1 If you are in need of help, you need but ask... 2 ************************* INSTALLED: 5 MAY 86 *********************** 3 Welcome to BWMS (BackWater Message System) Mike Day System operator 4 ************************************************************ 5 GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION 6 PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM. 7 BWMS was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS is a privately owned 8 and operated system which is currently open for use by the general public. 9 No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the system is 10 privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all messages which 11 I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the system, it will be 12 periodically purged of messages. (only 629 lines of data can be saved) 13 To leave a message, type 'ENTER' and use ctrl/C or break to get out of the 14 ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering the 15 message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to replace 16 the line. To exit from the system, type 'OFF' then hang up. 17 Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system. 18 ************************************************************ 19 20 [*=*] DELTA LURK [*=*], at the top, where I belong... 21 Drat! Just missed. 22 +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_ 23 24 Did you hear the latest joke about the Soviet n-plant disaster? 25 26 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 27 A DISASTER IS NO JOKE. DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE HOLOHOAX? 28 I MEAN THE HOLOCOUST HOAX. WHAT'S THE USE OF VILIFYING KURT WALDHEIM? 29 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 30 If a n-plant in the United States had a melt down would you be laughing? The 31 answer is no, especially if the plant just happened to be Trojan. What say 32 we lay off the morbid humor . 33 ........PENDRAGON........ 34 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 35 :::::=====::::: 36 Almost at the HOP! 37 bo 38 Lurkin Legamorph. 39 :::::=====:::::Zephyr 40 ______________________Leonard_JD 2446556.5550______________________________ 41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 42 A man without a woman is like a fish without a bycicle. 43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 44 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]UNDERGROUND]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] 45 Kosta: Would she also be interested in the cipher that Voyeur mentioned, the 46 one in UG.TWO? NEXUS has heard that a member of NET has deciphered it, but 47 no proof whatsoever has been offered. 48 Voyeur: "A simple substitution" indeed! Go play with your decoder ring. 49 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[NEXUS[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 50 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# 51 When behind the wheel of a machine whose sole purpose is to move from point A 52 to point B and do it *fast*, most men existed in a state of true euphoria. 53 Farley is no exception- except that, at the moment, he is *not* driving 54 anything even remotely resembling such a machine. 55 Yes, it was nondescript- a white Datsun, not new or even newly washed. It 56 would go unnoticed in nearly any neighborhood or street. Which was, of course, 57 the whole idea. 58 A quick right turn brought the car into the entrance of a car wash. The 59 attendant glanced at the vehicle and driver for a moment and threw a lever 60 beside the teller-like window at which he sat, looking credibly bored as he 61 did so. The Datsun surged forward into the cavernlike tunnel which denied the 62 early morning light from entering. 63 About halfway through, Farley opened the door and moved quickly by what 64 appeared to be his twin brother; the twin just as quickly got in the car. If 65 anyone had been pursuing Eugene, they would now follow his twin into a nearby 66 coffee shop and watch him for a few hours. 67 An elevator awaited Farley, and after voiceprint identification, carried him 68 down into the bowels of the largest training center the NET operated in the 69 Northwest region. Parity was trying to hone further his already fine weapon 70 skills, if the COMLINK data base was up to date; it nearly always was, unless 71 you needed it for something vital. Murphy pokes his nose into strange places. 