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NUMBER OF LINES: 999 001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19 1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 2 MAY 89 **************************** 3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator 4$************************************************************************** 5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately 8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general 9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the 10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all 11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the 12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data 13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out 14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering 15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to 16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up. 17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18$************************************************************************** 19$ 002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/02/89 21:26 Msg:3741 Call:20837 Lines:2 20 Warning: Living can be dangerous to your health. 21 ********************************************************************** 003=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 05/02/89 21:47 Msg:3742 Call:20838 Lines:23 22 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* 23 First off, a bit of gloating.... "I'm on top! I'm on top! Hahahahahahaaaaa!" 24 "... and now for something completely different." 25 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* 26 "maH poSDaq DIvI'may'Dujmey! So'wI' yIchu'! yIbaH tlhe'chugh!" 27 "There are Federation Cruisers off our port side! Engage the 28 cloaking device! If they turn, fire the torpedoes!" 29 _______ ___ ________ ___ 30 / \ ( X X ) _____________________________ 31 / \ \ / \ / / \ 32 / \ Y (O) (O) Y _| And Remember: | 33 / \ | ____ | / Only YOU can save the Inn... | 34 | | | \##/ | /_/| | 35 | | | ________ | // | *ONLY* *YOU* | 36 |_______________| ( \______/ ) \_____________________________/ 37 | | \__________/ 38 shovel smokey _ 39 /#) 40 n n n (#/ 41 "They mean to win Wimbledon!" / ~~~ ~~~ \/ 42 /___/____\__\ 43 44 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob (a Self-Willed Orange Blancmange) 004=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/02/89 22:15 Msg:3743 Call:20839 Lines:12 45 &*&*&*&*'s 46 47@Rats! one away again. us 293 48 49 Rats! beaten to the top. I do believe that the sky is clearer up here, perhaps 50 with a good hop I could reach out and touch the sky... 51 52 No, sometimes it is better to wonder then it is to know. 53 54 An Astral Dreamer(I hate 8:30 am meetings! :-) ) 55 &*&*&*&*'s 56 005=Usr:4 Milchar 05/02/89 22:58 Msg:3744 Call:20841 Lines:4 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 58 Friar: I frequent (okay, okay, lurk at) the Blue Parrot. There's not 59 much danger in telling you my persona there... it's Milchar. :-) 60 ++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 006=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/03/89 00:42 Msg:3745 Call:20844 Lines:12 61 62 &*&*&*&*'s 63 I've been known to show my face in both places. I also frequent the Overworked 64 Dragon, one of the best boards in town. I'd say the average age of the users 65 there is around 28. Nice and interesting. 66 67 The Mole is in hibernation, contemplating his current situation. He may return 68 soon, it depends mostly on wether or not I let him use my terminal. :-) 69 70 An Astral Dreamer(Oh I'm 'enry the 8th I am. 'enry the 8th I am, I am.) 71 &*&*&*&*'s 72 007=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 05/03/89 08:18 Msg:3746 Call:20847 Lines:9 73 *)(@*%@)%*)*%_)~@#*%)(#*$%)(*%!)_$%)_$%)@_*%_)%*(_#)@~+%(_%*)_%*_)@%*_%*#_)%*_% 74 Milch: You are Milchar on Blue Parrot? Good heavens! What a revelation! And 75 all this time *everyone* thought you were someone different. 76 77 A.D.: Now you better have respect for those 8:30am meetings. If you worked at 78 a place, oh, like Intel, they would be 8:00am meetings. You're getting a 79 small break by having an extra 30 minutes to snooze in the morning. 80 *%)@*%@#%*@%*)(@*%_)@#%_)@*%_@)*% L'homme sans Parity *@)(#%*)_*!_)$*!)@$*@#_)% 81 008=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 05/03/89 11:46 Msg:3747 Call:20851 Lines:7 82 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* 83 Really just lurking, but to help the l:p ratio, I'll post... 84 Astral: I'm just glad I'm the computer guy at work... some of the traders 85 get there at 6:00am (cuz that's when trading opens "back east"). 86 Guess I'm just not that much of a "morning person" 87 Well, back to work! (a parsing we will go, a parsing we will go....) 88 */*/*/*/*/*/*/ -swob p.s. L'homme: good to see you again. I thot you'd gone 009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/03/89 15:49 Msg:3748 Call:20854 Lines:16 89 90 &*&*&*&*'s 91 92 Yea, but if I were working at Intel I'd be making a bit more then I make 93 here at PPS as a part time grunt. :-) 94 95 I've always been an evening person. 3pm to midnight just seems the perfect 96 time to work. But it seems there are a lot of crazy people out there who 97 insist on greeting the sun. Alas, they have the temerity to insist the rest 98 of us do it as well. :-) 99 100 Oh well, back to the ever growing Scat program. 101 102 An Astral Dreamer 103 &*&*&*&*'s 104 010=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/03/89 16:28 Msg:3749 Call:20855 Lines:100 105 696969696969 106 107 BOYCOTT OF EXXON DEMANDED:-5/3/89 108 Connecticut state Sen. Mike Meotti and 50 legislators and 109 environmentalists Tuesday called for a one-day boycott of Exxon, which unloads 110 oil at the New Haven harbor. Similar protests in other states bashed Exxon for 111 its handling of the March Valdez oil spill in Alaska. 112 Mobilization of people, material and equipment in Alaska to meet the 113 schedule set in Exxon's cleanup plan for 305 miles of shoreline in Prince 114 William Sound is nearing its peak, W.D. Stevens, president of Exxon Co., 115 U.S.A., said. Speaking at the Offshore Technology Conference, Stevens said the 116 company's "firm intent is to complete the cleanup by the mid-September 117 deadline." 118 Protesters and Exxon officials agree it's too early to assess the long- 119 term impact of boycott of the company. But resentment against Exxon over its 120 handling of the Valdez oil spill is mounting. Consumers have returned 10,000 121 credit cards to Exxon in protest, though the company says that's only about 1 122 percent of 7 million cards it has issued. 123 Exxon says a boycott of its products won't hurt the company, but 124 independent dealers will suffer. The boycott is in response to the company's 125 handling of the Valdez oil spill. "In this instance, a boycott of us in the 126 marketplace would most affect a very large number of dealers and independent 127 businessmen," Exxon USA President William Stevens said Tuesday in Houston. 