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- Issue #51 October-10-1990
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- Activist Times, Inc. ATI is a
- journalistic, causistic, /
- /cyberpolitical /
- /organization, /
- /trying to /
- /help y'all, and us /
- change the world /
- radically, in less / ATI
- than two minute / PO Box 2501
- increments. / Bloomfield, NJ
- - - - - - - - - - 07003
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- ATI's Insane Staff:
-
- Ground Zero - publisher, editor, writer
- Prime Anarchist - editor, writer
- Writing/Research Staff - Sk8 the Skinhead, Fah-Q, MAC???, Happy Harry
- Hardon, Stormbringer, and other occasional contributors.
- Archivist: Llo
-
-
- Hello. Welcome to ATI51. First off, I apologize for all the typos
- in ATI49 and ATI50. We'll try to better this time ;) .
- I would like to welcome all of the new ATI readers that have been
- added to our net distribution list. We acquired these new readers due to
- a piece written by Prime and myself that was run in the Computer Underground
- Digest (CuD). Any reader who has any comments or contributions, or would
- just like to say hi, email me at:
- ...uunet!tronsbox!akcs.groundzero
- Those of you who expressed an interest in writing for ATI may send in
- their contributions by typing them out and emailing me the text at the
- above address. Anyone who does not have a net address may type out their
- piece in hardcopy (handwrite it if you have to as long as it's readable)
- and send it to me at the above ATI's PO Box address. Submissions can range
- in size from one paragraph to about 15k. We will consider articles larger
- than 15k, but send a brief outline first before submitting the actual piece.
- A warm welcome also goes out to two new regular contributors: Happy
- Harry Hardon (anyone see "Pump Up The Volume"?) and Stormbringer. You'll
- be seeing items from them every so often.
- Also, some corrections and updates on items in ATI49/50. Ripco BBS is
- back up, under a much smaller system with a file area and one message base.
- The sysop, Dr. Ripco, has stated that the "new Ripco" is not meant to replace
- the system as it was before Sun Devil, but exists mainly as a means for
- interested parties to keep in touch. Call it at 312-528-5020.
- In our review of other interesting publications, we neglected to
- mention CuD (although we have written it up in a previous issue). It is an
- online newsletter dedicated to reporting items about the computer underground
- and any issues relevant to computer use, first ammendment rights of computer
- users, and more. CuD is a professional journal and provides valuable
- information in a well-written, concise format. To get on their distribution
- list, email them at: tk0jut2@NIU.BITNET.
- Now, as always, let's start out with Prime Anarchist and his column,
- Prime Anarchist World News:
-
- pawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawnPAWNpawn
-
- Allo, Luke. Laura et al? Prime Anarchist here. Your Libertarian at
- Large. Or was that Librarian on the Luge? Or was that Thespian on the
- Thames???
- INSURED UP TO 100,000.? Yeah, right!!! Remember the old-time bike with
- the huge thin front wheel, and the little wimpy wheel in the back? Know what
- it's called? Penny Farthing Bicycle. This trivial thought, petty poop, and
- little luckypiece brought to you by P A P.
- Sign on a park bench, "NO GOVERNMENT WILL BRING YOU FREEDOM," Yippie!!!
- I recommend Earl Grey tea over Celestial Seasons or English Breakfast-then
- again, nothing beats a good (FLASH-- this just in. Prime Anarchist changes
- his tea-stance. "I get a bigger kick out of English Breakfast now. Anyone
- who can make something in Pencil-Vein-Yah, and call themselves English has
- my vote!!! Had me rolling on the floor with laughter. Eating white bread
- is like chawing on a soft sugary sponge.
- The DIAMOND VISA CARD. A 50,000 limit. Lets you buy stocks and bonds.
- No commission-- just a 29$ service charge with each transaction. Hmm. What
- made the 29-crash??? Fronted bucks!! Hmmm...
- If anyone wantsa do a movie about George Bush, John-Boy Walton would
- make about a great choice to play our illustry yuss Prez-Phez. When
- restringing a guitar, always wear something around your arms. Nasty slices
- are no fun.
- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson freed, film at 11-ish.
- TomTom Club is getting back together. At long last, some old-timers
- re-onioning I can tolerate.