72 The doors opened, and a pair of security personnel eyed him carefully. When 73 Eugene requested it, they showed him the current use register; yes, Parity was 74 in range seven. Farley began winding his way through the maze of corridors 75 toward the deadened-but-still-audible sounds of firearms. His only worry: how 76 to convince Parity to help? 77 And then no more time to worry. Through two sets of soundproofed doors, and 78 Farley was in the firing range. 79 #$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$##$# Farley #$##$##$##$##$# 05/05/86 #$##$##$# 80 020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202 81 J]RVX [ALDA TFJ\S ED]YR @[KYD ASFR\ SSNPP GHYKS NPPF^ YQ@IQ RWLYK LD@ZR @YKNL MYGR\ CTMEW FNKPM AIDR@ \[UNA XF^\[ EDAZF 82 PYI@M ]WFX^ I@M]W FJHBI D]VR@ ]CAMQ UVR[S GDAZF ^HCIN LPDRX KNEPF PT\[I MYQVJ HBLD] TF^[K MLTPF R\Y@N AYF^X SALIV GRHCT 83 M]WR@ XSUNM \R@][ INQTB @[[TM ARWDC HJNAZ WD\[U MEZGF HCTM\ PFPXK VLTPG N\SIN QZFJ[ Q@MAT WFHCP NIWVN \SAMT W@ZBR IDAZF 84 PZKNM LPGHZ CEDAW WJ]CP NUZB@ YSRM] VR@]C HMEYR @XKLL ]WWDZ KTMAV R@\[H M]ZVX YA@LI RPZBS RNUWB @]CHN IWWJY [HDAY V^[KE 85 NQTFR [SGDA VFRZ[ EDAFF J]SEM PPCBH AHM]Y B@MA_ EDVB@ \[IMY QVJHC WLTPG F]CIM QVB@Y [ENPP GDYKP LUPWH ZKNL\ FPTX[ HLEYF 86 BX[TL UYB@\ CANQZ FJ\SN NLWB@ HBFM] YB@ZK NNMZF B[SCL TVB@Z KFDAP R@XSL M]QVV HCBLU SVR[S SDA[V R]CHD APR@\ [PLEQ VJKA@ 87 NQTFJ HCFME YGF]@ MAIQV PXKRL EQWHY KRDAT V\HCT MARR@ X[OLQ RR@YS ONHPG HZCAN PPFD[ COLMU R@][I MQVB@ XSEDA PR@QA ND@TF 88 BY[AM EWC^J HMAHD UHZCA NPSWF HCEMY WWJY[ HDASF ^\Q@M YWWNK A@NMW PZBPI ADDPR BJJM] YVP]K ADAWW J]ANA TEGLY JOEDU D@NQJ 89 02020202020202020202020202 05 May 86 06:52:38 PM 0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202 90 Well, that one seems to have gone better. Cistop - I used DELAY = 10 & EOL = {0D}{8A}. Do you have a suggested 91 set of parameters? Also, with marginat 126 and line lengths of 120, sometimes I got a Beep at the end and 92 the borders Look like they dropped the second-to-the-last "0". I *suppose*I could shorten my line lengths... Oh well, 93 live and learn. 0202 Joshua 0202 94 95 (just went back and looked - the upload looks fine after all. 'tis nice having the capability! All I need is practice... 96 97 TECHNICAL HUBRIS AGAIN 98 99 The world is being bombarded by technological failures: Bhopal, Challenger, 100 Chernobyl, a spate of airliner accidents. Technological hubris, or a wanton arrogance and faith in machines, has 101 been blamed, particularly in the case of the Russians and their nuclear energy program. 102 Engineers and scientists who deal with technology may have the most realistic opinion of the dangers and limitations 103 of machines. 104 "If something can go wrong, it probably will," is the cynical Murphy's Law often voiced by those working with perverse 105 gadgetry. 106 At the screwdriver and oscilloscope level, technology's limitations and risks are understood, a fact amply demonstrated 107 by the Challenger investigation. 108 Untoward risks, the kind that place too much faith in a couple of plastic O-rings, are usually taken at a higher man- 109 agement or political level. 110 If dangerous technological hubris is to be dampened, it it vital that those who manage, or make budgetary decisions, 111 have a deeper understanding of technology THAN JUST ITS VOCABULARY , lest the world perish--by accident. 112 113 An editorial found in the Oregonian May 2, 1986 that seems to sum it up. 114 115 116 117 118 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 119 /././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././. 120 \'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\'\ 121 "`"`"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 122 holyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholy 123 The smell of varnish filled the corridor, exuding from the higly polished 124 wooden walls as the still air carried the sounds of hurried footsteps on the 125 parquet floor. Echoing, they ricocheted down the corridor's dimly lighted 126 length, bouncing, floor to wall to ceiling then back to wall and floor again, 127 finally reaching the ears of the expensively suited figure hurrying as though 128 pursued by some inner demon. The face of this figure, marked by strain and 129 --could it be fear?