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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/10/87 20:54 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
2$************************* INSTALLED: 10 JUN 87 ****************************
3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
4$**************************************************************************
5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
6$ 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$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system
10$is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages
11$which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it
12$will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data can be
13$saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out the
14$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$
002=Usr:0 Null User 06/11/87 02:09 Msg:181 Call:887 Lines:4
20 I wonder - does the new BWMS II continue the tradition of
21 AT THE TOP
22 ?
23
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24 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
25 Emu looked into what was to be used as a classroom. Simply
26 labeled, a sign said 'Conf D' above the opening to the room. This was
27 where Emu was to start his apprenticeship, along with other new
28 recruits. Late.
29 He didn't mean to be late, but it really couldn't have been
30 helped. Emu's horse hadn't been cared for properly before his
31 departure. After cleaning up the oats spilled by his nervous hands,
32 he had to saddle and bridle the beast. Those of the equine nature can
33 smell nerves a furlong away, and this one had been absolutely no help.
34 In the stables at the Hallowed Farm, Emu gladly turned the reins over
35 to the stable boy.
36 Now, Emu is not normally a nervous person. He had gone
37 through the preliminary hearings and interviews with a strong will and
38 a quick mind, but now that he was accepted, he *had* to measure up to
39 expectations. Looking 'quality' for an hour long interview is one
40 thing: being 'quality' for the rest of one's life is quite another.
41 Nonetheless, here he was, about to step into the rest of his life.
42 This first meeting turned out to be a very fast and
43 overwhelming overview of the philosophies and practices of those who
44 would learn The Cube. Themes were explained and expounded upon, and
45 the "Theme Angels" were introduced: "Mr. Quality", "Mr. Clean", and
46 especially "Mr. Punctual". (Emu grimaced on the last.)
47 Then came the formalities: promisories, signatures, and the
48 final will and testament (just in case). Emu and the others were
49 reeling when lunch was finally served.
50
51 After lunch, Emu joined those who were learning the
52 fundamentals of The Cube. Here, he met several other apprentices.
53 These students had come from such far away places as Tejas, City of
54 Lost Angels, and City of Late Saints (also known as Utah). Together,
55 they delved into some of the simpler secrets of The Cube.
56
57 .-.-.-.
58
59 "Teacher?"
60 "Yes Emu, my son?"
61 "What is the meaning of my title, 'Apprentice, d0'?"
62 "That, my son, gives designation of your progress. You are as
63 a point: as it gains depth, it gains dimension."
64 "As a beginner, then, I have no dimension."
65 "That is true."
66 "As I gain enlightenment, I will gain dimension."
67 "True again."
68 "The Cube is said to have limitless dimension. If so, it must
69 be difficult to conceive. How does one command tha which he cannot
70 imagine?"
71 "One does not 'command' The Cube. One entreats The Cube with
72 magicks and incantations."
73 "To learn all of the spells will take much time. If all of
74 the students work, each can learn a different set at the same
75 time. Together, we can do what would take one many weeks in a short
76 time."
77 "Very good."
78 "Teacher, at what level may we begin to use The Cube?"
79 "You have used The Cube already, Apprentice d1."
80 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
81 Hmmm - uploading, I seem to be loosing characters here and there. Is BWMS II
82 slower in processing input than BWMS was?
83 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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84 Rumbling, battering, boiling--
85 Boom!
86 Grumbling, clattering, toiling--
87 Doom!
88 Tumbling, splattering, broiling--
89 Boom!
90 The only silence is the tomb!
91
92 Brawling, binding, burning--
93 Boom!
94 Sprawling, winding, turning--
95 Doom!
96 Bawling, grinding, churning--
97 Boom!
98 The only silence is the tomb!
99 A
100
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101 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~11~87~~01~13~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
006=Usr:0 Null User 06/11/87 06:13 Msg:185 Call:898 Lines:58
102 It seems to be about half as fast as it used to be. Sincerely,
103
104 R A D I O F R E E E U R O P E
105
106 "I am," She sat in the chair and kept her head tilted defiantly. Her speech
107 was deliberate and emphatic, without losing the rough tone that kept it from
108 sounding at all vulnerable. "Against your nation, your homeland, everything
109 your father died for during the War. And you," She looked out through the tall
110 windows and into the forests. "You are an officer of your laws. A lieutenant
111 in the National Police Force. Sworn to defend the Constitution of the United
112 States. Just get real. There is nothing for us together."
113
114 He stood in his robe, and held a white mug in hands. Looking down and through
115 his own tears, he answered her. "My name is Pasha. I went to elementary school
116 in the Pacific Northwest. Grew up alone in a coastal town. After landing a job
117 with the Force, I met a wonderful girl on a trip to New York. I fell in love
118 with her, and want her to marry me. Isnt that real?"
119
120 "I wish." She just frowned while staring into the forest scene. Arguing was
121 not her strong point, and neither was accepting the other point of view.
122
123 "I love you." He had said it a thousand times in the last two years. Each time
124 in a different situation, although none was as grave as this. Imagining the
125 death penalty applied to your only love does that to most conversations, I
126 guess.
127
128 "I am due on the dock in twenty minutes. In thirty minutes, I and this tube
129 are going to be on our way to an agent in the Sea of Japan. He poses as a
130 fisherman and ferries agents to and from Tokyo. A real hot spot, Tokyo. From
131 there, I go to Nichibitsu and deliver this tube to the twentieth floor. I get
132 eighty thousand to retire with for a few weeks. Then what?"
133
134 Pasha looked out the window to avoid the challenge of looking to her while she
135 confessed. He nervously wondered if he ought to reach into his pocket for his
136 cuffs. He nervously wondered about what else she was going to say.
137
138 "Another trip. Another apartment in the," She smiled as she thought of the
139 most elaborate phrase. "Bleak part of town. Another new secretary, quick
140 romance, and another mechanism gets sold to a wealthy Japanese manufacturer.
141 Its all very ordinary with me. I dont want to give it up, and I dont want to
142 take you with me."
143
144 "I dont want to go, to Tokyo." His mind followed her on the ship there, into
145 the air conditioned offices of the Nichibitsu office tower. He could see her
146 white tank top and her cigarette and her defiant attitude. Then he returned to
147 his apartment on the West Coast of the States. "Let the damned Nichibitsu
148 corporation down. Spend your time with one person who loves you and wants you
149 to stay. Stay here, in this apartment," He added with deliberate emphasis and
150 care, "with me."
151
152 She stood up and put her arms on his shoulders. Fondling the hair that fell in
153 front of his eyes, she told him he had absolutely wonderful eyes. She walked
154 out the front door. She drove her Porsche down to the dock. She was arrested
155 as soon as she stepped onto the wharf, and he got a robust promotion in return
156 for dropping a quarter on his only lover.
