From: BEATLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: RufusCon Date & Time: 12/27/90 18:11:07 Message Number 11001 > WatermellonCantaloupeWatermellonCanteloupeWatermelloCantaloupe... > > PIZZA. And my response (as liked by Max): "I like that quote, it has a lot of food." =========== From: OPUS To: TURTLE Subject: hey! Date & Time: 12/27/90 20:15:48 Message Number 11005 Well it'll be Multi-Node.....(It'll only be able to handle 4 nodes though....).. It won't be Fido-Bet.. there is a bulletin board system out there called WWIV that is VERY popular.. there are over 17 of that type of board in the WWIV net in the 813 ac. The way it works is when you goto logon if you input -@!NETWORK!@- as your name it'll run the net program...blah, blha blha.. no fronbt end is required.. and this is a very popular system.. there are over a few thousend around...(the including ones in Mexico, Germany, and Austraia..(those are the only other countries that *I've* sent mail to.. anyway it is a good system and that is how I think I'm gonna set it up..... But right now with the release of Turbo Pascal 6.0 and Turbo Vision it has been delayed so I can work on ym Multi-tasking windows program.. hopefully to be done soon.. BETA copies are on Suncaost City if interested. Opus! =========== From: JONBOY To: DIONYSUS Subject: You bet he does Date & Time: 12/28/90 19:22:42 Message Number 11008 I mean, their popularity has to say something for them... Nope - their popularity has something to say about the general level of techical savvy of the average businessman who is awed and impressed by those majic three letters... The original IBM PC (I refuse to call the damned thing simply a "PC" as if it were the delineating factor for all such machines!) was as sorry a pseudo-doorstop as was ever foisted on an unsuspecting public. =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: bash 'em Date & Time: 12/28/90 19:27:12 Message Number 11009 or never used another computer more sophisticated than a C=64. Now Turtle - let's not let the Z-system bias color your world too much - bigotry in any form is a less-than-desirable trait in an otherwise noble shelled beast. =========== From: JONBOY To: DIONYSUS Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 12/28/90 19:32:44 Message Number 11010 So what's wrong with incestuous sex? That's what brothels are for. !!! Wahahahahahahahaha!!! I'm sorry - the title of the message - the subsequent contents - they all add up so imperfectly I just burst out. I'll try to subdue my mirth in the future - but please, try not to give me such a wonderful excuse to berate the level of literacy in our society. =========== From: JONBOY To: ALL Subject: Hi Date & Time: 12/28/90 19:43:38 Message Number 11011 Sorry for tyhe outdated posts - I just forgot myself - I've been a busy boy and all the last few months and have missed you folks. I should be finishing up here soon so I can relax on the BBS's more often JonBoy =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Addictions. Date & Time: 12/29/90 00:29:46 Message Number 11013 >Like in a sexual way. You,re disgusting. Hey, YOU thought of it! Do you always think of sex when someone mentions cat addiction? =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 12/29/90 00:31:09 Message Number 11014 So when ya gonna put the nitro pack in there, hmm? If yer gonna put a six-pack on, ya might as well go all the way! And just THINK of the shit you could dump in the air while you're at it... =========== From: TURTLE To: OPUS Subject: hey! Date & Time: 12/30/90 16:16:24 Message Number 11017 As a caveat, I would strongly recommend doing a FIDO capable system over a WWIV-capable one. For starters, FIDO is larger than WWIV by an order of magnitude, and there are more echoes on more topics for FIDO and FIDO-like networks (of which there are probably over a hundred, each of which uses FIDO software and transfer protocols). If you are planning to release or market your program, if it supports WWIV but not FIDO you will, I fear, find MUCH less demand for it. =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 12/30/90 16:21:59 Message Number 11019 Hey, like, welcome back...and I'm glad to see your sense of humor is still intact. Speaking of which, I was awakened this morning by a pair of Jehovah's Witlesses who came by at a Godawful early time, so I had 'em for breakfast...yum yum. Delicious, nutritious, and soo wholesome. It's kind of too bad they have to interpret **everything** they see in terms of their religious beliefs. =========== From: OPUS To: TURTLE Subject: fdghjkdfghjkfdg Date & Time: 12/30/90 17:43:36 Message Number 11021 It's not gonna support WWIV... But have it's OWN system like WWIV.. but it has been delayed do to a few technical problems and I've been working on something else BIG real BIG.. the biggest program I have ever ATTEMPTED to write..(which means I may never get it to work right!) umm. I'm not sure I would like to make it FIDO but I suppose it couldn't hurt In Ohio there was many Fido boards but there was also about a ZILLION (no exageration!) WWIV net boards.. leem put it this way.. they (the Ohio peopel) are a LOT differnt then you guys.. they were more... uhh.... NORMAL!! Opus! =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: MAX Subject: Hamsters... Date & Time: 12/30/90 19:11:19 Message Number 11022 I enjoy humor very much. There are different types of it though that are too numerous to list. Not all types of humor are liked by the same people, everyone has their own individual taste. I hope that someone can help you with exactly what 'the hamster thing' is, only because I'm not so sure myself. I prefer mice and other small rodents self. Night Owl I must say though, that it's hard to catch a rat on Toxic Shock. (TM) Anarchy Now Inc. =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: P.WHIPPED Subject: drugs Date & Time: 12/30/90 19:28:03 Message Number 11023 > You should't mess with drugs... M3 year old cousin got into a bottle of Smurfs. He felt blue for a week. See ya L8R, allig8r... Night Owl =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: Amanda Date & Time: 12/30/90 21:19:04 Message Number 11024 >...can't picture Amelia in a bad mood...What does she do, bite heads >off small children or what? No, she storms around mumbling. Which reminds me, when do you sneak in there and shave that dog of hers? =========== From: RUFUS To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 12/30/90 21:21:26 Message Number 11025 I see you got a modem to use now, or do you still stop by and actually use the computer the system is running on? Someone wanted to speak with you about something, but I forgot who it was. Maybe Eddie Monnerat, dunno. =========== From: RUFUS To: JONBOY Subject: Hi Date & Time: 12/30/90 21:24:55 Message Number 11026 Welcome back to the BBSs. You should have been at the last RufusCon. We had two guitar players (or was it three, or four) and one bass player (and I use the word player in the loosest sense). If I could have found the accordian it woulda been all right. =========== From: RUFUS To: RUFUS Subject: Amanda Date & Time: 12/30/90 21:28:13 Message Number 11027 Dain Bramage, Dain Bramage! That should have read "When do we sneak in ...shave that dog of hers?" 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If u kn rd ths, u kn bcm rch & fms =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: BEATLE Subject: Rutles Date & Time: 12/31/90 19:36:48 Message Number 11031 You are the only other person in the world that I've EVER heard talking about them. I can't remember when I saw that, or really anything of it so I'll shut up now, but this is good.... this is very good, that means I was NOT hallucinating. -- Dirty Wrat =========== From: BEATLE To: DIRTY WRAT Subject: Rutles Date & Time: 12/31/90 21:04:17 Message Number 11032 > only person in the world that I've EVER heard talking about them. Another person who's heard of it... it was petty darn obscure, but it's got a cult of sorts burried in the ranks of Beatles fans... =========== From: P.WHIPPED To: TURTLE Subject: amusement Date & Time: 12/31/90 21:44:19 Message Number 11033 Unofficial Public Amusement: Syncronized jumping =========== From: P.WHIPPED To: NIGHT OWL Subject: puns Date & Time: 12/31/90 21:51:04 Message Number 11034 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very puny..... I like puns the same amount that I enjoy cutting myself and pouring alcohol into the cuts when I'm really really bored (The only good thing about cutting oneself is seeing how deep one can cut oneself and how much blood it takes to pass out from lack of) Don't you hate the aesthetics of sentences that just kind of fall off Also aren't incomplete sente =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 12/31/90 22:11:46 Message Number 11035 It's kind of too bad they have to interpret **everything** they see in terms of their religious beliefs. Well... speaking on a strictly existential basis - don't we all? Of course we should take our personal dogma (whatever it may be as a "religious" belief) as the basis of comparison. What actually annoys you so is the fact that they believe in a superior being and you don't. If you *really* wanna have fun - ask them why you shouldn't believe in the "Little People", changelings and the rest of mythology that has been a matter of certain "knowledge" of years past.. My trouble is I'm a true anarchist at heart. JoNboy =========== From: JONBOY To: RUFUS Subject: Hi Date & Time: 12/31/90 22:17:44 Message Number 11036 Thanx for the How-D. I'm glad to be back - I hope I can keep up for awhile. I really *hate* writing major programs - and this one was <<< shudder >>> a DATABASE! Arrrggghhhh! Shades of CIS! REAL Programmers stay the hell away from databases - and to top it off it deals with money! I ************HATE*********** writing programs that deal with money because computers get kinda loose with the small decimal points and that annoys beancounters no end. Well this concept was so screwed from the word go they can stick it. The problem is so severe that even THEY can't keep up with it. Ya do the best ya can.. All I gotta do now is write the docs and help blurbs and start distributing the crippled copies so I can have them beating my door down for the priviledge of paying $400 for my program. JonBoy =========== From: RUFUS To: JONBOY Subject: Hi Date & Time: 12/31/90 23:23:53 Message Number 11037 Death to beancounters! Long live the revolution! Break the chains ofoppresion! Kill smurfs! ...say Turtle, is your line /still/ being tapped? =========== From: TURTLE To: OPUS Subject: fdghjkdfghjkfdg Date & Time: 01/01/91 16:16:02 Message Number 11039 Making a BBS package only capable of networking with itself isn't all that good an idea if you're planning to distribute the software, for no other reason than because Fido's been around for as long as it has and it's as big as it is (and if you don't like FidoNet, there are literally dozens of other networks that use the same software...) FidoNet, for all its problems, kludges, and bizzare hacks, has also become established enough that it's capable of doing all sorts of things that aren't likely to occur to someone who's working on his own networking from scratch, and for that matter there is even software out there that will connect FidoNet to UseNet and InterNet; obviously, there's a lot of people dedicating a lot of effort to Fido software (grin). Fido protocol is a royal pain in the ASS to implement, but you are not likely to find all that much interest in your software if it networks but can't do Fido. ...getting off my soapbox now... =========== From: TURTLE To: NIGHT OWL Subject: Hamsters... Date & Time: 01/01/91 16:20:12 Message Number 11040 >I enjoy humor very much. There are different types of it... Yep, like: Gross Disgusting Nasty Gross and disgusting Gross and nasty Nasty and disgusting Gross, disgusting, and nasty Sick Repulsive Sick and repulsive Gross, disgusting, nasty, sick, and repulsive ...and the list goes on and on. What's yer point? :) =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Amelia... Date & Time: 01/01/91 16:23:46 Message Number 11041 >...when do you sneak in there and shave that dog of hers? Say WHAT??!! When do /I/ shave her dog? Don't be tryin' to pin that one on me, boy! I don't shave her dog at all...I don't want to see her in a bad mood that badly. You on drugs, boy? =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/01/91 16:25:40 Message Number 11042 The Specialist occasionally drops by...he has a modem, but no phone. The one is of limited utility without the other. =========== From: TURTLE To: P.WHIPPED Subject: amusement Date & Time: 01/01/91 16:27:13 Message Number 11043 I honestly can't imagine how I let that one slip. Synchronized jumping probably competes with ticlking people senseless (in public places, natch) for Official Florida Furry Sport. =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/01/91 16:29:02 Message Number 11044 >Well...speaking on a strictly existential basis...don't we all >[view the world in terms of religion]? No, at least not to the same extent the Jehovah's Witnesses do. Speaking in a strictly NON-existential, practical basis, they interpret literally everything they see in terms of their religion. There is **nothing** which has no religious overtones to some of these people. Their religion colors the way they listen to music, the way they interact with everyone from McDonald's counter people to their co-workers, the way they read the newspaper... I have a Jehovah's Witness pamphlet that explains how clean a JW should keep his house (too clean is vanity, not clean enough is disrespectful to God) and even (I am NOT making this up!!) how many times per day a proper Christian should wash their hands. These people literally cannot wash their hands without perceiving religious overtones to the act. THAT is what I am talking about when I say they see the world in terms of their religion, and nothing /but/ their religion. It is not a matter of their beliefs not coinciding with mine at all; I don't agree with your beliefs, but I don't accuse YOU of being unable to interpret events in anything other than religious terms... =========== From: THUMPER 1 To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Im disgusting Date & Time: 01/01/91 18:41:32 Message Number 11045 >You're distgusting... Why Thank you! I hope you meant that as a compliment!!! =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: amusement Date & Time: 01/01/91 22:49:37 Message Number 11046 Official Florida Furry Way to get Someone killed: Place person to be killed in downtown area and scream "Hey I like those pump shoes you have" and run. =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/01/91 22:51:23 Message Number 11047 Oh Ford, you've got the same pamphlet I do on "how clean to keep your car." =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: P.WHIPPED Subject: ARGH! Date & Time: 01/02/91 01:27:52 Message Number 11048 I wasn't too happy with the smyrf pun when I thought of it. Well, it IS better than nothing (isn't it) ? Who said that? [Night Owl is knocked off of his branch by an accurate tomato] OW! -- a blue Night Owl (evil grin) =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: TURTLE Subject: Hamsters... Date & Time: 01/02/91 01:33:06 Message Number 11049 >Yes, like: .......... Hahahahahaha.......