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20 
21   DEAR LORD,I MADE IT TO THE TOP .  ME,THE TOP,BEEN THERE.OH MY LORD .   I HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN TO THE TOP .  STUNNING .
22   ME,PROMETHEUS HAWTHORNE,THE OH SO ELUSIVE TOP,HUH?WILL THE WON DERS NEVER CEASE ?
23   WHAT 'QUALIFIES' YOU FOR 'NET' MEMBERSHIP ?  I DON'T DOUBT I  AM INCORECT MATERIAL,BUT HOPE,AS ALLWAYS SPRINGS ETERNAL .
24   SPEAKING AS ONE WHO FINALLY   SAW A PEICE OF PAM'S WORK,WHO   FINALLY GOT TO THE TOP,AND AS IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH AS ONE WHO
25 IS TOTALY UNSURE OF HIS PRESENSE IN ANY VERSE [UNI,MULTI,FICTION ],GOOD NIGHT .  AS A LAST AND FINAL NOTE,IS THE DOCTOR REALLY
26 GONE,NEVER TO REAPPEAR?!?  GOOD NIGHT.
27   PROEMTHEUS HAWTHORNE 8509.34
28 ***************************************************************************
29 Pam:
30 We exist in two worlds,
31      the inner and the outer.
32 The inner world is that of the mind and spirit.
33 The outer world is that of external reality.
34 All conflicts are between
35 the inner and outer worlds;
36 yet all we know of the outer world
37 are the impressions of its existence
38 received by the inner.
39 Are then these conflicts real-
40 or are they but the phantoms
41 of our quarrelsome minds?
42 If they are real, then how can we know this?
43 If they are illusion,how can we know this?
44 The search for truth is the search for consistency;
45 for an identity of form and content
46 in the two worlds.
47 Only that which exists in both worlds-
48 in the single outer world and in
49 all the inner worlds
50 of all people
51 can be said to partake of reality.
52 Inner truth
53 when it is that only 
54 is the truth of the spirit.
55 It can be as real as iron or fire
56 in the inner world
57 and its effects there can be
58 as definite;
59 and that it does not partake of reality
60 does not diminish it.
61 The mountain brook is not shamed
62 that it does not have the power of the vast ocean;
63 for it to be a brook
64 and fulfill a brook's destiny
65 is the full measure of value that can be given.
66 The actions we practice on the external world,
67 the world of stone or wood or flower,
68 matter little.
69 These actions may be illusion 
70 and they may not-
71 but even the reality of their effects
72 will fade away with the passage of time.
73 
74 part of -lin ho; Visions On a Mud Ball          translated by Chester Valentine
75 ****** Please do stay around  ******************* THE LAZY ONE ***********
76 ************************************************************************
77 No need to call for transportation, The Lazy One said. He pulled something
78 from a pocket, and then waved into existence an opalescent arch. Just follow
79 the bouncing ball. Take Whisper instead of me though, the journey will be
80 Much too fatiguing for one of my sedentary habbits. With that he set the ball
81 he had pulled from his pocket to bouncing and exclaimed, allright, who all
82 is going?
83 ************************************* THE LAZY ONE *******************
84 WHAT DOES ONE DO/NOT DO TO QUALIFY FOR NET MEMBERSHIP AND WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE TO TRY TO QUALIFY?
85 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*LYSIAS*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*==*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
86 ----------------------------------------
87 Oh GOD,well the story is off at the publishers and I will start putting in sections when I can find that 
88 little pamplet
89 JCS:no chance.
90 ----------------Shtoner----------------
91 0303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303030303
92 To: LYSIAS
93 Subject: NET membership
94 The first step in gaining NET membership is to appear in person
95 at either the PorSFiS meeting, or the PC&S meeting after.
96 There your application will be reviewed by the highest ranking members
97 of the NETWORK, using a stringent and HIGHLY arbitrary rating system.
98 If you pass this, you will be admitted to the lower ranks of the NETWORK,
99 until such time as you have proven your value to the NETWORK.
100 If such an event were actually to occur, you would be re-evaluated and 
101 , if evidence indicates, be invited to join the elite of the NETWORK.
102  
103 Incentive to join: The desire to graduate from the level of 'system phreaker'
104 to the intellectually more satisfying realm of Human Being.
105 Members of the NETWORK do not indulge in such infantile behavior as
106 trying to crash bulletin boards, but are rather dedicated to the
107 tracking down and elimination of such activities.
