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FLYING CODING ACE:
THE MOVIE - Part II


Synopsis: Flight 21 is in trouble; a bug in the automated
landing program has doomed everyone on board, unless
passenger and reluctant programmer Jonny Rebuto can debug
the program in the next 17 minutes.

We take you back now to the Airport Control Tower, where
flight-controller John and airline rep Sonia have just
convinced Jonny Rebuto to press the escape key on the
plane's console...

John: ...Three!

Jonny Rebuto stabs the escape key.  Suddenly, the plane is
filled with the sound of roaring engines and tortured wind as
the plane rocks and bounces.  A huge screaming whine rises
in pitch as the plane spirals into a dive.

Pilot:  This is McIntyre here.  Flight 21, remember?

John:  Yes, dammit, McIntyre!  Of course I remember you!
What the hell is going on up there?

Pilot:  Well, this here dune-buggy is buckin' and kickin' like
a two-year-old stallion with hemorrhoids in a dust-storm on a
hot-day when the horse-flies are bitin' like a team o' F-14's
firin' buckets a bb's out of a fire-hose and the...

John:  Cut the horseshit, McIntyre, and just tell me what's
happening!

Pilot:  Basically, ground, we're spiraling down in a shallow
uncontrolled dive.  I estimate our ETA with the ground at
about three minutes and forty seconds, give or take...

John:  Rebuto!!! Come in!!!  Now listen to me, Jonny,
there's been a slight change in plans.  You only have three
minutes to fix that damn program.  You hear me, Rebuto?

Jonny:  [Sweating profusely, he answers over the sound of
screaming passengers in the background]  Yeah, yeah, what
do I do?

John:  What does the screen say now, Jonny?

Jonny:  Let's see, uh... "Volume in drive C has no label..."

John:  [Clicking off the mike, turning to Sonia, his assistant
Bob, and Jonny's Department Manager]  I thought you said
this guy was a goddamn programmer, fer cry-sakes!

Bob grabs some papers from Jonny's DM and rifles through
them on his clipboard.

Bob:  He has a certificate from ITT, a couple courses in
Word Processing from the Learning Annex, and expense
reports for the books, "MS-DOS 2.0 Tricks", "You Can Learn
Object-Oriented Operating Systems Programming in Three
Weeks", and "Romulo-Remus:  Nicholas Wirth's Last Try".

John:  [Putting his head in his hands]  Shit.

Bob:  I have to go call the insurance company.  Maybe they
can get the families of the passengers to sign some kind of a-
priori agreement.

John, you better see how far you can get with Mr. Rebuto
before final impact.  It might help our case to show we did
everything possible, etcetera and so forth.  Go through the
motions.

John:  [In a dry, almost sarcastic tone]  Mr. Rebuto, would
you be so kind as to type, "EDIT SOURCE.ASM" for me
please?

Jonny:  Okay, I did it.  Hey, what is this stuff?

Jonny begins PAGE-DOWNing furiously, scanning the lines
of programming source-code.  One of the flight-attendants
faints, slumping onto his shoulder, but he just pushes her off.
The other attendant is sobbing.

Attendant:  I could have been a court-reporter like my sister.
The travel-benefits aren't as good, but at least I would be
ALIIIIIVE! [breaks down sobbing again]

John:  Okay, Mr. Rebuto, what you are looking at there is
12,000 lines of assembler code.  Your mission, should you
decide to accept it, of course, is to find the buggy line of
code, and fix it.  You have about two minutes, give or take
a few seconds.


Wait - there's more...

Jonny:  But I don't remember assembler!  Isn't there a Lotus
macro version of this program?  That I know!  This is
hopeless, hopeless.  When I went to college, there wasn't any
MOB command in assembler...

There is a moment of silence in the control tower.  Sonia
takes the mike.

Sonia:  Excuse me, Jonny, but what did you just say?

Jonny:  I said, is there a Lotus macro version of this
program?  That I know!  Then I said, "This is hopeless,
hopeless."

Sonia:  Yes, yes, Jonny, and then what did you say about a
MOB command?

Jonny:  Well, when I got that D in assembly-language, there
wasn't any MOB command.  I mean at the time...

Sonia:  JONNY! JONNY!  There STILL ISN'T any MOB
command!

Jonny:   Really?  Well, there's a line here that says, MOB
something.  Just one.  There are some others that say, MOV,
but no more MOB's.

Sonia:  Change it, Jonny, change it! Change it to MOV,
Jonny, do it for me, do it for all the passengers on the
plane...

