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1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 29 MAR 87 ************************* 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 the right 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 A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques 21 vitiate potable concoction produced by steeping certain comestibles. 22 ********************************************************************* 23 24 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 25 My, my! How am I so lucky as to be here on the fabled top, on my first 26 visit even! This is a good sign, I believe. Yes, I am new to the Inn, 27 but I am not new to the environment and the stories. Word of this 28 special retreat from (most) cares spreads wide in the multiverse among 29 certain circles. 30 31 I come bearing curiosity (and thirst), dressed in the green uniform of 32 wanderers of my kind. My faithful steed (what a sappy phrase!), a 33 smallish brown dragon, and I desire little more than supper and rest, 34 though we may stay longer. 35 36 Innkeeper! If I can be found a solid cot and a stout mug, I would be 37 most pleased. You shall have repayment in whatever manner you desire, 38 short of the fire-lizard's egg of Tiroff! 39 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Gildor the Green xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 40 NEW IMPENDING COMMUNICATIONS LAW: 41 42 Fresh on the heels of the successful implementation of 43 the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the 64th Oregon 44 Legislative Assembly has already had committee hearings on 45 its proposed anti-listining bill, House Bill 2198. 46 Amending ORS-165.540 and repealing ORS-133.726 the new 47 bill will make it unlawful in the state of Oregon to "Obtain 48 or attempt to obtain the whole or any part of a 49 telecommunication or a radio communication to which such 50 person is not a participant....unless consent is given by at 51 least one participant" or "if all participants in the 52 conversation are not specifically informed that there 53 conversation is being obtained." 54 A violation of the proposed law will constitute a Class A 55 misdemeanor, punishable by fine or jail term. 56 No frequency range or service is excluded (other that 57 broadcasting) by the wording of the bill, and shortwave 58 utilities monitoring as well scanning will unlawful in the 59 state of Oregon if this bill is allowed to become a law. 60 In the bills present wording, amateur radio, CB services, 61 ship to shore, aircraft and many other services now open to 62 the public will be banned by the proposed law. 63 64 ACTION NEEDED TO DEFEAT THIS BILL: Oregon residents are urged 65 to protest this bill vigorously both 66 by telephone and letters to there representatives immediately 67 as it appears that the assembly is making rapid progress 68 without opposition. 69 70 Copied from a article that appeared in "MONITORING TIMES" by 71 Gary Westfall, KB6ASP, Beaverton, Oregon. ........ 72 Ray Hough, N7ALV, Hillsboro, Oregon. 73 74 Please pass this on to other BBS as a alert to a proposed law 75 that may indeed infringe on the rights of any person with 76 electronics and communications as a hobby or livelihood. 77 78 ___________________________________________________________________________ 79 I wonder how they will try to apply this to BBS's? 80 ____03/30/87__________Leonard_JD 2446884.8459_________00:18:10_PST_________ 81 ********************************************************** 82 Friar: Yes, the article in WW does indeed talk about my ex-partner 83 at U.S. Digital. Don't believe everything you read in Willamette Week 84 though. Jim began learning NLP some time ago, and not for psychic 85 stuff. That is a relatively new direction for him. But when you're 86 hungry you go in whatever direction brings in money for food. 87 ************************** CISTOP MIKEY *************************** 88 Gildor: You're a F-R-A-U-D with the big F. First visit . Bah! Then 89 I'm of course, Yitzhak Shamir1! 90 rodlig. 91 *OO**OO***OO***O**O* *OO**OO***OO***O**O* *OO**OO***OO***O**O* *OO*O**O 92 is the above border taken???? 93 *OO**OO***OO***O**O* *OO**OO***OO***O**O* *OO**OO***OO***O**O* 94 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 95 Nope, you are free to go with such a border as you question. 