128 Exxon says it's ridiculous to connect higher gas prices with the Alaska 129 oil spill. Exxon: Number of factors contributed to the high prices, including 130 higher demand for gasoline during spring and summer when families 131 traditionally take vacations. But Sens. Jim Exon and Bob Kerrey, both Nebraska 132 Democrats, asked Attorney General Richard Thornburgh to investigate potential 133 price gouging. 134 135 CRUDE OIL PRICE DROPS:-5/3/89 136 Crude oil prices fell 86 cents to close below the $20 mark Tuesday on news 137 that Saudi Arabia pushed up its output last month, taking advantage of a 138 booming market. West Texas intermediate crude, the U.S benchmark grade, ended 139 at $19.80 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest closing 140 price in a month. Crude oil is more than $2 a barrel higher than in January. 141 OIL PRICES SLIDE IN NEW YORK:-5/3/89 142 A report that Saudi Arabia is exceeding its OPEC quota for oil production 143 sent the price of oil sliding 86 cents on the New York Mecantile Exchange. 144 West Texas intermediate crude, the benchmark grade in the United States, 145 closed at $19.80 a barrel. The report by Reuters has Saudi Arabia pumping 5.8 146 million barrels a day. It's quota: 4.5 million barrels. Saudi Arabia denied 147 the report. 148 149 Any bets as to whether gasoline prices will be as quick to fall with falling 150 crude prices as they were quick to rise??? If so, I have some shoreline in 151 Alaska you might be interested in purchasing.... 152 153 696969696969696969 154 155 EXXON SHIPPING SAYS THE CAPTAIN OF THE VALDEZ, JOSEPH HAZELWOOD, WAS NOT ON 156 THE BRIDGE WHERE HE BELONGED, WHEN THE SHIP RAN ONTO A REEF IN ALASKA; 157 INSTEAD, THIRD MATE GREGORY COUSINS WAS THERE INSTEAD... A DIRECT VIOLATION 158 OF COMPANY POLICY, WHICH SAYS YOU CAN'T LET JUST ANYBODY AND HIS COUSINS 159 PILOT THE SHIP... 160 WHY WASN'T THE CAPTAIN OF THE EXXON VALDEZ ON THE BRIDGE LAST WEEK, WHEN IT 161 RAN AGROUND AND SPILLED 11 MILLION GALLONS OF OIL INTO THE GULF OF ALASKA? 162 WELL, THEY SAY HE HAS A HISTORY OF TROUBLE WITH ALCOHOL... THAT WOULD 163 EXPLAIN WHY HE BECAME A SHIPS CAPTAIN, RATHER THEN, SAY, SECRETARY OF 164 DEFENSE... 165 THE NERVE OF THAT JUDGE -- TAKING THE AMERICA'S CUP AWAY FROM DENNIS CONNER 166 AND AWARDING IT TO THE NEW ZEALAND CLUB... AND THE RUNNER UP IS -- THE 167 EXXON VALDEZ... 168 THE ALASKAN FISHING INDUSTRY WILL SUFFER MILLIONS IN DAMAGE FROM THE BIG 169 SPILL OFF VALDEZ, ALONG WITH MOST OTHER LOCAL BUSINESSES... HOWEVER, THE 170 SARDINE INDUSTRY WILL MAKE UP FOR A LOT OF THE LOSS, BY NOT HAVING TO 171 SUPPLY EXTRA OIL TO PACK THEM IN... 172 A GROUP OF WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS IS SUING THE PRESIDENT IN FEDERAL COURT 173 OVER MANDATORY RANDOM DRUG TESTING, WHICH THEY SAY VIOLATES THEIR 174 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCH & SEIZURE... LOOK, IF YOU 175 GUYS DON'T LIKE IT, PICK SOME PROFESSION WHERE THEY DON'T DO THAT -- LIKE, 176 CAPTAIN OF AN OIL TANKER... 177 THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SAYS ABOUT ONE IN FIVE OF THE 178 NATION'S SCHOOL BUSSES ARE UNSAFE, AND OUGHT TO BE REPLACED... IN THE 179 MEANTIME, WHAT ARE WE GONNA SEND OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL ON -- OIL TANKERS? 180 181 THE NERVE OF THAT JUDGE -- TAKING THE AMERICA'S CUP AWAY FROM DENNIS CONNER 182 AND AWARDING IT TO THE NEW ZEALAND CLUB... AND THE RUNNER UP IS -- THE 183 EXXON VALDEZ... 184 POINT TO PONDER... IF EXXON IS ACCUSED OF STALLING SO BADLY IN THE GULF OF 185 ALASKA... WHAT WILL IT DO IN YOUR CAR? 186 WHAT'S SLOWER THE MOLASSES ROWING UP A HILL IN JANUARY? EXXON, CLEANING UP 187 A SPILL IN ALASKA... 188 (Herb Caen says,) INFORMED SOURCES NOW BELIEVE THE EXXON VALDEZ ACCIDENT 189 WAS CAUSED BY A MISUNDERSTANDING, WHEN THE CAPTAIN ORDERED "TANQUERAY ON 190 THE ROCKS"... 191 I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW A MAN CAREFULLY CHOSEN AND SCREENED TO RUN THE 192 SHOW COULD ABDICATE, SPACE OUT, AND HAND OVER CONTROL TO SOME KID WHO 193 WASN'T QUALIFIED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH TROUBLED WATERS... NOT THE EXXON 194 VALDEZ -- OLLIE NORTH! 195 196 TODAY'S $1 MILLION QUIZ QUESTION: WHICH IS SLOWER, THE EXXON VALDEZ 197 CLEANUP, OR THE IRS PROCESSING OF REFUND CHECKS? 198 199 MORE TROUBLES FOR EXXON: A GROUP OF CALIFORNIANS JUST FILED A CLASS ACTION 200 SUIT, CHARGING THEM WITH NEGLIGENCE IN CAUSING PRICES AT THE PUMP TO RISE 201 MORE THAN 20 CENTS A GALLON IN THAT STATE... I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM, BUT I 202 ALSO FEEL SOME PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE SATISFIED UNTIL THEY SEE EXXON X'D 203 OUT... 204 AN OIL TANKER RAN AGROUND IN THE RHINE RIVER IN GERMANY LAST WEEK; A FEW 011=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/03/89 21:22 Msg:3750 Call:20860 Lines:3 205 &*&*&*&*'s 206 Just lurking. 207 &*&*&*&*'a 012=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/03/89 23:14 Msg:3751 Call:20861 Lines:5 208 )(*&(*&&)(*&(**&(**&((*&*&(*& 209 ack ack ack.. Lurk 210 211 The mole 212 )(&(**&)(*&&)(*&&)(*&)(*& 013=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 05/04/89 01:22 Msg:3752 Call:20863 Lines:15 213 *)*@$!_)$!@_)$*_)$+!@($_!$*_)!@$*!_)$_!@($_!*$_)!@($_)!@%&_)&^%)_!$!_@)$(!_!_@$ 214 This lurking stuff is becoming an epidemic! The funny thing is that when you 215 talk about lurking, then you are no longer a lurker. Lurkers are people who 216 log in to the system, read through all the messages, then log off, with no 217 evidence of their visit except for miscellaneous log files. These so-called 218 lurker-posters are contributing to the content of the system, not lurking, so 219 they should stop calling themselves lurkers. I am sure we can think of other 220 monikers for them to go by? How about "scribblers" ? 221 222 &*&*&*&*&*'s 223 Just scribbling. 224 &*&*&*&*&*'a 225 226 $*@#)%*@_#)_)@*%~)_#@*)_#*^_)#*^_)(%_)#@(%)_#$*%_)%_)!(%)_@%*)_#%_@)%(_)@^%*#_* 227 014=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/04/89 08:13 Msg:3753 Call:20866 Lines:6 228 &*&*&*&*'s 229 Ok, I'm scribling. BTW you had one to many &*'s above. Was it intentional? :-) 230 231 Well, I'm out of here. 232 &*&*&*&*'s 233 015=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/04/89 19:10 Msg:3754 Call:20872 Lines:169 234 &*&*&*&*'s 235 Well, I'm tired of waiting for people to post. Heres a story I wrote a couple 236 of years ago. 237 Faith 238 By Mike Miller 239 Father Garlin and Brother Parvis sat in the central most 240 chamber of the temple of Brian, and starred moodily at the images 241 that adorned the walls. This room was the private sanctum of the 242 Piests of Algor, old God of the land of Botonomy. 243 The Message had only hours before and until now 244 nobody had spoken of it. But Brother Parvis with the 245 impulsiveness of youth chose to break the silence. 246 "I wonder what Brian would have thought of this." he said 247 with an air of reverence. 248 "Brian lived in the time of the true Kings, he would be 249 disappointed by their passing if for nothing else." Father Garlin 250 replied. 