Article 152 of alt.necromicon: Path: etek.chalmers.se!chalmers.se!sunic!mcsun!uunet!know!cass.ma02.bull.com!think.com!linus!agate!stanford.edu!rutgers!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!tcmay From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May) Newsgroups: alt.necromicon Subject: Re: Please help me. Message-ID: <1992Nov22.180926.20277@netcom.com> Date: 22 Nov 92 18:09:26 GMT References: <1992Nov22.030905.17686@husc3.harvard.edu> Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Lines: 28 X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5 Javier Garcia-Torres (garcia@husc8.harvard.edu) wrote: ....... : alt.* newsgroup, but simply to type in a certain command. I'm really : interested in starting a newsgroup called alt.time.travel, so if the : creator of alt.necromicon would please e-mail how to do this, I would : appreciate it immensely. Also, anyone who has an opinion about my : proposed time-travel newsgroup can e-mail it to: : : garcia@husc.harvard.edu Javier, I mailed you a long article on how to create a new newsgroup in February, 1993. You should've gotten it by now/then. It also covered the results of the 1998 time travel experiments. However, a quick perusal of "The Net" in 2003 reveals 32,813 different newsgroups, with no less than 23 of them devoted to time travel. You are a frequent poster in alt.what-year-is-this? and rec.travel.time. Alt.necromicon still exists in 2003 and is still confusing readers. -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^756839 | PGP Public Key: by arrangement. Article 897 of alt.music.alternative: Path: etek.chalmers.se!chalmers.se!sunic!kth.se!eru.mt.luth.se!bloom-beacon!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!darwin.sura.net!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!rigel.econ.uga.edu!cbacc.cba.uga.edu!jhopkins From: jhopkins@cbacc.cba.uga.edu (John Hopkins) Newsgroups: alt.music.alternative Subject: Sugarcubes in Spin Message-ID: Date: 18 Mar 92 15:58:47 GMT Sender: news@rigel.econ.uga.edu Organization: Terry College of Business, University of Georgia Lines: 14 If anyone has a copy of the picture of Bjork that appeared in Spin magazine lately (the one with the chain-mail vest) and has access to a color scanner, could you post a copy to alt.binaries.pictures.erotica please? Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | John D. Hopkins, Operational Support | | | Terry College of Business Computer Ctr. | jhopkins@cbacc.cba.uga.edu | | University of Georgia, ph.(404)542-3829 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | "If Jerry Brown is the answer, then it must be a damn peculiar | | question." | | -- Lloyd Bentsen | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article 13845 of rec.games.moria: Newsgroups: rec.games.moria Path: cs.chalmers.se!news.chalmers.se!sunic!uunet!news.claremont.edu!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!mjb From: mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu (Matthew J. Bernhardt) Subject: Balrog Recovery Plan Message-ID: Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 20:30:54 GMT Lines: 46 The Endangered Species Act of 1973 requires that a recovery plan be devised for an species that becomes listed as endangered. A species is considered endangered if the available evidence indicates that the species is likely to become extinct in a significant portion, if not all, of its range. On April 30, 1993, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service declared the Balrog to be an endangered species, on the basis of its low fecundity and of hunting of the Balrog within its home range. The Balrog is a large, quick, fiery creature that feeds upon a variety of weaker organisms. While its defenses against natural enemies are many (its fiery breath being the most notable), its low rate of reproduction (zero), places it in danger of extinction if some Balrog hunter should actually succeed in his task. It is the goal, therefore, of the recovery plan for the Balrog to increase the number of Balrogs present in the wild, to enable them to withstand assaults from predators, primarily dungeon adventurers. The current size of the population (one) is clearly insufficient to perform this task. The recovery plan consists of three parts: 1. Make hunting of the Balrog illegal - infractions will be punishable by mandatory retirement of hunters. 2. Implement a restocking program. FWS rangers will venture down into the habitat of the Balrog, and attempt to clone any individuals the encounter. While this does nothing to improve the genetic diversity of the Balrog population, it will at least decrease the odds of extinction. 