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         This issue of DSNEWS is different  than most--this issue 
         is aimed at the  first-time caller or prospective caller 
         and contains  information about everything that The NASA 
         MLP has to offer.  Some of  the regular monthly features 
         that you have come to expect are near the end.  However, 
         there's lots in here that even a SEASONED user can learn 
             so it still might be worth your time to read.  :)    
        


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   This DSNEWS file is a monthly newsmagazine produced by the sysop of   
   The NASA MLP BBS in Port Orchard, WA.  The purpose of this magazine   
   is to educate and inform,  and  keep everyone abreast  of NASA  MLP   
   activities.  It is invaluable to long distance callers who are  not   
   able to call as often  as local callers.  Please  upload/post  this   
   where you can.  Nearly 70% of  NASA MLP  callers are long distance,   
   and it does them a favor when DSNEWS travels far and wide.  Thanks!   
 
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                         Letter from the Editor                          
             MLPNET--Hamster, Earthquakes, Bigfoot, and NASA             
                          Top  Message Posters                           
                          MLP Music Conference                           
                           NASA  MLP Networks                            
                  What's there to do on The NASA MLP?                    
                            MLP Board Gossip                             
                        Interesting  Conferences                         
                          MLP Coffee and Pizza                           
                                DSNEWS16                                 
 


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                      Letter from the Editor                           

Ŀ  GREETINGS!  Jeez, is it time ALREADY for another
 ĿĿ   Ŀ   DSNEWS newsletter?  Seems like I JUST finished the
   Ĵ  Ŀ Ĵ   last one!  Actually, I did just finish it.  This new
            DSNEWS is gonna be JAM-PACKED with exciting information
  Ŀ     Ŀ     about The NASA MLP and MLPNET and I came in here to get
              an early start on it!  But first, the letter from the
              editor (me :)  that so many of you look forward to!
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I receive a LOT of feedback on the DSNEWS newsletters and it always makes me
really happy to hear back from you all, especially when you are making
favorable comments about what has really turned into a labor of love, producing
DSNEWS on a monthly basis.  And so many of you say that your favorite part
is the Letter From the Editor at the beginning of each one.  Thanks!  I do
try and spend a lot of time on the letter to you all, versus how much time
is spent putting together the rest of the newsletter.  I try to write this
as if I were writing directly, personally to YOU!  So, how have you been?

The weather!  YIKES!  (You knew I would mention it!)  Cold and rainy this
month, and, so far, no snow to speak of.  Parts of Seattle got nailed around
ThanksGiving with a few inches, but we received very little.  Still waiting!
Now it's just a lot of convergence stuff, and the high pressure zone in the
middle of the Pacific that is sending storm after storm along the jet stream.
I heard that high-level winds have been clocked at OVER 200 MPH!  *THAT'S*
some wind.  Say, did you know that The NASA MLP is the *SOURCE* of the
national METEOROLOGY Conference on the SciFacNet?  Now you do!  Come join the
fun!  :)

Some fun things happened this month.  There was the FIRST OFFICIAL NASA MLP
COFFEE OUTING  and the Fourth Biannual NASA MLP PIZZA BASH!  THANKS to all who
attended both events (and shame on those of you who didn't!)  We had a BLAST!
We spent way too much money and had way too much fun.

I had a BUNCH of visitors this month.  Roger Van Hoover, Khrista Webb, Brian
McNett, Scott and Janel Berry, Ron and Sue Wright, Pasha Phares, Stephen Doerk
and many more.  Sure was an active month with people trudging in and out of
here on a near daily basis.  :)  I cleaned my room this month, to accommodate
the crowds.  It is set up real nice now; the computer desk is still here, but
now there are many cozy chairs in the room and I have my synthesizer set up
right behind me, so I can start jamming along with the CD player whenever I
feel like it.  I'll be starting another band soon, and my neighbors will REALLY
hate me, then.  Especially when we start in with the Bob Dylan/Neil Young
stuff.  Heheheheheheheheheeeeeee.  When I worked with SYNTAX back in high
school I wrote a lot of original material.  I'm now dusting it off and
feeing it to the sequencer, and having a blast again.  Now, to improve the
recording gear and get a decent amplifier.  It's fun to pretend I am still
young.  :)  Hey, after you survive an accident as horrible as the one I was
in, you're ENTITLED to have a little fun from time to time.  :)

Donations and subscriptions were put toward my medical insurance bill this
month, and I thank Ron Wright, Fletcher Bonds, and Scott and Janel Berry
for the monitary contributions that will enable me to keep my expensive
insurance yet another month.  All money received was donated anonymously by
me into the insurance fund the family keeps.  I  had to do it anonymously
since the family won't take any money from me.  :)  But, not to worry, they
aren't computer people and don't read DSNEWS. :):):)  This month will mark SIX
MONTHS since the accident, and I am hoping to be able to walk again soon.  It
doesn't take long at ALL to get tired of hobbling around in a walker or on
crutches.  <G>

WRITING went well this month.  My book proposal I mailed to Granbury, TX came
back because SOMEONE forgot to put postage on it.  <G>  So, back to square
one.  SECRET THINGS got a LOT of new material this past month.  I am amazed
at how smoothly this one is developing, especially in light of the closed head
trauma and nerve damage I suffered in the accident.  SECRET THINGS is now in
READING ROOM #2 (Limited Access Door) with close to ten chapters.  I decided
not to start the OMENS rewrite this month and didn't add anything to
NIGHTSOUNDS.  I think I'll let NIGHTSOUNDS sit for ahile, at least until after
I get OMENS back out on the market.  I was very pleased with the quantity and
quality of work I produced this month, for the first time in a LONG time.  :)
I spent two straight days of work on one and a half pages of SECRET
THINGS (the one with Major Sindy Smalley) but it was well worth it in the end.
:)  Sometimes it just works out that way.  A huge time investment with little
useful output.  :)

