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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Tue Nov 12 01:35:07 1991
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 91 01:32:25 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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cctee (Cynthia C Tee):
"The time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time."
-- Bertrand Russell
"If a train station is where a train stops, what happens at a workstation?!"
HI! you can find me at: tee@slcs.slb.com
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jinx (Guillermo J Rozas):
I hardly ever use this account.
Do "finger -l jinx@zurich.ai.mit.edu" for more up to date information.
Written on Mon Nov 11 07:00:03 EST 1991
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kagraves (Kenneth A Graves):
>Could we start a new group that is a "flame weather map" showing
>where flames are starting and to which newsgroups they are travelling?
>"An anti-StarTrek flame war has ignited in r.a.c, and is expected to
>reach r.a.sf by midnight. Any of you with valuable conversations in
>these groups should be advised to take them to shelter." :-)
>
>kieran@cmatter.physics.indiana.edu (Kieran Mullen)
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kenneths (Kenneth J Schneider):
Address at Theta Chi: Address at Home:
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lsc (Lecture Series Committee):
LSC Movies for the weekend of Nov 15 to Nov 17
Fri. Nov 15 Anna Karenina (1935) 10-250 7:30
[ dir: Clarence Brown; with Greta Garbo, Frederic March, Basil
Rathbone, Freddie Bartholomew, and Maureen O'Sullivan ]
This tragic romance features the great Garbo as a beautiful
young countess who leaves her aristocrat husband (Rathbone) for
the love of a handsome cavalry officer (March). Based on
Tolstoy's somber historical novel.
Fri. Nov 15 Mortal Thoughts 26-100 7 & 10
After the murder of James Urbansji (Bruce Willis), a boisterous, repulsive
sexual bully, his wife (Glenne Headly) becomes a prime suspect due to
testimony given by her best friend (Demi Moore), whose level of involvement
is unclear. An exciting thriller.
Sat. Nov 16 Backdraft 26-100 6:30 & 10
Ron Howard's exciting film about the firefighters of Chicago and
their worst fear: oxygen rushing into a smoldering room and setting
off a deadly backdraft. Incredible special effects serve as a
backdrop to a moving family drama.
Sun. Nov 17 Baby Boom 10-250 7 & 10
Diane Keaton plays a yuppie executive whose life in the fast lane is
disrupted when distant relatives die and leave her their baby. When
Manhattan proves to be too much for her, she builds a new life in
Vermont and finds happiness with veterinarian Sam Shepard.
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MIT or Wellesley ID required, one guest allowed per ID.
Admission to movies is $1.50 and a 20-Admission
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Classic Movie shows end before the start of the second
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lward (Laurence O Ward):
Plan for life: to be an awesome dude.
awe.some \'o.-s*m\ aj 1: expressive of awe 2: inspiring awe - awe.some.ly
av - awe.some.ness n
dude \'d(y)u:d\ \'d(y)u:d-ish\ n [origin unknown] 1: a man extremely
fastidious in dress and manner : DANDY 2: a city man; esp : an easterner in
the West - dud.ish aj - dud.ish.ly av
To survive 6 and 10.
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stacey (Stacey L Reeves):
to graduate from this hell with minimum pain and maximum fun and make
more money than god.
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
ZAP! YOU'RE DEAD...
The "Blaash," a carnivorous radioactive moth found in TSR's @i(Gamma
World), has only to swoop within 5 meters of someone to kill him
instantly....
from Murphy's Rules
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therese (Therese):
You're looking at my plan? :) I'm honored :)
Will you zwrite me too?
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warlord (Derek Atkins):
From the Net:
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 91 21:36:15 -0500
From: Usenet Oracle <oracle-vote@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Usenet Oracularity #370-02
Selected-By: Otis Viles <4164@alma.edu>
The Usenet Oracle has pondered your question deeply.
Your question was:
> Oh great and wise one whom I admire so much,
> why does it take so long to log onto my system?
And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
} I didn't realize that. Let me see:
}
} % infinity.heaven.uni> divine
} %
} % Welcome to network DIVINE.HEAVEN.UNI (12738612.1298734.985972.001263).
} % Time (EST): Nov 7, 1991; 13:21:42.0192867539467812936458253703457.
} % (since Big Bang): 470310692634057958.98253498293482638745825 seconds.
} % (until this machine makes a mistake): DIVISION BY ZERO ERROR.
