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DemoNews.082.continued.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.part.3.of.3
SECTIONS ARTICLES
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Denthor's High The Perfect Body
School Essays
Back Issues How to Get 'em, Descriptions
Advertisements Mind Side Out
Help Me!
Closing Comments DemoNews Top 10 LIst
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<<Denthor's High School Essays>>
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Hi there. For this article in DemoNews, I decided to break from my normal
"humour" section, and present something else. I wrote this essay a few
years ago, when I was in Form 4 (Standard 8/Grade 10). I converted it
faithfully, with no alterations (though I wanted to make one or two! ;-) It
didn't get a very good mark, but hey, what does that prove? ;) I only hope
it doesn't destroy my happy-go-lucky reputation :)
_____The Perfect Body
The lady behind the desk was an exxelon. Duke hated her instantly. She was
exquisite in every detail. The rounded figure, the full mouth, the blond
hair, each of these features made her more warped in his eyes.
"Good morning," she said, the silken syllables tinkling into place like
cold spring water. His hatred grew even more intense. "May I help you?" she
asked, unaware of the disgust written over his face.
Go help yourself, he snarled to himself. You traitor to your race, to your
heritage, to nature itself. He hated her. "I am here to see Mr. Linard," he
said, trying to keep the disgust out of his voice. "I have an appointment."
"One moment please," sung the goddess in the chair before him. "I will see
if he is in." Duke took a step back, too repulsed to be standing so close
to her. "Go right in," she smiled, showing a perfect row of teeth.
Duke walked passed the desk, careful not to get too close in case he
touched the exquisite, disgusting skin. He opened the office door and
walked inside.
A normal was sitting at the desk. Duke was astonished, and he jerked back
in surprise. Shaking, he closed the door and seated himself on the
luxuriant leather recliner in front of the desk.
The man behind the desk smiled. He had crooked teeth, stained with
nicotine. Duke felt as if he had never seen a more beautiful sight. "I can
see that you are surprised that I am not an exxelon," the man grinned. "My
name is Samule Linard. I am the president of the Exxelon Corporation. I
have been looking forward to our little meeting."
Duke, so astonished by the sight of another normal, merely nodded.
"I was watching you when you entered the building. It is surprising that
you hate the exxelons so. You must realise that they are the future. A
future which, I might add, you yourself may become a part."
"Plastic bastards!" snarled Duke. "That blond at your desk was probably a
hag with no teeth a few months ago. They're all so much plastic dolls. Wind
them up and watch them go." He spat on the carpet. "I hate them all."
The smile did not waver. "What you are experiencing is only natural. You
want to be one of them, but you are also frightened. I am here to help you
through this stage and into perfection."
"Go psych out someone else, shrink." The words that Duke spoke were however
much harder then his tone. He tried to collect himself. "I'm no traitor to
my race, not like those wax dummies out there."
Linards smile widened. "I see that you have the wrong idea about our
operation here. A few years ago, we at Exxelon Corporation realised that
with technology as far advanced as it is, disease, tooth decay, old age ...
none of it needed to occur. We allow people to become what they want. A
small amount of money for a new body. Become young again, change your
color, change your face. Perfect bodies for the perfect age. Welcome to
Utopia, Duke, no sickness or death anywhere. Every human is the perfect
human. And you can be too."
"And along the way, people lose their heritage, their individuality." Duke
kept his voice steady, but a flicker of uncertainty crossed his eyes.
Linard smiled. He knew he had him. "Tell me Duke, when did you last see an
act of racialism? Or heard about one? Not for quite a long time, I'm sure.
We have destroyed the greatest barrier to peace ever faced by man! Everyone
is now, in almost every way, truly equal! Who do you know that plays sport?
Why bother, when bulging muscles are just an hour of surgery away? You can
become young again, Duke, young and fit. You never have to grow old. You
can become truly immortal!"
The interview did not continue for much longer then that. Duke left the
room, promising to "think about it", with Linard knowing that he would be
back. They all came back.