Bob:  Not to mention the stockholders...

Sonia:  ...and please Jonny, do it QUICKLY!

Jonny:  Sure, edit the line, no problem.

Sonia:  Save the file...

Jonny:  Sure, save the file... no problem.

Sonia:  Now compile the file, Jonny.

Jonny:  Sure, compile the file... no problem.

Sonia:  Now link the file, Jonny.

Jonny:  What?

Sonia:  Link the file!  Link the file, Jonny!

Jonny:  [jumping back from the keyboard]  NO!  NO!  I
can't link the file!  Don't ask me to link the file!  I just
can't do it!!!

Sonia:  Why, Jonny?  What's the matter?  For the love of
god, Jonny, why won't you just link the file?

The Department Manager steps forward:

DM:  It was right after the war..

John:  World War II?

DM:  No, Panama.  Jonny was in love with a woman over
in accounting.  One night she was preparing the quarterly
numbers.  Jonny stayed late to do some tech support.  He
was using a new product that compiles and links Lotus
macros into an executable file, and he was helping her out.
The file compiled fine, and they were so happy together, it
seemed like all was perfect.

Sonia:  And then?

DM:  During the link cycle, the linker crashed.  Trashed all
of her files, her disk, her work... all up in smoke.  She was
fired the next day.  Never came back.  Never left word of
where she could be reached.  Oh sure, Jonny tried a few
searches on Compuserve.

Sonia:  But he never found her...

The DM walks over to the window, looks out into the dark
night, his back to the room, his hands in his pockets.

DM:  Jonny blamed himself.  Heaped on the blame, then
heaped on some more.  Never forgot it.  [Turning back to
face the others]  To this day, he won't touch a linker.
Interpreters, compilers, real-time late-binding stuff, no
problem.  But won't touch a linker.  We tried to get him
some training, but he wouldn't go.

Bob:  Wow...

DM:  Even changed his name to "Rebuto" so that he would
never forget her.  Before that, his name was "Icebrakker".

Sonia:  OH!!!

Sonia half-faints.  Bob and the  DM hold her up.  She raises
one hand to her forehead.

Sonia:  Please.  I'm okay.  Let me have the mike.

Sonia:  [Quietly]  Jonny, you have to link that program or
many innocent people will die tonight.

Jonny:  I can't, I can't do it!

Sonia:  Jonny, oh Jonny, this is me, Sonia... Sonia in
accounting!!!

Jonny:  Sonia!

Sonia: Jonny!


Wait - there's more...
Jonny:  You know I don't deserve to live, Sonia!  I'm sorry
for what I did, though...

Sonia:  Oh, Jonny, there's something you should know...

Jonny:  You don't have to explain anything to me, Sonia, I'll
always love you..

Sonia:  You don't understand, Jonny.  You see, Jonny, the
week after the incident, I was working with my spreadsheet
model on my new job, and I discovered there was a... a... a...
circular reference in my formula! That's why the linker
crashed!  It wasn't your fault at all!

Jonny:  Sonia!

Sonia:  I wanted to tell you, but I was afraid you would
never forgive me!

Jonny:  I forgive you now, Sonia!

Sonia:  And I love you, too, Jonny.

Jonny:  Okay, Sonia, maybe I can link this darn program.
It's just a little old linker, right?  Just a couple taps on the
keyboard and then a carriage-return, right?  What's to be
afraid of?

Sonia:  You're my hero, Jonny, just like you always were!

Pilot:  I can just about make out the license plates on the
cars in that shopping center 12,000 feet below us, folks,
which should put our time of impact at about 1 minute from
now.  Unless you'd like to get a lot closer look, I'd suggest
you fix that dang-fool piece of a landing program right about
now.

Jonny:  Okay, I'm linking the program...  It's going, no
errors, processing all the make files.  Done!

John:  Okay, Jonny now reload the exe!

Jonny: Loading...

Suddenly, the plane loops out of the dive and steers back on
course.  The screaming sound of wind and roaring engines
dies down.

Attendant:  In preparation for landing, please raise your seats
to their upright and most uncomfortable position, and stow
all baggage.  We thank you for flying with us tonight, and
hope you have had a pleasant journey.

Pilot: This is flight 21, preparing for final approach.  Request
landing slot.

John:  You're gonna have to circle for awhile like everyone
else.  We're pretty busy down here, and you missed your
turn.

Pilot:  Roger, John.

Sonia:  I love you, Jonny Icebrakker.  I'll be waiting for you
in Area C when you land.

