NOTE: If you do not already know what Concrete is, read the Concrete FAQ. Otherwise this document will make less sense than it actually does. See section 5.10. ...ConcreteNet... "The Slab of Truth" - Attract new users - Carry Eclectic file feeds - Contribute - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ܲ ۲ ۰ ߲ ۰۰ ۲ ۰ ۲߰ ߲ ߲ܲܲ ߲߲߲ܲܲ۲ݲ۲ ݱ ۲ pX ޲ ޲ ۲ ۲ ߲۲ ۲ ޲ ܲܲpX ܲܲܲ ߲ - concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We don't have Official Representatives" - Official Concrete Representatives --==-- Table of Concrete 0.00............. This Page 0.50............. Concrete information-getting 1.00.............. Words 2.00.............. Some More Words 3.00.............. Words Again 4.00.............. A Bunch of Words 5.00.............. How To Exploit Your Stoat For Fun and Profit... Just Kidding, It's Actually Just More Words 6.00.............. The Final Word ===> NOTE: Whenever you see this character (*), it is satire. Otherwise, this document is serious. Eg: * We do not insure the literary of rhetorical devices used in this document. Have your SIN number handy when the ambulance arrives. This documentation will be chock-full of words. If you are illiterate, visually impaired, or just a casual twit, we take no responsibility for mechanical or biological damages, intentional or otherwise. * "It's cheaper than Mad magazine, and much more amusing. Hmmm... In fact, it have absolutely nothing in common with Mad magazine." - An anonymous Concrete beta-reader (John Finklebaum, Age 27. 88 Trustham Street, Mississauga, Ontario A0L 4U2. Wears lime-green women's under pants and calls his cat 'Doris Day' when no one is looking. Don't forget a stamp!) "God is Dead" - Neitzche "Neitzche is Dead" - God "Neitzche is God" - The Dead ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ܲ ۲ ۰ ߲ ۰۰ ۲ ۰ ۲߰ ߲ ߲ܲܲ ߲߲߲ܲܲ۲ݲ۲ ݱ ۲ pX ޲ ޲ ۲ ۲ ߲۲ ۲ ޲ ܲܲpX ܲܲܲ ߲ - concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.50 If you don't know what Concrete is, pound the pound key 6 times. * (Pound Pound Pound Pound Pound Pound!) If you do not already know about what Concrete is, what it does, and all that Jazz (Rhumba?), I suggest you choose a BBS from section 5.10 of this document and download (or view) before you read the rest of this at least one of the following. It'll make understanding Concrete and ConcreteNet a whole lot comfier (not an English word according to the OED) So: Concrete Docs: CONCRETE.ZIP - All these belowmentioned GrOovY ZIP's in one file. MANIFEST.ZIP - The Concrete Manifesto, Guide to Submitting articles, Goals etc. Quite amusing. SUBVERT.ZIP - Concrete Mail-It-Yourself kit. If you want to subvert kids in your neighborhood/University, this is a copy of our propaganda posters for your distribution. Eg: Stuff one in the disk drive of every SparcStation in your computer lab. MEMBER.ZIP - Concrete Membership list (recompiled every 3 months) CONCNET.ZIP - You are reading it. RHESUS.ZIP - Project RHESUS FAQ. Describes Concrete Cold Storage and associated sins. Time Capsule data, dimensions, and storage formats. NOTE: Further Dox available as 1996 rolls on. Further Doc Martens available at most Aldo Shoe Stores, plus an array of zany colors at The Underground. 1.00 Introduction. * Thank you for purchasing the new UltraSpit LlamaMaster 9000(tm)! We know you'll enjoy your new llama accessory, as millions of others have, world- wide. Remember, the UltraSpit LlamaMaster is fully Plug-And-Play, so installation means nothing more than a simple twist and click! (Version 7.0 for Unix and the Mac available next year.) Confused? Buck up. Life's confusing, and it doesn't get any better from here. If you want bland, indulge in some soda crackers. If regurgitation is more your style, there are a dozen teen idols out there just looking for a drooling fankid like you. And if you feel comfortable with nothing more than plain stupidity, you've got it easy: just flip on Hard Copy. Anything else, we've got your cookie. --==-- 1.10 Let's start with a bit of History 101.... * The year: 1503. Nothing happened in 1503. We're here because absolutely nothing of worthwhile value happened in 1503. It's solely unique because during the entire year of 1503, there was no news at all. Maybe some bitching with Catholics and all. Feudalism going to the dogs. Not much to do here, so let's jump ahead to 1993. The year: 1993. Coyote thought up The Underground Compendium. In his young and foolish mind, he decided to make up an emag, learn how to be a big bad hacker pirate, and then write about his escapades. What actually happened was that he lost interest in about forty-five minutes, and shelved his ideas indefinitely, in favor of chatboarding instead. 