Wow, look who's back! Its:... **** ******** ******** ****** ******** ******** ** ** ** ** ******** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ******** ** ** ** ******** c i n t m c i e . v s i , s t Issue #49 - September 12, 1990 Send all correspondence, letters to the editor, flowers, money and stuffed animals to: Activist Times, Inc. P.O. Box 2501 Bloomfield, NJ 07003 ATI's staff: Ground Zero - publisher, editor, writer Prime Anarchist - editor, writer Writing/Research staff - Sk8 the Skinhead, Fah-Q, MAC???, and other occasional contributors. Wow. It's been a while since our last issue. And lots of things, good and bad, have transpired. Under Operation Sun Devil, scores of people were raided and busted. One permanent effect of the operation is the fact that Ripco BBS, an institution of the computer underground community, is permanently down. Another intrgral part of the computer underground that bit the dust is the famous online newsletter called Phrack. Its publisher, Knight Lightning, was left with $100,000 worth of legal bills to pay off, and has stated that he will not continue to publish the journal, much to the loss of the rest of us. Doc Holiday from 713 published his own version of Phrack and received a great deal of criticism for it. It is our understanding that he might continue to use the Phrack name, but we hope that he decides to put his publication out under a different name. Under this climate of repression against computer users, some may have thought that even ATI has closed its electronic doors. This is not the case. We here at ATI will continue to publish as long as there is a readership interested in our publication. And with the enthusiasm expressed by many regarding ATI, we are confident in saying that we'll be around for a long time. Sadly enough, however, ATI is the LAST regular underground online newsletter that is still being published. I apologize for the delay between issues. I promise that ATI will come out on a more regular basis from now on. Expect to see at least 1 ATI per month, hopefully more. As stated before, ATI is available from many BBS's. However, I took down The Red Phone BBS, so ATI's main points of release will be The Workshop of the Telescopes at 201-916-1943 and the TAP BBS at 502-499-8933. Since our last few issues, I found, to my surprise, that it's next to impossible to list every BBS on which ATI is available, as it's being spread around quite well. ATI has made it to BBS's all around the US, plus ones in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Yugoslavia, and more. If you have internet access, you may obtain issues of ATI through the net by mailing me at ...uunet!tronsbox!akcs.groundzero.uucp . I have a sizable list of readers receiving ATI through the net, and would like to add more. Needless to say, please do upload ATI to your favorite boards, or mail copies of it to your net-friends. Spread this publication as far as you can! Also, you may obtain a full set of ATI back issues by sending $1 (and a disk if you can) to the address for ATI listed above. Back issues are available for the following computer types on 3.5" disks: IBM compatibles, Amiga, Atari ST, Macintosh, and Commodore. Commodore users may receive the issues on 3 1/2" or 5 1/4" disks (please specify which size you want). The ATI staff is also looking for submissions, large and small. If you have anything, whether it be a larger article or a small blurb 1 paragraph long you wish to contribute, please mail me at ATI's PO Box or at my net address listed above, or at the Workshop or TAP BBS's. Now, let's kick off this issue with Prime Anarchist World News, with his unique focus on earth-type stuff and other pressing issues of the day: p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n*p*a*w*n* Hola Buenos, El Anarchisto Primavera Aqui. Your libertarian at large, or was that seismologist at the switch? Or was it gynecologist at the Guggenheim??? It's 415am. And a nice calm pleasant 60 degrees up here. I met an old friend of Jack Keroac'sand he owns a shanty up in the mountains here, 8 miles up by donkee, 11 by foot. (Don't ask me, that's what the sign says). Can't tell you his name; he's one of those hippies who headed for the hills for some all too obvious reasons.He owns a Martin guitar from the 1940's has a book collection out there that makes the Library of Congress look like Nixon's home library, and charges 3.50 a bunk (room for 40 or more if we're small) with no hassles about customer name and address. I stumbled into this place by accident on a nature hike. (Why would I go 8 miles for a place to pee? Hmm)At any rate, I'll be returning there this morning sometime and I'll finish this column then. Til then; buenos nachos... Oh, one quickie -- a FOLK from Prime.