From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: sick Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:39:24 Message Number 1603 You'd better check your temperature, boy; I think you're delirious. EVERYONE knows the only reason Nastassia likes you is your Cal Arts tape... }:> =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: 4096 colors Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:40:57 Message Number 1604 I dunno if I'd say the movie had /no/ value; I rather liked the idea of a programmable "environment chamber" where you can...um, experience exotic surroundings. (Yeah! Yeah, that's it!) The rest of the movie was kinda lame, though. =========== From: TURTLE To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Simulated crime Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:43:49 Message Number 1605 Of course some policemen have brains that work. Maybe not in Florida, but I'm sure some policemen have brains that work. That just makes things interesting. =========== From: TURTLE To: KEN OBER Subject: Did I Tell You? Date & Time: 01/29/90 14:46:41 Message Number 1606 Happy Birthday, doode! (c) 1990 The Death To You All greeting card company. =========== From: YNGLING To: TURTLE Subject: stoorkeeper Date & Time: 01/29/90 16:57:52 Message Number 1607 STOORKEEPER (n.) one who keeps stoors. =========== From: YNGLING To: TURTLE Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:00:26 Message Number 1608 I have never been one to "force" my beliefs down the throats of others. However, if I witness a homicide in progress, I will do what I can to prevent it - and until someone convinces me otherwise I consider abortion murder. I dont believe in sitting around bitching about the state of the world around me - I believe that it is my right to do whatever I want to recreate the world in my image (and it is everyone else's right to try and stop me if they wish). Now, I know there ap- pears to be a contradiction within this message but there really isnt. I continue in my efforts to change things but I try not to be obnoxious about it. And by the way...I may not be willing to adopt every unwant- ed child on the planet but I would be willing to provide contraceptives to any who could not afford or obtain them by themselves. =========== From: YNGLING To: TURTLE Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:10:53 Message Number 1609 [My, arent we an antogonistic Turtle today...] I've tried that, it still alters the contrasting tones. =========== From: YNGLING To: BEATLE Subject: Casablanca Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:14:07 Message Number 1610 Well, I guess Turner is a dead man then. Pity...I'd hoped to avoid in- carceration this lifetime. Perhaps I could find a jury who would agree that it was justifiable homicide...... =========== From: YNGLING To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 01/29/90 17:18:42 Message Number 1611 Dear Chip: I'm sorry but I cannot view dismemberment of a living being as a "necessary evil." If there were a more humane method of aborting, or if legislation would place a restriction re: the age of the fetus so that dismemberment abortions were prevented, then I might consider changing my support. Don't worry - I have never been one to use abstention as an arguement for prevention. It doesn't work on ANY scale. The Yngling =========== From: RUFUS To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:01:55 Message Number 1612 I'd be willing to go to California if: 1) I had the money. 2) My folks said "O.K., call when ya get there." 3) I had a really valid reason to go to California. =========== From: RUFUS To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: sick Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:04:01 Message Number 1613 >5% alcohol? That's it? Sheesh... Well, your not supposed to get drunk off the stuff. =========== From: RUFUS To: KEN OBER Subject: Did I Tell You? Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:08:07 Message Number 1614 Happy birthday, is the party this weekend? I hear Chip always brings a big Chocolate Chip cookie. =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: sick Date & Time: 01/29/90 18:09:05 Message Number 1615 Actually, my tale reminds her of that picture she did "...and the Serpent." (I think that's the title, I know it has a snake) Of course, I could be delirious. =========== From: DONTHEN To: RUFUS Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 01/29/90 19:56:15 Message Number 1616 > 3) I had a really valid reason to go to California. (1) The San Diego Comic Con. (2) The Furry Parties at the San Diego Comic Con. (3) The other parties at the San Diego Comic Con. (4) That neat mall next to the hotel the Furry Parties were held in. See, there's four valid reasons already. =========== From: RUFUS To: DONTHEN Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 01/29/90 21:26:49 Message Number 1617 Well, right at this moment, I have no reason to go. But I'l agree, those are four VERY good reasons. 