***** ******* ** ** ** ** ******* ***** activist times ** incorporated! ** ******** ******** ** ** ** ** ** ** ******** ******** ** ** ... ** ** . . . 56. ... Issue #56 October-5-1991 U.S. Mail: ATI PO Box 2501 Bloomfield, NJ 07003 U.S.A. Our net address: gzero@tronsbox.xei.com ATI's Staff: Ground Zero: publisher, editor, writer Prime Anarchist: editor, writer Writing/Research Staff: Fah-Q, MAC???, Happy Harry Hardon, Geraldo Riviera, The Media Assassin and other occasional contributors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hi, folks! Welcome to ATI56. We have some interesting stuff for you this time around. Before we get started, I'd like to mention a thing or two. We now have another official ATI bbs. It's called the World Trade Center, and the number is (708) 672-5426. You can get all the current and back issue of ATI there. Be sure to give it a call and tell 'em ATI sent you! Also, those of you who might like to discuss anything, such as movies, music (rock - like Pink Floyd, etc..), current events, politics, etc.. do feel free to drop me a line by US mail, internet mail (address listed above) or WWIVnet at 33@2120. Now for those of you who might be new to reading ATI - we start with an article about ATI - its origins, subject matter, avaiability and more. Here we go! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Underground Electronic Newspaper For Your E-Reading Pleasure. E-Written by PA and GZ. WARNING: The story following may contain explicit thoughts descriptive of, advocating, or encouraging one or more of the following: television sadomasochism folk music freedom democracy libertarianism nudity drinking or eating healthfood satanism guitar playing antidisestablishmentarianism tobacco chewing use of COBOL for object-oriented programming cross-dressing peace nose hair insanity morbid violence rock n roll the illegal use of drugs the use of alcohol new ideas or the use of hi-fi stereo equipment. The writers of ATI oppose censorship of any kind. ATI is going on its fourth year as your first source of underground news. ATI is Activist Times Inc., an underground online newsletter with a mission: to present information and opinion in a socially relevant and stimulating context. ATI features articles about and for the computer underground, telecom, BBSing, anarchy, current events, social issues, humor , entertainment and more. ATI is into politics, the environment, technology, the telephone, and mostly the First Amendment. Prime Anarchist is the originator of ATI and its co-editor along with Ground Zero, who is also its publisher. Prime began ATI around February, 1988 as an online newsletter on bulletin boards in Rhode Island and New York, in addition to producing a few issues on hard copy. Soon ATI spread to the downloading sections of bulletin boards across the country, most notably The Phoenix Project, Ripco, Atlantis, and P-80 Systems. ATI has a long list of present and past contributors, and has been known to present articles that conveyed a unique twist of humor. The titles speak for themselves: "Terrorism of a 976 Phone Sex Line", "Quantum Mix-Up", "Mall Terrorism", "Fun in Rich Rural Towns", and many others. In fact, some of the originators of YIPL/TAP magazine ghostwrote some articles in 88 and 89. Some of the ghosts' initials (for you yipsters) were RF, norfolk Virginia; CC, NYC; AH, Penn; FS, NYC; FS, Rhode Island; & A1, NYC. To subscribe to ATI, just subscribe to the Usenet news group called alt.society.ati - it's for the posting of ATI issues only. If you can't read the newsgroup, you may request to be added to our internet email distrinbution list. Just email Ground Zero at: gzero@tronsbox.xei.com We cannot distribute ATI through WWIV-net, but Ground Zero may be reached at 33@2120 via WWIV-net. To receive back issues of ATI, email Ground Zero or access the ftp distribution site at 192.55.239.132 - ftp.cs.widener.edu - use anonymous to login, and your email address as your password. ATI is in the directory called pub/cud/ati . (try 147.31.254.32 if the above address doesn't work) ATI is uploaded to BBSs around the world, but we can only assure that it is uploaded regularly to the following BBSs: Ripco...................................312-528-5020 World Trade Center......................708-672-5426 Night Owl - PC..........................201-804-8188 SSA BBS.................................201-472-8312 Igloo BBS...............................218-262-3142 Blitzkrieg (TAP Magazine)..502-499-8933/502-491-5198 (new user password: Columbian Coke) You may receive a full set of ATI issues on disk by sending a 3.5" disk and 2 stamps (foreign subscribers please send 2 dollars) to our mailing address. Issue are available in IBM (low-density), Amiga, or Machintosh format in 3.5" size ONLY, and in Commodore format in 3.5" and 5.25" (send 2 disks if you want 5.25" size). Send the disk and stamps to: ATI P.O. Box 2501 Bloomfield, NJ 07003 So demand ATI on your nearest BBS, inside your favorite mainframe, or right to your modem. But whatever you do, demand it. =) The makers of ATI would like to thank: Brother Jack, Dr. Timothy Leary, Jello Biafra, the Libertarian Party, Johanna Lawrenson, Ted Kennedy, Spy Magazine, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Dirk Hitler, Rush Limbaugh, Manuel Noriega, Saddam "sodom" Hussein, The 1910 FruitGum Company, Samuel Clemens, Jim and Tammy Baker, Oliver North, Ferdinand and Imelda and her shoes, and all the little people Leona Helmsley talked about. +.