(basic ADE blues) I got the Mercon buerocrat, fat boojuah status quo blues I got all-a trumps capital, nothin special to lose. Mercon buerocrat, fat boo-juah status quo blues. Was it as good for you as it was for me? Ever find yourself sleeping too deepto dream? Do "think-of's"; that'll bring you back out to REM-- you'll then start dreaming again. If you're not good at remembering your dreams when you wake up, keep a small notepad next to your bed. When you awake, jot down all the icons instead of trying to write the whole story. Then write later from your notes you'll lose less. eg: wineglass, pen,sarah, t-shirt, no smoking sign, kiss,ankle bracelet, ring, guitar, table,chair, bar, notebook, tongs. Then later you go for the story aspect. You're drinking wine at a coffee house with Sarah, exchanging poems, wanting to smoke. Sarah's wearing just a really long t-shirt, annkle- bracelet and a ring. You kiss her a couple times. You promise to teach her to play guitar as she admires the entertainment. She puts on her tongs and the two of you leave. Then you woke up. What ever happened to MRR magazine?If anyone knows, do tell. THNX "The Hopi people declare that Hopi Power be a force which will bring about world peace." From their Hopi Declaration of Peace, circa 17Jun90. Beware of false prophets. If it looks too good to be true; it's probably tooooooooooooooo risky. Insider Info: most people who win on game shows do not naturally jump up and down so queerly as is seen on TV. We tend to sit there with a "potential mass murderer" grin on our faces. For this we need a coach. He makes the gals shake about enough to jiggle their tits in the most queer contrived fashion; and us guys are required to wiggle around like an uninhibited homosexual. So remember, if it looks real, theres probably an "applause" sign staring him down. If you spell quiche with a "k" (keesh?) then real men too will eat it. What's dharma mean? I drank a whole bottle full of acid rain. How come nothing happened for me except the men's room??? Define "yabyum". Whatever happened to the Frito Bandito??? Was he replaced by "just do it", and "sometimes you gotta break the rules"?!?!?!? I finally got a copy of "Skinny Legsand All" by Tom Robbins. I'll let ya know how I'm doin in a little bit. "A close association of unions and big business is the hallmark of a fascist economy." Wow. Que concept.From the book "Trilaterals Over Washington". Are we already there???Close??? Make a profit; or just look like one at Oral Roberts school of Business/Television Entertainment/ and Gospel Phukking. Research Topic of the Week: A war on drugz can be seen as a diversion. Just like baseball, wife beating, or the drugz in and of themselves. PS: dont forget to turn your parents in if you think they're smoking pot. Witch Hunt? Nah... A war on Drugz cannot be "won" cause it is so deeply rooted in our culture. Like our violence, our drug abuse (to include for sure nicotene and alcohol) is not doubt here to stay. To get rid of drugz, you'd have to get rid of the peoploidz involved. And how do you rid yourself of your mayor,your sheriff, your mom or yourself??? We shouldve kept the Injuns alive long enuff for them to learn us how to treat our environ. Enviro-tip of the week-- dont use too much detergent. Over sudsing makes the machine work harder. Use half what the box recommends. Maybe even less.Remember, they WANT you to use so much.Then you keep Mr. Maytag in 24$ per hr. Runner-up: Keep a couple bottles of water in the fridge rather than runnin the tap all the time. --good bottles are Verifine apple, and just about any grapefruit jug. Prime Note: always use glass. Shy away from plastic. Cause u'r gonna hafta throw it away SOME time!!! Suggestion of the decade: draw a square around yourself. Declare it a liberated zone. Kill anyone who enters. Who the hell is Peter Kvitek??? The self-proclaimed hacker said November 17th, in a SF Examiner article "the speed with which software is stolen in the Soviet Union is incredible!" Relax, dood. First off, it's no worse or faster than in Germany, Italy or here in the US. Who is this guy?? Unless someone gets me a handle, a project, or a campaign, I'll just say the guy's a wannabe. Probably a code elite/cool warez" kinda dood. Everyone's a hacker these days. Right. When's the last time YOU trashed a TRW building? I'll bet there are just as many "hackers" today as there are people who supposedly "were there" at Woodstock!!! The average person's skull can be depressed by 10% before cracking-LM Boyd. Soldiers of the Kiori tribe in New Guinea salute their superior officers by