157
158 R A D I O F R E E E U R O P E
159
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160 Say something!
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161 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
162 Emu - I like it, this could be good. Promise that you will
163 keep us informed.
164 [][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][]
009=Usr:0 Null User 06/11/87 21:06 Msg:188 Call:918 Lines:1
165 Testing...Testing. -qs
010=Usr:0 Null User 06/11/87 22:08 Msg:189 Call:920 Lines:10
166 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
167 HEY EMU!
168 THAT WAS AN INTERESTING VIEW OF THE FAMOUS INTEL ORIENTATION!
169 WHEN I WENT THROUGH THAT MANY MOONS AGO I ALMOST FELL ASLEEP ABOUT
170 SEVERAL THOUSAND TIMES! WE VETRANS OF INTEL OFTEN REFER TO OUR FUN
171 LOVING COMANY AS "THE INTEL CIRCUS" CAUSE THATS BASICALLY WHAT IT IS!
172 OR A ZOO MAYBE? WELL ANYWAY IF YOU EVER WISH TO TELL ME WHO YOU ARE
173 OR WHERE YOUR GONNA WORK I'LL GIVE YOU SOME WORDS OF WISDOM ABOUT
174 MR. CLEAN AND THE SORT.
175 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<DOUG OF 84>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
011=Usr:0 Null User 06/12/87 03:17 Msg:190 Call:931 Lines:26
176 *****************************************************************
177 A slow curdling of space and time began to take place. If
178 anyone had been present they would have seen a glowing form in
179 the shape of a square. After an indeterminant time lettering
180 began to form within the square.
181
182 BWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMS
183 BWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMS
184 BWMS BWMS
185 BWMS On Saturday, the 13th day of June BWMS
186 BWMS in the year of our lord BWMS
187 BWMS One thousand nine hundred and eighty seven BWMS
188 BWMS there will be held a wake to observe the BWMS
189 BWMS passing of BWMS. The wake shall be held at BWMS
190 BWMS the establishment of Sam's Hof Brau located BWMS
191 BWMS at 1850 SW 6th in the city of Portland, OR. BWMS
192 BWMS Participants are invited to attend at 6:00pm BWMS
193 BWMS BWMS
194 BWMS Family, friends, and all other interested BWMS
195 BWMS individuals are invited to attend this BWMS
196 BWMS most momentous event of the bbs community. BWMS
197 BWMS BWMS
198 BWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMS
199 BWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMSBWMS
200
201 ****************************************************************
012=Usr:0 Null User 06/12/87 04:52 Msg:191 Call:934 Lines:1
202 That's not what to say!
013=Usr:0 Null User 06/12/87 05:07 Msg:192 Call:935 Lines:1
203 EMU LOTUS IS THE BEST -GODFAT
014=Usr:0 Null User 06/12/87 17:09 Msg:193 Call:944 Lines:1
204@TAFDOG$- TEB EHT SI SUTOL UME 203
015=Usr:0 Null User 06/13/87 04:19 Msg:194 Call:963 Lines:5
205 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
206 There appears to be something wrong with the FA command. Instead of listing the
207 lines I want found, it lists lines that have just carriage returns and
208 various other random lines as well. Just something I thought you should know.
209 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~12~87~~22~54~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
016=Usr:0 Null User 06/13/87 04:48 Msg:195 Call:964 Lines:2
210 Oh good grief! Now you're defaulting to NU Y? You're regressing!
211
017=Usr:0 Null User 06/13/87 06:58 Msg:196 Call:970 Lines:2
212@FA does indeed do that. Well, Mikey? *I* didn't write that. :-)
213 %%%%%%%%%%%% Wake: 16 hours 31 minutes to go. %%%% 870613012900 %%%%%%%%%%%%%
018=Usr:0 Null User 06/13/87 16:11 Msg:197 Call:972 Lines:8
214 SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FA COMMAND HERE, TOO, EXCEPT
215 FA ]]]]]]]
216 FOUND CARRIAGE RETURNS & VOYUER'S HEADER LINE INSTEAD OF WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR
217 .HMM. DEFAULT TO NU Y. WHEN I LOG ON, IT'S DEFAULT TO NU N. LET ME GUESS MIKE:
218 NU STAYS TO WHAT THE LAST USER SET IT TO, CORRECT? IF I DO NU Y & SOMEONE ELSE
219 LOGS ON, THEY GET NU Y. IF THEY DECIDE TO TURN IT OFF, THE NEXT PERSON WHO LOGS
220 ON WILL SEE NU N, CORRECT?
221 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]JIM MICHAELS]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
019=Usr:0 Null User 06/13/87 21:08 Msg:198 Call:977 Lines:10
222 *******************************************************************************
223
224
225 NO FAIR HAVIN' A GOOD TIME!
226
227
228
229
230 *******************************************************************************
231
020=Usr:0 Null User 06/13/87 22:22 Msg:199 Call:983 Lines:51
232 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
233 I was sitting in front of this cafe, which was about the only thing there
234 to do, when these two guys in black Triumphs came hauling around the dust.
235 One yells, Did I know where he could get a travelers check cashed in this
236 town. I'd been there three days, so I told him where the bank was. He told
237 me, get in, and I showed him and his friend where to go. We got to talking
238 he was in law school up in Connecticut. I told him about going to Columbia.
239 He got his check cashed and asked if I wanted to come along with them-
240 which was better than two bucks a night I didn't have, so I said, Yeah.
241 A whole bunch of kids were staying out on this island just off the coast.
242 One of the kids' fathers was head of a land development company
243 down there. The company had moved the fishermen who lived on the island
244 someplace else, built a whole bunch of hundred-and-fifty-thousand, two-
245 hundred-thousand dollar homes, lawns in the front, swimming pool on one
246 side, garage on the other, and boat house in the back onn the canal so
247 you could get your boat out to sea. They were all for the executives
248 of Dow Chemical, who just about owned the city. So prospective buyers
249 could check them out first, the houses were furnished, the freezers
250 were filled with steaks, the closets stocked with liquor, towels in the
251 bathrooms and all the beds kept made. The executives could bring their
252 families in for a weekend to try out the house before they bought it.