(sore ribs)........falling off cha.. Those categories can also apply to fast food. ;) SEE YA! Night Owl =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: RUFUS Subject: smurfs Date & Time: 01/02/91 01:57:57 Message Number 11050 I am not a smurf-lover. I say this because it is important to what I am about to say. There has been growing anti-smurf sentiments as of late, a fact particularly disturbing to those of us who, unlike you and your Ardvarkian cult, do not fit into the norms of society. I stand on a moral position of tolerance of others who are different, unique... blue. I stand, therefore, for SMURF RIGHTS. DW p.s. sentiments should be sentiment... never mind the grammar - it's the message that counts. =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: TURTLE Subject: Can't say... Date & Time: 01/02/91 02:03:34 Message Number 11051 We don't know how to party. (that was in reference to the posts on syncronized jumping, and public tickle-fests) Now go back and READ the message subject, it'll make more sense . (subtle punctiashun) DW =========== From: RUFUS To: DIRTY WRAT Subject: AC/DC Date & Time: 01/02/91 19:25:43 Message Number 11052 Tickets for the AC/DC show go on sale this Saturday morning. I'll be dragging Zot's ass outta bed to go down and get some. You want one I suppose? Or more? I can probably cover the cost for four tickets. Please call me voice (not after 11 p.m., please, the folks get annoyed) or on my data line so I can chat with ya. ...zickle snort, my son. =========== From: RADAGAST To: RUFUS Subject: AC/DC Date & Time: 01/02/91 21:00:30 Message Number 11054 WOW! gosh i'd love to go to an AC/Dc concert. But alas, i'm too poor. But hey would any brave soul be interested in attempting to bring a tape recorder to the concert??? ah well... =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: TURTLE Subject: NOSEDIVE! Date & Time: 01/02/91 21:21:06 Message Number 11056 >......yup-yup-yup Matrimony is a process by which a grocer acquired an account the florist had. When a husband and wife have got each other, the devil only knows which has got the other. Yeah, why not???? =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BEATLE Subject: NOSEDIVE! Date & Time: 01/02/91 21:23:57 Message Number 11057 "The Rutles".....wow, it has been a long time but I'm sure I've seen it. That gang just couldn't do much wrong. $9.95?!?!?!?! for any Monty Python stuff (or spin-offs) is a GREAT price. I'd like to see it again, you say it's NOT for rent around anywhere? Oh well, maybe I'll borrow yours sometime. =========== From: SNAKEBYTE To: BEATLE Subject: Looooong time Date & Time: 01/02/91 21:26:25 Message Number 11058 >>borrow it.... First I'll let you know if it works . =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: Hi Date & Time: 01/02/91 23:42:08 Message Number 11061 >...say Turtle, is your line /still/ being tapped? Funny you should mention it. I was footloose and GTE-free throughout December, but they just started again... =========== From: TURTLE To: RUFUS Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/03/91 00:01:14 Message Number 11062 Well, actually, I'm referring to an article about "how clean to keep your house and clothing" in an issue of the Watchtower. It's really fascinating stuff--seems a proper Christian washes his hands exactly three times a day, excluding special circumstances (changing the oil in his car, presumably, which the Bible tells us must be done religiously every 6,000 miles). More than that is a sign of vanity. The article also explains how much proper Christians ought to spend on their wardrobe, how often proper Christians will wash their car, and other profound stuff. (I have another issue that explains why a proper Christian must never, ever watch a movie that has an "R" rating. That more than anything else has convinced me that the organization behind the Jehovah's Witnesses is more interested in control than in moral purity...surely, from a moral standpoint, every movie ought to be rated on its own merit. There are some R-rated movies which attempt to make a moral point, and PG movies that'd curl the toes of these people...) We must seek God, and we must hail him! Seek! Hail! Seek! Hail! Sieg Heil! =========== From: TURTLE To: NIGHT OWL Subject: Hamsters... Date & Time: 01/03/91 00:06:10 Message Number 11063 >Those categories can also apply to fast food. All right, what are you trying to say? :) =========== From: TURTLE To: DIRTY WRAT Subject: Aardvarks Date & Time: 01/03/91 00:07:04 Message Number 11064 Aardvarkain cult...I like that. =========== From: TURTLE To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: NOSEDIVE! Date & Time: 01/03/91 00:13:53 Message Number 11065 Love is the delightful interlude between meeting the most beautiful person in the world and marrying a haddock. Sex is something which begins at puberty and ends at marriage. "I am happy now. Why should I marry and spoil it all?" --Mae West I'm game if you are... =========== From: TURTLE To: LASER Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/03/91 00:15:43 Message Number 11066 That's gotta hurt at 300 baud... =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: TURTLE Subject: fast food Date & Time: 01/03/91 01:40:10 Message Number 11067 >All right, what are you trying to say? :) Well, since you asked. I don't like Mcdonald's food, though their break- fasts are half decent. (To me, there's nothing like a Howard johnson big breakfast) For hamburgers, I'd go tWendy's, they have a decent salad bar. Hot dogs & rootbeer: The frosted Mug in Venice Chicken... Chic-filet Roast Beef...the deli a Winn Dixie SEE YA! Night Owl =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: TURTLE Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/03/91 01:52:09 Message Number 11068 >That's gotta hurt at 300 baud... You're so right... Could you imagine that as a brain fart? Whew! *]:) BTW, a new smiley! ^ a smiley in a ski cap (rolled up) SEE YA! Night Owl =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THUMPER 1 Subject: Warrenpeace Date & Time: 01/03/91 23:44:19 Message Number 11071 Gee, thanks! I'll try calling Warren Peace next chance I get. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: RUFUS Subject: RufusCon Date & Time: 01/03/91 23:58:05 Message Number 11072 >Speaking of that, some Witness' o' Jehovah gave me a book on how clean >to keep my car, bathroom, and house. Too clean and your showing vain, >not clean enough and your a bad model for other would be JWs. I could never be a Jehovah's Witness. I never saw the accident. Basically, it seem's they're taking the idea of moderation to extremes, no? Moderation is good -- in moderation. :Dragonfly; =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Drugs Date & Time: 01/04/91 00:06:21 Message Number 11073 My earlier position on this topic: All drugs should be able to be prescribed by a medical doctor. This includes substances untested by the FDA, substances known to be dangerous, and substances known not to work. How would you keep drugged-up people from the roads? :Dragonfly; =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: TURTLE Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/04/91 00:13:30 Message Number 11074 >I was awakened this morning by a pair of Jehovah's Witlesses who >came by at a Godawful early time, so I had 'em for breakfast...yum >yum. Delicious, nutritious, and soo wholesome. They usually need salt. :Dragonfly; =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: CHAS Subject: -=> Date & Time: 01/04/91 00:17:28 Message Number 11075 Absolutely gorgeous. Now, what's it supposed to be? :Dragonfly; =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: JONBOY Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/04/91 00:19:01 Message Number 11076 Actually, JonBoy, it's usually fun to start trying to convert Them (fundamentalists, Jehovah's Witlesses, whatever) to a totally foreign philosophy, and pound on it as hard as they pound on their philosophy. I left some Gideon's Bibles with a group of Hairy Fishnets once. /Dragonfly; =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: DIRTY WRAT Subject: smurfs Date & Time: 01/04/91 00:24:28 Message Number 11077 >There has been growing anti-smurf sentiments as of late, a fact >particularly disturbing to those of us who, unlike you and your >Ardvarkian cult, do not fit into the norms of society. I stand on >a moral position of tolerance of others who are different, unique... >blue. I stand, therefore, for SMURF RIGHTS. My worthy opponent has claimed, without giving any reasons other than emotional, that smurfs deserve rights. Although I also find smurfs to be "cute," even a glimpse of the facts wil prove his position unbtenable. 1. Smurfs infest mushroom patches, making them unsuitable for human consumption. In some cases destroying up to half of a farmer's crop, smurfs house themselves with no respect for human boundaries. 2. Although they appear human-like, the near 30-1 male/female ratio of smurfs belies their unusual sex lives. Young children may be morally scarred for life by their ritual "banging up Smurfette." 3. Smurfs are an excellent source of meat, providing wonderful flavor for soups, stews, roasts, and all other traditional ways of cooking meat. Their light, veal-like flesh is a delightful, low-calorie alternative to chicken or fish. 4. They are a known cause of noise pollution, magic pollution, and more than several have been implicated in mischief. In light of these facts, I propose that the Smurf hunting season be extended to year-round, until such a time that the Smurf population be reduced to managable levels. :Dragonfly; (C) 1990, Procrastinators, Inc. =========== From: RUFUS To: DRAGONFLY Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/04/91 10:31:42 Message Number 11078 >I left some Gideon's Bibles with a group of Hairy Fishnets once. That's Hairy FishNUTS! Pear dimples for Hairy Fishnuts. =========== From: GODFATHER To: ANYONE Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/04/91 15:46:50 Message Number 11080 Hello I am new user and I just want to hear from a bunch of other users I Just am trying out the new system. Please respond anyway you can. Thank you, Godfather. =========== From: TURTLE To: GODFATHER Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/04/91 17:47:24 Message Number 11082 Arf! Hello...here is a generic respnse to your message. Is good, yesno? =========== From: BEATLE To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: NOSEDIVE! Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:00:32 Message Number 11084 Guess what? I'll have it at Pentacon (which I heard you'll be at)... Alas, (gee, ANOTHER one of those?) you'll be reading this AFTER Pentacon... At least I have the advantage of knowing what you look like to approach you. I have to get some tapes from Thumper One, and I have NO idea who he is, except that he's 19. =========== From: BEATLE To: LASER Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:02:36 Message Number 11085 At least you didn't end that message with "Brain Fart" or "Mosh". =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:04:51 Message Number 11086 > More than that is a sign of vanity... Does this mean that Bart Fox would have vanity to the 25th power? Or is he doing something else in the bathroom all the time? I guess he's void, though, since he's an atheist. =========== From: BEATLE To: GODFATHER Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:10:15 Message Number 11087 > Hello... I just want to hear from a bunch of other users... Trying to make us an offer we can't refuse?? =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:11:17 Message Number 11088 > Arf!... here is a generic respnse to your message. I like my specific response much better :) =========== From: CHAS To: DRAGONFLY Subject: scbbs Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:29:03 Message Number 11089 Hahaha...welllll...it was supposed to be an ibm-extended ascii large- letter ad for Suncoast City, saying "Happy Holidays from Suncoast City BBS"...ah, well! =========== From: CHAS To: ALL Subject: Picnick!! Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:31:44 Message Number 11090 Yes, folks, it's the (notorious) Monthly Indoor Picnick time!! January 12th (Saturday), 10 AM to Noonish, at Chef Paul's Restaurant (great food at low prices!!), Rt 41 at 12th St., Gulf side! Dozens of freebie "prizes" - books, HARDware, software, "stuff" - jes' for bein' there!! Great conversation, good fun.... Make it a point to stop by: mark it down: January 12th, Chef Pauls! =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: GODFATHER Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/04/91 22:54:52 Message Number 11091 > Plesae respond any way you can... You have reached our car phone and we are at home right now. The next time we go out, we will return your message at the tone. (*beep*) ....... SEE YA! Night Owl =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: RUFUS Subject: AC/DC Date & Time: 01/05/91 02:36:09 Message Number 11093 Well -- I know >>I've been thunderstruck... but, ah... by the time you will read this we will have worked the ticket thing out. Why, pray tell, did I call long distance?? I don't know either, I think it was to confuse (and worship) the Aardvark of Happiness... hope it works.. DW =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: TURTLE Subject: But at least... Date & Time: 01/05/91 02:42:36 Message Number 11094 In reference to Laser's message: BOY does it hurt at three hundred baud (love that Tandy MODEM PHONE 100) ... but at least the message was PROFOUND. DW =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Smurfs N Bits.. Date & Time: 01/05/91 02:47:30 Message Number 11095 Smurf hunting season, long extented over the past few years has wrought damage that even YOU, my freind cannot ignore. Population figures alone indicate that Smurf bashing should be stopped. Consider: Only 101 smurfs remain... the small percentage of the mushroom crop saved by ruthlessly hunting and beating (pleasing as it sounds, mind you...) these little twerps... I mean, er, these poor creatures... out of being simply isn't worth it. You, a kind generous being (or so I thought)... should know this. I think I'm gonna hafta get Bluepeace after you. DW =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: GODFATHER Subject: Response. Date & Time: 01/05/91 02:52:04 Message Number 11096 Hello. Welcome and all that. Dirty Wrat P.S. Be as abstract as possible (big grin)... they like it here. =========== From: DIRTY WRAT To: BEATLE Subject: That was... Date & Time: 01/05/91 02:54:21 Message Number 11097 ...Rough. Cleanliness is next to Godliness (Man I'd like to meet the one who came up with that one...) And in that case, Bart Fox is in the apartment NEXT DOOR to his deity. DW =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/05/91 22:10:29 Message Number 11098 in anything other than religious terms... Hmmm... I wish I could remember that thread - it's fun to get you riled but not mistakenly. I would NEVER say that everyone sees the world colored with a relgious motif - rather I think I was trying to say that everyone is dogmatic in their perception of the world (I would *swear* I used the term dogmatic.... sighhhhh mus' be gettin ol an feeble). Sorry for the coronary. In fact I tend to agree with you and have told a couple of JW's that Jesus and the parables of the Shepard and his sheep did not mean they were to act like sheep - blindly following and never questioning. I get tired of people that equate Christianity with a big red OFF switch on the frontal lobes. Enuf of MY soapbox... A believing, but yet-questioning JonBoy =========== From: JONBOY To: DIRTY WRAT Subject: Smurfs Date & Time: 01/05/91 22:17:15 Message Number 11099 We have an RTV dispenser at work that dispenses little oodles of blue stuff. One gal calls it Smurf shit and another argues that it is like the old meat grinder her pa had and so must be smurf guts. Whatever part or parcel the stuff is, they give their all for a silly Oring on an automotive speed sensor... =========== From: JONBOY To: TURTLE Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/05/91 22:25:56 Message Number 11100 Arf! Hello...here is a generic respnse to your message. Is good, yesno? Much too formal - bring out the best wine for our guests - on second thought that would include the nazis that have the well-known insect attached to your electronic umbiblical cord... JonBoy =========== From: JONBOY To: RUFUS Subject: Metal? Date & Time: 01/05/91 22:30:59 Message Number 11101 BTW - did you guys EVER get me a copy of Heavy Metal? My parents decided to get me an idiot box for Christmas... sighhhhh parents. Now I have gotten along for 5 years without one and there it sits.... I dared not turn it on until I *knew* that something good was on so I got the kid up the street to tell me when Star Trek - The New Generation came on.... better _ I could get used to the damned thing and not begrudge it the small space that it uses if I could be certain that it was potty-trained and would not dispense putrid pablum passed off as a passable parody of entertainment. So - I gotta get a VCR. Kind of like putting it on a leash until it knows who's boss. I have Les Miserables - I need to balance the Yin with some Yang - I gotta have - REAL entertainment!!!! JonBoy =========== From: TURTLE To: CHAS Subject: scbbs Date & Time: 01/05/91 23:38:22 Message Number 11103 >...it was supposed to be an ibm-extended ascii large-letter ad for >Suncoast City... And what, pray tell, were you thinking when you posted an IBM graphics ad on a TRS-80 BBS? :) =========== From: TURTLE To: DIRTY WRAT Subject: Response. Date & Time: 01/05/91 23:40:52 Message Number 11104 >Be as abstract as possible (big grin)... they like it here. And to your family, as well; I too see it, with the green one. The noise is most pleasing with the china, don't you agree? =========== From: TURTLE To: JONBOY Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/05/91 23:43:40 Message Number 11105 >...on second thought that would include the nazis that have the >well-known insect attached to your electronic umbilical cord... Heh heh heh. I like that. =========== From: RUFUS To: JONBOY Subject: Metal? Date & Time: 01/06/91 20:05:32 Message Number 11107 Umm...Turtle is in charge of Heavy Metal. I figure it'll make a damned fine "New Millinium" gift. :) Really, he did have a problem (something like two VCRs being replaced by an Amiga at Gnu College)... =========== From: RUFUS To: LASER Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/06/91 20:07:34 Message Number 11108 Well, it's good to know that your not just a file leech, as the rumours said. Message posting is a vital part of a BBS. =========== From: ROBERTO To: ANYONE Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/07/91 17:00:14 Message Number 11112 I rejust got back in to calling bbs.s's, and so far this is the bes t board I'Veve called. I' m using a Co=64 with only 40 columnms. do does any one know of a good 40 column bbs? =========== From: ROBERTO To: SYSOP Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/07/91 17:03:41 Message Number 11113 SYSOP, I have just started using you bbs. and , and I look ed at your list and My computer is alot fasterr  than mine , Im using a 40 colunm screen, a c=64. anyway I couldn' t tell if you had any commodor e bbs listed . could you leave me a message and give me a coup couple of numbers? Thanks....... =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: ROBERTO Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/07/91 20:28:43 Message Number 11114 Most BBSes you come across will be in 80-column format. There aresome 80-column terminal programs available for the C64. As for BBSes in the area, read Turtle7s BBS list from the main menu. SEE YA! Night Owl =========== From: MAX To: LASER Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/07/91 23:48:31 Message Number 11115 This BBS only "sucks" if you're interested exclusively in playing games, trading "warez" or insulting people. Those of use with less limited mental capacity than your message indicates enjoy boards like this. If you do have a brain, you might want to put it in gear and enjoy this system, and I'll even apologize for what I'm about to say to you. If you only enjoy acting like a brainless moron, piss off, asshole. =========== From: BEATLE To: LASER Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/08/91 06:51:25 Message Number 11116 Turtle, I think it's time to kick this Jackass off your system. He's contributing nothing worthwhile. =========== From: BEATLE To: ROBERTO Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/08/91 06:53:03 Message Number 11117 > does any one know of a good 40 column bbs? I don't think any BBS runs at 40 columns, but I've got a C=64 and I manage to make it. =========== From: BEATLE To: NIGHT OWL Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/08/91 06:54:52 Message Number 11118 > There are some 80-column terminal programs available for the C64. If you could show me one, I would be grateful. I have one, and it's annoying. The font is hard to read, and the screen won't scroll or clear it just keeps going back to the top and clearing and writing line by line. At least if it does that, it should put some space between the old and new. I hope Roberto understands that you don't have to only call Commodore boards and you can read 80 coulumn boards with 40 columns... =========== From: TURTLE To: LASER Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/08/91 16:38:09 Message Number 11120 Please stop abusing the system immediately. If you have nothing productive to say, don't fill my message bases with this garbage. Thank you. =========== From: TURTLE To: ROBERTO Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/08/91 16:39:19 Message Number 11121 I don't know if there are any C=64 BBSes running right now, other than Tink's Place 8which may be down). There are 80-column terminal programs for C=64 machines out there; perhaps findong one of them might be productive. When you're listing anything, including the BBS list or messages, you can hit Control-S or P to pause, and Return or Control- Q to resume. =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: GODFATHER Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/08/91 21:06:02 Message Number 11122 >Please respond anyway you can. Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! or, better yet... Rosebud! Seriously, welcome to the system, Godfather. Check your weapons at the door. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: CHAS Subject: scbbs Date & Time: 01/08/91 21:08:19 Message Number 11123 Hippy hollowdays to you too, Chas. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: DIRTY WRAT Subject: AC/DC Date & Time: 01/08/91 21:09:42 Message Number 11124 May the Aardvark of Happiness bestow fewmets unto thy eighth daughter. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: JONBOY Subject: words of wisdom Date & Time: 01/08/91 21:15:13 Message Number 11125 Remind me to play "I Want to Be a Clone" at you sometime. You'll really appreciate the lyrics. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: JONBOY Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/08/91 21:17:29 Message Number 11126 Simple. Serve the best wind to anyone who enters this board properly. And ask that the Aardvark of Happiness drool on anyone who doesn't. "For narrow is the gate, and many shall try to climb in other ways, over the roof, through the floor, and yea through time-travel. But my aardvarklings shall not follow these false leaders, as they have a hard time following me. And yea, though the night be dark, and the storms rage over the whole of the earth, and though there be stumbling blocks in the One True Way, and though there be ferrets, the One True Way shall descend upon mankind, causing some to swoon, some to swim, and some to drop their breakfast cereals. And each shall follow their Way of the Aardvark, snuffling away from the Dark and the Light, away from the Blue, Green, and Yellow, and toward the One True Shade of Grey that exists within this world. Thus speaketh the Dragonfly." - From the Seventeenth Book of the Aardvark (third edition) =========== From: BURNEY To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: nosedive! Date & Time: 01/08/91 22:18:51 Message Number 11127 Sorry about my long time in replying. Two jobs, programming ,overtime, holidays, etc. Yes I have a copy guard buster. They work...at least the one I have does. I never put more than one movie on a tape. The reason is because you have to search for the beginning of each movie. You say...what about the tape counter. My response, what if you stop in the middle of a movie for one reason or another or you put it in the other VCR or you accidently hit the reset button or any other foolish thing you can think of. They are obviously not fool proof....or idiot proof....or stupid proof either. BY THE WAY I'm sure turtle has noticed (maybe) that I signed on at 1200 baud.... YEAH...HOORAH...JOYOUS NOISES. I think its much better than 300. I'm sure you will all agree. I also am now running a 128. NO MORE 40 COLUMNS. Praise the Lord, pass the 2400.... >>>Burney<<< =========== From: BURNEY To: ALL Subject: I'm baaaaaack Date & Time: 01/08/91 22:30:25 Message Number 11128 Hello to all. I'm back again....thought you got rid of me didn't ya? I have no good excuse so I wont bother. Also I am behind by about a million messages, so I wont bother to read /them/ either. This is not a one line message....:) =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: BEATLE Subject: RufusCon Date & Time: 01/09/91 16:56:20 Message Number 11129 Yes, but it was misquoted. It's supposed to read, "Bastard, I'll kill you for that. WatermellonCantaloupe...PIZZA." Howza? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/09/91 16:58:56 Message Number 11130 T> and just think of the shit you could dump in the air while you're T>at it... Ooooh!! (Gets faraway look on face...eyes glaze over....) Yes...yes!! YES!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA! Emissions! EMISSIONS! I imagine I'll have to tear down the engine and replace the gaskets first, tho.... Only $140, hell. Why not? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: RUFUS Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/09/91 17:01:49 Message Number 11131 No, still dropping by on machines... but today I got a hold of a modem at work! HEHEH. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: OPUS Subject: hey! Date & Time: 01/09/91 17:04:15 Message Number 11132 I don't suppose anyone out there has access to a XENIX (or UNIX) based BBS? I have been using XENIX alot lately... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: NIGHT OWL Subject: hmmm Date & Time: 01/09/91 17:08:23 Message Number 11133 Do you know Mike Greenawald? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/09/91 17:12:34 Message Number 11134 T>...he has a modem, but no phone. T>The one is of limited utility without the other. The one is of NO *&$@%!! utility without the other. 'Scuse me...that needed further clarification. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: THUMPER 1 Subject: Im disgusting Date & Time: 01/09/91 17:14:36 Message Number 11135 Yes, disgusting, and extremely uninformed when it comes to the military. I don't know what kind of letter you wrote me on UBAFTM, but if Chips mild rebuttal (on my behalf, thank you Chip) was any indications of the actual contents of the original letter, then when I get back on line, you are in for one hell of a debate, bud. So, tell me, where did you get the handle, Thumper? Disney? Do you have another friend called "Flower", maybe? Hmmm.... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: GODFATHER Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/09/91 17:23:20 Message Number 11136 I like that handle. How did you come to pick it? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: MAX Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/09/91 17:29:05 Message Number 11137 M 2 Lzr> If you only enjoy acting like a brainless moron, piss off, M 2 Lzr> asshole. BRAVO! BRAVO! Well spoken, for a slam. Worthy of me at my nastiest! Very nice. =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/09/91 19:06:59 Message Number 11138 > there are 80-column terminal programs for C-64 machines... Grrrrr.... Y'know, it would be nice to A) find one and B) have it be good. I've fulfilled A one time in all my experience with the 64 and it doesn't come close to fulfilling B... It has a nice word processor in it though... =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: BEATLE Subject: 80-col term. Date & Time: 01/09/91 19:51:06 Message Number 11139 I assume that you're regisetered on BC. As soon as Oden gets his U/D area straightened out, I'll UL the term I have. SEE YA! Night Owl =========== From: MAX To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Im disgusting Date & Time: 01/10/91 18:23:28 Message Number 11142 > So, tell me, where did you get the handle, Thumper? Disney? Uh oh, not the great handle debate again. > Do you have another friend called "Flower", maybe? Hmmm... The "hmmm" could depend on whether or not the Flower in question is female, and whether or not rabbits believe in cross-species dating. =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: BURNEY Subject: I'm baaaaaack Date & Time: 01/10/91 18:28:03 Message Number 11143 Well, hello, and welcome back, Burney. This is a one-line message. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/10/91 18:29:51 Message Number 11144 >The one is of NO *&$@%!! utility without the other. Unless you're using a Telebit Trailblazer... /Dragonfly/ =========== From: RUFUS To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/10/91 19:06:51 Message Number 11145 > Rosebud! Acne, I said Acne! I've got a bad case of acne! =========== From: RUFUS To: BURNEY Subject: I'm baaaaaack Date & Time: 01/10/91 19:09:21 Message Number 11146 Welcome back dude. Good to see your at 1200. BTW, if I met you at Pentacon, nice to meet ya. If not, your still a damned fine figment of my imagination. (sorry, but that day was confusing, what with throwing Wolverine into the pool, him shooting out windows, millions of games of Lemmings, Front 242 and John Tesh's "Brain Dead Weasels." Not to mention to Led Zepplin laser show after that.) =========== From: BURNEY To: BEATLE Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/10/91 23:03:42 Message Number 11147 I've been on Zimmcomm BBS. They can use both 40 or 80. I /used/ to have a C64 but I grew up into the 128. 80 Column is much better. Now I'm looking for a couple of 81's. I also think Courts of Chaos is a commodore board. If so, you should be able to get the 40 column there too. BTW Zimmcomm is a multiline system. The numbers are 924-0499, 921-1148, 921-1412, 921-1912. One of those lines are for 2400-9600 baud. I dont know which one. Just try'm. Good Luck. =========== From: BURNEY To: BEATLE Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/10/91 23:17:48 Message Number 11148 >Grrrr....Y'know it would be nice to A) find oneand B) have it be good.. ..... I've got one of those 80 column programs for the 64. Yes it is not very good either. The reason for that is because the text goes thru the graphics chip. It also loads into ML. I tried loading the 80 column program and then loading the term program on top. All f it would load, but part of it was overwritten. We all can guess what happened then.... it didnt work. If you can get someone (like turtle) who knows more about ml/6502 programming, then they may be able to alter the starting and ending addresses so they dont overwrite each other. In theory, it should work. I have the 128 now so I dont need to fool around with that anymore. If you get one working, lemme know, I'd be interested in running it up to see how it works. =========== From: BURNEY To: RUFUS Subject: I'm baaaaaack Date & Time: 01/10/91 23:27:30 Message Number 11149 Boy did I miss a good party. No, you and I never met...unless you were at turtles warm-up RufusconII party. I was there for a short while. I'm the one who brought the chips and pop. =========== From: BURNEY To: ROBERTO Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/10/91 23:32:20 Message Number 11150 Hello. Take a look at message # 11147 from me to beatle. In the message, you should find some answers to a few of your questions. If not, leave me a specific question and I'll give you a really stupid answer if I cant give you the facts. BTW. You can still call any other BBS. You will just get the messages in 40 column format. Although you probably figured that out by now. After all you probably will get this in 40 coulmn. I've used the 64 on this board for quite a while. I just recently went to the 128. =========== From: NIGHTHAWK To: MAX Subject: nothing Date & Time: 01/10/91 23:44:02 Message Number 11151 That's him. If you've got a Zapper or Oakley on here, they're his too, Toitle. =========== From: NIGHTHAWK To: RUFUS Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/10/91 23:54:20 Message Number 11152 HAHAH. That was a good episode. Seen the SNL parody of Citizen Kane? BTW, "Rock n' Roll" (LZep) is great to listen to when you're in an F/A-18 Interceptor flying at 40,960 feet, closing in on some MIG's attacking AF-1 =========== From: NIGHTHAWK To: POETRY LOVERS Subject: CofC Date & Time: 01/10/91 23:59:42 Message Number 11153 To poetry lovers, most of the poetry I've written in the past 10 years will be on CofC within a month. I got some heavy duty stuff in there, like Ode to Battle of Evermore, a sonnet I wrote 2 days ago between my book writing. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: MAX Subject: Im disgusting Date & Time: 01/11/91 15:32:03 Message Number 11154 Not at all what I was implying. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: DRAGONFLY Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/11/91 15:32:43 Message Number 11155 TS>...NO...use... DF>Unless ... Telebit Trailblazer... Hmmm? Come again? =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/11/91 20:24:56 Message Number 11156 >Only $140, hell. Why not? No earthly reason /I/ can think of. And just think, you'll be able to pollute at 150 miles per, too... =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: hey! Date & Time: 01/11/91 20:25:51 Message Number 11157 >I don't suppose anyone out there has access to a XENIX (or UNIX) >based BBS? Try giving SOTA a call; they're running Magpie under Unix and might be able to help you out. And just think, you could always run Opus... =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: hmmm Date & Time: 01/11/91 20:27:40 Message Number 11158 >Do you know Mike Greenawald? Now, now. Play nice. =========== From: TURTLE To: BURNEY Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/11/91 20:31:56 Message Number 11159 Turtle doesn't /do/ 6502 machine language programming. =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: RUFUS Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/11/91 21:27:22 Message Number 11160 "You can't do this to me! I'm rich! I'm important! I'm a REPUBLICAN!" /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Telebit Date & Time: 01/11/91 21:29:48 Message Number 11161 TS>Hmmm? Come again? It's a long story. To shorten it up, Turtle, Rufus, and I met some California furries, and one of them was discussing a new modem he was the head designer for. Anyway, we were joking that the thing had enough extra memory and CPU power on it that we could bypass having a computer -- just run your BBS off the modem itself. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: BURNEY Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/11/91 21:33:34 Message Number 11162 I used to do 6502 programming on an Atari 800... don't know how much good that will do you. If you have a technical reference manual lying around (that is, how the computer physically writes to disks the machine language programs...), I'd be willing to give it a shot. (Sure! I LOVE relocating code in memory. I'm lying through my teeth.) /Dragonfly/ =========== From: BURNEY To: TURTLE Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/11/91 23:10:26 Message Number 11163 I remember you said that. However I thought you might be able to help find anl alter an address. Thats all. =========== From: BURNEY To: DRAGONFLY Subject: prg Date & Time: 01/11/91 23:12:34 Message Number 11164 All that is not needed. All you have to do is find the starting and ending address for the term prg and the 80 column prg. After locating them, alter them so they dont overwrite each other and then re save them just like any other file. I dont have the utility to list a ml prg. so the address can be found. I dont think you need to find out HOW the computer writes to disk a ml prg and all that stuff. =========== From: TIBERIUS To: ALL Subject: Greetings Date & Time: 01/12/91 10:51:05 Message Number 11165 Greetings one and all, from a new user to the system. Are there any rules or anti-venomous methods to abide by here? I plan on being here for a while, so I guess I'll need some help getting started in the 'topics of choice' around the board.. Anyway, nice to meet all of you. Tiberius =========== From: BURNEY To: ALL Subject: / Date & Time: 01/12/91 22:33:23 Message Number 11166 Well there doesnt seem to be much activity going on today. Only one more message after I logged off /last/ night. What's going on. Everyone asleep or what? =========== From: RUFUS To: BURNEY Subject: I'm baaaaaack Date & Time: 01/13/91 01:18:51 Message Number 11167 >unless you were at turtles warm-up RufusconII party... What's a RufusCon without the Official Florida Furry Object of harrasment? Well, then I did meet you. Hello.. =========== From: RUFUS To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Telebit Date & Time: 01/13/91 01:22:04 Message Number 11168 >...Turtle, Rufus, and I met some California furries... I, did I know? Great, not only I'm I going blind, missing big hunks of my recent memory, I'm going off to places without knowing it. AND, I can spell now like know, and know like now, know what I mean now? =========== From: BEATLE To: RUFUS Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/13/91 08:08:56 Message Number 11170 > Acne, I said Acne! I've got a bad case of acne! Elmyra, you are Montana Max's girlfriend. I aaaammm? That's the rumor. What? That you're Montana Max's girlfriend. I aaaammm? Or: Put down the sword, Toshiro (from "Animaniacs!" And as long as we're talking about funny quotes (were we?)