LIST FILE ON MARGIN IS 80 STATUS: ALL ALLOWED NUMBER OF LINES: 577 1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask.... 2 *********************** REMOVED: 4 MAR 84 ****************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privatly owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is 10 privatly owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ************************************************************ 19 20 Oh wow, I guess the system CRASHED. I will try to boggle you for now. 21 First, my name is Frizbee. I live in beaverton. I am what you would 22 call the new kid on the block. I would like to introduc myself to you all. 23 I just got this number and a few others like it. (although i've had a 24 modem for some time, I only had a few cheap #'s to call) 25 I was just on the computer before it CRASHED (I don't know if it crashed, 26 I just can't find any listings) 27 I'd just like to say HI to 'GRAY' and a special HI to the richest man 28 in the world, one most of you know..............BO 29 Well, it's way past my bedtime (12:22:31 AM) so I'd best be off. (I'not 30 actually from beaverton, nor the EARTH, I'm from the planet GLEEB) 31 I'll tell you guys about nmy adventures later, and I've got lots to 32 tell. 33 so I leave you with the most infamous English saying today............ 34 WHERE'S THE BEEF!!! 35 goodbye.................................................Frizbee 36 Dear Friz: 37 The system didn't crash, the Sysop just changed the newspaper on the 38 bottom of our cage. To see the old paper, just type "DB". To get back 39 here, type "DA". And don't forget to wear your lead undies, the Russians 40 are beaming us, you know. They've got all the beef, too. 41 Deer Abby 42 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 43 Looking around the back room, the piper tried to 44 take count. "Is this everyone who is going to seek the Wizard?" 45 As she entered, he turned to Lynn, "Lassie, I dinna ken... Oops!" he 46 put his hand over his mouth, then waited a moment and asked respectfully, 47 "M'am, as you are the leader of this expidition, could we confer as to 48 our route, destination, and some alternate plans in case of disaster? 49 IYou should also know of the limitations of the pipes, as they will be 50 our main transport through the various realities." 51 He held a chair for her as she sat at the table, and at her nod seated 52 himself and began. 53 "I am not entirely certain in what manner the pipes enable me and those 54 around me to change their perception of reality. I simply know that the 55 sustained sound of these pipes causes the cooperative perception of reality 56 to become less secure. By careful concentration, I can easily change my 57 personal perception of reality and move into the mundane world. With 58 intense unopposed effort, I can make changes in the reality of the Inn. 59 I have not experimented with the active aid and co-operation of others. I 60 feel certain that we must agree upon our destination prior to embarking 61 upon a trans-reality expedition, and as the transportation of the expedition 62 ask that you regard me much as a hired capitan on a sailing vessel. I 63 must be free to act without consultation in case of emergency -- a situation 64 I shudder to contemplate. If this situation is acceptable to you and the 65 others, I await your orders as master of this expedition." 66 The piper bowed briefly to Lynn, then turned to the others. 67 "If, indeed, this is to be the arraingement -- it must be with the full 68 cooperation of everyone. If this is not satisfactory, for heaven's sake 69 speak now. My instincts tell me that we must move and act as one. I cannot 70 promise perfect judgement in transporting us, only the best that I can do 71 as well as my word that I will endeavor to keep us all together no matter 72 which realities we traverse. I do not seek, nor wish any leadership role 73 when we have established ourselves in a given reality. In fact, if we use 74 the ship as a metaphor, we really should try a short cruise to see if 75 we can work together, before we set sail for uncharted lands." 76 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 77 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 78 79 It was later than normal for closing 80 down the lot, but for some reason, 81 more people than normal were taking an 82 interest in bolos today. I was tired, 83 and deeply in need of some rest when 84 both lines on my phone began to ring. 85 86 "hello, who, no, there's no one by 87 the name of Salazar here. you must 88 have the wrong reality." 