I'll probably NOT be picking the National NASA echo back up through SciFacNet,
for those of you who were asking about it.  If I ever do, it won't be until
later in 1994.  I really don't see any reason to, at this point.  The NASA MLP
NASA area is going strong and I appreciate everyone who takes the time to
participate in that conference.  :) I made an offer to the SciFacNet
administration to SOURCE the NASA area, but I never heard back from them on it
and I can't say I blame them; I already SOURCE two areas there: Meteorology
and Seismology.  They're probably getting sick of looking at my
               -=Drk$ŏr-$ ¿LP $y$0p


Many of you know that many in my family work directly with the Space
Shuttle Program.  Many of you have been over here and seen the NASA
trinkets and souvenirs, etc.  Here's an excerpt from the family
Christmas letter we just received:


"In October, Bob (Coleman) had a very gratifying experience at NASA, one
that makes all the long hours of work worthwhile.  He was called to a
mock meeting with the intent to surprise him.  In walked an astronaut,
several Lockheed VP's and a NASA photographer.  In the middle of the
speech, he realized he was being presented the coveted "Silver Snoopy
award."  The tie tac pen portraying Snoopy wearing an astronaut's helmet
was designed by Charles Schultz, the creator of Snoopy, for the
astronauts.  The letter accompanying the pin and certificate states,
"Only given to those few we regard as the very best in their
professions."  Bob's pen was flown in space on the Discovery orbiter in
October, 1991.  He is still on cloud nine . . ."
Congratulations, Uncle Bob!!!









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                   in beautiful Port Orchard, WA

        Overheard:

        "I like running my BBS, but my callers just come in and leech and
         don't pay any attention to my message areas."

        "I'd really like to get some message areas started, but I just
         can't seem to get anything rolling."

        Solution:

        MLPNET.  The NASA MLP is a progressive, successful BBS in Port
Orchard, WA that is geared toward the free and friendly exchange of
small-talk and information between consenting adults and career-oriented
people.  Conferences and file areas range from Aviation to Seismology to
Music to Star Trek to Meteorology to SeaQuest DSV to Anthropology, Biology,
Rush Limbaugh and more!  The NASA MLP is *NOT* an "Adult" board and does not
have any "Adult" file areas.  When the word "Adult" is used in this text, it
simple means what it says.  :)

        The NASA MLP BBS had NUMEROUS areas of interest!  A national
BUY/SELL/TRADE Compact Disk area is starting up.  There is an area for
Pacific Northwest Bigfoot Sightings :)  And, of course, with MLPNET, you'll
ALWAYS have the latest news on ANY earthquake in the world DIRECT from the
National Earthquake Information Center and you'll always have the LATEST news
DIRECT from NASA about space shuttle activities, etc.  It costs me about
$300.00 a MONTH to acquire this information and I would love to share it with
you, and interact with your BBS.  Why, there's even an ONLINE RPG game being
played in Conference 12!

        Believe it or not, my callers are MORE interested in my message
bases than they are my file directories, all 176 of them.  I'd like to
share these successful message areas with you and with your callers.  MLPNET
is gearing up, and I encourage you to come aboard!

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   RULES OF MLPNET :)       


        There are none...that is the beauty of it.  I ask that you carry
the DSNEWS conference, though.  That's where any pertinent news is posted
that you may need to be aware of.  Of course, there are the standard rules
regarding foul language, flaming, etc.  Alias names and that sort of thing
are up to you.  I do allow the use of tasteful alias names in most of the
MLPNET conferences.  Only Seismology and Meteorology are alias-restricted.
95% of all MLPNET mail is Real-Name Mail.

        I've seen NETS with pages and pages of agreements and rules.  The only
thing you have to agree to to use MLPNET is that normal BBS rules of
ettiquette are followed.  That's it.  :)  And, try to call at least once a
week to pick up your mail and upload your replies.

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  WHAT *YOU* GET FROM MLPNET


        You get premade, existing message bases that are thriving.  Well, most
of them are.  You know how that goes...up and down.  You get the Nationally
Famous MLP Hammster Conference...(more on that later.)  You get a monthly
newsletter SIMILAR to the one you are reading now, except that this one is
more of a huge BBS ad than anything, since it is the first issue of the
year.  Normally, the newsletters are not all that BBS-Ad oriented.  :)

In May, 1993 4,071 messages were left on my system outside of the other NETS.
In June, nearly 6,000 messages were left in 20 days!  These are LOCAL messages,
not long distance or NET.  As you can see, things are hopping here.  :)

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  WHAT MLPNET IS *NOT*      


*  MLPNET is NOT huge.  Your downloads and uploads will take very little
   time (if done regularly.)  MLPNET is very personal and is not lost and
   entangled within itself due to size.  MLPNET is not beaurocratic or overly
   political, like some boards we all know of.
*  MLPNET is NOT available within the 206 area code (local to this BBS only)
   For example, Seattle is long distance from here, so it would be available
   there.
*  MLPNET is NOT an "Adult" NET.  There is no Adult area within the NET.  There
   never will be.
*  MLPNET is NOT complete yet!  As the Network grows, new areas will be
   added.  This is part of the process of growing, and I ask that you be
   patient with it.  :)

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   HOW DO I JOIN UP???      