... last night they had Vanilla (ECHH!) Ice, who's song "Ice Ice Baby" borrows VERY heavily from an old David Bowie song. They played the song at the beginning of "Weekend Update" and Dennis Miller said: "God, I love Bowie ... Y'know, he wrote that song 10 years ago, and the best thing about it is that it's timeless. I bet it could be a hit today." =========== From: BEATLE To: BURNEY Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/13/91 08:13:47 Message Number 11171 > Courts of Chaos... Zimmcomm... I'm on courts, and it runs on an Amiga (I guess you could call that a Commodore board), and it does conform to your terminal, which isn't a feature of a lot of IBM BBSes. You have to look at a word wrapped screen with half on one side and half at the end of the last line. BTW, Zimmcomm is private, or something like that. I tried logging on, but it told me a user had to "sponsor" me. I don't need it anyway, I only wanted to read an echo which I get off Jos' Lounge. =========== From: BEATLE To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/13/91 08:19:24 Message Number 11172 > "You can't do this to me! I'm rich! I'm important! I'm a REPUBLICAN!" Or: "You can't do this to me! Ther're laws to protect the rich, you know!!" Or a good one from Plucky on "Dream Date Game": "Can I trade my date in for cash?" =========== From: BARTMAN To: TIBERIUS Subject: yo Date & Time: 01/13/91 11:45:35 Message Number 11173 Hey Tiberius welcome to the system , I am rather new to BBSing myself. T his is the first time that I have actually been to this BBS though. Any way just leave me lots of mail. See you around, Bartman =========== From: TURTLE To: BURNEY Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/13/91 14:44:55 Message Number 11174 Changing the address a program loads to also involves changing a whole lot of stuff in the program itself: jump addresses, data storage addresses, etc. Moving a machine-language program generally involves doing a /lot/ of work with a debugger, and a lot of time. =========== From: TURTLE To: BURNEY Subject: prg Date & Time: 01/13/91 14:46:29 Message Number 11175 >All you have to do is find the starting and ending address for the >term prg and the 80 column prg. After locating them, alter them so >they dont overwrite each other... ...and the program you move stops working. If you move the program by, say, 200 bytes, then suddenly all the branch instructions will be off by 100 bytes, any internal data buffers will not be where the program expects them to be, data storage areas will be in the wrong place, etc. A machine language program jumps to memory addresses, not to labels or line numbers or whatever. So if the program jumps to a subroutine at address 7FB0, say, when you move the program it will still jump to address 7FB0--and Heaven only knows what will actually /be/ there when it arrives. =========== From: TURTLE To: TIBERIUS Subject: Greetings Date & Time: 01/13/91 14:50:13 Message Number 11176 >Are there any rules or anti-venomous methods to abide by here? No direct attacks on other users. (Note, however, that to attack a user's IDEAS is not the same thing as to attack another USER, and is certainly permitted and in some cases encouraged.) Do not take offense at another user's posts when it is not clear that the offense was intended. Other than that, this system is fairly relaxed and informal; there are no specific rules concerning language (except that you keep it rational; nobody likes to read messages with a print density of four profanities per inch), or topics for discussion, or any of that sort of bureaucratic doo-doo (to borrow an expression from our illustrious leader). Welcome aboard! =========== From: TURTLE To: BURNEY Subject: / Date & Time: 01/13/91 14:55:59 Message Number 11177 >Everyone asleep or what? Zzzzzzzzzzzzz... =========== From: TURTLE To: BEATLE Subject: bbs Date & Time: 01/13/91 14:57:40 Message Number 11178 ZimmComm is actually semi-private, due to a few small problems John was having with the Feds watching his system. If he knows you or can get someone he knows to vouch for you, he'll give you an account, but he doesn't want too many people he doesn't know lurking around and speaking into microphones. S'nothing personal. =========== From: OPUS To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: hey! Date & Time: 01/13/91 17:51:14 Message Number 11179 (ack... TAB doesn't work!!).. umm.. actually I can give you the number of several but there all in columbus Ohio...... Opus =========== From: ODEN To: TURTLE Subject: 80 col 64 term. Date & Time: 01/13/91 18:39:08 Message Number 11181 An easier way to get an 80 col terminal would be to find a small term that is written in basic, and just put the terminal as a gosub in the 80 col thingie, or put it befor or after the 80 col converter. I believe 'Run Term' would work. by the way, my BBS supports commodore 64 and also 40 col. and 2400 baud. 923-2862 =========== From: THUMPER 1 To: NIGHT OWL Subject: Hamsters... Date & Time: 01/13/91 19:04:58 Message Number 11182 >Hamster things... Welp if you wanted to know about the Hamster thing, It's basically an infantile response that is used as a last ditch attempt at humor. When the Replys slow down, you can always boost the attention span of the readers by tossin' in a few Hamster Jokes. They're pretty sick, nut oops scuse me, but they work for me! Snarf! Thumper One =========== From: THUMPER 1 To: DRAGONFLY Subject: smurfs Date & Time: 01/13/91 19:16:29 Message Number 11183 It is a little known fact that Smurf toys replicate themselves in the same manner as public officials, just like most bacteria. Let one smurf into your home and you will soon find that there are Dozens. The best way to control this is to teach your child to play fun games with them , like: Smurf War tribunal Mr Smurf visits the Toaster Oven. or for those of you with a little swist on the kilter: Smurfette visits the Land of Raunchy Rotory Disk Sanders. Smurf Friction of inclined hot plates. It ain't hard to find decent games for Jr. snarf! Thumper One =========== From: THUMPER 1 To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Huh? Date & Time: 01/13/91 19:38:33 Message Number 11184 Please Tell me Where This Hostility Came from? I don't recall the post you mentioned. "UBAFTM" ? I probably should remember what that Stands for but I can't. What'd I do? Geeeeeeez give a guy a break. Thumper One oh and: >Where did you get your handle, Thumper? Disney? Do you have a friend >Called "Flower", Maybe? Hmmm... My handle Comes From a School Nickname I had in Highschool. It has to do with a style of Bass Guitar. I happened to be Slapping and Popping around the fretboard during a free period, and Some friends noticed it. Hence, Thumper. There was a BBs'er named Thumper Already, So I placed a "One" in back of it. No I didn't get it from Disney, But I don't really mind the connection, And yes, I DO have a friend named "Flower". =========== From: THUMPER 1 To: MAX Subject: Cross Species Date & Time: 01/13/91 19:47:47 Message Number 11185 >whether or not rabbits believe in cross-species dating. We do. We have to keep our Multiplacation skills at peak levels, so we some times take on a logistical problem, like Flowers. She was very sweet actually. Thumper One =========== From: THUMPER 1 To: RUFUS Subject: Pentacon. Date & Time: 01/13/91 19:51:00 Message Number 11186 Yes this is a little late. I'm catching up on my mail, bear(Grrr)with me The Biggest Rush for me at the meeting was sittin in a dark laser light show, and have a quiet lull between songs. Suddenly Rocky's voice is heard! He Shout "PENTACON!!!!" And The Other Pentaconers Answer back with this ROAR!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!! Phew! Wild, truly Wild. Thumper One =========== From: MAX To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Im disgusting Date & Time: 01/13/91 21:18:24 Message Number 11187 > Not at all what I was implying. I know, but you're fun to harrass. =========== From: NIGHT OWL To: THUMPER 1 Subject: humor Date & Time: 01/13/91 23:42:24 Message Number 11188 despite my not fuly understanding the hamster thingy, I can add some- thing every now and then. I must admit though, that the Hamstercam was pretty good, i would like to see the tape sometime. Hamsters make a nice midnight snack for me, it's a shame that they don't glow in the dark for easier catching. SEE YA! Night Owl =========== From: RUFUS To: THUMPER 1 Subject: Pentacon. Date & Time: 01/14/91 17:10:56 Message Number 11189 >...Biggest Rush...And The Other Pentaconers Answer back with this >ROAR!!!!! I found it funny that people who had no idea what Pentacon was were also screaming back. BTW, do you know when PF The Wall will be playing? We should all go see that. ..."Brain Dead Weasels." =========== From: TIBERIUS To: BARTMAN Subject: ho, yo Date & Time: 01/14/91 19:41:05 Message Number 11191 Well, I am not really new to BBSing, just new to the system. Anyway, it is nice to hear from another user. Lots of mail will be forthcoming as long as I can think of something to say. =========== From: TIBERIUS To: TURTLE Subject: thanks Date & Time: 01/14/91 19:45:20 Message Number 11192 OK, Turtle, gothca and thanks. No direct attacks on other users, right (putting away flaming arrows, stowing SCUD missle launcher, etc. hehe). Now, please tell me one other thing....How did you manage to quote my message?? I looked high and low for info on message writing and such in the help sections here and found nothing. Am I looking in the wrong place?? Thanks. =========== From: TURTLE To: THUMPER 1 Subject: UBAFTM Date & Time: 01/14/91 22:53:39 Message Number 11195 ...is Uncle Bob's Alligator Farm and Tofu Museum, just off interstate 813. =========== From: TURTLE To: TIBERIUS Subject: thanks Date & Time: 01/14/91 22:55:54 Message Number 11196 Well, that's one of the neat things about PBBS: No message quoting! Ya gotta type it in by hand. PBBS is noteworthy mostly for what it DOESN'T have: no word-whap, no quoting, no full-screen editor, no networking capability, no life. But it works, it's efficient, and best of all, it's FREE, so there you go. =========== From: TURTLE To: ALL Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/14/91 22:58:13 Message Number 11197 ...who here is up on his Arabic? Looks like we may get to see the next world war in our lifetimes, kiddies, and some of us may end up seeing it firsthand... ya all ready to tell the nice draft board why you don't wanna go? =========== From: DIONYSUS To: ALL Subject: YO! Date & Time: 01/15/91 04:14:03 Message Number 11198 Hey! I'm in Gainesville, dudes! Yep - I'm finally going to a real school after two years at MCC. 15 hours at the University of Florida seems to be tougher on me than I first thought it would be (hence the 4 o'clock nights), but I hope I can handle it. Also, I'm calling long distance, so I need to get going. Just wanted to check in and explain my absence. I'll get back to you when I find a computer to taker over when I come down to visit (the weekend of the 19th, as a matter of fact). so long for now. =========== From: TIBERIUS To: TURTLE Subject: i see Date & Time: 01/15/91 13:20:11 Message Number 11199 >what it DOESN'T have: no word-whap, no quoting, no full-screen editor, >no networking capability, no life. >and best of all, it's FREE Well, I guess ol' Janis Joplin was right then...."Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose..." I think I get the hang of the quote system now. Just had to try it out for myself!! =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/15/91 18:03:01 Message Number 11201 >...who here is up on his Arabic? Well, other than being 25% Arabic, I wouldn't know diddly about Abdul. >...ya all ready to tell the nice draft board why you don't wanna go? Well, I'm kinda pissed that I can't get off for stuttering. I mean it /is/ a handicap, it's a pain in the ass, and I don't get diddly for it. We had a discussion about how to get out of the war, and the best bet was going to visit one of Ken's friends in Barbados. SIGH.... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: RUFUSCON Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:23:55 Message Number 11202 T> No earthly reason... No pun intended? Y'know, actually, what I'm more concerned about is not going 150 miles an hour, but getting from 0 to 60 in a very, very short time. Grrr. I can't wait to waste my first Mustang. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: hmmm Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:25:57 Message Number 11203 T>Now, now. Play nice. Oops. Apologies. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:26:40 Message Number 11204 T> ...doesn't /do/ 6502 machine language programming. But why not? /I/ do. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Telebit Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:28:15 Message Number 11205 Ahhh. Thanks, at least, for letting me in on the story... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: DRAGONFLY Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:29:14 Message Number 11206 Relocating code in memory? No sweat, on an Apple. Just make sure that your code is less than 2 or 3K...then get Merlin, (the Sourceror) decompile, translate, re-write, recompile...(make sure that you have at LEAST 30 or 40 books with cross references to all memory locations that could possibly exist, and keep track of all your indirect addressing). Nothing any genuis or Z-System user couldn't do. Well, I dunno...maybe a Z-System user couldn't.... That might also explain why one wouldn't.... Hmmm? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TIBERIUS Subject: Greetings Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:35:00 Message Number 11207 Welcome. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: BEATLE Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:36:45 Message Number 11208 Vanilla Ice? Vanilla Ice is a *&%#@!! copy cat! I mean, hell, the song was fairly adequate rap...but please, come up with an original tune. Too many rappers steal (yes, STEAL STEAL STEAL I meant steal) words and parts of songs from other famous established artists. Ice Baby STOLE (STOLE STOLE STOLE) the opening part of "Under Pressure and I don't care what he says about "Oh, it's different, thiers goes, Dum Dum Dum DaDaDum Dum and mine goes DaDaDum Dum Dum DaDaDum Dum", it's just incredibly obvious that it's stolen. How about Hammer? Took from Rick James "Superfreak" (which was no prize to start with, but it was /his/) and made a mint! He was nobody before he did that. Vanilla Ice was nobody before he stole (STOLE STOLE STOLE) from David Bowie and Queen. And as long as I'm up here, how about Warrant, "I Saw Red"...bears a striking resemblance to "I Don't Mind At All"... "I saw red..." "I don't mind..." "I guess it must be magic..." "Time for talking's over now, " (STOLE STOLE STOLE) (Original idea) Grr. And Ice Baby (oh gimme a break, what a /name/!) doesn't even come from "Inner City" like he said; what a liar! Liar and thief (THIEF THIE =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: RULZ Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:49:57 Message Number 11209 Sorry, I just wanted to add something to your post on posting... I would also like to stress COHERENCE...we had a user who was just short of completely befuddling when he posted. He lacked any direction or point to his posts and often confused everyone he posted to. Carrying on a conversation with him was often futile. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: OPUS Subject: hey! Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:53:20 Message Number 11210 Well, thanks for the thought, anyway... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: THUMPER 1 Subject: Huh? Date & Time: 01/16/91 20:55:21 Message Number 11211 UBAFTM - Uncle Bobs Alligator Farm and Tofu Museum Uh, I really *really* owe you a BIG apology...I confused you with Erling...SORRY! A bass player! Ya hear that, guys? JonBoy and the Biohazards... I used to know a guy who knew someone who was gay who had that nickname, "Thumper". Three guesses as to how he got that moniker. I thought that you had attacked the american military (verbally) and that is one thing that REALLY riles me. (Erling had.) Combined with that handle (which I had only heard that nickname once before)...I had plenty of reason...cept I was wrong. Sorry. What kind of cover music do you prefer? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: MAX Subject: Im disgusting Date & Time: 01/16/91 21:04:02 Message Number 11212 Well, I was wrong anyway. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: ALL Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/16/91 21:10:50 Message Number 11213 "...totally obliterated..." - Peter Jennings "...uh, planes that, um...are in, ah, on....the...ground, ah, er,... in Saudi Arabia, um..." - Peter Jennings "...that its completely your call, it's totally up to you, if you want you can break off from us any time. Its completely your call. [While the newsman in Saudi Arabia looks around nervously]"... - Peter Jennings "...to our newsman in Baghdad...can we or can we not...ok, it...er... seems that the, ah, feed from...er...Baghdad has been, um...cut..." - Peter Jennings [blink, blink] Nuke Iran. Now. Quickly. - The Specialist. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: ALL Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/16/91 21:16:58 Message Number 11214 Abdulla Akbar! - Saddam Hussien (God is Great ... ) Oh, please. Gimme a break. Your god couldn't even give you a decent climate to live in. Actually, I can understand why they are all in such a piss poor mood ove there...if I had to live in the desert with sand up my underwear all the time I imagine that I'd be pretty pissed a majority of the time. Y'all ready for the draft? How many of you will be pussies and try to dodge a draft? How many of you stood outside (or wished your could) chanting "No blood for oil!"? How many of you like that oldy moldy (with the mold brushed off) "All we are saying"? I passed a crowd of protesters today standing in front of that wierd Ringling sculpture on 41. I wanted to stop and make a sign that said, Nuke Iran Now! and stand out there next to them. Pinkos. =========== From: MAX To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/16/91 21:40:34 Message Number 11215 If you have a machine language program without source code, relocating it on ANY system is fairly difficult. As for Z-System, it depends on what source you have the file as. If it's a Microsoft .REL file (the standard relocating assembler output, also found for regular CP/M, TRSDOS and MS-DOS), relocating it is pretty easy. Of course, you can always write a routine to be relocatable, but the bigger the routine is, the more difficult it is.... =========== From: MAX To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/16/91 21:43:23 Message Number 11216 Modern Politics, lesson one: you can support the soldiers without supporting the government's reason for sending them into battle. Question for you, Specialist: why is America over there? "No Blood for Oil" is right, since we only get 5% of our oil from Iraq and Kuwait combined. We must be fighting for something else. To get Hussein out of power? Unlikely -- he's been there for quite some time, you know, and we were tacitly supporting him when Iran was the great enemy. To "liberate Kuwait"? Why bother? Kuwait was created by a bureaucrat in Britain, who arbitrarily broke it off of Iran after World War II; they have a monarchy which has a record on human rights only slightly better than Iraq's (and a less modern outlook on life than Hussein's); and to top it all off, they weren't American allies to begin with. If the premise that we must liberate Kuwait is correct, then attacking now isn't a bad thing. Hussein's response to sanctions has been to dig in deeper; his response to all diplomatic entreaties was to tour his troops and shout jingoistic slogans at American reporters. The question, therefore, is whether that premise is valid. Those who disagree with the President are not "pinkos," Dave, and if you honestly believe that questioning authority is anti-American, you're even more stuck in the '60s than the most recalcitrant bare-footed, tie-dyed hippie singing "Give Peace a Chance" in front of the White House. =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: BURNEY Subject: prg Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:02:01 Message Number 11217 Dear Burney, Ha! Changing the addresses of a machine language program is a lot more complex than just changing the starting and stopping addresses. That would be something like changing the line numbers of a BASIC program without changing the line numbers the GOTO and GOSUBs talk about... but much, much worse. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: TIBERIUS Subject: Greetings Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:04:45 Message Number 11218 Well, hello and welcome to you, Tiberius! The only real rules about the debates here: attack ideas, not individuals. And no peeing in the pool. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THUMPER 1 Subject: smurfs Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:09:30 Message Number 11219 Send the smurfs to Riyadh! Make THEM fight our war for us! /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: TURTLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:14:21 Message Number 11220 Actually, one of the best things to do if you ARE drafted, want to stay entirely within the law, and want to have a really fun time with the U.S. government... If and when a draft shows up, and if your name comes up, and you don't have a good excuse not to sign up, sign up with LOTS and LOTS of draft boards. As many as you possibly can. It might be illegal to not show up if you're drafted, but they can't stop an over-ambitious person, can they? /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: RUFUS Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:19:12 Message Number 11221 (Aren't you on of us one-eyed folk? That's sufficient.) Barbados is a nice island, but I still have lots of friends in Mexico. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:21:05 Message Number 11222 There are some programs which make relocating code easier... but it's never a really easy process. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:23:10 Message Number 11223 Nuke Iran?!? So far THEY haven't done anything!!! /Dragonfly/ =========== From: DRAGONFLY To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/16/91 22:24:00 Message Number 11224 Hi, there! I was one of those protesters, further up on 41. You might have seen my sign: "Give sanctions six more months!" I doubt anyone could call me "pinko." I've worked for the Senate Republican Conference for three months. I just feel that the U.S. could have saved itself a lot of truble by keeping the sanctions for another six months -- and letting Iraqis destroy the Iraqi government. /Dragonfly/ =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/17/91 06:59:11 Message Number 11225 > ya all ready to tell the nice draft board why you don't wanna go? I'm all ready to show the draft board that I'd suck at any position they'd put me at as a land soldier. But, if they don't mind training me to use the technology, I wouldn't mind. But, don't you think you're exaggerating when you say "looks like we're gonna see the third world war in our lifetimes, kiddies"?? Are you THAT sure this is going to become WWIII?? =========== From: BEATLE To: RUFUS Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/17/91 07:03:31 Message Number 11226 > I wouldn't know diddly about Abdul... Forget it... I was trying to relate Paula Abdul to that, and I dunno how... BTW, did you know they sent "wild weasels" out to Iraq last night?? =========== From: BEATLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/17/91 07:06:25 Message Number 11227 I share your sentiments, but I never saw anyone express them that way ... you've proved that it pissed you off, for sure!! BTW, two facts that you might want to add to your databank on this topic. A) M.C. Hammer (at least one of the better rappers) has been paying royalties to Rick James for the use of "SuperFreak". B) Vanilla Ice has at least three different mixes of "Ice Ice Baby", and depending on which one you hear, there is a varying amount of sampled music from the song. One version even takes an extended part from "Under Pressure" (at least 10 seconds) =========== From: BEATLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/17/91 07:11:32 Message Number 11228 > [various quotes from] - Peter Jennings > Nuke Iran. Now. Quickly. - The Specialist. First of all, I've found that while ABC's coverage has been reasonably comprehensive (they were the first to report it also), the whole thing has been REALLY hectic and Peter Jennings is NOT handling it well. Second of all, I talked to someone about what was going on in Iraq. Someone else asked why not drop nuclear bombs. If the fallout were to drift in any direction, it's going to infuriate some country or it's going to kill our troops. BTW, did you actually mean "Nuke Iran." or did you mean Iraq? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: DRAGONFLY Subject: I'm Back Date & Time: 01/17/91 18:46:42 Message Number 11229 Hi, Scott Steel is back. Ihear that Erling, and others have been looking for a fight. Well. HAVE AT YOU !!!! =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: MAX Subject: Addictions. Date & Time: 01/17/91 18:53:39 Message Number 11230 M> Depends on the cat in question..... I bet you like Siamese cats. I mean, consider the challenge they love to fight. And no, that's not the voice of experience so don't even start with that twisted mind of yours. Besides I don't like cats. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Addictions. Date & Time: 01/17/91 18:57:42 Message Number 11231 T>Hey, YOU thought of it! Do you always think of sex when someone mentions cat addictions? I think of sex constantly. An addiction maybe. But not necessarily for cats. Why do you have any (cat) skeletons in your closet? Are you going to let the cat out of the bag? =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RUFUS Subject: WAR Date & Time: 01/17/91 19:08:50 Message Number 11232 Rufus you're just chicken. PERIOD. Any questions? I think I'll just refer to you as Rufus DD, Rufus Draft Dodger. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: 440 Engines Date & Time: 01/17/91 19:11:42 Message Number 11233 Well maybe you can now waste 4 cylinders but you still need work on that car of yours. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/17/91 19:17:58 Message Number 11234 Go you... Yesterday I saw the first five seconds of the /new/ version of Give Peace a Chance" That is before I changed the channel. But maybe Hussien will come to his sense and even release a song of his own "Give Me a Chance" Here let's see if I can help you see it.. Give Me a Chance All I am saying is give me a chance. All I am saying is give me a chance. Everybody's talking Sanctions, and oil, and Kuwait, talking about factions, chemical warfare, and other dumb shit. And the U.S. is talking bombings, retreats, and terrorism. All I am saying is we have given Iraq enough time to cooperate with the sanctions. He's robbed Kuwait of billions dollars of gold, taken traffic signals and toilets. Tortured the men and raped the women. Everybody cries No Blood for Oil and that we have no right being there. Well he had no right to ransack Kuwait. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: DRAGONFLY Subject: smurfs Date & Time: 01/17/91 19:37:09 Message Number 11235 D> Send the smurfs to Riyadh! Make THEM fight our war for us! Well, in the first place the smurfs can't even rid themselves of a bumbling idoit named Gergamel. But on the other hand they probably /would/ fight better than you. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: DRAGONFLY Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/17/91 19:42:46 Message Number 11236 D> Nuke Iran?!? Well that was probably a typo but the Specialist still can spell "their" right either. But if we targeted the warhead right we could take them both out with one shot. Effective and cost efficient.. What a bargain! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: MAX Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/17/91 20:02:18 Message Number 11237 First lesson: Loose your patronizing attitude, and you might find me much more receptive to your reasoning. Why are we in Kuwait? Couple of reasons. First, naked aggression, left unchecked, could be disastrous later down the road. Second, I don't know if you are aware of it, but this is a free country...naturally, we hate to see other countries get subjected to dictatorship. (That is, at least, *I* do. I don't know if *you* give a damn.) This Hussein, he is dangerous. Actually, I am not so concerned about Kuwait and it's lot as much as I am about Hussein. This is not to say that I don't care about Kuwait, I *do*. But I am more concerned about Hussein. Kuwait, while not extremely humanitarian in it's own right, doesn't use chemical weapons indiscriminately, and doesn indiscriminately, and doesn't go around invading other countries. Besides, the man is incredibly arrogant. (That's my personal opinion, and yes, it's another of *my* reasons why he should be neutralized.) And of course, there is the humanitarian issue. Brutal, yes. The man is simply a cold bastard. He is a king of propoganda, and runs a puppet parliment. He is is own administration. He takes over Kuwait, simply for the sake of doing so, and then claims that it belonged to him to begin with! Bull! That'd be like England reclaiming all the states on the east coast, and saying that they belonged to them. Bull. Pinkos. The term is "Ad Hominem". Actually, I used the term because I wanted to insult the people who were there, and that seemed the mose (SP most) fitting I could find. Those people didn't support the government. Why not? =========== From: RUFUS To: DRAGONFLY Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/17/91 22:51:30 Message Number 11238 >(Aren't you on of use one-eyed folk?) Nope, I represent the speech impaired section of the furry group. =========== From: RUFUS To: BEATLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/17/91 22:53:43 Message Number 11239 Abdul is just your stereotypical Arab name, kinda like Tyrone for afro-americans. Yes, I was aware that they have "Wild Weasels" in the middle east. It's a recon plane if I'm not mistaken. Four or five people told me that. I guess my fascination with the weasel has gotten around. What's even neater is the F-111 Aardvark. =========== From: RUFUS To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: WAR Date & Time: 01/17/91 22:59:17 Message Number 11240 >Rufus, you're just chicken. PERIOD. Actually, my comments about going to Barbados were only half-hearted, and I'm always joking about my stuttering, so you probably interpreted the message in a way that it wasn't met to be. Regarding actually going, I really don't know if I could kill someone. In self-defense sure, but would that always be the case? >Any questions? Is this on any topic, or the war in particular? >I think I'll just refer to you as Rufus DD, Rufus Draft Dodger. Umm...okay. But I don't see those prematurly pointing fingers signing up to go over there. =========== From: RUFUS To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/17/91 23:05:28 Message Number 11241 >But if we targeted the [nuclear] warhead right we could take them >both out with one shot. Effective and cost efficient.. What a bargain! Yep, and with it you get free fallout, /and/ several million tons of glass. But don't order yet, just look what else you get... =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RUFUS Subject: WAR Date & Time: 01/17/91 23:19:55 Message Number 11242 R>But I don't see those prematurely pointing fingers signing up to go over there. True, like you, to a degree, I am also 'handicapped' to an extent I have a torn ligament in my spinal cord. Which means they won't take me. I'd be medically profiled as unable to perform certain duties, and therefore disqualified. But if I could go, I would. My older brother is in the Navy. I also would enlist for the Navy if I could. No I would not want to be a ground-pounder. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: RUFUS Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/17/91 23:25:39 Message Number 11243 R>Yep, and with it you get free fallout,/and/ several millions tons of glass. But don't order yet, just look what else you get... THAT RIGHT! Along with these other fine bonuses you retardation, mutatios, and possibly help China lower their population. (China has one of the biggest population problems in the world.) Tells Dan Rufus (Rather) what other prizes follow. (Hahahahaha Smart-ass sneer) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TIBERIUS Subject: Orig. of handle Date & Time: 01/17/91 23:40:37 Message Number 11244 Tiberius welcome to aLTER rEALITY. Where did you get your handle or is that your real name? Tiberius sounds familiar, like it came from STAR TREK or STAR TREK :TNG. And again welcome. Word to the wise; if you're going to debate an issue make sure you know what you're talking about. I can tell you from experience, it's not good to throw caution to the wind and not be able to back yourself up. As a follow BBSer advised me once. If you going to argue with someone, do it right. Make sure you knock them into the mud, it's awful hard to hit back when you're busy picking yourself up off the ground. Good Advice if you ask me. Good luck. *Scott Steel* =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Earth stuff Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:13:06 Message Number 11245 >No pun intended? What on earth makes you think that? :> >I can't wait to waste my first Mustang. It's not like you don't have twice as much engine as your average Mustang. Oh, boy. =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:14:13 Message Number 11246 >But why not? Because I like to have REGISTERS to play with, and a decently-sized instruction set? The 6502 just doesn't do it for me... =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:15:13 Message Number 11247 >...maybe a Z-System user couldn't... This particular Z-System user has done just that, without the aid of a disassembler. Hmph. =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:16:22 Message Number 11248 Hey, don't hold back, now. What do you REALLY think about Vanilla Ice? You're not trying to imply a cerain lack of respect for their habit of borrowing other people's music, are you? (Rap is a peculiar musical parasite, but at least it's not even interesting to listen to...) =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:18:24 Message Number 11249 >Nuke Iran. Now. Quickly. Yeah, good idea. Maybe we should take out Iraq while we're at it. Seriously, though, I'm not entirely convinced that that's such a good idea...not only would it get everyone in the region really pissed off at us, it'd also make us the A-1 target of every would-be terrorist and crazy Iraqi with a bomb and a desire to die for Allah, and it doesn't take too many maniacs with bombs in their backpacks to take down Wall Street or blow people up in Times Square... =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:21:15 Message Number 11250 >H ow manyu of you will be pussies and try to dodge the draft? Meow! There is a big difference between being willing to fight for your country and being willing to fight for the Emir of Kuwait's country. Kuwait can go to Hell; I don't see the need to play bad cop to Bush's good cop and blow up every two-bit foreign dictator with an attitude. Get serious. If Saddam is truly the worst monster to come down the pike since Ho Chi Mihn, I guess our illustrious government (you know, the government that all patriotic Americans KNOW can do no wrong and should ALWAYS be supported in EVERYTHING it does) shouldn't have created him in the first place, hmm? I'm not gonna put my life on the line for some Emir, and I'm not gonna put my life on the line because our government found it convenient to support some goddamn maniac like Hussein and is finding him inconvenient now. =========== From: TURTLE To: BEATLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:31:27 Message Number 11251 Hey, Beatle, this situation is ALREADY a world war. Yes, we're gonna see a third world war in our lifetimes. And what's more, we can watch it live on CNN. =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Addictions. Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:33:21 Message Number 11252 >Why do you have any (cat) skeletons in your closet? No. I'd like to have Nastassia Kinski in my closet, and she played a werecat in the movie "Cat People," but that's about as close as it gets. (Actually I'd like to have Nastassia Kinski almost anywhere; I'm not particular.) =========== From: TURTLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/18/91 00:35:58 Message Number 11253 >Second, I don't know if you are aware of it, but this is a free >country...naturally we hate to see other countries that are not >democratic. *snort* Yeah, yeah, right. Sure we do. Countries like Chile, say, or Uganda, or Iran (before it went hyper-conservative), where we work diligently to bring prosperity and freedom by supporting bloodthirsty dictators who get off on torturing and murdering their citizens. Uh-huh. I don't buy it. It is, like you say, a free country, though, which means that its citizens are free to demonstrate against war on street corners without being Communists (the technical term for "pinkos"). (Actually, since Communism seems to be falling apart all over the world, it7s kind of difficult to call anyone a "pinko" these days; the number of Communists left in the world can be counted on the fingers of one thumb. Shouldn't you be trying to come up with a better epithet?) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/18/91 01:31:26 Message Number 11254 T>Kuwait can go to Hell Harsh words. Seriously, Hussein had no right to march into Kuwait and declare it his. Period. I'm not so patriotic that I would intentionally blind myself to what the government is doing, right or wrong. We the people voted Bush and Congress into their respectively positions but that doesn't make them immune to error and bad judgment. But you will find a 3X5 American Flag hanging on the livingroom wall of The Specialist's and my apartment. And I will personally throw out anyone who would like to burn it. Look, I don't like war, no one does. But the citizens of Kuwait have just as much right to their country as anyone else would. If, by some remote chance, someone /was/ able to take over the U.S.A. as easily as Hussien took over Kuwait I'd hope like hell that another country would get involved and help /us/. Something has to be done to restore Kuwait. Just because their country is small doesn't make it insignificant.(sp) They're human beings. And when one insane son-of-a-bitch decided he wants to rule over more people and stole their capital reserves he has to be stopped. It was his choice to ignore the United Nations (SPELLED out for the emphasis) sanctions. He basically f*cked himself. He knew the terms. He knew what would happen if he ignored the sanctions. No more time should be given, if he was going to pull out willingly, he should have pulled out the FIRST day the sanctions were put into effect. END OF STORY! =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: Addictions. Date & Time: 01/18/91 01:52:09 Message Number 11255 T>Nastassia Kinski in my closet, and she played a werecat in the movie "Cat People" What, do you think I was born yesterday? I know who she is. T> Actually I'd like to have Nastassia Kinski almost anywhere... How about on an iceberg? I bet you'd be to cold to do anything productive or reproductive for that matter. :) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: DOUGLAS QUAID Subject: Schwartznegger Date & Time: 01/18/91 04:20:23 Message Number 11256 You didn't happen to see Total Recall once too many times? Hmmm... Just don't log-on in the future as Houser, okay? Just for totally useless information it's 4:20 am and I'mwide awake for some incredibly strange reason. And what's worse, is that I decided to read all the messages I haven't read since I've been off-line for so long. I started at #10603. So don't get all confused by my replies to messages written two and a half months ago. BTW, Turtle just from what I've read this morning you have a very warped sense of humor, and enough brains and useless information to baffle most people.. Remember:IF YOU CAN'T DAZZLE THEM WITH BRILLANCE, BAFFLE THEM WITH BULLS**T. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: PABLO Subject: greatest fear Date & Time: 01/18/91 04:29:52 Message Number 11257 P>My greatest fear is being stuck in the front row of a New Kids on the Block concert and not being allowed to mow the brats down with a handy grenade. Not a bad idea, but get it right. It's New Fags on the Corner and besides I think a slow death would be more appropaite. Any suggestions from our resident animal-torturer's committee. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: THUMPER 1 Subject: Huh? Date & Time: 01/18/91 04:37:22 Message Number 11258 Thump -badee-thump-thump-thump-badee-thump-thump Sorry get carried away. Calgon to the rescue. And for those of you who are in the twilight zone. Remember:Calgon take me away.? Anywho, Thumper where do you derive your handle from? Just Curious. Also, pay attention now, I think you pretty damn funny. Did you catch all that? I just wanted to make sure I don't compliment users very often (actually closer to virtually never). So bask in a brief ego trip. You rodent furball >:) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: Holy Grail Date & Time: 01/18/91 04:51:34 Message Number 11259 >Bridge scene :"What's your favorite color?" "Blue, no red...aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh" Awesome flick. Brave Sir Robin is still mine favorite. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: SNAKEBYTE Subject: marriage Date & Time: 01/18/91 04:54:19 Message Number 11260 S> "Marriage is a mistake every man should make."-George Jessel The Specialist has a button that I rather like. It reads:"Some men are fools, the rest are bachelors." =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: War Pigs Date & Time: 01/18/91 05:03:17 Message Number 11261 Shame Turtle dedicating War Pigs the Bush and Hussien. You should have tried subliminal messages with "Give Peace A Chance" For the Almighty Turtle *Scott Steel* =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TURTLE Subject: censorship Date & Time: 01/18/91 05:08:06 Message Number 11262 On the topic of female BBSer (see message #10766) has Humming Bird returned? I've noticed most boards lack female users. =========== From: TIBERIUS To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: ok Date & Time: 01/18/91 15:29:47 Message Number 11263 > Welcome. I like it! Precise, to the point, succinct, says it all!! Thanks! =========== From: TIBERIUS To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Greetings Date & Time: 01/18/91 15:32:20 Message Number 11264 Thanks, Dragonfly. I'll keep those ideas in mind. And as for peeing in the pool... I understand that, but being a northerner by birth, I kinda go with the phrase we had up there...."Don't eat yellow snow." =========== From: TIBERIUS To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Orig. of handle Date & Time: 01/18/91 15:35:11 Message Number 11265 Ah, yes, Scott! You found me out! I'm a Trekker from WAYYYYYY back. Can even remember watching the original run of ST!! (Boy! That should date me!) Remember the episode concerning "Nomad"? The space probe that was lost and ran into an alien space probe after an accident, and they used each other as repair parts and made one new probe? The builder of the original Nomad was a James A. Kirk, and the probe midtook Captain Kirk for the father figure, only HE was James T. Kirs, James Tiberius Kirk. Hence the usernsmr of mine. =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TIBERIUS Subject: Greetings Date & Time: 01/18/91 16:55:54 Message Number 11266 T> "Don't eat yellow snow" Allllrrriiiggghhtt. Man, it's been soooo long since I've heard that phrase. Quick, have it trademarked. I'm a New York import myself and that phrase brought back a lot of childhood memories. (stupid grin, blank stare into space as the mind drifts off) =========== From: SCOTT STEEL To: TIBERIUS Subject: Orig. of handle Date & Time: 01/18/91 16:59:35 Message Number 11267 T> James Tiberius Kirk Awesome, dude. How old are you? I'm twenty-three. I've been a Trekkie since I was about eight years old. I wish you had been around for the war between Star Trek and ST:TNG I got beaten by overwhelming odds. It took place on this board about 4 months ago. There's nothing I like more than Star Trek Trivia. BTW, yes I remember the episode very well. It was so awesome been Kirk told Nomad in engineering that It had made a mistake and thereby tricked into destroying itself. My favorite episode is the one with the Romulans. The battle of wits was awesome. Playing dead in space and all that. Remember when the Romulan commander, at the end, told Kirk. "In another time, I could have called you friend."