- #'s? You want #'s? I don' nee' y'ur stinkink #'s. If you're still with
- us here, here's a treat: 213 935 1111's a loopchecker generator. Some
- gweebs call em sweep or sweeptone. So is 215 698 0049. Also 617 494 9900
- and 718 528 9979. 412 633 3333 is a PA Bell employee newzlyne. So iz
- 717 255 5555. 619 375 1234'll getcha time and temp on the west coast; while
- 303 443 1910 gets u the same schtuff for the rockies. Anyone got central
- and atlantic? Lemme know. The Watson vmb demo has changed from an 800# to
- 508 650 1399. I guess like our beloved fearless-faithless healer, Pat
- Robertson after a prezident-yall ploy, THEY can't afford to foot the
- fonebill anymore EITHER. 719-630-1111 is a lot of fun. News, sports, jokes,
- poems, stories, movie reviews, all automated, menu driven. AT&F is
- 800 424 5057. Tell em u wanna traid dope for tobacco, acid for alcohol,
- and daisies for dummdum bullets. 800 826 6290 is the automated fone-service
- changer-upper. The white house press office is 1-800 424 9090. Have
- much phun, ok?
- RESEARCH TOPIC OF THE DECADE: Why does ITT get to share the 1-800 424
- exchange?? Thank you Sothsenes Behn, thank you Adolf Hitler!!!
- Book of the day? "How Not to Pay Your Bill Collectors" by D. Trump.
- $15.95. Tell him you'd rather owe it to him than cheat him out of it. Send
- him a check for 13 cents. He'll cash it in less than a week.
- I swear to God.
- PRIME'S FAMOUS NEW FOLK SONG CHORUS:Abm,E,Gb,Abm. George, George, George
- of the jungle. How ya gonna deal with the drugz u dealt. George, george,
- good king george. What's gonna happen under martial law.
- FLASH, FLASH, FLASH. (hey, cut it out. that hurts your eyes) World Will
- End; And You May Die. James Baker (not the jailed preacherman-prophet-
- pudpuller-pee, but might as well be (the sik of state)), in a sudden
- turn of back on national tv, told both sides of the gaza strip (dont ask
- for an 8 oz gaza strip (medium-well) at a kosher restaurant.) "our fone #
- is still 1-202-456-1414. If you feel like talking about peace sometime,
- give us a call." Now, I'm not saying we should continue our orgiatic
- lovemaking with either side but we've been in bed with Israel for 42 years
- now, and mother earth has stayed-together-at-her-seams so far DESPITE all
- our efforts to plunder, pillage and petrify. You know what the Bible says
- about cursing Israel? Uh oh...
- Welp, that's about it for now. Tune in next week when Prime interviews
- a friend of a friend of a real beatnik. We'll have more phun #'s, and we'll
- bring you "all the viewz that fits in a bag lady's shopping cart".
- Hasta Banana..Buenos Tacos.............
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- :ATI, changing the way people :
- read for over 2 years.
- :ATI, a freedom paper. :
- ATI, a way of life, patriots /
- :ATI, more than just a - -
- newspaper, it's the rag /
- :of justice!!! /
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-
- -------------------> random notes from ground zero------------------>
-
- "Hi. Welcome to the free white party line," chimed the introduction
- to a free-access party line in 702 that no longer exists. White party
- line? Hmm. I later learned that the same company that set that line up had
- another line up that introduced itself as the "free black party line". Why
- the "segregation"? You might also notice a lot of 1-900, 976, and other
- premiun toll chat lines conduct the same practice. They set up regualr party
- lines, but also set up other lines "for soul sisters and brothers" or "for
- soul companions", etc. Apparently the world "soul" is meant to indicate
- that these lines were intended for black callers. I thought segregation
- was to become a thing of the past, but with things like these lines existing,
- it might not any time soon.
- Speaking of 900 numbers, another practice is bugging me: the practice
- of setting up 900 numbers that charge anywhere from 70 cents to a few bucks
- just to enter a sweepstakes or contest. I see plenty of commercials for
- on TV. Now, it's the law that a sweepstakes has to have a "no purchase
- necessary to enter" policy. But companies running these things are getting
- around this by having commercials that repeat the 900 entry number over and
- over, but only flash the "no purchase necessary" mail-in address momentarily
- without allowing enough time for it to be written down, in hopes that most
- people will call the 900 number and pay to enter instead of trying to write
- the address down. Meanwhile, these companies, and 900 leasers are raking
- the money in. A dishonest practice.
- Did anyone ever watch "Alien Nation" before it was cancelled by Fox?
- It was a great show - as good as "Star Trek" or "Beauty and the Beast". If
- anyone knows anything "Alien Nation" maybe coming back or going under
- syndication, let me know!