lightly chucking them under the chin. Do that to your favorite Lieutenant Col. Don't foget to say, "hey guy, how's it goin?" Mooses are the largest North American member sof the deer family. Their average height is 6 feet, quite like us, but they weigh in at 1200-1800 pounds. Even Rosanne and Oprah together don't weigh that much. Besides, moose don't whine. Delbert Yates, 16, of Valparaiso, IN has been in court for 6 years with the Chicago Cubs. They just paid him $67,500 as an apology for hitting him in the head with a foul ball. Come on, kid. That's the chance you gotta take. If I sued for all 3 windshields I'd lost behind the dugout, I'd probably stay in court until my 103rd birthday. You're a jerk, Yates. I suggest you've brought more shame to the game of baseball than Pete Rose, Pete Rose, and Pete Rose all combined. Are you a Yappy, or just Happy? YAP- Yipsters Against Paying. HAPPY- Hipsters Against Paying Phor Yuppiedom. I sure wish payphone directories would have more empty spaces, or at least more blank pages. Salvador's getting pretty hairy. I asked a phriend of mine (can't give his name for life or death purposes) who really knows a lot about our mission down there how much is Castro and how mush is us; and guess what he said? 80-20 us. Feedback: I really like the Skinhead Hamlet in ATI45. On car insurance: You notice the rates go up every time they see a new risk, but when a risk is alleviated (IE: drunk driving) rates don't go down? They just stay the same. As your editor-at-large, I firmly announce that it's earth day, earth decade, earth millenium. In corrolary to having been asked "what'r u doin 4 earth day?" I have to ask - WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? University of Colorado won best college for the environment, an MTV award. If you missed it, you missed me. You also missed Paul Newman, and also Mytch Snyder, along with a bunch of people doing 30 second spots on what they're doing for the environment. For those of you who missed me, here's a transcript: (I didn't jot down what the starz said, sorry) "I do a lot of biking, and try to hike or walk whenever I can instead of driving." Ian McCulloch split for E & the B-Men. And I think he sucks alone. Be a crewmember on the spaceship Earth. The following itmes are avail- able right now. Get on it. It's worthwhile, and helps spread awareness. Crewmember T-shirts. 100% cotton. Bumperstickers. White on Blue. Stickers. Same colors. Earth frisbee. 9-inch diameter. Crewmember certificate. Diploma style. Nasa photos - a true family portrait, and we're all in this one! Postcards. Earth posters. 133 ways to Save the Earth, a poster. Wholearth mini-stickers, 2 inches. Wholearth large stickers, 3.2 inches. WE ARE NOT PASSENGERS ON SPACESHIP EARTH. WE ARE THE CREW. Spaceship Earth: A Crewmember's guide. A fun book. PLANETHOOD - another fun book. The earth flag 3 x 5 feet. Inflatable globes, accurate mapping. Earth buttons and magnets. Write: Joyous Concepts PO Box 6566 Colorado Springs, CO 80934-6566 Or call: 719-636-3637 There is only one Spaceship Earth, and there is no spare. We are the crew. Let's all join together in sharing these symbols to help promote positive global awareness and to celebrate our essential unity. (OK, the flag is $49, but everythung else is still cheap. There are 2 smaller sizes in you can't swing a $50 (only YUPPIES can swing that much these days! -GZ). But waving that flag is cool. And anyone who'd burn THAT one's a fool.) While wwearing Birkenstocks, if people ask ya "how're ya doing?", tell em, "Great!" THIS JUST IN FROM SPY MAGAZINE - "The US Army is proud by definition, so it's easy for them to come right out and admit it when they break into a Panamanian dictator's home and seize his Mexican food. At least that's what one American on the scene thought the 50 pounds of a suspicious powdery substance at Manny's residence looked like - tamale filling. But there were other opinions. "We were sure it was coccaine", insisted the colonel whose troops made the cache. "It was not coccaine", a Pentagon spokesman said a month later. Turns out it was not tamales, but close. The army confiscated farina, cornmeal, and lard, wrapped in banana leaves. Loss of military face? No way. Too proud. Call Kurt Vonnegut (Wash. DC area) and ask him where you could buy a bearskin coat like he's got. Really cool lookin. So 40's. 1% for Peace is now sponsored by Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream co. Write them: 1% for Peace Dept BJ PO Box 658 Itaca, NY 14851 WHY I'M SEMIVEGETARIAN, by Prime. A, I don't like imposing on people; B, I'm a sucker for chili, and, C, oftentimes I'd starve if I went without meat. If you're eating