Date: Thu, 18 Feb 93 18:42:56 PST Reply-To: Return-Path: Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain From: surfpunk@osc.versant.com (v jvyy abg vzznargvmr gur rfpungba) To: surfpunk@osc.versant.com (SURFPUNK Technical Journal) Subject: [surfpunk-0058] SOURCES: Virtual Zen; CuD; pHd in VR; Spunk; Oceania | My own opinion is that viruses are what will | finally put a stake through the heart of DOS. | It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. | -- John Gilmore Someone sends me a copy of Computer underground Digest, to make sure we're aware of it. I guess I assume most people on this list also read CuD -- if you only read one thing on the underground, CuD should be it. For that reason, I seldom appropriate from CuD. I'll include the headers from a recent CuD so you can subscribe, if you don't get it from the "comp.society.cu-digest" usenet group. --strick ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ To: subgenius@mc.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Virtual Zen Date: Fri, 12 Feb 93 12:53:10 -0500 From: Michael Travers % telnet cheshire.oxy.edu 7777 Trying 134.69.1.253... Connected to cheshire.oxy.edu. Escape character is '^]'. Shhhhhhh...... Amid the smell of incense and the sound of gongs and chanting, you have come upon the glorious Zen MOO. Please be quiet, and enjoy your meditation. If you have performed meditation before, type: connect If you wish to join the mediation and are new, type: create But type softly! >> create sleepy yawn *** Created *** >> ? Your typing detracts from your enlightenment. A gong sounds quietly and a voice intones, "fenris leaves our meditation." >> who Meditate, or die. Name Idle Total Idle Total Connect Percent Idle - - ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ sleepy 0 seconds 0 seconds 16 seconds 0% Eriond 52 seconds 37 minutes 52 seconds 4311% Dream 40 seconds a minute a minute 76% >> look Enlightenment does not come from typing. >> look You are too restless to continue meditation. Come back later. *** Disconnected *** Connection closed by foreign host. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- From: t_pascal@oxy.edu. (C. Regis Wilson) Subject: New Mud Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA. USA Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 03:24:44 GMT Hello fellow internetters. There is a new MUD for meditation, called ZenMOO. Everyone is invited. It is free, and it is cool. You simply telnet to the following address: cheshire.oxy.edu 7777 (134.69.1.253 7777) Below are instructions! ============================== (This file is available for anonymous ftp as follows: PC4.math.oxy.edu(134.69.1.134):/ftp/pub/zenmoo/zenguide.txt Use ascii transfer!!!) Hello, and peace. The internet is a holy thing, it is a sacred thing, and it is an internet thing. Those who are less enlightened do not understand this. Any intrepid internet citizen knows of the mystical nature of the internet. However, there has been a lack of real spirituality on the internet. There's Gopher (which is not very spiritual), Archie (a brutal, Diety-less barbarian), MUDs, MUCKs, MUSHes, and on and on. Where is one to find mental tranquility and spiritual rest and relaxation? You have found it, if you have found ZenMOO. ZenMOO is dedicated to meditation for the weary internet wanderer. Here is how to use ZenMOO: When you first connect (however you do so), you will need to create a meditation name. Think of a good name, and a good password to go with it. Store both of these in a file for safe keeping. You can use your meditation name and password whenever you feel weary and faint. Enter the following, substituting the name and password you have chosen. create You might want to make sure the name is capitalized properly. Press return (as always). You are now connected. It will tell you so. Your first reaction will be to look around, or see who is connected. Do not do this. Do not type anything. Simply take a deep breath, crack your knuckles (if you have any), and wait. In a few seconds, your breathing will become regular, and you will feel very relaxed. Perhaps a wise saying will appear for you to read and meditate upon. (By the way, the next time you connect to the ZenMOO, type the following to use your meditation name: connect You do not need to create a new name every time you connect.) Continue to meditate. When you are more relaxed, and able to move slowly and deliberately, you have several commands at your finger tips. Be very careful not to type too much, however! I would suggest typing only once a minute. You must be very still, and very peaceful, or you will disturb the other meditators. If you are disruptive, you will be kicked off! Here are your commands: who (or @who) inventory (or simply "i") look (or simply "l") go north (or simply "north", or even more simply, "n") go south go east go west go up Now, to make sure that you are really meditating, and not just in another shell, you will be asked a question or riddle from time to time. You will want to answer as quickly as possible, in order to keep from appearing asleep. Students have dozed off during meditation and been booted, loosing their vital idle statistics, and living in shame. Let me explain the output from the "who" command. The first column is the meditator's name. The second column will tell you how long they have been meditating, that is, how long they have been idle. Long periods of idle time are very esteemed, and difficult to get. The third column tells you how much total idle time a meditator has accrued, over the course of many sessions. The fourth