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+.+. Now for something completely different. What about getting the government off the backs of the people? The NJ State Legislature passed a law that stated that social workers had to be licensed - had to pass a test and pay a fee to a new state bureaucracy created just for this task. This is done, notice, in a climate in which jobs are supposed to be cut from gov't payrolls, not created. Now New Jersey has done it again. NJ is about to enact legislation requiring software designers to be licensed. This affects a very large number of people who work in the computer industry. It will undoubtedly force many out of the profession who are qualified and competent. And now, for your reading pleasure, the assembly bill itself: ASSEMBLY, NO. 4414 STATE OF NEW JERSEY INTRODUCED JANUARY 24, 1991 By Assemblywoman KALIK, Assemblymen CASEY, Spadoro and Mazur AN ACT Providing for the licensure of software designers* amending P.L.1971, c.60, P.L.1974, c.46 and P.L.1978, c.73, and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. (New section) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Software Designers* Licensing Act." 2. (New section) The Legislature finds and declares that the public interest requires the regulation of the practice of software designing** and the establishment of clear licensure standards for software designers*, and that the welfare of the citizens of this State will be protected by identifying to the public those individuals who are qualified and legally authorized to practice software designing**. 3. (New Section) As used in this act: "Board" means the State Board of Software Designers* established pursuant to section 4 of this act. "Licensed software designer*" means any person who practices software designing and who represents himself to the public by title or by description of services under any title incorporating such terms as "software engineer", "software designer*", "chartered engineer", or CEng" or any similar title or description of services, who is duly licensed pursuant to this act. "Software designing**" means the process of creating software systems and applies to techniques that reduce software cost and complexity while increasing reliablility and modifiablility, which includes, but is not limited to, the elements of requirements designing**, design specification, implementation testing and validation, operation and maintenance and software management. 4. (New section) There is created within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety the State Board of Software Designers*. The board shall consist of nine members who are residents of this State who shall be appointed by the Governor. Six members shall be licensed software designers* who have been actively engaged in software designing** for at least five years immediately preceding their appointment, except that the members initially appointed shall be licensed pursuant to this act within 18 months of appointment. Of the remaining members, two shall be public members, and one shall be a member of the executive branch, all of whom shall be appointed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.2). 5. (New section) Each member of the board, except the members first appointed, shall serve for a term of five years and shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The initial appointment to the board shall be: two members for terms of two years, two members for terms of three years, two members for terms of four years, and three members for terms of five years. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only. No member may be appointed for more than two consecutive terms. 6. (New section) Members of the board shall be compensated and reimbursed for expenses and provided with office and meeting facilities pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1977, c.285 (C.45:1-2.5). 7. (New section) The board shall annually elect from among its members a chair, vice-chair and a secretary. The board shall meet twice per year and may hold additional meetings as necessary to discharge its duties. 8. (New section) The board shall: a. Review the qualifications of applicants for licensure; b. Insure the proper conduct and standards of examinations; c. Issue and renew licenses to software designers* pursuant to this act; d. Refuse to admit to examination, refuse to issue, or suspend, revoke or fail to renew the license of a software designer pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.); e. Maintain a record of every software designer* licensed in this State, their places of business, places of residence and the date and number of their license; f. Establish fees pursuant to P.L.1974, c46 (C.45:1-3.1 et seq); g. Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act", P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. 9. (New section) No person shall practice, or present himself as able to practice, software designing** unless he possesses a valid license as a software designer* in accordance with the provisions of this act. 10. (New section) The provisions of this act shall not be construed to prevent the following provided that no word, letter, abbreviation, insignia, sign, card or device is used to convey the impression that the person rendering the service is a licensed software designer*: a. Any person licensed to practice in this State under any other law from engaging in the practice for which he is licensed; b. Any person employed as a software designer* by the federal government, if the person provides software designing** services solely under the direction or control of his federal employer; or c. Any person pursuing a course of study leading to a degree or certificate in software designing** at an accredited or approved educational program if the person is designated by a title which clearly indicates status as a student or trainee. 