💾 Archived View for gemini.spam.works › mirrors › textfiles › messages › BACKWATER › bw830709.txt captured on 2022-06-12 at 15:42:34.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
FILE ON MARGIN IS 76 STATUS: ALL ALLOWED NUMBER OF LINES: 592 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ********************* REMOVED: 9 JUL 83 **************************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION PLACED ON 6 THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly 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. 10 It is intended that the system be normally used for messages and 11 advertisments by the users. As the system is privatly owned, I retain the 12 right to remove any and all messages which I may find offensive 13 to me. Additionally because of the limited size of the system, it will be 14 periodically purged of older messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 15 The saved information will be cycled to drive 'B' while the information on 16 drive 'B' will be archived, and a fresh disk will be installed in drive 'A'. 17 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out 18 of the enter mode. The message is automaticly stored. 19 If after entering the message you find you made a mistake, 20 use the replace command to replace the line. 21 To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 22 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 23 ======================================== 24 25 GOLLY, A NEW DISK?========================================= 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 27 YEP! ANOTHER BLANK EXPANSE STARING AT US. HOPE WE CAN USE IT TO GOOD 28 ADVANTAGE. NEED SOME REALLY CONTRAVERSIAL STUFF FOR A CHANGE. 29 HOW ABOUT THE "DEBATE-GATE" ISSUE? REAGAN CLAIMS THSAT HE HAD NO IDEA THAT 30 THE NOTES HE HAD WERE FROM CARTER, I WONDER WHAT THE HELL HE THOUGHT THEY 31 WERE AND IF TRULY HE DIDN'T KNOW, THEN WHAT THE HELL IS A STUPID MAN LIKE 32 THAT DOING IN THE WHITE HOUSE ANYWAY: GUESS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CASE 33 OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING DUPED BY THOSE WITH THE MEGA-BUCKS TO BELIEVE 34 ANYTHING AND EVEN VOTING FOR IT. WE COULD SURE USE SOME GOOD-OL-FASHIONED 35 HONESTY BACK THERE IN D.C., TO SAY NOTHING OF RIGHT HERE AT HOME. 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 37 7/3/83-08:02:10 38 THINK ABOUT IT THOUGH..."JUST ANOTHER DUMMY" COULD HAVE BEEN 4 39 Y DOODY!!! 40 *****************PHANTOM REPUBLICAN 41 --------- 42 If it took filching some notes to keep us from another four years of 43 Carter, FINE! Do it with my complements! 44 --------- 45 JUST THINK WE COULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF GREAT INFLATION 46 AND SUCH...ONLY ONE PROBLEM THOUGH WE STILL GOT THE STUPID 47 UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM....BUT THAT WOULD HAVE COME ALONG ANYWAY 48 WITH CARTER BUDDY.....I THINK REAGAN'S PEOPLE DID ALRIGHT... 49 THEY SAVED US FROM CARTER...AND I COULDN'T VOTE IN 80...GEE... 50 --------------PHANTOM REPUBLICAN 51 ---------- 52 Who above dares to use my 10 "-"'s for header and footer! That 53 is a trademark of TRON, not someone else! 54 55 56 Tron 57 ---------- 58 ************************************************* 59 To the Bruiser: your hypothesis on the good and evil of 60 the nefarious playboy Buddy Rose has some merit of credibility 61 when juxtapositioned with the likes of Darth Vader, and the 62 evil emperor (boo hiss). Perhaps even with the leader of 63 our country. (but all politicians are wiked). It only 64 proves tthat all the world really needs is not love, but 65 BILLIONS and BILLIONS of Carl Sagans... 66 bye for now... 67 +=+=+=+=Shibumi=+=+=+=+ 68 *************************************** 69 Don't overlook the logic problem on DB, line 573......What is the BEST 70 answer? Come back, B.A.D. Dave 71 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 72 TO PHANTOM REPUBLICAN: WISH THERE WERE MORE OF YOU OUT THERE, "PHANTOMS" NOT 73 REBULICANS: IF YOU THINK RONNY'S SO GREAT WHYT, I SUGGEST THAT THE LEVEL OF 74 THIS COUNTRY'S VOTING PUBLIC ARE VERY ILL INNFORMED. BUT THEN WHAT CAN ONE 75 EXPECT WITH ALL THE INFO WE GET COMING OUT OF MULTINATIONAL CORPS, THAT E 76 EVADE PAYING THEIR TAXESS WHILE HIDING THEIR OBSENE PROFITS IN SWISS BANKS!! 