MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 315 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Re: YKYBRTMMLW (wow, this really is getting off-thread ;) by Becky Anne Christensen 2) Re: illustrations by Becky Anne Christensen 3) Re: FW: Re: YKYBRTMMLW: by Becky Anne Christensen 4) Re: re- myriad subjects by Becky Anne Christensen 5) Re: ROLE PLAYING GAMES by "David Ramsden" 6) Re: speaking of historical questions by "David Ramsden" 7) Re: Firesong---> illustrations by "David Ramsden" 8) Re: grrr recent WAY OFF topic postings!!! by Julie Vaux 9) Re: Snow by Rosario Holsen-Baker 10) Uthro and reincarnation by Rosario Holsen-Baker 11) Waaay off topic, X-Men debate by Rosario Holsen-Baker 12) Re: re- myriad subjects by mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) 13) Re: Coconuts, Xanth, pics & Re: 1996 ML by mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) 14) Fwd: Check out this Virus List by URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com 15) Re: YKYBRTMMLW (wow, this really is getting off-thread ;) by mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 20:15:10 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: YKYBRTMMLW (wow, this really is getting off-thread ;) Message-ID: On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, McCaffrey's White Dragon wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Becky Anne Christensen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > THOK! > > > > > > high velocity>. > > > > > > > Who me, no I didn't do it... > > > > > > It's those damn swallows again.. > > > > > > > > > > > > Kerry. > > > > > > > > > > An African or European swallow? > > > > > > > > > > Hmm. . . I wonder if this carboard box will protect me. . . > > > > > *sticks head out* > > > > > Piers Anthony! > > > > > *ducks back inside the box* > > > > > > > > (The sound of about a ton of Homeing Coconuts > > > > smashing into Alex's cardboard bomb shelter.) > > > > > > > > Take that! > > > > > > > > --Gyrfalcon > > > > > > I must object to the outright disregard to the rights of the > > > coconuts! They have feelings to!! Join me in my SAVE THE COCONUTS > > > CRUSADE you never know we might just find the Holy Grail as well. And > > > in couldn't be an African swallow, they're non-migratory you know! > > > -Yossarian > > > > > She's a witch! BURN HER! Burn the witch! She turned me into a newt! > > BURN THE WITCH! > > > > (:*BECKY*:) > > > > > Funny, you don't LOOK like a newt! > > || | Jake Gipple (360)-887-3676 || | > > > i got better............. (:*BECKY*:) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 20:20:16 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: illustrations Message-ID: On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, CHONNI wrote: > Okay, everyone has been arguing over how bad Larry's people have been, > and I'll admit, his ideas of masculine beauty are NOT mine. One problem: > It came out in Queen's Own that Larry has been co-writing most of the > books with Misty, so technically he has the right to choose how the > characters look. Any comments??? > > ********************* Herald Chonni Brightwolf************************* > > I think that what the characters look like should be up to the reader. Because books are percieved differently by everyone, and usually differ each time you read them. Having one person be able to say THIS is what the character looks like, and THIS is what all it's friends look like seems controlling(?) Can't think of a better word...Anyways, I suppose that if I drew what they looked like to me, they probably would look horrid to the rest of you. (:*BECKY*:) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 20:31:13 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: FW: Re: YKYBRTMMLW: Message-ID: On Sat, 13 Jan 1996, Rosario Holsen-Baker wrote: > > Lots of people wrote: > > > >> > Hey, no fair! That was supposed to be a MAGICAL attack! > > > >> > And where are the sparrows? > > > >> > > > > > >> > > --Gyfalcon > > > >> > > > > >> African or European? > > > >> > > > >> (:*BECKY*:) > > > >> A-HA...and other exclamations of great glee and jubilation..I sense a fellow Monty > > > >> Python fan in the ranks.....glad to know I'm not alone (: > > > >> Fiona > > > >But then again, if she's lighter than the duck, does that mean she's a > > > >witch? > > > > > > > >(Monty Python fan waving from the ranks) (wave wave) > > > > -Mannaheim > > > > > > > Doesn't matter--anybody comes near me, and I'll bite their kneecaps! > > > (wave wave) > > > Kaatje > > > > > *NICHT*! Don't mess with me, or I'll say *Nicht* ha-ha-ha! > > > > (:*BECKY*:) > It it it it it it it it it it it it it.........it! > > |--------------------------------<>------------------------------| AGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!! Don't SAY that word. I can't stand