Jonny:  I can't wait to see you, Sonia.

Bob:  Well, that will be soon enough.  You can give her a
big hug.

Jonny: [anxiously] A hug?

DM:  It was after the war.  Grenada.  Jonny had a brother
down in the mailroom.  He was sorting mail using this big
sorting machine.  Jonny stopped in, and gave his brother a
big friendly hug.  Suddenly, his brother's shirt got caught in
the sorting machine...

John:  Shift's over.  I'm outta here...

Bob:  I'm right behind you...

Sonia:  Wait for me...

THE END


THE MAKING OF FLYING CODING ACE: THE MOVIE

CoderZine # 2 was banned on the Databased Advisor forum for its
language content.  Specifically, 8 occurrences of words were
unacceptable to the editors of Datatabased Advisor.

I politely and rationally appealed the decision of the forum sysop.
The decision to ban CoderZiine # 2 was upheld by the editors,
publishers, and corporate entity Databased Solutions.

I have enjoyed reading Databased Advisor magazine through the years,
I've written articles and columns for the magazine, and I've
participated on the forum. The banning of CoderZine #2 came as a
complete shock to me.

There haven't been any words in any issue of CoderZine that are
not heard on primetime television, or in PG-rated movies.  I don't
know what their gosh-tootin problem is, but they should get their act
together, dang-it!

Maybe we should submit a list of words we are planning to use to
Databased Advisor in advance, to avoid banning of future issues.
Hopefully, none of words on the following list will offend the
sensibilities of Databased Advisor.

Suffering succotash!            Heavens to betsy!
Gosh!                My word!
Lordy-lordy!            Gee willickers!
Yipes!                Mother of Pearl!
Geehosephat!            Holy smoke!

Look for these approved words in to be used in future issues of
CoderZine... NOT!


Wait - there's more...
CONTRACT NEWS

ITEM:  I just finished development of Proactive Inspection Maintenance
system, a  FoxPro for Windows application to automate data
collection and reporting in  the home inspection industry.  The
program is designed to run in a Windows  for Pen Computing
environment and the client intends to package it with an  NCR
System 3130 Pen Computer.  Development time was 8 weeks and the
client,  Sales Action Communications, of Jamestown, Ohio, is now
running it on the  NCR 3130 and other systems.  Tim Hatton
[70742,1405] / Consulting Services /  Jamestown, Ohio

ITEM:  I'd like to announce the opening of Programmers Choice in
Greenwood,  Indiana.  We are a computer consulting and custom
programming company for  small businesses using IBM and compatible
personal computers.  We perform  installations of software and
hardware, troubleshoot problems, and write  custom applications
where needed, for DOS or Windows.    You shouldn't have to be a
computer professional to use one in your business.  Let us be your
data processing staff. Phone: US [phone].    PS: I like CDZ,
and hope it takes off. Hope to see the next issue soon.  // Robert P.
Nix 74007,3330


CONTRACTS AVAILABLE

ITEM:  My software company is looking for programmers who can
create small virtual  reality scenes where users don't necessarily have
to use headgear, etc. for  now.  Perhaps some who have worked with
Virtual Reality Studio 2. John  Slegman 72754,2773 / Diskotech, Inc.
/ Prairie Village, Kansas


CONTRACTS WANTED

ITEM:  Freelancing C programmer with experience in Graphics,
Animation, Business, GUI, and Game programming under DOS, OS/2,
Windows,  UNIX, and Novel. And I currently have a bit of extra
time on my hands that I  would like to convert into something
productive.  By the way, I can also  Translate English to German for
those interested in converting Help Files or  Menu Text for German
Releases of there products. // Mark Dunsmore [100142,1451]


FAMILY NEWS

ITEM:  How's this for Family News.. my cat just had kittens.  So if
anyone wants a  cute little kitten in a few weeks drop me a note.
Mike Godwin 71212,234  Columbus, Ohio


FEEDBACK

ITEM:  I just read CoderZines 0, 1, and 2.  I like what I see so
far!  I'm looking  forward to CoderZine 3.  I'm curious to see
what direction this virtual  'zine will take.    Oh, BTW, I've got an
Oki OL-400... the HP output looks really sharp on it.  James Shields
/ 71231,2066 // Seattle, Washington

ITEM:  Just picked up CoderZine from somewhere -- probably the
TAPCIS forum.  I like  it!  Here's wishing it success.    I especially
liked your Jurassic Park review.  Now, the reason I'm writing  is to
ask you if I could reprint the review in my own newsletter.  Of
course, it would be attributed to you and CoderZine, and heck, I'll
be  plugging CoderZine anyway in my monthly editorial.