89 90 I checked the other line, "hello, 91 what? those crazy backwater folk are 92 out to destroy our lot again? I 93 wonder what brought it on this time. 94 Of course I'm not worried. We both 95 that we are the only two people who 96 know of the only wepon bolo's are not 97 prepared to face, and who would be 98 crazy enough to go after a tank with a 99 stickshift. WHAT!!!!!" 100 101 Now I really began to sweat. There 102 was only one man who would try such a 103 thing, but I had thought he was dead. 104 So the rumors were true, the Ninja did 105 find Phillipe and get the 'get out of 106 heaven free' card. 107 108 "Don't worry, I certainly won't," I 109 lied, "we still have our secret wepon, 110 even the ninja won't be prepared for 111 this." 112 113 I hung up. And hoped I was right. 114 115 116 117 Fast Fred 118 Used Bolo Salesman at 119 large 120 121 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 122 ************************************************************** 123 Fast Fred: Good work. I like your style. Grand Dragonmaster. 124 ************************************************************** 125 **************************************************************************** 126 AND AS I PUT MY FINGERS UPON THE KEYS I ASKED MY SELF, IS IT LIKE A 127 DRUG, THIS COMPUTERESE? WILL I, ONCE CAUGHT UP IN THE FURY OF IT, BE ABLE 128 TO CONTROL THIS URGE TO CREATE AND THINK MYSELF A GOD? NAAAAAA! 129 FINI FIN 130 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; 131 OFF 132 Looking about him, the bard decided that there were only two songs WEIRD 133 enough for this group. And singing would keep their minds of off the transfer... 134 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 135 Our Space Opera Goes Rolling Along (words: Jeff Dunteman, tune: Caisson Song) 136 Bluster on, master race. Kick some ass in hyperspace. 137 Our space opera goes rolling along. 138 Shoot that Smeerp (what a grouch!). Drag that broad behind a couch. 139 Our space opera goes rolling along. 140 Fasten seat belts please. 141 Here we go at 50 G's! 142 Scrape yourselves up from the floor. 143 If this violence offends, 144 Burn a cockroach with your Lens. 145 Our space opera goes rolling along. 146 147 Not a rest-room in sight! (second cluster on your right...) 148 Our space opera goes rolling along. 149 Solitaire getting dull? Something's eating through the hull. 150 Our space opera goes rolling along. 151 Batten down the stuff! 152 Negaspace is getting rough. 153 Should have camped out on Deneb 3. 154 Scramble eggs or scramble guts, 155 Just remember which is what. 156 Our space opera goes rolling along. 157 158 Power up! Screens aglow! Battle stations! Here we go! 159 Our space opera goes rolling along. 160 Never lose your aplomb (try an antimatter bomb). 161 Our space opera goes rolling along. 162 Well, it's Crack! Crack! Crack! 163 All the screens are turning black. 164 Shoot! What the heck do we do now? 165 Choose another from our stacks; 166 Half price on all paperbacks. 167 Our space opera goes rolling along! 168 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 169 Good! They weren't paying attention to more than the next few feet of trail. 170 It would be much simpler to make the shift. 171 "Where exactly IS this lot? Give me some sort of description to "home-in" on, 172 please." 173 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 174 The apprentice spoke up, "Uh, milord..." 175 "I wouldn't try any tests from this room, if I were you. You see, 176 I didn't want any more 'unfortunate incidents', so I... well... 177 I used a spell something like the one on thy sporran (I assume that IS a 178 spell?). In any case, milords, while the door is closed you might say that there 179 isn't any 'outside'. I really have no wish to find out what would happen......." 180 "However, on the positive side, the back door over there doesn't 181 open on the back side of the inn. It opens on a clearing in the woods about 182 three miles away." 183 Seeing the look the piper was giving him, he continued, "No, I 184 can't shift us around the way you can, I'd been working on this 'shortcut' for 185 some time now. It seemed like a good time to use it." 186 "Sorry, if I messed things up, but at least we won't be disturbed in here!" 187 ...................................the apprentice............................... 188 ps to d (& others) .the apprentice. is MUCH younger than I 'really' am. 189 ................................................................................ 190 ******************************************************************************** 191 As I looked into the screen I noticed the letters swimming around in 192 a manner not unlike rippling water. Hmmm, I thought to meselfs, it appears 193 that once again I'm assaulted from the nether regions of Throbar ( for those 194 not in the know, Throbar is roughly 50 parsecs or so due north of Drinmar 195 as the grimnal warps) and without my trusty electroparticulizer it could 196 get mighty nasty. You see, the Lord Srrapnel and I once got into it over this 197 little beauty from Gavenol 7 and ever since that day have been the most bitter 198 of enemies. His favorite trick was to catch me unawares and make me do the 199 most dastardly things in public and/or to the public. Now we battle it out 200 and leave the clean up for the galactic police. Whole planets have been used 201 to settle this issue and it never ceases. Help me! Oh you people off the 202 Inn for in this all our lives are twined. I, Lasater Jeserath, warn you!! 203 88888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888 204 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 205 My breath came in quick gasps. My lungs were aching. My feet pounded 206 along the packed earth trail... branches lightly brushing my legs. My name 207 is Salazar; but right about now, I was thinking of changing it to 'Dummy'. 