251 "Yes Father but they passed years ago, three hundred and 252 sixty two years ago tomorrow, what does this have to do with our 253 problems now?" 254 "Parvis, sometimes I wonder how you made it past the most 255 basic levels of the faith. Since the coming of the Governor 256 Generals the power of our Church has been failing, They 257 have always seen us as a threat.." Father Garlin sighed deeply. 258 "I have lived many years, but I never thought I'd live to see 259 this day." 260 "Indeed, they have committed a grave blaspheme at the 261 cpitol." brother Parvis agreed. 262 Father Garlin nodded "I Should have known when the Governor 263 General started to push forward the belief in this new god Tor 264 that we would soon be threatened, But I had hoped that the people 265 would not be fooled." 266 Brother Parvis nodded "Even as you say it is so, When I left 267 the City to come here three years ago there was still much faith 268 in the great Algor, Sacred be his name. But now all I hear of are 269 Evils and depravitys, that Scroll is probably the greatest of 270 them all!" 271 "No" Father Garlin said gesturing at the land that lay 272 around them just beyond the walls of the Temple. "The greatest 273 atrocity they have committed is against the people." 274 "how can you say that when they would shut the church and 275 send us all back to the Capitol to be the lackey to that atrocity 276 of nature that sits now in the highest seat of our church!" 277 Brother Parvis yelled. 278 "Cool you temper boy, for that is what you show yourself to 279 be. The fitness of the Arch Decon is not for us to question, And 280 you miss the point besides, The Church exists not only to serve 281 Algor, but also to serve people. Without our protection and 282 the protection of others like us throughout the countryside The 283 governor General long ago would have made their lives unbearable. 284 Algor is a God, he needs not our services to survive, these 285 people do!" 286 "Perhaps you are right, but I know that if someone true to 287 Algor were the Arch Decon this closing of all our churches would 288 not have taken place. That man is possessed by the governor 289 General I think at times. The people of the citys are lost I 290 fear, but faith is still strong in the country. do we really have 291 to return to the Capitol?" 292 "If we do not they will send Soldiers out to bring us 293 back. I only wish there was something I could do." 294 "Perhaps there is Father, most say that when Bartholamue died 295 you should have been elevated, instead you were demoted and sent 296 out here" Brother Parvis said leaning forward expectantly in his 297 seat. 298 Father Garlin closed his eyes and grimaced in deep thought. 299 Finely he looked up and spoke. "I fear there is nothing I can do. 300 leave me now and go relieve Brother Steal. It is bad enough that 301 there are only three of us to run this place, We can at least give 302 him time to rest and contemplate what has happened. wake me an hour 303 before dawn, tomorrow is an important day." 304 "Ay father, and it would be great indeed if one of the true 305 blood were to return." 306 "I fear that tomorrow will be no different from all the days 307 that preceded it. Good night brother Parvis" 308 "Good night Father Garlin." 309 II 310 Broderic Garlin (for that is how he thought of himself.) 311 opened the plain wooden door that lead to his room. It was by no 312 means the largest in the temple but it was the one he claimed as 313 his own. 314 The furnishings were plain and the personal items few. He 315 had never had a need for anything beyond the most basic 316 necessities. And so the room reflected the man. 317 The deep sense of regret he felt was not for himself 318 bt instead for the people he had tried to serve for so many 319 years. The Governor General was depraved. Far worse then any of 320 those who had ruled before him, few of which had been even 321 tolerable. 322 As he prayed with half his mind the other half began to 323 wander. This was nothing new, but the thoughts that began to form 324 there were. As he continued his nightly absolutions the 325 beginnings of an idea formed. So disturbing was it that he totally 326 forgot his place in the litany He had recited every night for the 327 last 30 years and recoiled in shock. 328 "no." he thought "I can not do this thing, it would be wrong 329 to lie to those who have trusted me." and yet the thought would 330 not go away, it nibbled on the edges of his mind incessantly. 331 finely he could take it no more and was forced to stand and pace 332 the room. "Algor forgive me!" he mumbled continually. because It was 333 in his mind that there was a way in which he could save the 334 church and all that it stood for. but to do so would be to 335 violate many of his most basic beliefs. 336 Again he fell to the ground and prostrated himself praying 337 that some other method would present itself, or that these 338 thoughts would disappear from his mind. But none had when at last 339 he fell asleep there on the hard stone floor. 340 He awoke to a knock on the door, and to the reality of his 341 aged flesh. "yes" he managed as he lifted himself slowly and painfully 342 from the floor. 343 "Father Garlin it's me, Brother Steal. You asked to be 344 awoken an hour before dawn, and the time is upon us." 345 "Thank you, I'll be out in a moment Brother Steal." 346 "As you say Father." 347 Changing his robe Father Garlins mind returned to the 348 termoil that had engulfed it before. 349 "Are you well Father." Brother Steel asked as Father Garlin 350 moved from his room. 351 "Sorry Brother Steel I'm afraid my mind is wandering." 352 "The crowd is the best I've seen in the years I've been 353 here, I think perhaps the news has gotten out." 354 "Ah yes" he mumbled. 355 Brother steal shrugged and gave up on further conversation. 356 Standing in the doorway that led out to the alter he would stand 357 at, Father Garlin saw the first light of dawn break over the mountains. 358 The wind blew chill as he walked out into the early morning 359 predawn glow. Steeping up to the alter he looked out upon the many faces 360 that looked up expectantly at him. they were mostly farmers with 361 a sparse scattering of the towns small merchant class. for many 362 it was the biggest day of the year. He had performed this ceremony 363 more times then he could remember, before he had seen looks of expectation 364 on the faces of those who had stood before him. Now he could see only 365 questions. 366 It was at this point that he made his decision. 367 "I know that you have come here expecting the ceremony of 368 the true Kings. It is indeed the day and the time but I have 369 something else to tell you of." 370 He stopped and prayed to Algor that what he was about to do 371 was right. 