253 On Monday, a truck would come by with maids, carpenters, plumbers. and
254 supplies to replace anything that had been used up, to clean out the
255 mess, and fix anything broken. There wasn't anybody on the island, so
256 the doors had all been left open. The kid's father had told him since
257 he was in the area, why didn't he stay there. So the kid, with about
258 n't he stay there. So the kid, with about
259 twenty of his friends-they went from about seventeen to twenty-five-
260 had moved in. They'd start on one house, drink up all the liquor, eat
261 up the food, destroy the furniture, break the windows, tear up every-
262 thing they could, then move on to another one. On Monday the maids,
263 carpenters, and plumbers would fix the damages. I stayed with them
264 for two weeks. I'd pick out a room, lock the door, annd read most of
265 the time, while all the noise went on outside. Every once in a while,
266 you know, I'd come out to get something to eat-wade through the beer
267 cans in the kitchen, scrape the grease out oof some pan and fry a
268 piece of steak. Then I'd go down to the swimming pool maybe if it
269 wasn't too bad and, if there wasn't too much furniture floating in
270 it, or bottles, or broken glass around, I'd swim a while. Pretty soon,
271 when it would get too crowded, I'd go back to my room. There'd be
272 people in my bed, or somebody would've gotten sick all over the bureau,
273 So I'd take my book annd go lock myself in another room. A couple of
274 days after I got there, the two guys who'd brought me suddenly decided
275 to fly back somewhere else. They gave me the keys to the Triumphs and
276 said I could have them. I don't even know how to drive. One of them
277 had got the front smashed in by now, but the other one was still good.
278 The plice came twice. The first time the kids told them to get lost
279 and said they were supposed to be there, and the police went away.
280 The second time, I thought it was better I split. When the crap came
281 down, I wouldn't have any rich Texas relatives to run home to.
282 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Whillim Dhalgren @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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283 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
284 To the powers-that-be: Possible-Bug-Report #31
285 When the <tab> character (ctl-I) is sent, I see up-arrow, then the
286 space left by the tab. Before today, I've not seen the up-arrow character
287 with a tab when in cc y.
288 Own Preference Dept:
289 I would rather see each session automatically start in cc y and
290 nu n, no matter what the last person had used.
291 Any comments on the up-load speed?
292 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
022=Usr:0 Null User 06/14/87 18:58 Msg:201 Call:1006 Lines:1
293 Things are really looking odd here. Full report later.
023=Usr:0 Null User 06/14/87 19:23 Msg:202 Call:1008 Lines:10
294 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
295 Emu: It looks like Mikey is fiddling with the low-level CC handling. There
296 is other evidence of the same problem. As for defaults, there are plans in
297 the works.
298 The Enter command now works perfectly if you just wait for a character to
299 echo before sending the next one. BW does not echo the carriage return until
300 it is ready for another line. I, myself, just use ZCOMM (subset of YAM) in
301 "tw" mode, i.e. "f -tw filename". This sends at 8 char/sec and waits .7 sec
302 at end-of-lines.
303 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Grann %%%%%%%% June 14, 1987 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
024=Usr:0 Null User 06/14/87 22:35 Msg:203 Call:1012 Lines:15
304 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
305 The University of Portland Really SUCKS! I majored in electrical engineering
306 there for 2 and 1/2 years and got a really bad education...I finally switched
307 to the University or Oregon and went into Computer Science, what a difference!
308 It costs less, it has better profs, and it considered to be the hardest
309 computer science program in the North West...AND IT KICKS UofP's ASS!!!!!!!!
310 So if you just graduated from high school and some one is telling you about
311 U.P.'s reputation <snicker> your being had! BIG TIME! They'll lie to you...
312 They lied to me! OOOO-WEE! I'm back frm the U.ofO. what a difference!
313 Any how--live and learn!
314 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
315
316 POOPDLE (E. Walker) If your out there, wewe got very pissed at you!!!!!!!!!
317 So welcome back to Portland...And you better be checking over your shoulder
318
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319 testing
026=Usr:0 Null User 06/15/87 01:23 Msg:205 Call:1019 Lines:1
320 Just checking...
027=Usr:0 Null User 06/15/87 10:51 Msg:206 Call:1027 Lines:8
321 Mike,
322 Do you know where I can get an unprotected copy of PREP in order to fix some
323 bugs and improve some reports? perhaps you have Jim Farriers number?
324
325 Give me a call at 299-xxxx please.
326
327 Scott Edwards
328 HYPERtech, Inc.
028=Usr:0 Null User 06/15/87 11:53 Msg:207 Call:1029 Lines:21
329 SALE***SALE***SALE***********************
330 A TON OF CPM, COMMODOR, PET, APPLE, TRS80, AND MSDOS, PLUS OTHERS
331 INCLUDING SUCH STUFF AS HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, REFERENCE MANUALS TERMINALS...
332 HERE'S A SHORT LISTING OF THE GOODIES:
333 80287's
334 5 1/4" DRIVES
335 8" DRIVES & FLOPPIES
336 LOTS OF S-100 BOARDS
337 CPM SOFTWARE & HARDWARE
338 PET COMPUTERS
339 COMMODORE BOOKS & PROGRAMS
340 EPSON & OKIDATA PRINTERS
341 64K RAM's
342 MSDOS
343
344 WHERE HAVING A BIG GARAGE SALE THIS WEEK END ON THE 20th & 21st
345
346 PORTLAND, Or. 97266
347 777-xxxx
348 DON'T MISS OUT ON THESE HARD TO FIND ITEMS!!!
349
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350 ************************************************************************
351
352
353 MIKE!
354
355 Still crazy after all these years.........
356
357 -Cleve
358
359 *************************************************************************
360
030=Usr:0 Null User 06/15/87 20:48 Msg:209 Call:1045 Lines:5
361 Wow, talk about coincidence! Now I have to figure out how to get ahold
362 of you. The old number I have for you doesn't work. I have something of
363 yours that I would like to return to you.
364 Mike
365 **************************************************************************
031=Usr:0 Null User 06/15/87 21:05 Msg:210 Call:1046 Lines:3
366 Okay, okay, okay. No matter what I say, people will still be posting those
367 dreaded advertisements. All I can say is: Please *proofread* your copy!!!
368 Mistakes such as "Where" instead of "We're" make me physically ill.
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369 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~15~87~~21~21~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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370@
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371@
- TeBtBcket(Potlnd,OR Bllti Bar Lit (hor) *
- 8-AY87Edtin
034=Usr:0 Null User 06/17/87 01:05 Msg:225 Call:1116 Lines:16
372 I sense the sense in sensing me,
373 intensive, pensive, scents have me,
374 incensing me and tensing me,
375 I sense the sensor sensing me.
376
377 Who scents the sense that's scenting me?
378 Incensive, tensive, scents of me,
379 and when my sensor censors me,
380 just how intense is the sense of me?
381
382 So since the scents I sense of me
383 I sense have sent no scent of me
384 intense in sense--then pensively,
385 I cannot make no scents of me!
386
387
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388@****************************************************************************
389@ He stood over L'homme's prone form, chainsaw in a whit knuckle grip,
390@sweat running in rivulets down his naked body. He grasped a small back knob
391@at the back of the saw, and paused for a moment, offering up a prayer to
392@whatever insane gods inhabited his tormented mind. Then he pulled the cord.
