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By: Ralf
Date: 12/28/97 10:40:57 AM
# Replies: 48
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Response #1
By: Ralf
Date: 1/16/98 4:26:25 PM
Heard about the 'face on Mars', subject of numerous Weekly World News articles and Unexplained Phenomena shows? Think it's just an accident of martian erosion and/or an optical illusion?
An announcement was just made at the 191st American Astronomers Society by a very respected member regarding the 'face'. According to his findings, there is a less than 1% chance it's a natural feature. WHAT it is, he doesn't speculate... but it's not a trick of light & shadow.
We're not talking about crackpots here. These are the guys & gals in white lab-coats who drive the telescopes in our nation's observatories.
Check out: American Astronomers Society Announcement
Response #2
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 1/16/98 8:27:41 PM
Are these the selfsame "guys & gals in white lab-coats " that created all kindsa hoopla last year about life on Mars because of a rock they found?
You know, the rock that everyone is now saying was contaminated on earth and there's no mistaking the signs?
THOSE guys & gals in white lab-coats?
Response #3
By: Ralf
Date: 1/17/98 10:33:44 AM
Er, different crowd. :-)
Dunno... has the "rock" been refuted? I was under the impression that while the case for it containing martian microbes had been challenged, no official verdict has been reached.
Current thinking (as I understand it) is that regions of Mars are less hostile than previously believed, perhaps allowing microbes to lay dormant from an earlier, friendlier era. Where the Soujourner romped, for instance, the daytime temperatures approach 70F. Levels of light and UV radiation are similar to Earth's surface. On Earth, dormant microbes have been found in MUCH harsher climes.
On a side note, NASA is hiring biologists like crazy. They are planning a manned Mars mission. Connection?
If I were a Magic Eightball, I'd say "Could be."
Response #4
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/17/98 2:05:43 PM
Oh, oh, oh!
Has anyone seen that new Alien Autopsy game? It's blatent rip-off of Operation, but it still makes me giggle every time I see it...instead of a buzzer, I imagine it's eyes lighting up and it saying..."Scully!"
Response #5
By: rorschach
Date: 1/17/98 3:59:36 PM
consider some of the enviroments bacteria have been found in.... caustic ash runoff from Mt. St. Helens's little burp. so alkaline that it can dissolve your flesh! living in and around geothermal vents in yellowstone where water is BOILING! living in and around geothermal vents at the deepest reaches of the pacific. where not only is water far above it's sea level boiling point but the pressure can crush most submarines. living in DEEP rock formations thousands of feet below the surface in oil fields munching away on the oil. living AND THRIVING, in LOVE CANAL munching away on all that toxic waste. 70F and earthlike UV? piece of cake.....
Response #6
By: Ralf
Date: 1/17/98 5:52:04 PM
But I doubt it's the microbes that are mutilating cattle or abducting Whitley Streiber...
Response #7
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/18/98 6:18:09 AM
Ah, but you know they'd do it if they could. GUILTY!
Response #8
By: rorschach
Date: 1/18/98 3:59:40 PM
think about jellyfish for a moment.... they are not a multicellular animal, they are a collection of several different species of single celled organism all working symbiotically for the common good of the colony. now thinking about that, does it not seem at least possible that single celled organisms might organize to form a kind of symbiotic macrocolony?
Response #9
By: Ralf
Date: 1/18/98 6:13:57 PM
You mean like SpiceWorld?
Response #10
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/19/98 1:52:33 AM
LOL! I think 'macrocolony' would be pushing it, though.
Response #11
By: Jay
Date: 1/20/98 1:59:51 PM
my macrocolony is the cheeziest!
Response #12
By: Zane T. Dark
Date: 1/22/98 12:38:15 AM
...and I ha-lped!
Response #13
By: Zipperhead
Date: 2/24/98 12:10:14 PM
Ralf, have you noticed that no one has posted to this subject in almost a month. Whats up with that?
Response #14
By: rorschach
Date: 2/24/98 12:25:11 PM
well, you see zip, (you don't mind if i call you that do you?) its like this. most of the people here go way back to 1984-5 or so. ralf, sooz and beinfang used to run BBS's in the houston area. when this website started it was kinda a reunion for us after we all had scattered to the four winds. This post was a kind of inside joke. don't get me wrong, fresh blood is more than welcome here. enjoy yourself. but be ware that from time to time, we will probably have to clue you in to stuff that is as old as the hills to us old farts.
Response #15
By: Zipperhead
Date: 2/24/98 12:42:22 PM
Thanks rorschach, Ive been clueless for years anyway. Im just wondering if Ol Jim will be able to figure out who I am. zip, zipper head whatever is fine.
Response #16
By: Ralf
Date: 2/24/98 5:47:35 PM
The reason there's been no activity on this thread is simple.
The aliens all landed and explained how it was all a terrible misunderstanding, and how they've been harrassing the wrong planet for years.
They also explained what all the crop circles mean, and what REALLY crashed in Roswell in 1947.
You musta missed it.
Response #17
By: sooz
Date: 2/24/98 8:21:54 PM
Cleo had a bbs in Houston too, Ror*. The "Call It What You Want" bbs. I had pictures of Jim, Cleo and me at a "swap meet" (sharing Commodore 64 software, not wives), and Cleo was doing something that involves leather straps.
Response #18 you're right, I'm soory cleo, didn't mean to omit anyone... some days the brain ain"t what it ever was.... Response #19 Oh, man. I remember some classics if we want to reminisce.
Off hand, these phrases bring back fond memories of home and youth:
Super Honic Oh, who's got more? This is fun!
Response #20 cleo, do you remember the swap meet? trivia time....