372 "I have great news for you this morning. First I must tell 373 you that this night was perhaps the most difficult of my life. I 374 hd found out only yesterday afternoon that the Arch Decon would 375 be recalling those of us in the field So that he can 376 centralize our operations and serve the people better. Now I Know 377 in my heart that this is wrong, and I thought long 378 this problem." Here he took a deep breath. "And in the time of my 379 deepest despair Saint Brian appeared to me and gave me 380 this message. He said in a voice that echoed inside my head, 381 "Know that a great evil has fallen upon the land, Know also 382 that the time is close when the true King will return. Only because 383 of the faith of the true believers has this come to pass. The evil 384 in the Cities cannot be allowed to spread. call on all that you 385 know and spread this message. My lord Algor has said that his 386 servants shall stay in the countryside and work with the good 387 people here. he sends also this message to those who live in the 388 city and those who rule them. 'Continue not down the path you have 389 followed these many years or my wrath will be vast.' " 390 "Then Brian told me to give you this message and tell you 391 that we will not be leaving. If the Govenor General sends his 392 soldiers to take myself or anyone else back to the Capitol they 393 are to be stopped. You are the instruments of Algors wrath." 394 Having said this he looked over the crowd noticing 395 their shocked expresions. The sun came up over the mountains to 396 the east. suddenly the cold wind turned warm. 397 398 Just thought I'd fill some lines. 399 400 An Astral Dreamer. 401 &*&*&*&*'s 402 016=Usr:4 Milchar 05/04/89 20:13 Msg:3755 Call:20873 Lines:11 403 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 404 Do my eyes deceive me? L'homme, where have you been? Transporting 405 thy goods to your new abode, no doubt. 406 As for the brief (very brief (ultra brief (turbo brief))) confusion over 407 my identity, well, let's just say I like to confuse 'em. :-) 408 And what is this about 8:00am meetings at Intel? It seems your 8:00am 409 meetings at Sun would conflict a bit....if you have perfected a method 410 of appearing in two places at once, I would be glad to pay you... :-) 411 On to other things. Let the non-lurkers scatter their thoughts upon 412 the phosphors and see what they have wrought. 413 +++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch (<- not to be confused with Milch) ++++++ 017=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/04/89 20:54 Msg:3756 Call:20875 Lines:3 414 8:30??? Ack! My eye's aren't even open by then, let alone 8:00am! 415 I think I'll go back to sleep. 'night. ZZZZzzzzzzzz......... 416 *********************************************************************** 018=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 05/04/89 20:58 Msg:3757 Call:20876 Lines:187 417 Anyway, here is the translation. My own comments are within square 418 brackets. The article is distributed with permission of the author 419 and is copyrighted (c) 1989 by Ny Teknik, Bertil Berggren. The 420 translation is copyrighted (c) 1989 by Lars-Henrik Eriksson [myself]. 421 422 Lars-Henrik Eriksson nternet: lhe@sics.se 423 Swedish Institute of Computer Science hone (intn'l): +46 8 752 15 09 424 Box 1263 Telefon (nat'l): 08 - 752 15 09 425 S-164 28 KISTA, SWEDEN 426 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 427 428 HE APPLIED FOR A COLD FUSION PATENT BACK IN 1927 429 430 Nothing is new under the sun. The much noticed experiment with cold 431 fusion at the university of Utah is very similar to experiments done 432 in Sweden back in 1927 - more than 60 years ago. 433 434 [A picture of a stern middle-aged man with small glasses and slightly 435 unruly hair, wearing a laboratory coat. He holds up a test tube with a 436 dark liquid in it and looks intently at it. In the background, one can 437 see shelves with many bottles and part of some experimental apparatus. 438 The caption reads "JOHN TANDBERG at the Electrolux laboratory 1956".] 439 440 By Bertil Berggren 441 ------------------ 442 443 He has been called one of the greatest scientists of Swedish industry, 444 John Tandberg (born in Norway 1896), professor at Lund university, 445 chemist and physicist. During almost 40 years, 1925 - 1962 he worked 446 at the Electrolux laboratories in Stockholm, the last years as 447 scientific director and manager. [Electrolux is a large 448 electrotechnical Swedish company, these days multinational. It is most 449 well known (in Sweden at least) as a manufacturer of larger household 450 appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines.] 451 452 Today he is almost forgotten, you have to leaf through modern Swedish 453 encyclopediae for a long time before finding his name. Still, he was a 454 pioneer, one of the first in the world to make serious attempts to 455 solve the riddle of nuclear fusion. Perhaps he succeeded as well, 456 without himself or the rest of the world quite realising it. These 457 days he is of more interest than ever. 458 459 The experiment in Utah, where the american Stanley Pons and the 460 englishman Martin Fleishmann claim to have produced nuclear fusion at 461 room temperature in a test tube [sic!], was done under conditions that 462 were very similar to certain experiments Tandberg did at the 463 Electrolux laboratories at Grev [Count] Ture street in central 464 Stockholm in the late 1920's and early 1930's. 465 466 In his laboratory he became the first Swede who tried to find both a 467 theoretical and practical solution to exploit nuclear energy by 468 particle fusion, the fusing of atomic nuclei. 469 470 In the book "Our alchemist in Tomegraend [Tome alley]", a biography of 471 John Tandbergs life and work, the early work of Tandberg on fusion 472 research is portrayed. The narrator is Torsten Wilner, a collaborator 473 in Tandberg's group for several years. 474 475 During the 1920's forceful efforts were made in Germany to produce 476 large quantities of helium for airships. [After world war I, Germany 477 was not permitted to build airplanes]. There was unrest in the world 478 and the only large producer, the U.S., was reluctant to export helium, 479 made from natural gas, to Germany. 480 481 At the university of Berlin, the chemists Fritz Paneth and Kurt Peters 482 sought other ways to produce helium, among other by catalysis of 483 hydrogen. The basic thought was to investigate "whether hydrogen 484 without the supply of energy could be partially transformed to helium 485 in the presence of a cathalyst, primarily palladium". 486 487 The hypothesis of Prout - the old thought that hydrogen could be the 488 "primordial substance" from which all other elements where constructed 489 - had been given renewed actuality by the dawning research on 490 radioactivity. 491 492 After their studies of hydrogen absorption the the metal palladium 493 (one volume of palladium will absorb 850 volumes of hydrogen), Paneth 494 and Peters were of the opinion that there should be a possibility for 495 spontaneous reactions between the hydrogen nuclei that were contained, 496 close to each other, within the palladium atom lattice. They reasoned 497 that perhaps some kind of "nuclear cathalysis" could be expected with 498 helium as a result. 