        Call up The NASA MLP and leave me a comment, letting me know
you are interested in signing on with the MLPNET.  Answer script question
#3 (MLPNET application) while you are online.  This step is VERY important!
Hit "S" at the menu, then select the THIRD option.  It'll be very
self-explanatory.  I'll have you upgraded and you'll have NET status by your
next call.  I'll turn on all the areas in the Cam-Mail .QWK door, and you can
start exchanging mail.  NOTE:  If you don't want all the areas, that is fine.
Just reconfigure your setup.  :)  That's all there is to it!


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                    From the Makers of the Original SPAM:            
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                    In a unique pull-top can.               
                     Made from only the freshest, purest,          
                   Deboned hammsters from Vashon Island, WA        
                          SPAMMSTER is good nutrition!             
                         
       
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   Sometimes, we can take ourselves too seriously.  Education, seismology, 
   geology, etc.  Sometimes, we just need to take a deep breath, let it all
                          out and DEBONE SOME HAMMSTER!                    
                                                                           
     SOURCE: The NASA MLP [MLPNET] - Jim Coleman - Port Orchard, WA 98366  
  
    


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´ Ŀ     Ŀ ¿   The NASA MLP BBS of Port Orchard, WA
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Ŵ         Ŵ HOME of the Acclaimed Hammster Conference!
¿
Ŵ  01) MLPNET NASA       08) Fishing/Outdoors    15) Law Enforce     Ŵ
Ŵ  02) Seismology        09) Bigfoot             16) Education       Ŵ
Ŵ  03) Rush Limbaugh     10) Buffalo Bills!      17) Parenting       Ŵ
Ŵ  04) Writer's Forum    11) Meteorology         18) Paranormal      Ŵ
Ŵ  05) Chit-Chat         12) Online Role Playing 19) Food/Recipes    Ŵ
Ŵ  06) MLPNET Hammster!  13) General RPG Forum   20) Arts/Movies     Ŵ
Ŵ  07) Classified Ads    14) Religious Issues    21) Monty Python    Ŵ
Ŵ  21) Monty Python      30) MLPNET/DSNEWS!      39) Comedy/Jokes    Ŵ
Ŵ  22) BBS Ads           31) Hobbies            000) Reserved        Ŵ
Ŵ  23) Computer          32) Pets and Animals   000) Reserved        Ŵ
Ŵ  24) Music             33) Geneology          000) Reserved        Ŵ
Ŵ  25) SeaQuest/StarTrek 34) SummerTime         000) Reserved        Ŵ
Ŵ  26) NASA MLP MMT      35) Programming        000) Reserved        Ŵ
Ŵ  27) Debate Forum      36) Compact Disks      000) Reserved        Ŵ
Ŵ  28) Flight/Pilots     37) Criminal Justice   000) Reserved        Ŵ
Ŵ  29) Private E-Mail    38) Mycology (Local)    85) Coleman Family  Ŵ
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   OKAY, THE HAMMSTERS  :)  


        (We *DO* know that HAMMSTERS is not spelled correctly!)  Okay, so,
you may be wondering.  What's with the Hammsters?  I've seen references to
our Hammsters on AOL and in one or two of the Internet Newsgroups!  Well, the
national HAMMSTER craze started right here, two years go, and has been going
strong since then.  :)

        About two years ago, I wanted to create a special area where we could
just go, be silly, unwind, take it easy.  The Electronic Hammster forum was
born!  And we sure do have fun with it.  I'll enclose just a FEW sample
messages here.  But, be sure to call, pick up MLPNET, and set the famous
Hammster Conference up on YOUR BBS!  :):):)








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  Date: 05-03-93 (06:05)              Number:1416 of1471 (Refer#1402)       
  To: ANDY HARGROVE                                                         
  From: JIM COLEMAN                                                         
  Subj: IGNITION                                                            
  Read: 05-03-93 (23:15)              Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE (Echo)         
  Conf: HAMMSTER (6)               Read Type: GENERAL (-)                   


-> Quick, anyone out there know at what temp a Hammster will self-
-> combust? I need to know!! NOW!!!

The fur will ignite at 178.  They will explode at 213!!!

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  Date: 04-28-93 (00:52)              Number:1380 of1471 (Refer#1364)       
  To: GARRETT WHITNEY                                                       
  From: JIM COLEMAN                                                         
  Subj: THIS SUCKS                                                          
  Read: 05-05-93 (17:27)              Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE (Echo)         
  Conf: HAMMSTER (6)               Read Type: GENERAL (-) HAS REPLIES       

->       How do they taste, we could feed over a million people a year
-> with these things.

They already tried that in Somalia. . . and look where we are now.
Besides, it takes about nine of them a day to keep my own daughter
healthy and well-fed.  At the local pet shop, they run upwards of five
bucks apiece.  Figure in a family of four.  You do the math.  It gets
dismal...especially when you factor in the starving third world nations.