393@ he engne roared to life, its awful stuttering roar hammering deafeningly
394@off the concrete walls of the basement. He wund the engine up to an
395@****************************************************************************
396@
397@
398@ I'd like to find this guy and pull the cord on *him* -The Lemming
399@
036=Usr:0 Null User 06/17/87 10:24 Msg:227 Call:1130 Lines:7
400 DEAR 6~15:
401 DON'T SHOOT THE WRITTER,
402 WHERE AVOIDING MISTEAKS
403@ YOU YOU DO.
404@ 2l~2l~
405 WEREVER IT lS.
406 {{{{{{{{{l}}}}}}}}}}
037=Usr:0 Null User 06/17/87 15:07 Msg:228 Call:1133 Lines:1
407 General Purpose Marker Number 1.
038=Usr:0 Null User 06/17/87 20:17 Msg:229 Call:1139 Lines:1
408 General Purpose Marker Number 2.
039=Usr:0 Null User 06/17/87 22:13 Msg:230 Call:1144 Lines:5
409 This story was taken from BYTEmagazine, January of 1979, page 174-175
410 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
411
412 GOTOlocks and the Tree Sorts
413
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414@****************************************************************************
415@ He stood over L'homme's prone form, chainsaw in a white knuckle grip,
416@swea running in rivulets down his naked body. He grasped a small black knob
041=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 10:39 Msg:232 Call:1156 Lines:3
417 No, go ahead and shoot the writer. (I use the term writer with toungue in
418
419 cheek.)
042=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 11:22 Msg:233 Call:1158 Lines:1
420 Hmmm... would the past tense of writer be 'wroter'?
043=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 11:53 Msg:234 Call:1160 Lines:1
421 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~18~87~~09~24~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
044=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 15:45 Msg:235 Call:1161 Lines:10
422 *()*#$(^*()*()#@*&%@#)*%)_%*#)!_)$*@)(_!$)*@_%&_$^*#_$^~)%^_)#$^*(_)^)^*_!^#$_^
423 Hey ad man, since when were 80287's, MSDOS, 64k RAM chips, Epson printers,
424 and 5.25" floppy disks hard to find? When you start selling OS/2 development
425 kits, IBM Model 80's, Gould PN9000's, and Commodore 64's with hard disks,
426 give us a call and we might visit you.
427 Emu: Your story is very enjoyable. Just watch out for wormholes, Amdahls'
428 Law, mis-firing 82586's, and last but not least, lkill(-1,-1).
429@enter
430 Above: How about the phantom tense of writer spelled 'writter' ?
431 *%_#*%_@#%*_@*%_)%*_#@&^_)@#&^) L'homme sans Parity *%)#@*)_%*@_#%_@%*@_#*%@#_%
045=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 20:14 Msg:236 Call:1164 Lines:15
432@Mg 39666 is 04 line(s) on 06/07/87 from JIM MICHAELS
433@Msg 39666 is 04 line(s) on 06/07/87 from JIM MICHES
434@to LISA GRONKE re: WRONG NUMBER
435@
436@THE BBS WITH THE PHONE NUMBER OF 771-xxxx I INCORRECT. I BELIEVE IT
437@Msg 39666 is 04 line(s) on 06/07/87 from JIM MICHAELS
438@to LISA GRONKE re: WRONG NUMBER
439@
440@THE BBS WITH THE PHONE NUMBER OF 771xxxx IS INCORRECT. I BELIEVE IT
441@WAS A POLITICAL BBS
442@THE LORDS BBS NOW HAS 1200 BAUD.
443@PLEASE MAKE THESE UPDATES.
444@
445@Msg 39668 is 02 line(s) on 06/07/87 frm LEONARD ERICKSON
446@to ALL re: CONROY LAPOINTE MODEM
046=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 20:53 Msg:237 Call:1167 Lines:3
447 UP/UofO: CP - NO?
448
449 ==================
047=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 20:57 Msg:238 Call:1168 Lines:2
450 Ahh, but if you were a lousy writer then you would be a 'roter'.
451 ________________________________________________________________
048=Usr:0 Null User 06/18/87 22:18 Msg:239 Call:1171 Lines:7
452 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
453 L'homme: In my studies with the Cube, I've found that one must also
454 be wary of the simple lwaitall(-1, -1). It seems to get rather
455 impatient with some long running tests, and jumps the gun. I
456 won't need to worry about those nasty worms for a few weeks yet,
457 luckily...
458 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
049=Usr:0 Null User 06/19/87 11:38 Msg:240 Call:1186 Lines:3
459 HEY GUYS:
460 YOU LOOK LlKE A BUNCH OF PlRANHA .. HA.HA.HA!
461 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- :>(
050=Usr:0 Null User 06/19/87 14:07 Msg:241 Call:1187 Lines:7
462 UNIVERSITY OF OREGOON SUCKS AND SWARMS WITH CRAWLING WORMS- FROM STUDES TO
463 PROFS TO ADMINISTRATORS WHOSE FAVORITE DAY IS ANY PRECEEDED BY PAY OR HOLI
464 THE PAPER TODAY MENTION ABOUT THE ANCIENT MEDICAL PRACTICE OF EMPLOYING
465 LEECHES TO CURE DISEASES. GOOD .. WE DON'T HAVE TO IMPORT THEM. WE GOT A
466 GOOD SUPPLY FROM YOU KNOW WHERE.
467 " ""
468
051=Usr:0 Null User 06/20/87 01:38 Msg:242 Call:1217 Lines:1
469 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Grannlurk %%% June 19, 1987 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
052=Usr:0 Null User 06/20/87 12:26 Msg:243 Call:1220 Lines:22
470 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
471 While I do not care what school anyone goes to, as the education one gets
472 is entirely dependant on the person receiving said education, one might be
473 able to determine the best school to attend based on a strict cost benefit
474 analysis.
475 Determine first that which is important to you. You must then assign units
476 of this measure to every facet of the experience. Eg., if money is your
477 measure, then assign $ values to the cost of the education itself, the cost
478 of living (to you) in each environment, the benefits of the social life,
479 the average income of graduates (I have seen statistics that show the median
480 income of graduates fall in this rank OSU, UO, PSU, OCE; but the differences
481 were only barely statistically significant).
482 You should also consider as many alternatives as possible. If you can't think
483 of 10 rational solutions to any problem, then you are not thinking, just
484 rotely regurgitating.
485 Apply these criteria, if money is your object, being sure to get as many of
486 the different costs and benefits tallied as you can. If sex availability
487 is your criteria, then value things differently. If it is pure research
488 capabilities, again it's going to be different, with many values approaching
489 zero.
490 It can produce interesting results.
491 [][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
053=Usr:0 Null User 06/20/87 12:56 Msg:244 Call:1221 Lines:5
492 Ah...these scholastic science types. They think everything can be reduced to
493 a formula. The world just don't work that way, but that's something they'll
494 never learn in school.