3. Research to determine the mating habits of the Balrog, and how to encourage breeding in the wild. This is clearly a long range goal. It is the hope the the Fish and Wildlife Service that the long term survival of this species can be insured with the above recovery plan. The FWS anticipates only minimal economic impact of this plan, which will involve primarily the setting aside of regions 2500 ft and down, which are still rich in mithril. For any further information, contact the Fish and Wildlife Service directly in Washington, D.C. [My apologies to those non-US readers out there for any esotericness in the post.] -- Matt Bernhardt University of Buffalo If it is to be, it is up to me. mjb@acsu.buffalo.edu Article: 43412 of alt.folklore.computers Path: news.chalmers.se!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!nuug!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!batcomputer!news.reed.edu!usenet.ee.pdx.edu!fastrac.llnl.gov!s1.gov!overload.lbl.gov!dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!cc.usu.edu!nntp Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Another "If OSes were..." - now it is "planes" Message-ID: <57619.desnick@msvax.mssm.edu> From: Date: Tue, 17 May 94 12:29:44 EST Reply-To: Nntp-Posting-Host: alex.crc.mssm.edu X-Minuet-Version: Minuet1.0_Beta_15 X-POPMail-Charset: English Lines: 52 I've just received this funny message and immediately decided to share it with my a.f.c. buddies ;-) Enjoy! From: William Howell Here is the airline joke I read at the NCSA meeting in May. A number of you asked me to send it. ___ IF OPERATING SYSTEMS RAN AIRLINES DOS Airline: Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then jump on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again, then push again, jump on again and so on. DOS with QEMM Airline: The same thing but with more leg room to push. Mac Airline: All the stewards, stewardesses, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents look the same, act the same, and talk the same. Every time you ask questions about details, you are told you don't need to know, don't want to know, and everything will be done for you without you having to know, so just shut up. OS/2 Airline: To board the plane, you have your ticket stamped ten different times by standing in ten different lines. Then you fill out a form showing where you want to sit and whether it should look and feel like an ocean liner, a passenger train, or a bus. If you succeed in getting on board the plane and the plane succeeds in getting off the ground, you have a wonderful trip...except for the times when the rudder and flaps get frozen in position, in which case you have time to say your prayers and get yourself prepared before the crash. Windows Airline: The airport terminal is nice and colorful, with friendly stewards and stewardesses, easy access to the plane, an uneventful takeoff...then the plane blows up without any warning whatsoever. NT Airline: Everyone marches out on the runway, says the password in unison, and forms the outline of an airplane. Then they all sit down and make a whooshing sound like they're fly- ing. Unix Airline: Everyone brings one piece of the plane with them when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing constantly about what kind of plane they're building. Alexandre Pechtchanski, GCRC system manager system@vaxa.crc.mssm.edu Article: 43264 of alt.folklore.computers Path: news.chalmers.se!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!library.ucla.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!not-for-mail From: insom@galaxy.ucr.edu (chris ulrich) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: YKYBHTLW Date: 16 May 1994 01:46:00 -0700 Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 7 Message-ID: <2r7bs8$b7a@galaxy.ucr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: galaxy.ucr.edu Yet another weird dream. Last night, I had a dream that I was trying to gain weight, and I was doing so by recompiling my binaries with static links. chris insom@ac.ucr.edu Ecstatic peace insom@ucrvms Savage conquest Article: 3689 of alt.best.of.internet Path: news.chalmers.se!sunic!EU.net!uunet!mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10.cs.du.edu!not-for-mail From: dboothro@nyx10.cs.du.edu (David Boothroyd) Newsgroups: alt.best.of.internet Subject: Viewer for .WAV Files Date: 14 May 1994 15:22:47 -0600 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Lines: 15 Message-ID: <2r3ff7$eq7@nyx10.cs.du.edu> References: <768949480snz@jhall.demon.co.uk> This has to be a classic. From alt.binaries.pictures: In article <768949480snz@jhall.demon.co.uk>, John Hall wrote: >Can anyone tell me where I can find a viewer for .WAV files, please? >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Hall John@jhall.demon.co.uk | "Life? > | Don't talk to me about life." > Cranleigh, Surrey, England | Article 10797 of comp.sys.amiga.misc: Path: dd.chalmers.se!news.chalmers.se!sunic!EU.net!ieunet!curia!nmrc!lhecking From: lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie (Lars Hecking) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Yet another stupid ping trick WAS: Re: Commodore U.S has closed its doors... Date: 5 May 1994 14:43:49 GMT Organization: National Microelectronics Research Centre, Ireland. Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2qb0n5$6hp@malaga.nmrc.ucc.ie> References: <2q8i5t$rd1@ccuf.wlv.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mostar.nmrc.ucc.ie X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] S.Casey (cm5292@scitsc.wlv.ac.uk) wrote: : >>$ ping god : >>ping: unknown host god : >I get: : >$ ping god : >no answer from god : >$ : >God is dead. : try : $ ar p God $ /bin/ar u god ar: creating god -- £0.02 Article 11051 of comp.sys.amiga.misc: Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: dd.chalmers.se!news.chalmers.se!sunic!umdac!cs.umu.se!friv9214 From: friv9214@cs.umu.se (Micke Jakobsson) Subject: Re: Yet another stupid ping trick WAS: Re: Commodore U.S has closed its doors... Message-ID: Sender: news@cs.umu.se (News Administrator) Organization: Dept. of Computing Science, Umea Univ., 901 87 Umea, Sweden References: <2q8i5t$rd1@ccuf.wlv.ac.uk> <2qb0n5$6hp@malaga.nmrc.ucc.ie> Date: Sat, 7 May 1994 11:49:48 GMT Lines: 25 I think this says it all: hektor% ping god ping: unknown host god alt. ping:no answer from god hektor% ar p god ar: god does not exist hektor% ar u god ar: creating god ar: cannot create god hektor% ping amor amor.cs.umu.se is alive AMOR VINCIT OMNIA! Article: 45135 of alt.folklore.computers Path: news.chalmers.se!sunic!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!ukqi From: ukqi@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Joern Rehse) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Which key would you be? Date: 14 Jun 1994 15:17:12 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Lines: 12 Message-ID: <2tkhlo$gr5@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> References: <2rpu6p$4nc@opine.cs.umass.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I would be the "commodore" key on my old 64 because I am broke, too. J0rn. Article: 44891 of alt.folklore.computers Path: news.chalmers.se!sunic!EU.net!chsun!mighty!vismag!tomv From: tomv@vismag.limmat.net.ch (Thomas Voirol) Subject: Re: Which key would you be? Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers References: <94225174804.dave.10410@cca.org> <2spkv2$jl4@nova.umd.edu> <2stmu8$kn6@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> <2t0ero$c7s@dns1.NMSU.Edu> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 94 17:44:46 CET Organization: Visual Magic Digital Arts Lines: 14 lanthanum (lbrown@nmsu.edu) wrote: > I would be the "mon" key. Then who'll be the "don" key who the "fun" key who the "kin" key who the "stin" key and who the "bul" key? //VOIROL JOB (00411,4001642),CLASS=1,MSGCLASS=T,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),NOTIFY=TOMV /*JOBPARM ROOM=SWITZERLAND //FRSTSTEP EXEC PGM=AMIGAOS //TOMV DD DSN=VISMAG.LIMMAT.NET.CH,DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),RECFM=FB // LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=23440,UNIT=SYSDA,SIZE=(TRK,(20,5),10) Article: 44556 of alt.folklore.computers Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: tonyquin@sixpints.demon.co.uk (Tony Quinn) Path: news.chalmers.se!sunic!pipex!demon!sixpints.demon.co.uk!tonyquin Subject: Re: Which key would you be? Distribution: world References: Organization: Total lack of..... Reply-To: Tonyquin@sixpints.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.21) Lines: 8 Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 09:20:17 +0000 Message-ID: <770808017snz@sixpints.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk It'd have to be Scroll Lock..after all I enjoy doing nothing..... -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Quinn ----- The Voice of Insanity replies to tonyquin@sixpints.demon.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------