It pities me to see the starving children in Somalia...I can read into
their eyes.  I get so guilty that I hide the hamster...I shut off the
grill...I wipe my lips and wipe my hands on the towel and pretend I
wasn't enjoying that succulent morsel.  :)
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  To: JIM COLEMAN                                                           
  From: ANDY HARGROVE                                                       
  Subj: THE HABIT                                                           
  Read: 05-05-93 (08:06)              Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE (Echo)         
  Conf: HAMMSTER (6)               Read Type: GENERAL (-) HAS REPLIES       

Well, here it is, 4:30 a.m.  Everyone in the house is asleep, 'cept me.
Skin's crawling, nose running, eyes itcy, I keep looking out the window
'cause it sounds like the Hammster Detox Cops are tryin' to get in
again.  Got extra locks on the doors and windows this time, but don't
none of you tell 'em.  I'M OUTA HAMMSTERS!!  It's been hours since the
last one and I gotta get another one SOON!  You got a spare?  Some
spindly little runt that you couldn't bring yourself to eat?  I aint
picky,  maybe just a side, or even a hind quarter.  Some extraneous
little parts, your know, like little Hammster chittlin's or something.
Gotta get one soon.  Uh oh, here we go again.  Starts slow, maybe
just thinking I see one here and there.  Start to pick one up and it
disappears.  Then I start to see more and more of them.  On the sofa,
under the 'puter, peeking out from behind the monitor.  Jeez, now
they're everywhere!  Still can't pick one up though.  Don't know how
long I'll be able to stay and

NO CARRIER










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     electronic format each and every month. The DSNEWS file are VERY  
     popular with my callers as they always  have up-to-date news and  
     information.  This conference  gives YOU a place to discuss the   
      upcoming issue and leave (Privately) anything you wish to see    
                                 included!                             
         SOURCE: [The NASA MLP BBS]  Jim Coleman, Port Orchard, WA     
   
     

        Don't forget that the DSNEWS conference is YOUR place to leave
comments, suggestions, questions, articles, etc for this newsletter or in
reference to The NASA MLP.  This newsletter is usually released in the last
five days of a month, and the cutoff time is usually on or near the 20th.
Your input is always appreciated and taken seriously.  :)


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    181                 SCOTT BERRY    171              PASHA PHARES   
    168              ANDREW WAGSTER    157                  JIM RICE   
     94                   STAN KING     88                 DHRI ZHAN   
     87                  ROB WRIGHT     87            KEVIN LAWRENCE   
     
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                    NASA  MLP  MUSIC  CONFERENCE                       


        WOW!  Join The NASA MLP Music Conference if you love music or if you
are a musician.  We sure do have a lot of fun in there.  We talk about the
recording industry, we swap favorite lyrics, we discuss song writing, etc.
And, there is a separate Compact Disk conference where we discuss the hardware.

        Albums are reviewed in The NASA MLP Music Conference as well, and what
is REALLY NEAT is that not only NEW albums are reviewed (though many new ones
are).  Older albums may be reviewed, too, such as the review which follows:

Album:          "FROM THE INSIDE"
Artist:         Alice Cooper
Circa:          1978
Warner Brothers Records, Inc.
Metal Blade Records

ALICE SAYS:

"FROM THE INSIDE" is one of my favorite albums.  It was fueled by my
stay in the hospital in New York City, recovering from my bout with
booze.  Everyone else in this joint was totally out of their minds
(literally).  All the characters on this album were based on real
inmates I met there.  "HOW YA GONNA SEE ME NOW" was a smash, but I love
every single song on this album.  It's a beautifully sick thing to
listen to.  Do you belong here, too?"
                                Alice Cooper


"FROM THE INSIDE" was written while Alice Cooper was commited to a
sanitarium to recover from his alcohol addiction.  In the midst of his
pain, he observes what is going on around him and writes this perfect
album, with references to "Nurse Rozetta" and "JackKnife Johnny" and
"Lizzy Borden."

Even those who detest Alice Cooper have been impressed with this album,
when I've played tracks from it.  In the midst of heartbreak and misery
comes some of the best poetry, best music, most honest revelations.
Alice talks about the "QUIET ROOM" where there are"

        "Plastic forks and spoons, no laces in my shoes
        They all know what I tried to do
        Outside the quiet room."

He later reveals conversations he overheard between inmates:

        "Oh, Billy, it's fresh in my memory
        The night it had to be.
        You with your pick-axe and scissors
        and you with your shovel and gun.
        And I liked your late husband, Donald
        But such torture his memory brings
        All sliced up and sealed tight in baggies . . .
        I guess, I guess love makes you do funny things."

Some there were in the war, and now suffer the horror that so many
Vietnam vets suffer:

        "Jackknife Johnny, you're a floor-moppin' flunkie
        Tool of a dagger's drawn world
        Jackknive Johnny, all them old vets are gonna hate you
        For bringing home that V.C. girl."

        "I'm stuck here on the inside looking out
        I'm just another 'Case.'
        Where's my makeup, where's my face?
        On the inside."

From "I wish I was Born in Beverly Hills" to "We're all Crazy" this CD
is FAR different from anything Alice Cooper ever recorded previously, or
since.  It was a limited release and album versions are still worth
money (first editions, with the cover pullouts).  This fantastic effort
was  released on CD several years ago and sold out until a second
pressing could be made.

        "All of my life was a laugh and a joke
        A drink and a smoke
        And then I passed out on the floor
        Or a friend.
        Again and again and again and again and again."

So much music today glorifies drinking, drug use, illicit sex, violence,
etc.  This music paints a SOBERING and very true picture of what alcohol
and/or drug addiction can make on a prisoner within him/herself.  Cooper
fan or not, this album is worth listening to, absorbing, and digesting
the sobering truths contained within the sometimes flippant lyrics:

        "And don't think we were trying to be bad,
        All the innocent crimes seemed alright at the time
        Not necessarily mad . . .
        I guess they just couldn't take us no more."