499 500 By diffusing hydrogen through a red-hot palladium capillary, the two 501 Berlin chemists claimed to have produced helium. The amount was small 502 and hardly measurable. It did not suffice to fill airships. 503 504 The results of Paneth and Peters soon reached Sweden and John Tandberg, 505 who was interested in the relation of hydrogen to metals. He promptly 506 began thinking about how an improved helium yield could be obtained in 507 the process of Paneth and Peters. Tandberg's idea was to increase the 508 concentration of hydrogen atoms in the cathalyst using electrolysis. 509 He expected the hydrogen atom density within the palladium to be 510 greater than in liquid helium. 511 512 By using high pressure, about 1000 atmospheres, and starting the 513 electolysis process at a low temperature, Tandberg believed that the 514 process should be even more effective. 515 516 The result was an application for a Swedish patent, "A way to produce 517 helium", that was filed on february 17, 1927. The patent application 518 also comprised a method "characterized in that the reaction vessel is 519 put into thermal contact with a device that converts the produced heat 520 into a technically useful form (mechanical work, electrical energy, 521 cooling or light)". Recieved but not understood, was the reply from 522 the patent office. 523 524 The application was rejected on november 17 the same year with the 525 reason that "the description is not complete enough that by its use an 526 expert is likely to be able to practise the invention" [Isn't this a 527 great way of putting it...?]. But John Tandberg was not a man who let 528 himself be put down by an unappreciative surrounding. 529 530 With the headline "A nuclear blast in 1932" (20 years before the 531 detonation of the first american hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean in 532 1952), Torsten Wilner relates in his book: 533 534 "The discovery by Urey in 1932 of heavy hydrogen, deuterium, meant 535 greater possibilities for research in nuclear physics. Nuclei of heavy 536 hydrogen, deutrons, have a greater ability to achieve nuclear 537 reactions than the light nuclei, protons, do. 538 539 John was quick to take advantage of this. At a rather early stage, he 540 managed to obtain heavy water, containing deuterium instead of 541 ordinary hydrogen. 542 543 One day after work, John told me that he intended to do an interesting 544 experiment in the evening. He showed me a small wire of the metal 545 palladium. By electrolysis of heavy water, using this wire as 546 cathode, he had saturated it with deuterium in the same way he had 547 previously done with ordinary hydrogen (1927). Consequently, it could 548 be expected to contain very densly packed deuterium nuclei. 549 550 He was now going to blast the wire by letting a condensor battery, 551 charged with a high voltage, discharge through it. This would mean a 552 sudden vaporization during a violent increase of pressure and 553 temperature. 554 555 The densly packed deutrons should get a high energy and there should 556 be good conditions for violent collisions with nuclear reaction and 557 fusion as a result. These reactions involve some loss of mass by the 558 nuclei, so one could expect energy generation according to Einstein's 559 theory. 560 561 That sounded exciting, so I asked John how large the energy generation 562 could be if all of the deuterium reacted. He calculated for a while, 563 and replied: 564 - About a million kilogramcalories [About 4.2*10^9 Joules]. 565 - But that is equivalent to a thousand kilogrammes of dynamite! I exclaimed. 566 - You are right about that, John replied, but added: 567 - I think you should go home now. If anything particular happens you 568 can tell people afterwards what it was. 569 570 I went home, and when I returned the next day, everything was as 571 before. John performed experiments repeatedly, but no disaster struck. 572 Later the experiments become routine. I was present myself, together 573 with John, at several occations, and certainly the experiments caused 574 deafening bangs. 575 576 The electric discharges sounded like powerful shots, but some nuclear 577 physical effect - hard radiation or radioactive residues - could not 578 be detected with the equipment John possessed at the time." 579 580 Torsten Wilner concludes his impressions of John Tandberg: 581 582 "In later years I have tried to reconstruct John's calculations. I 583 also had opportunity to discuss the matter with the plasma and fusion 584 researcher, professor Bo Lehnert. He pointed out the similarity 585 between Johns experiments and later experiments that really led to 586 fusion reactions. At the same time, he demonstrated the large energy 587 losses that must be taken into account in experiments of Tandberg's 588 kind. 589 590 If John had succeeded in demonstrating a certain - even if very slight 591 - effect it would have been an extraordinary remarkable discovery for 592 its time." 593 594 So far Torsten Wilner in the book "Our alchemist in Tomegraend". 595 596 John Tandberg died in Lund 1968. The scientific world is now waiting 597 with excitement for the scientific paper about the Utah fusion 598 experiment that is said to be due for publication in the magazine 599 Nature in May. 600 601 Perhaps it turns out to be "only" a repetition of John Tandberg's 602 experiment of more than 60 years ago. 603 -- 019=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/04/89 21:45 Msg:3758 Call:20877 Lines:5 604 )*&)(*&&)(**&&)((*&)*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*& 605 Try and eat them apples :-) 606 607 The Mole. 608 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(**&)((*&(*(&)((*&)*(&((& 020=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/05/89 07:02 Msg:3759 Call:20881 Lines:3 609 610 Wow, Insto fill. 611 021=Usr:507 todd rogers 05/05/89 07:27 Msg:3760 Call:20882 Lines:2 612 anybody here ever hear of the BBS heartbeats? its a load of fun 613 get it a call and try it out....283-xxxx 022=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 05/05/89 08:54 Msg:3761 Call:20883 Lines:6 614 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] 615 8:00 meetings are the norm here, and at least twice a week, 7:00 AM 616 meetings. (Twice in the past 6 months, I have attended a pre 7:00 meeting, 617 once at 6:00, once at 6:30. At least at those, they provided breakfast.) 618 What is the current lurk:post ratio ? 619 [][][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][]Boycott Exxon !![][][] 023=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/05/89 10:38 Msg:3762 Call:20885 Lines:61 620 696969696969 621 622 NORTH CONVICTED ON 3 COUNTS:-5/5/89 623 Oliver North was convicted Thursday on three of 12 charges in the Iran- 624 Contra trial: obstructing Congress by falsifying a list of events in 1986; 625 taking National Security Council documents; taking an illegal gift - a $13,800 626 home security system, purchased with money from funds diverted from arms sales 627 to Iran. The maximum penalty for all counts is ten years in jail and $750,000 628 in fines. 