- If a movie called "King of New York" is playing in your area, go see it.
- The plot is definitely thought-provoking. It's another movie that makes the
- viewer think about organized crime, criminals, and their role in society.
-
- !
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- THE ROVING EAVESDROPPER
-
- We have an occaional column in ATI called The Roving Eavesdropper in
- which we present possible phone conversations, buffers, in-person communiques
- or other interesting phenomena. We do this in order to represent other
- forms of reality, to educate our readers..or just to have some good clean
- fun!
-
- In this issue, we proudly present:
-
-
- "Fun and Chaos on a Conference Bridge"
-
- It was a slow evening on the conference bridge, a dial-in conference
- line owned by a private company which was sometimes borrowed by hacker types
- to hold their own conferences. Although the number to bridge was widely
- known within hacker circles, there weren't many caller that early evening.
- "Hey, anyone got any good codes?", asked on unknown voice.
- The caller's request was met by silence. Finally, after a long pause,
- another voice spoke up.
- "Shut the hell up with that shit, man," growled Brutus, a regular caller
- who disguised his voice to sound like a Black man, although most of the
- callers knew he was white. "We don't need no talk about codes on here."
- "Hey," protested the first voice, "I'm calling this thing direct and I
- need something-"
- "Then why don't you just wait until you get something to call with
- before you call? Who says you have to call here now anyway?" yelled Brutus,
- interrupting him.
- "Well, I'm supposed to meet someone here now," said the first voice.
- "Who you meeting here?" demanded Brutus. "Who are you anyway? What's
- your handle?"
- "This is Pyro. I'm waiting for-"
- "Oh yeah, I heard you the other night, man. You waiting for that other
- lamer Terminator. What are you lamers gonna do anyway? Trade some cool warez
- or what?" shouted Brutus, once again interrupting Pyro.
- "Lame, lame, lame!!!" cried out an extremely high-pitched voice that
- sounded like it was induced by helium.
- "Hey, who that? Is that Squeaky again?" asked Brutus.
- "Yeah, this is Squeaky! Some people on this bridge are lame, lame,
- lame!!!" cried Squeaky in his 2600hz voice. "Hey, I'm gonna play you all a
- song! Here we go!!!"
- Squeaky proceeded to play a song on his touch tones, and soon other
- callers proceeded to repeat the song. As the "song" was being repeated,
- several tones were heard, indicating that a few more callers were on the
- line.
- "Hey, what's going on..." greeted one voice.
- "Is Doc on here?" inquired another.
- Soon, the bridge was filled with several different voices all talking
- at once, clicking out on their 3-way calling, hitting touch tones, and
- shouting. However, above the confusion a professional-sounding male voice
- was barely audible.
- "ATS Long Distance, this is Rob, how may I help you?"
- "ATS? ATS?!?!?! You work for ATS," asked Brutus as the bridge grew
- silent.
- "Yes, sir," said Rob. "How may I help you?"
- "Hey, I got something to tell you!" exclaimed Brutus. "I found a
- calling card out on the sidewalk, I went over to the corner to use it, and
- it said, 'Please dial a valid calling card number'. Now what you gonna do
- about that?"
- "Well, sir, I think it might be helpful to set up your own ATS calling
- card number. I'd be happy to help you with that if you like," said Rob.
- At that point, total mayhem spread across the bridge. Callers started
- hitting touch tones, clicking out on their three-way calling, shouting and
- cat-calling Rob.
- "Hey, I think ATS rips people off," shouted on caller.
- "ATS sucks! Their security is lame!" screamed another.
- "Just what am I connected to? Is this some sort of party line?"
- asked Rob.
- Squeaky decided to join in the anarchy. "Hey, I've got something to
- say...
- ..I've got something to say..I'VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY!!!" cried Squeaky
- until there was silence. "I'm going to blow up ATS!!!"
- "Nah, nah..," said Brutus. "We not gonna blow up ATS. Just the parking
- lot."
- "Word, word, word," chorused everyone on the bridge spontaneously.
- A barely audible click was heard on the bridge, most likely the being
- the caller who originally connected Rob on his 3-way disconnecting him.
- "Hey, is that guy from ATS still here?" asked someone.
- "Nah, he gone," stated Brutus.
- "He's gone!" echoed Squeaky.
- "Just having some fun man, just having some fun," said Brutus with a
- mischievous twist in his voice.
- The night had just begun....
-
- "
- '"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'
-
- Space Shuttle Frequencies - by Stormbringer
-
- VHF/UHF Fequencies - all listed in Mhz.