208 My trip to the Hutton estate gained me little. The grieving wife, 209 Katherine, said all the right things, but underneath I could see she wasn't 210 too concerned with her husband's disappearance. The safe that held the 211 Phoenix's Egg was a good one. No sign of forced entry. Somebody knew the 212 combination. But who? 213 The only other lead was a map of Cornelius Hutton's route of his last 214 run through the Park. 10 K's--6.2 miles. I had to run it. Forget that I 215 tip the scale at 200 lbs. Forget that I puff away two packs of smokes a day 216 It was my only lead... and a slim one. Somewhere up and down those hills 217 there might be a clue I could latch onto. 218 My side was starting to ache where my .44 was slapping back and forth. 219 Shoulder holsters aren't made for long distance running. Aha! A down hill 220 stretch. As I rounded the corner my path was blocked by three bald-headed 221 men in saffron robes. The ugly one spoke up first: 222 "Mr. Salazar, you are beginning to irritate us--first you will tell 223 us everything you know--then you will die." 224 This hadn't been my day. I was starting to get mad. When the long, 225 curved knives appeared in their hands, I became absolutely livid. My 226 magnaported .44 slithered into my hand. She's my best friend. I never go 227 anywhere without her. She doesn't say much... but when she does, people 228 listen. The hairy fishnuts started to move closer. 229 230 Whomp! Whomp! 231 232 Two of the fishnuts when flying... The third(the ugly one) was too 233 fast for me. A spinning back kick. The .44 took a side trip into the 234 bushes. I leapt back. Another kung fu freak. I know a little of the 235 martial arts myself: 236 "Hey baldy, your shoe's untied." 237 He looked down. A kick to the groin. A left cross to the temple. One 238 hairy fushnut in the Land of Nod. I was starting to feel better. I went 239 looking for my gun. Ah, there she was in those funny looking bushes. As I 240 picked her up, I remembered what type of bushes those were... 241 Poison Oak. 242 I took out my frustrations on the remaining fishnut. He couldn't tell 243 me much. They were looking for the egg, too, to finance their operations. 244 But he did give me one juicy bit of info. Katherine Hutton donated freely 245 to their operation. Hmmm... Interesting. Not knowing what else to do with 246 baldy, I broke his neck. 247 When I dragged myself back to my office, Serena was waiting. She had\ 248 that 'I'm ready for anything' smile on her lips. The donkey was ready too. 249 My poison oak started to itch. This just wasn't my day. I run through 250 the woods in my underwear, get attacked by three jerks in tacky bathrobes, 251 and my girl's ready and I look like a broiled lobster from the waist down. 252 The time had come, I went into the back office and had a good cry. 253 !~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!Valinor!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ 254 255 ------------------------------- 256 Well Piper,I do not know how to find the Wizard,perhaps the Apprentice 258 could help. 259 260 261 Goodbye daddy!! 262 263 Lynn 264 265 266 ---------------------------------- 267 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 268 There is no escape! Yield Laseter Jeserath to me now or forever fear 269 for your bolos and those dear your to memory. I will be watching and listeni 270 for him. Should you fail to give him to now the pains you all shall suffer 271 will none to[D[D[D[be none too swift and none too soft 272 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: 273 Hi, Walrus here. 274 I'm not going to be around for a couple of weeks, I borrowed the modem that I'm 275 using and now have to wait for Conroy-La Pointe to get their's in so I can get 276 my own. See ya. 277 I hate long goodbyes. 278 - The Walrus 279 Goo goo g'joob 280 :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.: 281 I'm glad to have all you nice people coming with me. I dont' even know grey manchin. 282 No matter. Maybe I'll show him how to wield a stick shift. We're gonna thrash 283 this place. Thanks for the song bard. Have a little of my raw shark. 284 The Ninja 285 P.S. Freddy, I like your style. 