From: JMS 18-NOV-1984 22:13 To: LYNCH Subj: Project Management and Control and related topics Kevin: Can I assume that you'll be available Monday evening for consultation on this topic? I'm thinking about the 10PM timeframe. jms PS: If not, of course, that's cool too. As they say, "It's casual." jms PPS: I got a call at the radio station this morning. Someone was asking me, "do you know what cut on the Purple Rain soundtrack has the backwards masking?" I assured him that backwards masking is a thing of Jerry Falwell's imagination, but he promised to come down to the station and play the entire record backwards until he found something. I'll let you know what he turns up. Could this subliminal suggestion be responsible for the following code fragment I found in the ADD software last week? DO Index = 1, N C Check through length of string for character IF (In_String(N:N) .EQ. CHAR(666)) Then WRITE (6,666) 'Devil Worship is FUN!!!' ENDIF END DO jms hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LYNCH 18-NOV-1984 23:59 To: JMS Subj: RE: Project Management and Control and related topics You can assume that without any problem. 10:00 pm is so perfect that I could just sit down and cry. Unfortunately, I am too busy to do so. I loved the "backwards masking" theme. GREAT STUFF. Kevin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MCHENRY 19-NOV-1984 00:02 To: JMS,LYNCH Subj: devil worship I assure you, Joel, that backward masking is a reality and that people really do suffer at the hands of Satan. As a classic major, you have undoubtedly read The Inferno. Need I say more? As far as whoever put that code in the system - they shouldn't have. I have no desire to pull the devil into our system. It's bad enough having a Daemon on the system! Bill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JMS 19-NOV-1984 13:43 To: MCHENRY Subj: Sign of the Devil Bill: I don't know about the Daemon on the VAX, but I do know that, although the BPA building has only five floors, there are six buttons on the elevator. Is this significant? jms -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STAPLETON 19-NOV-1984 17:52 To: LYNCH Subj: RE: you'll love this one too I don't know if this is significant, but in room 411 (4+1+1=6), there are currently 6 DEC terminals, 6 banks of fluorescent lights, 6 wall posters and the phone number starts with 6... plus if you convert the letters in PDP to numbers, where A=1 and B=2..., and sum them, you get 36, which is 6^2... hmmmm. ras -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MCHENRY 19-NOV-1984 19:44 To: STAPLETON Subj: that's sickx -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JMS 21-NOV-1984 13:29 To: MCHENRY Subj: RE: not fair Bill: I've never been called "suspended slag" before. I shall add it to my epithet, to wit, "The Man, The Myth, The Legend, The Suspended Slag." Sorry about LBLTOOLS not working. Life is tough, and then you die. (except for Christians, of course) jms -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JMS 25-NOV-1984 11:18 To: MCHENRY Subj: more on satanism Bill: Well, Crosstalk works with the terminal keyboard as it is placed. I seem to remember some rumor that yo're using an APPLE, so my suggestion is to try the back-arrow key, but I'm not enthusiastic. If you use ^H, most people won't notice it in MAIL messages and the like, although, of course, VAX/VMS won't deal with it very well. The solution, of course, is never to make a mistake. jms PS: Does this have theological implications which we haven't discussed? Can one equate typing accuracy with general sinfullness of character? For example, does one who makes a lot of typing mistakes consign himself to a life of mistakes? And what about those of us with correctable typewriters? Even more so, with computers? PPS: Did you ever notice how the 6 key is in the highest rank (circle?) of the keyboard, in the exact center, over the GH combination? And that on computer keyboards, the ^ symbol is over the 6, signifying the attempted ascent of the devil (6) into the earthly kingdom? (^ = UP) And that Digital pronounced backwards is "Let the Kid," the password of a Satanic cult in the late 1800s? I tell you, Bill, the coincidences are amazing... j6m6s -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: STAPLETON 25-NOV-1984 12:00 To: JMS Subj: RE: more on satanism I believe the "^" represents Ol' Scratch's ears. I'm sure that Bill has noticed that there are 3 6's on his PC keyboard, number 6, keypad 6 and function key 6. I remember hearing somewhere that someone had programmed a computer to "recite" the Lord's Prayer (loading the accumulator with characters?) as fast as possible, sort of on the principle that prayer wheels are used by the Tibetans; maybe Daemon on the VAX is that principle in reverse... how do we KNOW what it's really doing? ras -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MCHENRY 26-NOV-1984 09:18 To: JMS Subj: an entry in the Stanford dictionary of Satanic terms and incantations Haven't you been doing your gnidaer? -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MCHENRY 26-NOV-1984 09:16 To: J6M6S6 Subj: the 6th circle Of course, I never make mistakes, I was just wondering in the unlikely event that my father made a mistake... You seem to have an unearthly interest in Beezlebub and his nefariations. There is one thing you have forgotten, however. I-B-M was known as a key to ente the world of black magic long before DEC began its pail of years of competition. Note that IBM spelled backwards is MBI. That should tell you a thing or two. Llib -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JMS 26-NOV-1984 09:21 To: MCHENRY Subj: RE: entry in the Stanford dictionary of Satanic terms and incantations Bill: I was playing the Prince "Purple Rain" album last night on my stereo, backwards, and I finally found the backwards masking in it: It goes something like this, about 3 minutes into the song, "Let's Go Crazy," if you turn the record backwards on your turntable, you can very clearly hear something like: "Woudgy Instans Baracoco DSR hrgymrf Man, Are You Fucking Up Your Phonograph Needle opxed sorcim." jms -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LYNCH 26-NOV-1984 12:18 To: BILL,JOEL,ROSS Subj: Satanism's mechanisms Your messages of late, while extremely funny, worry me just more than a bit. So, I think we should close the discussion of The Dark Side with a classic line from the classic cult movie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Scene: Frank-N-Furter, the bisexual star of this zany spoof of old sci-fi flicks, is attempting to put two newcomers' fears to rest and exclaims: Baby, don't you panic. I'll get you a Satanic mechanic! It works for me. 'Nuff said. nivek -------------------------------------------------------------------- 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MCHENRY 30-NOV-1984 00:27 To: JMS Subj: EVL is a system program, close to the word EVIL, except is was cut to three letters so it could be half of six.