-
- Kennedy Operations - 117.8 121.9 126.4 148.4 162.2 170.1
-
- Aircraft - 117.8 118.4 120.7 121.75 126.3 126.65 127.8 164.8 284.0
-
- Ships - 148.5 149.1 162.0
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- Edwards Air Force Base - 120.7 121.8 128.05 138.45 162.6 162.625 164.1
- 168.0 169.4 169.6 290.0 318.0 348.7
-
- Space Shuttle (You might hear these frequencies when the shuttle is in space
- and flies over your area):
- 279.0 EVA (space suit)
- 243.0 Emergency
- 296.8 Primary
- 259.7 Secondary
-
-
- Space Shuttle HF Support Freqs:
-
- (You need a shortwave with SSB (Single sideband) capability)
-
- Aircraft - 6.693 6.896 6.938 7.461 8.891 9.043 9.131 10.780 11.205
- 13.170 15.015 18.200
-
- NASA - 2.678 4.510 4.855 5.350 6.723 6.740 6.896 6.983 7.675 8.993
- 9.315 10.780 11.104 11.416 11.584 11.805 13.218 14.615 19.306 20.185
- 20.390 20.475
-
- Ships - 2.625 5.696 5.810 9.125 11.407
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- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Ground Zero and Happy Harry Hardon & reviews of the new (cough) TV season:
-
-
- Cop Rock:
- --- ----
-
- GZ: I'd hate to say that name fast. Might result in an embarassing Freudian
- slip.
-
- HHH: Hey, that gives me an idea. Someone could make a porno version of that
- show.
-
- GZ: A porno musical cop show?
-
- HHH: They could do it. I once saw a porno that was a spoof of a cop show. It
- had two female officers, Gagme and Layme. It was a spoof of Cagney and Lacey.
-
- GZ: I know, I know.. Hey, we're getting off the subject. Did you like the
- show, Harry?
-
- HHH: Yeah, I liked it. But I don't know why. It's a weird feeling.
-
- GZ: I feel the same way. I like it, but I'm not sure why. I usually bust
- out laughing when they break into their
- musical numbers. I think they must have the words "YOU WILL LIKE THIS SHOW"
- interspliced between frames of the show while it's airing. What do you think?
-
- HHH: Sounds reasonable. Beware of masonic mind control techniques!
-
-
- Lenny:
- -----
-
- GZ: Total sham. We all know that all blue collar men plop down on the couch
- and demand a beer when they get home from work. Boring.
-
- HHH: Boring. Hey, get me a beer, GZ.
-
-
- Gabriel's Fire:
- --------- ----
-
- GZ: Interesting. Nice photography. Has potential. They have to come up with
- more interesting plots, though.
-
- HHH: It was ok. But it needs more car chases, guns, and bombs.
-
-
- Babes:
- -----
-
- GZ: I liked the commercial for the show. 2 or 3 skinny, made-up bimbos from
- hell stand there tossing their teased heair when the floor opens up under
- them and the big "babes" sitting on a couch get lowered down. Funny show.
-
- HHH: But how did they get a couch that could all of them without breaking?
-
-
- Earth Farce oops.. um, Earth Force:
- ----- ----- ----- -----
-
- GZ: What a disappointment. The show is poorly put together and therefore
- doesn't deliver the appropriate message. It seems more like a James Bond
- 007-type show that a show that's supposed to promote environmental awareness.
-
- HHH: Well, it wasn't that bad. I think that oceanographer lady's hot! Anyway
- they may get their act together a little better. Plus the fact that the
- show even exists will get people thinking about the environment, and
- hopefully, to treat it better.
-
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- +. .
-
- Wow. That's about it for now. Look for more great info on ATI52 very soon!
-
- To obtain back issues of ATI, call BBS's such as the TAP bbs at 502-499-8933
- or Ripco at 312-528-5020, or access ATI's ftp site at 128.95.136.2 and
- enter 'cd /tmp/ftp/ATI' . Or, send a 3.5 inch disk to our PO Box and specify
- your computer type: Amiga, IBM Compat., Macintosh, Atari ST, or Commodore
- (they are available on 5 1/4" disks for Commodores as well as 3.5").
-
- FLASH: Doc Holiday says he will continue to put out his online newsletter
- under the Phrack name. I guess we'll see how it all goes, eh? Look for
- Phrack #32 sometime in December. A "best of phrack"-type issue might also
- be coming out soon.
-
- See ya! ;)
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