And, yes, for the romantics, a LOVE SONG, love between Milly and Billy:

        "Billy, I wonder, why are we insane
        Will we ever get better, will we stay the same?
        Billy, I am worried.

        Milly, don't worry,
        No one knows our pain
        Being in love is crazy
        We're not alone that way.

        Milly, our world's an asylum
        And our mind's, like you say, ain't that straight
        But you know and I know our passions
        Not deformed, it's true, I'd say
        We'll love our lifetime.

        God made love crazy so we wouldn't feel alone
        He was thinking of us, He was thinking of us
        God made love crazy
        So He wouldn't feel alone."


"I've wrestled with reality for 34 years and I'm glad to say that I've
finally won out over it."--Elwood P. Dowd  "Harvey"

NOTE:  Many lyrics on this album were CO-WRITTEN by Bernie Taupin,
ELTON JOHN's writer!  :)  Pick this one up today!  :)

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      Tjim - NASA MLP Sysop     

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   NORTHWEST LINK Network   


        Got cancelled due to some overly political, sensitive little
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   FSNET (SciFacNet)        


        The NASA MLP and FSNET'S (SciFacNet) relationship is over a year old.
        It all started a long time ago, when I saw the listing for Science
        Factor BBS in the Puget Sound Computer User.  The numbers (three nodes,
        back then) were Seattle, and, consequently, long distance, but I
        was so excited that I called regardless.  Imagine, ANOTHER BBS with
        a Science/educational theme.  More than anything else, I wanted to be
        a Sysop should be the FIRST to realize the importance of supporting
        BBSes in the community.  True, one can't afford to support them all,
        but one should pick out one or two or three that means the most and
        support them.  I chose to help support Science Factor.

        Bruce N. Baker started in on my right away, pushing SFNET.  I wasn't
        a hard sell.  I only had an 89 meg hard drive back then and it was
        nearly full, so hardware was definately a factor.  In addition, Seattle
        was (and still is, unfortunately :) long distance from my house.
        I had to do some talking with the wife!  Soon, however, permission
        was granted, I cleared some junk off my hard drives (leecherfiles,
        mainly :) and set up FSNET.  I persuaded Bruce to pick up the
        Meteorology Conference from The NASA MLP.  He did, with no hesitation.
        Later, I approached him with yet ANOTHER idea.  I wasn't so sure this
        one would fly.

        In fact, I asked friends of mine on the MLP about it.  I said, "I
        want to talk to Bruce about starting a Seismology area on the
        SciFacNet.  He already has a Geology area.  Do you think he'll go
        for that, since seismology and geology are so closely related???"
        I was told by nearly everyone that I'd probably be wasting my time
        to even MENTION it to Bruce.  I was disappointed, and vowed to start
        a Seismology area ANYWAY.  If SciFacNet didn't want it, to hell with
        them!  As things turned out, I was talking with Bruce on the voice line
        one night and I brought the subject up.  Yes, I ended up begging for
        it!  I made promises that it wouldn't be ignored, or started and then
        left to die.  I promised that I would post weekly updates on any
        earthquake ANYWHERE in the world. I promised that I would expand to
        the Cascade Range volcanoes so far as seismicity goes.  I promised that
        if there was a major earthquake ANYWHERE, callers could read all about
        it on a TIMELY basis from the SciFacNet.  Bruce, chuckling, floored me
        by readily agreeing to set up the conference.  "Won't your geology
        people be mad, think I'm trying to crowd in or something?" I asked.
        Bruce indicated that I shouldn't concern myself with that.  The
        NASA MLP and SciFacNet Seismology conference was born.  I have kept
        every promise I made to Bruce that night.  Now, the Seismology
        conference is one of the more active conferences in the SciFacNet.
        A worthwhile addition, I should think!  :)   NASA MLP 

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   GEOINFO Network          


        What a great NET!  What a SLOW NET, also!  Come on folks, get
        involved!  I have to call all the way to Sacramento to get this one,
        so that makes it the most LONG-DISTANCE NET I carry!  I am also a hub,
        so anyone (aside from TSC) who wishes to carry it, just download and
        fill out the application and I will pass it along to my good friend,
        Ted Smith!
        Ted Smith is the sysop of CDMG ONLINE, one of DarkStar's RECOMMENDED
        BBS's that you will see later in this document.  CDMG (for those who
        don't know or can't figure it out) stands for California Division of
        Mines and Geology.  Yes, Ted is one of those LUCKY ones who gets PAID
        to be a sysop!  CDMG has a tremendous earthquake emphasis, and I
        get a lot of my earthquake stuff from CDMG.  Stephen Doerk (there, I
        mentioned you--enough already! :) has been most helpful in acting as
        a liason between Ted's board and my own.

        GEOINFO is a great NET that has more to offer than you may realize!
        GEOINFO is fun for people who are into earthquakes. GEOINFO is great
        for geologists.  But, GEOINFO also has a paleontology area (dinosaurs)
        and a rock collecting area.  It is great for those who are into
        crystals, and rocks of all kinds!  So, jump on in!  Get yer feet wet
        and let them folks down in Sacramento know that The MLP is a force to
        be reckoned with!

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        The NASA MLP had over 100 areas of INTERNET/USENET newsgroups,
        but then, when I was run over by the car, I cancelled most of them.
        Once I recover, I will pick them back up. There were some fascinating
        areas in there.  Presently, I still carry Airlines, Space Shuttle and
        California Earthquake USENET areas.  :)  More are on the way, promise.