over someone's house (I do a lot), you eat what's on the table. You're an ass for refusing, or demanding. Plus sometimes menus don't come right out and say there's meat in a particular dish. And for time benefits, I eat and shut up instead of saying "Uh, waitress..." Yeah, I'm partial to chili with more beans and less meat, but I'll eat just about any chili thrown at me. As long as it's hot. Hot to temperature as well as hot to the taste buds. Oh, I also prefer homemade (hint, hint) to Hormel (hormel is a capitalist pig co. !!! - GZ) Sometimes you just don't have much choice. When veggies aren't around, salad is wilted, or meat and potatoes is the only bit offered, you do what you must. The commune I live at doesn't make it too easy either. The foodage is extremely starchy, and chock full of red meat. But I get by. I usually lean towards fish meals, and for druthers take chicken or turkey first; but sometimes break down and grab a tenderloin or a shoeleather- cheeseburger. I never worry as I go to fast-food chains. A full-fledged vegg could easily survive a Big Mac or Whopper. There's really no beef to speak of there. Hasta bueno, P r i m e ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========================== = info following brought = = on by a need for more = = real information =) = =========================== Do you own a scanner? If not, it's a good investment as a source of entertainment and also a source of information about what's going on in the world around you. Here, we present some interesting frequencies to tune in DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (DEA) INFORMATION FOR SCANNER FREAKS IN THE NY/NJ AREA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The following information is brought to you courtesy of "THE WALLS HAVE EARS". Did you know that the airwaves belong to the people ?? Let's keep it that way. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - DEA VHF FREQUENCIES (as of 12-87) 163.5375 164.825 165.2375 165.2875 165.4125 165.5125 165.5675 166.4625 169.2 170.825 170.875 170.9 171.25 171.45 171.65 172.0 172.05 172.2 172.7 172.575 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - DEA UHF FREQUENCIES (as of 12-87) 415.6 416.05 416.2 416.325 416.6 417.025 417.04 417.45 417.5 417.55 418.05 418.55 418.625 418.675 418.7 418.725 418.75 418.775 418.8 418.825 418.875 418.9 418.925 418.95 418.975 418.975 419.0 419.95 417.4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - DEA 10-CODES 10-1---Can't copy your transmission 10-2---Received your transmission clearly 10-4---If you don't know what this means, you should sell your scanner!! 10-5---Relay my message 10-6---Stand by 10-7---Out of service at (Location) 10-8---In service 10-9---Repeat your information 10-10--Prisoner present at (Time) 10-15--Informant present at (Time) 10-19--Return to (Location) 10-20--Location 10-21--Call (Whoever) by land-line 10-22--Disregard 10-25--Report in person to meet (Whoever) 10-28--Vehicle registration information (VIN) 10-30--Subscriber information 10-33--Emergency traffic 10-99--Emergency--Agent needs assistance 10-100-Tactical activity (also "Signal-100") ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - DEA TRANSMIT INFO FOR REGION II (NY-NJ AREA) TRANSMITTER SITE AREA SERVED CONTROLLED BY Alpine NJ North.NJ/Upper NYC NY--KLR710 Atlantic City NJ Atlantic City NJ At.City--KLR707 & NY-- KLR710 Somerville NJ North Cent. NJ NY--KLR710 Buffalo NY Buffalo area NY--KLR710 & Buffalo-- KLR711 Manorville NY E. Long Island NY--KLR710 Melville NY Cent. Long Island NY--KLR710 New York City NY NYC NY--KLR710 NYC-Empire State Bldg. NYC/Newark NJ NY--KLR710 Burlington House NY NYC NY--KLR710 Rochester NY Rochester LEAA Task Force Freq's below 174 MHZ may be used for coordination with US Customs & others also Under the Electronic Communications Protection Act, it's illegal to intercept mobile telephone calls as well as cellular phone calls, and very possibly marine phone calls as well. However, for informational purposes, here are some frequencies: 35.26 35.30 35.34 35.38 35.42 35.46 35.38 35.42 35.46 35.50 35.54 35.62 35.66 150.180 150.210 150.510 152.030 - 152.150 and 152.540 - 152.810 .. increase by .030 betwwen these ranges for valid mobile channels. 252.200 454.025 - 454.650 .. increase by .025 or .050 within this range for valid channels. Marine Phone Frequencies: Ship: 157.200 - 157.425 .. increase by .025 within this range for each channel. Shore: 161.800 - 162.025 .. also increase by .025 between channels. Monitor the "Shore" frequencies to hear both sides of the conversation. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- +- Wow. We'll continue this in ATI50. Go download it now!