column tells you roughly how long the meditator has been using the ZenMOO facilities, across sessions. The last column is very important. It tells you the ratio of total idle time to total usage time. High percentages mean a very restful, yet alert meditator. Low percentages reflect poorly on a fidgety meditator. >From time to time, to facilitate the meditation, wise sayings will be printed for your reading, meditating pleasure. Some sayings will be wise statements, but others will be mantras, computationally formed to maximize the meditation relaxation and spiritual healing. To get the full use of the mantras, try reading them as a chant, concentrating on the breathing and tempo to synch your spiritual energies. Enjoy the ZenMOO. Meditate well, and receive your favorite Deity's blessing. Thank you. - - --------- T. Pascal, King of Pascal | "He travels fastest who travels alone, 1600 Campus Road, Box 829 | but not when the frost drops below zero Los Angeles, CA 90041 | fifty degrees or more." ------------------------------ ________________________________________________________________________ [ Just the header, FYI. You *must* read this journal. --strick ] Computer underground Digest ISSN 1004-042X Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET) Archivist: Brendan Kehoe Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala Copy Editor: Etaion Shrdlu, Junoir Cu-Digest is a weekly electronic journal/newsletter. Subscriptions are available at no cost from tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu. The editors may be contacted by voice (815-753-6430), fax (815-753-6302) or U.S. mail at: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115. 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CuD material may be reprinted for non-profit as long as the source is cited. Some authors do copyright their material, and they should be contacted for reprint permission. It is assumed that non-personal mail to the moderators may be reprinted unless otherwise specified. Readers are encouraged to submit reasoned articles relating to computer culture and communication. Articles are preferred to short responses. Please avoid quoting previous posts unless absolutely necessary. DISCLAIMER: The views represented herein do not necessarily represent the views of the moderators. Digest contributors assume all responsibility for ensuring that articles submitted do not violate copyright protections. ________________________________________________________________________ From: wixer!wixer.cactus.org!loch@bigtex.cactus.org (Travis Zornes) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: EDUC: List of Masters and PhD Programs in VR Date: 13 Feb 93 07:34:42 GMT Before I list the compilation of what has been e-mailed to me about courses of study dealing with VR, I need to state a few things. 1. Due to being new to Internet and my mailreader, I am unable to figure out how to clip from more than one message, so any typos seen below are mine. 2. Although no one gave me direct permission to repost their e-mails, I did state that I would post a compilation of what I received. In other words I hope I am not offending anyone, or breaking any trusts. Ok so here is what I have gotten... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: joro@panix.com I hold a master's degree from New University's Interactive Telecommunications Program -- part of the Tisch School of the Arts (Nyu's film, television, and drama dept.)... The degree is a cross between art and new technology, stepping also into the realm of social issues associated with emerging digital technologies... [Stuff Deleted] I can't say enough good things about the program and would suggest to anyone interested in areas such as VR that they find out more about the place and perhaps consider sending in an application... No PhD offered -- just a two-year/60 credit M.P.S. degree ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From mel@dcs.qmw.ac.uk If you're interested in coming to the UK, we offer PhD places and a Masters course that includes Virtual Environments. Mel Slater Department of Computer Science QMW University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok, now just a few more things... I would hope that you don't write to the people that were kind enough to respond to me, I only posted who it was from, so that I could give credit were credit was due. Please contact the respective universitys first and see what info you can find out first. And second, I was rather disappointed with the amount of responses. I would still love any information about colleges with any programs in VR, and I know (well hope) that there are more than two ...:) So Please e-mail me any info or leads you may have, and I will once again compile it and repost. Also any information from anyone about self-education concerning VR, such as what languages would be best to know, what books might be educational, companies that offer internships, etc, etc, will be appreciated, by not only me, but by any others trying to get into the field. Not to mention the VR field that will be boosted by all this new education. Please respond and I will compile and repost. Thank you, Travis Zornes ________________________________________________________________________ Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 19:34:13 +0100 From: cardell@lysator.liu.se Subject: spunk press Spunk Press Manifesto Version 1.1 January 10 1993 @ S P U N K P R E S S The excuse for the existence of SPUNK PRESS is the desire of some individuals to see alternative literature continue to flourish, but