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Message no. 1
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:25:35 +0100
>>>>>[Well, we got a new FBI agent in Seattle.

And he's already fracking up. Plus ca change, plus ca meme...

I mean, there's mistakes, and there's freaking _stupid_. How the hell did
SAC Elliott he manage to pull _this_ goof off?

+++++begin news article
CRUSADING FED BUSTS OUT
Special Agent Thomas Elliott, assigned from Washington to "clean up
Tarislar", scored a blow for law and order today when he commandeered a
Lone Star SWAT team and conducted an "opposed entry" against... five
Episcopalian ladies sharing coffee and conversation.

Crimson-faced Federal officers downplayed Elliott's blunder, saying the raid
was based upon "inaccurate intelligence". How about "no intelligence"?
Because that's what the fumbling Fed seems to have!
+++++end news article

Whatta maroon.]<<<<<
-- Bungle <23:25:42/08-27-60>
Message no. 2
From: Jhary-a-Conel jhary-a-conel@***.de
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 03:40:47 +0200
>>>>>[ So, Bungle, dere's a new SAC in town, and first thing dad happens
is someone leads im into de absolut only legal people down dere. Dis fed
will have near no own itel down here...

A guess someune in LS-HQs fears another Project down here, eh? Well..
A guess this SAC will leave soon... ]<<<<<
-- Ein_Schuss <03:39:42/08-29-60>
Message no. 3
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:37:13 +0100
>>>>>[That seems to be the idea, Ein_Schuss... the problems in the
Barrens got bad enough that Those On High said "something must be
done". Sending a newbie Fed into the lion's den was "something". The guy'll
doubtless quit and go home soon...

Almost makes you wish the for the Good Old Days, doesn't it? I'd have
loved to see Malone go a few rounds with Lynch. Or, even better, see
Interpol Special Branch land on the Don. _That_ would have been a sight...

Instead, Malone gets to do what he wants with just a few token protests.
Such is life...]<<<<<
-- Bungle <15:37:53/08-30-60>
Message no. 4
From: Daniel Sauve ahsdreamwalker@****.com
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:22:22 -0400
>>>>>[Maybe instead of bitching about how Lynch (who IS a great
legend), we should start doing what he did and get off our complacent
butts, Bungle?]<<<<<
-- Rock Spectacle <14:22:53 EST/08-30-60>
Message no. 5
From: Frank Pelletier (Trinity) fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:53:18 -0400
>>>>>[Like Lynch­... If I could be like Lynch... I wanna be, I wanna
be
like Lynch....

Like Lynch? Us? Never. Who do you think we are? Problems in
Tarislar? More jobs for us.]<<<<<
-- Cathedral <14:57:32/08-30-60>
Message no. 6
From: Mach mach@****.caltech.edu
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:26:14 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>>[Rock...Rock...Rock.

Let he who is willing to get of his complacent butt be willing to get it
shot off as well.

But since a lot of people want to keep their fleshy posteriors right
where they are, you're going to just have a lot of talking heads
bitching an moaning. Plus ca change...plus c'est meme chose. (Now where
did I leave that French font? Ah, who cares.)]<<<<<
-- NewzJunkie <23:28:02/08-30-60 PDT>
Message no. 7
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:25:35 +0100
>>>>>[Well, we got a new FBI agent in Seattle.

And he's already fracking up. Plus ca change, plus ca meme...

I mean, there's mistakes, and there's freaking _stupid_. How the hell did
SAC Elliott he manage to pull _this_ goof off?

+++++begin news article
CRUSADING FED BUSTS OUT
Special Agent Thomas Elliott, assigned from Washington to "clean up
Tarislar", scored a blow for law and order today when he commandeered a
Lone Star SWAT team and conducted an "opposed entry" against... five
Episcopalian ladies sharing coffee and conversation.

Crimson-faced Federal officers downplayed Elliott's blunder, saying the raid
was based upon "inaccurate intelligence". How about "no intelligence"?
Because that's what the fumbling Fed seems to have!
+++++end news article

Whatta maroon.]<<<<<
-- Bungle <23:25:42/08-27-60>
Message no. 8
From: Jhary-a-Conel jhary-a-conel@***.de
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 03:40:47 +0200
>>>>>[ So, Bungle, dere's a new SAC in town, and first thing dad happens
is someone leads im into de absolut only legal people down dere. Dis fed
will have near no own itel down here...

A guess someune in LS-HQs fears another Project down here, eh? Well..
A guess this SAC will leave soon... ]<<<<<
-- Ein_Schuss <03:39:42/08-29-60>
Message no. 9
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 15:37:13 +0100
>>>>>[That seems to be the idea, Ein_Schuss... the problems in the
Barrens got bad enough that Those On High said "something must be
done". Sending a newbie Fed into the lion's den was "something". The guy'll
doubtless quit and go home soon...