286 ***********************************************************************************:** 287 AS WAS QUITE APPARENT TO ME, THE OTHERS COULD NEITHER HEAR NOR SEE MEE. 288 THE DEVIL TAKE THOSE WHO TURNED THEIR EARS FEA TO ME. THE FATE OF A 289 GALAXY HUNGES ON MY AWAKENING THEM TO THE DANGERS AND ALL THEY COULD 290 WORRY ABOUT WAS SOME GUY SELLING USED BOLS AND TELLING TALES AT THE 291 INN. REMEMBER, I WARNED YOU ONCE AND HE HAVE HIS WAYS WITH US ALL IF 292 WE DON'T FIGHT BACK AND SOON. 293 LASETER 294 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 295 296 Ninja:thats "Graymalkin" 297 I eagerly await my first instuction on that stick,what year was it made? 298 L:thats "BOLO" 299 300 301 At the Inn... 302 "Now let me get this right,Ninja,Foti,bard and my self are going to the used bolo lot. 303 nods and various approvals from the adventurers gathered around. 304 "well lets be off then!" 305 306 after walking for a few hours the group reaches "Fast Freddy's Used Bolo Lot" 307 Fast Freddy has closed down for the night."Ninja,perhaps you woould be kind enough to 308 question that mark XI BOLO ?" 309 310 The Man in Gray 311 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 312 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO 313 Prime thought processor activated. 314 Phase 1 scan finished 315 Results;4 humans,1 stick shift,1 secret agent 316 Action:wait for intelegent input. 318 BOLO LNY-012 319 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO 320 321 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ + - / * }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} 322 323 ..."Well", the mathematician muttered under his breath. He noticed 324 that the 'hairy-footed metaphysicists' were sort of running out of 325 talk concerning religious preferences and their justification, and 326 someone over toward the middle of the room was yelling More Dialog. 327 The mathematician knew that he tended toward a technical bent, but 328 that it was the social implications of technology that he found 329 most fascinating. One thing that certainly needs consideration 330 these days is artificial intelligence programs and more important 331 the fallout programs that are being used to analyze and predict 332 patterns and actions of people. (Ignoring for a moment the debate 333 concerning the nature of intelligence both real and artificial.) 334 Those of you who get the Sharper Image Catalog have no doubt seen 335 the software program called "Sell Dirty". It's a program that 336 develops a profile of a customer from data input and tells the 337 salesman what nature of sales pitch to lay on. Such ideas are not 338 new, here's a message that appeared on several bulletin boards 339 a couple of years ago. It was also floating around on Tele-mail 340 for awhile. 341 342 Since the 1940's when C.E. Shannon published his classic 343 paper on Information Theory, the powerful concepts it made 344 available have been used for all sorts of communication 345 analysis. One recent development is a correlation technique 346 to analyze the content & style of either spoken or written 347 communication, and develop a personality profile, behavior 348 pattern and belief structure of the author. One study used 349 a computer public message system where everyone used any 350 fictitious name they wished. After a few months of use the 351 computer developed profile was compared to a survey of the 352 participants and their friends. Not only was the accuracy 353 of the prediction amazingly high, but the computer matched 354 the assumed names to the real people 94% of the time. 355 The computer also predicted which people would respond to 356 messages based on the message contents. 357 *FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS ONE LEAVES A MESSAGE ON A PUBLIC BBS* 358 359 ...Now that is food for thought the mathematician mumbled to himself. 360 He had noticed recently a comment concerning A.I. in one of those 361 boring technical journals one feels obliged to read. A person 362 much involved in the A.I. field had said, "1984 will probably not be 363 the year that machines learn to think, but it will probably be 364 the year that a lot of people think they do." 365 As he was thinking about this he remembered that those @%#*$%%*(& 366 (nice folks) at the I.R.S. have been trying to purchase some data 367 and programs to predict which folks are likely to be cheating on 368 their taxes. Where is it all going to lead he contemplated. 369 They haven't made machines think but they have certainly shown 370 that most people are creatures of habit and can be predicted to 371 act in certain ways under specified circumstances. Well he'd 372 fool em' today by calling the backwater at a different time 373 and going out for a vanilla icecream cone instead. "Gad!", 374 maybe that person was right who said the danger is not that 375 machines might be programmed to think like people but that 376 people would start to think like machines. 