hitler). Consid- 377 er also that Rafter the revolution 378 r 379 (sorry, enter only) 380 Russia invaded Georgia and the other countries now behind the Iron Curtain; 381 in fact, when Hungary decided they didn't want to be communist anymore, Russia 382 invaded and killed thousands of civillians but practically no soldiers or heads 383 of state. 384 To people who had just experienced one of the most senseless wars, these 385 actions were too familar. If you found out that the neo-nazis in Oregon were 386 trying to take over 387 s 388 (sorry) Salem wouldn't you try to keep your friends and children from going 389 there? That's what they thought they were doing. 390 Even now there are valid reasons for distrusting the USSR. i.e. When they have 391 border trouble in Asia they send the European armies to deal with it. If there 392 is trouble on the European border they send Asian troops. No shared ancestry 393 between opposing forces-get it? 394 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k 395 I would like to appoligize once again for the errors. My only excuse is that I 396 haven't done this in quite some time. 397 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k 398 Does anyone have a female rat of childbaring years? Please leave a message 399 here if so. 400 Lady S. 401 402 s:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:ks:k 403 tttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttgttttttttttttt 404 some people have accused me of having the consistancy of marmalade... 405 in other words... i am not consistant... which is devilishly true... as much as 406 that bothers me... 407 in any case... i will continue the Official Thrike Story Line tonight, soon 408 after my guest((lady)s depart... 409 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttgtttt 410 ===================================================================== 411 Finally I am free, the months of agony are over. 412 So why does it still hurt so much. 413 ================================================= 414 LEONARD, THERE IS NO FORGIVING THIS TIME. YOU HAVE 415 TARNISHED THESE DISKS ONCE TOO OFTEN. NOW, I WILL 416 HAVE TO'@. 417 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 418 It was still a dark, but not a stormy knight. Sir Ben of Fish was dead tired. 419 He had just finished a 5 month trek across the Eastern continent. From the 420 Inland Hills of Miami, he had traveled all the way to the southern coast of 421 Kansas because there had been reports that the evil Jeffslime and his sidekick 422 Gunnar Webhead had been seen there. His trusty steed, Rustbucket II, sauntered 423 down the coast. Sir Ben was almost asleep when all of a sudden, he was 424 surrounded by a gang of vigilante Beach Bums! They surrounded him, waving 425 their driftwood sticks around brutally. Sir Ben screamed his Fish battle cry. 426 "G U R G L E !" he cried. Then he pulled out his sword viciously, and fainted. 427 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guido !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aug. 10, 85 at 4:31 !!!!! 428 NEED EXTRA CASH? CALL MIDSIX BBS!!! CALL NOW TO ENTER CONTESTS WORTH $$ 429 430 MIDSIX 431 432 649-xxxx 433 -------- 434 435 24 HRS. 7 DAYS/WEEK 436 437 300 BPS. 438 439 SYSOP: BRIAN INMAN 440 441 COSYSOP: ROB BUZAN 442 443 444 END 445 Leonard, don't fear for the fastload program,if it is in Germany,it will 446 soon be here in the US. Piracy seems the norm here, and even more so in 447 the Orient. The only way to keep your program from beeing stolen is never, 448 NEVER release it to anyone. Of course you can sell the manual, and give 449 away the program, unless it is just a simple utility that doesn't need 450 a manual. 451 But don't bother with trying to embarrass the pirates, or appealing 452 to their 'better side'. Unless you have a method of preventing copying 453 disks that works, crying about it is less than worthless. 454 ..................................................BAD................. 455 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 456 "All right, Milch, where to now?" 457 The Doctor had this annoying habit of putting his finger directly upon the 458 problem at hand. Usually, this wasn't annoying, but it was when I didn't have 459 the foggiest idea. I told him as much. 460 "Come, now. We've travelled countless parsecs, years, and...well, er, a couple 461 of time lines to get here, so I suppose it would be proper for us to *DO* 462 something, wouldn't you think?" I ignored him, and looked at the surroundings. 