He reached over the desk and flipped a switch, and activated the hidden
recorder. He paced up and down the room as he spoke. "Report for the
Directors meeting next week. Ladies and gentlemen, the time has arrived. We
have achieved the last convert. Every single person on the planet, aside of
course from the board of directors, is, or is about to be, an exxelon. In
approximately one month, people will realise that after a while, their
perfect bodies will begin to decay. And the only way to maintain eternal
youth, is to come back to us for more surgery.
The members of the board will surely recognise that, in addition to
becoming the richest people on the planet, they will also be the most
powerful. Anyone who does not cooperate will be allowed to grow old and
die, and the fact that all the exxelons have been sterilised ensures that
there will be no unconverted, rebellious youth to contend with. The
directors of course will not have these restrictions when they are
converted. Fellow directors, we have complete control of the planet Earth.
This is the true Utopia, and we are it's collective Gods. We shall rule
supreme. Forever."
- Denthor denthor@beastie.cs.und.ac.za
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<<Rumors>>
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- Musicman left epinicon
- Necros won't be at NAID
- Zer0 wastes too much time with MUD's
- Quarex has been averaging 4 glasses of milk a day since age 4.
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<<Back Issues>>
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_____How to Get 'em
After reading this issue of DemoNews, you may be wondering how you can get
previous ones. Well fear not! There are two different ways to do so:
1: FTP to hornet.eng.ufl.edu and go to /pub/msdos/demos/news/OLD_NEWS and
start downloading anything you see.
2: Now you can request back issues of DemoNews via e-mail. Start a letter
to listserver@oliver.sun.ac.za (any subject line) and in the body of the
letter include "get demuan-list <index>" where INDEX refers to the
index number of the issue.
For example: get demuan-list 43
This would retrieve DemoNews #76 (part 1 of 2).
For more recent issues that are split into multiple parts, you must send
an individual request for each index number.
_____Descriptions
Issue Index Date Size Description
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76 43,44 12/25/94 92589 Interview with EMF, DemoNews Readers Write,
Kimba's Life Story, X-Mas in the Demo Scene,
CORE, Demo & Music Database, Interview with
Purple Motion/Future Crew, Interview with
Krystall/Astek, Common Sense ][ by Perisoft,
Its X-Mas in Africa, Interview with Maxwood
of Majic 12, Assembly Part ][, Common Sense
Response by Stony.
77 45,46 01/01/95 101100 Chart History, Snowman Near-Disaster, Son of
Snowman, The Party 1994, Making Waves, Using
Assembly Part 2.
78 47-49 01/08/95 111185 The Party 1994: Results and Reviews, Report
by Stony and Friends, What happened to PC-
Demo competition. Editorial: TP94 = ASM94
part 2. Egg2: Trancescrambled Review, More
on Fast Tracker 2.03. General Rambling by
Denthor.
79 51 01/15/95 41832 A Day in the Life of Snowman, Ambient Sample
CD 1, Where's the Sound Blaster, TP94
Graphics review.
80 55 01/22/95 27028 DemoNews/HTML, Traffic Jam, CodeThink(School);
The Solo Sample CD
81 58,59 01/29/95 53434 NAID Survival Guide, General Protection
Relationships, Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Now Its a
Game!, Assembly Part 3 (It ain't no party),
BSP Trees
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<<Advertisements>>
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_____Mind Side Out // Intro for : cd_demo1.zip
If you're looking for a fresh, new band to check out, I highly suggest
checking out MSO. I happened upon this band by chance, after reading an
advertisement on the wall of a local record shop. I found their internet
address and talked with one of the members, and decided to give them a try.
I'm glad I did. Anyhow, here's a review of the Phoenix band's first and
only cd, Synergy.
Synergy is a compilation of a Phoenix synthpop bands three cassettes. >From
my understanding, it was completely done by the band themselves. The album
chonricles the band's past four years, where they've been and where they
are going. The album is split into three 'phases.' Phase 3 starts off the
album, with their most recent material. It opens with a wonderful track
called 'Sacrifices.' The intro to the song immediately reminded me of Red
Flag. Very well written song, kept up the synthpoppy programming, but with
an industrial flare. The other tracks on this phase keep up this feel,
some a little harder, some not so hard. At times, Roman Chance's vocals
sound almost a bit like Michael Hutchance of INXS. You sit there listening
to the song, trying to get over the fact that he can sound almost exactly
like him. One of the best and most memorable tracks from the Phase, is
Twist (blood mix). No, its not an NIN cover of the pre-ring finger track.
