From:	Karl Low <kwil@*********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Plots to Subplots to Infinitus Ad Nauseum
Date:	Thu, 26 Mar 1998 03:57:22 -0700

From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>


>
>Erik, When and only when, the run is over, please ask Bruce what "TOSSIT"
can
>do would you please? You see, IN TOTAL PLAYER KNOWLEGE, and I did alert
>Bruce, but perhaps I should have alerted everyone. "TOSSIT" is a virus
>program of a sort. All it does is ample sweep the account OS for each member
>of the "TOSSIT" organization. Whenever mail is sent out from that person,
and
>it contains the name/phrase that equates to a member of "TOSSIT", it
"CC's"
>the mail to Prophet and to Mr. Morningstar (upon his request, after Prophet
>brought it up to the man).


Sigh.. another woah.. another hold it.. another full stop.
ShadowTK FAQ.. private mail is private unless the parties in question agree
to have it broken.

Ergo.. unless Erik knew before-hand and agreed.. his private mail was
strictly that. Private. Prophet can not have knowledge of it because that's
simply one of the agreed upon guidelines about ShadowTK. This is regardless of
what you say the virus program was doing or was capable of.

Private mail *is* private.

Now the other complaint.. did I mention that there happens to be a tracker
that's a virus of sorts watching whenever Prophet posts from? Whenever mail
is sent out from a person that it recognizes as Prophet, it tracks back his
location and publishes it instantly to this clandestine group which hasn't yet
appeared on the list.

It's NOT a program, and thus does not as per the standard rules of SR VR2,
take up any form of measurable memory, and it operates as a subshell of the
connection interface of the user (Prophet). It's part of the account, NOT part
of the User.

Sorry... maybe I should have informed you sooner.

Do you understand what I'm getting at here? If it sounds like I just made this
up of the top of my head.. you're right.. I did.

But because you never told any of us about your "virus" (that isn't a program
and takes up no memory) how are we to know you didn't do the same thing? In
short, how are we to know that you're actually writing a coherent story and
not just coming up with "Uh oh.. looks like I'm in a tight spot.. Uhh..I know!
I've got a secret program that's been watching everything everybody says, so I
can be forewarned."

I don't mean to get harsh, but this seems like another shot of "God From Out
of the Blue".

That being said.. if I'd have been informed about it prior, I may well have
said, "Sure!" and proceeded to feed you with a lot of information about what
Xenon's been doing that hasn't hit the list.. because I didn't think the group
would have any way of knowing about it.

-Karl

>
>It's NOT a program, and thus does not as per the standard rules of SR VR2,
>take up any form of measurable memory, and it operates as a subshell of the
>message OS of the user. It's part of the account, NOT part of the user. I
>gave Bruce the ratings, for both the core program, and the Stealth option I
>included into it. (quite earthly, I promise)
>
>Prophet originally did it because he was feeling threatened, and he wanted to
>make certain no one backstabbed each other. He did not believe what he has
>since obtained, IF I play it as such.
>