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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Sun Mar 22 01:29:21 1992
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 92 01:28:54 EST
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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aras (Sheldon Robinson):
Sometimes I look in the mirror I stand there for a moment looking
and trying to understand the face before me I see no emotion and sense no
feelings there It's not an ugly face It's not cold, yet it doesn't seem
to show any signs life
Then I look deep inside the face at its past Here I find pain and
suffering Here is the racism and hatred from outside and in that couldn't
be accepted or understood Here is the image of a flame, a young life that
grew stronger Soon, it was a fire, powerful enough to light the night sky
The fire began to burn the evil in this world, and evil was frightened He
was afraid of the flame and what it would do Evil needed to stop the fire
before it grew more
For years, it doused the flame with its hate A line of people was
stretched out beyond the horizon, beyond what the flame could see The line
was beyond the hope of the flame They came to destroy the flame They had
buckets and bottles and cups full of hate They had hoses that spewed this
hate on the flame They all hated this flame for being, and the flame could
not understand why
There were a few in the line who tried to save the flame They saw
the good within him They knew how powerful he could become They knew he
had tried to fight on the side of the good, so they came to help They had
explosives and fuel and clean air of love for the flame They brought good
ideals with them of equality and freedom and good will They tried to help
him become strong again, but the flame had gotten too small They had come
too late to save this flame On his last breath, he said the following:
I have desire but no belief that I can get what I want and no want for what
I have and hatred for myself for desiring that which I do
Then the flame died
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glassw (William B. Glass):
Saturday:
Buy groceries, last minute supplies
Teach my weekly Calculus class
Head home to Keene Valley
Sunday:
Take off, snowshoes and all, to hike deep into the Adirondack
Mountains -- far away from MIT and everything else. No people, no
stereos, no cars, no subways, and (almost) complete silence. Plenty
of snow, solitude, peace, and winter beauty.
Pitch camp at Johns Brook or Slant Rock Leanto.
Monday:
Day climb up Mount Marcy, highest point in New York State, using crampons if
necessary.
Tuesday:
Pitch tent at Johns Brook?
Wednesday:
Hike out, grab a hot shower and dinner and crash at home.
Thursday:
Head south to New York City, about as different from the mountain
wilderness as you can get.
Friday, 2AM: Pick up SO at Penn Central Station.
Sunday:
Come back to the 'tute, energized and ready to attack the second half
of my final semester.
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kagraves (Kenneth A Graves):
"Eureka! I've built incredibly powerful battlesuit out
of old appliances + parts from Radio Shack. What should
I do with it? Sell them on the international market for
millions of dollars, or rob the bank down the street,
right next to the superhero base?"
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pevzner (Boris Pevzner):
Note the new exciting liberalized easy access opportunities at this account.
Please also note my new telephone number at Bell Labs: (908) 582-6022.
Indeed you are welcome to leave a message on my brand-new
AT&T answering machine if I am not around.
If someone other than me picks up the phone, ask for Krotus.
You may also fax Krotus (use the "B. Pevzner" alias) at (908) 582-2451.
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quijote (Andrew Quixote Kraft):
"No man is an island."
-John Donne
"No man is a peninsula."
-Gary Lawson
"Every man can be an isthmus."
-Andrew Kraft
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sethg (Seth A. Gordon):
To drink until I cannot tell the difference between "Cursed be Bush" and
"Cursed be Clinton".
It shouldn't take long.
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
Outre Magic Item #10
Lance Of Quixote: +10 against Windmills, -2 against any other target if
a windmill is within 400 yards
from Murphy's Rules
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tlyu (Thomas L Yu):
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WHAT PLAN?!?
No really. Double major XVI & VI-III.
It's not as suicidal as it looks...
By the way, how do you get on the roof of the Green Building...
Project:
Promotion of chaos. Eventual total dominion over the known universe.
Office:
MIT Experimental Studies Group
ESG Cluster Maintenance
Room 24-618
x3-7787
MIT Student Information Processing Board
Room w20-557
x3-7788
RUNE: the MIT journal of arts and letters
Room 50-309
x3-8557
Snail mail: Swamp mail (Houston---where else?):
Fenway House 2247 Woodland Springs
34 The Fenway Houston, TX 77077
Boston, MA 02215
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From: ess@hal.com (Eric Swildens)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: Re: Good 'ol Apple ][
Date: 20 Mar 92 17:44:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: HaL Computer Systems
Return-Path: test
Apple II Plus hacker? Take a trip down memory lane with this short quiz.
No books allowed. The fact that I remember this stuff worries me.
1] What is 20 ED FD? 20 0C FD? 4C 59 FF? 60?
2] Name 3 ways to reboot the computer at the machine language prompt
in 5 characters or less
4] Map an XY coordinate to a screen location in the 2000-4000 range
(ouch)
5] Whats the POKE to click the speaker?
6] How many colors does the Plus support....really? explain.
7] Where are the sector locations for the catalog track(s)?
8] What are the sector locations for the DOS tracks?
9] Whats memory bank switching and why is it important relating to
the Plus?
10] Name 5 zero page locations and what they do.
And for crackers:
1] How did Infocom's copy protection work?
2] How did Sierra On-Lines copy protection work and evolve from
the Mystery House series?
3] How did the copy protection on the Ultima series progress?
4] How did the copy protection on Wizardy work?
5] What is the sequence of commands to start a boot-trace off
(hint 8600.... C600....)
ESS
ObHack: Fixing my Plus (8+ yrs ago?...jeez Im getting old) after
accidentally spilling a whole bowl of Cheerios and milk onto
the motherboard and keyboard while it was running. My cursor
was invisible for two days until it dryed out. That'll
teach me to keep a computer case open and try to balance
my dinner on it....
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