96 As for the "first-timer", er, if this is indeed your first visit, how 97 do you know about the ceremonial "At the top!" proclamation? 98 Whatever the case (unlike some others), let me at least offer you a 99 welcome to this fine establishment. 100 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR TR 101 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 102 Mikey - Does it work for him? Is it for real? (Not being sarcastic, 103 just want an opinion from someone close) 104 Friar. 105 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 106 ************************************************************ 107 I have no real idea. The NLP stuff I know he was very into and used. 108 It is nothing new, it has been around for a *very* long time called 109 be different names and such. Though I think it goes further than is 110 realistic to expect out of things. The basic concept behind NLP is that 111 you can know exactly what the other person really is thinking by 112 watching their eyes and listening to how they speak. This is nothing new, 113 it is called body language in more normalh circles. Where NLP differs 114 though is that it states that you can control others by controlling 115 how they think through the use of the observations. This is nothing 116 new either, though we are more used to it being called manipulation. 117 NLP is just a formalized means of observation and manipulation. 118 As for the psychic stuff, I wouldn't know, that is a new entry 119 since I knew him. I haven't talked with him on a social basis sinc about 120 June of last year. I've talked with him since then, but only on a business 121 basis. We've gone our seperate ways. My own thoughts on the subject 122 are drawn on other things. Such as that he hasn't had a positive income 123 for several years,the bank forclosed on his home, he and his wife 124 have not been able to find a solid job and they have two kids to feed 125 and cloth. I've been through some tough times myself, I am still digging 126 out and will be for 2 to 3 years before I will even begin to have a 127 positive income. I know what goes on inside during extremly trying 128 times, friends and family not withstanding. Your basic makeup and 129 hold on reality take a great beating. Jim never had a really strong 130 sense of reality, so it wouldn't surprise me if he shifted over and 131 is truely immersed in this. On the other hand he still has to feed 132 himself and his family, and he knows how to make some money this way, 133 and can't find a regular job, and he is certainly opertunistic, so 134 it could be just something to keep him alive. I don't know, as I said, 135 I haven't really talked with him recently to really know what is going 136 on inside his head, nor do I really think that we will ever be as 137 close as we were, we are just too different which is one of the real 138 reasons for the demise of USD, and why I left. We both knew that the 139 company was having problems partly due to our differences, as well 140 as the economic problems (strange how hard times always bring any 141 problem to the fore). In January of 86 we went to counseling to try 142 to resolve things. The end result was that we found that we were too 143 different to really make it work, we wanted to go in different directions. 144 And since the company could no longer support us both, we decided that 145 one of us had to leave. At first Jim was going to, but after a lot of 146 thought and budget work I came to the conclusion that USD was not 147 salvagable, its income level was below that to support me and the required 148 advertising. I did not have any line on money that could pull it out, 149 and the slump in the software business was projected to run for 150 several more years, and our primary sales item (COPYLINK PLUS for the 151 Sanyo 555 computer) was dwindling fast due to Sanyo's inept marketing 152 practices and the rapidly falling prices of the clones which was 153 erroding the Sanyo's cost advantage. Thus Sanyo's weren't being sold, 154 and thus neither was our software. Since we never were able to 155 significantly penitrate the IBM world, that left USD with a downward 156 spiraling income. As such I opted to get out while the getting was good. 157 I wanted to close the company, but Jim wanted to continue on with it, 158 