108 Membership in the NETWORK is not open to the plebeian, but is instead
109 a privilege of those whose higher moral character cries out for
110 relief from the juvenile babblings all too prevalent on the Backwater
111 Message System.
112 .End.
113 NET 1:
114      JRWEI HJFRS UOTWQ BEVRW
115 .End.
116 .End.
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118 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O:::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::::::::::
119 Aaron: I am interested in being the fourth in the archive buy.
120        Have the 30 or so dollars in my hot little hand.
121        As I use the same DOS as L'homme, hopefully we can work out some
122        adequate method of transference.
123 Alex:  I have no problem with the 23rd for RISK.  With the exception of
124        Monday/Tuesday evenings, I am amenable to most any day/time.
125 L'homme: After our conversation, I expected to log on here and find the
126        Great American Novel (or at least the BW edition).
127 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::O O::::::::voyeur::::::::O O:::::::::::
128 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
129   ALL ARCHIVE: well, assuming that the Ninja and Voyeur are not the one and
130 same, we have 5. I want to go for it as soon as we co-ordinate our format
131 differences.  But, if a sixth shows up, individual copy cost would be 
132 reduced to approx. $20 for the complete set.  Additional takers? Printing
133 could be arranged, probably have it laser printed.
134 
135  ALL Para-Psych: Sorry, you can't have my birthday. I was hoping something
136 more along the lines of projection, telek, etc..
137 
138  ALL: I'll type on any subject! I'm desperate! How about Eastern Mysticism?
139 
140  BARD: You were counted in that archive 5.
141 
142  L'homme: Gee, and I thought I was running for Secretary of BW Defence. Are
143 you involved with this NETWORK (ahem) game?  I fear that MF&E is moving
144 towards a simple "MF".  Checked up on my "a-lazing", eh? SOMEWHAT correct
145 you say? I'll bet I have a better "auntie a-lazing" algoritm than Mead! 
146 Seems some basic theoretical research was done in a similar area in sig.
147 proc. a few years back, hasn't been applied to graphics, though the theory
148 (as you acknoledged) is the same. Even if I don't know nothin' 'bout 
149 graphix! Nyah!     On to other topics..    seems you and the adventure
150 have come to something of a stand-still. Too bad the Doc wouldn't let you
151 borrow his dimensional stabilizer...   Might I suggest that this device..
152 maybe a computer..  maybe a very powerfull computer.. could help you out
153 of this situation itself?   If you could find a floating input, perhaps
154 you could serialize a message.... 
155 
156  PAM: yup, snides aside (gulp!), it's you!  Got your reply on BitB.
157                                                  Aaron
158 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
159 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
160 Bard -- I doubt that power traces could help us.  The scale voltage i
161 dangerous (like around 60 kv rough gess) and you need a moving magnetic
162 field to pick up anything by induction.  We need to find a signal line
163 that has a fluctuating magnetic field -- your machine does have rectifying
164 inputs doesn't it?  Input filtering and voltage limiting?  With the rapid
165 rise and fall caused by square waves, we may end up with awfully spikey
166 power!  Not waiting for the bard to answer the piper took a loop of cable
167 and arraomnged it along a likely looking trace.
168 As he worked he spoke:  "My pipes are useless at this scale for several
169 reasons -- the viscosity of the air as bard mentioned, and the scale.  
170 They are simple acoustical resonators -- imagine what their fundamental
171 frequency is at this scale!  I could probably use them for cleaning teeth
172 if the frequency is not too high."  The piper had not noticed the ninja
173 waking behind him.  A rustle caused him to turn... to behold the most 
174 terrifying sight of his life -- a charging ninja brandishing his dreaded
175 stick shift!  Blanching, the piper took a single step backwards, stumbled,
176 and fell as the ninja slowly approached.
177 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
178 +++++++++ Now working on new code............... Milchar +++++++++++++++++++
179 Bard looked up in time to see the ninja attempt to attack Piper. He 
180 responded by throwing a wrench at Ninja. The results of these attacks were
181 rather startling.
182 Bard's wrench describe an exceedingly odd curve, while Ninja was
183 dragged out of line by his stick shift. The magnetic field of the traces had
184 cancelled attacks.
185 Before Ninja could recover Bard had reached over and activated the 
186 stasis. While everyone else was frozen, he bound the ninja and carried him
187 over to the car. He then restored the 'normal' time flow and started a scan 
188 of the ninja. He soon spotted an anomaly in the scan.