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BBSList - Find new BBS's, make sure your favorites are liste SCBBS: (813)953-5505 1200/2400 Baud  =========== From: MIKE L To: ALL Subject: RIFLE FOR SALE Date & Time: 01/30/90 17:36:36 Message Number 1622 I HAVE A PELLET/BB RIFLE WITH A SCOPE ON IT FOR SALE IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL AIR GUN OF ITS TYPE AT 1760 FPS WILL SELL FOR 45$ =========== From: KEN OBER To: RUFUS Subject: All In Favor Of Date & Time: 01/30/90 19:23:53 Message Number 1623 All in favor of me going to college in California say "I"!!!!!! =========== From: KEN OBER To: RUFUS Subject: EErr.. Date & Time: 01/30/90 19:24:39 Message Number 1624 No, T'was /last/ weekend....DIdn't really have any sort of party, tho... REMOTE CONTROL! - 378-2218 - 300/1200 Baud (ACK! And NO, my 2400 is somewhere between Oregon and here!) =========== From: RUFUS To: KEN OBER Subject: EErr.. Date & Time: 01/30/90 20:39:23 Message Number 1626 Well, why not have a party this weekend. Maybe someone would give you an MSTF application for your birthday! =========== From: KEN OBER To: RUFUS Subject: eerr... Date & Time: 01/31/90 12:55:21 Message Number 1628 Well, maybe I should....it'd be pretty fun to have a party this weekend. But where would we have it, and is Bart seriously going to give me an MSTF application??? =========== From: RUFUS To: KEN OBER Subject: eerr... Date & Time: 01/31/90 17:34:50 Message Number 1629 Your rich, rent a banquet hall! I'm sure if you had a party we could get you an MSTF application. =========== From: SAURON To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: VGA Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:07:53 Message Number 1630 Someone's in the wrong message chain. I suspect it's me. =========== From: SAURON To: DONTHEN Subject: VGA Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:09:55 Message Number 1631 What /I MEANT WAS/ if anyone tells you their color perception is sharper than 4096 colors allows...they ought to be touching up the Sistine chapel. (did I spell that right?) OK Chip - I got the gist of it now. =========== From: SAURON To: BEATLE Subject: VGA Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:13:18 Message Number 1632 Oh, like a mere 3 or 4 thousand don't look realistic? =========== From: SAURON To: YNGLING Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:15:32 Message Number 1633 What's the story on you guys? Is it so difficult to turn your color control counter-clockwise? Much ado about nothing. =========== From: SAURON To: TURTLE Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:18:28 Message Number 1634 Bovine Excretia!! You beat me to the punch on that one. (I've already posted an almost identical response) =========== From: SAURON To: DONTHEN Subject: Ice Pirates Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:22:10 Message Number 1635 Ron was wearing that heavy makeup because his face looks like a 47' Nash fuel pump. =========== From: SAURON To: TURTLE Subject: Did I Tell You? Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:24:17 Message Number 1636 C-Net automatically wishes you a "Happy Birthday" Hehehehe =========== From: SAURON To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:28:32 Message Number 1637 Fairly thoughtful views there Chip. Good show. =========== From: SAURON To: BEATLE Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:30:02 Message Number 1638 Read C.M. Kornbluth's "The Marching Morons" sometime. All will become clear. =========== From: SAURON To: YNGLING Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:31:39 Message Number 1639 Thank you. That's all I've been saying for over a year. =========== From: SAURON To: TURTLE Subject: Simulated crime Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:32:43 Message Number 1640 A stoorkeeper is one who trains members of one of the three strains of Hobbit. =========== From: SAURON To: TURTLE Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:34:09 Message Number 1641 Let me "impose" one of MY views on you; Homicide is unlawful. =========== From: KEN OBER To: RUFUS Subject: Who Me? Date & Time: 01/31/90 18:47:52 Message Number 1642 Rich!? SInce when!? I'm not rich until my parents die and I get what's left over! :) =========== From: DONTHEN To: SAURON Subject: VGA Date & Time: 01/31/90 20:35:29 Message Number 1643 4096 colors is only 16 levels for each primary color. The difference between each level may not be astounding, but it's quite noticeable, especially the brighter the colors get -- if you take a picture that's been created with 256 levels per color (a 16 million color palette) and display it side-by-side on a Mac II and an Amiga, the Mac II one will have perceptibly smoother shading. Minor quibbles, to be sure, but the human eye can distinguish around 2 million distinct hues. =========== From: TURTLE To: MIKE L Subject: RIFLE FOR SALE Date & Time: 01/31/90 23:16:19 Message Number 1645 Who makes it, and what kind of scope? I might possibly be interested; I also know someone who almost certainly will be. =========== From: TURTLE To: SAURON Subject: Simulated crime Date & Time: 01/31/90 23:20:25 Message Number 1646 So how do I become a stoorkeeper? I want to engage in simulated crime for fun and profit, and Chip says stoorkeepers are the people who get to do it. =========== From: TURTLE To: SAURON Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 01/31/90 23:21:27 Message Number 1647 >...Homicide is unlawful. So is jaywalking. Abortion, however, is not. Let us get our terms straight here: abortion is not murder for the simple reason that you can't