feeling that he migh tbe able to do something, and that since he didn't 159 have any other prospects that it was better than nothing. So on April 160 first of 1986 I left the company and traded all my interests in the 161 company in exchange for a promise (and a note) from Jim that he would 162 take over all debts that were against me through the company. As I expected, 163 things never improved, and by July of 86 the bank foreclosed on the company 164 and a week later the office was closed for good. In the meantime I 165 had been doing some consulting work for Hawthorne Technology, and 166 later had my accident (broke both heals). In october I began working 167 for Frye Electronics where I still am. The final chapter of this whole mess 168 occured last month, when the bank came looking for the rest of their 169 money since they didn't get anything of significance from the 170 foreclosure. And since Jim didn't really have any money, and I was 171 a co-signer on the loan, they put presure on me to pay up. I countered 172 with the note of liability from Jim, which would have put tHings in 173 a nice legal hassle for a long while, so they countered by saying that 174 if we could come up with half the money ($6000) that they would call it 175 even. Sinc eit would have cost me a lot more than that to fight it, 176 I decided to find the money and get it taken care of. But I also required 177 that Jim provide me with a note indicating that USD was no longer 178 pursuing the interest in CL+ and the other products that I wrote, and 179 that it acknowledges me as the original author. Thus releasing all 180 contention for rights to me. 181 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************************ 182 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 183 ____03/30/87__________________JD 2446885.8175_________23:37:15_PST_________ 184 185 ATTN RVA: 186 187 MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED. TO ENHANCE SPEED OF INTERACTION SEND TEXTS TO 188 USER ID #466 VIA THE "BLUE PARROT". OREGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADDRESS 189 NUMBER IS 2531xxxx. IF UNABLE TO UTILIZE STATED CHANNEL SEND NEGATIVE 190 ACKNOWLEDGE. EXPLAIN MEANING OF FIRST SENTENCE OF PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION. 191 TIMEDATE STAMP: 8703.31105555 APROX LOCATION: 44 DEGREES NORTH BY 123 192 DEGREES WEST. 193 194 -=<MEBATRON>=- 195 P.S. WHO CARES? 196 -=<>=- -=<>=- -=<>=- -=<>=- -=<>=- -=<>=- -=<>=- 197 ++++++++++++++ Milchlurk (classes begin!) ++++++++++++ March 31, 1987@ 4:27pm 198 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 199 ATTN MEBATRON 200 MESSAGE ACKNOWLEDGED, POSITIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, AM NOT CURRENTLY ON 201 BLUE PARROT, WILL TRY TO GET VALIDATED. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADDRESS HERE IS 202 245-xxxx 203 TIME DATE STAMP 8703.31181000 APROX LOCATION IS ALSO 44 DEG N X 123 DEG W 204 VOICE COMMUNICATION RELAY IS 282-xxxx 205 RVA 206 <+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+><+> 207 ____03/31/87__________________JD 2446886.6804_________20:19:46_PST_________ 208 ::::::::::::::********* 209 would a communication between a cop's radar gun and my car be ok to listen 210 to if i gave my consent? after all, the bill's provisions said such a commu 211 nication would be ok for my radar detector to obtain if one of the partys 212 (me) gave my consent. 213 7777777777777777777777777 214 215 216 -+- 4/1 -+- 216 -+- 629 -+- -JUGGLER- -+- long time -+- 217 218 ATTN RVA: 219 220 MY LAST TRANSMISSION CONTAINED INCORRECT REFERENCE TO "BLUE 221 PARROT" USER ID NUMBER. CORRECT NUMBER IS 467. YOUR STATED 222 LOCATION COORDINATES ARE IN CONFLICT WITH YOUR SNAIL-MAIL ADDRESS. 223 CHECK AND ADVISE. WILL AWAIT CONTACT VIA THE "BLUE PARROT". END 224 OF TRANSMISSION. 8704.01080210 @ 44W BY 123N. 225 226 -=<MEBATRON>=- 227 228 P.S. *I* CARE. 229 EOT 230 ATTN MEBATRON: 231 232 CODE BLUE :: CODE RED :: 233 SORRY ABOUT COORDINATES ::: IF YOU CAN WAIT I WILL CONTACT YOU ::: 234 I WILL BEEN AT THE #282-xxxx TODAY FROM 1200 TO 2300 235 IF YOU WANT MY HOME PHONE CALL THERE THEY WILL GIVE IT. 236 I KNOW YOU CARE I NEED TO TALK TO YOU 237 8704.0190454 @ HIPPORIFF ARMOURY 238 RVA 239 777: No, a communication between a cop's radar and your car is *not* 240 a communication. When two parties are involved, it is implicit in 241 the definition that both are transmitting and receiving. Since your 242 "station" is not transmitting, this law does not apply to you. 243 One-way transmissions, such as the radar example, are called broadcasting. 