11. (New section) To be eleigible for licensure as a software designer*, an applicant shall submit to the board satisfactory evidence that he has: a. <(1)> Graduated from a program in software designing** which has been approved for the education and training of software designers* by an accrediting agency recognized by the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation and the United States Department of Education; and b. Successfully completed a written examination administered by the board pursuant to section 14 of this act to determine his competence to practice software designing**. 12. (New section) An applicant for licensure who is a graduate of a foreign school of software designing* shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that he has: a. Completed a course of study in software designing** which is substantially equivalent to that provided in an accredited program described in subsection a. of section 11 of this act; and b. Successfully completed a written examination administered by the board pursuant to section 14 of this act. 13. (New section) A fee shall accompany each application for licensure. Licenses shall expire biennially [once every two years] on January 31 and may be renewed upon submission of a renewal application provided by the board and payment of a fee. If the renewal fee is not paid by that date, the license shall automatically expire, byt may be renewed within two years of its expiration date upon payment to the board of a sum determined by it for each year or part thereof during which the license was expired and an additional restoration fee. If a license has not been renewed within two years of expiration, the license shall only be renewed by complying with the provisions of section 16 of this act or successfully completing the examination administered pusuant to section 14 of this act. 14. (New section) The written examination required in section 11, 12 or 13 of this act shall test the applicant's knowledge of software designing** theory and procedures and any other subjects the board may deem useful to test the applicant's fitness to practice software designing**. Examinations shall be held within the State at least once every six months at a time and place to be determined by the board. The board shall give adequate written notice of the examination to applicants for licensure and examination. If an applicant fails the examination twice, the applicant may take a third examination not less than one year now more than three years from the date of the applicant's initial examination. Additional examinations shall be in accordance with standards set by the board. 15. (New section) The board shall issue a license to each applicant for licensure as a software designer* who qualifies pursuant to the provisions of this act and any rules and regulations promulgated by the board. 16. (New section) Upon payment to the board of a fee and the submission of a written application on forms provided by it, the board shall issue without examination a license to a software designer* who holds a valid license issued by another state or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia which has standards for licensure substantiolly equivalent to those of this State. 17. (New section) Upon payment to the board of a fee and the submission of a written application on forms provided by it, the board shall issue a temporary license to a person who has applied for licensure pursuant to this act and who, in the judgment of the board, is eligible for examination. A temporary license shall be available to an applicant upon initial application for examination. A person holding a temporary license may practice software designing** only under the direct supervision of a licensed software designer*. A temporary license shall expire automatically upon failure of the licensure examination but may be renewed next examination at which time it shall automatically expire and be surrendered to the board. 18. (Section 1 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1) is amended to read as follows: 1. The provisions of this act shall apply to the following boards and commissions: the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy, the New Jersey State Board of Architects, the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling, the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors, the New jersey State Board of Dentistry, the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey, the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, the State Board of Marriage Counselor Examiners, the State Board of Medical Examiners, the New Jersey Board of Nursing, the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians, the Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Professional planners, the State Board of Psychological Examiners, the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers, the New Jersey Real Estate Commission, the State Board of shorthand Reporting, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners, the Acupuncture Examining Board, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners <,the State Board of Respiratory Care, the State Real Estate Appraiser Board, the State Board of Social Work Examiners, and the State Board of Software designers*>. 