murder something that is not a sentient being, any more than you can murder a blade of grass. =========== From: YNGLING To: SAURON Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/01/90 17:11:50 Message Number 1649 Next thing you know you'll be suggesting that we take up painting-by- numbers. True art should not be tampered with. Period. =========== From: YNGLING To: SAURON Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 02/01/90 17:16:33 Message Number 1650 Thats ALL youve been saying for over a year? Over and over again? Man, talk about a bad year. =========== From: YNGLING To: ALL Subject: Dolphins & Tuna Date & Time: 02/01/90 17:19:18 Message Number 1651 This follows my earlier message re: the killing of dolphins by tuna fishermen. I received a letter today from the president of Van Camp Seafood (Chicken of the Sea) which was a reply to a letter I had sent him. In it he stated the following: "...only about 3.5% of our tuna purchases was yellowfin tuna caught by foreign sources...we strongly believe that a complete cessation of these purchases would have eliminated any desire of these parties to wor k with us to further reduce dolphin mortality." He also sent me some "information" which he felt I should have which included the statement: "The purse-seine fishing method...is the only known technique known which can catch the quantities recquired by the international canned tuna market." After reading this I feel like coughing up a hairball. But now I understand...we HAVE to slaughter the dolphins or else we cant have tuna cassarole on Saturday. If any of you would like to write to this asshole (and I REALLY hope some of you will): J. E. Munoz, President Van Camp Seafood Co. 11555 Sorrento Valley Rd, Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92121-1396 or: FAX# 619-481-9344. Thank you for reading this. =========== From: PSYCHE To: DONTHEN Subject: Bionic VGA eyes Date & Time: 02/01/90 21:38:39 Message Number 1653 Not to quibble, but the average human eye can distinguish more like 7 million distinct hues. Of course, that hardly matters since we rarely are presented with all 7 million hues at the same time. Sure, we can see them, but we certainly don't need them. 4096 or whatever is plenty of variety for me, thank you very much. Anyway, one can't even look at a single object like a sheet of paper without being exposed to different hues. Perhaps the eye can distin- guish them, but if they're all from the same entity, the brain doesn't bother to say, "HEY! THESES ARE DIFFERENT COLORS," because it will confuse itself - even though the different percepted hues are caused entirely by an uneven light spread or by slightly different inks used in the same sheet of paper because they ran out when they were halfway through manufacturing the sheet (surely you must buy that one.) Of course I don't have the sources handy to back that up, but trust me - it's true. If I spent all of my time looking back through every piece of information I've ever read in order to correctly document my sources, they I simply wouldn't have the time to grace this board with my presence. I also wouldn't be able to stand doing so, because then I could not afford to enter these rambling, extremely confused states such as the one I am in now. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: CORWYN OF AMBER Subject: God & Stuff Date & Time: 02/02/90 00:55:10 Message Number 1654 >Karsten's pretty nice in general... but a /god/ ??? He was just appointed quasigod status by the Committee That Oversees Gods, Demigods, Angels, Demons, and Chocolate (C.T.O.G.D.A.D.C.) for his work reforming New College students. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: KEN OBER Subject: OAG Date & Time: 02/02/90 00:57:42 Message Number 1655 Dear Ken, You said a mutual friend spent $1000 on Compuserve. How many airline tickets did he buy, was my response. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: RUFUS Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:06:32 Message Number 1656 The third one is the easiest to find a solution for: there's always the beach. The second is easy to fix, as well... tell your parents you're going off to see a good friend. (Just don't tell them who.) The first is, of course, a problem. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: RUFUS Subject: sick Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:08:16 Message Number 1657 You're not supposed to get drunk off of the medicine? Sheesh... what's it good for, then? It even tastes lousy... Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: KEN OBER Subject: All In Favor Of Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:10:33 Message Number 1658 Sure. I. Which college? Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: SAURON Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:15:29 Message Number 1659 Thanks, Sauron. I stick by my guns. Having gone from the most conser- vative high school in Florida to the most liberal college in the nation has caused me a lot of confusion, but my political ideas are finally solidifying. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: SAURON Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:17:41 Message Number 1660 Dear Sauron, Silly law, isn't it? And I'll wager that there's not ONE law on the books prohibiting unicornocide. Or applecider. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: TURTLE Subject: No Problem! Date & Time: 02/02/90 01:55:22 Message Number 1662 Thanx....much obliged! Black Magic =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: YNGLING Subject: Dolphins & Tuna Date & Time: 02/02/90 02:02:12 Message Number 1663 See, we do agree....my letter is in the mail! Black Magic =========== From: KEN OBER To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Airline Tics Date & Time: 02/02/90 13:26:26 Message Number 1664 None. JUst sopent hours online chatting with people... =========== From: KEN OBER To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: College Date & Time: 02/02/90 13:27:06 Message Number 1665 Beats me...whichever will accept me! :) =========== From: ETC... To: KEN OBER Subject: Airline Tics Date & Time: 02/02/90 15:34:16 Message Number 1666 HoUrS? HoW AbOuT WeEkS! etc... =========== From: CORWYN OF AMBER To: PSYCHE Subject: Bionic VGA eyes Date & Time: 02/02/90 15:59:46 Message Number 1668 To the best of my knowledge, your earlier response is correct, but it overlooks the fact that we evaluate a picture both conciously and unconciously. A 16 million color (Sun Graphics Terminal) will "seem" to be more realistic than an 8 million color version on the same screen. You may not be able to distinguish 2 shades when they are put side by side, but by using the incredible variety available to reproduce shading and textures, a picture will give an impression of realism. - Corwyn =========== From: RUFUS To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/02/90 16:21:50 Message Number 1669 Ahem, at the furry party, I had to draw a map to get to Franklins. But at RufusCon, Bart drew the map and he placed Turtle's place about 3 miles North of the airport on 41. =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: KEN OBER Subject: College Date & Time: 02/02/90 19:02:07 Message Number 1670 Dear Ken, well... best of luck. And keep in touch! Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: CHIP P. UNICORN To: RUFUS Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/02/90 19:03:20 Message Number 1671 Dear Rufus, Details. Details. Details. Maybe that was another furry party he was planning to sneak off to when no one was looking. Chip P. Unicorn =========== From: TURTLE To: ETC... Subject: Airline Tics Date & Time: 02/02/90 20:12:09 Message Number 1673 YoU kNoW, yOuR hAnDlE iS tHe SaMe As ThE nAmE oF a WeIrD cOmIc BoOk LiNe By PiRhAnA pReSs...aLtHoUgH I bEt yOu DoN't CaRe. ThErE's SoMeThInG vAgUeLy DiStUrBiNg AbOuT tHe WaY yOu EnTeR mEsSaGeS, bUt I cAn'T qUiTe PuT mY fInGeR oN wHaT iT iS... --A vAgUeLy DiStUrBeD TuRtLe =========== From: RUFUS To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/02/90 22:37:58 Message Number 1675 No, Bart just made a very nice, very wrong map. BUT, he was gone for some time in the middle of the party. =========== From: YNGLING To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: God & Stuff Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:04:31 Message Number 1676 Reforming them into what? And what was wrong with their original form? =========== From: YNGLING To: BLACK MAGIC Subject: Dolphins & Tuna Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:06:27 Message Number 1677 If you would like the addresses of the presidents and CEO's of other corporations which are also responsible for the slaughter of the dolphin species let me know. The Yngling =========== From: YNGLING To: TURTLE Subject: Airline Tics Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:10:58 Message Number 1678 iF yOU KeEp HArRaSsInG neW UsERs ABoUt tHeiR tyPiNg SKiLls THeY woNt cALl BAcK. =========== From: KEN OBER To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Well,,, Date & Time: 02/02/90 23:16:31 Message Number 1679 it isn'T like I'm leaving in the next few days or anything...It'll still be eerr....atleast 2 years! hehehehe (In world-famous Turtle voice) :) =========== From: NERISSA To: TURTLE Subject: to say hello Date & Time: 02/03/90 01:14:23 Message Number 1680 just typing hello again its beenawile =========== From: TURTLE To: NERISSA Subject: to say hello Date & Time: 02/03/90 04:53:09 Message Number 1681 Hello to you, as well! What's up? =========== From: ETC... To: TURTLE Subject: MeSsAgEs Date & Time: 02/03/90 10:41:50 Message Number 1682 YeAh IvE BeEn NoTiCiNg ThAt ToO... WeLl WhEn YoU FiGuRe It OuT PlEaSe LeT Me KnOw! Etc... =========== From: ETC... To: YNGLING Subject: tYpInG SkIlLs Date & Time: 02/03/90 10:44:23 Message Number 1683 WeLl, My TyPiNg IsNt ThE PrBlEm, ItS ThE PeRmAnEnT BrAiN DaMaGe CaUsEd By CoUcH PoTaToIsMoSiS... YoU SeE, It FiRsT AtTaCkS OnEs AbIlItY To DiStInGuIsH BeTwEeN CaPs AnD LoWeR-CaSe LeTtErS... etc... =========== From: CYCLE To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: CP/M Date & Time: 02/03/90 11:39:26 Message Number 1684 I'm trying to resurect an old HP-125 CP/M machine. So far little luck or support as to where to find help (other than the direction the sysop of this board has given me). I was hoping someone out there would know something about the ancient operating system and would offer some help. It's like trying to keep a dinosaur alive. Right now, it's eating me out of house and home. I just need to find some way to tame it. Like how to get binary