### Apollo BBS Archive - June 1, 1991

    Mail from Apro Poet
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 19:13:32

     My wife wrote that "one Step" poem and the first time I
    read it I thought of you.  While my system was down I kept
    reading references to the existence of time.  All I could do
    at the time was to jot "Rod" in the margin.  So I have your
    name in all my philosophy books.  People borrow them and ask
    "Who's Rod?"  HAHAHAHAHA!  It really is amazing how the people
    with the heavier academic credentials don't seem to reject
    your time argument lightly.  In some cases they seem to agree.
    Or at least they believe the existence of time cannot be
    proven.
                                  Apro Poet

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     1:Wow, "One Step" was totally a great poem.  It should be shared by all.
     2:
     3:Thanks for your comments concerning time.

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    Message: 7446
    Author: $ Mike Carter
    Category: Idea for thought
    Subject: Michael's noise
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 22:43:13

    I lived in an apartment that had a pair (group) of some really
    boisterous mexicans next door.  When they rose a rucus, I'd just
    pound the plaster a few hefty whallops and they'd shut up.
    In Connecticut, a friend of mine was renting a house. His neighbor
    would play in his band practice out in their semi-arizona room.
    We rigged some 100 Watt tri-banders together with a fosgate superamp.
    Then we'd play stuff like Mozart, Tcharkovsky (sp) etc. They got the
    idea without any gripes. BTW, the speakers were pointed out the window.
    As for your current dilemma...if you're worried about his stability..
    then the thing to do is make him worry about yours. If it were my neighbours
    doing that, I'd toss 3-4 home-made M-80's out in the backyard (mine)
    each night. If you can make your own, that is..
    One every 5 minutes until he shuts up. Wait until he goes to bed, then
    crank on some loud stuff of your own.
    The guy in back of me where I live now is a fine example of this. The people
    who *used* to live next door to me and whom had a very noisy dog got
    the blunt end of his wrath. He spent 2 days looking through the phone book
    until he found their number. Then, whenever the dog started its nightly
    serenade, RINGGGG...RINGGGGG. John said it took 3 nights before the guy
    caught on. Then, on the 4th night when the dog started up, before John
    could reach for the phone, the guy next to me was belting his dog
    and telling it to shut the **** up. It worked. Personally, I think that
    was one of the better instances I've had the opportunity to witness.

    Long before we cranked DJ's and alter-pirates, the Demon Dialer software
    I wrote was designed specifically to counter-hose with a neighbor in
    "Mr Nike's" apt complex. This guy lived on the second floor and would
    sit out on a lwn chair, drink beer and cuss, jeer and yell at people by
    the pool or just walking nearby. One time Lawrence called ye police shoppe.
    Next morning we found his car with a 6-pak of RC cola poured all over it.
    His life was never the same after that. He lost use of his phone, thanks
    to Demon dialer and Ma Bell (at the time), who through their COSMOS computer
    provided us with his phone number. We shut his electricity off continually
    at all hours of the night in the middle of summer. No direct contact with
    your neighbour is the best way...especially if the weanie is unstable.
    Go through his trash a couple times. Get billing statements and the like.
    Find out who he works for and everything you can possibly get. Once you have
    laid out all the info on a table, there's bound to be something of interest
    that will help you strike at home base.
    Some of the first things I would do for that situation would be:
    (1) Find his phone number using the cole directory at a public library..
        you can find the phone number to a residence if you have an address
        and providing it's not unlisted. Then, demon dial his butt until
        the cows come home. (Make sure the dialing starts when the noise does
        and ends when the noise does.) remember; you're training him.
    (2) Put together one ** VERY ** loud firecracker or noisemaker. Set it
        off remotely in your backyard. Next day, plant another one and have it
         ready for when he turns that set on. It sould only take 3-4 times.

    If you're not the type for that kind of noise - making, a safer and
    somewhat more expensive alternative is to put together the following:
    Using a portable tape recorder, a good stereo amplifier and a couple of
    65-100 watt speakers do the following;
    Push play and record on the portable tape. Place the portable tape in front
    of one of the speakers, both of which should be pointed in his general
    direction with a couple of open windows. The feedback from the tape which
    by the way, needs to be hooked into the stereo "LINE IN" plug.
    The feedback will generate an ear-piercing 3600KHZ (approx) tone of which
    we are all probably familiar with. Amplify this through your amp at about
    50% power and you and your neighbours will beg for mercy. So I suggest
    donning a set of ear plugs.

    NO? One last item which is truly annoying, cheap and nasty. Go buy one
    of those chincy Radio-Shack sound - effects bull horns ; you know the
    ones with the programmable silly-tune keyboards attached? Put that out
    your window and let her rip till the batteries run down.
    Of course, to get any sleep with this fool next door to you , you're going
    to need ear-muffs anyway..so you might as well submit to the inconvenience
    until he gets your drift, or your adam's apple..whichever comes first.

