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Subject: [surfpunk-0024] DIGEST: networks, gopher, WAX, jed, flat tires, Hacker Groups
Keywords: surfpunk
| I agree -- your MX is phuqued.
| -- jpd@nwu.edu
|________________________________________
Here are several items, related only in the fifth-dimesionsal
cosmic consciousness.
Subject: Subgenius Digest V3 #217
Subject: networking
Subject: Networks
Subject: Re: Gopher+ Considered Harmful
Subject: "WAX" in San Francisco (Help!) + other playdates
Subject: The Story of the Anti-Jed
Subject: Slack and Flat Tires in Manila
Subject: Hacker Groups - Distribute Freely
--strick
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Reply-To: Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Subgenius Digest V3 #217
To: Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Sender: charlie@rtfm.mlb.fl.us
Subgenius Digest Fri, 1 Jan 93 Volume 3 : Issue 217
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From: "D. V. Henkel-Wallace" <gumby@cygnus.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 15:15:05 EST
Message-Id: <9212312015.AA00439@tweedledumb.cygnus.com>
To: Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: networking
The current issue of the Economist, as is its wont each year, rates
organizations that have "networking" value (like the trilateral
commission, Skull and Bones, etc). This year's list of the world's
most significant include:
o - Internet and Usenet
o - The Illuminati
Ominously, these two are numbers 2^4 and 17 on the list!
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Message-Id: <9212311741.AA08664@media.mit.edu>
To: subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Networks
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 12:41:27 -0500
From: Michael Travers <mt@media.mit.edu>
The year-end issue of The Economist has an article on "influential
networks" that mentions both the Internet and Bavarian Illuminati, not
to mention such lesser organizations as Opus Dei, The Freemasons, and
the Communist Party.
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From: mpm@boombox.micro.umn.edu (Mark P. McCahill)
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.gopher
Subject: Re: Gopher+ Considered Harmful
Date: 14 Dec 92 15:28:10 GMT
Organization: Universty of Minnesota
>In article <MARCA.92Dec11073613@wintermute.ncsa.uiuc.edu> Marc
Andreessen, marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu writes:
>What are the standards by which a networked information system can be
>judged to be ``past critical mass''?
>
>Obviously gopher is past critical mass so far as campus-wide
>information servers go, but that's a very minor part of the
>information processing realm -- a fact that kills your general
>argument. Right? Or is your statement implicitly qualified and I'm
>just not noticing it?
I looked at the log on our main gopher server and saw that between
November 2 and December 7 there were 35,135 different machines that
contacted our main server, and there were 1,006,275 requests
(transactions) done by the server. About 75% of this is from outside
the University of Minnesota. I don't know if this qualifies as critical
mass though :-).
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Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 16:21:52 EST
From: artist1@rdrc.rpi.edu (Artist # 1)
To: future@isis.cs.du.edu
Subject: "WAX" in San Francisco (Help!) + other playdates
A request for HELP here,
as well as the bi-monthly posting of where my film is playing, in
case you want to catch it.
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"WAX or the discovery of television among the bees" (85:00)
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WAX opened on Friday (Jan. 1st) at the Roxie Theatre in San
Francisco. Due to a negative synergy apparently common the last
several months between the papers and the houses that show
independent films, there were NO REVIEWS for the opening, as far
as I know. So if you live in San Francisco, and have any
familiarity with the film, could you please mention it to people
you know. As luck would have it, there was at least a really good
writeup by Richard Kadrey in the winter Whole Earth Review (RK
also wrote a review in Mondo back in August)... but it is really
word of mouth which will save this run.
The number at the Roxie is : (415) 863 1087
The film moves over to the UC in Berkeley on Friday, Jan. 8, for
2 days, (9 shows). There is are some new chances for press
there, but I am afraid that the same situation may hold true...
so, hello Berkeley... are you out there? If you know about WAX,
please tell someone else about it.
If you don't know anything about the film, you can write me, and
I will send you a text file (about 70k now) with newspaper
reviews, and a variety of descriptions; included are some net
reviews I either found, or was lucky enough to have forwarded on
to me. The film has already made 2 "10 best" lists here in New
York (NY Press and another).
You can write me at:
artist1@rdrc.rpi.edu (my name is David Blair)
Obviously, I am self-distributing, in case you wonder why I have
taken the taking the liberty of posting.
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Following are some quotes, to warm you up, then the listing of
playdates up until spring:
William Gibson (author, Neuromancer, Count Zero, etc.) on WAX:
"Authentically peculiar. Like something from the network vaults
of an alternate universe."