495
496 ===============================================================================
054=Usr:0 Null User 06/20/87 23:17 Msg:245 Call:1230 Lines:1
497 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~20~87~~19~17~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
055=Usr:0 Null User 06/21/87 14:54 Msg:246 Call:1247 Lines:18
498 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
499 Hey Everybody!
500
501 There is a hot new BBS in town! It's Houdini's Place! I'm Bartender SLUG
502 at Houdini's Place, and for a limited time only all new members will recieve
503 a free drink on the house! But wait, there's more! We also have Happy Hour
504 everyday from 6pm. to 8pm. when all drinks are half price! And also, there is
505 a drink special everday that's half price! I also take requests. If I can't
506 make the drink you order, you tell me how to make it and you get it free!
507 Thats Houdini's Place 639-xxxx! CALL NOW!
508
509 SLUG
510
511 OO
512 \____/
513 U
514 Your Happy Bartender!
515 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
056=Usr:0 Null User 06/21/87 15:46 Msg:247 Call:1252 Lines:1
516 lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk lurk
057=Usr:0 Null User 06/22/87 13:13 Msg:251 Call:1275 Lines:1
517 General Purpose Marker Number 3.
058=Usr:0 Null User 06/22/87 19:16 Msg:252 Call:1280 Lines:3
518 General Purpose Marker Number 4.
519
520 General Purpose Marker Number 5
059=Usr:0 Null User 06/22/87 19:41 Msg:253 Call:1283 Lines:16
521 This story was taken from BYTE magazine, Jauary of 1979, page 174-175
522@---------------------------------------------------------------------
523@
524@ GOTOlocks and the Three Sorts
525@
526 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
527 mike: thanx for making the command: prompt to accept a plain cr.
528 question: why can't i simply dump text here (with delays after every char and
529 after every CR)?bwms can't be THAT slow, can it? backwater only takes the first
530 3 lines & chops off the rest. i don't understand it. after xferring the text,
531 for some reason i see the command: prompt.
532 hmm.
533 jim michaels
534 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
535 please answer this time.
536 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
060=Usr:0 Null User 06/22/87 20:14 Msg:254 Call:1286 Lines:4
537
538
539 Jim, maybe you have too many blank lines? Due to abuse, BWMS no longer accepts
540 some things...
061=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 02:16 Msg:255 Call:1296 Lines:11
541 && && &&
542 Well, well, well. BWMS at 1200 BPS. What will they think of next? I may
543 actually have to return to the Inn. Hmm, when last we saw the Poet, he was
544 stranded in a strange reality by the sudden failure (due to its absorbing a
545 rather large kinetic overload) of his Reality Distorter. Now, reduced to his
546 bare hands, his wits, and his customary robe and immense number of concealed
547 weapons, he must overcome incredible odds in search of the rowan tree and an
548 ale or twelve...
549
550 BTW, I seem to be getting a lot of "Control-I" characters. Any idea why?
551 && The Mad Actor &&
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552 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~23~87~~13~04~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
063=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 13:52 Msg:257 Call:1312 Lines:7
553@\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////////
554@//
555@ My boss posted this at work and he said that he was not kidding. How would
556@you take this if you found this type of system where you work??
557@ Freddy Foneboner...
558@+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
559@+-
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560@*****************************************************************************
561@ He stood over L'homme's prone form, chainsaw in a white knuckle grip,
562@sweat running in rivulets down his naked body. He grasped a small black knob
563@at the back of the saw, and paused for a moment, offering up a prayer to
564@whatever insane gods inhabited his tormented mind. Then he pulled the cord.
565@ The engine roared to life, its awful stuttering roar hammering deafeningly
566@off the concrete walls of the basement. He wound the engine up to an
567@earsplitting screech as he lowered the bar down onto the exposed flesh of
568@L'homme's leg.
569@ Whirling steel tore through the skin like a knife through paper. Blood and
570@tissue exploded from the wound, spraying everything in sight with crimson. He
571@forced the chainsaw farther down and the engine changed pitch as it began to
572@saw through bone. The corpse twitched as not quite dead nerves protested this
573@gross violation. Finally the saw was grinding into the wood of the table He
574@raised it up again. In a matter of moments, he had amputated the other limbs
575@and the head. He then shut the chainsaw off, setting it aside. Blood poured
576@from the raw stumps, pooling on the floor below.
577@ He reached for a large hammer nearby.
578@ Taking a giant swing, he slammed the claw part of the hammer into
579@L'homme's abdomen with a wet "thunk". The body jumped again, as if still
580@alive. He thought the mouth might open, emitting an agonized scream, but no,
581@that was too much to hope for. He yanked the hammer downwards, and the flesh
582@and muscle tore in a great gaping wound, sounding for all the world like
583@burlap.
584@ He took the hammer and quite expertly dismanteled the ribcage. Then he set
585@it aside in favor of a large, razor sharp butcher knife. In moments he had
586@the heart and lungs in a large plastic bucket. The intestines he wound up on
587@his shoulder like a garden hose and then he hung them on a hook that had
588@originally been placed there for a hose. He carefully lifted the liver out
589@and was about to place it in another bucket and his head jerked up suddenly
590@at a noise from above.
591@ Somebody was at the door.
592@ He dropped the liver back where it was and ran into the next room where
593@there was a shower. With quiet, practiced speed he washed the gore off his
594@body. Throwing on a robe, he ran up the stairs, careful to avoid tracking
595@blood up into the kitchen. He closed the basement door and snapped the large
596@silver combination padlock shut in the hasp. Then he went to the front door.
597@ It was Mikey, of course. With all the fun he had been having, he had
598@forgotten telling Mikey to come by. He apologized for making Mikey wait,
599@saying he had just been taking a bath. No, L'homme hadn't arrived yet, why
600@not have a seat while we wait for him?
601@ While Mikey sat, he went into the kitchen, supposedly to make tea. Another
602@large butcher knife hung on a rack on the wall. He took it down and caressed
603@its gleaming length. Yes, perfect. Planted right between the vertabrae, Mikey
604@would be dead before he even knew what hit him. Concealing the knife in his
605@robe, he brought the tea out into the front room.
606@ It was really quite good tea, and Mikey sipped it contentedly, unaware of
607@the dark figure that was sneaking up from behind the easy chair, eight inches
608@of deadly steel in its hand.
609@ A random twitch of nerves sent the hot tea spilling into Mikey's lap. Ow!
610@Damn! He bent over double from the pain and heard something rip behind him as
611@the chair shook. Looking up in surprise, he saw his erstwhile host struggling
612@to extract a large butcher knife from the back of the chair, where his head
613@had been a split second before.
614@ Damn! It wasn't supposed to go like this! Mikey had gotten up
615@and began backing away, surprise and wild fear in his eyes. The knife was
616@apparently hooked on a spring in the chair, and he couldn't get it loose. He
617@gave a mighty yank and heard a muffled 'sproiinng!' from the chair as the
618@knife pulled free. Hefting the knife, he advanced on his intended victim.
