Mamba 15 ch08 Different Things
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different things ---------------- oh well, this is really an occasion to celebrate (at least for us person- ally!)... the first-ever dude from the ex-gdr wrote to us, since mamba< exists. and we have waited 15 long months for a letter from 'overthere' ! a big special thanx to you, christian! 'boss & co' is the name of the first ex-gdr group i've ever heard of. the group comes from 'dresden', and also had some news for us, that is an announce of the first copy-party ever in the eastern parts of germany! the party will take place on the 16th of february 1991, beginning is 10 o'clock am ! the party is held in dresden, if you come by train, leave it at dresden main station. now take the tram #9 (in front of the main station!) and leave the tram at station 'wasa- platz' and ask for the 47th school ! bring your compy along with you ! ok, here are the facts again... date: 16.02.91 place: 47th school, gostritzer str.19 o-8020 dresden - germany time: 10 am to ?? am entrance fee : 2 german mark * food and drinks available at the party place you all should know that whenever you call a board by using at&t, the board number will show up on the at&t bill that the legal at&t-owner receives. the i+t headquarter warez castle is besides a few other boards a spotlight for europeans using illegal at&t calling cards. now here is a letter which the sysop of the warez castle received from at&t ! special thanks to crumbsucker to make this letter available to us (all). 'dear mr. xxxxx (warez king) we have been unsuccessful in trying to reach you by telephone to discuss internation telephone calls that have been received at your telephone number (XXXXXXXXXXXX) from (XXXXXXX) at&t investigators have determined that these calls were places with an an authorized calling card. acceptance of these calls at your number may result in financial and legal liability on your part. this letter serves as a notification that upon its reciept and from that date forward you will be held responsible for charges of this nature.' ok, just some additional words... warez king got this letter about 2 months ago, and since that he didn't hear anything else from at&t. apparently warez king won't react on this letter as it's outside of any validity anyway. ok, here's another of those board- reviews, it might be the last one, we are not sure... board : mystic cavern group : censor sysop : sorceress & sorcerer number : XXXXXXXXXXXX the sysop's are running the board for about 2 years now. it has been the headquarter for extasy, censor and culture. the sysops decided not to stay with extasy for some reason... culture just split up, the board is only censor hq now. the board is running cbase 2.0, also containing online games like empire.. the board has three subboards... general, warez and magazine, in which the lastest group news and other gossip is posted. everyone posts every call, if the callers don't, the sysops remind them only once. the transfer-section is based on a 12.5 megs hardrive. four drives are available (for the normal users), three for new wares, one for oldies/requests. the board got about 100 users, half of them europeans. the board gets about 20-25 call per day. about 35% of all users got unlimited download-credits. about my question why they decided to put up a board... 'when i know, i'll let you know... it's in our blood!' and some additional words from the sysops about themselves... '...we both used to call a galacticom system, after talking for a while we exchanged pictures and soon after that we met. so we have been together since then and running the board together is cool!!' judgement --------- users 78% speed 80% sysop's character 84% subboards/posts 60% total..............76% ok, only a few words... the board is really worth to be on, the only thing i dislike is, that everybody is forced to post every call. that explains my low valuation for the subboards, which are actually quite good,but only under compulsion. please note that the final judgement is the editor's own biased opinion. other users might have a total different opinion about all mentioned items. well, everybody who is calling out knows that problem...the line is busy ! now we've got an interesting letter from a guy in holland how to solve that problem... 'i was just reading your board review and then i thought of a cool idea. if all usa dudes upload their stuff to a major board in europe (i mean all big groups in usa like nec,dmx, random,tsm etc) if they just upload it on 12 or 13 different phonelines, then every euro-dude can download new stuff on 12/13 empty phonelines (the other 12/13 are busy). the same we do in the usa. we upload eurostuff to their major board with also 12/13 phones and they can down- load our eurostuff. so we don't have got the problem with dialing to the usa. and if one dude want to show his cracks on an us-board, then he just dials the number of the euro major board. so i think this can be written in mamba. maybe my idea could be the solution. ' (ed. maybe...) ok, so far the letter from sensei ! thanx, dude, you really had an astonishing idea ! if you ever have such a brilliant idea again, then simply write to us, because we just have to fill our magazine with some- thing ! write to mamba< XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX ok, a last word in this sub is dedicaded to omg/antichrist... ...and to any other person who tried/ tries to quarrel (hi bandit) we just wanted to point out that we don't have to stand for cheap accusations which are based on rumours/lies anyway ! this is the reason why we seldom reacted on those offends...we only made a fool of those people by using veiled (more or less) hints, but never by abusing this magazine !! if you want to see us giving our opinion on these things in detail then just write a personal letter to the mamba<-box or call/contact any (ex) crazy-member ! mamba< staff/(ex-) crazy staff ...but, then don't forget to add some facts to your argumentation... ops, one more... - postcards from the edge - starring meryl streep and shirley mac laine, dennis quaid the young actress, suzanne vale, is famous and on her way down.. during the making of a new film, she collapses and is sent to a hospital for treatment of alcoholism and drug abuse. after her treatment, she is offered a role in a new film, but with one slight problem, she will have to get a person to look after her, or she won't get the role! and what is more logical, she moves back to her mothers place.. but this is only the beginning of all the problems she could do without.. a new lover (dennis quaid) drives her mad, and things couldn't be any worse, when your mother starts to treat you like a teenager, and you are 30! rating: meryl streep sings, and she actually does is quite well. and with a cast like that, who could go wrong.. did you like meryl in "she-devil" you will love her in "postcards " produced by mike nichols and well played.......... 73% - bad influence - starring rob lowe and james spader michael boll (james spader) is a young yuppie who has it all, a car, a blond girlfriend and a nice house.. one day he meets the charming and smooth alex who shows him a whole new view of los angeles, a world he could only dream of. within weeks, michael is slowly dragged into a world of drugs and sexy girls, strange club's and high voltage in this world, he also meets claire, & soon his ties to the real world & his former girlfriend is gone, but what michael boll does not know, is that ahead of him, there is a bill to pay, and a murder to come!! will he be able to get out of this, and will he do it alive?! rating: rob lowe is back on the silver screen, and he plays the role very power-full, maybe his own experience with the jail, sex and press has influenced him to play so brilliant!! james spader is know from lots of films, but the most recent was "sex, lies and videotapes" a brilliant thriller.... 89% - air america - starring mel gibson, robert downey jr. gene and billy are caught ina war that does not exist. the time is 1968-69 and the place is laos. both are pilots in the topsecret c.i.a airline company called "air america".. the vietnam war has it's hero's, and gene and billy are two of 'em.their base is placed in the jungle and they fly with anything anytime and anywhere, even with drugs! the u.s army has made a deal with the local general, and in return for the general helping the u.s army, they have to transport his drugs, and in that way they can also make illegal transports of weapons, enuff to make them a nice fortune, and put 'em up for their old days. the problems start when a u.s politician arrives at the airport to inspect the rumours about the illegal drug transports. the major of "air america" is deeply involved in the illegal drug transport, and is of- course getting alot of money by the vietnamese general to keep his mouth shut! to cover up for the illegal transports, the general and the major hide some drugs in gene and billy's plane, and they have to prove that they are actually innocent, and also stay alive to prove it! rating: this is the worst mel gibson film i have seen in a long time, and the plot is pretty obvious, so unless you have 5 bucks you don't want to give to the homeless, you go watch for yourself, but don't say that we didn't warn you! weak, with no real plot.. 50% ok, that's it for this months issue of the mamba-film-review, but be sure to get the next mamba, where we'll review the new block-buster "predator ii" reviews by excell