244 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Do I know what I'm talking about? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 245 3.14159273.14159273.1415927 246 MEBATRON: 247 this is orion lakewalker. curent status is out of home... 248 contact at n.keep is easiest... forgoing messages are 249 questionable as to I.D. as I haven't been on until now 250 (10:45/1/4/87) 251 ??? current possition unknown ??? 252 O.L. 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 ATTN RVA: 260 261 THE VALIDITY OF YOUR TEXT ID HAS BEEN RENDERED 262 QUESTIONABLE. ALL INTERACTION TERMINATED UNTIL THE 263 VALIDITY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION IS ESTABLISHED. 264 EOT AT IUPRPQQTPUTT. 265 266 -=<MEBATRON>=- 267 -^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^- 268 would anybody like to know the number PI to the 600th digit? 269 3.1415926535897... 270 there are some interesting patterns that pop up when you look at it. 271 _-v-v-v-v-v-v-v-v- 272 mike: i think our family has made the mistake of getting a sanyo mbc550 thinkin 273 g it was an ibm clone. 274 now i know it is not an ibm clone. it's a sanyo compatible (snicker, sob). 275 TTYLurk 276 by the way, what does ttyl mean? 277 __________________-_-_-_- 278 here is a nice message:0010101001101110011101110111011000101100110011010101010010010010 279 in 5-bit synchronous serial using 8-bit crc & encoded in ebcdic. anyone care 280 to try understanding it? i forgot... is it possible to have 5-bit ebcdic? 281 jim michaels 282 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 283 vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv 284 ttyl: Talk To You Later. 285 TAYS, 286 Johnny. 287 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 288 289 pay attention. pi is equal to 3.1415926535... your data is wrong. you must be using a 290 incorrect algorythym. 291 292 above dired[B[B[B 293 blech... above directed at the above person who had pi 'misspelled'. 294 by the way, does anyone have a good algorythym for approximating pi? 295 296 %&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&% 297 298 Attention MEBATRon! You'd better check your map! 123N is impossible as 299 latitude only runs from 0 (equator) to 90 (poles). Sure you don't mean 300 44Nx123W? 301 ____04/01/87__________Leonard_JD 2446887.6736_________20:10:07_PST_________ 302 'Tis a time of decision and torment... change abounds, and I 303 must ask myself if I'm ready for it. It is hard to know what is 304 right, but that's often true in modern life. Logic tells me that 305 I should flow and change, but my emotions aren`t so sure. 306 There is so much I want to do with this life.... so many 307 goals. Sometimes I don't know what is important to me. Should I 308 stay stable and secure.... or follow a dream? Dreams are risky. 309 I doubt if they can ever be obtained.... but how will I know 310 unless I try? 311 Hamlet said, "To be or not to be, that is the question." He 312 was pondering the act of taking his own life. But in another 313 sense, that sentence could relate to the basic act of existing. 314 Couldn't the act of passively following the easy path be 315 construed as `not to be'? Ah well... 316 317 318 This has been a test of the Crosstalk XVI upload system. No 319 adjustment of your CRT is necessary. This load of bullshit 320 exists only in the mind, and is not reality. 321 ____________________________________________________________________ 322 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 323 On the contrary, *ONLY* what is in your mind is reality. To you. And only 324 what is in my mind is reality to me. 325 Mikey - Thanks for the explanation. It helps me to understand a little more 326 about both parties. I do agree with you that it is the crisis we seek out 327 in our lives, for those are what define us to ourselves, and the outward 328 reactions to those occurences are what define us to others. 