189 Using great care (and VERY well insulated tongs) he placed the gem(?)
190 in a stasis capsule and switched the field on at the fourth quantum. There! 
191 Turning to piper he commented, "Don't worry about whether or not
192 it's a signal trace. If it's a power trace I'll just use the MMF inputs 
193 instead of EMF!"
194 They soon had the power packs charged. Voyeur took a look at a meter
195 while bard was charging them and turned white! In a short time, all was 
196 ready. The furry animals had been coaxed into the pack (and everything 
197 secured so that they couldn't hurt it (or themselves). Everyone was in place
198 waiting...
199 Bard entered the co-ordinates & typed "Execute".
200 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
201 The apprentice was almost at the inn when there was a loud "POP" behind
202 him. There in the middle of the road stood L'homme's "car". Climbing out 
203 were Bard, voyeur, Piper, and a stranger with a wolf!
204 ............................
205 Milords, thou hadst been wandering for quite long enough!
206 ..............................the apprentice................................
207 0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
208 XRYFU VDQPM BYSVC UEOEX UYRNP TXITH ETTSQ
209 END
210 The FIRST requirement for NETWORK membership is a properly
211 formatted application. Milchar has gotten that far. So far he is the only 
212 one.
213 0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
214 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
215         Whisper,
216                 As it stands now it looks like I will also be tied up during
217 the daylight hours on that weekend --- C.Y.C. series --- 
218 Soooo,      What about Friday night the 22nd or the following weekend ?
219         MiG, Voyer --- comments, suggestions, taunts or propaganda.......
220 What sayest thou would be conquers  ? 
221 ::::::::::::::::::::Alex::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
222 PS Voyer et all: Afternoon/Evenings during the week would be fine 
223 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
224 ::::::::: To JC and the Boys  - I couldn't care less what you think.
225                                Go roll over and die,
226                                   Morby...
227 0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?
228 KZIML FFCWT IEQFG WIOGF VVQOU PGBPG STTSQ KKAWE EHQRD JDIBH RRBNI XERDF 
229 SXPRY SFTLF HLRTT WJZGI HIXTQ ITIEQ BPWIT SEPHW HFLMO GQUNE ISUWO QWLBV
230 QEUIH BOLSU OTUJH NJNNB UWOQ
231 END
232 0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?0?
233 OK. TO: ANYONE INTERESTED IN CODE BREAKING (?) , HERE IS ONE
234 AND I BET A BUCKET OF SUDS NO ONE CAN CRACK IT.
235 LISTED BELOW ARE 26 WORDS. EACH REPRESENTS A LETTER.
236 THE WORDS ARE UNRELATED (SUBJECT WISE) BUT THEY ALL HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. ON
237 LY WORDS AND LETTERS ARE INVOLVED, NO NUMBERS IN ANY WAY
238 THE KEY IS NOT "REBECCA" IE, SOME OF THE WORDS ARE NOT PROPER WORDS, I HAD TO MA
239 KE THEM UP TO FIT; IE 'HISTRIMINE'
240 THE KEY EXISTS IN 3 FORMS. THE FIRST IS IN A BOOK AVAILABLE AT ANY LIBRARY, &MOS
241 T BOOK STORES. IF YOU FIND THE KEY, YOU WILL KNOW WHAT BOOK TO GET, BUT YOU MAY 
242 NOT NEED IT
243 IN THE SECOND FORM, IT IS ALWAYS PRESENT, EVERYWHERE, BUT NO ONE CAN SEE IT.
244 IN THE THIRD, IT IS IN THE WORDS THEMSELVES; IF ANYONE HAS A CERTAIN HOBBY, IT W
245 ILL BE VERY EASY, ESPECIALLY IN LOWER CASE.
246 
247 WHILE THE KEY (FIRST FORM) IS IN THAT BOOK, THE USE OF THE KEY IS UNIQUE, AND WI
248 LL NOT BE FOUND IN ANY BOOK ON CRYPTOGRAPHY, CYPHERS, CODES, ETC.
249 
250 BITE/BYTE/HISTRIMINE/INTENT/LIMIT/LIMITING/
251 /LITTARTUS/MIDSHIPPING/MIMED/MIMIC/MISSISSIPPI/NOTINGHAMSHIRE/
252 /PI-CIRCUIT/PUTT/SITTING/SASTIC/STEATITE/STINT/TESTAMENT/THINIBUS/TIME/TITIAN/
253 /TITRATE/TRIFFID/UTILITY/WRITING
254 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*==*=*=*=**=*=*=LYSIAS*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=**=*
255 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
256 Give 'em hell, Morby!  I shall miss you also...
257 ++++++++++++++
258 Reply:VRWIO IWGUS UOTUJ HNBMI JJDVF FSSPL TFSLJ HWITH ESFLN HSXPR IISSX OCPEV NOOQZ NTTSQ
259 End of line
260 ++++++++++++++
261 Ok, I begin working on it, Lysias-  no guarantees before Saturday, though, as I've a busy schedule.  I do plan on
262 attending this Sat. (it IS Saturday, is it not?).