    Well, after a quick discussion with my wife, she came up with a
    *real* good one. Although somewhat illegal (so is the fireworks one,alas)
    this one is a real doozy. I even stopped and looked at her strange when
    she mentioned this....my wife? this is *MY* wife saying this?
    What she aksed first off was; "Is the TV set left out?"
    Next came the suggestion; Buy a BB gun and blow the tube.
    You'd have to shoot the tube with a brass BB, and it'd better be from
    some other direction and NOT from your house. You can also buy .22
    acorn caps. These are 1/4 the size of .22 "BB" caps..all that propels them
    is a double dose of the primer. Of course, make sure he's not sitting there.
    Wait till he goes for a beer. ( Evil grin )

    A serious solution to all this, however, is simple. ( Don't be like some
    folks around here and take me seriously on those last ideas ;-)
    The solution depends on if he has (and is using) cable to his TV.
    If he is not.....I have a schematic for a very simple and easy to use/make
    TV jammer. It can be tuned to jam all channels from 2-15, one at a time,
    using a small variable capacitor. With a 60-inch antenna (copper wire),
    the effective range is about 150 feet. Dangle this out your window and
    tune the jammer from inside. He'll be furious. Completely wipes the
    reception out, video and all.
    I used to sell these for $45.00 a pop when cable was still very new.
    Of course, a pair of scissors will fix the cable.
        -Mike

    Message: 7450
    Author: $ Rod Williams
    Category: Chit-Chat
    Subject: Scissors/cable
    Date: 06/02/91  Time: 02:40:01

    Didn't Rich Fohl think of that?

    I do like the idea of the tv jammer.

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    Message: 75483
    Author: $ Sandi Marlin
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: hello...
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 12:23:50

    Hope everything is going well...

    Message: 75484
    Author: $ Sandi Marlin
    Category: Question?
    Subject: By the way...
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 12:28:11

    Yes, okay, it's been ages since I've been around and I seem to have suffered
    a serious case of brainfade...
    Just what did I say about "cows in hell?"

    Message: 75485
    Author: $ Melissa Dee
    Category: $tatus users only
    Subject: The _Kane_ GT
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 16:24:28

    Will be moved to next Sunday, same time, same place.  That should give
    everyone enough time to pencil it into their calendars and maybe it won't be
    as busy then, either.  Check out the film sig for more details!
    "Rosebud..."

    Message: 75486
    Author: $ Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: We're Doomed
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 19:24:07

    Psychosis is linked to computer

    UPI COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A young man became so mesmerized
    by his computer that he was hospitalized with a "computer
    syndrome" that made him unable to distinguish between the
    real world and computer programs, a Denmark medical journal
    reports.
      The journal said the unidentified 18-year-old contracted
    the new form of psychosis, called computer syndrome by three
    doctors at Copenhagen's Nordvang Hospital, after spending
    12 to 16 hours a day in front of his computer.
      The doctors said the young man began to think in
    programming language, waking up in the middle of the night
    thinking, "Line 10, go to the bathroom; Line 11 next."
      The patient told the doctors "he discovered that man is
    only a machine.  There is no difference between the computer
    and man."
      In *Weekly for Physicians*, psychologist Bent Brok and
    psychiatrists Eva Jensen and Erik Simonsen said, "He merged
    with the computer and afforded it supernatural qualities."
      In the end, he suffered from insomnia and anxiety and had
    to be hospitalized.  The article did not indicate his present
    condition.
      The young man's preoccupation with computers is not

    Message: 75487
    Author: $ Apro Poet
    Category: Tales & Tall Stories
    Subject: We're Doomed
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 19:31:38

    unique, but his psychotic condition is unusual, Tuesday's
    report said, warning against "many young people's excessive
    preoccupation with computers."
      The three doctors said that the computer is used by youths
    as a substitute for human contact because it always responds
    in a rational manner but that the stress on logic can lead
    to immaturity and emotional limitations.
      The computer trade itself also seems to be aware of the
    problem.
      "A large group of young people -- about 95 percent of them
    boys -- are computer freaks who live for nothing but the
    machine," said Lars Knudsen, 32, manager of a Copenhagen
    computer firm, Professional Datainformation.
      "The typical computer freak is between 14 and 16," said
    Knudsen, a former freak himself.  "He gets up at 2 in the
    afternoon and sits in front of the screen until 4 in the
    morning.  He drinks 3 liters of Coke and has no girlfriend."

    Message: 75488
    Author: $ Steve MacGregor
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Ann
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 20:51:59

      You're confusing the words "suffering", and "long-suffering", probably
    because one is contained in the other.

      We all live in a   ....,,,,________nnhn____   yellow subroutine

    Message: 75489
    Author: $ Steve MacGregor
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: Melissa/Spilling
    Date: 06/01/91  Time: 20:53:48

      The Biblical passage about spilling seed was about Onan (in Genesis), and
    what he actually did was simply pull out early.
      The sin was that he was refusing to get his sister-in-law pregnant, as
    required by law.

      We all live in a   ....,,,,________nnhn____   yellow subroutine

    Message: 75490
    Author: $ Peter Petrisko
    Category: Chit Chat
    Subject: POEM
    Date: 06/02/91  Time: 01:25:41

         The Jill Moore poem was excellent.

       POST UPLOADED AND WRITTEN BY ROD*******

    I nominate Judge Philip Marquardt to the Supreme Court.

    If a certain percentage of the the population of the United States
    indulges in marijuana use then shouldn't there be representation from the
    Highest court in the land as guaranteed in the Constitution?

    There has never been a documented death from marijuana use.  As I am
    typing this, a death is being caused by the use of alcohol and someone is
    dying from lung disease from abusing tobacco.

    Any substance can be abused, be it red meat, milk and cookies, or just
    plain mouthwash.

    Big business interests seem to be keeping the hemp plant at bay.  Perhaps
    now is the time to invest in hemp futures.

    If marijuana were legalized, like it is and has been for many years in
    Holland, then yes alcohol use would go down still further but so would auto
    accidents and quite a number of other ills.

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     1:till further but so would auto
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    18:                                        Rod
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