329 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][] 330 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage 331 332 You know, whomever it was that asked about their border being original, 333 that was a pretty obscure curl of symbols you had there. No one uses it as 334 far as I can tell. Of course, you could just send a string of shifted number 335 keys; although that border in particular would have been used. 336 Don't ask me how this works. It just does 337 Strange. 338 339 SageSageSage 340 341 Skin and the warm weather provided a sensorium for the Sage. His tactile 342 sensations were warm and just slightly sticky with a light heat just shy of 343 breaking into sweat. Audio sensations seemed just the same, as he reminisced 344 over the music of decades past, and the points and emotions the lyrics so 345 easily defined. What had changed in the last year was the visual. Years ago, 346 he would not have predicted this scene. 347 348 His dark wrapping and garb taken from the Elizabethan Era had been left 349 behind in an donning alcove at home. Fashion was being taken by the hand, by 350 the weather. He wore laced sandals and his white clothes were held to him in 351 a conspiracy between his seamstress and a tanner. Ancient Greece had not died 352 at any point on Earth. The profound art and esthetic it developed was smeared 353 into other cultures, and across the Universe. Proof of it was in his hand; 354 bronzed metal disk that were once the earrings of his wife. 355 356 He stood out near a tree that would have fit more under the darkened skies 357 of a maritime coast. It was twisted and blackened. In contrast, the sky and 358 the nearby fields and marshes burst with green and blue. Purple was the rare 359 and opulent color, but it was there also. And around the sides of the Inn, 360 and through the court yard, existed the door the Sage had just come through. 361 362 A diabolical little elf had come up from the basement and poured out a 363 packet of dust into the large cork holes, on the barrels on ale in the 364 alehouse. Only traces of his body had been discernable in the bright light 365 from the windows, but there was enough of a shade to tip off the Sage. 366 367 For some reason, he decided the patrons might be wisely avoided for a while 368 And a good long while at that. At least a few hours. 369 370 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage 371 Sorry for the errors, I am rusty at on-line and enter-only writing. 372 373 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 374 My thanks to the welcome that I have received. As to the questions 375 wondering how I know of local conventions such as the 'At The Top' 376 exclaimation, I did mention that news of this Inn has traveled far. I 377 am aware that many of the patrons travel widely, leaving many stories 378 behind them. Reflections upon the Inn are often part of those stories. 379 380 Oh, please excuse me for a few minutes... My dragon informs me of 381 an itch he can't reach. I'd better oil it well too, before any damage 382 can be done. 383 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Gildor the Green xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx 384 SURE, GILDOR. WE BELIEVE YOU..... 385 <_>---> I don't know what this thing does, but it's pointed at you!!! 386 So saying, a man of medium height dressed all in black backs through door 387 #7-17, his cloak flying as he slams the door. Turning around, he surveys 388 the room slowly once, and then again. After a brief pause his inestimable 389 intelligence cuts in. "Where the hell is this???" Having thereby drawn 390 the attention of most of the room (as usual for this fellor, not all of 391 it friendly), he walks slowly to the bar and orders a large jolt. Three 392 lightning bolts later he gets a word in edgewise -- "I ment to drink!" 393 394 !!!uoy detniop s'ti tub ,seod gniht siht tahw wonk t'nod I <---<_> 395 He who is always wright is searching for ProHaw. Contact A.I.R. at 252-xxxx 396 correction 252-xxxx for A.I.R. "where would a writer be if he did 397 not have his coffee cup???" 398 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ 399 Hello to all at that most gods-favored of watering holre[D[Des!! It's incredi[D[ 400 --ibly (oops) good to see all the old faces (or signature lines, at 401 least), and very heartening to read the new works ac[Dvailable for perusal. 402 I am afraid that I have let loose a monstewr[D[D[Der, however; I made the mis- 403 take of giving my roommate this number. I only wish not to be held 404 responsible for his atrocious jokes. 