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"

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