463 Grann already had. "I see a large house upon the side of that hilly area, 464 there. If communism means what I think it does, then homes should be equal- 465 unless someone of power occupies that structure." 466 "Perhaps you are right, Grann. No harm could befall us to get a closer look, 467 anyway. Doctor, would you lead our little expedition?" 468 The Doctor gave a little nod, and we were on our way. Only then did I feel 469 something nagging at me- a presence, if you will. It was faint, but 470 undoubtedly there. Then another moment- TWO presences! The second seemed 471 strange and familiar at the same time, unlike the first; it had a foreboding 472 tinge to it. Pondering this, I followed Grann and the Doctor onward. 473 +++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++ 10 Aug 85 +++ I miss PorSFiS +++++++++++++ 474 hello all, I'm sorry if I took too much time tonight, but I have not been 475 on in over three months or so, and I wanted to read and download everthing 476 so I can print it out later... also, I'd like to talk to other people on a pr 477 ivate system like CBBS/Aloha.... If anyone is interested, please leave mail to 478 Scott Wirth. 479 MIG: Hello!! Is there sometime I can call the Nerd and that you will be around 480 to chat??? Let me know, Ok? I also have a few questions about CP/M 481 ========== 482 Bad: try reading the message your talking about, helps make YOUR entry more 483 understandable. As it is right now, it's hard to figure out what you are 484 talking about, you totaly got Leonards message backwards - or maybe I did - 485 But anyway, please try to understand the topic on which you'd writting about. 486 ====-=-=-= 487 Hitler wasn't trying to 'take over the world'... He was trying to get rid 488 of the filth, which was anything but the arian race for they were the supreme. 489 His idea was to secure the arian race a high position in this world, the 490 highest. Like Japan being so isolated for so long, they didn't want to be 491 messed up by other races but they were forced to. Hitler wasn't trying to 492 take over the world, he was trying to preserve it. 493 Now, don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the way he went about his ultimate 494 plan, I think he was a real loser. A briliant man, but still a loser. But 495 still his idea wasn't to bad. 496 =============\=-\=-inmo 497 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/ 498 Scott Wirth:We know each other? I havn't been near Le Nerd for weeks, and 499 probably will not be for more weeks, say fifty at least. Questions about 500 CP/M are best directed at a CP/M users group, or SBUG. 501 WK:The glint of a...SAFETY PIN! The knive was black, the blood was red and 502 the building spoke with a bass voice. But the damn safety pin reflected too 503 much light. 504 ProHa:Lets do some vocals on the desk blotter, OK? Like did he have one or 505 did he simply agree about parkinsons disease? 506 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?/MiG/. 507 508 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 509 Annie: Like the dialog. 510 Dr. Frankenstupe 511 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ 512 513 pppppppppppppppppppppppp 514 still watching in amazements.... 515 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 516 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 517 There is some evidence that Japan didn't cry uncle until we started going 518 throughthe 519 through the motions of dropping a THIRD bomb (recon flights, droping test 520 bombs, leaflets, etc.) The American public was anticipating a bloody in- 521 vasion of the Japanese mainland and wanted the war OVER! My father served 522 in the Navy in the pacific and would most certainly have been involved in 523 the invasion (note: Destroyers are Expendable and Disposable... I think 524 dad was on a destroyer....) Records say the military was anticipating 525 1,000,000 casualties on our side and 10,000,000 Japanese casualties. 526 Conclusion: If not for the A-Bomb, I might not be here. (no smart cracks.) 527 Conclusion: Possable the A-Bomb is the reason the world has enjoyed 528 relative peace. Remember WWI and WWII in less than 40 years.. 529 the Phantom GF 530 rats on enter only.. Phantom Glitch 531 88888888888888888888888888888888888888808118588888888888888888888888888888 532 CAll my Board!!!!!! 