--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00009Date: 09/18/96 From: PETER BALKAN Time: 07:16pm \/To: BEN SANSING (Read 2 times) Subj: GOOD NEWS! -=> Quoting Ben Sansing to Peter Balkan <=- PB> For the second time in 6 months, my wife has brought home a computer PB> virus from Arizona State University. This one is called DA'BOYS (the PB> last one was STEALTH-C). BS> What - if anything - does this virus *do* to an infected system (aside BS> from spreading itself)? I don't know what DA'BOYS does but since it is a boot sector virus like STEALTH-C, I would imagine it does the same thing. STEALTH-C infected the boot sector of the hard drive and of each floppy to which it spread. The first hint I had was when my wife lost the data on several floppies. I assumed that either the floppies were getting old or that my drive was bad. I replaced the drive. Finally, one day, she called me and said that she couldn't get the computer to boot. The virus apparently erases the entire boot sector of the hard drive causing a total loss of data. The drive must then be reformatted, partitioned and the data loaded again. I did have a tape back-up but it was so slow that I had neglected to do a back-up for several months. I was able to restore most of my data but I did lose those last months. I do not know why the virus waits the amount of time it does before it strikes, nor do I know what the trigger is. It could be a set period after it infects or something else. Since it effects the boot sector it appears harder to detect. In any event, it was not detected by the Microsoft programs or by the McAfee Windows programs (this was in the Winter of 1996 so this problem may have been resolved with subsequent versions). Peter.Balkan@twb.com (602) 253-5415 ... New Taglines!!!! Old ones wiped out by "Stealth-C!" ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- * The Wish Book, Phoenix, AZ 602-933-4032 12+ GIGs/The BEST board in AZ! * PostLink(tm) v1.20 TWB (#1032) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00010Date: 09/18/96 From: PETER BALKAN Time: 07:16pm \/To: BEN SANSING (Read 2 times) Subj: ShootRpt: 16Aug96, 2/3 -=> Quoting Ben Sansing to Peter Balkan <=- PB> PB> I don't know if your rifle does it, but the Walther pistols have si PB> PB> adjustments to the direction of the error. In other words, if the PB> PB> it hitting to the right, you turn the adjustment towards "R". PB> My point in putting the comment about sights in response to your comment PB> about weird ejection was to point up that Walther often does things PB> differently or bass-ackward. BS> Umm... for the rear sight, you *always* move the sight in the BS> direction you want the shots to go (i.e. if it's shooting to the left, BS> move the rear sight *right*). The reverse is true for the front sight. BS> You seem to be telling me Walther's adjustable sights are set up for BS> this (i.e. "normally") and yet you find that strange.... Walther *marks* the sights in the direction of the error. So if you are moving the rear sight right, you will turn the adjustment know in the direction of the "L". To me, that is strange. Peter.Balkan@twb.com (602) 253-5415 ... ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- * The Wish Book, Phoenix, AZ 602-933-4032 12+ GIGs/The BEST board in AZ! * PostLink(tm) v1.20 TWB (#1032) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00011Date: 09/18/96 From: PETER BALKAN Time: 07:16pm \/To: DON EVINGER (Read 2 times) Subj: WE'RE BACK? -=> Quoting Don Evinger to Lyle Knox <=- DE> LKPays to wear a t-shirt =under= whatever else you're wearing. DE> Common Lyle, you're gonna ruin our fun if you keep giving her advice DE> like this. Not if the t-shirt is----wet! Hmmm. Now Neil doesn't realize that we westerners who live in these hot, arid, climates often have to wet our t-shirts in order to survive the parching temperatures. If he knew this, he would realize that I was not off-topic! :-) Peter.Balkan@twb.com (602) 253-5415 ... He's off-topic and there ain't no thread he's typing to. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- * The Wish Book, Phoenix, AZ 602-933-4032 12+ GIGs/The BEST board in AZ! * PostLink(tm) v1.20 TWB (#1032) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00012Date: 09/17/96 From: BOB CLEVENGER Time: 05:01pm \/To: BEN SANSING (Read 2 times) Subj: 7.62 NATO in Savage 99? BEN SANSING was chatting with ALL on 09-09-96 at 20:05 BS}Simple (and hopefully not too dumb) question - BS}Is it safe to shoot 7.62 NATO ammo in a Savage 99 lever action BS}chambered for .308 Winchester? Yep. BS}I've heard assorted assertions that "the two ctges. are BS}dimensionally identical" as well as "no, they're slightly BS}different". I've never had trouble shooting 7.62 NATO in a BS}bolt action .308, but I've never had occasion to try it in BS}any other