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              WHAT'S THERE TO DO ON THE NASA MLP ANYWAY?               




        I'm GLAD you asked that!  You can download files.  You can send and
recieve E-Mail.  You can play a WIDE variety of games.  You can read (limited
access) NOVELS-IN-PROGRESS in a READING ROOM.   You can enter another
READing Room and read Earthquake, NASA, Law Enforcement, Medical and AIDS,
Humor and Comedy articles.  You can enter YET ANOTHER READING Room and find
a whole HOST of song lyrics, and classic and modern poetry.  You and enter a
WRITING Room and actually help WRITE the great American Novel!  :)  You can
check the availability of your favorite Compact Disks and, very soon, join a
BUY/SELL/TRADE CD forum.  Jeez, there are TONS of things to do.  You can play
a slot machine and throw food at someone . . . the list goes on.  Here's a few
more specifics:


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  1) DSNEWS and Board Related Files        17) MLP NASA GIF Collection #1
  2) Cascade Range Volcanoes               18) MLP NASA GIF Collection #2
  3) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms 1 19) MLP NASA GIF Collection #3
  4) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms 2 20) MLP NASA GIF Collection #4
  5) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms 3 21) MLP Space Shuttle GIF Collection
  6) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms 4 22) MLP NASA Motion Picture Library
  7) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms 5 23) MLP SpaceLink Planetary GIFS
  8) Strong-Motion Seismic Accelerograms 6 24) MLP Jet Airplane GIF Collection
  9) USGS 1994 Weekly Earthquake Updates   25) MLP Jet Airplane GIF Collection
 10) USGS 1993 Weekly Earthquake Updates   26) MLP Prop Airplane GIF Collection
 11) USGS 1992 Weekly Earthquake Updates   27) MLP Prop Airplane GIF Collection
 12) USGS 1991 Weekly Earthquake Updates   28) MLP Outdoor Photo GIF Collection
 13) Earthquake Text Files and Information 29) MLP Outdoor Photo GIF Collection
 14) Seismology and Earthquake Related     30) MLP Apollo PCX Collection #1tion
 15) (Reserved for future earthquake files)31) MLP Apollo PCX Collection #2
 16) (Reserved for future earthquake files)32) MLP Science GIF Collection #1

 33) Space Shuttle Missions #1             49) Jet Propulsion Lab Newsletters
 34) Space Shuttle Missions #2             50) Space Warnings--Launches
 35) Space Shuttle Missions #3             51) CURRENT NASA NEWS
 36) (Reserved for future NASA files)      52) Recent NASA News
 37) Jonathon's Weekly Space Reports       53) Archived NASA News
 38) Space Calendar NASA Newsletters       54) NASA and its History
 39) Text files by Sysop                   55) NASA and its Centers
 40) NASA Classroom Materials              56) Notable NASA Speeches
 41) NASA for Teachers                     57) NASA MLP NASA Sound Files
 42) MLP Teachers' Lounge                  58) (Reserved for future files)
 43) NASA and Aeronautics                  59) NASA Files #1
 44) Extraterrestrial and UFO              60) NASA Files #2
 45) Space Station FREEDOM                 61) NASA Files #3
 46) FREEDOM Newsletters                   62) NASA Files #4
 47) NASA Health and Medical               63) (Reserved for future files)
 48) Galileo Updates                       64) Hubble Space Telescope

 65) Magellan Updates                      81) Children's Education #1
 66) Ulysses Updates                       82) (Reserved for future Kid's)
 67) Mars Observer Updates                 83) Children's Games
 68) About NASA SpaceLink                  84) Miscellaneous Education
 69) Shuttle/Satellite Tracking Software   85) Programming (BASIC)
 70) Astronomy #1                          86) Programming (C)
 71) Astronomy #2                          87) Programming (More C)
 72) (Reserved for future NASA files)      88) Programming (Even more C)
 73) (Reserved for future NASA files)      89) (Reserved for future C Files)
 74) (Reserved for future NASA files)      90) Programming (Pascal)
 75) Meteorology and Weather Related       91) Programming (Miscellaneous)
 76) NASA Games and Simulations            92) Programming (Tutorials)
 77) (Reserved for future NASA files)      93) Programming (BASIC/QBASIC)
 78) Before the Space Shuttle              94) Programming (Assembler)
 79) (Reserved for future NASA files)      95) US Military/Military Issues #1
 80) (Reserved for future NASA files)      96) US Military/Military Issues #2

 97) Spreadsheets                         113) Paranormal/ESP
 98) Computer/DOS                         114) BBS Lists
 99) (Reserved for future DOS)            115) Kitsap County/GIFS/Occupational
100) Jokes and Pranks                     116) Special Interest
101) Virus Protection                     117) Calculators
102) DataBase--Freeform                   118) Music Programs
103) DataBase--Full Feature               119) Music/Sound/VOCS/CMF
104) DataBase--Informational              120) Music Lyrics
105) Foreign Language Studies             121) SoundBlaster VOCS
106) Demographics                         122) NASA MLP Promo GIFS
107) Electrical                           123) GIFS of fine Swimwear
108) Communications                       124) Star Trek GIFS
109) (Reserved for future files)          125) (Reserved for StarTrek)
110) (Reserved for future files)          126) Files for Writers
111) Math                                 127) Word Processing #1
112) Informational Texts                  128) Word Processing #2