405 Now that I live in the area and have access to a proper demon- 406 with-modem again( as soom[Dn as roomie shoe[Dws me how yt[D[Dto use the bloody 407 program), you will no doubt hear from me more often, hp[Dopefully with a 408 tale or two to tell... 409 /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\Luingil/\/\/\/\/\(ILovePortland!!)/\/\/\/\/\/\ 410 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 411 Yet another year has passed, filled with stories and adventure (and, yes, some 412 things which are not so highly thought of). I have witnessed another year 413 of it all. I have been lurking and writing for over half of the Inn's 414 existence, now a total of three years, just now starting my fourth. I thank 415 all of you who write and weave the fabric of tales, sitting in comfortable 416 chairs about the cheery hearth. 417 +++++++++++ Milchar ++++++ April 4, 1987 +++ 20 years old today ++++++++++++++ 418 ::::::::::::O O:::::04/04/87::::::::voyeur:::::::::20:40:::::::::O O:::::::::::: 419 420 What's this? A familiar border? An old adversary returned? Voyeur, 421 glad to have you back home. I hope all is well.... 422 423 Mohammed Wassir 424 <The Friendly Albanian> 425 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 426 Luingil: please do *not* use the back-arrow key on that terminal/computer 427 It sends an escape sequence. It *does* not erase your typos (except on your 428 screen). Use the key labeled backspace. (If you are using a PC or clone, it 429 is in the upper right-hand corner of the *main* keyboard. It is *not* on the 430 keypad(s)!) 431 ____04/05/87__________Leonard_JD 2446890.8879_________02:18:41_PDT_______ 432 433 does anyone know of any *nix systems in the portland area that are open to 434 the public? i just moved to portland, and one of my friends told me about 435 several boards, including this one, but no *nix systems. please leave 436 me a reply here. 437 438 - beware of african blue monkeys bearing aids - 439 440 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 441 KVWWX HPWRX ^_I_N VZDL^ QWVZL [LLJJ \KZFX U^ONE L_WRL SPZOS XS_D\ XXFFD TGPHH 442 OS_HX VQOTV HTHGT [_HIP I_FQQ BBA^G U\Z_L MXEHJ WO^TV VS^WA NXFWW YMOLA O^ZQF 443 OYLSH XRHKK WRORD DDYFR SEXHH YWGVF K_V[G NKWOF WM\^O F\XGX LBEXT TS^J_ EE^CI 444 SUOPA I^ZOL MMHZH RULZX U_PQX QIXIA Q\_N[ XLHIW [AYEJ AQAT_ NQAYB IXP\Z VCW_R 445 EDMJ_ TABYQ WP_PW PN^DY Z_ENH OTJTC M[A\B Q^MIR GXSO_ SVYHY FJJX[ LJQJQ R_^CX 446 SEJSX WOXWY JUPLT C[X\Q _SXHL XQLEP O[XNW RKM_L PXWXC N[BSY INXGH TRZIO FPZ\L 447 P\YJB FGMZP WUP^T VXWRT JBUMW UCNKS ISN_I COZEX BSSBO SPWTB LJ[IK BOYEF [^SFA 448 ZAQUD ICXVK ZMV^K CQXT[ XVNIG ^QEQV [NNUM JOOPW ZEYEO FOZ^H JTMXQ FTLCI NBGE\ 449 XY^SP WNXN_ \LNBR QWESL ACKK_ LAFTY CUHMO XZIJJ KVOMT EFZAP UWMZF VUNVX DYOX^ 450 ON_\M ANSYG \RG[K TRDUX VPICR ULL[\ GWF[I SEDXZ MFPXU OPPMH [LWIP _LUTV NXOTX 451 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 452 oh boy, pseudo-code! 453 161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616KARENMARKER16161616 454 V2V 455 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 456 Hooray!!!!! After seven long years, laboring after my true love, I have 457 finally secured what I want. A job in my field. No more Programmer Analyst 458 garbage!!! Far out!!! 459 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 460 (I had to let someone know.) 461 Let me get this straight - you were a P/A and are no longer??? A position 462 coveted by most professional programmers, and you left it for something else? 463 What IS this wonderous job? 464 465 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIIII *) 466 467 "Oh, my achin' head." Magus awoke from his drunken slumber. 468 About him, the Inn was quiet . . . It was early morning, and 469 most of the patrons had long since departed. Even the Innkeeper 470 had disappeared into a back room. 471 Magus threw back his cowl and ran his hand across his bald 472 head. His skull was a spiderweb of blue veins and white flesh. 473 He did not often reveal his features to others. The casual 474 observer only saw his sunken dark eyes and hawk nose beneath his 475 hood. 476 "By all the gods, what am I going to do?" Magus said. 477 Sitting here drinking was not getting hime closer to the shape- 478 changer. He had no idea if her powers would help him, but he had 479 few other alternatives. Oh well, one more brandy wouldn't hurt, 480 then he would have to leave. 