-- would be familiar to devotees of religious television. 130 In millions of homes, coast-to-coast, the faithful tuned him in, listening to 131 his mellifulous voice that played on their emotions like a musician on a 132 musical instrument, watching his ecstatic face, carried by his obvious fevrent 133 belief into extasies of faith. 134 The strain under which he was laboring was evident in the set of his 135 wide shoulders under the expensive jacket that topped his tailor-cut business 136 suit. A fine sheen of perspiration covered his carefully-groomed skin, beading 137 around the thin gold wafer, the fine watch strapped to one wrist, revealed as 138 he reached for the brass doorknob set into the door before which he had stopped. 139 For a long moment, he hesitated, then squared his shoulders and entered 140 the room. 141 The long table held notepads and paper, carefully arrainged on its polished 142 surface, precisely aligned before the twelve figures seated around it. The 143 single vacant chair sat before an emptly expanse of table. Eleven faces turned 144 toward him, silently eying his entrance. The faces that studied him would be 145 familiar to a student of modern American fundamentalist Christianity. Here 146 were the vocal, the outspoken, the leaders of thought. Here in one room were 147 the charismatic who filled the airwaves with praise of their god and dammnation 148 of the vile who dared to disbelieve. Here were the leaders who led the political 149 fights that had recently embroiled them, the activists who arrainged 150 demonstrations against those with whom they disagreed, those who whipped 151 the faithful into self-righteous wrath against schools, doctors, hospitals, 152 and others who followed different paths. Here, also, were anonymous figures 153 that the same student would not recognize. Here were faces not known, whose 154 existence was only a whisper. Here were those who eschewed the safety of words 155 and drank the sweet wine of action. 156 The face of the twelfth figure was hidden by the incongrous brown hood 157 of the robe that covered him. Only the hands, skeletal, ringed with colored 158 stones were exposed. He could tell that the figure was looking at him with the 159 rest, tell by the motion of the hood covering his head, the hood that shadowed 160 his features till none could make them out. 161 "Come in brother Bob." The voice was cold and precise. "Come in and 162 sit down. We have much to do today." 163 holyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholy 164 165 166 167 *********************************** 168 ANOUTHER SOUL BURNT IN WHOLE 169 *********************************** 170 171 172 A BURNING SOUL CRYING FROM DAYS AGO 173 FOR VENGENCE UPON THOSE WHO CASTED ITS MOLD.. 174 A DESILATED PLACE HE IS CONFIND 175 TILL THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT OF ALL MANKIND.. 176 ANOUTHER FOOL WHO SHELL PARISH IN HIS OWN GREED 177 THE GREED OF NOLIGE WAS HIS SEED 178 IF YOU LOOK DEEP INSIDE YOU SHELL ALSO 179 FIND THAT SEED WHICH WILL CONDEM THEE... 180 TO THE FIRERY SEA BEYOUND THE GATE OF REALITY. 181 SO LOOK APON THY NAIBIOR AND FEAR NOT FOR HIS SOUL 182 FOR TIS IT NOT ETHER WHOLE. 183 FOR THE CHILD GOD DID ONCE SPON 184 CAN NO LONGER BE FOUND UNDER ARE SUN... 185 186 THE MIGHTY EARTH HAS BEGUN TO DECAY 187 PREPARING FOR ITS FINEL DAY. 188 FOR THE DAY HE JUDGES ALL, AND CONDEMS HIMSELF TO THE 189 FLAMEING SEA FOR ALL ETERNITY. 190 SO LISEN TO THE PRECHERS PRAY 191 AND YOU SHELL JOIN THEM IN THIER 192 FIRERY DISMAY !!!!!!!! 193 194 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 195 196 *********************************************************** 197 198 0202: the EOL is fine though you probably don't need the delay if you 199 have problems with lost characters set wait on. When doing the send, 200 what you see on the screen is not exactly what is being sent. The ends 201 of the lines will have extra characters tacked on by the echoed characters 202 picked up during the EOL wait. Wait on will eliminate this, but it will slow 203 down transmission. You could turn the receiver off during the EOL which 204 would also eliminate it. Either way, it won't affect what actually ends 205 up here, it is only a confusion factor in what you see on your own screen. 