129) Legal                                145) Spelling
130) FREE Downloads                       146) Mycology
131) Windows #1                           147) GrabBag #1
132) Windows #2                           148) GrabBag #2
133) Windows #3                           149) GrabBag #3
134) Food, Nutrition, Health              150) (Reserved for future files)
135) Food, Recipes, etc.                  151) Monty Python Files
136) Hobby and Leisure                    152) Offline Mail Readers
137) Chemistry                            153) Utilities
138) Religious                            154) Graphics/CAD
139) Commercial Demo Programs             155) Uploaded Computer
140) Trivia Shell Games                   156) Uploaded BBS
141) Fishin' Files                        157) Uploaded Games
142) Desktop Publishing                   158) Uploaded GIFS, etc.
143) Biology                              159) (Reserved for future files)
144) Geography                            160) (Reserved for future files)

161) Hammster Self Help                   166) William Rountree's Games
162) Religious Hammster                   167) William Rountree's Utilities
163) Hammster Utilities                   168) Law Enforcement
164) Adult Hammster (Joke Directory)      169) Law Enforcement Text Files
165) (Reserved for future Hammster files) 170) Unsorted Uploads

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There are THREE READing Rooms available on The NASA MLP and they are growing
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NASA MLP Documents         Poetry                 OMENS - The Novel      
Medical Texts - AIDS, etc. Poetry--Classic        OMENS - Continued      
Earthquake Information     Poetry--Empty          NIGHTSOUNDS-Progress   
Pacific NorthWest VolcanoesLYRICS--Bob Dylan      Short Fiction Stories  
Law Enforcement            LYRICS--Harry Chapin   GLASS - The Novel      
NASA and Space Shuttle     LYRICS--Jimmy Buffet   SECRET THINGS-Progress 
Humorous Text Files        LYRICS--SimonGarfunkel CYGNUS CRISIS-Progress 
NASA MLP Hammster Tales    LYRICS--Tom Petty                             
Short Fiction              LYRICS--Neil Young                            
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  NASA MLP CD Reviews     


    PLEASE UPLOAD humorous text files for Reading Room #1!  Thanks!  I keep
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     could never find any software that I liked.  So, I'll  be rolling
     up the programming sleeves (again) and writing one CUSTOM to this
     system.  But for now, this will do. Join in and help us write the
     Great American Novel!  Or several!  As the stories are completed,
        I may publish them in future DSNEWS files, so jump on in!!!


                                       
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TERRY HEATH is calling again.  He got out of the book business and got into
        the coffee business, and is now thinking of merging both interests.
        He's got another computer and is picking up where he left off.

DHRI ZHAN has been very involved in the message bases, but will be out-of-state
        for a few weeks.  Sure wish her a safe trip.

ANGELA WRIGHT is the newest Wright family member to join our little family. :)

ROB WRIGHT is contesting her (and everyone else) in the FOOD FIGHT game.
        Incidentally, I am *NOT* TSCNOT in that game, that is a different
        caller.  But, don't let that stop you from throwing all your food at
        him/her.

STAN KING

MARK MCBRIDE came back from school and called a few times, and is back to
        school now.  Jeez, quick visit.  :)

PAUL ZIMMERMAN is really stirring things up in the RUSH LIMBAUGH area.  Be
        sure to drop in there for some friendly debate and for a break from
        your liberal counterparts.  <G>  Incidentally, I might mention that
        as of today
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PASHA PHARES will be leaving us soon but I don't know exactly when.  Pasha
        wanted a change of scenery so he joined the Air Force.  Most of us
        look out a different window but NOOOOOOO, not Pasha.  <VBG>  Actually
        Pasha is quite the flight enthusiast and we all wish him the very
        best and warn him that he MUST fly in for the annual MLP Pizza Parties!

AL SHARPENTIER said I was "immature."  Boy, did THAT ever generate a TON of
        mail on The NASA MLP main board.  I mean, Jeez!  I just ignored it
        and went back to playing with my Lincoln Logs and Barbie set.  <G>

KHRISTA WEBB needed her nice external modem back and I thank her again for
        loaning it to me for a period of time.  BRIAN MCNETT donated an
        EXACT DUPLICATE to the system for Node One.  Thanks, Khrista and Brian.

JOHN CRAWFORD has not called in awhile so the FOOD conference has suffered a
        bit.  But that's okay; LINDA NELSON-ESCAMILLA talked me into putting
        up the FOOD FIGHT game and she has forgotten about the rest of the BBS
        outside of that game.  <VBG>  Go get 'em, Linda!

ALEX WEBB, KHRISTA's brother, is logging on for the first time right now in
        another window.  Wow, we may get ANOTHER family thing going here like
        we have with the WRIGHT and the LAWRENCE family.  :)

BRIAN MCNETT heads up the MYCOLOGY conference!  Drop into the MYCOLOGY
        conference, leave Brian a message and off you go!  :)  I petitioned
        FSNET today to pick up the conference.  I anxiously await an answer.

TANGLED UP IN BLUE has not called in awhile.  I don't know where he is or what
        he is doing, but I assume he's busy.  He came over here on
        Thanksgiving Day and was invited for Christmas Eve day (the informal
        get-together we had) but he didn't show.  Merry Christmas, Owen!