481 As Magus stood, his body tingled. The Calling. No, not 482 now, there is too much to do. Pain exploded in his head, The 483 Calling was not to be denied. He must return. Magus pulled open 484 the oaken door and left the Inn. He sighed and cast one last 485 glance at the Rowan tree. 486 "I wonder if I will again see this place." The air 487 shimmered and Magus was gone. 488 489 (* IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIX (*) IXVIIIVIIVIVIVIIIIIII *) 490 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (time not spent) 491 l'homme: Thank you for your kind words of return. It seems I have been 492 spending only the least amount of time located anywhere near the Inn. 493 And yes, in the short time I spent constructing the tale of the young 494 Master West and myself there was a small sense of growth. Why, it only 495 seems as yesterday since I've last seen the old stories, the old names... 496 the new wonders. I recall first I ever saw mention of You was in an 497 adventure with other well known Innklings. 498 Something tells me a shade of those times is about to carry over. 499 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ --->the Guardian (96:18!) 500 501 __\\||//__ 502 I have a TRS-80 model 100 connected to and controlling an 8 inch Newtonian 503 telescope. If anyone is interested in details, call Dan @ 245-9718 504 __\\||//__ 505 [2J[;H <<< MIKE >>> 506 __\\||//__ 507 There were three brothers who started a ranch. They couldn't decide what to 508 call there ranch, so they called there father. He recommended "Focus" as a 509 name because that's where the suns rays meet. 510 __\\||//__ 511 *&^_$^&*#%&*)%&*!+_%*@&!_))&~_)~`%*__*@#(|_@+_\=-@#(@#^^*+@#^+@#+)*~+)`%*@#%*@_%*@_)%*@#_*^&_)*%+_* 512 Friar: Congratulations on your motion. I don't know whether to call it a PROmotion or a DEmotion. 513 Guardian: I too remember the stories of old. The archives are always close by just in case time 514 tries to pull its dirty tricks and dim my memory. I too have the same feelings as you. Circles 515 always close, and cycles are merely circles when placed end on end. 516 Voyeur: A border long missing, and a border so good to see. Welcome back to the land of libation, 517 tales, the door, and of course, Bitching When the Mood Strikes. Also, beware of Pitted Minds 518 Sliming the Universal Rule. 519 *%_)%*%*@_&%!_%&!_)%&_*%%_&~`*^)^*@+|_)% L'homme sans Parity *%_@*_)*%)~`|+_\=-(%_%_)^*@_%*@^^)&_)&% 520 521 <_>---> I don' 522 <_>---> I don't know what this thing does, but it's pointed at you!!! 523 Awakening from his stupor (It's amazing what three lightning bolts 524 and a Jolt cola will do to you!), VanderVecken looks up and once again attempts 525 to figure out how he got here. The locale is fairly normal (bizarre !), the 526 only question is why... but then, last time I asked, someone told me! Jolt 527 is wonderful to keep one awake, but it's dubious to wake up to -- kind of 528 like waking up to see your ex-girlfriend in bed with you. Coffee is what 529 one needs, so he blithely yells "Bartender! owwww..., I shouldn't yell. 530 One God's Blessing, please!" It could be worse... One friend of mine would 531 ask for his best gallon of lighter fluid. Feeling his stature slowly 532 increase (this isn't hard when you're getting up off the floor, although 533 balance is another thing entirely), he considers what to do with dayOSthe day. 534 "I need to be helped out -- Does anyone know which way I came in?" 535 Needless to say, half the building offers, all pointing in the general 536 direction of the front door. Walking out, he sees an old oak tree, and 537 *knows* that he is *Not* back in Kansas... 538 !!![D[D[D!!!ouy ta detniop s'ti tub ,seod gniht siht tahw wonk t'nod I <---<_> 539 __\\||//__ 540 I feel I must explain the pun I left a couple entries ago. The suns rays meet 541 can also be spelled the sons raise meet. 542 __\\||//__ 543 You mean "the sons raise meat"? 544 545 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 546 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406 547 2862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095... 