William T. Vollman (author, "You Bright and Risen Angels", "The
Iceshirt", "The Rainbow Stories", all Penguin/Viking Press)
"I admire your dark and paranoid visions in all of their
intergalactic complexity."
Larry McCaffery (editor, "Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook
on Cyberpunk and Postmodern Fiction", Duke University Press):
"WAX strikes me as a truly major accomplishment, intellectually
rich, verbally inventive, visually stunning, and -- perhaps most
remarkable of all -- as emotionally resonant as any film I've
come across in recent years."
Brooks Landon (author, "Aesthetics of Ambivalence: Rethinking SF
Film in the Age of Electronic (Re)Production", Greenwood Press)
"WAX is like no movie you have ever seen. Call it postmodern,
postcyberpunk... or post cinema, the point is this 85 minute
celebration of the possibilities of "electronic cinema" may well
indicate the future direction of SF film, if not "film" itself.
Timothy Leary
"WAX is a treat for the eyeballs, a delight for the receptor
sites, a brilliant illumination for our left brains and our right
brains!"
Here are the screenings:
Jan. 1-7
Roxie, San Francisco
Sat, Sun: 2,4,6,8,10 / Mon-Thur 6,8,10 (except no show Wed. at 8)
(on film)
Jan. 8.9
UC, Berkeley
Friday: 5,7,9,11 / Sat: 1,3,5,7,9
[I deleted all the other dates ... they're in Chicago and Edinborough
and places like that ... :) --m]
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From: charlie@rtfm.mlb.fl.us (Charles Edward Patisaul)
Message-Id: <9212312118.AA03513@rtfm.mlb.fl.us>
Subject: The Story of the Anti-Jed
To: surfpunk@osc.versant.com (Surfpunk Technical Journal)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 16:18:25 EST
Originating from the Sunny Seaside Sub-Tropical Paradise of Melbourne, FL USA
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
I don't know if the subscribers of the SurfPunk Technical Journal are
familiar with the famous Brother Jed, but if not all one must do is substitute
your favorite self-righteous wandering in-your-face evangelist.
Brother Jed tours College Campuses across the United State as part of
his Campus Ministry USA Tour. He always has an entourage of disciples studying
in the art of condemning HO-MOH-SEX-YOU-ALLS (much handwaving), anyone
wearing spandex (lusty, lusty, lusty), red-headed women (the color of their
hair is the color of their heart, and red is the color of the satan), actually
anywomen who are freethinkers (the last time I saw his wife Sister Cindy, she
was literally barefoot AND pregnant), all college females are semen swallowing
fornicating whores, and we're all enrolled in the college of destruction
majoring in eternal damnation. I have seen Brother Jed wave the bible dare
people to find passages in there that say anything against him, and then when
the entire membership of AEPi (a jewish fraternity) start yelling quotes back
in unison he carries on as if nothing has happened, he typically doesn't
respond to questions ans such from the audience but one time I happened to see
him talking to a large group of black students who had asked him about slavery
in the bible, he tried to explain that some races were just plain made inferior
to others so that they could serve others. I just mention this to show that he
sometimes is using bad judgement in talking to folks.
So here follows salvation, the story of the anti-jed...
[from alt.brother-jed]
>From alt.brother-jed Thu Dec 31 16:02:34 1992
Newsgroups: alt.brother-jed
Path: rtfm.mlb.fl.us!mlb.semi.harris.com!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!Msu.oscs.montana.edu!uphrrmk
From: uphrrmk@Msu.oscs.montana.edu
Subject: the Anti-Jed
Message-ID: <00965D1E.113CD5C0@Msu.oscs.montana.edu>
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Organization: Montana State University
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:23:42 GMT
Lines: 51
Someone wrote me a wonderful letter asking me to tell the tale of the
anti-Jed. Gather "round, keeds, 'Cos Auntie Maim has a story for you!
It began at the University of Minnesota Campus, where Jed isn't seen
around much anymore. Maybe he felt he couldn't tame this hotbed of
Homma-sexuals, pagans, hoodlums, and Wiiiild Rebels. Maybe the Sister Cindy
Lookalike contest was partly responsible. Or maybe it was the anti-Jed.
Rumors of the anti-Jed sprang up a few years ago, When a few friends of
mine started their chapter of the Campus Crusade for Cthuhlu.(Remember, Keeds,
Cthuhlu Cthaves!) This was the same year a guy stood in front of Coffman Union
giving $100 dollars to all the students there who were working their way
through college. He was rumored to be the anti-Jed.