77 78 ********************************************************************** 79 ########################################################################## 80 IT ALL COMES BACK TO THE SAME BASIC PROBLEM WHEN WE START DISCUSSING 81 THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE IN THIS COUNTRY.YOU HAVE SO MANY SPECIAL 82 INTEREST GROUPS PUSHING AND PULLING FOR THEIR CAUSE THAT THE HOLE 83 POINT OF "WE THE PEOPLE" ARE THE GOVERNMENT-EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET 84 SCREWED IN THE END EXCEPT THE ONES WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO INSULATE THEM- 85 SELFS FROM THE HOLE MESS.WHEN THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION STAND UP AND 86 START USING SOME OF THE SENSE THEY WHERE BORN WITH AND THROW ALL THE 87 STUFF THEY SEE ON T.V. AND THE NEWSPAPER OUT THE WINDOW-WE CAN ALL BE 88 INVOLVED OR LET THE SMALL PERCENTAGE MAKE THE DICISIONS FOR US-I SEE 89 IT JUST LIKE A CARD GAME AT THIS POINT-THE HAND IS GOING TO BE CALLED 90 WE ALL SIT AROUND AND COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE B.S.-WILL LETS GET THE 91 BALL ROLLING REAL FAST AND TO HECK WITH REAGAN AND HIS STUPID DEBATE 92 PAPERS-THE DEBATE WAS B.S. ANYWAY-IT DIDN'T CHANGE A THING EXCEPT 93 WASTE T.V. PROGRAMING WHEN WE COULD OF HAD A EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAN 94 A BUNCH OF POLITICAL HYPE-THE SMALL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRESIDENTS 95 THAT I'VE SEEN IN MY LIFE TIME HASN'T BEEN GREAT-JUST A FEW MORE LINES 96 OF BULL TO SATISFY THE MASSES-THEY SEEM TO EAT IT ALL UP-THE BIG NEW 97 ONE THAT'S BEING USED IS----WILL THIS IS THE MESS "WE" THIS ADMINSTRATION 98 CAME INTO OFFICE WITH AND USE IT TO SIDE STEP THE REAL PROBLEMS AT HAND 99 100 101 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 O J KID333333333333333333333333 102 OFF 103 HI AT......ART I SD.......STILL CAN'T TYPE BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF 104 I COULD SEND A MESSAGE................ 105 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 107 A man swathed in black robes confidently approaches 108 the Inn. As he grows near he is puzzled by the 109 growing din from within. He cautiously peers through 110 the portal to see why this would be so. In dismay 111 he finds no one of familar voice from within. As 112 he continues his survey of the patrons within, 113 he finaly spies the Innkeeper in the back at a 114 small table in the corner, his head in his arms, 115 fast asleep despite the din. 116 The man in the black robes sadly turns away, for 117 the Inn has changed and it is no longer companionable 118 to him. As he slowly trudges back down the road to 119 his abode. A single glistening tear falls to the 120 ground in rememberance of that which once was. 121 For as always, he is 122 +++++++++ the believer ++++ 4 July 1983 ++++ 11:00 AM +++++ 123 124 ----- 125 Mayhaps one with soothing tones shall comfort him? 126 ----- 127 ---------- 128 Reagan's idea about the MX missile (densepac 129 I thought was a stupid idea. TThere is absolutely no way to win 130 a nuclear war. In effect, he was saying that if they fired missiles 131 at us, we'd fire them right back. So, the only alternative is to 132 totally inihalate ourselves, which in turn, screws us up from 133 living any longer. Why don't we just deploy all of our missiles 134 into space and forget about it? 135 136 137 Tron 138 ---------- 139 ---------- 140 Perhaps they don't believe that destroying the enemy 141 is suicide! 142 ---------- 143 ---------- Max Grody 144 --------- 145 Tron, I'm only using nine "-"s. Count'em, nine!!! Heh heh. 146 --------- 147 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 148 does the Dragon Lady reside here? 149 150 Aaron 151 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 152 153 ******************************************************* 154 Yes, Indeed the Lady of Dragons does often pass through 155 this Inn. Perhaps if you call gently and wait patiently 156 she will answer. Have a stought heart for she is a kind 157 and gentle being and will speak with those of like mind 158 fear not! But you must speak or she can't hear you call 159 ***** CISTOP MIKEY ***** 9:33PM **** 4 JULY 83 ******** 160 P.S. HAPPY FOURTH! 