263 ++++++++++++++
264 Bye for now, and keep those stories rolling....
265 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
266 ALEX: How about Thursday the 21 st. unless you don't mind having a 5 and
267 a 9 year old running around your house while we play. I am divorced and
268 have my kids over every friday night until saturday at 5:30 pm. The next
269 weekend is the NORWESCON. If you want to get up a game there during the
270 evening hours OK.
271 ********************************* 
272 Whisper looks around at the group surrounding the Lazy One and says well,
273 who's game? 
274 ******************************************* WHISPER ******************8
275 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
276 Prepare to recieve additional transmission:
277 GYEOI JJEDN UVSUG LWPUP ENLKF TSNCN EBSYH IHSUI SOUWO QIXJU WOPHE SFWOQ LEOCK
278 EBDAI KFHMI RFPXM CEVUJ HMFSW BIHWJ LPGCO LPNWP LXSUS YQROY BCSEG QUNBI SYLTI
279 TLFER DFAWU JHFJR WUIUO VPSGH LVFCS NODWJ TLBGT UBLXP BHRPC SNODB FGYBN WOPNI
280 FVFSU OTVUH TIEQB PWITS EPHWH FNYND HRTTS QOLLD HESUW OQYTX
281 End of line
282 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
283 Don't you HATE not knowing what's being said???
284 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
285 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
286 Hi there,
287    What exactly is this system???  As far as I can tell, it is a adventuring
288 board.  I read the messages from Net1, and I am wondering how do you apply for
289 membership??  I like a challenging puzzle.  I think that I'll make an entry
290 about myself.
291 ]]]]]]]]]][[[[[[[[[[
292 The time is 1984, Portland, Oregon ssets the scene.  Nightwing is making his
293 nightly swing around the city.  He is swinging over the Multnomah County 
294 Coutrthouse, when a strange 'portal' opens in front of him.  Being in midair,
295 Nightwing cannot stop himself from pluging into the portal.  He blacks out
296 a few moments after he enters.
297     When he awakes, he finds himself on a grassy plain.  He doesn't know just
298 quite to make of this situation, but his crime-fighting career has trained him
299 for alomst anything.  His cunning mind makes him think that this not really
300 happening.  His senses assure him that it is real, though.  To the East he sees
301 a large structurre that looks like an old Earth Inn.  He decides that his presen
302 appearance might cause an attraction, which was all that he needed.  Nightwing
303 then concentrates.  His costume is now covered with a large overcoat.  I'm 
304 glad that I bought this new material from Star Labs.  Nightwing then sets
305 off for the building in distance.  I hope there are civilized people around 
306 here...
307 ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Nightwing [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
308 WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING SAID?
309 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
310 lazy one: i'll go!!!!(where we goin?)
311 ////////////////////pheric/////////////////////////////////////////
312 What happened to our private little code?
313 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
314 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
315 Code security is still tight, but it'll be a hell of a lot tighter when it gets
316 changed.
317 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
318 Nightwing: You're too easy to spot, I definitely know who you are.
319 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
320 Prepare for another transmission:
321 ERMQL IUGGA UASOP LTFSL JHWNP WEWCL LBBPF UWOQF YMNQA NEMTO XISRI QGDTN UMSJD
322 REIRH UWOQH IJUDF SEWIO DNBTI TVDCB DETVR PBDHJ VLOOA PECWA XIPMD HGJVI OUDTV
323 RHBAV TPPQJ NFHBR IOFBX
324 End of line
325 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
326 Gee, Backwater is awfully quiet except for all these codes...
327 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
328 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
329           Lord Morby:
330   I hope that you have a wonderfull time in England, it should be alot
331  of fun for you.  When you come back, make sure that England is still
332  in one piece will ya?  Ok, I should write a huge and long story telling
333  of the trip over the vast sea to a new land, but I'll leave that to you
334  when you come back. I'd like to stay and type but there's a GIANT BURGER
335  KING "DARTH VADER" DEATH GLASS ON MY BUTT!!
336                                                Luke Binkelywalker.
337 (-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)_(-)
338 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
339 Milchar:  I hate to say this, but your'e wrong on that point.(My being the
340 newcomer Nightwing)  I have decided that my new name shall be Jericho.