206 *********************** CISTOP MIKEY ********************************* 207 0707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707 208 BLAST! And me without my secret coder/decoder ring! 209 0707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707 210 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 211 I NEED APPLICATIONS INFORMATION ON MOTOROLA 6847 & 6883, SPECIFICALLY HOW TO 212 USE EXTERNAL CHAR GENERATOR ROM ON 6847 AND POSSIBLE MEM PAGING WITH 6883. 213 ALSO, DISK INTERFACE DATA WOULD BE NICE (THERE'S A SHUGART SITTING IN MY PARLOR) FOR THE COCO. 214 IAN KING 282-1351 215 216 0202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202 217 Cistop - Wouldn't WAIT ON be faster than using DELAY? Pushing data thru as fast 218 as BackWater will take it, rather than using an inflexible delay? Or Can BW 219 buffer the input faster than it echoes it? 0202020202020202020202020202020202 220 ______________________________JD 2446557.6153______________________________ 221 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 222 I see we are back too theology as usual. What happened? Did the board get bored? Well here is my two cents worth. 223 If power corrups, and absolute power corrups absolutely, does this mean that 224 God(who supposedly has absolute power) is corrupt? This poses an interesting 225 question. If God is corrupt, would that mean that he and the devil are one? 226 That would be the ultimate paradox. 227 ........PENDRAGON........ 228 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 229 Dear Penny: 230 231 Well.. I'm back.. Happy? I like your thought. Very profound. Aren't paradoxes fun? Especially the ones that occur on a 232 cosmic level. Well, I'm toolin round here till a space opens up on Bloo Bird. 233 234 Well.. A new movie reveiw.. Actually not a movie review.. a movie soundtrack review.. Rocky Horror Picture Show actually 235 has good music! Did my euthinasia debate ever get anywhere? How's about we debate on Rocky Horror? 236 237 Floatin on Diet Coke and Timm Curry.. 238 239 240 Alahna 241 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 242 THE ALL MIGHTY GOD CREATOR OF ALL 243 IS KNOW MORE THEN A TWO FACED LIER 244 WHO IS TRYING TO SAVE HIMSELF FROM 245 (supposely) HIS OWN CREATIONS !! 246 HEAR IS A GOOD QUESTION............ 247 IF GOD IS ALL MIGHTY AND ALL KNOWING 248 THEN WHY DID HE IN THE FIRST PLACE 249 CREATE A RACE THAT WOULD TURN AGINST HIM 250 IN THE END.?.?.? 251 in that fact why did he even create Lucifer .?.?.?.?.? 252 AND IF HES ALL MIGHTY WHY DOESNT HE DEAL 253 WHITH THE SITUATION. INSTEAD OF 254 TELLING US TOO BE PASHENT & TOO 255 WORSHIP HIM DAY IN & DAY OUT... 256 & IN THE END AFTER YOU`VE SUFFERED, 257 HE SHELL SAVE YOU FROM YOUR OWN SIN. 258 HA HA..IT SEEMS TOO ME THAT THIS BEING 259 IS TRYING TO EXCAPE ITS OWN DESTANY 260 BY CONNING WEAK MINDED SPIRITS IN TOO 261 BELEVEING THAT HE HAD CREATED ALL, 262 SO THAT HE MAY GATHER THEM IN A MASS 263 AND TRY ONCE AGIN TO CONQURE HIS 264 ADVASARY IN THE BATTEL OF ARMAGEDON 265 EXCUSE NOT THE BATTEL OF ARMAGEDON 266 THE WAR,, HE WON THE BATTLE BUT NOT 267 YET THE WAR THAT STILL RAGES ON.. 268 I MY SELF REALY DONT WONT TO BE ONE 269 OF GOD`S PON`S IN HIS STUPID GAME. 270 EXPECIOLY WHEN HE LOOSES !!!! 271 AND HE FINDS HIMSELF IN MORE TORMENT 272 THAT HE COULD EVER BRING UNTO ME !! 273 BUT THATS ALLRIHGT TOO BECOUSE REMEMBER 274 HE SHELL FORGIVE YOU NO MATTER WHUT SORT OF SIN YOU COMMIT !!! 275 HA HA HA HA HA 276 277 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 666 278 279 ******************************************************************************** 280 0202: Actually, the fastest would be no delay and no wait. If your modem is 281 good enough that you don't get any errors, that is the fastest way. The delay 282 can help, but the most acurate form is with wait on and no delay. If it is 283 going to get through that will do it. The problem is that it slows transmission 284 speed in half because it has to wait for the character to be echoed before it 285 can send the next one. But on bad lines that is what you want to do anyway. 