From:	Kjell Sawyer <sawyer@***.NO>
Subject:	Re: Time/Date Stamps
Date:	Thu, 16 Mar 1995 18:07:17 +0100

> > I say leave such luxurious alterations to the legends. Us mortals
> > shouldn't be able to do that. However, just because your decker can, that
> > doesn't mean he has to flaunt it. Has anyone ever noticed Fastjack
> > screwing with his time/date stamp?
> > No, I didn't think so....
>
> Well, yeah, but the feel I've gotten for Fastjack is that he's much
> more modest about his abilities than the only decker I've noticed in
> the sourcebooks to have a modified <T/D>: the Smiling Bandit <Strikes
> Again / Ha-Ha>. SB flaunts the fact that he's been everywhere,
> seen everything and can do anything. If it's the deckers style to
> brag up his abilities and contacts, I say go for it, just keep the
> decker's personality loud and boastful.

Okay, I could buy that except for the fact that fucking around with your
time/date stamp isn't any special anymore. There is something more to a
decker's style than bragging, and that is originality. So the Smiling
Bandit made a new trademark, big deal. Xeroxing other's ideas is the
first and formost sign of a wannabe! If you want your decker to seem
cool, GET ORIGINAL, or stick to the program.

Sawyer/Genocide