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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Mon Jan 13 01:28:45 1992
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 92 01:28:10 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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cyrus (Cyrus Shaoul):
We just joined the civil hair patrol!
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dks (Dhanesh K Samarasan):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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enigma (CDE):
The staff at Steve Jackson Games would like to offer our somewhat bemused thanks to the United States Secret Service for their diligent "reality checking" of GURPS Cyberpunk. It happened like this...
On March 1, the SJ Games offices, and the home of the GURPS Cuberpunk writer, were reaided by the U.S. Secret Service as part of a nationwide investigation of data piracy. A large amount of equipment was seized, including three computers, two laser printers, and a great deal of assorted hardware. Theo only computers taken were those with the GURPS Cyberpunk files; others systems were left in place. In their diligent search for evidence, the agents also cut off locks, forced open footlockers, tor up dozens of boses in the warehouse, and ben ttow of our letter openers in an attempt to pick the lock on a file cabinet.
The next day, accompanied by an attoorney, I personally visited the Austin offices of the Secret Service. We had been promised that we could make copies of our files. As it turned out, we were only allowed to copy a few files, and only from one of the three systems. Still missing were allthe current text files and hard copy for this book, as well as the extensive playtest commentws from the bulletin board.
In the course of that visit, it becam e clear that the investigating agents considered GURPS Cyberpunk to be "a handbook for computer crime." They seemed to make no distinction between a discussion of futuristic credit fraud, using equipment that doesn't exist, and modern real-life credit card abuse. A repeated comment by the agents was "This is real." Now, I'll freely admit that this book is the most realistic cyberpunk game yet released. It has a lot of background information. But it won't make you into a console cowboy in one easy lesson, and more that GURPS Fantasy will teach you swordplay. Sadly, the distinction appeared lost on the investigators.
Over the next few weeks, the Secret Service repeatedly assured our attorney that complete copies of our files would be returned "tomorrow." On March 26, almost four weeks after the raid, some (but not all) of the files were returned. As of now, we have no idea when, or if, we will get the rest of our files, our BBS software, and our computers and printers.
Why were we raided? We're still not sure. My best guess is that the author of this book woulnd up on a federal List of Dangerous Hoodlums. While reality-checking the book, he corresponded with a variety of people, from computer security experts to self-confessed hackers. He knew a lot about computers and the "comupter underground." Now it seems that anybody with any computer knowledge at all is suspect... especially if they own a modem. And sharing that information makes you doubly dangerous, regardless of the First Amendment.
Maybe the cyberpunk future is closer, and darker, than we think.
-Steve Jackson
Appeared p.5 "GURPS Cyberpunk" Copyrighted 1990
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jtkohl (John T Kohl):
Even the old folks never knew
Why the call it like they do
I was wondering since the age of two
Down on Copperline
Copper head, copper beech
Copper kettles sitting side by each
Copper coil, cup o' Georgia peach
Down on Copperline
Half a mile down to Morgan Creek
Leaning heavy on the end of the week
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
Down on Copperline
We were down on Coperline
Warm summer night on the Copperline
Slip away past supper time
Wood smoke and moonshine
Down on Copperline
One time I saw my daddy dance
Watched him moiving like a man in a trance
He brought it back from the war in France
Down onto the Copperline
Branch water and tomato wine
Creosote and turpentine
Sour mash and new moon shine
Down on Copperline
Down on Copperline
First kiss ever I took
LIke a page from a romance book
The sky opened and the earth shook
Down on Copperline
Down on Copperline
Took a fall from a windy height
I only knew how to hold on tight
And pray for love enough to last all night
Down on Copperline
Day breaks and the boy wakes up
And the dog barks and the bird sings
And the sap rises and the angels sigh
I tried to go back, as if I could
All spec house and plywood
Tore up and tore up good
Down on Copperline
It doesn't come as a surprise to me
It doesn't touch my memory
Man I'm lifting up and rising free
Down on Copperline
Half a mile down to Morgan Crrek
I'm only living for the end of the week
Hercules and a hog-nosed snake
Down on Copperline
Take me down on Copperline
"Copperline", James Taylor, _New Moon Shine_
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mhbraun (Matthew Braun):
It's not easy love, But you've go friends you can trust,
Friends will be friends,
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention.
Friends will be friends,
When you're through with life and all hope is lost,
Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends right to the end.
-Queen
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rom (Robert Michaud):
Can I change your plan Bobby?
Ben
Sure Ben, eat your heart out.
Bobby
Can I add on to your plan, too, Robert?
PLEASE?
bleah, you slimy male , write me back
No you may not, silly girls are not permitted to alter my plan, only Ben
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sbasu (Sumit Basu):
To take over a small Southern American country . .
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skanders (Stefan Keith Anderson):
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
WHO NEEDS SUPERHEROES?
In Champions (Hero Games), an ordinary person can destroy a car with
his bare feet in thirty seconds.
from Murphy's Rules
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therese (Therese):
K{{nn|s er{{n amerikkalaisen koulupojan (ik{ 9 v.) aineesta nimelt{{n:
MIKSI AION TULLA ISONA?
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Haluan tulla lent{j{ksi, kun olen kasvanut isoksi---koska se on
hauskaa hommaa ja helppoa. Sen takia on nykyisin niin paljon lent{ji{.
Lent{jien ei tarvitse k{yd{ paljon koulua, heid{n on vain opittava
lukemaan numeroita, jotta he osaisivat lukea mittareita. Luulen, ett{
heid{n pit{{ osata lukea my|s karttoja, niin ett{ he l|yt{v{t perille
jos ovat eksyksiss{.
Lent{jien on oltava rohkeita, niin etteiv{t he pel{sty, jos on
sumuista niin ettei voi n{hd{ tai jos siipi tai moottori putoaa pois,
heid{n on pysytt{v{ rauhallisina, jotta he tiet{isiv{t mit{ pit{{
tehd{.
Lent{jill{ pit{{ olla hyv{t silm{t, niin ett{ he n{kev{t pilvien l{pi,
eiv{tk{ he saa pel{t{ salamoita tai ukkosta, koska he ovat l{hemp{n{
niit{ kuin me.
Min{ pid{n my|s siit{ palkasta, jota lent{j{t saavat. He saavat
enemm{n rahaa kuin ehtiv{t kuluttaa. Se johtuu siit{, ett{ useimmat
ihmiset pit{v{t lent{mist{ vaarallisena, paitsi lent{j{t, jotka
tiet{v{t kuinka helppoa se on.
Ei siin{ ole paljon sellaista, mist{ en pit{isi, paitsi se, ett{ tyt|t
pit{v{t lent{jist{ ja kaikki lentoem{nn{t haluaisivat menn{ naimisiin
lent{jienkanssa, niin ett{ heid{n on aina ajettava ne pois jotteiv{t
ne olisi h{iri|ksi. Toivottavasti en tule ilmasairaaksi. Jos tulen
ilmasairaaksi ei minusta voi tulla lent{j{{ ja sitten minun pit{{
menn{ t|ihin.
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