286 BW itself can accept the data at full speed on the line. It only needs a 287 delay at the end of the line as it is busy writting the line to disk after 288 you send the CR. 289 **************************** CISTOP MIKEY ************************************ 290 ah Ha! Now the truth is revealed. CISTOP MIKEY is the Phantom Writter! 291 292 Above: Sacrilege! Mikey has never once threatened to destoy the wold, at 293 least when I've been around him. Hmmmm. The other times though. Hmmmm. 294 French Toast 295 _______________________________________________________________________________ 296 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 297 Generally, I've found that messages on this system tend to be twittish somewhat 298 proportional to the following characteristics: 299 1. Upper case only. 2. Poor spelling. 3. Short lines (<64 characters) 300 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& 301 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 302 303 I resent #3. 304 305 WHY? 306 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp lurkin' in the gloamin' pppppppppppppppp 307 HE SEEMS TO BELIEVE IN SIX SIX SIX 308 BUT HE SIMPLY MAKES UuS SICK! 309 IT'S THAT OLD DEVIL KEEPER! 310 RIDIN' ROUND ON A KIDDIE BIKE! 311 WHEN HE DIES THERE'LL BE NO wEEPER! 312 DIE KEEPER! THAT IS`WHAT WE'D LIKE! 313 -Poet! 314 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 315 AMPER SAND: HOW CAN YOU MAKE SUCH ACCUSATION? 316 GENERALLY. 317 qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq 318 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 319 l4 320 07070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707070707 321 TARV[ MD_FD TC^AD RA^AR DMF^A DIANX IFLZD SXJOF LZ[LD _CEDF DNCLD JACIH 322 BCRRD XMD[V SE_ED RCEPD \AEEC ZA[LD _YGPD PTADA LNXIF LZDIX AEDLX PDSXJ 323 OHBCP DCRR[ \D_ST ALDFD ALNXI AIDPT AD[VS D_\AE ECZA[ LD_FD NC\AD GVDSF 324 PTHBE X\APT FLZDN X\VRA PARUD IFMMA JALP[ \D_FD PUVAI DPTAD NXIAD VCJPH 325 BXMDP TADVJ XZJC\ DFLDI FJANP RUDMJ X\DFC L[E_E DVJFL PXGP[ \D_CL UHBFI 326 ACE[Y HB_VC JFPUD XGP[\ HB 327 07070707070707070707070707070707 5-7-86 12:58:59 0707070707070707070707070707070 328 0808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080808080 329 TSD IHJK OHKJ VNBM WRHJ GHFD CVBN DSFA HGJK LKMN QWER IOUJ FDSX QW KL 330 JKL GHFD GHFD CVXZ SADF EWQW YUJH OKLK MNBN HJHB UHGF LKMB FGEW YT PK 331 UIY DFRE TYUH IKJH WESD OHUT WEVC BNMK FDGS KJLQ OLHJ WEFD LKVB FD SD 332 DFER 333 0808080808080808080808080808080808085-7-86 02:34:28 080808080808080808080808080808080 334 335 Gracious! All that stuff above is garbage, and what more, I can't understand it. I feel left out. Oh well.. Maybe 336 It would be to my advantage to try to decode it. Maybe not. 337 338 Anyhow.. Here's my best poetic attempt... 339 340 Bulletin boards are really neat.. 341 Running messages back and forth on invisible little feet.. 342 itser patter, pattser pits.. 343 Too bad they're so full of twits. 344 345 Yes.. you can quote me on that. 346 347 Bye Now!! 348 349 Alahna 350 Whatever happened to stanza, rhyme, meter...? All this sub-iambic twit-tameter is twit-oriented... Thank what 351 ever Robert Frost isn't here to suffer all this... 352 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 353 I wasn't aware that 64 cols. was SMALL. According to my book, it is MEDIUM. 40 col is SMALL. (Less than fourty 354 is considered either portible or a big laugh) 80 col is LARGE, and 96/120/anything beyond is WONDERFUL (actually 355 , that last bit wasn't in the book, but so what! 356 *** STARPATH *** 357 By the way-I ed an entire message there. 358 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 359 ______________________________JD 2446558.5621______________________________ 360 __________________------------------\/~~\/------------------__________________ 361 Dear Keeper (666): 362 363 I find your poety more tasteless than satirical. I will tolerate other musical 364 styles as long as they are not forced on me; you can go ahead and listen to your 365 noise--but your "poetry" could be likened to me spouting about how great the 366 Beatles are, which I won't do as some people don't like them. As a retaliation-- 367 (please, innocent bystanders, don't take this seriously...) 