files into and out of it's stubborn ports. HELP! =========== From: SAURON To: DONTHEN Subject: VGA Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:05:36 Message Number 1685 Fancy that. This may account for the fact that I've always been content with blue...whatever the hue. =========== From: SAURON To: TURTLE Subject: Simulated crime Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:07:45 Message Number 1686 I think he means STOOLKEEPER. Believe me, you don' want THAT job. =========== From: SAURON To: TURTLE Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:09:02 Message Number 1687 The hell with it. Until all concerned parties can at least agree on when a being becomes sentientwe're all talking at right angles. =========== From: SAURON To: YNGLING Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:12:05 Message Number 1688 Oh, yeah...there's really a relationship between turning a color control down, and painting by number. =========== From: SAURON To: YNGLING Subject: priorities Date & Time: 02/03/90 19:14:18 Message Number 1689 It's amazing. The murder of dolphins stimulates you into angry letters to corporations, but the murder of children stimulates sarcastic posts. =========== From: NIGHT RIDER To: TURTLE Subject: TYPING Date & Time: 02/03/90 20:52:32 Message Number 1690 Hi All Whats Happening Just thought I would break in and see what was up besides the fact some one has a problem with thier shift key or something like that. ( ha ha ha snicker ha) LATER NIGHT RIDER =========== From: BEATLE To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Simulated crime Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:12:17 Message Number 1691 > The answer to all queastions: money. but if the crime is simulated, isn't the money too?? =========== From: BEATLE To: RUFUS Subject: California Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:16:27 Message Number 1692 You mean to say that you don't have a valid reason to drive to California?? I have plenty. I also have a reason to stop over in Oklahoma City, but that's kinda outta the way. =========== From: BEATLE To: RUFUS Subject: California Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:18:48 Message Number 1693 Getting the money would be no problem? That would be harder for me than the parents part... Hey, but you're about to move out on your own and come and go as you please, aren't you?? =========== From: BEATLE To: SAURON Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:21:48 Message Number 1694 Turning the color knob won't fix it!! =========== From: BEATLE To: KEN OBER Subject: Who Me? Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:23:02 Message Number 1695 Shut the heck up!!!! =========== From: BEATLE To: ETC... Subject: tYpInG SkIlLs Date & Time: 02/03/90 23:27:49 Message Number 1696 iTs NoT a CaSe Of DaIn BrAmAgE, yOu HiT tHe ShIfT yOuRsElF. aNyWaY, i Am PrObAbLy ThE bEsT eXaMpLe Of A cOuCh PoTaTo YoU cAn FiNd... But I usually type like this! I don't like that above and I don't think we like it either. I don't mean to yell. Everyone likes to have fun, but I can't read the screwed-up goop easily (much less type it).... =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: TURTLE Subject: MEMBERS??????? Date & Time: 02/04/90 00:43:54 Message Number 1697 BEEN ON YOUR BBS TWICE AND HOPE YOU HAVE MORE TO OFFER THEN THE TWO FILE AREAS THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO. IF THERE IS A WAY TO GET A HIGHER SECURITY LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR ME...O.K.? I LIKE THE NAME, HOPE YOU LIVE UP TO IT!!!! WELL, GOT TO BEAM UP 'FOR THE OL' LADY TAKES THE CHAIN SAW TO POOR OF 'PUTER HERE. SEEEEEEE YA'......SNAKEBYTE =========== From: DONTHEN To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: MEMBERS??????? Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:10:11 Message Number 1698 Of course there is more here than two file areas. There are ten conference areas, with hundreds and hundreds of messages in them, most of them vastly more interesting than this one. =========== From: TURTLE To: ETC... Subject: MeSsAgEs Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:22:30 Message Number 1699 I'vE GoT iT! I'Ve fIgUrED iT oUt! It'S tHe fReqUeNt UsE oF eXclAmAtIoN pOiNtS! ThAt'S It!! It mAkES yOu SoUnD LIkE YoU'Re ShOUtinG AlL tHe TiMe. It's KiNd oF SubTlE, BuT If YoU pAy CloSE AtTenTiON YoU cAn NoTIcE... --A SuBtLe TuRtLe =========== From: TURTLE To: SAURON Subject: abortions... Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:27:35 Message Number 1700 Donthen recently pointed out that this entire conversation thread is the equivalent of placing Jerry Falwell and Madeline Murray O'Hare in the same room together...it generates lots of verbiage, but not a lot of persuasion. Still, it is kind of interesting to watch. On the topic of sentience: I'd say it's probably pretty obvious that a zygote is not sentient by any stretch of the imagination. On the other hand, it's also pretty clear that a 8 1/2-month fetus /is/. At what point does sentience magically appear? Good question. I'd say on the outset not before the central nervous system starts forming, and possibly not for quite some time after that. Before that point, it's hard to talk about "homicide" when you're discussing abortion; I still maintain that destruction of an undifferentiated--and non-sentient-- group of cells does not qualify as murder any more than extracting a tooth is murder. =========== From: TURTLE To: SAURON Subject: priorities Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:36:39 Message Number 1701 Dolphins are better than people. =========== From: TURTLE To: NIGHT RIDER Subject: Stuff Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:37:10 Message Number 1702 Good evening, and welcome aboard! I like to see new users who are willing to dive right in and POST (a subtle hint to all you lurkers-- I know you're out there!