to hear that word! For saying _that_ word, I demand a......a.....shrubbery (dramatic minor chord)! (:*BECKY*:) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 20:35:05 -0800 (PST) From: Becky Anne Christensen To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: re- myriad subjects Message-ID: > > > Yes! Lets. I agree. I shall cast the first vote. I think Urtho was > reincarnated as both Vanyel AND Firesong. Anyone else? > -Declan > > That could not possibly be true. Maybe he could have been one of them, but not both. If you recall in Winds of Fury, Vanyel kidnaps them, including Firesong. Van's spirit is in Sorrows, so it couldn't be anywhere else. I guess in a way he isn't even really dead yet. But moreimportantly Van talks to Firesong. I find it hard to believe that Urthos spirit would talk to itself. (:*BECKY*:) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 04:35:09 +0000 From: "David Ramsden" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: ROLE PLAYING GAMES Message-ID: <199601130437.EAA30043-+AT+-gate.dungeon.com> > > Sci-Fi & Fantasy mix: > Shadowrun, it's a game based on some of Nostradamus' (please > correct me if I'm wrong I could be thinking about something else) > prophcies. It's set about 60 years in the future. Cyberware has > become a way of life and magic has returned to Earth. With the > magic have come the elves, dwarfs, orks etc. Characters are > relatively easy to generate and often rely on heavy role playing, > not dice rolling. > IIRC You are wrong. It is Mayan prophesies. > Fantasy: > Earthdawn is a decent game, about on par with TSR's Dungeons and > Dragons and a bit simpler in system mechanics. > All in all I wouldn't suggest diving into the Dungeons and dragons > right away. They've just revamped the rules and need some time to > work out new bugs. The new rules are simpler than the old, but > there's still too much dice rolling being done. > Dungeons and Dragons is ok as a started, but it gets a bit tedious after time. I would recomend both Shadowrun and Earthdawn as better substitutes. Don't touch the MERP/Rolemaster unless your a number cruncher. (Don't get me wrong I like the systems a lot) > Other Sci-Fi: > GURPS - by Steve Jackson Games > Albedo - by Steve Gallici (sp?) Albedo is a anthropomorphic > roleplaying game. > Paranoia - It's a silly game, where you have to hunt down commie > mutant traitors with things like papercut chainsaws > Cyberpunk > UnderGround I HATE this game. > Battletech > Legions of Steel > > Other Fantasy: > GURPS > Vampire: the Masquerade > Werewolf: the Apocalypse > Changeling: the Dreaming > Mage: the Ascension > Wraith: the Oblivion These are very good. But I would recomend them only to the experienced > Warhammer Yuck! > > Other: > Toon Very Funny > Tales from the Floating Vagabond Extreemly funny > Project A-Ko (Yes believe it or not they made it into a game.) > > This is what I can think of off the top of my head. > > --Gyrfalcon > > =======================msowers-+AT+-menger.eecs.stevens-tech.edu========= You could always try Ars Magica from Wizards of the Caost if you like politics and Intriuge. The Darksword isn't a particualy good system. IMHO Weis/Hickman books are great on the world building, but lack in other departments. David Ramsden - Avalon-+AT+-post.dungeon.com ---------------------------------------- Bishop: I can promise that in this other world, there is hope. Hope that by working hard enough and reaching far enough others like us can someday rid the world of the fear and predjudice and hatred that claimed this one. Illyana: Then I'd rather have - hope than nothing at all. - from X-men Omega ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 04:35:10 +0000 From: "David Ramsden" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: speaking of historical questions Message-ID: <199601130437.EAA30046-+AT+-gate.dungeon.com> > On Thu, 11 Jan 1996 EGLESTON-+AT+-GROVER.BPL.ORG wrote: > > > Can anyone figure out what happened to Highjorune? In MPromise it > > is described as an important city. But it has completely vanished > > from the maps we see in Talia's time. > > > > Cindy > > > I think Highjorune was mostly destroyed in the earthquake that > Vanyel caused when he defeated Vedric and incinerated all the > Mavelans. He used too much of the power from the node and the spell > became unstable, so an earthquake resulted. I've wondered about > that too, since later on Tashir becomes "Baron of the March of > Baires-Lineas," and Vanyel picks his staff for him, but it doesn't > say where Tashir will go. I also thought that was quite odd, > although I can only check the maps in OBound and OBreakers since > those are the only ones with me. Well well well. I looked at the > maps and Lineas and Baires arent even on there. That's REALLY odd. > But maybe they're on the other maps. Oh