341 I won't enter anything right now, because I haven't thought up an appropriate
342 origin.  Later All.
343 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^__^_ Jericho ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
344 P.S:  At the time that I talked to you Milchar, I hadn't thought up a good
345 name for myself.  Better luck next time Milch...
346 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^ Jericho _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_
347 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
348    Well although I'm not really here, I can still make comments until I leave.
349      To J.C and the Boys...
350      That is an awfully tacky name.  That is in poor taste, it is a good way
351 to offend a whole lot of people.  Secondly, I meant comic relief in that I
352 am different than all the super heros here, because I make mistakes.  And if
353 you think J.C. and the Boys is funny, you are the one with the peverted sense
354 of humor.  Also, where to you get the authority to tell what is good for 
355 computing and lfe in general?  By divine right?  I doubt it.  Sinse I do
356 not know who many are in your little " club ", I will address a message to
357 the only member I kwon by name.
358      To Saint Peter - I cannot tell if you agree with the previous message
359 put here, but you could at least give your real name on CBBS.  Or is
360 ther a good reason not to?
361      To all others - I am sorry to use up this valuable space.  Leave all
362 msgs to me on CBBS ( 775- xxxx ) where the messages will stay in memory.
363                                 Tally Ho(e)!   Morby...
364 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
365 ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(  
366      HI THERE THIS IS D4QP 
367      I JUST WANTED TO SEE
368      IF I COULD GET IN.
369       I WILL BE ON A
370        LOT IN THE 
371         FUTURE
372 **************************************************************:
373 MORBY: I MIGHT POINT OUT THAT YOU HAVE AS MUCH RIGHT TO LEAVE MESSAGES
374 ON THIS SYSTEM AS ANYONE ELSE (EVEN MILCHAR AND MIG). WHILE OTHERS MAY
375 NOT BE OVERJOYED WITH YOUR DIRECTION OF INPUT, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE
376 SAME IS TRUE OF THEM. THERE ARE OTHER USERS WHO ARE NOT OVERJOYED 
377 WITH THEM. SO YOU SEE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE.
378 THAT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE HATES YOU THOUGH. BUCK UP!
379 ************************* CISTOP MIKEY *****************************
380 PAM: MY WORD! ALL THIS ACTIVITY! I AM OVERWELMED! KEEP THIS UP AND
381 I MIGHT EVEN CATCH YOU WHEN YOUR ON AGAIN ONE OF THESE TIMES.
382 ********************************************************************:
383 YEAH, REALLY, A LOT OF CODE STUFF. BUT SOMETHING DOESN'T COMPUTE. THOSE WHO ARE 
384 IN THE NET KNOW THE CODE, APPARENTLY. 
385 PRESUMABLY, THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN DON'T.
386 MILCH(AS IN CHURCH)AR IS NOT IN AS IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO 
387 HAVE 'FORMALLY APPLIED'ERGO HE IS NOT YET IN ; YET MILCHAR KNOWS THE CODE, AS HE
388 WAS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ONCE CAUTIONED TO NOT REVEAL TOO MUCH ( I REFER TO
389 LINE 241,THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE LAST MESSAGE, "SORCERY DOES HAVE IT'S ADVANTAG
390 S" ( INCIDENTALLY, i WORKED ON THIS ALL DAY, AND COULD NOT IGURE IT OUT.)
391 LOGICAL CONCLUSION, MILCHAR HAS BROKEN THE CODE. MAYBE HE WILL CRACK MINE. 
392 MILCHAR: NOT<1 OR >4 LETTERS CONTAIN THE KEY.
393 AARON: DID YOU EVER CONCENTRATE INTENTLY ON SOMEONE WHO IS NEARBY, -BUT WITHOUT 
394 THEM BEING AWARE OF THIS, AND OBSERVE THEM BECOME INCREASINGLY RESTLESS, UNTILL 
395 FINALLY THEY TURN AND STARE DIRECTLY AT YOU, EYE CONTACT, WITH AN PUZZLED, PERPL
396 EXED EXPRESSION OF " WHAT DO YOU WANT?"TELEPATHY WORKS,IE, THERE IS SUCH A THING
397 WELL, I HAVE TO GET UP EARLY TODAY TO CLEAN MY REFRIGERATOR
398 GUTEN NACHT
399 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*-*=*=*=LYSIAS*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*==*
400 (#)"($#)"($*($*(#"!$(#")%'#$)('%)('%)$'!)'?%$#)&')#$'%)'%!)$<#+'%)!<'?%)!=#+
401 Aaron:Better than Meads??? NEVER!!!! The elements in graphics have been tuned
402 to a fine art. The science is complete, secure, and unbeatable. So be it
403 Evans and Sutherland, so be it. Also, to quote an old saying (too many cooks
404 spoil the stew. Let's put some kind of limit on the number in on the buy.
405 Ninja...yea...he has class (IBM -  I can convert that from CP/M). Voyeur...
406 same goes there...no problemo (as herb would say). Let's stop at 5. Since 
407 we are already going to have to restructure the monetary sequence of events
408 with this odd number. As for MF&E...(MF! ha ha)...It's too bad...but don't
409 give up...He said there may be something in the future....How goes the
410 'C'? Where is this laser printer coming from (and don't hum and haw about!)
411 Still want to sell a backplane/processor/power supply/chassis/slu/multi
412 board? I may be in the market after this month (in July when I get paid 
413 again. It is either a pdp-11 or a 10 meg kamerman for my PC) More
414 later...
415 voyeur...Since this is my first chance on, I will try to salvage the situa
416 tion (hopeless now, we need to give bard a good talking to)
417 ($<#+"($<#$'#"
418 As everyone piled in the car, bard shouted "Hang on!", and with that, he
419 flipped a switch on his console, and everything went black..er white...er
420 green...er..well everything went.... Sounds and sights that had never reached
421 the eyes of L'homme did so. And after a time so short it seemed like an 
422 eternity (this is reality hoping eh?), things started to settle down so a
423 somewhat normal (although this entire adventure has been anything but normal).
424 As the smoke and dust cleared, and the sunlight poked itself through the
425 dirty windows of a battered but alive 1967 mustang, the occupants of said 
426 car opened the doors and poured out onto the dirt road. L'homme, piper, voyyeur,
427 bard, dreamtoucher, snow runner, a grogy ninja, habitrail harry, and several
428 other small creatures had indeed arrived. "But where?", thought L'homme. This
429 isn't the road to Tek! Oh hell! I give up! So I miss out on a 28k/year
430 starting systems programmer job on the local vax 780. I may not know where
431 I am here, but I can learn. And everyone else seems to be quite happy about
432 the whole situation. And as the saying goes, 'When in Rome etc etc etc...'
433 "Come on!" shouted bard. "This way! We are back! The Inn!!!". L'homme
434 followed the others, and took one long glance at his beloved car. "It'll bbe
435 OK here", said voyeur. "This is a low crime area." L'homme caught up with the
436 others, and they all  rushed to the place called the Inn. 
437 In the excitement, everyone had forgotten about the "egg" Bard had placed in
438 what he called a "stasis" field. It lay in the back seat of the car, glowing,
439 humming, and definitly making some attempt at movement. What problems this
440 little "egg" could bring to the Inn and its users, no one can say at the
441 moment, but wouldn't that make a great next adventure??? (HINT HINT HINT)
442 ($#($#$"#$('#"$( L'homme sans parity - Fini ($#("$(#"$("#$!$"!#$!"$!"$!41
443 ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
444 Oh Joy,Oh Pleasure,yes people,no more dropped characters. No readjusting unknown
445 pots. Yes,MiG has a new modem!!!(ahem,sorry)
446 Alex:anytime day/night with at least 6hours warning.
447 Aaron:isn't your birthday 10 days after mine? (he he) What would a 11/35JA with 
448 32kwords of(blanch) CORE memory be worth? and what would be a good speed 
449 comparison? (i.e. slower or faster then a 41CV or a trash)
450 The Man in Gray
451 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
452 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
453   35? prob faster than a s/s '80.  Worth? $100-200           -Aaron
454 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
455 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
456     The piper followed his friends, travel stained and weary into the inn.
457 After downing several large containers of the inn's frothy brew, he turned
458 to the bard, "Where did you put our fuzzy little friends?"
459     Hearing that the bard had turned them out of his pack to fend for 
460 themselves, the piper poured a portion of the brew into a saucer, and when
461 no one was watching slid it down next to a suspicious hole near the floor.