161 ******************************************************* 162 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 163 Dragon Lady: 164 I have read of your plight on 165 CBBS/NW,and I sympathize with you;I 166 too would like to enter the mystical 167 world of pseudonymology.I had seen 168 references of "fantasy" in your dialog 169 ,do you travese the planes of AD+D,or 170 perchance the SCA? Note that this is 171 my second trek into BWMS,please forgive 172 my clumsiness.I am, (really!) Aaron 173 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 174 TO ALL THOSE DEMOCRATS...HERE'S WHAT I THINK OF YOU.... IF IT 175 WASN'T FOR ALL THE SOCAIL SPENDING THAT YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE... 176 1) SOCAIL SECURITY TO THOSE NOT OVER 65 (LIKE PAYING KIDS 177 TO GO TO COLLEGE ON SS) 178 2) WELFARE TO THOSE WHO ARE SO STUPID THEY CONTINUOUSLY GET 179 PREGNANT (WOMEN ONLY). THIS I SEE AS THE ONLY REASON 180 FOR PUBLIC PAID ABORTIONS AND/OR HYSTERECTOMIES 181 3) MONEY FOR PET PROGRAMS (LIKE THE STUDY OF WILD TASMANIAN 182 WOMBAT MATING HABITS). 183 4) MONIES ALLOCATED FOR CONGRESSIONAL PAY RAISES (MOSTLY 184 DEMOCRATIC SPONSERED MEASURES), AND FOR NIFTY LITTLE 185 TRIPS TO FAR OUT OF THE WAY PLACES LIKE EL SALVADOR AND 186 OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU COULD GET YOUR 'BALLS' BLOWN OFF. 187 188 IN GENERAL YOU GUYS NEED YOUR HEADS WASHED OUT WITH TIDE! 189 ----------PHANTOM REPUBLICAN 190 ^^^^^^^^^^NOTE THE 10 '-'S! WHO CARES WHOSE TRADEMARK THEY ARE! 191 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 05 Jul 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 192 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02:06 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 193 The gates open abruptly; the girl, in startled reaction, hastens into 194 their shadow to let the boisterous crowd pass. One spies her, and with a 195 hoot of derisive laughter, makes a mock bow and continues on his way, 196 roaring. Flushed with anger at this discourtesy, she does not favor him 197 with a word. She takes a resolute step away from the still-open doorway, 198 but a voice calls her name, spoken mildly and respectfully, and extends an 199 invitation. A hesitant smile crosses her face, and she opens her mouth as 200 if to speak to the stranger...but she seems inexplictably unsure of how to 201 respond. He pauses, watching her, melding amiably with the crowd when she 202 does not answer. So she lingers, a hand gingerly resting on the open door, 203 to observe distant figures make their approach. A black-berobed gentleman 204 looks somewhat familiar, and the girl shades her eyes the more intently to 205 peer at him. "Could it be...?" she murmers, noting his aghast reaction to 206 the speech floating out so loudly from the Inn. She unconsciously takes 207 another step from behind the door, upon which a livery boy from the Inn 208 notices her. The child comes running, to breathlessly report: "A fellow 209 named Aaron has been seeking you, my Lady. Shall I bring a message back 210 to him?" At this she smiles, and tousles the child's hair. "You may..." 211 she replies slowly. "It seems my friends are indeed here! Tell the Keeper 212 of the Inn, and Aaron, that I come to sup here this evening. And would 213 you be so gracious as to tell the Believer that he is missed in the quiet 214 corners of the Inn?" "I will, my Lady!" he cried out as he tore off to 215 the Backwater Inn...upon which the girl loosened her cloak, and followed. 216 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 217 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 218 as I try to identify my wampeter(s), 219 and seek out members of my karass, 220 I am reminded that the hidden 221 is oft in plain sight, 222 and the subtle oft the most 223 significant. 