619@ Heart pounding, Mikey ducked into the kitchen. But there was only one door
620@there, and it had a lock on it. Panic boosting his strength tenfold, he
621@slammed his shoulder into the door. The flimsy hasp ripped loose and Mikey
622@all but fell down the stairs. He sat up on the cold wet concrete, shaking his
623@head to clear it. Then he saw the dismanteled body on the worktable. He
624@backed away from the grisley sight, against the wall. The wall was slimey,
625@and when he turned around he saw it was painted red with gore. His stomach
626@gave a great roll and heave as he backed away from the wall. His foot kicked
627@something heavy. He looked down. It was a bucket. Something in his mind
628@slipped, for just a second, and he muttered 'Oh. Hi, L'homme. I thought
629@you weren't here.' Then he returned to reality and screamed.
630@ In his haste to get away, he kicked the bucket over. L'homme's head rolled
631@across the floor and came to a rest against the far wall, grinning at Mikey
632@with dead, bloody lips. Black spots rolled in front of Mikey's eyes and he
633@knew he was going to faint.
634@ Then he saw the dark, robed figure at the base of the steps, and the glint
635@of the blade in his hand.
636@ Panic forced Mikey to move as the figure approached. Suddenly he was
637@within arm's length and the blade was raised to strike. Seeing a chance,
638@Mikey ducked under the man's arm, the blade just missing. He stood up and had
639@to duck again as the killer swung behind him while he turned. Mikey put the
640@worktable with the remains of L'homme's body between them. The stairs! If he
641@made it back upstairs, he could be out the front door and safe in no time.
642@ Just as Mikey made his move his opponent scrambled over the table with a
643@war cry. Surprised, Mikey couldn't dodge fast enough and he felt a bright,
644@sharp pain across his chest. He fell backwards and slammed into the wall hard
645@enough to make him see stars. He slid to the floor as slimy, heavy, cold
646@coils fell on him, draped around his neck. Gray and shiny, flecked with
647@bloodf, it took him a second to figure out what they really were. Then he
648@fought with his rising gorge as he struggled to get the damn things off of
649@him.
650@ His opponent was laughing. From the foot of the stairs.
651@ Mikey gathered the ropy coils and threw them at him. Then he ran back to
652@the table. The man shrugged off the mess and advanced on him slowly, knife
653@raised.
654@ Mikey's shirt was drenched in blood, but he figured the wound was probably
655@superficial, since he was still alive. Still, the blood loss was affecting
656@him, and he suddenly felt very tired. He knew right then that he was never
657@going to get out of here alive. He would be butchered just like L'homme and
658@God only knew how many others. And nobody would ever know.
659@ He was very close now. Mikey could hear his heavy, excited breathing. He
660@towered over Mikey darkly, gleaming death poised to strike in his hand.
661@Already Mikey imagined the cold steel plunging deep into his flesh, and the
662@pain, the awful pain...
663@ But he was just standing there, savoring the moment.
664@A shape caught Mikey's eye, off to one side. He had to stare at it for a
665@long moment, making himself believe he was seeing what he was seeing.
666@ A chainsaw.
667@ A quick prayer on his lips, he rolled to one side just as the man struck.
668@He felt another bright flash of pain in his left shoulder but it didn't
669@matter now. He couldn't let anything stop him.
670@ He grabbed the chainsaw's handle with his right hand, and with a burst of
671@almost superhuman strength, swung the heavy tool up and around. It slammed
672@into the man's midsection, knocking him backwards with a painful whoosh. He
673@quickly recovered, and advanced on Mikey, knife held before him.
674@ Mikey tried to move his left arm. Pain tore at his shoulder, making him
675@want to scream, but he could more. He grasped the small black knob and pulled
676@the cord.
677@ The engine purred, burped, and died.
678@ The man was giggling, and Mikey could feel insane laughter trying to
679@bubble up from somewhere within himself as well. This was just too much. He
680@yanked the cord again, and nothing.
681@ The man quit giggling and said the last words Mikey knew he would ever
682@hear:
683@ "Let's finish this."
684@ He dove in, knife before him. Mikey gave the cord one last, desperate
685@pull. He felt something tear and agony exploded in his shoulder as his arm
686@went limp. But the chainsaw roared to screaming life in his hand. The man
687@twisted, trying to avoid the deadly whirling teeth, and the tip of his knife
688@scored along the side of Mikey's face, cutting a bone deep gash just below
689@his right eye. Swinging his body around, using momentum as well as strength,
690@he swung the saw at him with everything he had. He felt the saw strike
691@something and was torn from his grasp. The motor choked and died and he fell
692@to the ground in deafening silence. And then he blacked out.
693@ It seemed a long time later when he opened his eyes. The dim single light
694@in the room blinded him, then his eyes adjusted and he could see again.
695@ The man was lying draped over L'homme's remains on the worktable, the
696@chainsaw protruding from his back. Shakily, Mikey got up and went over to
697@look. The saw had struck him from the left side and had chewed its way
698@through clear past the backbone before stopping. The man's face was twisted
699@in a rictus of agony and Mikey had to look away. But it was over.
700@ It took almost every bit of strength Mikey posessed to make it back up
701@those stairs. His chest and shoulder wounds were still bleeding heavily and
702@he could feel a large flap of skin hanging from the side of his face. He
703@needed help fast, before he bled to death. He grabbed the phone, knocking it
704@off the table. He fell after it, almost knocking himself out again. Fingers
705@rapidly going numb, he dialed emergency 911. Everything was going hazy. He
706@heard the phone ringing, as if from a great distance away as conciousness
707@slipped from him. Hold on, just long enough to give the address. Hold on...
708@ The phone clicked and a pleasant female voice said:
709@ "This is Portland Emergency. Please hold."
710@ Click.
711@*****************************************************************************
712@ The Backwater Chainsaw Massacre (Reprise).
713@ Original version by The Story Teller.
714@ New version by You Probably Know Who.
715@*****************************************************************************
065=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 15:10 Msg:259 Call:1315 Lines:2
716@There appears to be something very strange going on on line 764.
717@This is Very Strange.
066=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 17:10 Msg:260 Call:1319 Lines:1
718@In a word: SICK!
067=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 17:35 Msg:261 Call:1320 Lines:4
719 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
720 Hello to all in here, having fun?
721 Just stopped by to say hi to all. Bye.
722 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
068=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 19:06 Msg:262 Call:1322 Lines:5
723
724 What is with line 764? Twice I have logged on, and found that line 764
725 (which we haven't even reached yet) will not only list but repeat itself
726 until I stop it. And if I enter a line, then 764 dissappears. I find this
727 Very Strange, and not SICK! at all.
069=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 19:36 Msg:263 Call:1326 Lines:4
728 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
729 It's Kearin in lurk mode. Kearin is sorry not to have been able to stay longer
730 at the wake. Another (prior) engagement was calling.