629 POLL - PARDON NORTH: 630 President Bush should pardon convicted Iran-Contra scandal figure Oliver 631 North, say a majority polled by USA TODAY Thursday. Findings: 72 percent say 632 North was a Reagan administration "fall guy"; 33 percent say North is a hero; 633 54 percent agree North was a "willing participant"; 48 percent say North 634 should spend no time in prison. 635 NORTH - I WON'T GIVE UP: 636 Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North declared Thursday that he hasn't 637 surrendered after a jury convicted him on three of 12 counts in the Iran- 638 Contra scandal. "As a Marine I was taught to fight and fight hard for as long 639 as it takes to prevail," North said at a news conference, his wife Betsy at 640 his side. "We will be fully vindicated." 641 IRAN-CONTRA QUESTIONS IRK BUSH: 642 President Bush hotly rejected questions about his activities in the Iran- 643 contra scandal as Congress steps up pressure for more answers from the White 644 House. Bush says he takes it personally when he is pelted with questions about 645 whether he offered to give Honduras U.S. aid in exchange for helping the 646 Nicaraguan Contras when Congress banned direct assistance. 647 TODAY'S DEBATE - OLIVER NORTH AND IRAN-CONTRA 648 USA TODAY'S OPINION: 649 To prosecutor John Keker, Oliver North was a cross between Adolf Hitler 650 and Joe Isuzu. To defense attorney Brendan Sullivan, he was a loyal and 651 dedicated Marine. A jury decided Thursday that he was a bit of each. That's 652 justice. 653 OTHER VIEWS: 654 JESSE HILL FORD, novelist and screen writer: The man who would have freed 655 the hostages has been taken hostage, pilloried by the country he served so 656 steadfastly. And in this foul process our jury system has been prostituted, 657 judicial honor defiled, and the will of the people denied. But Oliver North's 658 leadership qualities ensure he will rise above this mess and serve his country 659 again. 660 GEORGE THOMPSON, a former U.S. foreign service officer: The jurors had a 661 terrible, thankless task. They undoubtedly knew they had been asked to convict 662 Ollie as nothing more than a self-styled pawn in a game of chess. Exit the 663 jurors, knowing the real criminals are still out there. If only we could try 664 them all. 665 BRENDAN SULLIVAN, North's attorney, to jury: "What's the difference 666 between what Ollie North did and the president did? The president is happily 667 retired in California. Oliver North has spent 2 1/2 years in a Washington 668 courtroom fighting for his reputation." 669 JOHN KEKER, North's prosecutor, to jury: "Don't be misled by the emotional 670 content of this `fall guy' term...The fall guy is guilty. The winner is 671 guilty. The people who pay him are guilty. They are all guilty." 672 WALNUT CREEK, CALIF., John Claibourne, 44, television engineer: I'm not so 673 sure that Oliver North should have gone to trial because I think they tried 674 the wrong guy. He was the fall guy. Others are guilty, but we'll never be able 675 to touch them. 676 MIDDLETOWN, N.Y., Barbara Kline, 54, homemaker: Oliver North should have 677 been punished. It's one thing to be a military man and another to be a 678 demagogue. 679 680 696969696969696969 024=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/05/89 12:25 Msg:3763 Call:20886 Lines:85 681 696969696969 682 APn 05/03 1989 By PAUL JENKINS Associated Press Writer 683 VALDEZ, Alaska (AP) -- Thousands of dead birds, snared in a giant glob of 684 sticky oil, line a beach 300 miles southwest of Valdez, victims of the spreadin 685 crude that has devastated Alaska's coast for weeks. 686 While enviromentalists, government and Exxon officials trade barbs over 687 blame, the oil drifts inexorably, fouling the shoreline and leaving dead, dying 688 or dirtied birds, fish, otters, seals and sea lions. Even Alaska's lumbering, 689 powerful brown bears have been seen prowling on oil-caked beaches. 690 The oil is selective: It leap-frogs large stretches of coast, then hits 691 others with contamination ranging from a light film to ankle-deep goo. 692 "We landed along a wide tidal basin, about six miles of beach," said Ray 693 Bane, superintendent of Katmai National Park. "We found oil debris in large 694 quantities throughout the tidal zone. We saw 2,000 to 3,000 dead birds. ... You 695 can't really tell what they are. They're one big blob of oil." 696 Since March 24, when the tanker Exxon Valdez smashed into Bligh Reef in 697 Prince William Sound and leaked 10.1 million gallons of crude through its 698 shattered hull, the reports of destroyed wildlife have multiplied steadily. 699 The spyll has reached Chignik, 525 miles southwest of Valdez, and residents 700 there are fearful the oil may interfere with their salmon season, which begins 701 next week. 702 "What we found, say in every 100-foot distance, was four to eight dead murre 7 3 on the average," Bane said of the sea birds. "We also saw fresh bear tracks 704 going back into the impacted areas. There was evidence of foxes and other 705 scavengers. We observed one bear -- a sow and three yearlings -- that was in th 706 contaminqted0area, feeding on dead birds. ... We saw eagles carrying oil-covere 707 birds. We saw one eagle so coated in oil that it couldn't fly." 708 One state scientist said wind-whipped oil "mousse" was pounded into a beach 709 by wave action and buried q yard below the surface. Another reported seeing 710 otters surrounded by floating oil. 711 Late Monday, Exxon offered a revised plan to clean up 364 miles of tainted 712 coastline by September, but environmentalists and Coast Guard Adm. Paul Yost, 713 the federal government's top official monitoring the spill, immediately 714 criticized it as inadequate. 715 Dennis Kelso, Alaska's commissioner of environmental conservation, said the 716 proposal was "a few pages of wishful thinking ... (that) makes it appear as 717 though cleaning those areas is little more than a Sunday stroll on the beach." 718 Yost, who must approve the plan before it can go into effect, called Exxon's 719 strategy "very thin." Yost briefly toured part of the spill abua Tuesday, 720 visiting the USS Juneau, the Coast Gaurd's command ship for the cleanup. 721 Today, Yost was scheduled to take U.S. Transportation Secretary Samuel 722 Skinner on an inspection of the spill zone. At a speech Tuesday in Washington, 723 D.S., Skinner called the spill "the most significant environmental disaster thi 724 nation has ever faced." 725 On Thursday, he meets with Vice President Dan Quayle, who is expected in 726 Alaska after a 12-day tour of the Pacific. 727 Exxon a|co faced a day of boycott Tuesday, as groups around the country urge 728 consumers to stop buying Exxon products. Consumer activist Ralph Nader said in 729 Washington that Exxon "should not be allowed to forget" the spill and that a 730 boycott would send the oil giant a message. 731 J. Edward Surette Jr., executive director of the Bay State Gasoline Retailer 732 Association in Billerica, Mass., said it was too early to assess the boycott's 733 impact. 734 Exxon spokeswoman Sarah Johnson said !0,000 of its 7 million credit cards 735 have been cut up and returned since the spill. 