1995. Coyote is cleaning under his toenails and finds the Lost Writings of The Underground Compendium. He's about to file them away again, when he gets a cunning plan. Coyote: Zounds! He decided that with a bit of a name-change, he could probably lure un- suspecting computer-knowledgeable people into cahoots with him, and create a real emag! It could publish actual intelligent thought and everything. So, Concrete was born, and Coyote immediately scooted off in search of victims. The first recruit was Doctor Strange (coder, now slightly defunct), and second, the illustrious Cthulu! The angels sing his name with fervor, until he's not looking! And then came The Laughing Fool, of whom angels have never sang (though demons frequently mention his name while passing around kegs of Molson brew in their off-hours.) There were a bunch of other people, but outside of Livewire (who actually currently employs Coyote, and is therefore in a position of authority over him), Nitty (the only visual artist Concrete ever came close to even looking at), and Eoanya (alt.greek.kid), none of them are worth mentioning. At least not until they've submitted anything good. For a look at who's in Concrete read the MEMBER's LIST in the [Concrete] Leftovers file echo. You should, of course, know this. You read the Concrete FAQ, right? RIGHT?!? Many meets ensued, while Concrete the emag attempted half-heartedly to get off the ground. After a while, it became so involved it was a near impossibility, so the Majestic Three! (namely - Coyote, Cthulu, and The Laughing Fool) concluded that a paper release and a World Wide Web HTML page were necessary. Like the Protestant reformation, Concrete parsed its publication mode down to a fine minimum. This eliminated a lot of the proposed 'multi-media overhead' that the emag had originally possessed. Such as the 'OpenGL Linux port, with enhanced MPEG.' * (At this point it is nessecary to note that Concrete was like the early Communist Party. You had your basic two Lenins, and a Trotsky... Ah, forget it. Inside joke.) Which brings us to today. This very moment. Concrete is now in possession of many megs of potential material. Your users, on YOUR board could be the next thing in Concrete's pages. Or at least, on their magnetic archives. --==-- 1.20 Bureaucracy The Executive Force of Concrete: * (The Majestic Three!) Coyote Cthulu The Laughing Fool (Doctor Strange - unreachable, NOT one of the M3) * The Executive Force of Canada: Jean Chretien A bunch of Quebecois guys A sleeping cop outside of Mr. Chretien's front door The Executive Force of the US: Anyone with a million dollars or a gun --==-- 1.30 You may wonder why Concrete is creating a net called ConcreteNet. We could say that we want to promote freedom of speech and creative express- ionism, and that would be true. We could also say that ConcreteNet will be a valuable communications tool between corresponding members. This also would be true. However, if one were to dig deep enough, and ask the right questions, and make strategic use of plastic utensils and a cold metal prod, the truth would come forthwith. Essentially, Concrete needs a way to keep track of, and receive new work. We are obsessed with acquiring new pieces to add to our distributions. Concrete has meets, but then again, not everybody can attend. So a net really is a must. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ܲ ۲ ۰ ߲ ۰۰ ۲ ۰ ۲߰ ߲ ߲ܲܲ ߲߲߲ܲܲ۲ݲ۲ ݱ ۲ pX ޲ ޲ ۲ ۲ ߲۲ ۲ ޲ ܲܲpX ܲܲܲ ߲ - concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.00 The Message Bases The message bases will be named thusly. NOTE: Some of the discussion in these groups may appear on the pages of Concrete. If the conversation gets above the usual 'my 28.8 can do 115.2!', and starts mentioning Hawking radiation or IBM AIX genetic algorithmic viruses, or even Schopenhauer (yet another German philosopher who hated Kant) then it might get published. [Concrete] Gruntwork - Private M3! base [Concrete] general.major.captain - General messages [Concrete] Call Out The Institution - Announcements [Concrete] Dangling Participles - Literary discussion [Concrete] Dali and Friends - Visual Arts discussion [Concrete] Mouth Art - Music\Spoken Word discussion [Concrete] Byte Me. - Coding discussion [Concrete] Through A Glass Darkly - Film discussion [Concrete] What Dreams Are Made Of - Release discussion [Concrete] M. Tyson vs S. Hawking... - Meets discussion [Concrete] Digital Strip Mall - Internet discussion\depravity [Concrete] Fate & Debate. - Philosophy\Debate (new subject weekly) [Concrete] Sucks To Be You - Flames [Concrete] Die Squirrels, Long Live Llamas - Nonsense (WILL NOT BE IN ISSUES) 2.10 Access ***************IMPORTANT**************** (NOTE: Those