224 225 Therefore,I would suggest the hidden 226 and subtle. Aaron 227 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 228 Possibly the report on wild Tasmanian 229 wombat mating habits was to be applied 230 to low-income federaly supported 231 birth control. Aa 232 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 233 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++TO PHANTOM REPUBLICAN AND OTHERS OF 234 THAT "MIND?" 235 236 YOU SEEM TO FORGET THAT THE BIGGEST ABBUSERS OF THE SYSTEM ARE THE BIG BU 237 BUSINESS CONCERNS. EXXON, MOBIL, DOW, CHASE MANHATTAN & CITICORP, 238 TO NAME JUST A FEW THAT PAY NO TAXES AT ALL AND STILL EXPECT ALL THE PRO 239 PROTECTION OF OUR GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR OPPERATIONS ON FOREIGN SOIL, WHILE 240 THEY ARE EXPORTING JOBS AND BANK ACCOUNTS OVERSEAS. 241 AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THE TAXES I PAY SHOULD STAY HERE AND HELP OUR OWN 242 BEFORE WE SPEND BILLIONS TO SUPPORT SLAVE LABOR IN CENTRAL AMERICA OR ANY 243 PLACE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. PERHAPS YOU CAN ANSWER A SMALL QUESTION, WHY DO 244 WE NOT SEE BREAD LINES WHEN THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN? SEEMS EVERY TIME WE ELECT 245 A REPUBLICAN WE GO INTO RECESSION (DEPRESSION)IE HOOVER, EISENHOWER,NIXON, 246 FAND NOW "RONNY BABY". 247 I'D 248 I'D SURE RATHER HAVE SOME INFLATION WITH A JOB THAN STARVATION AND 249 NO JOBS!!! BUT THEN ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS YOUR OWN TO HECK 250 WITH EVERYONE ELSE!! 251 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++A DE+ 252 A ROOSEVELT DEMOCRAT AND PROUD OF IT 253 254 ---------- 255 To max, 256 Okay, I apologize for coming down so hard on you. Just like 257 to keep my gounds..... 258 To Phantom Republican (Democrat), 259 I wasn't talking to you. You put your name after the 10 dashes 260 which signifies that you are NOT Tron. 261 262 Tron 263 ----------- 264 Dave? Dave Morgan? I thought you never called this system!!!! 265 ----------- 266 To My Roosevelt Democrat Friend.... 267 Sure old FDR did a few good things, but all those good things 268 did not bring the US economy out of the depression of the 30's, 269 it was World War II. Sure we got out of the depression, the 270 hard way..... Just think, if MRonny didn't start the current 271 troubles...they started in 77 &78. Give the Republicans 30 272 years control of house/senate and then we can make a judgement. 273 274 Sure criticize Nixon for Watergate, and Reagan for Debate- 275 gate...I personally think that we should lock Nixon up and 276 throw away the key....but not for Watergate, but for STUPIDITY!! 277 Nixon will still go down as one of our best presidents... 278 279 Oh well, mutter...mutter..., you'll see if a democrat gets 280 elected in 84! 281 ----------The Phantom Repubblican 5-jul-83 282 MOONY LIVES! 283 --- 284 THE GOOB WANTS THE DARK SIDE!!! 285 --- 286 287 288 MY NAME IS MARTY I LIKE TO PARTY AND ILIKE 289 ?????????????????????????????????????? 290 As for poitics: 291 If all the hot air blown by the poiticians over economics was used, we 292 could put Woops back on line, with windmils, but the sad truth is they 293 have almost no control over the economy. They can hurt it, but help it? 294 The record sholws otherwise (and this goes for both D____ and R____.) 295 I must agree with the comment about "give --- 30 years" because it is 296 possible that any "economic policy" would work in time: or, in other 297 words, given time we could work around it. One of the killers of the 298 economy is uncertainty, and we get plenty of this, every time we seem to 299 have a little trouble, change something. How can a person, or a company 300 plan for the future if he cant't know what it will be? Not that any 301 change, whatever it is will help somebody, but hurt some one else; the 302 game is to try to help your friends. The US would probably run better if 303 we shot every politician after 5 years of politics, and everyone involved 304 supporting him (a lot of power is never seen publicly, it's in the back.) 305 However, the US isn't alone, and the rest of the world would step in when 306 we were headless, and that means you-know-who. We need professional 307 ploiticians. 308 Now, how do we make government more useful to us, the citizens? Don't say 309 get more political, that is what we are trying to get away from! 310 1. Require totally carrying out of all campaign promises. 