Report No. 5

Usenet Report 5: The Nylon Frontier

I tried to find a manual for the computer today, and actually did. It was, of course, stored electronically on the computer itself. So, flicking through it, I found a page of names. Naturally, having worked out that this was a bit more than your normal run-of-the-mill PC, I was intersted in who had invented the technology used in it. So, here is a short part of the list:

Chief designer: B.S. Johnson
Chief programmer: Wilma Gates
Chip designer: R McDonald
Communcations systems: The Trappist Group
TSP: P. Stibbons

For more information contact sales:
cmot@dibbler.com[1]

Interesting.... Very interesting...

Newsgroup: misc.last.and.found

LOST: One cranium and various associated elements, human, in vicinity of
Centauri Prime. If found, please leave in location where Za'Ha'Dum
previously was. Reward offered - whatever you want.

--
Mr. Morden, mmorden@icarus.zahadum.com

Newsgroup: drazi..traditions.you.know.what

<9999 * 10^9999 lines snipped>
>>>>>>>Green!!!
>>>>>>Purple!!!
>>>>>Green!!!
>>>>Purple!!!
>>>Green!!!!
>>Purple!!!
>Green!!

Orange!!!!

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Q: How do we know Tomb Raider hasn't got a real world physics engine?
A: Lara Croft can stand up...
Mark Dunne, mdunne@iol.ie / http://homepages.iol.ie/~mdunne
To reply, remove the 'nospam'. I never said I wasn't original...

And on the Earth-Alliance's internal network (never mind how I got in...):

CNC secondary targetting systems v10.3.4 has been found to have a bug. The
following fix can be applied:
ftp.ea.gov/cnc/defense/software/fixes/mack1.3.4.5.5.4.3.3.tar.gz

Newsgroup: alt.fan.pratchett

Internal error. Insufficient storage space on local systems. 10^99999 Tb
required to store messages on this newsgroup.

Newsgroup: alt.binaries.misc

> So, if anyone has anythng suitable...

<snip this idiots post>

What? This is a binary group! No text-only messages!

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Newsgroup: alt.fan.pakmara

This newsgroup is no longer carried by your server, due to negative message
counts.

Newsgroup: alt.lost.and.found

LOST: Large elliptical curve, story type. Last seen in sector 421. If
found, please post a reply.

This is the last Usenet Report. As you can see these are mainly filler
posts, and most of them not very good. :-(

There may however be a spin-off series: The Usenet Series: IRC

There are also three web sites planned, currently in production, and a
remastered version of Usenet Report 1!

[1] But can anyone find the OTHER cunningly hidden Pratchett references?:-)