533 Formerly LNA-E/1 BBS 534 Formerly Engineer's 1 BBS 535 Now 536 SLOW_AS_A_SLUG_1 BBS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 537 538 Discover why DECis going brke!!!!!! 539 24 hours 540 2400 baud modem 541 110 baud transfer rate of 4th-rate files 542 692-xxxx 543 CALLNOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 544 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^" 545 Digitalian 546 ^"^""^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^" 547 GOSH...Am I at Line 629 yet? 548 he heh... 549 ----Yo Neo!!!!! You might already know it, but The Terminal WORKS!!!! 550 I had to try to load it about seven times 'fore I could get it to though. 551 ANY WAY, May I see your ID, Emu? 552 heh-heh...just a joke...cuz last time I was here you were somebody's ??LION?? 553 I personnally would LOVE to see the results of a second T.W.I.T.<z|u<trulyly 554 witless intellegent terds> 555 test 556 BYe now! 557 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^ 558 Digitalian 559 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^ 560 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"LATER"^ 561 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"^"DUDES"^ 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 569 From Prometheus; Devilish 570 Leonard; The tract against piracy was interesting, although the subject has 571 been beaten to death. Speaking as one who lacks an opinion on the issue, most 572 people will think what they want to about piracy. They all have their gimmicks 573 for explaining it away, whether it be manuals or men with guns. 574 Since you seem to have oodles of compters and dozens of tracts and stories 575 and things, you might consider putting up a board for these pleasantries. 576 It's worth a shot. 577 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 578 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 579 the prelude is over... the deluge has just begun... 580 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 581 in the cockpit... voices and arguments... courses and altitudes... in the 582 passenger compartment... tilean stands at a map... allean is in a pool of light 583 cast by the screen... the others are reclining in their seats... the dc-10 584 trembles with winds blown from the deep crevaces and peaks below them... 585 suspended in the air... the deserts mountains flow beneath them... the 586 plane trembles again... the only noise is of the engines... and the two fresh 587 agents snoring quietly... 588 allean is viewing the libyan records... explosives placed at which oil well 589 and when... who is supervising which well... where does he come from... if there 590 is anyone heading this project... allean will find out who... 591 tilean is plotting the routes to reach the oasis of maradan by evening... 592 it will take a certain amount of planning to get everyone in position... their 593 taskc require even more planningg than that... 594 each agent was going to sabotage or delay the project somehow... tilean was 595 going to establish an running network of spies and informants... allean was to 596 find the man behind the plan... quarrie was to manually sabotage a certain oil 597 well... and o'kearns was to sabotage another oil well... 598 since a chain is as strong as it's weakest link... each of them was their 599 own chain... as long as one of them held... everything held... it was not a 600 kind policy... alhough it usually acheived much more... 601 and still... tilean mapped... allean read... the other two drifted off to 602 sleep... it seemed silly to think the fate of africa was going to depend on 603 these men... 604 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 605 the pilot said the altimeter was off balance... the copilot said the pilot 606 was off balance... somehow the plane was off course... the landmarks were wrong 607 somehow... and their fuel should be running out soon now... 608 ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt 609 sorry for any errors... 610 yo ho yoo hoo ---- 611 pirate's life for 612 ---- yo ho 613 but at least - i'm not a pliagiarist ....... 614 yo ho yoo hoo - pirate's life for me yo ho yoo hoo ! 615 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 616 still haven't found it. 617 [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] 618 /++ /++ /++ /++ /++ /++ /++ /++ 619 make it read well-financed and well-aged pagans and jews. 620 kf & mp le 2 621 /++ /++ /++ /++ /++ /++ /+ 622 -+- meet you in the funny pages -+- -+- j -+- 623 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^" 624 RIDICULOUS SCARLETTE 625 Must GO BUST!!!!! 626 ^"^"^"^"^"^"^" 627 628 ********************************************************************** 629 pagans and jews? kf and mp? are thou mad? well financed?**kathyd**ha ha TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 629