Its an original song, with a very catchy sound. Twist, also appears in
different mixes in the other two stages, but the stage three mix is the
best, IMHO. Phase 3 ends with the track 'money' which askes the question,
"what's gonna happen to us when the money goes?" Very playful programming
on this track.
Phase two opens up with a kinda Cause & Effect-ish type of track. Good
steady beat, great programming and awesome vocals. No Michael Hutchance on
this track. The most memorable track in this phase, aside from the catchy
opening track, 'can't tell' has to be 'mariana diving.' Nice, calm,
relaxing beat and programming. It opens with an beach sample, with the
waves coming onto shore. The song creates a different kind of mood from
the other tracks, not as energetic, a sort of laid back mood. Most of the
tracks on this phase aren't as hard as phase three. Mostly reminiscent of
a combination of Red Flag and Cause & Effect, if I had to think of someone
they sounded like. They in no way copy either band's sounds and nicely
develope a sound, all their own. Another song that touched me personally
on this phase was the 14th track, called 'more.' A lyrically rich song,
one definately worth a listen.
Phase one ends the cd compilation with tracks 16 through 20. The
programming and sound quality on these tracks isn't quite as complex as the
other two phases, but that's not to say that these tracks are bad. In fact,
most of them are really good. These tracks reminded me a lot of early
Depeche Mode stuff, but with a modern drum machine. Real playful sounds,
intense programming, and unlike early dm stuff, intense lyrics. One of my
favorite tracks on this album is in this phase. 'spirits of jealousy's'
lyrics hit home for me. Perhaps thats why I liked it so much. This track
also features a female back up vocalist, who actually doesn't ruin the
track unlike most back up vocalists.
Overall, a very decent effort by an unsigned band. They are in the process
of putting up a home page, I will annouce it here (if they don't
themselves) when its up. Or, you can always look at
http://mcmuse.mc.maricopa.edu/~xymox/ to see if its there, and my other
links.
Check out the demo: cd_demo1 if you would like a sample.
If you are interested in the band, I can give you information on how to get
a hold of their cd.
Email me at: xymox@primenet.com or Mind Side Out at:
mndlink@primenet.com / Enjoy the demo!
_____Help Me!
Hi mod fellows!! I have a big question for you . Would you answer me? I
hope so :) Well , I am looking for spanish techno mod's, specially if
they are made in Valencia, if you have any idea please contact me
PLEASEEEEEE!!!!!!!
There is a song I had heard that it's really good, it's call "Poem without
words" is a really cool techno song that I heard last summer in Spain, is
anyone knows if is available in mod format please let me know! :)
Thanks!
Jose Luis Torres R. e@mail: treboll@a.cs.okstate.edu
Wait for my new release of my own techno mix is gonna be one of the best
you had ever seen, it's a mix based on the best songs that last summer were
heared in Spain, if you know what I am talking about wait for my mod file
and you'll see.
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<<Closing Comments>>
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I've been watching a lot of David Letterman lately. That show has inspired
this week's Top 10 list for DemoNews:
Top 10 Mistakes of Beginning Assembly Language Coders:
9. Using ANSI standards to make sure code is portable to different platforms
8. XOR AX,0 used to clear out registers
7. Look ma', no stack!
6. "What does that 'H' after all the numbers mean?"
5. "PUSH and POP? Isn't that by Nine Inch Nails?"
4. INT 2H graphics mode
3. Storing sin and cos tables at address 0000:0001H for easy access
2. "I do not need sleep, I can code Assembler"
1. "Comments are sissy"
0. One word: "MASM"
See you in CyberSpace,
-Christopher G. Mann (Snowman)-
r3cgm@dax.cc.uakron.edu
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