311 2. Make this part of his pay: anything not done is not payed for. 312 3. Subtract from his pay twice what he makes outside of government, in 313 any form, including trusts, increase in value of his property, lecture 314 payments, etc. 315 4. We are now at a point wher we can actually ask the 316 people what they want, by electronic means, and get this to the pols fast 317 enough for them to use the data. We don't need them to take surveys, just 318 tell them directly. Unfortunately, this requires the teller to know what 319 is going on; if the experts (politicians and their staff0 don't know, what 320 is the chance that the man in the street would? Not a lot. 321 5. In that pamphlet that the state sends out, giving each candidates claims, 322 include a section where each one gives 5 issues, and each candidate must 323 answer these, and the same from all others candidates. And include the 324 voting record of each, if he has one. Maybe we could find out who to vote 325 for. 326 6. Make any lies in a campaign automatic disqualification. 327 ///////////////B.A.D. 328 In the question of the jail: If you take all the alluded hint as facts, 329 then only one combination works, but facts in jails are not usually true, 330 so unless strictly stated, can not be used as such, leaving much open. 331 Therefore, there is no "correct", or even, to his possible rescuer, 332 useful answer, since an error would probably land her there too. Don't 333 ask for the best: of 10 wrong answers, which is best? Easy:none. 334 Logic only applies to data. GIGO. 335 ////////////////////////////////B.A.D.\\\\\\\\\\\\ 336 ............................... 337 In his advanced Theory of Knowledge class at the Academy, that 338 good ol' Professor Plato taught that for every material object on the planet 339 (including the planet itself) there existed in a far off heaven-like realm 340 a perfect IDEA of that particular thing that was eternal, incorruptible, 341 immaterial, and (I'm extrapolating here) non-carcinogenic, rust proof, and 342 warranted for life! Furthermore, these IDEAS are somehow more real than thei 343 manifestations on Earth, which are just shadowy reproductions with the quali 344 of a xeroxed Mona Lisa! 345 This concept of a supreme deity being portrayed as THE GREAT XEROX 346 OPERATOR, 347 who not only runs off copies, but imperfect and faded copies at that, 348 caused me considerable personal anguish, not to mention raising some most 349 disturbing cosmological & theological questions: 350 Are the original IDEAS copyrighted? And if they are, by Whom? And for 351 what duration of time ?(eternity?) 352 Who gets the royalty payments for the reproduced material? 353 Who (or what) built the Xerox Machine-in-the-Sky? 354 And, by implication, was it always there ad infinitum, or was it built 355 ex nihilo? 356 Who services the Machine when it breaks down? (Or runs out of fluid?) 357 And, by extension, who pays for these charges, or are they "taken care 358 of"?, and to whom? 359 Does God own the machine outright, or does he lease it? 360 **** Peter Paycheck *** 361 Ripped of from the May 1982 Creative Computing 362 .............................................................. 363 364 ---------- 365 Ah! that "Dilitantte" doth fear to engage in debate with someone having 366 things to say, preferring to remain engaged in idle chatter and 367 meaninless banalities! 368 --------- 369 --------- Max Grody 370 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 05 Jul 83 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 371 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 19:03 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 372 What would you say to the Dilettante, O Grody? She finds no pleasure 373 in vicious battle. What end is there in that, but wounds on both sides? 374 Aaron Riddlespeaker, refresh your throat with good ale--I would hear 375 your tale and meet your friends. What subtle thing do you wish to reveal? 376 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> d <<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 377 (((((((((((((((((((((((07/05/83)))))))))))))))))))))))))))) 378 379 TO: Bob From:Art 380 381 Recieved your most important message. 