stars above do not mean satire. The ones in the sky too.) Only Coyote, Cthulu, and The Laughing Fool will have access to the private M3! base. Local sysops can hardly avoid having access as well. This is really a very odd idea. Bugger it, eh? Just ask if you want to have a look. Access to the other bases should be given to users descriminately. The last thing we need is a horde of sniveling 14-year-old warez-grubbers trying to out-modem each other, or wafflepunks whose total vocabulary consists of, "EH D00D I KNOW YOU !!!!!!! WANA FIGHT?". And so it goes. Invite people you know have something interesting to type. People who would stop and talk to a clown about Dopamine chemistry on Granville St. for example... Concrete is looking for real intellectual meat to chew on. Encourage your most intelligent users to contribute. It is the sincere hope of the M3 (yes, we do have helium-inflated egos) that the subjects of discussion in the groups generate articles, or at least saved mail for an issue. 2.20 Rules Yeah, sorry, there are some. Follow them if you dare, and those of you who don't dare, follow them anyway. They're reasonable rules; we're not asking for your first-born child as a deposit or anything. * 1) Give us your first-born child. (dodge rotting veggies and enraged booing) Okay, the REAL rules. 1) Flame in the flame base. 2) Other things in the other bases, respectively. 3) Don't be a wafflepunk. Pretty simple. Oh yeah. We reserve the right to kick you out of ConcreteNet on a whim. Not that we will, of course; it's sort of an unwritten rule that everyone gets a second chance. Well, I guess it's not really an unwritten rule any- more. But you get the picture. We're not going to hold any biases against you until you earn them, no matter what sort of reputation you might carry with you. If you got into ConcreteNet in the first place, you probably did something right. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ܲ ۲ ۰ ߲ ۰۰ ۲ ۰ ۲߰ ߲ ߲ܲܲ ߲߲߲ܲܲ۲ݲ۲ ݱ ۲ pX ޲ ޲ ۲ ۲ ߲۲ ۲ ޲ ܲܲpX ܲܲܲ ߲ - concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.00 The File Bases In keeping with our format for naming message bases, the file bases will be named thusly as well. And yea, became they: [Concrete] New Damage Done - New Uploads [Concrete] Leftovers - Miscellaneous [Concrete] Expand Your Mind - Info Text Files [Concrete] Black Art - Coding/Exploration/Linux [Concrete] Retro Beatnik Ocular Assault - Picture Files [Concrete] Aural Rape - Sound Files [Concrete] Aitch Tee Emm Elle - HTML/Java Files [Concrete] Redefining Quality Control - Concrete Releases [Concrete] input.input.input.input.input - Concrete Submissions [Concrete] High Anxiety - Private M3! Files --==-- 3.10 Access The Private M3! base is accessible only by the M3! and BBS sysops. The rest of the conference should be open only to those whom ask for it and have express permission from one of the M3! All Concrete members automatically have access. Sysops may make exceptions to this only if they are absolutely SURE that they aren't fucking us up big time. E.G.: see section 2.10. --==-- 3.20 Rules More rules. Yeehaw. * Sorry, gotta be done. Let's see... If you've got a brain, you've figured them out already. Every- thing in it's respective file base, new uploads to the new uploads section, NO WAREZ. Anyone who screws around goes up against the wall. And we're not just joking around or saying this for formalities' sake either: we're not going to jeopardize our time and effort because you decided to stick some old pirated copy of Wolfenstein 3-D or Prince of Fucking Persia into the Sound Files area and it ends up on some conservative node (not that we expect one, but hell; plan for anything.) If something stupid ends up on the file echo, we'll send the Unix Monster after you. File points, post-call-download ratio, etc is up to the individual sysop. And lastly, don't be afraid to upload whatever you want, if you think it might interest us, be it Amiga Tracking FAQs or surrealist/Dadaist/ impressionist/neo-trecher or Sukando GIFs or even original/interesting DOOM WADs. Humor of all sorts, satire particularly, is encouraged. Essays, Fiction and Non-Fiction are of course, in short supply. Code. HTML. Amusing observations: "File I wrote after observing the ISDN lines they use on those video rental machines...." NOTE: We do not want ANOTHER copy of Windows NT Advanced Server. We are not interested in Primus bassline tabs nor American-oriented blue box schematix from 1974. We already have those in a 80 megger buried in the yard. If you DO have a Iron Feather Journal that we don't, give us a dingle. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ܲ ۲ ۰ ߲ ۰۰ ۲ ۰ ۲߰ ߲ ߲ܲܲ ߲߲߲ܲܲ۲ݲ۲ ݱ ۲ pX ޲ ޲ ۲ ۲ ߲۲ ۲ ޲ ܲܲpX ܲܲܲ ߲ - concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 4.00 Those Words I Promised worldgundeathnewyorkcityrunningstretchdamagelittlepartjunkiesettingsunwater weaknessfondlerightanglesobjectcertainlyedgarallanpoethinkaboutghostsprison homecheesenojelloforanamevaselinequarrelmonsieurspigotfallacypseudostyledog khybercypherwhinerpunksmaltesesherlockshakespearestraightrazormasquecrimson tangerinesapoplepticjapevisionaryscumkingpestpsychotherapistmajorbrainbread antidisestablishmentarianism... Satisfied? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ܲ ۲ ۰ ߲ ۰۰ ۲ ۰ ۲߰ ߲ ߲ܲܲ ߲߲߲ܲܲ۲ݲ۲ ݱ ۲ pX ޲ ޲ ۲ ۲ ߲۲ ۲ ޲ ܲܲpX ܲܲܲ ߲ - concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 5.00 That Ol' Bump and Grind with General Information Ah yes, General Information. Cousin to Major Facts, went to college with Lieutenant Data. Who doesn't know and love General Information? Just remember, he's an army boy, so keep him away from latex and pink frilly things. Did I just imply something there? * SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE TO MASS SUBCONSCIOUS: pliednothingwasimpliedbacktoworknothingwasimpliedsendconcretemoneynothingwasi See? Told you so. Even ask your subconscious. Thanks to C. Jung. --==-- 5.10 Contacting An Evil Spirit Barring an Ouija board, there are a few ways to call up a personal Concrete demon member: I) THE IN-NERD-NET URL http://helix.net/~maxy/concrete.html (may be subject to change) II) EMAIL Coyote: jeff_cheah@mindlink.bc.ca The Laughing Fool: maxy@helix.net (Or on Odyssey BBS, fool@Odyssey) III) TELEPHONE Concrete Hotline: (604) 930-0328 IV) CONCRETE FAX SERVER (24 hrs) (604) 263-5440 To: Submissions Fool Subject: Concrete V) SNAIL MAIL Concrete c\o Coyote 15312 111a Street Surrey, British Columbia V3R 6G7 VI) SILICONETICA Odyssey - (604) 261-0309 Sysop: The Laughing Fool (SLIP/PPP too!) The Screaming Tomato - (604) 430-8805 Sysops: Nitnatsnoc, Cthulu VII) TELEPATHIC COMMUNICATION Just think real hard - it might work. Real-time chat, too, like IRC. VIII) PERSONALS Take out an ad. We read the papers sometimes. (No. We write in them.) --==-- 5.20 Odyssey Specs/PROJECT RHESUS Odyssey BBS, Linux based, home of the Concrete Public Web server. For those of you poor proles that don't have the cash to pay Helix flipping Internet $70 a month to look at MORE pictures of Vicks (tm) the Internet Cough Drop. ODYSSEY DISTRIBUTES THE INTERACTIVE MASTER ARCHIVES OF CONCRETE. Aside from the File Feeds, all the information from mail, file, and other echoes are downloaded weekly to Odyssey for Cold Storage. The Laughing Fool is building a rather odd PROJECT RHESUS. See the FAQ for information. Odyssey users are given 1 meg of file space, which to upload publicly viewable schtuff for Vancouver's finest Linux/Orinoco board members to view. Coming in 1996: Internet email, newsgroups, and ConcreteNet gateway. Free access to the GNU C++ compiler, a local Web server, and SLIP/PPP is provided. Its not on the net, but then again, the sysop (Fool) wants it that way. 604-261-0309. Yowza. --==-- 5.30 ConcreteNet Nodelists and Other Important Stuff Neon is the current hub board for ConcreteNet. Neon can be reached at (604) 942-3074. An up-to-date nodelist can be downloaded from Neon. Contact Praxis for more information or any technical questions that bear asking. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ܲ ۲ ۰ ߲ ۰۰ ۲ ۰ ۲߰ ߲ ߲ܲܲ ߲߲߲ܲܲ۲ݲ۲ ݱ ۲ pX ޲ ޲ ۲ ۲ ߲۲ ۲ ޲ ܲܲpX ܲܲܲ ߲ - concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete -/- concrete - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 6.00 Some Final Words Well, it's been a hoot. I'll miss you, and your little dog too. Say hi to Zsa Zsa for me, tell her to work her right hook. If Alfi calls, just stutter for a couple of minutes then yell a random line from 'The Prisoner' and hang up on him fast before he can phone-bomb you. Example: Number 2: Hello, Number 6 (you) YOU: I, er, uhm... Well, you know, I... Number 2: Why did you resign? YOU: I will not be pushed, pulled, filed, stamped or numbered. I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN! Do you feel contagious? Do you have a hot, itchy sensation running down your left side? Do squirrels pursue you wherever you go, no matter how rodent- proof? Are you a wafflepunk? Are you hurt? Do you need a doctor? Does a doctor need you? If you answered yes to any of the above questions you're talking to yourself. Call us immediately and we'll get a recording crew there immediately; we'll fill up a couple of DATs and mass-market it as spoken word poetry. Otherwise, try out ConcreteNet. It'll be an interesting experience, and you will never be the same. Sort of like eating axle grease. - Coyote - f00l