action type. It's all true. There are SMALL differences in the CHAMBER specs, but not in loaded ammo. Military chambers allow for dirty ammo. BS}Also - I've heard that 7.62 NATO is loaded to higher pressures BS}than (SAAMI- regulated) .308 Winchester. I wouldn't be surprised. I'd look in my "Cartridges of the World," but I figure that you've already done that. BS}What it boils down to is, I *may* be getting a Savage 99 in BS}.308, and since 7.62 NATO ammo is currently *cheap* and BS}plentiful at gun shows and elsewhere, I thought maybe I could BS}use some of that ammo to plink with - if it'd work okay. Sounds like a plan. SAAMI specs are pretty conservative, the NATO spec came first, and the 99 is a pretty strong action. I wouldn't worry about it. -=Bob=- Internet: bob@deltanet.com Ontario, Calif. 09/10/96 7:17PM --- Unable to locate Coffee -- Operator Halted! CMPQwk 1.42 #9186 * Hard Disk Cafe BBS, Riverside, CA.(909)369-9150 USR/Courier V.34 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HDCAFE (#5228) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00013Date: 09/18/96 From: CHUCK CUNNINGHAM Time: 01:19pm \/To: VALERIE WIXEN (Read 2 times) Subj: WE'RE BACK? VW>-> Ah, it's just such a classic moment frozen in time! VW> Of course at the time, you were anything BUT frozen! Chuck Chuck.Cunningham@HDCAFE.Riverside.Ca.US -or- Chuck@pe.net --- SLMR 2.1a If Hillary REALLY liked men, she would have married one. * Hard Disk Cafe BBS, Riverside, CA.(909)369-9150 USR/Courier V.34 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HDCAFE (#5228) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00014Date: 09/18/96 From: CHUCK CUNNINGHAM Time: 01:19pm \/To: BEN SANSING (Read 2 times) Subj: HI CAPACITY CLIPS BS>DA> They're just covering all bases so that the unwashed masses who >DA> still use the word "clip" to mean "magazine" will know what they are. BS>Well, next time I see a Marlin ad I'll "clip" it out of the "magazine". > Maybe if you get an old magazine from before brady bill, you can clip one over 10 rounds! Chuck Chuck.Cunningham@HDCAFE.Riverside.Ca.US -or- Chuck@pe.net --- SLMR 2.1a Spock, you are such a putz! * Hard Disk Cafe BBS, Riverside, CA.(909)369-9150 USR/Courier V.34 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 HDCAFE (#5228) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00015Date: 09/18/96 From: DEAN WOOD Time: 06:54pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Kane Forwarded without comment .... From a column by Gregory P. Kane, who happens to be African-American, in the Baltimore Sun, Sunday, September 15, 1996: GUNS RULE IN FACE OF OFFICIAL IMPOTENCE The Dream came to me again. It came as it often does -- intermittently, without warning, just when I think it's safe to go to sleep again. How long has The Dream -- which, actually, is more of a nightmare -- been with me now? Eight, nine years? Ray, my son, must have been 12 or 13 then. His mother and I had just bought him a bicycle as a reward for finally bringing home a report card we could live with. He was riding along about a block from our house when a group of four or five hoodlums -- most around his age, at least one younger -- stuck a gun in his face and demanded the bike. They shoved him down a dirt path, told him they lived in the Park Circle area and dared him to come get his bike. I heard about this sorry state of affairs when I got home from work. I grabbed my son and set out -- baseball bat in hand -- looking for the punks. This was a time of my life when I obviously had more macho pride than brains. Exactly what kind of match-up was a baseball bat against a gun? But there I was, huffing my way down Park Heights Avenue with what I'm sure was a look of menace on my face (I noticed folks tended to give way rather eagerly) and then up Reisterstown Road, where one of the brigands brashly and stupidly yelled out, "We got that bike!" Not exactly the kind of thing a 200-pound man with a bad attitude and a baseball bat wants to hear. When I confronted the punk his knowledge of a bike suddenly vanished. Several grown men gathered around and tried to defend the thief. "Man, why you come around here with a baseball bat?" one wanted to know. "Was I talking to you?" I demanded, stunning even myself with the icy surliness in my voice. It's important to understand what was going on here. I couldn't whip a Brownie if the lass gave me the advantage of tying one hand behind her back. But here I was displaying bravado I didn't even know I had. Having a son who has to face the cruel realities of the mean streets of America's cities does strange things to a man. Strange and downright frightening. Because, you see, the issue here wasn't the bike. We could always get the boy another bike. The issue was, "Stay away from my son or folks will come looking for you." Another