--is implied here). As for what's up, well, I am, which is kind of foolish considering I need to be up (again) in not too many hours and I'm running on almost no sleep as it is. Such is life, mine at least. Talk to you later... --A noctournal Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: aLTER rEALITY Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:41:09 Message Number 1703 Why, yes, as a matter of fact, this board /does/ have more to offer than two files areas. It has over 1700 messages, to start with. As I'm sure you've probably noticed, there are no games here. There are almost no files here (it was with reluctance that I put up the two areas that are here, in fact). That's because it's a /computer bulletin board/. People call it and post MESSAGES. But wait, it gets better! They also /read/ messages. Pretty cool, huh? That way, you see, people can have CONVERSATIONS! And people can exchange messages, too! It's kind of like...well, it's kind of like a BULLETIN BOARD! But hey, if I ever decide to stop running a bulletin board and start running a remote access games host or a file depo, why, I'll be sure to let you know. --A BBS sysop Turtle =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: RUFUS Subject: YARF! Date & Time: 02/04/90 01:59:09 Message Number 1704 I'm still waiting for the box of YARF's... it seems that Lance caught himself the Flu and wasn't in the mood to go to the post office, but that's gone now, so by the end of next week, I /should/ have your (and my, and everybody's) YARF. Arf. =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: AHEM! Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:02:11 Message Number 1705 That's passed already, yeah, and it went off pretty well (19 guests). We'll probably be having a fairly large FurryParty in Orlando next, in March at the whatever-Con there/then. Details will follow in posts here and at The Wyvern's Den. Juan Alfonso WILL be there, as will probably Ken "Mitch" Mitchrooney and Skudder Kidwell. =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: Disney Releases Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:06:05 Message Number 1706 I just bought the soundtrack to MERMAID. I really got a kick out of most of the songs, and I did like the plot... By the way, since the government reposessed my terminals, I'm not really calling this board; see, this is just a figment of your imagination... either that or I'm calling from Rufus's Fruit //e. I'm fairly sure I'll be calling the Den (and maybe even glancing at the other bases here) tomorrow (later today?) from the Turtle's pad or The Den Itself or... whatever. I'm really tired.... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: The Furry Tape Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:12:37 Message Number 1707 "Dude!" (Arf.) I'm in Sota right now, but I probably won't see you this time. Anyway, I'd like to at least see the RufusCON & Furry Party At Turtle's tapes one of these days... hmm... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: RUFUS Subject: A Furry Tape Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:14:42 Message Number 1708 We should all get together and prepare a half-hour trestise on Furrydom with Tyler as the film dude (I'll do audio and some general what-is-a- furry jabber with Watts and them). =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:16:30 Message Number 1709 > SP FOREVER! LP & SLP SUCK EGGS!!!!! Amen, guy. Actually, SVHS & ED BETA & SuperBETA FOREVER! Regular VHS SUCKS!!!!!!! (Tell that to anyone who thinks VHS is better than Beta... or IBM is better than... well, anything. -grin- Ahem.) Uhm... yeah. Whatever. UMATIC is kinda neat... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: Documentary Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:19:02 Message Number 1710 VHS HiFi Rules! Linear audio bites rocks! Helical scan forever! That reminds me. Turtle told me that at the last FurryParty there were to be a mass of initiates, so I prepared a short presentation on Furries for those of us of the Furrie persuasion, so as you all could, well, grow fur (?). Yeah. I shouldn't even try to type at this hour. Damn, justification! Cool... =========== From: RUFUS To: BEATLE Subject: California Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:33:46 Message Number 1711 O.K. Stop it all, NOW!! At the exact moment I posted that message, I really didn't have valid reason to go to California. =========== From: RUFUS To: BEATLE Subject: California Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:34:45 Message Number 1712 Well, since the convention is in August, I could have the money. Since I'm only 16, I can't move out for about 1 year, 5 months, and 7 days. Of course, they probaly