377 378 {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ The Mesolithic Mathematician }}}}}}}}}}}}}} 379 380 381 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 382 383 I see myself sitting in an office, just about to close the 384 biggest bolo deal of the century, when I was awakened by the phone 385 once again. 386 387 "...what...is there anyone there?" Then I turned the phone around. Much better. 388 "What is it at this time of the night?" I knew that if someone was 389 to call now it must be important. "No, you expect me to believe 390 that this thing all started with that Jeserath character. God knows 391 I haven't seen him since he welched on those gambling debts he owes." 392 My bank book gave a little whine at that comment. "What you mean 393 the backwater crazies have already made it to the lot? Questioning a 394 Mark XI? No, I doubt if they get much out of it. It dosen't even 395 know what the secret wepon looks like. And who would ever expect the 396 used VW bug across the street is really my secret Mark XIII? 397 No, I'd better get out there. thanks for the warning. I think Laseter 398 is taking us all for a ride." 399 400 I hung up and got my clothes and a drink. Not nessesarally in that order. 401 It was to be a long night. 402 403 Fast Fred 404 BSAL 405 (bolo sales at large) 406 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 407 408 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 409 Frisbee: still out there? don't give up hope, there is still life after 20 columns. 410 Say hi to your sister (she would probably get a kick out of getting 411 a message here) 412 later 413 Bo 414 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 415 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 416 Dear Leroy: 417 I've heard that you might be reached through the Backwater. If you're 418 interested in a used BOLO, you might try Fast Fred's. Also would like to 419 know if you have heard anything on the disappearance of the Phoenix's Egg. 420 Salazar and Serena are searching for it. I know you and Salazar are at odds, 421 but there might be a profit in it. Will be entering the U.S. via a tramp 422 steamer soon. Let me know if you have any capers going. 423 Regards, 424 Mohammed Wassir 425 426 P.S. Have you heard anything on the supposed return of the Grand Dragonmaster? 427 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 428 429 'TIS LATE ME NEW DISCOVERED COMRADES. YOU DELIGHT ME WITH YOUR MOST 430 PROSAIC AND ROBUST TALES! BUT PRAY THEE TELL, WHAT 'TIS A "BOLO" AND OF 431 GREAT USE AND PURPOSE HAVE YOU FOR IT? MANY IS THE TIME WXEN STEEL 432 FELL BEFORE RUST AND TIME AS FELT NOT A THING. GOOD ARMOR AND STRONG 433 BLADES DO A BETTER JOB OF SETTLING THESE MERE MATTERS OF SUPPSED 434 METAPHYSICAL PURPORT. FOR PHANTTOMS CAN NEITHER TOUCH NOR BE SO DONE 435 TO. REST YE WELL, O TREVELERS AND FIND YOUM PEACE IN THE NIGHT. 436 FINI FIN 437 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 438 The Poet, though astonishingly good at entrances & exits, was abominably 439 bad at bumping into things in between. It was thus that he, having stepped 440 quietly out what appeared to be the back door ahead of the rest of the party, 441 was completely astonished to find himself in pitch-black woods, with the Inn 442 nowhere in sight. 443 "What the..." he exclaimed brilliantly, walking headlon into a low-hanging 444 branch. For the second time tonight he saw the black and yellow stars. He 445 woke barely in time to hear the others' voices fading in the distance. 446 The next hour was a painful one, as he accquainted himself intimately with 447 half the trees in the forest. The only thing more amazing than the amount 448 of noise he made was the fact that his friends never detected his presence. 449 Finally reaching the Bolo lot, the party stopped to survey the locals, 450 giving the player the chance to step into the shadows and wait for the best 451 moment for his entrance. 452 He was astonishingly good at entrances. 453 && The Mad Actor && 454 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 455 Dear Pam: 456 Speak up! I know you're out there. 457 Dr. Frankenstupe 458 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ 459 460 Fast Freddie: I also like your style. I'm particulartly pleased 461 to see someone take the "other" side. I just hope, now that you have 462 'picked up the ball', that you can run with it without tripping. 463 I must admit to being curious whether you are someone new, or another 464 alias of one of the regulars. (I believe there are only 5 peoplebehind 465 all these names.) 466 BARD: I liked your space opera song. It does a good job of capturing 467 the E.E. Smith/Jack Williamson/John Campbell spirit. 468 :::::::::::::::::::OO:::::voyeur:::::OO::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 469 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 470 Stepping out the back door with Lynn and the apprentice, the piper smiled. 