Who remembers what kind of beverage cleo brought to the fray?
what was large, black and rectangular on the wall in the room?
what did cleo do with said object?
Response #21 Knowing Cleo, I am afraid to find out... Response #22 Wow....Another great view....Looking good Ralf.... Response #23 ::peering over zipperhead's shoulder, nodding::
Yah, Ralf. Nice butt. Response #24 The swap meet was in a motel conference room, even.
Cleo, you brought back some fabulous memories.
I had a DumbTerm once... nothing but a keyboard and a screen, and all it did was telecommunicate at 300 baud, and in ALL CAPS.
"Subs" (indicating message sections)
"Page the sysop"
C-Net Response #25 I do remember the large black rectangular object in the room. I do remember what I did with it.
And if I recall, it was one of the best, most memorable experiences with such an object I've ever had in my life!!!
Of course, after a few too many drinks that night, I do remember that I was really sorry that I couldn't find a willing partner of the opposite sex to share by black rectangle wall-hung object experience with that evening.
Here's a really obscure reference. Does anyone remember the song that I sang in the parking lot very, very loudly that evening?
Interesting, though. I don't remember what I brought to drink that night. That's probably because I consumed whatever it was that I brought.
Response #26
I *loved* punter protocol.
Response #27 Jeeez. I feel like a dinosaur. ("..somebody's been diggin' my bones...") Response #28 "Let's go voice." That phrase came to my head today, and it made me snicker.
Nope, Cleo, don't know what you sang or what you drank. Heck, I probably wouldn't remember any of it, except for the pictures. I should probably find those, huh? Response #29 "This is how you dooo the five-point plan..." Response #30 DING DING! Again Da Sissop's memory earns him a medal! Response #31 refresh my non-existant memory cleo, (my DRAM controller failed and the RAS before CAS refresh mode is kaput...) tell me about the five point plan again.... Response #32 Ralf..after reading all of Zip's post of your supple yet oh so springy
behind..and yet needing to form my own opinion..could you, would you
please..show us your butt. Response #33 Hmmm. Not easily. I don't have a webcam.
I could make a .wav of it, perhaps... Response #34 OH MY GOSH! THE FIVE POINT PLAN! Oh, holy cow. My memory is nothing like Fang's, but once prodded, it tends to come back.
Please, please, Cleo... give us the Five Point Plan! Response #35 Can't give you "the plan". There are ladies present.
One of the biggest rules of The Plan was that it could never fall into the hands of a female, otherwise it would filter throughout all of womanhood, and cease to become a tool of good for the Male species.
Sorry. No can do. Response #36
That part of your face below your nose that you constantly rub when you blow your nose?
Bright red. Cracked. Chapped doesn't even begin to describe it.
I'll be subbing for Rudolph while he's on vacation.
Response #37 Good god man, get some medical treatment.
Maybe sooz can suggest a Houston doc who needs some computer work...? Maybe you guys could barter for antibiotics.
Response #38 Hey Cleo, remember Dr. Earle? He's still in town, at least as of last month.
Of course, I wouldn't send Jimmy's pet turtle to him. If Jimmy had a pet turtle, that is. Response #39 Ya know, when I typed "HEY CLEO" there, I meant "HAY GOWAN."
You blondish redheads all look the same. Response #40 Wow, it _has_ been awhile, Sooz.
The fake red went out when my wife told me that if I didn't let it grow out, I'd sleep on the couch for the rest of our married life.
Blonde is beautiful! And I'm Wifey-Whipped.
Response #41
You always thought my hair was blondish.
It's reddish-light brown. Auburn, maybe.
Freak.
Response #42 Hey, Cleo...do these fine folk know any of your other hits?
like BLACK ICE or Mellange or Punkinhead?
I listen to your greatest hits tape every night while I'm in the bath tub...that might be funny, 'cept I got no bathtub. Response #43 Hay! I've got auburn hair.
(Wait... does pubic hair count?) Response #44 Hay! I've got a cassette of "Mellange" and "Punkinhead" and some others around here somewhere...
Hmm... I wonder if maybe I should break out the ol' RealAudio encoder again.. Response #45 YESSSSS!!!!!!! For the love of Pete, do it! Everyone shoud get blessed by the sounds of the Cosmic Fumes...
And how about "It won't happen tonight" or "Ode to Bud Bundy"
If only I were a little older and grew up in Houston and knew you guys then and were cool enough to have hung out with you and, oh, yeah, had the money to bribe you to hang out with me so I could be cool too. Response #46 I keep meaning to transfer all my old junk to CD, and make a little MP3/RA web site just for Braindead and Fumes fans.
Then I realize that there ARE no Braindead or Fumes fans, so I lose my motivation.
Response #47 I've got to be your biggest fan...unless any of you guys can top 250 Response #48 Furthermore... we were the biggest bunch of goober goofballs ever to hit the pubs. We were so un-cool, we wouldn't have known what to do with a cool person had one shown up!
By: rorschach
Date: 2/24/98 9:00:00 PM
By: Cleotis
Date: 2/24/98 9:49:51 PM
Subway X
Ivory Joe
Terminally Ill
"Ding Dong" ASCII Art
6485
Poster
Punter Protocol
Lary and his Toy
Velcro BBS
Thrasher
Ronka
T.C.
Emil Lang
R.M.T.
TouchTerm
Pushead
D*S*F*A and S*A*L*A
Buckwheat
Rambler (and his 12m-6a BBS)
The Word "BAUD"
All American BBS (and it's back doors)
By: rorschach
Date: 2/25/98 1:02:44 PM
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Date: 2/25/98 6:47:17 PM
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Date: 2/25/98 7:28:28 PM
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