Almost makes you wish the for the Good Old Days, doesn't it? I'd have
loved to see Malone go a few rounds with Lynch. Or, even better, see
Interpol Special Branch land on the Don. _That_ would have been a sight...

Instead, Malone gets to do what he wants with just a few token protests.
Such is life...]<<<<<
-- Bungle <15:37:53/08-30-60>
Message no. 10
From: Daniel Sauve ahsdreamwalker@****.com
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:22:22 -0400
>>>>>[Maybe instead of bitching about how Lynch (who IS a great
legend), we should start doing what he did and get off our complacent
butts, Bungle?]<<<<<
-- Rock Spectacle <14:22:53 EST/08-30-60>
Message no. 11
From: Frank Pelletier (Trinity) fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:53:18 -0400
>>>>>[Like Lynch­... If I could be like Lynch... I wanna be, I wanna
be
like Lynch....

Like Lynch? Us? Never. Who do you think we are? Problems in
Tarislar? More jobs for us.]<<<<<
-- Cathedral <14:57:32/08-30-60>
Message no. 12
From: Mach mach@****.caltech.edu
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:26:14 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>>[Rock...Rock...Rock.

Let he who is willing to get of his complacent butt be willing to get it
shot off as well.

But since a lot of people want to keep their fleshy posteriors right
where they are, you're going to just have a lot of talking heads
bitching an moaning. Plus ca change...plus c'est meme chose. (Now where
did I leave that French font? Ah, who cares.)]<<<<<
-- NewzJunkie <23:28:02/08-30-60 PDT>
Message no. 13
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 00:52:28 +0100
>>>>>[And do what, precisely, Rock? Threaten the Mob with a loaded
Master's degree? Tell them to back up, else I'll write a really vitriolic
footnote in my thesis about them? Yeah, that's gonna scare them witless,
isn't it?

You got any bright ideas about how I could do something other than get
myself killed, I'm all ears, because I can't think of anything offhand...

Hey, if those 'Jen and Gabe' clowns who turned up here spouting off are so
damn good, why don't _they_ sort the mess out? Don't see _them_ doing
anything, for all their boasting about how great they are.]<<<<<
-- Bungle <00:50:42/09-01-60>
Message no. 14
From: Daniel Sauve ahsdreamwalker@****.com
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:41:28 -0400
>>>>>[You use the God damn research skills to help those of us the
WOULD change in drek blind NOT charge in drek blind. If anyone tried
to handle this slitchin' trash without the knowledge to back it up,
they deserve to die.

I'm sorry, maybe it's just my _ka_ to stick my neck out, but I feel
like I should do something planned and intelligent to help end this
drek quickly. THe shorter the storm, the better.]<<<<<
-- Rock Spectecle <00:51:42/09-01-60>
Message no. 15
From: Frank Pelletier (Trinity) fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 00:06:02 -0400
>>>>>["End this drek quickly"?

You don't plan on making any money soon, neh, omae?]<<<<<
-- Cathedral <12:08:54/01-09-60>
Message no. 16
From: Daniel Sauve ahsdreamwalker@****.com
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 04:38:13 -0400
>>>>>[Cathedral, haven't you ever seen a gunslinger before? They have
a code of honor laid out by some 20th ceentury author called... damn,
Kristling, stop laughing and help me out!]<<<<<
-- Sterling_Rise! <00:12:54/01-09-60>

>>>>>[ [display_Grin] It was Stephen King. Basically, an initiatory
group of adepts and full magicians who derive their strictures from
King's Dark Tower Series. So, Cathedral, he sees himself as a force
for justice- though he does what he must to survive. The "ka" he was
refering to is the lingo these "gunslingers" (never capitalize that
word in reference to them) have for fate and destiny.

Rock sees his ka as a crusade against racial radicals. When the chips
are down, no troll I'd rather have guarding my hoop.]<<<<<
-- Kristling <00:12:57/01-09-60>

>>>>>[Oh, shut up, shaman. [display_sarcasim] ]<<<<<
-- Rock Specticle <00:12:54/01-09-60>
Message no. 17
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 00:52:28 +0100
>>>>>[And do what, precisely, Rock? Threaten the Mob with a loaded
Master's degree? Tell them to back up, else I'll write a really vitriolic
footnote in my thesis about them? Yeah, that's gonna scare them witless,
isn't it?

You got any bright ideas about how I could do something other than get
myself killed, I'm all ears, because I can't think of anything offhand...

Hey, if those 'Jen and Gabe' clowns who turned up here spouting off are so
damn good, why don't _they_ sort the mess out? Don't see _them_ doing
anything, for all their boasting about how great they are.]<<<<<
-- Bungle <00:50:42/09-01-60>
Message no. 18
From: Daniel Sauve ahsdreamwalker@****.com
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:41:28 -0400
>>>>>[You use the God damn research skills to help those of us the
WOULD change in drek blind NOT charge in drek blind. If anyone tried
to handle this slitchin' trash without the knowledge to back it up,
they deserve to die.

