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Message no. 1
From: Doctor Doom <JCH8169@********.BITNET>
Subject: Time/Date stamp...
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 92 22:33:00 CST
> >>>>>[What is the big deal that everyone is talking about with the
>time/date stamp? I'm not a veteran to this Decking thing, but it really
>isn't THAT hard to modify - you only access the Matrix LTG phone net,
>change a few lines of code in the stamp subroutine, and set a couple of
>binary flags to fool the hardware and prevent the null stamp, then burn
>this setup to your login/initialization chip and there you go. It's almost
>too easy! I'm really surprised everyone isn't doing it already! See how
>easy it is - ]<<<<<
> -- Cyclops <Strikes w/One-Eye-Closed> ~3% & (^
<20:33:27/10-21-52>

>\#' > @* "~ ! ERROR - Stamp Tampering Alarm Activated ! ^$ *)/ ;? Q_
>Trace in Progress..........................................................
>..........................Successfull Acquisition @ LTG NA/UCAS-SEA-5947
>====> Proper Athorities have been notified.


> >>>>>[D>R^EK! - H*ey g~uy_s, &I wi)ll bego<ne fo%r
aw[hil?e - Inee:d
>to f+i$nd a n#(ew ap_art!ment, an4d fi==x wha~teve@* is wro8ng# wi*th m?y
>dec~% & X^? / ]<<<<<
> *** End Transmission -- Cyclops &%<20:33:46/10-21-52>

>>>>>[Amusing... Ahem, as I said before...SUCCESSFULLY performing an
operation
such as this requires an amount of knowledge and experience which will thus
limit it to mostly the higher-level technomancers.]<<<<<
--Doctor Doom <*:*:*/*-*-*>
Message no. 2
From: "Dark Thought Publications." <JEK5313@*******.BITNET>
Subject: Time/Date stamp
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 92 15:17:00 CST
{exceptionally amusing and creative stuff by cyclops deletia}

]>>>>>[Amusing... Ahem, as I said before...SUCCESSFULLY performing an
operation
]such as this requires an amount of knowledge and experience which will thus
]limit it to mostly the higher-level technomancers.]<<<<<
] --Doctor Doom <*:*:*/*-*-*>

>>>>>[I can personally vouch for DOOM's ability to do that, what is to him
a very trivial thing, but that don't mean that I, being a sasquatch, can do the
same.]<<<<<
-Flare <nosig courtesy of DOOM>

]>>>>>[Cyclops, you are a newbie putz and I'll lay 3:1 odds that your brain
]will be fragged by some wimpy black ice by the time Christmas rolls
]around. Why don't you take up another line of work . . . like flower
]arranging. Sheesh. Who let's these little children in?]<<<<<
] -- Dante <20:55:04/10-22-52>

>>>>>[DOOM. This decker has no sense of humour. Scrag
him.]<<<<<
-Flare <nosig courtesy of DOOM>
]>>>>>[Ich weiß nicht... However, I believe there is an
interesting guideline
]for Matrix novices which can be found in many old television shows in America:
]"Kids, don't try this at home."]<<<<<
] Doctor Doom <*:*:*/*-*-*>

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