736 In Anchorage, 400 chanting and sign-waving protesters rallied in front of 737 Exxon's Alaska headquarters, calling for a boycott. 738 The Exxon Valdez is undergoing preliminary repairs in Prince William Sound 739 and is to be towed next month to Portland, Ore., home of the only drydock on th 740 West Coast capable of handling the 987-foot ship. 741 0 742 APn 05/05 1989.By SUSAN GALLAGHER Associated Press Writer 743 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Vice President Dan Quayle toured sludge-fouled 744 beaches on his return from a 12-day Pacific tour, and said today Exxon must do 745 more to clean up the devastation wrought by the nation's largest oil spill. 746 "It's going to be an enormous effort," Quayle said Thursday as he looked at 747 beach on hard-hit Smith Island, an important haulout area for seals. Workers 748 have been |aboring for days to wash the beach clean. 749 Then at a news conference early today, Quayle said it appears Exxon believes 750 its cleanup plan is adequate, "But I believe Exxon's going to have to do more 751 than they think they're going to have to do," he said. 752 Quayle, accompanied by his wife, Marilyn, and joined by Coast Guard 753 Commandant Paul A. Yost Jr. and federal Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner 754 ended his Pacific trip Thursday with a six-hour, wind- and rain-swept tour0of '55 the spill zone. 756 The vice president's jet arrived from Japan at the fishing town of Cordova, 757 about 50 miles from the site of the March 24 spill, which was caused when the 758 tanker Exxon Valdez slammed into a charted reef outside ship`ing lanes and 759 ripped open spilling 11.2 million gallons of oil. 760 761 Even J. Danforth Quayle has a better grasp of the situation than Exxon or Georg 762 Bucx dous.....______--------->>BOYCOTT EXXON<<------------________ 763 764 696969696969696969 765 025=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 05/05/89 14:05 Msg:3764 Call:20887 Lines:9 766 9(&)&*)(&)(&)(&)(&()&*&)(&* 767 768 Tip mode :-) 769 770 Oh, a Lurking (scrribling) I will go, a scribbling I will go, 771 High ho a dairy ho, a scribbling I will go. 772 773 The Mole modus tipus 774 )(*&)(*&)(*&)(&*)(&*)(&*)(&*)(&*)(& 026=Ucr:8$ Michael Miller j 05/05/89 14:34 Msg:3765 Call:20888 Lines:7 775 &*&*&*&*'s 776 Tiping? Hmm, So am I. Its a small world! :-) 777 778 An Astral Dreamer 779 &*&*&*&*'s 780 781 5.55 to one and dropping. 027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/05/8) 19:36 Msg:3766 Call:20893 Lines:3 782 783 Currently on the rise. Warm weather means less serious bbs'ing. 784 028=Usr:4 Milchar 05/05/89 19:52 Msg:3767 Call:20894 Lines:7 785 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++;+++;++++++++ 786 SERIOUS bbsing? Come now, when is it *EVER* serious? Especially during 787 gatherings such as CBBS/NW's 10th Birthday party, being held tomorrow 788 at Stark Street Pizza (92nd and Stark) at 2:00pm. (Please ignore blatant 789 plug, but I expect this to be the largest BBS gathering since BW I's 790 wake!) 791 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 029=Usr:4 Milchar 05/05/89 22:08 Msg:3768 Call:20896 Lines:56 792 ::: BGN CYBER-LINK: ID F7(B:9EA1:C88D CODED: SEMAPHORE ::: 793 794 Newspapermen called it "the Grid." Nodes of data strung out 795 like ornaments on a tree in a data matrix measuring 1000000H cubed. 796 This was the data that represented humanity, updated every nanosecond 797 by countless millions of users. For Sem, THIS was reality. 798 The myriad controls beneath the hands of Sem's matrix-analogue 799 glittered in the false light of the matrix. He geared himself up for 800 the run. His drug worked ids mawic on him, and he felt POWER rush 801 through his body. There would be no finesse to this one- just a 802 typical snatch-and-run. Only no one had ever tried it on the Turings 803 before and lived. 804 <PGM ID: DIAMONDCUTTER REV 7> 805 <PGM STATUS : THREADS 00-31 TRACKING::00 ACTIVE> 806 <LOCK ON: 5F7B:A8-93E1:01-D448:BB IDENT AS: TURING N.A.> shone 807 the pseudo-display. Now or never. Sem hit COMMIT. 808 DiamondCutter shot forward, closing the distance even0befobe 809 the ICE systems reacted. 810 Tendrils of dead black ICE whipped forward instantly, blindly 811 seeking the intruder. Their lightest touch would invoke lethal 812 biofeedback programs, designed to snuff out nosy console jockeys. 813 DiamondCutter moved evasively, firing missle-analogues containing 814 a particularly effective snafu program. Its aim was deadly. As each 815 missle-program found its target, more of the Turing defense system 816 collapsed under massive system failubus. 0In less than an instant, 817 Sem was through the outer defenses. 818 <PGM STATUS : THREADS 00-31 TRACKING::07 ACTIVE> 819 <PGM INFO : REALLOC 07-31 DONE> 820 <PGM STATUS : THREADS 00-06 TRACKING::16-31 SEARCHING::32 ACTIVE> 821 Now Sem switched to the offensive, directing DiamondCutter to devote 822 more attention to finding the ANN database. It wasn't something that was 823 likely to be just lying around. 824 <PGM WARNING: ICE SOURCE PRESENT, THREAD 0% ASCIGNED> 825 <PGM WARNING: ICE SYSTEMS OUTNUMBER TRACKING THREADS> 826 Sem brought DiamondCutter to a dead halt. There were very few 827 sources of ICE in the matrix. Only one type could generate ICE that 828 rapidly-- an AI. "ID0%" he typed. 829 <PGM ID: UNKNOWN AI, ESTIMATED CLASS .GT. 5> 830 "Jesus," Sem said out loud, "they're hunting for bear." Sweat 831 broke out on his brow. The drug had long worn off. Suddenly this run 832 looked a lot less appealing.0 He0had not expected the Turings to use 833 an AI for their ICE. 834 <PGM WARNING: 13 THREADS DOWN DUE TO ICE, 19 ACTIVE> 835 Sem was running out of time. Once all the threads were down, 836 there would be nothing to defend him against the biofeedback 837 programs. "Find it, damn you, find--" 838 <PGM INFO : THREAD 03 FOUND TARGET DATA> 839 His heart raced. "EX03" he managed to pound out on the keyboard. 840 <PGM WARNING: 25 THREADS DOWN DUE TO ICE, 07 QCTIVE> 841 The display blinked. 842 <PGM WARNING: 29 THREADS DOWN DUE TO ICE, 03 ACTIVE> 843 "Work, dammit! WORK!" Sem screamed. 844 845 ::: END CYBER-LINK: RUN TIME 00:23:37 CODED: SEMAPHORE ::: 846 847 030=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/06/89 10:20 Msg:3769 Call:20902 Lines:14 848 &*&*&*&*'s 849 I like the story, its very good. 850 851 Milch, the modem on the portable does not like ,'s, thats why I couldn't 852 get it to work the last time I tried. Well I'm ctuck0in The Dalles, and 853 I'm missing a drivers.tpu file. So Milch, is there any way of me getting 854 this? I need it to continue work on the Scat program. 855 856 Well, I'm out of here. Hope you all enjoy that huge BBS bash. Long 857 distance is the pits. 858 859 An Astral Dreamer 860 &*&*&*&*'s 861 031=Usr:4 Milchar 05/06/89 11:25 Msg:3770 Call:20904 Lines:4 862 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 863 AD: What I'll do is upload it int /usb/transfer. I'll make sure you 864 have read permission. Will that do? 865 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 032=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/06/89 19:43 Msg:3771 Call:20911 Lines:9 866 &*&*&*&*'s 867 Wow, cure is silent around here. That will be great, I'll call and get 868 the file now. I've moved a lot of the routines into a seperate file. 869 Strangly enough the compiled executable is now SMALLER! and I didn't take 870 anything out. Is there some magis involved in .TPU files? 