JIM ZERBEST:  Thanks for the NASA GIF uploads.  :)

MARK SUNDERLIN is a friend from WAY back.  We go back about 13 years.  I
        haven't seen or talked to him in over 5 years.  He helped me through
        what was the most difficult event in my life 6 years ago.  I've missed
        him greatly.  He called from Phoenix, Arizona on Christmas Day and
        left me this sweet message:

    Rev Jim,
            Involved in the world of cyberspace now I see.... How the hell
    are you??? I here good things about you and I'm glad I was able to get
    through to leave you this Christmas Message......
            "Like the moment when the brakes lock... As you slide toward the
    big drop, you streach the frozen moment with your fear.... And you'll
    never hear their voices..(mommy, daddy) and you'll never see their
    faces.... You have no recourse to the law anymore............"
    (Personal part deleted).  Enough for now.

    .....Merry Christmas from the politically Incorrect in Phoenix...
                    Mark (mineman) Sunderlin

        Thanks much, Mark.  That made my whole holiday.  :)

JOHN HEATON hasn't called in AGES.  WHERE ARE YOU? JOHN?

SCOTT and JANEL BERRY:  Thanks!  You know what for. :)

SHARON and RALPH MCCORD are doing very well and Sharon's pregnancy is
        progressing very healthily, for those of you who have asked.  I haven't
        met either of them, but Mary took DOOM to Ralph on disk and said he
        seems like a real nice guy.  :)  Sharon ducks into the Writer's area
        as she is an aspiring author.  Sure do enjoy her input there.

ANDY HARGROVE has been having system difficulties with his mail readers.
        He keeps trying new ones, but there is something wrong.  Hopefully,
        he'll rejoin us soon.  He's really tearing up the world in the
        Yankee Trader games.  :)

ANDREW WAGSTER is one of the MLP's newest subscribers and he is really hot
        in the message bases.  Say hi to Andrew and be sure to welcome him
        aboard.

RON RUPPEL hasn't commented on Miami's recent difficulties and he hasn't called
        since Buffalo beat them.  Ron is my Florida rival, but a super nice
        guy.  :)



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       The MLPNET area set aside for discussion of Sports, and your   
                         favorite teams!  (Guess mine?)               
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         This area of The NASA MLP is dedicated to the discussion      
         of that last American legend . . . the Sasquatch, Bigfoot     
                 a.k.a. the Abominable Snowman.  (Madonna?)            
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           My dream is to write . . . to write is to dream . . .       
     This Conferencing Room is dedicated to the discussion of writing  
   and the open  sharing of creativity, ideas, and help for the writer!
                 Tangled Up in Blue is your Conference Host            
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      This is the MLPNET  Conference area for discussion of Criminal   
     Justice issues, and compliments the MLPNET Law Enforcement area.  
        SOURCE:  [The NASA MLP BBS]  Jim Coleman, Port Orchard, WA     
   
     







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   COFFEE Outing            


The First NASA MLP COFFEE OUTING was a smashing success!

I would like to thank everyone who showed up at Steamer's
(downtown Port Orchard) on such a rainy, miserable day.  We really
had fun conversing with one another, and enjoying expressos.
We shoved a few tables together and sat and talked about
everything from Jim Rice's toupee to Stephen Doerk's kid (who
was there and was not AT ALL interested in what we were doing!)

It was a fun outing and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.  Some
of us have even regrouped and met there a time or two SINCE then. :)
Steamer's is a rather small coffeeshop, so I planned it at 2:00 on a
Tuesday afternoon on purpose, to keep the turnout low.  That strategy
worked well and we had the perfect time!  Stay tuned for the NEXT
NASA MLP Coffee Outing!  :)

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   PIZZA Bash!              


The FOURTH BI-ANNUAL MLP PIZZA BASH was an outstanding success!

Jeez, everything we touch around here turns to gold. <g>  After hearing
numerous complaints about Shakey's pizza, we decided to have the Pizza
tradition elsewhere.  Actually, Shakey's went out of business soon after
BILL VELEZ (Sysop: WINGS) passed away.  Bill and I spent a LOT of time in
Shakey's and I guess that without the Big Guy around anymore, there was just
no reason to stay in business.

The pizza party was held at Pietro's in Port Orchard and it was a "sold out
show."  We couldn't have fit more people into our area if we TRIED.  It was
a record breaking crowd and we had all kinds of fun.  From Brian's Mushroom
pizza to Pasha's Taco Pizza to the aggravating little snot on the space
shuttle, we had a blast.  A SPECIAL THANKS to Kevin Lawrence's folks, who
held Marina for so long and kept her quiet and sleeping.  Thanks to Janel Berry
for taking Erica to the playroom so many times and thanks to Pasha for sharing
his pizza.  I NEVER have time to eat at these things since I am so busy
greeting people and being charming <VBG> and I was STARVING when Debbie left
and there were a few pieces of Taco Pizza in the box still. <G>

The NEXT party will be in June, if all goes as planned.  Hope you plan on
attending. :)

As is customary, SOME in the crowd came over to the sysop's house after we
shut down the restaurant (which we did, AGAIN) and we had fun over here for
awhile.  (Incidentally, at the SECOND MLP Pizza Bash, they ran OUT of Pizza,
no kidding!)  Sure appreciated everyone showing up, and THANKS Stan for giving
out all the little pies.  I STILL get yelled at for that.  <G>  Ain't married
life GRAND???  <G>






Ta-Ta, till DSNEWS16!




DSNEWS*.* (c) 1993 Jim Coleman III
Feel free to distribute but
do not alter contents.
Please don't give Stephen Doerk a copy of this.
Contents may destroy your Q:> drive.
Hey, let's be adult about this, Mr. POOPIE PANTS!
 NASA MLP   Home of the TSCNOT Sysop-in-Training Program.
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Don't distribute to any purple people.