548 yes there is a couple of algorithms to find pi. you may do this... 549 pi = circumference of circle / diameter of circle 550 or you can run a program that is very complex & requires at least 80 digits or more of precision. 551 my friend runs the program & has probably quit by now, due to the computers' floating 552 point error (.001=.9999999). this would be better executed by using a language 553 that uses bcd math. less error & more precise, & hopefully NO scientific notation... 554 jim michaels 555 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 556 hello, any unix systems out there? or are all of you in the dark? 557 558 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage 559 We do have Unix and Xenix sites open near here. In fact, there are a few 560 of them. The only one I know is open to the public requires a verification 561 of identity before you can have a login. The sysname is agora. You can call 562 it directly on (503) 591-0767 or reach it through UUCP with... 563 564 tektronix!reed!percival!agora!postmaster 565 566 Enjoy yourself. 567 SageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSageSage 568 I certainly hope that whoever said the sun's rays meet/sons raise meat joke 569 isn't taking credit for it, as it appeared in Omni a short while ago. 570 CSOPF 571 God I love Karnaugh: abc + ab'c + a'b'c + a'bc = c 572 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 573 To whom it may concern: 574 Net has not left any cipher msgs on this system in almost a 575 year. The above 'code' is not from any Net member. Net has other means 576 of communication these days. 577 I might add that until we got bored with the waste of time & 578 resources, we actually checked these msgs. They are merely random 579 strings of characters (at least the ones we checked were). And before 580 someone claims that we might just have not known the code, allow me to 581 inform you that there are some rather simple tests that will enable you 582 to determine whether or not a fair sized msg is code or random. 583 NET 01 584 net01@nethq.pdx.org 585 ...!nscvax!usnethq!ornethq!net01 586 ...!kremvax!usnethq!ornethq!net01 587 010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 588 O\=<([V2V])>=/O 589 __\\||//__ 590 Does anyone know of a local BBS that you can access information such as 591 LAZER's or encyclopedia information? 592 Please leave a message to Dan on this BBS. Thanks. 593 __\\||//__ 594 Mom? Is that you mom? 595 596 :::::::::::O O::::::::04/08:::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::20:10::::::::O O:::::::: 597 ____04/08/87__________________JD 2446894.6682_________21:02:14_PDT_________ 598 599 S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S 600 NET 01, what tests could you run? Letter frequency could be masked out 601 with duplicity or any number of methods. Repetitious character pairs and 602 trios can also be avoided. I am very curious as to what methods you are 603 talking about? 604 Which ones? The tone of your message may have been right and we might 605 all be misguided nerds who clutter up the system with meaningless strings 606 of garbage characters all blocked up into bunches. Whoever we are. Although 607 this conspiracy of ours ( those of us out to confuse and bug you bad ) do 608 seem to lack a name. 609 How about figments of your paranoia? 610 S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S\S 611 612 613 ok, i have called agora, i know what tek and reed are, but what is this 614 percival thing (not to mention kremvax)? 615 616 V2V 617 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 618 619 ISN'T ALGORITHM A METHOD OF CONTRACEPTION? WHY WOULD ANYONE USE BIRTH 620 CONTROL TO BAKE A PIE? 621 ANYWAY, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ON THE (HOW MANY VIRGINS IN THEIR 30S DO 622 YOU KNOW?) BACKWATER, AND IT SORT OF REMINDS ME OF A GREENRIVER, ALL 623 INDEPENDENT. IT IS A CRAY COPROCESSOR-ONLY$99,999,999.99 + TAX, 624 OT INCLUDING BOARD,MODEM OR POWER SUBSTATION. 625 626 DARKSTAR************************************** 627 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 628 <_>--> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS THING DOES, BUT IT'S POINTED AT YOU!!! 629 WELL, WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, FIND A ROCK TO HIDE UNDER! FAILING THAT, A TREE! TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES = 629