well. > -Declan > I was under the impression that Linnes-Baires was swallowed up by valdemar so that by Oathbreakers time they would not be consideredseperate in any way David Ramsden - Avalon-+AT+-post.dungeon.com ---------------------------------------- Bishop: I can promise that in this other world, there is hope. Hope that by working hard enough and reaching far enough others like us can someday rid the world of the fear and predjudice and hatred that claimed this one. Illyana: Then I'd rather have - hope than nothing at all. - from X-men Omega ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 04:35:09 +0000 From: "David Ramsden" To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Firesong---> illustrations Message-ID: <199601130437.EAA30048-+AT+-gate.dungeon.com> > I don't think many authors have th choice of what art they put on > the covers of their books. I have seen many different books that > are totally wrong. In the case of Sharon Green's books, I can > remember that the artist didn't know what gauntlets were and > invented some type of strange band that glowed. The best cover art > that I've seen (the most accurate) is on the cover of Janny Wurt's > books because she draws and designs them herself. > > Just my thoughts... > > Zhai'helleva, > Herald Briana > "Finder of Useless Trivia" > > -- > Herald Briana Kestyl > wc814-+AT+-freenet.victoria > be248-+AT+-scn.org > HeraldBria-+AT+-aol.com > Robert Jordan in particular didn't like his cover art. His particullar complaints wer dwarf moriane, Lan in armour and Robin Hood style clothing. That is why the style changes in the later books David Ramsden - Avalon-+AT+-post.dungeon.com ---------------------------------------- Bishop: I can promise that in this other world, there is hope. Hope that by working hard enough and reaching far enough others like us can someday rid the world of the fear and predjudice and hatred that claimed this one. Illyana: Then I'd rather have - hope than nothing at all. - from X-men Omega ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 15:50:25 +1100 (EST) From: Julie Vaux To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: grrr recent WAY OFF topic postings!!! Message-ID: <199601130450.PAA31847-+AT+-metz.une.edu.au> Grrr ... could certain people please remember the following : 1) This is a MERCEDES LACKEY listserv (not xanth or piers anthony) 2) it is NOT a listserv on a) snowball fights b)for flaunting your games/mush persona c)other fluff d) coconuts or other fruit 3) it is NOT an IRC or a CHAT room 4) many email programs have an option line that asks you to give a yes/no reply regarding whether or not you want to copy the letter you're replying to - the last few days people are starting to be careless about using it again. 5) before anyone says I'm a newbie I didnt know etc etc etc tell us what mail program you are using so we can help BUT only if your student desk refuses to give you a manual or the name of the mainframe file that has a list of email commands 6) sig files - please please please keep them SHORT two or three lines NOT a LONG paragraph Finally please remember many of us have SMALL maiboxs. When one gets six digests in one day and discovers the content of some of them is 50% fluff ... reading listserv digests comes a chore instead of a pleasure ... and if you think this sounds grumpy ... over the next two weeks I have to sell off 95% of my household items plus 75% of my book collection and arrange to move house and cancel all my listservs and contemplate being off line for the month or so its take me to arrange an extra phone line and reset up my gear at home and run around sydney in one of the hottest months of the year job-hunting ... please please please scroll up and think carefully about what I wrote or next time I will ROAR instead of SNARL ...whimper please ...we all love talking about ML and an possible related thread is fine but really !!! J.Vaux - Majissa is searching for her scroll on fire spells ... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 23:59:16 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Snow Message-ID: On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, David Ramsden wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Jan 1996 05:19:32 GMT, > > Becky Anne Christensen wrote: > > > > (after I started a snowball fight) > > > > > > Send some snow balls this way! I could use them! Snowballs > > > don't > > >scare me! I love snow! > > > > > > (:*BECKY*:) > > > > Oh yeah?! > > > > Well take this!! > > > > *wham wham biff bang thud smack wham thud wham wham wham!