} %
} % Login: oracle
} % Password:
} %
} % Wait, login progress commencing. . . .
} %
} % ERROR!!!!!
} % DIVINE.HEAVEN.UNI is currently experiencing some problems. We regret
} % this interruption in service.
} %
} % Connection closed.
} % infinity.heaven.uni> trinity
} %
} % Welcome to network TRINITY.HEAVEN.UNI (2937401.062575.82376.91725).
} % Time (EST): Nov 7, 1991; 14:11:13.918623.
} % (since end of Precambrian Period): 18974392735489027.904582 seconds.
} % (until Jimmy Swaggart stops seeing prostitutes): DIVISION BY ZERO
} % ERROR.
} %
} % Login: oracle
} % Password:
} %
} % Please wait.
} %
} % FATAL, IRRECOVERABLE, FATE-OF-THE-UNIVERSE-IS-SEALED ERROR!!!!!
} % (Well, maybe not, but I have to log you out in any case.)
} %
} % Connection closed.
} % infinity.heaven.uni> whips-and-chains.earth
} %
} % Welcum to WHIPS-AND-CHAINS.EARTH.UNI (69.69.69.69).
} % We are here to serve your every need and satisfy your every desire.
} % Time (EST): Nov 7, 1991; 15:09:42.4.
} % (experimental length of average orgasm): 6.96969696969696969 seconds.
} % (until Pee Wee Herman will get any): DIVISION BY ZERO ERROR.
} %
} % Login: oracle
} % Password:
} % Principal unknown.
} %
} % Login: bigpeter
} % Password:
} %
} % Ah, welcum, Mr. Peter! How do you do? Login feels good, doesn't it?
} %
} % Please wait while I check my hardware.
} % Initializing hard disk.
} % Fileserver error: could not mount Aphrodite, retrying...
} % Fileserver error: could not mount Venus, retrying...
} % Fileserver status: all systems mounted.
} % Entry log completed.
} %
} % Please insert floppy disk into drive and press ENTER:
} % Please remove floppy disk from drive and press ENTER:
} % Please insert floppy disk into drive and press ENTER:
} % Please remove floppy disk from drive and press ENTER:
} %
} % Performing Initialization Operations 1 through 100...
} % ERROR: Initializer could not perform Operation 69.
} % ERROR: Could not get hard disk up. Please try again later.
} % Closing ... connection.
} %
} % Connection closed.
}
} Something is definitely wrong with the state of the universe.
}
} % infinity.heaven.uni> pepto.medicine
} %
} % Thank you for using PEPTO.MEDICINE.UNI (234.934.938.29845).
} % Remember: "When diarrhea strikes, it's like a storm raging in your
} % body. [When it strikes, shit rains out of your ass.]"
} % Time (EST): Nov 7, 1991; 15:11:05.8923.
} %
} % Ouch, closing connection...
} % Forgive me: you would not like to see what is about to come out of my
} % disk drive. Gotta go!
} %
} % Connection closed.
}
} What the HELL?! One last chance:
}
} % infinity.heaven.uni> saturday-night-live
}
} % And now "Deep Thoughts" by JACK-HANDEY.SNL.NBC (12936.234.91273.8360).
} % Time (EST): Nov 7, 1991; 15:20:46.73.
} % (until next show): 200353.27 seconds.
} % (until Victoria Jackson gets a brain): DIVISION BY ZERO ERROR.
}
} Finally!
}
} % jack-handey: question length login
} % I realize now that it's not the length of my login, but the length of
} % my log.
} %
} % jack-handey: what?
} % I spent hours once trying to find an answer, upon realizing that I
} % didn't understand the question.
} %
} % jack-handey: what are you talking about?
} % I spent hours once trying to find an answer, upon realizing that I
} % didn't understand the question.
}
} Another dead end.
}
} % jack-handey: logout
} % When I looked in the mirror this morning, I wondered what was
} % different about me. Then I realized that a cockroach was crawling up
} % my nose!
} %
} % Connection closed.
}
} I see what you mean, dear follower, so I have called on Daisy Chain,
} Goddess of Networks, to right the problem. Hopefully, things will be
} back to normal within the next 10297.45836 seconds.
}
} You owe the Oracle a larger hard disk and a hard-disk delay program.
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wasiq (Wolfgang P Primordially):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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wslee (Whay Sing Lee):
Move on, move on, never look back. That is the way of life.
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Address: Box 52, 3 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.
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