The anti-Jed was supposed to be the exact opposite of Brother Jed...kind,
tolerant, friendly,with a sense of humor and a penchant for worshipping street
meters and the odd Express Teller Machine.(put in your donation to the Money
God, fill out the Sacrifice forms, and if the Money God is pleased, he'll spit
out money for you. If the Money God isn't pleased, he will chew up your card,
and never give it back.) In fact, the anti-Jed was rumored to be several
people, just because there were reports of him EVERYWHERE. People would follow
lines of chalk that connected into a huge pentacle with The anti-Jed standing
in the middle in bikini briefs, sunglasses, and usually holding discussions
about bisexuality in Congress, the proper sacrifices to the Killer Squirrels
who hung out near campus, (large, rude and scruffy beings, who insisted on
snacks. Squirrel muggings were rumored in Northrup Mall, and they would
saunter into classrooms looking for food. They were The anti-Jed's totem
animals.) Sometimes Brother Jed would be haranguing a group of students, and
the most pointed, embarrasing questions would silence him for a couple of
minutes, or trip him into saying something insanely stupid. We had no doubt it
was an Anti-Jed in one of his incarnations.For Example:
The AJ: If all americans worshipped Jesus, would all the dry oil wells
flow again?
The Jed-a-roni: Yes, they would.
AJ: So you're saying that God and Jesus is holding oil, and therefore our
economy hostage until every man, woman, and child is Born Again?
Yes, the anti-Jed managed to make Brother Jed admit that God was an
Eco-terrorist.(Eco for economy and environment.)
Sometimes Brother Jed would look haggard, gray faced and dull eyed. We
hypothesized that the Anti-Jed must have been haunting his concience with
rationality, kindness, and other thoughts that were alien to his nature. Not
long after, he left, and hasn't been seen for a few years now. Probably for
easier prey--like the students of MSU in Montana, where I now live. Heh he hee.
Though I can't be the dark and scruffy specter that the anti-Jed was back
home at the U of M, I can go on in the spirit he forged in us... This spring,
I'm going to mobilize somestreet theater, to be ready when Jed or his sidekicks
appear to win the hearts of the poor kids here. Elvis worship, with a
translator for Elvis-ese and Brother-Jed-ese. The anti-Jed would have wanted
it that way.
Ignorance and hate is fatal,
La Mort.
--
Charles E. Patisaul charlie@rtfm.mlb.fl.us Melbourne, Florida USA
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To: Subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: Slack and Flat Tires in Manila
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 10:54:53 -0600
From: humphrie@ssc.wisc.edu
Quoted from a wire story by Eileen Guerrero, AP:
MANILA, Philippines -- Convinced flat tires were the key to salvation,
religious cultists deflated tires on scores of buses and cars Monday,
paralyzing traffic throughout the city. ...
"This is God's order to let out air," said Honora Dimagila, 44, who was
arrested Monday. "Air is from God. This is the solution to the crisis in
our country."
Cults enjoy a wide following in the Philippines, the only predominately
Roman Catholic country in Asia. The military has sponsored anti-Communist
cults, whose members believe sacred amulets protect them from bullets. [The
kevlar flak jackets from the Great Satan in DC probably help too.]
Handbills distributed by the cult, called the Reserved Manpower of the Good
Wisdom for All Nations, said deflating tires was, "God's way of stopping
bad deeds."
The handbills promised a new era of equality and social justice, including
a daily wage of $30 for everyone. <end quote>
This is certainly more innocuous than American cultists who argue the only
way to get social justice will be by putting Women, Lesbians, Gays and the
Bill of Rights to the torch.
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From /PN=GMP.M.ZELL/O=PAC.MAIL/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@sprint.com Tue Jan 5 09:12:37 1993
To: surfpunk@osc.osc.com
Subject: Hacker Groups - Distribute Freely
Message-Id:
<"MGJD-5504-5559/08"*/PN=GMP.M.ZELL/O=PAC.MAIL/ADMD=TELEMAIL/C=US/@sprint.com>
From: MCKEEMAN at MZ-Atlanta
Date: 1/5/93 11:47AM
Got this file in the mail along with other stuff yesterday - I'll
try to send you more.