731 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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732 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
733 First entry on June 23, 1987 - thankyou...
734 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
735
736
071=Usr:0 Null User 06/23/87 22:02 Msg:265 Call:1329 Lines:3
737 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
738 What happened to the story above???
739 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
072=Usr:0 Null User 06/24/87 09:04 Msg:266 Call:1340 Lines:6
740 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
741
742 Great Deal - 1980 Ford Mustang, excellent condition, must
743 sell, $2850 or best reasonable offer. Call
744 635-xxxx and ask for Tom.
745
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746 ----------
747 Oh boy, twits are among us once more. Hey, Leonard! Why don't you guys
748 rewrite the software so it won't accept lines that consist of nothing but
749 spaces?! The need for such a revision is, I *HOPE*, obvious!
750
751 A Once and Future User
752 -----------
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753
075=Usr:0 Null User 06/24/87 21:24 Msg:269 Call:1357 Lines:9
754 #@%*)%*)(*@_%*@)(*!$*@!%)@(%)!&_)#*^_))#*_)*~_%)@+%$_)^*#^*_)@#*%_)@%_(_%(@_%$#
755 Emu: It seems fn(-1,-1) where fn is just about any legal function is bad news
756 on the cube! :-) I enjoyed the tour. Thanks much for the opportunity. Go
757 get 'em!
758 Anon complaining about U of O: I have heard the same thing said about Yale. I
759 wonder if there is a connection?
760 An education gives back what is put in. The best school in the world can also
761 be the worst if misused.
762 *%_@*%@_*!%#_%&!_)^&!_))#!%!*%!_% L'homme sans Parity %*@#%*@_!(+%(!_%*!)%*!_%
076=Usr:0 Null User 06/24/87 21:37 Msg:270 Call:1359 Lines:3
763
764 WHO CARES?
765
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766 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~24~87~~20~20~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
078=Usr:0 Null User 06/24/87 23:53 Msg:272 Call:1363 Lines:33
767 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
768 Morwin had said Milchar may be dead, but Grann didn't believe it.
769 The gnome felt something... but he was unsure of the thing he sensed. It
770 was nebulous, not to be trusted- but insistent.
771 Silence had fallen between the two for some minutes. Morwin bent
772 over stones arranged in a small circle where a fire had once been, once more
773 intently examining them. Grann sat still and tried to trace the silent tug
774 upon him.
775 Abruptly, a faint shadow appeared over the nearby brook. Slowly it
776 solidified into a familiar form- that of the R.S. Razor's Edge, the source
777 of the tugging. Grann's heart leapt. Was Milchar aboard?
778 The gnome jumped up, racing toward the ship as bobbed gently in the
779 stream. Morwin's gaze followed him for a moment, and then he too made his
780 way toward the Razor.
781 Grann had already searched the ship as Morwin arrived on deck. No
782 one was on board. It was as if the Razor had somehow managed to drift back
783 to familiar shores, after some disaster at sea...
784 "This was his ship, wasn't it, Grann?" asked Morwin. "I can feel his
785 emanations here." Morwin closed his eyes as he said this.
786 "Yes." Morwin seemed so sure that he was dead.
787 Morwin looked about, seeking some clue. His eyes settled on the
788 horizon. "What is that?"
789 Grann followed his gaze. A multi-colored cloud on the horizon
790 approached at a terrific rate, obscuring everything beyond. The air was
791 charged with power. Milchar had mentioned this phenomena to his apprentice.
792 He had called them... what? He couldn't remember. What Grann did recall was
793 the fact that the storm twisted reality. It was usually caused by huge
794 amounts of magickal energy suddenly released. It was very dangerous... and
795 drawing nearer. Suddenly Grann remembered.
796 "Ether eddy. Prepare yourself, we're 'setting sail' toward Celene.
797 Milchar's tower is proof against that sort of disturbance... if we can make
798 it in time."
799 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^! Grann !^! 870624221930 !^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!^!
079=Usr:0 Null User 06/25/87 00:51 Msg:273 Call:1364 Lines:3
800 hmmm, the cc flag is "backwards" (cc y gives ^I, but cc n gives the tab)
801
802 ________________________________Leonard________________________________________
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803
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804 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
805 U.F.O. & YALE (?) - HARRRR .. HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAAARRRRRR!
806 YALE U - NO SIREEE ! YALE LOCK - MAYBE .........
807 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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808 *******************************************************************************
809
810 For all of you Parkrose Grads of '84 who have been wondering what has been
811 happening to your class. Well the latest is that John Blane Harleb and
812 Keith Welburn did the big crash and burn! They've been caught down in San
813 Jose trying to sell computer equipment taken in a kidnap-robbery in Portland.
814
815 Good Going Guys!
816 They are in for charges ranging kidnapping, robbery, assault with a dealy
817 weapon, and transporting stolen merchandise over state lines (oh no...fed time)
818
819 ?
820
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821 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu
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822 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~26~87~~00~54~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~payday!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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823@Eat my corn-big bathroom skint head.
824@
825@
086=Usr:0 Null User 06/26/87 19:13 Msg:280 Call:1433 Lines:3
826@
827@
828@Eat my corn-big bathoom you skint head.
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829
830 How do you spell wakegan?
831 do you care?
832 my nose
833 is a mother of my ear!!
834
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835 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
836 S.O.C.T.
837 S.O.C.T.
838 S.O.C.T.
839
840
841 The kidddies still are kiddies!
842
843
844 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
845
846
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847
848
849 *******************************************************************************
850 To any members of Wiley's Raiders: Don't call base 3R of Cal it was Feded to
851 death! CODE/34$f: %1 being is but yet to be %2 Uncle Dynamic has the Oregon
852 plan %3 Enuring rugged stress must be our first principle %4 GSC your employed
853 but can you do this %5 Champions walk // &#zDD r )+l
854 *******************************************************************************
855
856 I read about those guys who got into that computer ring thing. Sounds like
857 they were really stupid. Come on hitting the same places over and over...
858 they must real idiot high school drop outs!
859
860 Kay Schaum:-)
861 //////////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
862 Yawn! Sure is boring around here! What keeps happening to the messages on this
863 thing? They keep getting cut here and there. I mean I see someones statement
864 or a death threat or general abussive typings get cut right on out. SO WHAT if
865 you don't agree...allow some freedom! The first amendment protects anything
866 that is on this system.
867 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////////
868
869 The zipperman wasn't here! Ah ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
870
871 Anyone seen that new video from that fag of old WHAM fame. Kind of funny,
872 since he's is know to be a homosexual. Or may be he is bisexual? I guess
873 that would make sence.