? Then the poor bastard self-destructed. Know any good trivia? Here's a few for you. All from the episode where Spock got the Vulcan fever. 1.)What was the name of wife-to-be? 2.)Waht was the name of the woman in charge of the ceremony? 3.)What was the name of the Challenge? 4.)What was the name of the Vulcan that his wife-to-be wanted to marry? Just a note, spelling doesn't count. Good luck. signed, A fellow Trekkie, Scott Steel =========== From: RUFUS To: TURTLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/18/91 17:29:06 Message Number 11268 >And what's more, we can watch it live on CNN. Yep, even the military is getting information from CNN. Too bad our school decided to make the channel CNN is on a closed circuit channel. =========== From: BURNEY To: RUFUS Subject: I'm baaaaaack Date & Time: 01/18/91 20:04:21 Message Number 11269 > Well, then I did meet you. Hello.. Hello =========== From: BURNEY To: BEATLE Subject: 80column term Date & Time: 01/18/91 20:06:41 Message Number 11270 Yes I know about being sponsered. I had to have someone recommend me. I forgot about that. If you'd like, I'll do the same for you. I've not been on ZC that long, I don't know how much my rec will do for you. BTW. If you leave Night Owl a message, he might upload an 80 column terminal program made for the 64. I have no idea if its any good or not. You'll just have to try it. >>>Burney<<< PS. HAPPY WAR DAYS TO ALL =========== From: BURNEY To: TURTLE Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/18/91 20:14:18 Message Number 11271 Well I have not been involved in ML programming yet. I didn't know that However all this is not needed now. I found someone with an 80 column terminal program for the 64. =========== From: BURNEY To: TURTLE Subject: / Date & Time: 01/18/91 20:17:14 Message Number 11272 grunt...snort...fart...grunt...(roll over)..snort....ZZZzzzzzz. =========== From: BURNEY To: TURTLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/18/91 20:24:05 Message Number 11273 Where do I sign...where do I sign? =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: DRAGONFLY Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:28:48 Message Number 11274 DF>I just feel that the US could have saved itself a lot of truble by DF>keeping the sanctions for another six months -- Huh? No way! They weren't even phasing him! Besides, in the time that we were doing this sanction stuff, he was busy developing nastier weapons. Sure, another six months, and he might have perfected them. If you ask me (which no one will, they don't want to hear the truth), waiting to get rid of Hussein was like waiting to fill a cavity...the longer you wait, the worse it'll get. DF> -- and letting Iraqis destroy the Iraqi government. What? In a dictatorship? That guy has them wrapped around his finger, and any uprising he would crush with his military. Not likely. Excuse me, sir, but I believe that you may have looked at this with rose colored glasses. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: BEATLE Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:35:14 Message Number 11275 B> M.C. Hammer...has been paying royalties... Yes, ok, but he still COPIED the song... B> [Ice Baby] takes an extended part from My point exactly. THIEF THIEF BABY....Dum Dum Dum Dum DaDaDumDum. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: BEATLE Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:37:52 Message Number 11276 I stand corrected. Nuke Iraq....but hell, why not Iran too? (Never mind...) Air bursts usually have the least amount of fallout. I suggest five air bursts over Baghdad. Four to the corners, and one in the center. Giant steel press from heaven...WHAM! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Rufus Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:40:15 Message Number 11277 HEY! Leave Rufus alone. If he wants to be a low-life scumbag pussy draft dodger, let him! Of course, if he is a responsible American and goes when asked, then your assessment was inaccurate. Actually, I have a lot of faith in Rufus... Besides, he'll probably get a deferrment for going to college. (Georgia Tech! WOO! WOO! WOO!) =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: 440 Engines Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:42:49 Message Number 11278 Changed the oil today...now I can beat 6 cylinders.... Ooooooh! You wait. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Give me a Chanc Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:43:43 Message Number 11279 Uh, yeah. Right. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: smurfs Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:44:12 Message Number 11280 SS> But on the other hand, they probably /would/ fight better than you;. Eh? What was that UNPROVOKED attack all about? Careful, Scott...remember? "Stay down, Scott! Stay down!" =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: RUFUS Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:47:03 Message Number 11281 B>F-4 Wild Weasle R>F-111 Aardvark. Hmm, myself, I favor the A-10 Warthog. Incidentally, I believe the Wild Weasel is an ECM craft. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: RUFUS Subject: WAR Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:49:01 Message Number 11282 RUF>Umm...okay. But I don't see those prematurly pointing fingers RUF>signing up to go over there. They wouldn't take him. He's a cripple. "Medical Profile", they call 'em. Back injury, don't cha know. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:51:22 Message Number 11283 SS>(Hahahahahaha Smart-ass[ed] sneer) Still being anal retentive, I see. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Earth stuff Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:53:30 Message Number 11284 T>...twice as much engine as your average Mustang. BZZZT! Wrong, Turtle. The average 'Stang has a 5.0 liter, which equates to somewhere around 305 ci and produces about 200-220 hp. Combined with a rear end diff of about 4:10, and a very lightwieght body, it's hard to beat! Now, I figure with an engine that's rated for about 335 hp and is 440 ci with a 3:54 (Sure grip) diff, I should be able to do much better. Unfortunately, with extra volume comes extra weight, and my car is about 300-400 lbs heavier than a 'Stang, so it'll require a little re-engineering...I'll keep you posted.... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/18/91 22:58:26 Message Number 11285 Ah, but having only three registers to work with makes you keep your code more compact...keeps you on your toes. The more registers you have to work with, the more variables you have, and the lazier you get.. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: BBS Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:00:08 Message Number 11286 T>This particular Z-System user has done...that.... Hmph. Why, Turtle. You *know* I couldn't possibly have been referring to *you*! =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Various Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:01:35 Message Number 11287 T> (Rap is a...musical parasite....) YES! YES! That's EXACTLY the word I was looking for! Parasitic! T>...But at least it's not even interesting to listen to...) You mean that it *can* be listened to? I was under the impression that the lower species used it's loud booming qualities as a sort of a mating call.... =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: war! Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:04:48 Message Number 11288 T> ...and it doesn't take too many maniacs with bombs in thier ... Yeah...you know, you'd think that attrition would take it's toll on those people...they're always blowing themselves up for some reason or another...but no, they just keep breeding like...rats, or cockroaches. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:07:20 Message Number 11289 Fighting for the Emir of Kuwait's country *is* fighting for our country. The word Freedom means nothing to you, right? Or is that only for *our* country and the hell with the rest of the world? Oh, yes, that *is* your attitude, isn't it. That's exactly what you said in your message. T>...shouldn't have created him in the first place. Perhaps you would care to elaborate on the WILD claim. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:10:32 Message Number 11290 T>Hey, Beatle, this situation is ALREADY a world war. Yes, we're gonna T>see a third world war in our lifetimes. World war, maybe. I think that claim is a little exaggerated, because usually a world war is like several countries against several other countries, not all against one. I don't believe that it's going to be like in the movies, "World War III" nukes and all that other bulls*it. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TURTLE Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:14:14 Message Number 11291 So, you're saying my premise of "we hate to see dictators" is Bull? So, ok, lets leave Hussein in Kuwait...and then, let him take over the middle east. Oh, yeah, that's better. I maintain that getting rid of Hussein could only be an improvement. Gotta go with the least of all Evils. And the Emir in this case, *IS* the least of the evils. Obviously, Hussein is the worst. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:17:58 Message Number 11292 SS> ...blah, blah,...END OF STORY! Well spoken. And I would personally beat the daylights outta anyone who tried to burn my flag. =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Addictions. Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:19:52 Message Number 11293 SS>How about an iceberg? I bet you'd be to [sic] cold to do anything I dunno, I bet *I* coule still get an awful lot accomplished. (Cold weather does such wonderful things with nipples.) =========== From: THE SPECIALIST To: TIBERIUS Subject: ok Date & Time: 01/18/91 23:24:05 Message Number 11294 T>I like it! Precise, to the point, succinct, says it all!! Thanks! Welcome. =========== From: BEATLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Orig. of handle Date & Time: 01/19/91 00:00:38 Message Number 11295 >from Star Trek... Yeah, it's Captain Kirk's middle name. =========== From: BEATLE To: TURTLE Subject: So tell me... Date & Time: 01/19/91 00:03:04 Message Number 11296 > this situation is ALREADY a world war. Yes, possibly, BUT, will this really go down in the record books as e the third world war? =========== From: BEATLE To: THE SPECIALIST Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/19/91 00:18:22 Message Number 11297 >I'm not as much concerned about Kuwait...as I am about Hussein. Then you're supporting the wrong war, dude. It's been asked MANY times over the last couple days wether they'v been targeting Hussein himself, or if they know where he is. The repl is ALWAYS that this action is to get Iraq out of Kuwait and NOT to target any individuals. =========== From: BLACK MAGIC To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: WAR Date & Time: 01/19/91 00:48:51 Message Number 11298 I know Rufus, and I don't think it is a matter of being chicken... War is very serious. I find it to be difficult to fight in a war which one might not totally believe in...but I do know that calling Rufus a draft0dodger and a chicken are a bit childish...if he's such a draft-dodger, then what are you, my friend? Why aren't you in the Gulf fighting? Are you AFRAID? The Lady In Black =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Arabic Date & Time: 01/19/91 03:28:28 Message Number 11299 >The citizens of Kuwait have just as much right to thier country >as anyone else would. I agree wholeheartedly, absolutely, 100%. The citizens of Kuwait have the right to be a self-determining body. So do the Palestinians. So does the South African majority. So do the Lebanese. Your point, please? While you can argue that what Hussein did was wrong, illegal, etc, etc, you can ALSO argue that the United States has no business being the world's morality police. If we MUST insist on doing this sort of thing, though, is it too much to ask that it be done consistently? We as a country are all for democracy and freedom, WHEREVER IT'S CONVENIENT. If an ALLY of ours moves into another country, takes it over, and starts killing the citizens, we don't give two shits. If an ENEMY starts doing the same thing, it's "Oh my goodness, we have to stop this evil man. Oh, look, he's taking over other people's countries! Naughty, naughty. Let's go teach him a lesson." Get real. =========== From: TURTLE To: SCOTT STEEL Subject: Addictions. Date & Time: 01/19/91 03:32:51 Message Number 11300 >How about on an iceberg? I'd manage. ===========