368 369 GET THE ROCKERS! 370 kILL 'EM ALL 371 tHE UPCOMING DAYS 372 WILL SEE THEIR FALL! 373 374 WHEN WHITE NOISE 375 IS STOPMED IN THE GROUND, 376 DOGS 'LL BE EATING 377 ROCKER CHOW! 378 379 THE SCREAMING'S PITIFUL 380 A MELODY IS LACKED 381 & THAT HIDEOUS WAILING 382 MAKES ME CRACK! 383 384 (thank you all! hold the applause...) 385 386 387 /\ 388 / \ 389 / \ 390 / \ 391 / \ 392 | | 393 | | 394 | \/~~\/ | 395 | | 396 | | 397 | | 398 | | 399 | | 400 | | 401 ========== 402 ** ** ** 403 * * * * 404 ^#@&^*#%^& 405 ^&*#*@*($% 406 -- -- -- - 407 - - - 408 - 409 410 __________________------------------\/~~\/------------------__________________ 411 412 Mr. Keeper-I hope your modem fries. 413 ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 414 415 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 416 To the above poet: for not liking it when someone forces their views(or atempts 417 to) on others you seem to be dooing a fair to moderate job of forcing your view 418 of rockers, etc. on the users of this board. The last thing I like to listen 419 to is a bigot. So, to use an old pharse "Practice what you preach or shut up" 420 ........PENDRAGON........ 421 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 422 423 424 425 ***********************n*********** 426 427 428 THEIR ONCE WAS THIS *POET) WHO DID 429 WONCE SAID IN QUOTE: 430 "WHEN HE DIES THERE`LL BE KNOW wEEPER ! 431 DIE KEEPER ! 432 433 UNQUOTE: 434 435 HIS LIFE WAS FAIR, 436 UNTELL HIS DREAM`S BECAME HIS 437 DISPARE.. 438 AND HE DID COME TO KNOW THE POWER OF 439 THE UNTOLD !! 440 BUT LOW & BEHOLD HIS SOUL WAS NO LONGER WHOLE.. 441 442 ONHHHH..DREADEST DISPARE HOW WOULD THIS 443 FOOLISH MORTAL COMARE !!! ? !!! 444 445 THEIR WAS NO WAY FOR HE COULD SAY, 446 TO SAVE HIS SOUL FROM 447 SO HE DIED FROM THIS B.B.S. 448 HOPEING TOO GANE HIS CONFIDENCE !!! 449 BUT HIS SOUL WAS STILL CASTED AWAY 450 TOO THE FIRERY PIT`S OF DISMAY ..!!. 451 452 453 HA HA HA HA HA 454 455 *** *** *** THE KEEPER *** *** *** 456 ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| 457 +++ +++ +++ +++ ++ 458 459 PS..#450 shoul be; "TOO SAVE HIS SOUL FROM ROT & DECAY !! 460 461 462 *** *** *** 463 Well, there is now 666, Starpath, and some jerks that fancy themselves poets. 464 Once upon a time there was Darrin Spokley,Teddy Salad, Frank, and that guy 465 who was the subject of one of Backwaters greatest hits, uh, I mean twit hunts 466 led by the infamous NET operatives (?). Funny how things change without changing 467 Rumor has it that Mr. (?) Spokley has had as many shock treatments as Backwater 468 has lines, and Teddy Salad is now employed by the Portland zoo. Full time. 469 Very full time. Like always... No pay, free rent, free meals... 470 And then there was Promethious Hawthorne...And all the lovable people from 471 Spook Central... 472 REM Barefoot John 473 REM Freebooters 474 REM Rome 475 Ah, the long and excerptfallious history hof Backwater. 476 Like Mr. Teller and Mr. Binet: Was haben creadish ich? 477 Ah, the codes;the silly NET codes, and the l o o n g stories from Silverman' 478 the BEAR, and all the old regulars. 479 (Piper, where R U) 480 Ah the mystical magical conglomeration of idiocy,creativity,nonsense,outstanding 481 humor,incomprehensible ramblings,sparkling truths;verified in the sparkling 482 light of criticism. The waylaid and the wondrous. The humane and the obscene. 483 The stretches of imagination, the corruption of sensibilities, the nonsence of 484 reality. The memories of the assnine, the rememberance of the profound... 485 Ah, Backwater, what a wondrous thing you are. The unique, the incomprehensible 486 the enigmatic outlet of all manner of men. 487 You forever stand alone amidst a vascilating sea of indifference, standing 488 proud amongst modemers need for rules and control characters. 489 The true spirit of creativity which has survived the bizarre ramblings of 490 twitdom throughout the ages... 491 Long may ye live, and long may ye prosper thy true song scarce heard amid the 492 thundering guns below... 