From:	Tim Skirvin <tskirvin@***.UIUC.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Dark Angel Plot Being Formed!
Date:	Sun, 9 Oct 1994 10:32:28 -0500

> Hmm. Changing the time and date for this post? All that it takes
> is a modification to the system's internal clock (Ref:
> 'settimeofday'), I think.

Don't forget that in Shadowrun, changing the T/D has nothing to do
with your OWN system's time/date. It matters what the world's computers say.
Each and every fragging one of 'em.

> In any case, it's not hard to write a simple program that will
> block that shit. The telecom industry is easy as all hell to poke
> holes in these days, I don't see any indication that it will get
> harder.

Blocking is easy, sure. So maybe you can get stamps of <--:--:--/
--/--/-->, but that's about it. Writing a program to change your T/D is
almost impossible. To other numbers might be possible for some deckers, but
there have been, what, 2 total deckers that have changed it to text now?

And don't follow the current telecom system, BTW. They have to have
upped the security, or every system would be dead by now.

> It's a challenge. But it's NOT impossible.

Not impossible. But so hellishly improbably that I have a hard time
believing that Dark Angel, who is not a full time decker, could do it.

Not gonna happen. And CERTAINLY not as easily as you've been going on
about...I seem to remember a conversation Quickling has with Dark Angel...you
said that he wrote it without ANY troubles, and he's written one that's less
than 100MP too. Yeah, right.

Tim Skirvin | "They didn't die for nothing, they died to bring
tskirvin@***.uiuc.edu| us Pepsi!" -- Mr Sutton on "Glory"