382 383 )))))))))))))))))))))))))((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( 384 *************************************************************** 385 Idle chatter? Ahh, what is idle chatter? Speaking of things 386 which are in the past and saying how great it would be if 387 they were different. This I would call idle chatter! Come.. 388 speak of the future not of the past. Remember, tomorrow is 389 the first day of the rest of your life. Do not worry about 390 changing those things you cannot. Instead strive to do 391 those things you are able. Be true to yourself! 392 *** CISTOP MIKEY JUST A BIT MIFFED *** 5 JUN 83 *** 11:00 PM *** 393 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 394 the ale is good,and my head is 395 clearing.many questions to ask,many 396 not to,yet some that 397 are pressing theselves to my tongue are: 398 What is the control character in 399 line 376 that acts mercilessly towards 400 my terminal?What is a Cistop,Mikey?Why 401 does everyone think in such a negative 402 fashion whenever "San Fran" is mentioned?(DL?)The place is not entirely 403 populated with subjects for a new 404 Masters&Johnson monograph. 405 17 and confused 406 Aaron 407 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 409 $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ 410 Boo! I'm new! Are thee ready to accept a new tenant to thoust inn? 411 Do thee have any room for a FEMALE??!! 412 LORI $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ 413 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 414 I ALWAYS have room for females,I 415 think it is safe to assume that 90% 416 of the others users feel the same. 417 Watch out for black-berobed men,though 418 Aaron 419 <><><><><><><><>02:40 am,jul 6<><><><><> 420 no insult intended,Believer 421 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 424 mikey mikey i tried to turn lf on and off i tried to turn control char 425 on and off but i still get all this stuff on one line 426 wcum????? 427 howcum??? BIll Marx 428 429 ][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][LL 430 LET US BRING UP SOME "REAL" ARGUMENTS 431 OTHER THAN THEIS IDLE TALK ABOUT POLITICS 432 LONG PAST. WHAT DO YOU SAY WE GET INTO 433 SOME REALLY HEAVY DISCUSSION,? 434 HOW ABOUT WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE 435 MANUFACTURERS OF "NEW" COMPUTERS THAT 436 ARE REALLY "GOOD". ALL WE SEE ON THE 437 MARKET THESE DAYS ARE EITHER COPIES OF 438 MACHINES ALREADY ONBEING SOLD, OR NEWER 439 COMPUTERS THAT ARE JUST JUNK! 440 WHAT ABOUT THE CORPORATIONS WHO USED 441 TO MANUFACTURE GOOD EQUIPTTMENT, BUT 442 HAVE TURNED INTO SELLERS OF GARBAGE. 443 FIRST SINCLAIR MARKETED A COMPUTER 444 THAT WAS VERY LOW COST, THEN THEY LET 445 TIMEX PRODUCE IT EVEN CHEAPER, AND LOOK 446 WHAT IT TURNED OUT AS...JUNK! 447 WHO CAN TYPE ON A KEYBOARD THE SIZE OF 448 A WALLET? APPLE FIRST CAME OUT WITH 449 A FAIRLY GOOD COMPUTER, BUT THEY REALLY 450 NEVER MADE ANY GOOD IMPROVEMENTS, SO 451 EVENTUALLY THEY CAME OUT WITH THE IIE. 452 WHAT IS THIS COMPUTER BUT A CHEAPER 453 REPLICATION OF THE FIRST WITH ITS CHIPS 454 MOVED AROUND? IT DOESN'T EVEN RUN ALL 455 OF THE ]['S SOFTWARE. 456 I THINK THAT THE COMPUTER MARKET IS 457 GOING DOWN THE DRAIN. THERE ARE 458 A FEW COMPANYS THAT REMAIN SOLID 459 HOWEVER. (LUCKY FOR US!) 460 461 [][][[][][][][][ BIT BYTER [][][][][][][] 462 **********'''````******** 463 464 IN REVIEWING THIS SYSTEM FOR THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE OBSERVED SOME 465 VERY INTERESTING PHENOMENA CONCERNING THE USERS. (OF COURSE, WHAT OTHER 466 PHENOMENA ARE THERE ?) 467 FIRST, it seems as though there are those who simply try to beat 468 a dead horse. That is, they either dwell in a fantasy world of 469 470 471 472 #################### 473 K.L. ARE YOU STILL TESTING TERMINALS 474 ON BWMS.? IF SO , THEN HI TO YOU . 475 476 477 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 478 479 To: Lori 480 481 Yes, we Do have LOTS of room for Females here. In fact, the 482 guys are usually more boring that Females are. 483 I'm called TRON. Call me that from now on. What kinda terminal 484 are you using? Just curious.... I met a girl skating once and 485 just wondered if it was you. Her name was Lori also. 486 487 14 and miffed.... 