462 pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
463   Sorry, I did not mean for my msg to come across that way.  It was aimed
464 only at that one group.  I did not know where to reply, except where I got
465 the msg.  I assume that everyone can't hate me here, although a large
466 majority might think I'm a pest.  Don't worry, I leave in 6 hours for England.
467   Anthing else?           Tally Ho(e)  Morby.
468 ................................................................................
469 L'homme, Voyeur, etc: Sorry, but we didn't seem to be getting anywhere. The only
470 real plot development was ninja & I had no desire to fight THAT battle in our 
471 previous location.
472 As for the stasis field, if it starts to hum, glow, or do ANYTHING at
473 all in less than a trillion years... Bard will be the the first to run like mad!
474 (The time factor is about 1E18 to 1!) Of course, I'm gonna get curious and open 
475 my little stasis box....
476 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
477 Bard appeared to be suffering some side effects from handling the "egg".
478 He appeared to be EXTREMELY depressed. He began to sing...
479 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
480 Suicide is painless (theme from M*A*S*H)
481 through early morning fog i see
482 visions of the things to be
483 the pains that are withheld for me
484 i realize and i can see
485 Chorus:that suicide is painless
486 it brings on many changes
487 and i can take or leave it if i please
488 the game of life is hard to play
489 i'm gonna lose it anyway
490 the losing card i'll someday lay
491 so this is all i have to say
492 CHORUS
493 the sword of time will pierce our skin
494 it doesn't hurt when it begins
495 but as it works its way on in
496 the pain grows stronger watch it grin(?)
497 CHORUS
498 a brave man once requested me
499 to answer questions that are key
500 "is it to be or not to be"
501 and i replied, "oh why ask me?"
502 suicide is painless
503 it brings on many changes
504 and i can take or leave it if i please
505 and you can do the same thing if you please...
506 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
507 Above was transcribed from a videtape. The soundtrack album doesn't
508 have the words! Thus the lowercase & minimal punctuation.
509 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BARD~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
510 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
511 Milchar: LHVPU HSCLS QAVMG UFSAR DCLSB VIDVX
512 have fun!
513 TO: Net operatives and PLNKA
514 Congratulations are in order, we now have two candidates with properly formatted
515 "applications".
516 PLNKA AICWD PYSVO HAOQY PVHVT EYOSR UUEEO FPAOT MTUDS UOTGQ UCPNX JPXEE UWFQI
517 CVRVF PWCJP LFTNE ZLMTV VWJLP CGVUQ PPJGG SUOTL GBWJL PDJDN HEIWG UYEAC FPGOB
518 END OF MSG
519 TO: Cistop Mikey
520 Sir: If you wish, we shall supply you with a copy of the keys and
521 the algorithms required for their use. (This is, after all, YOUR system!)
522 NET 1 out
523 01010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
524 TO: ANY NET OPERATIVE: DO NOT UNDERSTAND "CRASHING"- IF THIS MEANS TRYING TO GET
525 "INTO" FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATING WITH STRANGE NEW WORLDS
526 ( I REFER TO BWMS IN PARTICULAR)THEN WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?TO ME, NOTHING. HOW
527 EVER IF "CRASHING" MEANS TO CAUSE PROBLEMS, TIE UP THE SYSTEM FOR NO GOOD REASON
528 DO DAMAGE, OR LEAVE LO-LIFE TYPE MESSAGES, THAT SORT OF THING, THEN I AGREE WITH
529 WITH WHOEVER ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT JERNEN UP, STOPPING SUCH RASCALS, IN WHI
530 CH AREA, I MAY "ACTUALLY" BE OF REDEEMING SOCIAL VALUE TO THE NET. WE SHALL SEE.
531 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=LYSIAS*=*=*=*=*=*=*==*=
532 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
533 Rats.  I forgot to enable my auto-repeat on the keyboard, and probably just wore out my plus key.
534 +++++++++++++++
535 Lysias: Is the keyword (fingers crossed) BUS?
536 +++++++++++++++
537 Cistop Mikey: I have a new and improved encryption program that I would be glad to supply (in BASIC, unfortunately)
538 to you.  It can even handle the 'new' method proposed... and breaks up the encrypted message into five-letter groups.
539 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milchar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
540 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
541 The keyword to this code is in my first entry as Jericho.  (Hint: It is a 7
542 letter word...)