Darren (Quasimodem)
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<> Subdivisions
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<> Part Three Of The Vicious Circle Trilogy
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<> A Study On The Occurrence Of Groups <>
<> Within The Community
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<> Presented by Knight Lightning
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<> August 8, 1988
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A Rose By Any Other Name... Would Smell As Sweet
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The Administration \ Advanced Telecommunications,
Inc./ATI
ALIAS \ American Tone Travelers \ Anarchy Inc. \ Apple
Mafia
The Association \ Atlantic Pirates Guild/APG \ Bad Ass Mother
Fuckers/BAMF
Bellcore \ Bell Shock Force/BSF \ Black Bag \ Camorra \ C&M
Productions
Catholics Anonymous \ Chaos Computer Club \ Chief Executive
Officers/CEO
Circle Of Death \ Circle Of Deneb \ Club X \ Coalition of
Hi-Tech Pirates/CHP
Coast-To-Coast \ Corrupt Computing \ Cult Of The Dead
Cow/-cDc-
Custom Retaliations \ Damage Inc. \ D&B Communications \ The
Dange
Gang
Dec Hunters \ Digital Gang/DG \ DPAK \ Eastern
Alliance
The Elite Hackers Guild \ Elite Phreakers and Hackers
Club
The Elite Society Of America \ EPG \ Executives Of Crime \
Extasyy (Elite)
Fargo 4A \ Farmers Of Doom/FOD \ The Federation \ Feds R Us \
First Class
Five O \ Five Star \ Force Hackers \ The 414s \
Hack-A-Trip
Hackers Of America/HOA \ High Mountain Hackers \ High Society \
The
Hitchhikers
IBM Syndicate \ The Ice Pirates Imperial Warlords \ Inner
Circle
Inner Circle II \ Insanity Inc.
International Computer Underground Bandits/ICUB \ Justice League
of
America/JLA
Kaos Inc. \ Knights Of Shadow/KOS \ Knights Of The Round
Table/KOTRT
League Of Adepts/LOA \ Legion Of Doom/LOD \ Legion Of
Hackers/LOH
Lords Of Chaos \ Lunatic Labs, Unlimited \ Master Hackers
\ MAD!
The Marauders \ MD/PhD \ Metal Communications,
Inc./MCI
MetalliBashers, Inc./MBI \ Metro Communications \ Midwest
Pirates
Guild/MPG
NASA Elite \ The NATO Association \ Neon Knights \
Nihilist Order
Order Of The Rose \ OSS \ Pacific Pirates Guild/PPG \ Phantom
Access
Associates
PHido PHreaks \ Phlash \ PhoneLine Phantoms/PLP
Phone Phreakers Of America/PPOA \ Phortune 500/P500
Phreak Hack Delinquents \ Phreak Hack Destroyers
Phreakers, Hackers, And Laundromat Employees Gang/PHALSE
Gang
Phreaks Against Geeks/PAG \ Phreaks Against Phreaks Against
Geeks/PAP
Phreaks and Hackers of America \ Phreaks Anonymous World
Wide/PAWW
Project Genesis \ The Punk Mafia/TPM \ The
Racketeers
Red Dawn Text Files/RDTF \ Roscoe Gang \ SABRE \ Secret Circle
of
Pirates/SCP
Secret Service \ 707 Club \ Shadow Brotherhood \ Sharp Inc. \
65C02 Elite
Spectral Force \ Star League \ Stowaways \ Strata-Crackers \
The Phrim
Team Hackers '86 \ Team Hackers '87 \ TeleComputist
Newsletter Staff
Tribunal Of Knowledge/TOK \ Triple Entente \ Turn Over And Die
Syndrome/TOADS
300 Club \ 1200 Club \ 2300 Club \ 2600 Club \ 2601 Club \ 2AF
\ Ware
Brigade
The Warelords \ WASP \ The United Soft WareZ
Force/TuSwF
United Technical Underground/UTU
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- - - - - - -
Its literally unbelievable just how many different groups and
organizations
there are or have been in the phreak/hack/pirate community. The
list of
130 groups displayed above is probably still just a fraction of
the actual
amount of groups that there have been, but those are the only
ones I am
aware of at this time.
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The SURFPUNK Technical Journal is a dangerous multinational hacker zine
originating near BARRNET in the fashionable western arm of the northern
California matrix. Quantum Californians appear in one of two states,
spin surf or spin punk. Undetected, we are both, or might be neither.
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Send postings to <surfpunk@osc.versant.com>, subscription requests
to <surfpunk-request@osc.versant.com>. MIME encouraged.
Xanalogical archive access soon. Our MX is phuqued.
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