I'm the editor of _Terminal Intelligence_, the newsletter of the
Computer  Hobbyists' SIG of American Mensa.  We have about 200
subscribers, and I  usually send about 50 samples to folks who hear
about the SIG from others.  My newsletter comes out 4-6 times a
year, with the next issue in a few  weeks.  Geoff Smith [Mensa]
[76711,400]

Yes - Editor

ITEM:  I am panicked, puzzled and perturbed.  I felt if I did not
write  immediately  you may stop producing CoderZine and that
would be a pity  because it offers hope in this world of commercially
inspired information.

Where else can one get so much for so little except maybe the library
or  even in the rubbish bins (if you are really careful). Seriously, I
enjoyed both Virtual Volumes 1 and 2 and would hate to see it end
there.

Down under (Australia - in the Pacific, under Indonesia and New
Guinea  not Austria next to Germany and other places) we appreciate
a free  anything and this is a close as we can get (except for
connection  charges and download plus a small startup cost of around
$5000.00 for  hardware plus the telephone company charge and the
twelve year  investment in computing skills and knowledge.  As I said
keep up the  good work.    Barry Glick [100036,155] / Sydney /
Australia.

ITEM:  I was poking around in CIS yesterday when I came upon a
remark made  about CoderZine. At the time I didn't pay much
attention to it. Then I  finished setting up a new Offline reader I
downloaded and tested it out. I  then came upon another remark
about CoderZine and started to get curious. I  then downloaded the
3 issues that were in the PCVEND section 4 forum.    As I stated
reading the first issue I thought to myself " What the Hell is this  ?".
I read all 3 issues in one shot ! I must say that this newsletter is just
tooooo COOL !! I hope to see it continue and I can't wait for the
next issue!  The concept of a newsletter for programmers, by
programmers, about programmers  is a great one! Thanks for the
great stuff and please keep it coming!    PS  Why not publish a
WinWord Format of CoderZine so that everyone can print it  the
way it was meant to be printed?  // Mark Dunsmore [100142,1451]

ITEM:  Richard, I like what you've done with the ZINE.  I would
like to know the  names of the fonts that you used to produce
CoderZine.  Are they Shareware,  Freeware or Commercial?  Mark
Brown [72567,2674]

The fonts are Garamond and Informal011 BT. - Editor

ITEM:  Well I just finished my 3rd CoderZine newsletter (I counted
# 0 too). It's  great.. What a great way to breakup a rotten day. /
Mike Godwin 71212,234  Columbus, Ohio

Thanks for noticing. - Editor

ITEM:  Why don't you add the Word document to the ZIP file so
that we can print it  the way it is intended if we can't get the PRN
file to work.  Also, CoderZine is a perfect candidate for Adobes
new program Acrobat.  I'd buy the  Acrobat reader to read
CoderZine. Dan Harris, San Jose CA,  76356,122

If you don't have the fonts used to create CoderZine, you still
won't get much out of having the MS Word format.  The ultimate
answer is to use one of the upcoming distribution programs.  One of
them promises to have a Freeware READER.  When it comes along,
we will use it.  We probably won't use anything that does not have a
free reader, or cannot reproduce the fonts independently, including MS
Word itself.

Wait - there's more...
The native MS Word format will be available to re-distributors who
want to translate CDZ into other languages, or formats such as the
MS Help format.


HELP!

ITEM:    Advice wanted for a contract engineer in Cedar Rapids with
a remote chance  at actually programming in C++.  I have the
Borland C++ compiler, but can  anyone tell me if it would be
worthwhile to chuck it in favor of Visual C++?  Yes, it's a Windows
app. /Geoff Smith 76711,400


JOBS WANTED

ITEM:   I never tried this before so be gentle with me. I'm looking
around to see  what other jobs are out there. I program in Clipper
and dBase III+. Mostly  small utilities and reports but I have written
a couple of larger systems.  I've got about 7 years in this. I do PC
Support for many clients (mostly for  people that have no idea what
they are doing).

I have a lot of network experience working on small networks (Novell
3.11,  IBM PC LAN, & OS/2) of 50 or less workstations. I would
like to stay local to  the central Ohio area.  Resume and salary
history available on request.  / Mike Godwin 71212,234 / Columbus,
Ohio


LAUGH-TRACKS

ITEM:  Microsoft May Pursue Action Against FTC

MICROSOFT is considering legal action against the Federal Trade
Commission after they once again failed to reach a decision in their
ongoing investigation of the company.