I'm sorry, maybe it's just my _ka_ to stick my neck out, but I feel
like I should do something planned and intelligent to help end this
drek quickly. THe shorter the storm, the better.]<<<<<
-- Rock Spectecle <00:51:42/09-01-60>
Message no. 19
From: Frank Pelletier (Trinity) fpelletier@******.usherb.ca
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 00:06:02 -0400
>>>>>["End this drek quickly"?

You don't plan on making any money soon, neh, omae?]<<<<<
-- Cathedral <12:08:54/01-09-60>
Message no. 20
From: Daniel Sauve ahsdreamwalker@****.com
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 04:38:13 -0400
>>>>>[Cathedral, haven't you ever seen a gunslinger before? They have
a code of honor laid out by some 20th ceentury author called... damn,
Kristling, stop laughing and help me out!]<<<<<
-- Sterling_Rise! <00:12:54/01-09-60>

>>>>>[ [display_Grin] It was Stephen King. Basically, an initiatory
group of adepts and full magicians who derive their strictures from
King's Dark Tower Series. So, Cathedral, he sees himself as a force
for justice- though he does what he must to survive. The "ka" he was
refering to is the lingo these "gunslingers" (never capitalize that
word in reference to them) have for fate and destiny.

Rock sees his ka as a crusade against racial radicals. When the chips
are down, no troll I'd rather have guarding my hoop.]<<<<<
-- Kristling <00:12:57/01-09-60>

>>>>>[Oh, shut up, shaman. [display_sarcasim] ]<<<<<
-- Rock Specticle <00:12:54/01-09-60>
Message no. 21
From: MATUSKEY@***.EDU
Subject: Whoops
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 93 22:56:01 CET
>>>>[Never mind....(whoops)]<<<<
-Highlander (read mail/too late)
Message no. 22
From: Undocumented Feature <JHURLEY1@******.BITNET>
Subject: Whoops
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 20:57:24 -0400
>>>>>[Geez, I feel dumb. A virus hit my computer, in case you hadn't
noticed.
I got Screamer to fix it. Unfortunatley, he thought the tagline was funny, and
left it on my machine. Oh well. I won't be infectious anymore people.

In case any of you all were caught, the patch follows, but seeing as Screamer
is still snickering, I don't think it's a threat to deckers.]<<<<<
Quicksilver(23:00:13 / 11-12-54)
** This is not the virus you are looking for**
Message no. 23
From: Freddy Frypp <JAMES-CUENO@*********.EDU>
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 11:41:58 CST
***** Private: Chris Tarleton
>>>>>["Leather and Lace"..."Handcuffs and
Chiffon"...whatever.

Whoops, I guess it won't be much of a surprise when I show up, huh?
Just what I need, Karen to see me snoring on the couch with drool
running down my chin. Ah well, it'll make for interesting
conversation.

I've found a real good coffin hotel for Spark. I hope it doesn't
screw him up too much.

That's one helluva number you pulled on that system. Oh well, if he
doesn't have the right security, screw him, it just runs up our
profits.

Waitaminnit, this isn't going to make me need to upgrade our
security, will it? <gulp!>

Anyway, I'll be up in a few days. I'll give you notice when I leave.
I'll be hopping a freighter so if you get a call from the docks its
just me.]<<<<<
-- Freddy Frypp (11:39:00 / 10-18-55)
President
Frypp Security, Inc. (CFSM Uplink #5150)
Message no. 24
From: Gian-Paolo Musumeci <musumeci@***.LIS.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Whoops!
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 13:08:27 -0500
***** Private: Freddy Frypp
>>>>>[Hey, I only visit the highest-class clubs.

I sort of doubt that you'll be sleeping on the couch...<grin>

Yes, I was quite impressed with Plague.

It also won't do anything to your system, it's because that client set
up his mainframe completely wrong.]<<<<<
-- Christopher Tarleton <Dark/Angel>
Message no. 25
From: SCN User <bd042@***.ORG>
Subject: Whoops!
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 00:01:08 -0700
>>>>>[That's what I get for taking the night off. Damn, Val, now
what am I gonna do? I'm over at AJ's still, but I'll swing by Haven on the way way
home...hmmm, maybe...]<<<<<
--Moonwalker (GottaBe/Startin'Somethin')
Message no. 26
From: Brian Rogers <rogers@****.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: Whoops
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:48:05 -0600
***** PRIVATE: Rosha
>>>>>[You've got a name?

Yes, we are still looking but getting bogged down because a lot of our
street contacts are drying up from fear.

Ummm, fragit. Meet me at Misha's]<<<<<
-- Jason R. Stormwind <20:46:53 / 11-15-57>
Field Officer
Serenity Security

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