[976] in Central_America
New quotes for Wed Oct 12
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Oct 12 01:30:51 1988
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 88 01:31:17 EDT
From: Initializer.SysDaemon <root@CHARON.MIT.EDU>
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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aelin (Cathy P Lachapelle):
-: elen sila lumenn omentielvo :-
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amgreene (Rhu Greene):
``Be very careful what you wish for --- you may get it.''
- Unknown
``If love is a thorn, they show no wit
Who foolishly hug and foster it.
If love is a weed, how simple they
Who gather it day by day.
If love is a nettle that makes you smart,
Then why do you wear it next your heart?
And if it be none of these, say I,
Ah, why do you sit and sob and sigh?''
- W.S.Gilbert
_Patience_
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athelas (Susan J. Landsman):
Present location: ESG
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baharsha (Bret A. Harsham):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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balamac (Brian A. LaMacchia):
Life is a state of mind...
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capsalad (Dave Schulman):
I will do this work I see before me, pointing gravely.
I will suffer from the manifold pains of the world.
I feel the mountains pressing Atlas down.
I will forget how to swim when it is important to know.
I will say nothing.
I will swallow it all.
I wait.
Isopropyl alcohol leaves no residue when it evaporates.
I wait for it to be over.
I will be Driven Down.
And I will watch, I will be aware; I know that it is a nobler thing,
a more honorable thing, to acknowledge defeat-in-mortality than to waste
energy fighting that long heavy arm, the lever on which we turn. I know
now that the source of my power is also the means of my ruin, that those
who profit from my outflung substance are no better or worse than I am,
small and without lasting value, comfortless rodents scampering among
bones, without substance or limit, irrevocably and likewise
Gone.
Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.
"There are men high up there fishing..."
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chicks (Craig P Hicks):
Lecture Authoring System (LAS), (Ed Moriarty);
Course 18 courseware, (John Haass);
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dschmidt (Dan Schmidt):
/mit/dschmidt/6.170/ps3 % alias alias alias
alias: Too dangerous to alias that.
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dwwheele (Diek W Wheeler):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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henry (Henry Mensch):
"Steve and his team have done it again," said H. Ross Perot,
the Texas entrepreneur who is backing Jobs. But he added cautiously:
"It's like dog food. Until the dogs eat it, you're not sure."
-- From a NYTimes article
<you'll find me here usually . . . .
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jch (Jon C Haass):
{From system: This user's .plan file is not world readable}
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needle (Zanzibar B. McFate):
Well, she did, and it wasn't a smart thing to do.
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smamros (Shawn Mamros):
Fall term locations:
Weekdays: Digital Equipment Corporation, Marlborough, MA
(508)490-8231
E-mail to: mamros%wmbr.dec@decwrl.dec.com
(Yes, my own workstation... how did you guess? ;-)
Weeknights and weekends: WMBR, 50-030, x3-4000
The few times I get some sleep: Ashdown House, room 401B, 225-9751
"You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"
-- from <emphasis>(Dr. Strangelove)
(guess which text formatter *that* comes from!)
"Is it raining, well I don't know..."
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tjcoppet (Tom Coppeto):
{From system: This user's .plan file is world writable}
Copyright (c) 1988 David Krikorian
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It's also world executable, kind o' silly...
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tytso (Theodore Y. Ts'o):
"In this exercise you will remove critical system files, including key
system initialization files and both A/UX kernels (/unix and
/newunix), thereby removing any possibility of booting A/UX. You will
confirm this by attempting to boot A/UX."
A/UX System Administrator's
Training Support Manual
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setenv TEDPATH x3-7788:x3-7787:x3-4261:x5-6361:x3-5009
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wchuang (William Chuang):
Name :The Falcon Mage Age : 18 Strength :18/100
Race :Human Height : 64 Intelligence :18/100
Sex :Male Weight : 213 Wisdom :18/100
Class :Mage Social Class: 56 Dexterity :18/100
Title :Wizard (6th) Constitution :18/100
Charisma :18/100
+ To Hit : 20 Level : 36 Max Hit Points : 362
+ To Damage : 24 Experience :720034 Cur Hit Points : 362
+ To AC : 38 Gold :419528 Max Mana : 141
Total AC : 60 Cur Mana : 140
(Miscellaneous Abilities)
Fighting : Superb Stealth : Fair Perception : Very Good
Throw/Bows : Superb Disarming : Superb Searching : Fair
Saving Throw: Superb Magic Device: Superb Infra-Vision: 0 feet
Character Background
You are one of several children of a Guildsman. You are a credit to
the family. You have dark brown eyes, wavy auburn hair, and an
average complexion.
[Character's Equipment List]
a) You are wielding : a Sabre (+10,+10) [+0] (HA) (+2 to STR).
b) Worn on head : an Iron Helm [5,+5].
c) Worn around neck : an Agate Amulet of Slow Digestion.
d) Worn on body : Hard Leather Ring Mail [8,+6] (R).
e) Worn on shield arm : a Medium Metal Shield [4,+8].
f) Worn on hands : a Set of Leather Gloves [1,+5] of Slaying (+3,+4).
g) Right ring finger : a Lapis lazuli Ring of Speed (+1).
h) Left ring finger : a Pearl Ring of Increase Damage (+4).
i) Worn on feet : a Pair of Hard Leather Boots [3,+4].
j) Worn about body : a Cloak [1,+5] of Protection.
k) Light source is : a Brass Lantern with 14233 turns of light.
l) Secondary weapon : a Halberd (+8,+7) [+7] (DF).
[General Inventory List]
a) 4 Book of Magic Spells [Beginners-Magik].
b) 4 Book of Magic Spells [Magik I].
c) 4 Book of Magic Spells [Magik II].
d) 4 Book of Magic Spells [The Mage's Guide to Power].
e) 17 Rations of Food.
f) 3 White Mushrooms of Restoring.
g) 22 Flasks of oil.
h) 28 Light Green Potions of Neutralize Poison.
i) 14 Potions of Restore Life Levels.
j) 23 Azure Potions of Haste Self.
k) 23 Misty Potions of Healing.
l) 24 Potions of Cure Critical Wounds.
m) 15 Scrolls of Word-of-Recall.
n) a Scroll Titled "aksion pet" of *Destruction*.
o) 12 Scrolls Titled "zun conta" of Teleport Level.
p) 21 Scrolls Titled "murun bjor bie" of Teleport.
q) a Scroll Titled "ulk iv" of Genocide.
r) a Cedar Staff of Speed (+7 charges).
s) a Teak Staff of Teleportation (+9 charges).
t) a Hickory Staff of Curing (+5 charges).
u) a Topaz Ring of Lordly Protection (FIRE) [+5].
v) a Cloak [1,+4] of Stealth (+2).
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wisner (Bill Wisner):
"You look like a man with the minimum daily requirement of
intelligence. Where can I find a book on self-confidence?"
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