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Message no. 1
From: "BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS..."
Subject: Check this
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 00:08:08 EST
>>>>>[Free goodies: Rumor has it that there is a hunt out for a Man by the
name
of John Clarke, United Methodist Misiter, Relocated to this area last may. It
has been made aware to me that he could be of use . Any information would be
greatly accepted, at a fair cost.]<<<<<

-- Corinthian <24:04/7-22-54>
Message no. 2
From: "BETWEEN THE KITCHEN AND THE SUBCONSCIOUS..."
Subject: Check this...
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 03:23:40 EST
>>>>>[O.k.- Short one this time... Friend of a Friend of a Friend has an
Idea.
See, she wants to crash the whole matrix. What you all think of this
one?]<<<<<

-- Corinthian <03:20/7-25-54>
Message no. 3
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Check this...
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 02:53:43 -0500
>>>>>[Corinthian, sounds like a stupid if not impossible task to
me.]<<<<<
- Ramirez <>
Message no. 4
From: Legion is my name-oh! <legion@**************.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Check this...
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 12:49:46 MDT
>>>>>[ Crash the Matrix? Somebody trace and burn this slag. Then give me
the real-world address and I'll nuke the site for morbid. There. ]<<<<<
-- Chains <12:49:13/07-25-54>
Message no. 5
From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Check this...
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 14:40:40 +0930
>>>>>[ Well, Corinthian, your friend is ambitious, to say the least. More
seriously:
The Matrix was set up to be "invincible". It was formed from the debris
of such networks as Internet, Compuserve, and America On-Line, after the great
crash of '29. When Fuchi set it up, they wanted to make damn sure it couldn't
go down.
But, as anyone who has talked to Captain Chaos about the Pueblo net
knows, power dynamics theory says that every network has a choke point. Take
out the choke point, and the system goes down. The trick to working out the
choke point is finding enough information. Get the idea of how tricky this is
going to be? To be 100% sure of your answer, you must have the specs of EVERY
node of EVERY system connected to the Matrix.
Now, given that the maths takes a little while, your answer will be out
of date. Fortunately, you don't have to go to such an extreme to figure out the
answer to a reasonable accuracy. And for subnets, it becomes easier. Many
military forces, both corp and government, have looked at how to take out
subnets. When I worked for the Australian Defence Force, a case study was how
to take out the South-East Asian Union's subnet. And I know for a fact that the
Azzies have been looking at Mitsuhama's net very intensely for the last few
years.
Getting back to the idea of crashing the whole matrix, you could get a
good approximation by taking out the server which controls the LTGs. Have fun:
it's the Corporate Court in Zurich-Orbital. Now go play.
The only other way would be to "re-create" the virus of '29. Get a
powerful viral construct, and set it loose. But the corps would almost
certainly contain it, after a while, and your friend of a friend would have a
bounty higher than the GDP of the UCAS. ]<<<<<
Rising Storm (Somewhere/Down Under)
Message no. 6
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Check this...
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 13:24:41 -0700
>>>>>[ Corinthian, we killed the last person who tried to crash the Matrix.
I
suggest you reconsider. ]<<<<<
-- Nightstalker <13:32:22/07-26-54>
Message no. 7
From: Freddy Frypp <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject: Check this.
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 10:18:32 CST
>>>>>[I love California trid. They'll put any wacko on. I swiped
this from "How Ya Doin' SF?" this morning.

++++ BEGIN TRID

KATHY: And this morning on "How Ya Doin' SF?" we have several
religious scholars discussing the situation of Chicago. Mr. Kaspar,
what do you believe is truely happening in Chicago?

KASPAR: Just Kaspar, please Kathy. I believe that the Messiah has
returned. He has returned to cleanse Mankind of the megacorporate
scourge.

KATHY: And the Messiah has assumed the form of Insects?

KASPAR: Yes, symbolizing the great plagues that sweapt into Egypt.

REVEREND FOWLER: This infestation is indeed religious in origin, but
it is actually the beginning of the end. Hell has released its
Demons. Armaggeddon is at hand!

KASPAR: The Messiah has returned. Join me and my flock as we
journey to Chicago to become a part of the Return.

REVEREND FOWLER: Return?! You'll be journeying into the open maw of
Hell! You'll become bug food!

+++++ END TRID

You get the idea. By the end of the show, Reverend Fowler revealed
that he was a mage and tossed a lightening bolt into Kaspar's lap. I
guess we know who's side God is suppossed to be on....

Gotta love California.]<<<<<
-- Freddy Frypp (10:22:12 / 11-15-55)
President
Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150)
Message no. 8
From: Freddy Frypp <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject: Check this.
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:40:12 CST
>>>>>[Damn system's been one huge cock up all morning. Wish I woulda
had this before I sent Chris those bodies.

Check out what I just got from Mr. "I'm-Even-More-of-a-Dickhead-
than-Frypp" Riglia.

+++++ FWD'D MSG FLWS:

That Mr. Frypp is how you deal with criminal tresspass.
-- John Riglia (09:03:24 CST / 4-20-56)
President
Farrleton Machinery

+++++ FWD'D MSG CNCLDS

Can't believe this drek. What a fraggin' loser. Chris, the
GoonSquad's on me.]<<<<<
-- Freddy Frypp (12:22:33 / 04-20-56)
President
Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150)

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