* > > > > > tongue> > > > > Nyah Nyah Nyah!! > > > > Kaatje > > "and the man who can do that, can plan my castle-onslaught any day." Ooooh! I love "Princess Bride!" > > > I think I'll build an igloo and take cover :) That won't help with the coconuts, water balloons, cheez-wiz, oily levinbolts, regular levinbolts, psychic knives, Christmas daggers, claws and talons... > > David Ramsden - Avalon-+AT+-post.dungeon.com > ---------------------------------------- > Bishop: I can promise that in this other world, there is > hope. Hope that by working hard enough and > reaching far enough others like us can someday rid > the world of the fear and predjudice and hatred > that claimed this one. > Illyana: Then I'd rather have - hope than nothing at > all. Oooh! Another X-Men fan! |--------------------------------<>------------------------------| | He screams and screams and pounds his head against the wall until | | wailing phantom firetrucks paces across his vision. | | PAIN. PAIN IS ALL HE WANTS: We shall never forget and never forgive. | | AND NEVER EVER FEAR | |FEAR IS FOR THE ENEMY FEAR AND BULLETS | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 00:08:21 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Uthro and reincarnation Message-ID: On Sat, 13 Jan 1996, Patrick S. Waterlander wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Sanna Koulu wrote: > > Becky wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Ashke wrote: > > > > [Becky wrote:] > > > > > Urtho also doesn't seem like the kind of person that would > > > > > take someone's body over like Maar did. > > > > > > > > > But what about good old fashioned reincarnation???? There werent > > > > companions back then for good men to come back as. And Firesong evin > > > > mentions reincarnation in SR. > > > > > > Well, I guess that could be possible, but I like to think that > > > there are lots of truly good forces, not just a couple that keep coming > > > back. It makes it seem more important somehow. I probably don't make any > > > sense though do I? > > > > Actually, you do. Also, I totally agree. Should we have a vote on > > this list on who Urtho reincarnated to (Van, Firesong or no one?) > > > > > Yes! Lets. I agree. I shall cast the first vote. I think Urtho was > reincarnated as both Vanyel AND Firesong. Anyone else? > -Declan I go for no one. And I *know* he wasn't reincarnated as both Vanyel and Firesong, unless he has a multiple personality disorder (but I think that's just Ma'ar :), because Vanyel *met* Firesong in WoFury. |--------------------------------<>------------------------------| | He screams and screams and pounds his head against the wall until | | wailing phantom firetrucks paces across his vision. | | PAIN. PAIN IS ALL HE WANTS: We shall never forget and never forgive. | | AND NEVER EVER FEAR | |FEAR IS FOR THE ENEMY FEAR AND BULLETS | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 00:14:17 -0500 (EST) From: Rosario Holsen-Baker To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Waaay off topic, X-Men debate Message-ID: On Sat, 13 Jan 1996, David Ramsden wrote: > > The purpose of the psychic dagger is not to drive you insane > > (don't you read X-Men comics? :) but to render you unconscious for a > > time. During which I can pick you up and drag you to my lair, where > > my wonderful cat friends can use you for a stuffed toy or something. > > >:) > > > Yes I read 'em. But your a cat not an english ninja. > David Ramsden - Avalon-+AT+-post.dungeon.com > ---------------------------------------- > Bishop: I can promise that in this other world, there is > hope. Hope that by working hard enough and > reaching far enough others like us can someday rid > the world of the fear and predjudice and hatred > that claimed this one. > Illyana: Then I'd rather have - hope than nothing at > all. > So I see by your .sig. Did you enjoy that mini-series? But being English or a ninja really has nothing to do with it, it's only because Psylocke's a strong telepath. Betcha the prof or Jean or even Cable could do it if they wanted to. And if this debate's continued, I'll do it privately. We now return you to your regularly scheuled chaos. |--------------------------------<>------------------------------| | He screams and screams and pounds his head against the wall until | | wailing phantom firetrucks paces across his vision. | | PAIN. PAIN IS ALL HE WANTS: We shall never forget and never forgive. | | AND NEVER EVER FEAR | |FEAR IS FOR THE ENEMY FEAR AND BULLETS | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 22:20:07 -0700 (MST) From: mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: re- myriad subjects Message-ID: <199601130520.WAA24014-+AT+-usr5.primenet.com> At 01:40 AM 1/13/96 GMT, Patrick S. Waterlander wrote: >On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Sanna Koulu wrote: > >> Becky wrote: >> >> > On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Ashke wrote: >> > > [Becky wrote:] >> > > >> > > > Urtho also doesn't seem like the kind of person that would >> > > > take someone's body over like Maar did. >> > > > >> > > But