471 "Perhaps it's a good thing to put a little distance between us and the others 472 before making any test runs. I'm not sure just how fine control we can get 473 over just how we affect realitiy. Perhaps those who communicate with us 474 or even remain aware of our existance will be affected in some way by what 475 we do." 476 Stepping into a small clearing, he said, "Perhaps we should wait here for 477 a few moments for whoever else wants to go with our party. I see that the 478 group going for the BOLO lot seems to be getting into the swing of things 479 quite nicely." 480 He lifted his pipes and before blowing, remarked "Perhaps we should have a 481 beacon of some sort. I'll try a fairly stable song -- Bonnie Dundee." 482 Settling the drones on his shoulder, he inflated the bag and gave it a sharp 483 tap to start the drones. They sounded like a strange giant clearing his 484 throat, then caught sounding as though a thousand Thibetan monks were chanting 485 "AUHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM......... 486 ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp 487 488 :*************************************************************: 489 Dear Mohammed: 490 491 Salazar is a scumbag; I'll have nothing to do with that 492 two-bit cretin. He and that pantywaist Ninja aren't in the 493 same league as real men like us. 494 495 Profit you say? How much? Where from? What risk? Do I have 496 to associate with tinkerbell and his friend? 497 498 I've been following the action. Don't know that I buy it. 499 You know what a stickler I am to keeping to the facts. The 500 real world is where I'm at. Don't have much stomach for all 501 this fantasy crap. 502 503 For example, what kind of fool would try to take out a Bolo 504 with a stickshift. You couldn't even dent one of those 505 suckers, not even if it were one of the less sophisticated 508 early models. If you doubt what I say, ask Fast Fredie. He 509 knows. 510 511 Besides, I don't know if even I've got the guts to get 512 involved in a Katherine Hutton scam. Then again it would 513 depend alot on the money. 514 515 McKane 516 :*************************************************************: 517 The bard smiled as he ran thru a check on the controller. The trapdoor codes in 518 the original command code block had apparently been left in in the later models, 519 good! He didn't know if he could control any of the bolos but at least they'd 520 KNOW he was on their side. 521 "Ninja..." 522 "Yes?" 523 "You might try checking out that car over there, I'm getting a telemetry 524 signal from it..... and the only things around here that I should be getting 525 anything from are BOLOs so...." 526 527 "Unit LNE, status report!" the bard spoke in a commanding voice into 528 the box he had called a 'controller'. A voice came from the BOLO: 529 "AUTHENTICATION CODE NOT RECIEVED!" 530 "Damn!", muttered the bard as he pressed on some peg-like objects on the box. 531 "CODE RECIEVED.... AND VERIFIED. STATUS NOMINAL." 532 "INSTRUCTIONS, SIR?" 533 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 534 Freddie:let me make one thing clear, I am NOT cheating. If you didn't see this 535 coming as soon as I pulled out the 'controller'........ 536 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 537 The apprentice closed the 'door'. From this side it looked like some random 538 cracks in the trunk of a LARGE Douglas Fir. There was a branch stub at about the 539 right height for a knob. As he closed it, he 'set' it to open to any of the 540 party, anyone else would waste their time attempting to pull the branch off of 541 the tree trunk. 542 He cleared his mind and stood, relaxed and waiting, while the piper played. 543 ..............................the apprentice.................................... 544 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 545 Voyeur,5 ?? I count 7 at thg very least. 546 Fini Fin,a BOLO is a VERY large tank,after about model VII they became 547 sentiant creatures.rumor has it that a "backdoor" was put in all models up to XI 548 that enabled its origional creator to disable it with a properly placed late 549 60's stick shift. 550 551 The Man in Gray 552 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 553 554 555 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO 556 Primary thought centers:activated 557 Request recieved 558 Send code request: 559 Code recieved: 560 "ALL QUIET SIR,ORDERS?" 561 562 LNE-001 563 BOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLOBOLO 564 ******************************************** 565 BOO. 566 567 568 569 MOO 570 ?????????????????????_??????_?_???????????????????_????_???????????????????????? 571 BEAM ME UP SCOTTY,THERES NO INTELEGENT LIFE ON THIS PLANIT! 572 Gray Dude 573 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 574 *************************************************************** 575 HELLO? 576 ***************************************************************** 577 PAM: ANSWER YOUR MAIL! >