John Welsuyerass, counsel for MICROSOFT Corp., issued a strong
warning to the FTC, stating among other things that more people use
Microsoft's products than FTC products, and if they don't end their
inane investigation soon, Microsoft may revoke the FTC's site  license
for MS Golf.

"Nobody else is investigating us," Welsuyerass  remarked.  "Isn't that
a monopolistic and unfair practice?  They should  let other agencies
investigate us too.  Maybe we should advocate  for breaking up the
FTC into three separate entities: F, T and C."

In a related announcement, Microsoft announced their new 32-bit
WinFTC API today, which returns accusatory objects every time a
function call is made, but performs no real action.  After this
announcement, Microsoft stock rebounded to 35 1/8.  The FTC could
not decide on a comment.

(c) 1993 NewsLiar Inc.    THE ABOVE MATERIAL IS
COPYWRONGED AND SHOULD NOT BE REPRODUCED OR
DISTRIBUTED EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE
COMPANY, UNLESS YOU WANT  TO.  Submitted by Mike
Strock >INTERNET:[e-mail]


OTHER

ITEM:  PROBLEM WITH .PRN    If like me you live in an area
that uses A4 size paper instead of LETTER size  here is a solution to
the dreaded LETTER TRAY REQUEST error that occurs with  the
.PRN version of CoderZine.  On my printer, an OKI OL400, if I
press the  RESET button when the error appears the error is cleared
and the pages print  ok. // Peter Shortland / Cork,IRELAND /
[100271,1576]


REVIEWS

ITEM:  If you like music while you program, but hate to listen to
commercials or  change CDs every hour or so, then you will love
DMX.  DMX (Digital Music  Express) is a service provided by your
cable company.  For approx $5.00 a  month you get a converter box
that hooks into your cable and provides 30  channels of non-
commercial, CD quality music.

There are no DJ's, no News  reports or  interruptions in the music.
The 30 channels contain Classical, Country, Rock, Ethnic and
Christian music.  The music is transmitted digitally so that you get
CD quality.  For  an  additional $5 you can get the mega cool
remote control that features a LCD  that displays information on song
title, composer, artist, album, and producer.

DMX is the number one productivity tool in my office.  Nothing
would  interrupt my train of thought more than a break in the
music.  I no longer  listen to FM radio, the only radio I listen to is
AM, from 9-12 PST (me and  20 million other Americans!).  Be
warned if you try DMX you will NEVER go  back to old fashion
FM radio.  Dan Harris 76356,122 / San Jose, CA

ITEM:  After reading Shaun Brachmann's [74230,61] review of EARTH
(CDZ002), I picked  up a copy and it is great, especially the high
school in Indiana "J. D.  Quayle H. S.".  I loved it!!!  PS: Working
on FoxPro/Win/DOS & the new OzCIS2!!!  Tim Malloy [70744,2116]

ITEM:  Icon Make It from Moon Valley Software. This little program
really  wakes Windoze up!! It lets you create your own Animated
Icons and Cursors and  then attach sounds to them.

It comes complete with a Icon Animation Program,  Icon Draw and
Editor, Sound Attacher, and a lot of Samples. The Animation
Program has a lot of very useful tools like Rotate, Shift, Fade in-out,
Move  X/Y-axis and Stuff like that. Really fun to play with !! You
can also set  Sounds to all Windoze System Functions like OK,
Cancel, etc. I must say a job  well done to Moon Valley Software on
this one! // Mark Dunsmore [100142,1451]

ITEM:  I don't really program for a living (I just try to unscramble
what the  programmers torched), but if I did Billy Idol's
_Cyberpunk_ would be at  the top of my list.  He tries and succeeds
in capturing a popular, if  commercial, gritty futuristic feel that
reminds me of Sigue Sigue  Sputnik without the marketing hype.
Especially haunting is his cover of  "Heroin" -- it's a big jump from
"Dancing with Myself."  Good music to keep  you going at 0400
along with intravenous Jolt and coffee bongs. // Dane Manes
[73260,124]

