OK, you asked for it... The o-fish-all WORLD POWER SYSTEMS¨ commodity fetish listing I mean catalog. T-shirts and other¨ cultural paraphenalia ready for you to purchase so I can throw¨ good money after bad for such aimless projects as rent, food,¨ etc. T-SHIRTS: Black ink on a white all cotton "BEEFY-T", in sizes L¨ or XL only. (They're hand made in small quantities, and we simply¨ can't afford to order and stock all possible sizes and colors.) Mail your hard earned cash to: World Power Systems Tom Jennings 666 Illinois San Francisco CA 94107 USA OMNIARCHY! T-shirt . . . . . . . . $10 --> NOTE! Liberty T-shirt . . . . . . . . . $10 --> NOTE! Alan Turing T-shirt . . . . . . . $10 --> NOTE! Discordian calendars . . . . . . . $ 5 Do-It-Yourself LPG Conversion . . $ 5 Fido the Book (& latest version) . $40 FidoTerm book (& latest version) . $12 HOMOCORE BAD POETRY . . . . . . . $ 2 Add $2 per order for shipping. Cash preferred, checks to "World Power Systems"). Questions? Mail to Tom Jennings at 1:125/111. IMPORTANT NOTE: These T-shirts are only available *now* -- well,¨ until say the middle of November 1991. Why? Because we've only¨ got few screens, and we strip the old images off and reuse them.¨ So hurry up if you're interested. (You can always ask; drop a¨ note (preferably by FidoNet). -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- The OMNIARCHY T-shirts have on the front a large "circle O" (like¨ the circled "A" of anarchism, but better) with "OMNIARCHY!"¨ emblazoned beneath it for the less well-informed. On the back it¨ says in huge letters "WE'RE ALL IN CHARGE!" and in teensy letters¨ up at the top, "Shred of Dignity", which is us in another¨ disguise. -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- The Alan M. Turing shirt has a '51 photo of AMT and the¨ inscription: Alan Mathison Turing (1912--1954) Invented the stored-program digital computer (1936); broke WWII German ENIGMA cypher (1941); defined modern programming concepts (1946); designed world's first operating computer (Manchester, June, 1948); openly and unapologetically homosexual. -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- The LIBERTY T-shirt is a slight (ahem) variation on the famous¨ and beautiful Standing Liberty from the turn of the century¨ 20-dollar gold piece ("golden eagle"). She's had a fashion¨ makeover and is now the height of late 90's paranoid Discordian¨ style. In her left hand is a five-leafed branch of cannabis; in¨ her right Kallisti's Golden Apple. In the background are 23 rays;¨ on her head, appropriately enough, her long flowing hair has¨ become liberty spikes. She has a Sacred Chao tattoo on her left¨ arm; one breast is bared as she stands in defiance. She's hot.¨ There's other tiny details all appropriately buried in various¨ nooks and crannies. -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- The calendar is a true Discordian calendar, with the five seasons¨ as outlined in PRINCIPIA DISCORDIA, for the year 3158 POEE. (The¨ old Discordian saw goes, "73 days hath Chaos, Discord, Confusion,¨ Beaurocracy and Aftermath".) Each is Illustrated in the proper¨ manner, and has a Julian to Discordian converter table. -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- "Do-It-Yourself Automotive LPG Conversion" is a 36 page book¨ describing converting my car from gasoline to LPG (propane) as a¨ motor fuel. It has some background, comparison to other fuels,¨ personal experiences and a basic how-to of the process and¨ equipment involved. While it may not be enough for you to¨ complete the project end to end, it will tell you what's¨ involved, how it works and definitely set you in the right¨ direction. (PS: after a year and a couple of 5,000 mile road¨ trips, I can tell you it's a truly great fuel. No more gasoline¨ for me!) -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- FidoTerm is my version of the best telecomm/modem program in the¨ world. Of course, there are lots of them. Mine has a real¨ programming language built in, very complete but kinda obscure.¨ It "remembers" the last few hundred screen lines. Fido/FidoNet¨ can invoke it via the "F" local console command. It does ZMODEM,¨ XMODEM (both flavors) and some pretty nice text transfers. -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- Fido the Book and Fido/FidoNet is of course the original FidoNet¨ program that started all this nonsense. It is exceedingly¨ reliable -- you can literally leave it running for months at a¨ time without a hiccup. It is compact, very fast, easily¨ customizable, supports all popular file-transfer protocols, and¨ probably the easiest BBS for new users and still powerful for¨ experts. It's drawbacks are: only one phone line per Fido¨ (DesqView aware though) and doesn't support FidoNet HOLD packets¨ -- yet. Still the most robust and clean BBS, and the only¨ integrated BBS/FidoNet system. The manual is a bit dated, but a¨ new one is in the works and the FIDO HELP conference is filled¨ with experienced sysops. -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- -*-*- HOMOCORE BAD POETRY ISSUE #5 1/2's are still available. They are¨ gigantic format, 2ft x 3ft, two sheets, with artwork on one side¨ and bad poetry on the other (what else). If occasional swear¨ words and graphic sexual matter offend you, spare us both the¨ trouble and don't buy one.