493 DV 494 +++++++++++++ DV: Bravo! ++++++++++)++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 495 -+- ln 499 05/08 03:41 -+- 496 !!!!!!!! Milchar: You don't realize it but you're a twit to some other person 497 too. You're the twitiest of all twits. 498 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Moshe Freinberg!!! 499 444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444 500 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 501 222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222 502 hi keeper....by the way, I just figured out who you were, and I've talked to 503 you voice before. Beware, you are known and the keeper of YOUR soul will 504 make you pay for your twittiness!!!! 505 Your poetry sucks and your views on religion are full of shit! Anyway, I w 506 will reveal your identity to all the users on this BBS tomorrow (Friday) and 507 then maybe you'll see what other users think of twits. 508 By the way, I figured it out because of the way you always put a " " before 509 your "!"'s. 510 <*><*><*><*><*> 511 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 512 ______________________________JD 2446559.5982______________________________ 513 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 514 TO 666 515 God did provide! 516 From "Preacher" 517 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 518 There is a new BBS in town that people of BWMS might like. It is called the 519 Dark Realm and is 300/1200 baud...24 hours even!!! WHat more could you ask? 520 The theme is role-playing games and stories..(JD, I'll let ya write all you 521 want! :). 522 The number is: 523 297-xxxx 524 To above: Whoever threatens Cistop Mikey or Backwater incurrs the wrath of 525 Mr. Mean and Nasty. Cool it or suffer the consequences. [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] 526 527 off 528 .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.(sigh).-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Emu 529 530 MOSCOW 11 APRIL 08:15 AM 531 The first rays of the dawning sun broke over the rotund spires of Kremlin building tops, and splashed across the wet 532 cobbled streets below. 533 Birds chirped here and there, silenced momentarily by the stacatto click of hard boots-men in colorless uniforms- 534 marching-reacting-obeying- they stalked across Red Square. Stopping, then marching again. 535 The uniformed, armed squads of the terrifying KGB. A shrilly barked order, and the squad halted-in front of the heavy 536 Oaken door. A nondescript building just off Red Square, where the skyline flattened, where were the tenemants of the 537 "people"; the spirit of Mother Russia, the 'workers'. A simple place of hiding in a land where there was noplace to 538 hide. The place of a man of letters, a man who knew too much to kill;too much not to kill... 539 True to form. No words. No knock upon the heavy door. No warning. A battering ram is brought forward-the Oak becomes 540 firewood-and a startled sleepy old man-his white hair tousled from sleep-is thrown into the back seat of a Mercedes 541 limousine...in the company of a substantial member,on either side, of the dreaded KGB. 542 Capitalistic, the old man thought, this automobile, as the sedan leapt forward through the night... 543 He shivered in fear-a fear that almost consumed his mind. 544 The questions came suddenly;stacatto like, piercing, demanding...unexpected. He had thought they would wait untill 545 he was transferred to Lubyanska. To Siberia. From where he would never return. 546 "Tell us, professor Andropovitch:tell us about Delta Five." 547 Fear welled up in the old man's gut-not the fear of what they would do to him, or the fear of death, but the fear 548 that he had failed. Had failed to do what his heart had told him to do; what his conscience demanded that he do. What 549 he knew in his heart he had to do. 550 His hands were pinned by the strong arms of the men on either side of him, but his tongue was not bound;not silenced. 