19. Section 1 of P.L.1974, c.46 (C.45:1-3.1) is amended to read as follows: 1. The provisions of this act shall apply to the following boards and commissions: the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy, the New Jersey State Board of Architects, the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling, the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors, the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry, the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey, the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, the State Board of Marriage Counselor Examineers, the State Board of Medical Examiners, the New Jersey Board of Nursing, the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians, the Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Professional Planners, the State Board of Psychological Examiners, the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers, the State Board of Shorthand Reporting, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners, the Acupuncture Examining Board, [and] the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, < the State Board of Respiratory Care, the State Real Estate Appraiser Board, the State Board of Social Work Examiners, and the State Board of Software Designers* >. (cf: P.L.1991, c134, s.17) 20. Section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15) is ammended to read as follows: 2. The provisions of this act shall apply to the following boards and all professions or occupations regulated by or through such boards: the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy, the New Jersey State Board of Architects, the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling, the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors, the New Jersey State Board of Dentistry, the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey, the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, the State Board of Marriage Counselor Examiners, the State Board of Medical Examiners, the New jersey Board of Nursing, the New Jersey State Board of Optometrists, the State Board of Examiners of Ophthalmic Dispensers and Ophthalmic Technicians, the Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Professional Planners, the State Board of Psychological Examiners, the State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers, the State Board of Shorthand Reporting, the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the Acupuncture Examining Board, [ and ] the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners <, the State Board of Respiratory Care, the State Real Estate Appraiser Board, the State Board of Social Work Examiners, and the State Board of Software Designers*>. (cf: P.L.1991, c.134, s.14) 21. This act shall take effect immediately, except that section 9 shall remain inoperative until the 365th day after enactment. REGULATED PROFESSIONS The "Software Designers' Licensing Act." This bill came from a friend of mine who saw it in a Compu$erve thread. ------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been reading a Compu$erve thread that describes a bill now in committee in the New Jersey State Assembly. This bill, A-4414, would license "software designers" in the state of New Jersey, and would require any person working in the business to have this license (renewable every 2 years, with a fee, of course). I have attached a copy of the text of the bill as currently amended. If you would like to write or call someone about the bill, here are some names and addresses. Don't wait too long, this thing is currently in committee, and ICCA says it will come up for a vote around September! NY/NJ ICCA (Independent Computer Consultants Association, a group lobbying against the passage of this bill) P.O. Box 833 Middletown, NJ 07748 (800) 736-4222 Sponsors: Assemblywoman Barbara Kalik (Dem. District 7) Park Plaza Mall Route 130 South Edgewater Park, NJ 08010 609-871-1100 Assemblyman John Casey (Dem. District 7) 4612 Westfield Avenue Pennsauken, NJ 08110 609-661-8185 Co-Sponsors: Assemblyman George Spaduro (Dem. District 18) Turnpike Plaza 197 Highway 18 Suite 302 East Brunswick, NJ 08816 908-214-1214 Assemblyman Bennett Mazur (Dem. District 37) 448 Main Street Fort Lee, NJ 07024 201-944-0693 encl: A-4414.DOC I have placed some ideas for what to write (in case you're stuck) so that your elected officials will know your opinion. 1) How can one test cover all software designers from Government Contractors to Video game designers? a) Assuming the lowest common denominator, pleasee tell me which state codes are pertinent to Video Game Software Design and would require a license to insure that the programmer designs the game according to NJ state standards? 2) How much will it cost? a) How many people will be licensed? b) How much will each pay? c) Why isn't the fee listed in the Bill's proposal (or at least a cap)? d) How much will it cost NJ: i) How many mailings will be necessary for each person? ii) How many sheets of paper will have to be sent? iii) How much postage will it cost? iv) How many people will we need to ADD to NJ's staff to handle the licensing, testing, and paper handling? 3) Who were the voters which you represent that requested this bill? Please feel free to mention to these publicly elected officials that their names were listed NATIONWIDE, not just in NJ. Remember...if you don't write or call, they will not know your opinion. ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; C R A S S C O M M E N T A R Y from The Media Assassin Greetings, earthlings. DETROIT, MI. - A new practice called "carjacking" is very popular here. Detroit has proved to be a leader in per capita crime rates such as murder (it's #2 in the nation, next to D.C.), and is the leader in carnapping. Car thieves have found car security systems so elaborate, that as of late they are relying on carjacking - pulling people out of their cars while stopped at red lights. The car thieves find this easier than trying to outsmart high-tech security systems, and they can take their pick of any car they see stopped at a light. Carjacking is getting to be more widespread across the nation, but Detroit is in the lead, as usual. A new drug has been developed that has been proven to shrink tumors in breast and ovarian cancer patients. But - the drug is made with materials found in Pacific area trees inhabited by - you guessed it - spotted owls. As a result, enviromaniacs are pushing to prevent production of the drug. To them, a few trees and owls are more important to human life. Anyone listen to Paul Harvey News? It's a 5-minute news spot heard on different stations, including WOR in New York. I heard this item there: Some Italian college students were having fun actually drawing fake stamps to be used as real stamps. And it worked. They mailed letters with their phony stamp designs, such as "Annual Streetwalkers' Day", "Mafia Bicentennial", and more. Before they stopped this endeavor, they made one stamp saying, "Check stamps more carefully. This one could be fake!". When they mailed the letter with this "stamp", it went through! See you again soon. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Now for a song by Eek-Bot The Mage. Enjoy! (To the tune of 'Convoy' C.W. McCall) (Verses in brackets [] are parts of telephone convos) [Yeah hacker....you wanna speak up?] [Yeah there hacker, that's fer sure fer sure] [By golly it's clean clear to Bloomfield, ok?] [Yeah I heard about that there hacker...we've got total control of this bridge.] [Mercy sakes alive looks like we've got us a conference!] (Narration) 'twas the dark of the moon on the sixth of june by a bright green telephone box Hacker was there, with his usual flair, he opened up all of the locks. We were looking for codes, inside the doors, anything we could find. I said hacker this here's the Superphreak and we're about to switch the line. (Chorus) Cuz we got an elite conference, much to our delight We got elite access, we hackers give Bell a fright. so join us on this conference now don't you tell no fed. Cuz if you squeal and narc dude, your phoneline will go dead. Coooooooonference....... [Yeah hacker this here's the phreak, you wanna give me them new codes?] [Mercy sakes alive old man, 950's just aren't safe anymore!] (Narration) By the time we got into their PBX we had 85 phreakers in all But there was a tap inside the old CO and them feds they taped our call Them feds were thicker than shit on a shingle As if we even cared...... I said calling all hackers this here's the phreak Them feds, they think we're scared! (We're Not) (Chorus) Cuz we got an elite conference, much to our delight We got elite access, we hackers give Bell a fright. so join us on this conference now don't you tell no fed. Cuz if you squeal and narc dude, your phoneline will go dead. Coooooooonference....... [Hey Phreak you wanna give me a 3-way on this here thing?] [No way there hacker, you're just not elite enough for it] [My goodness you can't even hack out a PCP!] [Mercy sakes get yourself an education!] (Narration) Well we called up everyone we could call Till the system almost failed. We used up all of our 950's and used up our voice mail. By the time our call went all world wide, them feds were gettin smart They called in some reinforcements from England's Scotland yard. There's wired taps, and traps and beeps and traces of every kind Yeah them stupid lines were full of feds cuz we didn't pay a goddamned dime Well we pushed our buttons and went for broke with a million fucking calls With 11 long haired friends of Ground Zero in total control of it all. [Yeah Ground Zero this here's phreak] [yeah phreak what can we do for ya?] [you wanna put us on another line?] [We're using an AT&T and we need all the protection we can get.] (Narration) Well we laid a trunk for our last connection. Prepared to use satellites I could see the line was tapped to start But we didn't get much of a fright I said hacker this here's the Superphreak we don't pay for our fuckin calls So we trashed the box with all it's locks And watched the Baby Bells fall...alright! (Chorus) Cuz we got an elite conference, much to our delight We got elite access, we hackers give Bell a fright. so join us on this conference now don't you tell no fed. Cuz if you squeal and narc dude, your phoneline will go dead. Coooooooonference....... [Say what Ground Zero?] [Them feds think you're where?] [Omaha?!?!?!?!] [Oh well, them feds are stupid anyway.] [Keep on phreakin and keep on hackin.] [Keep the feds off your tail...] [we're cuttin the connection and we'll see ya later] [Bye Bye........] --> End $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Well, that's all for now. Remember to send those submissions in! Ciao! ATI: part of George Bush's thousand points of light.