man implied he had a gun and intended to shoot me. "If you got a gun, you had best use it or shut the **** up!" I shouted and stormed off up Reisterstown Road. There was that bravado again. Here I was daring a man to shoot me, but at that point I didn't care. I had resolved that even if I was shot, I'd stay alive long enough to choke the life out of the bastard. The reality of it set in when I got home. The punk with the gun didn't feel like shooting his robbery victim that day. That was the only reason my son was alive. It was on that day The Dream started, usually having one of two endings. One was with my son dead or injured from some act of violence. The other was with my son in jail from defending himself from some act of violence. The most recent occurred the week before Labor Day. In this nightmare, my son was with some friends who were firing guns into the air. Cops came and arrested the lot of them. I took a vacation to get away for about a week. I had to get this latest Dream out of my system and try to get some sleep. I came back Sunday night, Sept. 8. This particular Dream had a bit of prophecy in it. According to police reports, at about the same time I was getting into Baltimore, police were arresting my son on a handgun possession charge, his second. He had one about two years ago after yet another thug who had robbed him at gunpoint promised to kill him. He'd also been robbed at gunpoint in Mondawmin Mall. He told me he bought the .32-caliber automatic handgun police found in his basement for protection against muggers. I can't well blame him. It doesn't take too many times to have a handgun jammed in your face to realize that neither the police nor Kurt L. Schmoke's [Mayor of Baltimore City] platitudes about getting handguns off the streets offer you not a tinker's damn worth of protection. So the boy, who was first victimized by criminals at the age of 12 or 13, is now a man who has been branded a criminal by the same state and city that have failed to protect him and thousands more like him. The state says they -- and you, and I -- have no right to protect ourselves from armed robbers. We should all flip the state the collective bird and tell it we'll disarm ourselves when it can keep miscreants permanently off the streets. --- * The GreyHawk BBS (410)720-5083/290-3260 USR/DS * PostLink(tm) v1.20 GREYHAWK (#837) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00016Date: 09/18/96 From: DAN ARICO Time: 08:53pm \/To: BEN SANSING (Read 2 times) Subj: TAGLINES BS> DA> He's eagerly awaiting delivery of his new broad sword. BS> A broad sword? Is he THAT popular with girls, that he needs a sword BS> to fend them off? You should see his girl friend. He has excellent taste. --- RM 1.3 02881 Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change * World Data Network Washington DC area (703) 620-8900 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 WORLDNET (#448) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00017Date: 09/19/96 From: DAVE APPEL Time: 08:16am \/To: DAVID NORTON (Read 2 times) Subj: WE'RE BACK? -> >-> Why point it so that the flying brass goes...well, you know >-> -> where! Chuck -> > -> >I ain't never gonna live that one down am I? -> -> Nope, never. My regret is not having been there to see it! ;-) That reminds me, I need to take some lady-friends shooting before the weather turns chilly. --- * IBMNet Connection <> Indpls., IN <> (317)882-5575 28.8 USR All Lines * PostLink(tm) v1.20 IBMNET (#5) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 158 HOME SCHOOLING Ref: DDR00018Date: 09/19/96 From: ROY WILSON Time: 06:07am \/To: BEN SANSING (Read 2 times) Subj: Savage 99 testfire report On 09/19/96, Ben Sansing informed All: BS>Tuesday afternoon, I had the opportunity to go and shoot my "new" Sav BS>Full "Shooting Report" to follow (within a day or so, whenever I get BS>write it) but for now, suffice it to say - I'm sold, I'm hooked, this BS>99 is the neatest thing since smokeless powder. I only had time to BS>fire about a dozen rounds - five Winchester-USA 7.62 (NATO-spec???) ...before I noticed the flashing lights and sirens... BS>At the conclusion of this string, I turned to my lovely wife Weezie ( BS>and informed her that we now had no need whatsoever for the Marlin 33 BS>.35 Remington, and quite little use for the No4 Enfield. In fact... w BS>I'm damn sure going to KEEP the best-beloved Ruger #1 .45-70, but it If you want to get rid of the .45-70, let me know. I've seen three bear on my property already, and my mother's got several over at her place too. 09/19/96 - roy.wilson@moondog.com --- "It's fun to beat Boffo the Clown savagely!" --- RM 1.31 3302 * MoonDog BBS Bklyn,NY USA (718) 692-2498 * PostLink(tm) v1.20 MOONDOG (#35) : RelayNet(tm) * Origin: Chemeketa OnLine : 503-393-5580 (1:3406/15)