874
875
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876 && && &&
877 The Poet drifted in an endless mist; the chill seeped into his
878 bones Once the power had been thick, so thick he'd swum in it, but now
879 it seemed thin, somehow warped, and wouldn't support him. He couldn't
880 tell how long he'd been lost -- it seemed like forever. He'd forgotten
881 what he was supposed to look for, but he knew it what the most important
882 thing in all the worlds.
883 Worlds? Why the plural? Something he was supposed to know...
884 Words floated to the top as he drifted... work... money...
885 power... lines... force... shift... ale... power... reality...
886 ale... lost... ale...
887 His reverie was interrupted by a sudden feeling of otherness, as
888 though someone else had entered his mists. Puzzled, the Poet cast about
889 himself for the source of the sensation. It was vague, distant, but
890 unmistakeable. A woman's voice... what was it saying?
891 "Seek the Rowan..."
892 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
893 Waking suddenly, for a moment Pol couldn't tell where he was. He
894 blinked and took a deep breath, and felt a rough wetness on his cheek.
895 Lady Helen.
896 "Hello, Hel-cat. Hungry?" He reached up and stroked the neck of
897 the cat standing on his chest.
898 "Mrrip." Helen didn't waste words.
899 "Alright, alright, just give me a chance to pull on my pants..."
900 Pol rolled over and groped for his pants, left (as always) on the chair
901 beside the bed. Pants... something was wrong there... As he pulled
902 them on, his old well-worn jeans felt oddly confining.
903 "RrreuOww," said Helen, butting at his ankles.
904 "Hang on girl. The floor's cold, just let me get something on my
905 feet." His hand hovered over his running shoes for a moment, reached
906 back under the bed, and retrieved a pair of worn but sturdy sandals.
907 He'd strapped them on his feet and started for the kitchen before he
908 thought to wonder about that. He didn't even remember owning sandals.
909 How did he know where they were?
910 He walked to the kitchen, flipped on the light, and went to the
911 refrigerator for the cat food. As he scraped it into a dish, he looked
912 at the clock. Three in the morning! Shit. He'd thought it was time to
913 get up. Helen was now rumbling like a V-12 Jaguar, rubbing orgasmically
914 along his legs. How could he put her food away now? Oh well...
915 Pol left the cat lapping at her food and went back to bed. He lay
916 quiet for a time, searching for sleep... and something else... As he
917 began drifting off he felt Helen curl purring into his back.
918 (To be continued...)
919 && The Mad Actor &&
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920 To the person using the \\\\///// border:
921 Sorry, but the first amendment does no such thing! You have the freedom
922 to say *almost* anything you want to ("Freedom of speech does not include
923 maliciously shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater)
924 However, you have *no* right to use someone else's property to say something.
925 You do *not* own this computer. The owner can do anything he likes with it.
926 By the way, attempting to destroy other people's postings may be a federal
927 offense under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. But it'll be a long
928 time before the courts sort that mess out.
929 In the meantime, just remember, the only rights you have on a BBS (unless you
930 are paying to use it) are those the Sysop chooses to give you! A good analogy
931 is that if you are in my house, and start making objectionable coments I can
932 *require* you to get off of my property.
933 ___________________________Leonard____________________________________________
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934 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6~28~87~~19~36~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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935
936 Thanks for the words of wisdom Leonard.
937 We really appreciate you sharring.
938 WHAM homosexuals? sence? What is with a homosexual that sings about sex? Is
939 there deeper meaning in such a covert statement?
940 What is the meaning of poor spelling?
941 Leonard: is it ok to yell fire in a crowded firring squad?
942
943
944 QUIK
945 (We are Beatrice)
946
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947 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
948 A short lurk entry by a gnome who's tired... Alas, a definite lack of time
949 to create. But that doesn't signify a entire absence from the scene.
950 I shall reappear, no doubt... In other words:
951 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Grannlurk %%%% 870629001620 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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952 --------------------
953 Question of the Day: How many aliases does the average Backwater user have?
954
955 A Once and Future User
956 --------------------
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957 WHO CARES?
958
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959 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
960 Response of the day, which is also a question: What's "average"? I have
961 had several in the past, but I am currently only using one (which is the
962 normal situation for me). I do not switch aliases on a whim, but rather
963 I switch personas as the stories change- perhaps you will find this to be
964 "average"...
965 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Just a BW user @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
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966 90909090909090909090909909090909090909090909090909090909
967
968 Creative border, no?
969 University of Oregon kicks ass. And that is not just whistling dixie! I'm a
970 double major there, and thus can vouch for the integrity of TWO departments.
971 And besides that, Eugene is a lovely, if boring, city.
972 Sorry to butt in like this, but Parrot is down and I feel so displaced.
973 Oh, by the by.. I have a Commodore 64 with a 30mb. Hard disk and a Hercules
974 Graphics card. I'm thinking of getting an AT keyboard for it, but I don't know
975 should buy a set of Joysticks for my Osborne first.
976 Wondering, wondering wondering.
977
978 Alahna
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979 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
980 So strange... so very, very strange. And yet, so like it has always
981 been. The faces may be different, but the conversations are still sometimes
982 brash and bold, sometimes timid... as they've always been.
983 It's good to know that some things can change for the better and still
984 retain much of what was so special!
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986
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987 -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- 30 JUN 87 -=*=- -=*=- 6:45 AM -=*=- -=*=- -=*=-
988 FULL-FOLIAGED WITH SUMMER LEAVES, THE TREES LEANED OVER THE STREAM, CASTING
989 A SHADOW ON THE FRESH EARTH EXCAVATED AROUND IT. DEEPER AND WIDER THIS
990 RIVERLET HAD BECOME, STILL ITS COURSE RAN UNCHANGED PAST THE INN. 'TWAS A
991 LEISURELY PACE IT TOOK, BUT IN THE EARLY MORNING LIGHT IT COULD NOT BE TOLD
992 IF THE WATER RAN CLEAN OR RANK. HER GREEN EYES GLINTING IN THE SUNLIGHT
993 THAT FLICKERED THROUGH THE LEAVES, SHE LOWERED HER HEAD HESITANTLY TOWARD
994 THE WATER. HER WHISKERS QUIVERED AS THEY SLIPPED THE SLIGHTEST RIPPLE IN
995 THE STREAM, BUT SHE DID NOT DRINK. INSTEAD, HER SLENDER FORM BLENDED INTO
996 THE SUMMER GRASSES THAT STOOD, TALL AND UNCHALLENGED, IN A SUNLIT SWATCH
997 THAT HAD ONCE BEEN A PATH TO THE INN'S BACK DOOR. NEVER CAN IT BE SAID
998 THAT SHE DID NOT LIVE UP TO A FELINE'S REPUATION FOR CURIOUSITY!
999 -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- D -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=-