this time online! The policy of SPUNK PRESS is to act as an independent publisher of works converted to, or produced in, electronic format and to spread them as far as possible on the Internet and in the BBS society free of charge. The work may not necessarily originate from someone with net access. The major interest of SPUNK PRESS is alternative literature and anarchist material, both old, converted, and newly produced. We want to help zine editors, flypost authors and others who desire a wider audience to convert or to produce their works in an electronic format and give them the opportunity to use our distribution channels, FTP sites, mailing lists and whatever other means we might have within our powers. We welcome fanzines, pamphlets, books and portions of books, articles, manifestos, quotations, interviews, bibliographies, reviews, posters, and other material, both in-print and out-of-print. You can snarf what we have published so far from: red.css.itd.umich.edu 141.211.182.92 /poli/Spunk/texts This manifesto and other internal Spunk Press documents can be found in /poli/Spunk/info; in particular, there is an introduction to the archive in /poli/Spunk/info/Introduction. To submit material, get the file /poli/Spunk/info/How.To.Submit from the FTP site mentioned above or contact the editorial collective. If you do not have ftp access, you can get documents by sending electronic mail requests to a mail server (such as ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com). Type "help" in the body of the message for instructions to change and list directories, and retrieve files from the archive. To get on our mailing list send a note to spunk-list-request@lysator.liu.se so you can be a part of the coordination of actions taken. The mailing list is the forum for decision making at SPUNK PRESS, but if there is no clear consensus, or the consensus is at variance with anarchist ideas, the collective decides. The collective is composed of people with a reasonable commitment to doing some aspect of the work at SPUNK PRESS, and will be extended to those who are like-minded. If you would like to reach the editorial collective of SPUNK PRESS, write to: Mikael Cardell Linkoping SWEDEN Ian Heavens Edinburgh SCOTLAND Chuck Munson c/o Practical Anarchy PO Box 173 Madison, WI 53701-0173 U.S.A Jack Jansen Amsterdam HOLLAND Spunk Press Manifesto Version 1.1 January 10 1993 ________________________________________________________________________ Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 19:36:09 +0100 From: cardell@lysator.liu.se Subject: Call for submissions @ S P U N K P R E S S CALL FOR MATERIALS! The Spunk Press archive is starting to collect material broadly relating to anarchism. Got anything online? Know someone with something interesting on disk or tape? Do you have access to an OCR and are willing to scan material? Send electronic mail to Ian Heavens . mikael cardell S P U N K P R E S S ________________________________________________________________________ Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 21:06:15 -0500 From: rderek@world.std.com (robert derek) Subject: FLUX FLUX is a quarterly publication dealing with Implications and Applications of Changing Worlds.Topics include: cyber-culture cryonics anarchism better living through chemistry Computer Netting Liberation in all its forms. Future-tech etc. Contact: FLUX 200 Market St. A-21 Lowell,Ma. 01852 e-mail: rderek@world.std.com fluxu8@well.sf.ca.us sample copy/$4.00 subscript/$10.00 Hope this helps. ________________________________________________________________________ Date: Tue, 16 Feb 93 16:03:28 PST From: Eric_S_Klien@cup.portal.com Subject: OCEANIA To: libernet@Dartmouth.EDU, 76216.2726@compuserve.com, sjackson@tic.com, I have created a constitution and set of laws for a new country. These documents are still in the rough draft stage. Once the constitution is completed, I WILL be working with Mike Oliver to actually create the country of OCEANIA which will initially be a sea city. I look forward to suggestions on how to improve the constitution and the laws for this country. Please note that my first ad in Reason will be running in only about two weeks. This ad was created before I had met Mike Oliver so it doesn't mention Oceania, instead it mentions a country with the creative name of "Galt's Gulch". Once this constitution is completed, a two page ad mainly featuring a picture of our sea city will be run in Reason. Mike Oliver and I will be doing everything in our power to make sure that this project will be completed. If you would like to comment on this constitution, send me e-mail. Eric Klien ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ The SURFPUNK Technical Journal is a dangerous multinational hacker zine originating near BARRNET in the fashionable western arm of the northern California matrix. Quantum Californians appear in one of two states, spin surf or spin punk. Undetected, we are both, or might be neither. ________________________________________________________________________ Send postings to , subscription requests to . MIME encouraged. Xanalogical archive access soon. Forwarding you the world. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ > auto accident; > register voters; > static electricity; > struct by_lightning; > void *where_prohibited; > char broiled; > short circuit; > short changed; > long johns; > unsigned long letter; > double entendre; > double trouble; > -- ? union organizer; float valve; short pants; union station; struct dumb by[sizeof member]; void check; unsigned check; -- Peter da Silva