551 The small hard pellet within a thin capped cuspid came loose as the respected and tenured man of academia spoke his 552 last words. "Yes, gentlemen-he veritably spat the word- I will tell you of Delta Five; but you will, you can not under- 553 stand. He stands for a way of life that you have been forbidden to understand. A way of life that I have taught my 554 students in spite of the directives, the threats from the Politburo. I fear not what all free men have learned to 555 not be afraid of, 'Commissars';that detestible word veritably spat. "No, gentlemen, you shall learn naught from me 556 of Delta Five-and with that I leave you to the political prison you profess to love, just as you serve. 557 The two men stared at the old man-just as they realized what he was saying. There was the muffled crunch of the 558 pellet, and-just as they watched-the old mans features softened;the fear in his eyes disappeared, and as the potassium 559 cyanide paralyzed his nervous system, and took away his life, a slight smile assumed his face. A sigh, and his dying 560 lips whispered "Sierra Echo Tango Delta Five Overlook commenc--- 561 And the old man was dead. 562 The squad of uniformed soldiers quickly found the radio. 563 564 Following the this cable that led to the roof, they discovered one of the KGB's misgivings-a simple round sled-a toy 565 that good Russian children had copied from the western capitalists- could be used as a high gain antenna... 566 The radio was smashed;but not soon enough... 567 Juneau, Alaska. 11 April 09:15 AM 568 "Hey-hey, come in here-hey, you guys-listen to this... 569 Delta Five was explaining. "They got the professor! They found him out." 570 An unnoticed-or ignored- tear found it's way down his cheek. His voice choked, he continued;"They got the professor 571 but the old guy managed to get his last...Delta faltered, his voice choked..."he managed to send the code... 572 He hesitated, then burst forth into tears, sobbing, he sat down in front of the console, crying without shame. 573 The others-Parity, Fellows, Lou, Georgs,Leo, filed silently out into the hangar, sullen, thankful... 574 "You didn't know, did you?" Parity looked at the other men. "You couldn't have known. The professor---was Delta's 575 father... 576 to be continued... [*=*] DELTA FIVE [*=*] 577 holyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholy 578 The meeting would have been familiar to anyone who had worked for a large 579 business. Chaired and controlled bye the figure in the brown robe, the members 580 quickly gave their reports, recieved praise, withered under tonless criticism 581 when they had not achieved their goals. The tension in the room peaked when 582 the reports were finished. 583 "Thank you, brother Jerome," the brown robed figure sat for a long moment. 584 "Now we must come to a rather ... painful portion of this meeting." 585 The tension in the room nearly took on its own life. 586 "Several reports have reached me of breaches of our discipline." The 587 dry words of the brown robed one caused sweat to pour from brother Bob's skin. 588 "Brother Frank!" The Rev. Bob sank back in relief, while another figure 589 stiffened. "You have not been able to curb your proclivity for young boys." 590 The brown robed figure produced a sheet of paper from which the accusation was 591 read. "... was nearly discovered when the scouts escaped." Silence filled 592 the room while the brown robed figure meditated; brother Frank's face was 593 still and white. Finally the sentence. 594 "Brother Frank. You were nearly caught. Your effectiveness in Boston is 595 over. Luckily, you were not well-known. You are now transferred to the west 596 coast -- a town called Portland. You are in charge of the graffiti campaign 597 there. In addition, you are fined $5,000 dollars." The brown robed one 598 slipped a sheet of paper to the bottom of the sheaf and called out. 599 "Brother Bob!" 600 holyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholyholy 601 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""**************************************** 602 A.EASTLAND CALL N.KEEP 603 DELTA5 I LIKE 604 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""' 605 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP 606 USRUSRUSRUSRUSR24002400240024002400240024002400240024002400USRUSRUSRUSRUSRUSRUSR 607 .If you run a "qualified" BBS, U.S. Robotics has a half-price offer for you on 608 its COURIER 2400, a 2400-baud modem. 609 . Call U.S. Robotics at (312) 960-xxxx for more information. 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