will be helping for college, so I won't be moving out any time soon. =========== From: PSYCHE To: CORWYN OF AMBER Subject: Bionic VGA eyes Date & Time: 02/04/90 02:58:13 Message Number 1713 For human purposes, 8 million colors (or shades thereof) is overkill. We can't distinguish that many, and it makes the monitor a whole hell of a lot more expensive. I think 4096 is just fine - no more than a million at the most. Give me 16 million pixels over 16 million colors any day. .s =========== From: KEN OBER To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: tape Date & Time: 02/04/90 15:23:07 Message Number 1715 I can mail you a copy if you desire.... Cosmic Thing...... =========== From: KEN OBER To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/04/90 15:24:01 Message Number 1716 Actually, Hi-8 Is the best.... :) =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: Break Objects? Date & Time: 02/04/90 16:47:46 Message Number 1718 What? Who are you talking to? What are you talkig about? Pass me that little reed pill, please.... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: ROCKY Subject: Graphi-Gen Date & Time: 02/04/90 16:50:47 Message Number 1719 I've seen those. They're kinda nifty... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: CHIP P. UNICORN Subject: VulCon Date & Time: 02/04/90 16:52:34 Message Number 1720 Ew... (I've been to a couple of those) To quote Watts, "they're expensive and bad," andd from Turtle, "but other than that, at least they're boring." The MSTF application, at 32 pages, was a TAD long. Donchya think? =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: TURTLE Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:08:31 Message Number 1721 > So watch then with the color control turned all the way down. Uhm... that doesn't help the fact that now the contrast is all screwed, and... well, lotsa nifty side eeffects. =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: The Furry Tape Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:13:47 Message Number 1722 I want one. Of course, getting it won't be easy. If'n you bring it to the next FurryParty (Orlando in March) I'd like to get a copy on a decent tape (can you write HiFi VHS?). =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: eerr... Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:16:21 Message Number 1723 I'm sure Bart would seriously cconsider it. Gee, maybe Bart will be able to get a copy of if printed out. Gee... maybe... =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: CORWYN OF AMBER Subject: Bionic VGA eyes Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:22:13 Message Number 1724 1) You probably can't distinguish more than 4 million hues anyway, so the 16 megacolor display will look no different than the 8 megacolor display (in most cases, you can be a ddweeb about it, tho) 2) Does that display even have 8 million pixels? You can only display a number of colors equal to or less than the number of display points available, n'est pas? =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: KEN OBER Subject: tape Date & Time: 02/04/90 17:28:36 Message Number 1725 USPS, eh? Dude... but that'll cost you $2.40 plus the cost of the tape itself. Maybe I should just get you a tape one of these days (probably through Donthen, Turtle, Rufus, or Chip) and get it back at somee unspecified time (like, oh, maybe when your district dude or myself drops off your MSTF app). =========== From: TURTLE To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/04/90 18:27:05 Message Number 1726 Well, goshm, I have a copy of Brazil and The Wall on one videotape...in SLP mode...second generation...bleah! --A "no-sync" Turtle You, too, can help prevent abuse of ellipses in our time... =========== From: TURTLE To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: tape Date & Time: 02/04/90 18:31:44 Message Number 1727 >...like, oh, maybe when your district dude or myself drops off your >MSTF app... As local MSTF district dude, I think that should be the responsibility of the sponsor dude... =========== From: RAVEN To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: YARF! Date & Time: 02/04/90 23:08:56 Message Number 1730 Haven't we heard something of the sort already? Just checking. Hmm. Chip was right, this tail DOES tast better with a little salt. . . -r- =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: TURTLE Subject: sponsor dude Date & Time: 02/04/90 23:16:50 Message Number 1731 Dude! =========== From: BARTHOLOMEW FOX To: RAVEN Subject: YARF! Date & Time: 02/04/90 23:17:57 Message Number 1732 I don't see the connection. =========== From: DONTHEN To: ALL Subject: YARF! Date & Time: 02/05/90 11:57:10 Message Number 1734 According to the person who was supposed to send the YARF copies to Bart Fox (this person being Lance Rund), the responsibility for mailing the suckers out has been shifted over to Jeff Ferris, the publisher of YARF, who will supposedly be sending a "bundle" of both YARF #0 (the preview issue) and #1, which has already been printed. =========== From: KEN OBER To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: Sorry... Date & Time: 02/05/90 12:52:15 Message Number 1735 I don't even have a stereo VCR! :( Feel like showing up at Pelican Pete's down in Engleweed in about 2 weeks? I'm planning a BBS get