22 Jul
2005
22 Jul
'05
8:29 p.m.
Here are a few pictures of a Commodore 64 still in use today:
http://madscientistroom.org/drupal/Retro/C64/Rats
Someonle else posted recently about Spam + classic computing... I just
received some spam that said "Rats drown in WordStar"... That's all I
see of the message in elm.
Cheers,
Bryan
22 Jul
22 Jul
8:43 p.m.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Bryan Pope wrote:
Here are a few pictures of a Commodore 64 still in use today:
http://madscientistroom.org/drupal/Retro/C64/Rats
Someonle else posted recently about Spam + classic computing... I just
received some spam that said "Rats drown in WordStar"... That's all I
see of the message in elm.
Cheers,
Bryan
Which, interestingly enough, is a palindrome...
Peter Wallace
10:36 p.m.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Bryan Pope wrote:
Sounds like some sort of coded Al Qaeda message to me.
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Here are a few pictures of a Commodore 64 still in use today:
http://madscientistroom.org/drupal/Retro/C64/Rats
Someonle else posted recently about Spam + classic computing... I just
received some spam that said "Rats drown in WordStar"... That's all I
see of the message in elm.
Cheers,
Bryan
Which, interestingly enough, is a palindrome... 
10:51 p.m.
At 04:36 PM 7/22/2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Sounds like some sort of coded Al Qaeda message to me.
There's a new provision of the renewed Patriot Act that says
you're a terrorist if you use a non-DRM-protected CPU to
decode encrypted messages like palindromes. In other words,
antique computers are now outlawed as terrorist devices.
Especially if you have a funny name.
- John
11:09 p.m.
On Fri, July 22, 2005 2:51 pm, John Foust said:
At 04:36 PM 7/22/2005, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
Oh man, I'm in trouble. My real name is Groucho Cleese.
Sounds like some sort of coded Al Qaeda message to
me.
There's a new provision of the renewed Patriot Act that says
you're a terrorist if you use a non-DRM-protected CPU to
decode encrypted messages like palindromes. In other words,
antique computers are now outlawed as terrorist devices.
Especially if you have a funny name. 
11:39 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "woodelf" <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: Of rats and the Commodore 64...
Jeff Davis wrote:
But nobody will can
find you since you have the funny nose
and glasses. :)
Not to mention the walk, but then if you work for the ministry, you should
be exempt for these silly rules.......
Jim.
Especially
if you have a funny name.
Oh man, I'm in trouble. My real name is Groucho Cleese. 
11:45 p.m.
At 04:51 PM 7/22/05 -0500, John wrote:
At 04:36 PM 7/22/2005, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
Oh, oh! Sellam's in trouble! AGAIN!
Joe :-)
Sounds like some sort of coded Al Qaeda message to
me.
There's a new provision of the renewed Patriot Act that says
you're a terrorist if you use a non-DRM-protected CPU to
decode encrypted messages like palindromes. In other words,
antique computers are now outlawed as terrorist devices.
Especially if you have a funny name.
23 Jul
23 Jul
12:13 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Joe R. wrote:
At 04:51 PM 7/22/05 -0500, John wrote:
I remain an innocent bystander for now but at the rate that our rights are
being stripped away I expect soon to be deemed an enemy combatant by
default.
Enjoy your "freedom".
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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At 04:36 PM 7/22/2005, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
Oh, oh! Sellam's in trouble! AGAIN! Sounds like some sort of coded Al Qaeda message to
me.
There's a new provision of the renewed Patriot Act that says
you're a terrorist if you use a non-DRM-protected CPU to
decode encrypted messages like palindromes. In other words,
antique computers are now outlawed as terrorist devices.
Especially if you have a funny name.
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