871 872 An Astral Dreamer 873 &*&*&*&*'s 874 033=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/06/89 20:07 Msg:3772 Call:20912 Lines:100 875 876 877 CompuServe ROK-1448 878 879 Rick Nelson, who died in a New Year's Eve plane crash near De Kalb, Texas, 880 jined a list of musicians including big band leader Glenn Miller, country 881 singer Patsy Cline, and rock greats Otis Redding and Buddy Holly -- all of whom 882 met early deaths in air accidents. 883 ^elson, 45, achieved rock 'n' roll stardom in the late 1950s and early '60s 884 with hits like "I'm Wakin,"' and "ravelin' Man." He was featured, along with th 885 rest of his family, on the long-running TV series, "The Adventures of Ozzie and 886 Hriet." He often sang his hit songs on national TV, which undoubtedly boosted 887 his rock stardom. 888 His career after the "Ozzie and Harriet" years never equaled his earlier 889 fame, but he was in a number of movies and hd several moderately successful0son 890 hits. 891 Plane crashes have cut short the lives of at least eight other famous 892 musicians. 893 Still shrouded in mystery is the death of big band leader Glenn Miller. On 894 Dec. 15, 1944, Miller's plane was flying over the English Channel en route from 895 Bedford, England to Paris where he was to give a show. The plane never arrived. 896 Two members of the British Royal Air Force now say the musician's plane might 897 have been hit by bombs jettisoned over the English Channel by RAF bombers. 898 These other musicians also met air deaths: 899 Feb. 3, 1959: A plane carrying singers J.P (The Big Bopper) Richardson, Budd 900 Holly and Richie Valens crashed near Mason City, Iowa en route to a show in 901 Fargo, N.D. The Big Bopper, whose big hit was "Chantilly Lace" in 1958, was 29. 902 Holly, whose hits included "Peggy Sue" and "Not Fade Away," was 22. And Richie 903 Valens, famous for songs like "La Bamba" and "Donna," was only 18. 904 March 5, 1963: Patsy Cline, whocu country hits included "Crazy" and "She's 905 Got You," died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 31. Killed with her 906 were Grand Ole Opry stars Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot Randy 907 Hughes, Miss Cline's manager. Her life was dramatized in the recent movie, 908 "Sweet Dreams," starring Jessica Lange as Miss Cline. 909 July 31, 1964: Country music singer Jim Reeves, known for hits like "Welcome 910 to My World" and "He'll Have to Go," died at age 39 in a light plane crash0near 911 Nashville along with his manager, Dean Manuel, 30. 912 Dec. 10, 1967: Rhythm and blues artist Otis Redding died in a plane crash in 913 Wisconsin along with members of his band, the Bar-Kays. He was 26. His greatest 914 hit, "Sittin' on the Dock of The Bay," was released just three days before the 915 crash. 916 Sept. 20, 1973: Jim Croce put together a string of rock hits in the 1970s 917 before he died in an air crash near Natchitoches, La., at age 30. 918 Oct. 21, 1977: Singer Ron~ie Van Zant and some members of his Lynyrd Skynyrd 919 band, which carved a niche in the rock world with its image as hard-drinking, 920 hell-raising Southerners, were killed in a plane crash in McComb, Miss. 921 922 =======TIME WARP========= 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 Can't SCROLL from 932 that number !4 933 934 4 is an invalid choice ! 935 936 KCS Humor/Satire KCS-1475 937 938 = = = = = = = *** = = = = = = = 939 SCROLL OF THE YEAR 9400 = = = = = = = *** = = = = = = = 941 First, you'll want to know what 'Scroll of the Year' is all about. Simple. 942 It's a list--a short list now, but one to which we'll add items all year long. 943 This list--beginning shortly--contains the useless, the vapid, personal 944 affectations, phonies and stocks to avoid, among other things. 945 Scroll this list every now and then throughout the year. View it as a kind o 946 pop art, if you will (or if you won't, we don't care). Let its ever-increacyng 947 length remind you what a parody of life life itself really is. 948 *Luggage racks are standard equipment on some new station wagons. 949 *Sober kids find fun pretending to be drunk drivers. 950 *Someone should invent a self-cleaning desk. 951 *Super Bowl Sunday is an ideal day to go shopping. 952 *Boat shows are always held in the winter. 953 *In the long run, the price of gas will go up. 954 *Today's temperature is either too hot or too cold. 955 956 Last page ! 957 95( Can't SCROLL from 959 that number !2 960 961 2 is an invalid choice ! 962 963 KCS Humor/Satire KCS-277 964 965 = = = = = = = *** = = = = = = = 966 THE SOURCE REVEALED 967 By Billiam Coronel 968 Of Comedy By Wibe 969 = = = = = = = *** = = = = = = = 970 Detectives revealed today that the Source information utility is not really a 971 group of mainframe computers run by hundreds of employees, as was previously 972 believed. In fact, the Source is just a Ratio Shack model 4 with a hard disk 973 controlled by a 16-year-old high schooler in Fort Worth. 974 "It wasn't really that hard to fool people," claimed Nathan Liblick. "I got 034=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 05/07/89 08:47 Msg:3773 Call:20925 Lines:3 975 976 So How did the bbs bash of the decade go? 977 035=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 05/07/89 14:19 Msg:3774 Call:20929 Lines:22 978 ====TIME WARP==== from the Deja Vu files: 979 Executive News Svc. 980 981 Awa 01/16 0552 TankerBan 9820 PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) -- Clallam County officials say they are considerin 983 a ban on tanker traffic in Port Angeles Harbor because of last month's oil spil 984 that fouled the county's beaches and killed more than 1,000 birds. 985 Commissioneb Dobothy Duncan said commissioners were weighing the costs and 986 benefits of allowing oil tankers to berth in Port Angeles on their way to 987 refineries in Washington's inland waters. 988 But Atlantic Richfield Co., owner of the tanker ARCO Anchorage0that spilled 989 the 189,000 gallons of Alaska crude oil in Port Angeles on Dec. 21, said it and 990 other tanker owners would challenge any move to keep tankers out of the harbor. 991 And Coast Guard Capt. John De Carteret said that even though the county coul 992 the ships from the harbor, the law could be challenged in 993 court and proved in violation of interstate commerce rules. 994 Cleanup of the spill is nearly complete. Arco is paying the more than $3 995 million in cleanup costs> 99& The existing regulation banning tankers of more than 125,000 tons from Puget 997 Sound was established only because the state asked the Coast Guard to institute 998 the rule, De Carteret said. 999 Ms. Duncan was not available Wednesday evening to respond to De Carteret's