ITEM:  If you haven't heard of _Wired_ yet, perhaps you've been
hibernating.  Or  compiling BASIC.  WAKE UP AND SMELL THE
TRANSISTORS!  We're talking about  one of the nicest technology
rag to hit the market for a while.  Great  content and enough tidbits
to keep you going for weeks.  Good signal/noise  ratio and email
addresses for almost all of the authors and leads -- these  guys are
doing their homework.  Contact [e-mail] for more
info.    Also noted in _Wired_ 1.3 is a new magazine called _Black
Ice_ -- it seems  the _Black Ice_ developers were getting disappointed
in _Mondo 2000_ and  decided to take matters into their own hands.
It'll be fun to watch them  trying to outdo each other.  They plan to
have a second issue ready sometime  in October.  Watch for it! //
Dane Manes [73260,124]

Wait - there's more...
SELLING IT

ITEM:  UNIT CONVERSION DATABASE.  Having problems
converting from inches to centimeters, pounds to  dollars? This
program may just be the utility you have been looking  for.
Designed to convert between different units (e.g. inches to
centimeters, horsepower to watts, pounds to dollars etc.), The UNIT
CONVERSION DATABASE will handle any conversion which has a
linear  relationship between the units involved (i.e. they can be
multiplied  or divided by a constant).    New conversions can be
easily added and existing conversions changed or  deleted from the
database. The database is updated every 6 months by the  author.
Check out UNITCO.EXE in the UKSHARE, LEAP or ZNT:PBS
forums.  Peter Shortland [100271,1576]

ITEM:  DBVIEW Version 2.1 is out!!!    This DOS database file
viewer reads dBASE III/IV, Foxbase, and FoxPro database  files.  It
displays the data, including memo fields, in either record or browse
format.  A mouse can be used to navigate around the database.  This
is a small,  fast utility created in C by a FoxPro programmer.  A
definite must have!!!  (Author's bias, but then he should know.)  This
Shareware program is available  in the Miscellaneous Library of the
Fox Forum on Compuserve or your local BBS.  Author: Tom Kulaga
/ Compuserve ID 72133,3225 / T&T Engineering, Kirkland, WA


CoderZine Business

In case you were wondering, CoderZine has not yet been sold for a
vast some of money to either Ziff-Davis or Microsoft.  But maybe I
was out when they called.

Meanwhile, I apologize for the delay on this issue, but I became
depressed over the Databased Advisor banning of issue # 2 and had to
come to Paris to cool out.

If you work at a company that could donate something to
CoderZine like a Toshiba 4600, modems, printers, press-passes,
travel, etc., please get them to do so.  Mostly what I really would
like at this point is some free travel and press-passes to trade-shows.
Pass it on.  // Richard Grossman 75300,1556


ABOUT CoderZine

The idea is that you can announce news like getting a new contract,
moving to Paris, starting a new consulting business, begging for work,
hiring more programmer-slaves to exploit, head-hunting, liking or
hating some new product, attacking vendors, reviewing another
magazine, recommending a book, etc.

CoderZine is available in it's home forum, PCVEND Section 4
(Tech III's forum), as well as many other fine forums.  Sysops of CIS
forums and BBS systems are invited to upload it freely.  I would
appreciate monthly feedback on how CoderZine is doing download-
statistic-wise.  User group newsletters are invited to reprint
CoderZine.  Please mail me a copy.

Everyone is invited to submit stuff.    Real short = Good.  EMAIL
it to me, and use one of the category headings you see in this issue as
the first line of your message.  CDZCAT.TXT contains a list of ALL
the valid categories for submitting material.  CDZLAW.TXT contains
rights, permissions, and disclaimers of interest to lawyers, user-groups,
and sysops.

Please send me your stuff READY TO USE, AS IS.  If  you want to
add commentary or apologetica, do it in a separate message.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, SYSOPS are INVITED TO
UPLOAD EVERY ISSUE of CDZ to YOUR FORUM, BBS, or
DWEEZILNET.  CDZ000.ZIP has more info.

We've already got a few thousand readers, and those readers have
written to me from Compuserve, Internet, and other BBS systems.

Filler-Quote:  "Two people in love don't amount to a hill of beans in
this crazy world."


CREDITS

Publisher:        Cyber Beach Press
Virtual Editor:    Richard Grossman 75300,1556
Created in:    Microsoft Word, Not the 6.0 Beta (Hint)
CyberStation::    Toshiba 1900C (love it!)
Modem:        Practical Peripherals Pocket Modem 14.4
Cyberworld:    Compuserve
Cyberhome:    PCVEND Section 4

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For the purpose of the Berne Convention, the author of these bytes is
Richard Grossman.      This issue was produced in Paris, and the bytes
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This is issue 2, published July 8th, 1993.
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