what about good old fashioned reincarnation???? There werent >> > > companions back then for good men to come back as. And Firesong evin >> > > mentions reincarnation in SR. >> > >> > Well, I guess that could be possible, but I like to think that >> > there are lots of truly good forces, not just a couple that keep coming >> > back. It makes it seem more important somehow. I probably don't make any >> > sense though do I? >> >> Actually, you do. Also, I totally agree. Should we have a vote on >> this list on who Urtho reincarnated to (Van, Firesong or no one?) >> >> >> >> -Seanna >> >> >> >Yes! Lets. I agree. I shall cast the first vote. I think Urtho was >reincarnated as both Vanyel AND Firesong. Anyone else? > -Declan > >But what about Vanyel meeting Firesong in the Forrest of Sorrows? Wouldn't that make it impossible for Urtho to have been reencarnated as both of them? And also, if I'd been Urtho, I'd want to come back as some potato farmer who never did anything exciting beyond fertilizing his crop! Somebody else have an opinion? Herald Mareesa Raennsyr ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 22:34:52 -0700 (MST) From: mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: Coconuts, Xanth, pics & Re: 1996 ML Message-ID: <199601130534.WAA26054-+AT+-usr5.primenet.com> At 04:09 AM 1/13/96 GMT, Becky Anne Christensen wrote: > > >On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Todd Kungas wrote: > >> At 10:10 01/12/96 GMT, you wrote: >> >> >> >> And to all of you who are so willing to sling a few coconuts... what are >> >> ya, RICH or something????? Up here in British Columbia, coconuts are >> >> pretty darn expensive! Of course, there is an alternative... >> >> >> >> BEWARE, OR SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGED PINECONES! >> >> >> >> >> >> *********************************************************************** >> >> * Really good novels flow like poetry when they're actually prose * >> >> *---------------------------------------------------------------------* >> >> ********************* Herald Chonni Brightwolf************************* >> > >> > HAH! Good point, we don't got many coconuts, (them darn sparrows >> >never quite make it over here with 'em) but here in the central valley in >> >CA, we got plenty of oranges! Nice juicy oranges tht will splat on your >> >face! Hee-hee:) >> > >> > (:*BECKY*:) >> > >> Why not use snow, there's plenty, and it's free >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Equine: an484352-+AT+-anon.penet.fi USA > > Here in California, we are not lucky enough to get 2 feet of >snow. But unlike some other places, oranges are dirt cheap if you buy >from fruitstands:) > (:*BECKY*:) > > But will the sparrows carry oranges? And are they African or European? Does anybody even know what we're talking about? Will the sparrows need exact change to buy the oranges? (I'm not going to sign my name, out of fear that nobody will ever talk to me again! It's late...) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 00:43:24 -0500 From: URAMESS-+AT+-aol.com To: MaxwellEd-+AT+-aol.com Cc: bj00+-+AT+-andrew.cmu.edu, mealink-+AT+-syd.au.swissbank.com, SMHA86B-+AT+-prodigy.com, Subject: Fwd: Check out this Virus List Message-ID: <960113004323_15172801-+AT+-mail02.mail.aol.com> I think that you all shall enjoy this. I did! A little humor for those of us on the east coast is allways a good thing! Especially with all the snow that we now have........ 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Warning! Viruses alert! The following viruses have been recently reported! BOBBIT VIRUS Removes a vital part of your hard disk then re-attachs it. (But that part will never work again.) OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands back to 200MB. AT&T VIRUS Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting. MCI VIRUS Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T virus. PAUL REVERE VIRUS This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attach---once if by LAN, twice if by C:/. POLITICALLY CORRECT VIRUS Never calls itself a "virus", but instead refers to itself as an "electronic microorganism." RIGHT TO LIFE VIRUS Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a counsellor about possible alternatives. ROSS PEROT VIRUS Activates every component in your system, just before the whole damn thing quits. MARIO CUOMO VIRUS It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run. TED TURNER VIRUS Colorizes your monochrome monitor. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back. DAN QUAYLE VIRUS Prevents your system from spawning any child process without joining into a binary network. DAN QUAYLE VIRUS #2 Their is sumthing rong wit your komputer, ewe jsut cant figyour out watt! GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine. NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it. FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of your computer. GALLUP VIRUS Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 percent of the time. (Plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin or error) TEXAS VIRUS Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file. ADAM AND EVE VIRUS Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple computer. CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS The computer locks up, screens splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem. CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS #2 Runs every programs on the hard drive simultaneously, but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything. AIRLINE VIRUS You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore. FREUDIAN VIRUS Your computuer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard. PBS VIRUS Your computer stop every few minutes to ask for money. ELVIS VIRUS Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self-destructs; only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America. OLLIE NORTH VIRUS Causes your printer to become a paper shredder. SEARS VIRUS Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power supply and a set of shocks. JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS Your programs can never be found again. KEVORKIAN VIRUS Helps your computer shut down as an act of mercy. IMELDA MARCOS VIRUS Sings you a song (slightly off key) on boot up, then subtracts money from your Quicken account and spends it all on expensive shoes it purchases through Prodigy. STAR TREK VIRUS Invades your system in places where no virus has gone before. HEALTH CARE VIRUS Tests your system for a day, finds nothing wrong, and sends you a bill for $4,500. GEORGE BUSH VIRUS It starts by boldly stating, "Read my docs....No new files!" on the screen. It proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the Congressional Virus. NEW YORK JETS VIRUS Makes your 486/50 machine perform like a 286/AT. LAPD VIRUS It claims it feels threatened by the other files on your PC and erases them in "self defense." CHICAGO CUBS VIRUS Your PC makes frequent mistakes and comes in last in the reviews, but you still love it. ORAL ROBERTS VIRUS Claims that if you don't send it a million dollars, it's programmer will take it back. OJ VIRUS It claims that it did not, could not and would not delete two of your file and vows to find the virus that did it. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 22:43:59 -0700 (MST) From: mrtmh-+AT+-primenet.com (puppies and dragons) To: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk Subject: Re: YKYBRTMMLW (wow, this really is getting off-thread ;) Message-ID: <199601130543.WAA18626-+AT+-usr4.primenet.com> At 05:15 AM 1/13/96 GMT, Becky Anne Christensen wrote: > > >On Fri, 12 Jan 1996 JR9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu wrote: > >> > Date sent: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 09:23:04 GMT >> > Send reply to: mercedes-lackey-+AT+-vanyel.herald.co.uk >> > From: Becky Anne Christensen >> > To: jr9332-+AT+-cub.uca.edu >> > Subject: Re: YKYBRTMMLW (wow, this really is getting off-thread ;) >> >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > THOK! > > > > > > > high velocity>. >> > > > > > > Who me, no I didn't do it... >> > > > > > It's those damn swallows again.. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Kerry. >> > > > > >> > > > > An African or European swallow? >> > > > > >> > > > > Hmm. . . I wonder if this carboard box will protect me. . . >> > > > > *sticks head out* >> > > > > Piers Anthony! >> > > > > *ducks back inside the box* >> > > > >> > > > (The sound of about a ton of Homeing Coconuts >> > > > smashing into Alex's cardboard bomb shelter.) >> > > > >> > > > Take that! >> > > > >> > > > --Gyrfalcon >> > > >> > > I must object to the outright disregard to the rights of the >> > > coconuts! They have feelings to!! Join me in my SAVE THE COCONUTS >> > > CRUSADE you never know we might just find the Holy Grail as well. And >> > > in couldn't be an African swallow, they're non-migratory you know! >> > > -Yossarian >> > > >> > She's a witch! BURN HER! Burn the witch! She turned me into a newt! >> > BURN THE WITCH! >> > >> > (:*BECKY*:) >> > >> Are you still whining about that newt thing? It got better didn't >> it! >> How do you know I am a witch? >> Yossarian >> > Ya' look like one! Right! Yeah! Buuuuurn 'er! > > (:*BECKY*:) > > If a swallow lands in the water, next to a duck, and it doesn't sink, does that make the swallow a witch? And if you burn the swallow, who gets to eat it afterword? Or do you just use the ashes to fertilize your shrubbery's? Mareesa Raennsyr ------------------------------ End of MERCEDES-LACKEY Digest 315 *********************************