together around that time... =========== From: YNGLING To: SAURON Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/05/90 15:27:20 Message Number 1737 If you cannot understand the reasons why a classic like..oh..Citizen Kane is diminished by altering even the most subtle effects of shadow and light then you probably have trouble recognizing sarcasm when you read it. =========== From: YNGLING To: SAURON Subject: priorities Date & Time: 02/05/90 15:30:50 Message Number 1738 Excuse me? Let me tell you something pal, I will give you $1000 for a hard copy of ANY posts originating from MY computer that were in any way sarcastic AND dealt with the subject of abortion. =========== From: ETC... To: TURTLE Subject: MeSsAgEs Date & Time: 02/05/90 16:25:33 Message Number 1739 Ok LEt'S TaKe A vOte WhO LiKeS/PrEfeRS My TyPiNg ThIS WaY??!?!!? THis Is A mEaNinGLeSs MeSsAge. It CoUld Be SaYiNg SoMeThInG But It Is NoT. iT CoUlD bE CoOl aNd InTeReStInG, BuT iT Is NoT. ThIs Is JuSt YaRg! ThIs Is ThE BeSt WaY To Be KiCkEd Of A BbS, So KiDs At HoMe Do NoT aTeMpT ThIs At HoMe, ThIs StUnT WaS DoNe By BaIn DraInAgEd PrOfEsSiOnAlS !..! =oo= (__) UU etc... =========== From: TURTLE To: YNGLING Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/05/90 18:01:29 Message Number 1741 >If you cannot understand why a classic like...oh...Citizen Kane is >diminished by altering even the most subtle effects of shadow and >light... I assume, then, that you're also rabidly opposed to destroying the integrity of such a classic work of art by, oh, say, transferring it from 35mm film to videotape, and thus ruining subtle nuances of timing (and destroying the resolution of the original film) by presenting it in a media which is presented at 30 frames per second instead of 24 frames per second...or is it all right as long as the person watching the videotape has had the brightness and contrast controls on his television checked, set, and approved by an official member of the Organization To Enforce Subtle Nuances of Shadow and Light in Early Film Classics...?? Heaven forfend that some ignorant Philistine should watch it in black and white and destroy the effect by turning his contrast down too far! By the way, as long as /you're/ watching a black and white copy of the film, why all the fuss over what your next-door neighbor might be watching? Just a question. --A totally disinterested Turtle =========== From: TURTLE To: ETC... Subject: MeSsAgEs Date & Time: 02/05/90 18:08:24 Message Number 1742 Myself, I Am Generally Fascinated By Original And Creative Uses For The Shift Keys, Especially On Bulletin Board Posts, But Evidently My Respect For Creativity Is Not Shared By All The Users Here...Oh Well. yOU kNOW, iT oCCURS tO mE tHAT tHIS pOST aLSO iSN'T sAYING vERY mUCH. bUT aT lEAST iT dOESN'T mENTION aARDVARKS, jELLY dONUTS, sPACE aLIENS, oR dAN qUAYLE aNYWHERE iN iT. --a w d Turtle a e rp =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: MeSsAgEs Date & Time: 02/05/90 18:19:42 Message Number 1744 And what's wrong with aardvarks!! Hummphhhh... =========== From: YNGLING To: TURTLE Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/06/90 16:33:24 Message Number 1745 As an artist I am offended by the alteration - in any way - of the vision of another. I work mostly in pen and ink (usually a black and white medium) and would hate to think that sometime in the future some asshole might come along and take his Crayolas and alter my creation to "improve" its asthetic value (especially if he were to limit himself to three or four colors!!!). I should think you would be able to understand that...but maybe not. =========== From: TURTLE To: YNGLING Subject: Colorization Date & Time: 02/06/90 17:03:03 Message Number 1746 >...I would hate to think that sometime in the future some asshole >might come along and take his Crayolas and alter my creation... We're not talking alteration of an original work of art here; the black and white 35mm copies of Citizen Kane are not being attacked by armies of people with paintbrushes. To extend your analogy a little, would you start screaming if some asshole took a photocopy of your work and started filling /that/ in with crayons? The piece as you created it is still untouched. I'm not especially impressed by colorization of old movies, but I'm not going to start flaming about it either; if I want to see the original version of the movie, I can. No problem. So call me a Philistine. --A "don't sweat the trivial" Turtle =========== From: BEATLE To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: Documentary Date & Time: 02/06/90 19:43:37 Message Number 1748 > VHS Hi-Fi rules! and linear sucks eggs,,, HMMMM,,, I have to agree. I'm just so dang upset that it's all I have! ARGH! =========== From: BEATLE To: BARTHOLOMEW FOX Subject: VulCon Date & Time: 02/06/90 19:45:45 Message Number 1749 You're telling me that I'm missing something BETTER!?!?!?!? I happened to ENJOY my first (and last, so far) Vulkon Convention. I guess it all depends on 1) if you like Star Trek 2) how much you like Star Trek and 3) If you've been to something better... =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: 2nd Generation Date & Time: 02/06/90 19:49:19 Message Number 1750 You know, for less than $30, you can replace that copy of "The Wall" and get Hi-Fi stereo to boot. ===========