488 TRON 489 ---------- 490 HAas anyone heard the song "EWOK Celebration" by MECO? If so, 491 waddya think of it? 492 ---------- 493 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 494 re:Dead Horses 495 if you don't like it,leave it,change 496 it,or ignore it,and if you still 497 feel that some of us are lost in 498 a land of fantasy 499 Take thee a sword of good strength 500 and fine temper,and sever that which 501 fetters thee,thine cord of life 502 of wizard Bell design. 503 504 No,but seriously,one cannot judge the 505 relative merits of a medium such as 506 BW (nor the mental condition of it's 507 users,for that matter),by examining 508 the content(or apparent lack of it!) 509 of the information exchanged there. 510 In the end,the justification for ANY 511 medium lays in the effect on the 512 users,and as long information is 513 exchanged,a mingling of minds,a chance 514 for an insight into the condition of 515 the fellow inhabitants of spaceship 516 earth exists,and in the end,isn't 517 this enough???????? 518 Aaron 519 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> 521 -----=====----- 522 HELLO---FIRST TIME ON SYSTEM. JUST TRYING TO ENTER A MEsSAGE WITH NULL 523 NULL TO SAY. NAME IS DAVE, ALIAS SINGLE GUY (ON COMPUSERVE). QUESTION 524 QUESTION--HOW DO I LOAD ,OR RATHER DOWNLOAD PROGRAMS INTO 525 MY APPLE. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 526 THANKS---DAVE 527 NOW HOW DO I GET OUT OF "ENTER"??? 528 OFF 529 530 531 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- 532 TO: ANY VIC USERS (64 OR 20) 533 534 FROM: ERIK ROGERS RE:GOOD NEWS! 535 536 IF ANY OF YOU OUT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 537 USING VIC-20'S OR 64'S THEN I HAVE SOME 538 GOOD NEWS. I HAVE A TERMINAL PROGRAM 539 THAT I HAVE JUST ABOUT COMPLETED THAT 540 WILL UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD, STORE/RETRIEVE 541 INFORMATION TO/FROM TAPE OR DISK, 542 STREAM MEMORY TO YOUR MODEM, ETC. 543 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, CHECK OUT THE 544 BIT BUCKET, I HAVE LEFT THREE 545 CONSECUTIVE MESSAGES ABOUT IT TO VIC 546 USERS WHERE I HAVE DESCRIBED IT IN 547 DETAIL. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN 548 OBTAINING A COPY AFTER IT HAS BEEN 549 TOTALLY TESTED AND REFINED, LEAVE ME 550 A MESSAGE ON THE BIT BUCKET AND I WILL 551 GET A COPY TO YOU WHEN IT IS DONE. 552 553 PS. I WILL LEAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE 554 BIT BUCKET WHEN IT IS TOTALLY 555 FINISHED. 556 557 ===ERIK=== 558 559 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 560 ----- 561 Like totally! 562 ----- 563 ---------- 564 The "conversation" in this inn is no debate or real conversation- 565 There is no real presentation of ideas or meeting of minds, 566 only the idle chatter, and manipulative word-play found 567 extensivly in cocktail parties. One could easily find these same 568 words and "conversations" at such a cocktail party. 569 ---------- 570 ---------- Max Grody 571 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 572 To Mike Day Fm Adam Trent Sj Deadly Handshake in AMODEM 573 Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try next time I hook the KAYPRO 574 up to the 8 in. system (within a couple weeks). I'll let you know 575 the results. I re-read the DOC file on AMODEM and just 576 discovered the CTRL-Y flips me in and out of console logging to the 577 T file. NEATO! Didn't know this before--was using MAKE, CLOSE before. 578 What other golden nuggets will time uncover? 579 $$$$$$$$$$$06jul83-2109 - Adam Trent$$$$$$$$$$ 580 $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ 581 To: Tron From: Lori Re: Skating 582 So, we may have met at a roller rink? How long ago did this happen? 583 Why are you miffed? Did the female do something...?!! 584 585 To: Aaron From: Lori Re: Black-berobed men 586 May I perhaps ask why to beware? Glad to know that someone (well, 587 more than one) willingly accepts me into gracious service of their 588 gentle abode. LORI 589 $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ |||| $$ 590 It's 1:00AM and I just got home I think I'll go crash in my bed.... 591 *** 7 JULY 83 *** CISTOP MIKEY ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 592 df