FLASHBACK: MAY 1996 Boardwatch Magazine
Bill Gates Borg one eye with Borg ship (Saturn Cube) beaming the USA with the header “RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.. YOU WILL BE A5SIMILLATED”
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FLASHBACK: MAY 1996 Boardwatch Magazine
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He looks like a pervy nerd out of those old 80s movies.
Of course this was his business model.
I may or may not be ‘assimilated,’ but I promise this- in doing so, we will ‘eliminate’ Mr. Kill Bill Gates of Hell. No way we’re going down without a fight.
If I go out I’m going out blasting like Yosemite Sam!
Anyone notice the top?
‘THIS MONTH’S LIST: 148 OCCULT/METAPHYSICAL BBSs’
BBS – Bulletin Board Systems
I wonder what in the world could’ve already been online back in 1996?
I was 10 years old….. creepy to think about….
Search the net. “The first BBS, called Computerized Bulletin Board System, was developed by Ward Christensen and Randy Seuss. It went live in 1978. BBSs remained popular until the mid-1990s when other forms of online user interaction took over.”
Creepy? Occult doesn’t mean evil. Stop peddling that nonsense.
Here is the spread:
Phillip Hansford has operated the Mysteria BBS in Tujunga, California, since 1986. The two- node Maximus system at (818) 353-8891 isn’t a commercial venture; Hansford modestly asks callers to donate $6 for 6 months worth of access (2-1/4 hours per day), including FTP, telnet and Finger Internet services. Mysteria is a social board sporting 92 echomail conferences, with special emphasis on occult and metaphysical topics: Zen Buddhism, Odinism, Wicca and pagan rites, atheism and other controversial subjects. UFOlogy and conspiracy theories also flourish at Mysteria. We found a text file describing “the ritual use of peyote.”
Hansford is quietly curious about life, the Universe and everything – including the Internet. His Web site at http://www.ktb.net/~philh is a humble but informative affair, erected because he “just wanted to see how this works.” The site offers links to other Web sites dealing with astral projection, altered states of consciousness, the Cabala, alchemy, voodoo and so on.
Hansford maintains a list of North American BBSs dealing with these and other occult and metaphysical topics, updated once a month. Following is the March 1, 1996, edition. You can download the latest list from the Mysteria BBS or Hansford’s Web site; by sending an empty Internet e-mail message to mailto:list@mysteria.com or via the Fidonet File Request service, file name OCCULT. Updates and additions to the list may be sent to Phil Hansford at the BBS; mailto:phil.hansford@mysteria.com or Fidonet netmail to 1:102/943.
The article has been archived. Type “archive boardwatch may 1996 magazine” to find it. I asked ChatGPT to summarize it:
In March 1996, Microsoft held a conference for developers, which was well attended, unlike Netscape’s conference held earlier in the month. At the conference, Microsoft announced their desire to dominate the Internet and the software industry. The conference was marked by high-profile individuals such as Steve Jobs publicly accepting Microsoft’s domination and making agreements with the company. The article suggests that many companies and individuals, such as Oracle and Borland, had no choice but to accept Microsoft’s dominance and become assimilated into the company’s plans.
Microsoft has teamed up with VeriSign to provide secure digital signatures and IDs to validate the origin and integrity of downloaded application software, which has already garnered support from 40 developers. Microsoft’s development tools for scripts also include free VBScript and OLE and ODBC throughout Active Everything. Additionally, Microsoft has licensed RSA cryptography so that any developer can incorporate encryption in their programs. Despite the good in all of this, there is a kind of dawning “virtual panic” across the industry due to the Internet, and Microsoft’s solutions do not yet exist. However, Microsoft is offering leadership, which is desperately needed during this time of industry shakeout.
Black cube is like kaaba is also Microsoft