543 
544 Net 1:  PVVMV PBPWJ BQWXN VTPQO SAIJB QWHQU TMOMI AVJCM IKZCU GVMJA KVBBX FXRXF
545 WEHBW SKDQA SKYKU KSQQE IAKKS SJMJB QVQXQ GTKJO CIUAV VDSII QEOCN RUFIL
546 
547 Milch: 
548  VMCKJ HFLSC WPFCD OEWYT SKIKB GYHQE EBJHH BXFXK KCXRV QFLBC MKGCA OCMDM LLFRG
549 YWGUR
550 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^ Jericho ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
551 Jericho stepped out onto the terrace of his Ney York apartment.  His eyes
552 wandered over the city that he called home.  He thought about all the good
553 adventures that he had before coming to this time.  Jericho has a special
554 'talent' that allows him to travel through the rifts in the Space/Time fabric.
555 He gained this ability about 5 years ago when he allowed the Army to try out
556 a new Anti-Truth serum drug on him.  The drug did strange things to the 
557 chemicals in his body.  Now Jericho, as he now calls himself, can go wherever
558 and whenever that he wishes.  "Enough reminising, Jericho." he tells himself.
559 He gets up, and walks over to the closet, and pulls on a special hanger.  
560 The closet's back wall slides aeway to reveal a secret room filled with mass
561 equipment.  He dons is uniform, and walks through time.
562      When he emerges, he realizes that he is at the Inn his father had told
563 him stories about.  His father was one of the greatest men of his time.  Which-
564 ever time that he happened to be in.  Jericho's father was the man known as
565 The Doctor.  The same Doctor that had to steal the Presidential Septre from
566 Galifrey in order to get the Key to Time.  The same Doctor that had ventured
567 back in time to save the wine.  The same Doctor that had been appointed to the
568 Lord President's Seat.  Jericho's father was a great man.  Now it is up to 
569 Jericho to be as great as The Doctor.  Jericho walks up to the Inn, waits for
570 a moment, then enters...
571 _^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^ Jericho ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
572 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
573 Jericho: Your not using the standard Net 1 code.
574 Net 1:
575 KKAWE EMKER BRCPH VONEA ICWDF BYHGG CPDIQ TRGSA QTUWO QIQFC QTIAX XGWKF
576 TLFPD TVREM OERVO EESSX PRZEU HIDER DFORU JHFJR WUUHV FNSSU RDJGM UUDFU
577 EVUJH DFCMN COPMA GFUWO QTKFP LNKAI OF
578 jjjjjjjjj
579 A lone rodent was chewing at some wires. He broke through and 
580 freed the phoenix egg. The egg sent out a powerful suggestion. #Pick me
581 up#
582 The Ninja
583 jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
584 MILCHAR: THERE IS NO "KEY WORD"
585 IE, NO ONE WORD THAT OPENS UP THE OTHERS. EACH OF THE 26 WORDS HAS IT'S OWN KEY.
586 THE KEY IS IN 1 TO 4 OF THE LETTERS OF EACH WORD. ALL OF THE 26 WORDS HAVE SOMET
587 HING IN COMMON. THIS IS NOT A CRYPTOGRAM TYPE CODE WHERE ONE LETTER STANDS FOR A
588 NOTHER, THERE IS NOTHING RANDOM ABOUT IT, AND IT IS A CODE THAT NO COMPUTER WOUL
589 D, COULD, DECODE.THIS WORD SHOULD DO IT, BUT IT IS NOT A "KEY", IT IS AN ABSTRAC
590 T HINT. BISMARK.
591 *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*LYSIAS*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
592 A stranger in a red cape walked by the car. He noticed a strange humming
593 from the back seat, and noticed an egg. As he looked at it, it cracked, and
594 in a great flash of light the shell vanished into a powder.
595    "Zounds! The Rothman Ruby!" the stranger shrieked. And indeed, sitting
596 on the seat, glowing slightly and jiggling through no obvious source of
597 power, was that famous Ruby. It had been stolen some thousand years ago
598 by the then-famous thief Scurrilous, who then vanished mysteriously.
599 The ruby had been untraced throughout that entire time, and here it
600 was!
601    The stranger reached out to pick up the ruby, and as he touched it
602 he vanished in a great flash.
603    The ruby continued to sit there, glowing and moving seemingly under its
604 own power...
605    From the Inn came the sounds of revelry. Little do they know what
606 waits them when they return to their car.
607 Sorry i had to erase you're line but,Hurry up and get this thing cleared-Digital Man
608 ********* PAM where are you, I'm going through withdrawl pains! ***********

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