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Description: Strategies Sub-Board on The South Pole BBS (Illinois) Date: Unknown (Likely Winter of 1984) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A>ESSAGE #1 STRATEGIES MSG LEFT BY SYSTEM OPERATOR THIS BOARD IS FOR POSTING YOUR DIFFERNENT IDEAS AND PLANS ABOUT EVERYTHING. MESSAGE #2 QUESTIONS MSG LEFT BY: SYSTEM OPERATOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ANSWERS PLEASE ASK ME AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SYSOP MORE COMING ON 1)A SECOND SKIN 2)NOT LEAVING TRACES 3)TRAILING PEOPLE 4)LOTS MORE MESSAGE #3 SOON!! MSG LEFT BY SYSTEM OPERATOR I WILL SOON BE SHOWING YOU HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING IN CONTACT WITH THE SECRET SERVICE. SYSOP MESSAGE #4: I SCORED MSG LEFT BY: THE PENGUIN 210 WAS MY SCORE, THE ONLY ?'S I DID NOT GET 25 POINTS ON WERE #1, 10 AND 2 BECAUSE OF MY AGE (18). OH WELL... THE PENGUIN MESSAGE #5: INFORMATION MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION AND BOOKS YOU CAN GET INVOLVING THIS BOARD BOOK:FIRST BOOK OF STAGE, COSTUME,AND MAKE-UP BY FRANKLIN WATTIS. USEFULL FOR STAYING UNDERGROUND OR DECEPTION. PAMPHLET: HOW TO AVOID ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING & PRIVACY INVASION. INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION SERVICE 806 ROBERTSON BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA 90035 LOCKSMITHING, LOCKSMITHING INSTITUTE LITTLE FALLS NY 07424 (^EVERYHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LOCKS) INTERNATIONAL POLICE EQUIPMENT CO 906 S. ROBERTSON BLVD LOS ANGELES CALIF 90035 SELLS POLICA BADGES, ID CARDS,MANUALS, BLACK LIGHT EQUIP.,BUG DETECTORS, MINITURE CAMERAS,AND MUCH, MUCH, MORE... SOME OF THESE ARE OLD AND MAY NOT STILL BE IN EXCISTENCE... MESSAGE #6: CONTINUED MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE BOOOKS ----- STEAL THIS BOOK BY ABBIE HOFFMAN A CLASSIC, MADE DURING THE 60'S, IT INCOLVES DEMOSTRATIONS, TRASHING, "MONKEY WARFARE", HOW TO GET EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED FOR FREE (INCLUDING MOOSES). HOW TO GET ANYTHING ON ANYBODY A SURVEILENCE BOOK, DISCUSSES BUGS, LASER BUGS, TAPS, YOU NAME IT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SURVEILENCE CHECH OUT MY TUTORIAL IN THE G SECTION (MAKE SURE YOUR IN 80 COLUMN MODE) -=:>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=- P.S. IN REGARD OF WHAT THE SYSOP SAID EARLIER OF POSTING ON THE KGB "AS THEY ARE THE ENEMY". THE FBI IS THE ENEMY,OF PRIVACY, PERSONILIZATION, FREEDOM OF PRESS, ETC. MESSAGE #7: TV SURV. MSG LEFT BY STORM SHADOW IN REGARD TO THE GENERAL FILE ON TV SURVEILLANCE....TAKE A TV AND PUT A VIDEO CAMERA IN THE PLACE WHERE THE SPEAKER NORMALLY GOES. THIS IS USUALLY ONLY COVERED WITH MESH TYPE STUFF. AND THEN PLACE THE SPEAKER SOMEWHERE WHERE THE SOUND WILL SOUND WILL SOUND NORMAL. HELPFUL? MESSAGE #8: THE NSA MSG LEFT BY SIR FRANCIS DRAKE THE NSA (NATIANAL SECURITY COUNCIL) IS FOR BOTH INTERNATIONAL SURVEILENCE (RUSSIANS, ETC) AND NATIONAL (COUNTER-SURVEILENCE, UNDERGROUND GROUPS, RADICALS, ETC). ITS BUDGET IS THAT OF THE CIA AND FBI COMBINED.... FOR INFORMATION ON IT GET "THE PUZZLE PALACE" BY JAMES BAMFORD. IT TALKS ABOUT THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEMS, TELEPHONE SYSTEM, GARBAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, ETC. AN INTRESTING NOTE THAT MOST PEOPLE KNOW BUT JUST IN CASE, THE NSA INTERCEPTS MOST OVERSEAS VOICE CALLS AND ALL OVERSEA DATA CALLS AND OF COURSE 100% OF CALL GOING TO RUSSIA. -=:>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=- MESSAGE #9 WE FOUND OUT MSG LEFT BY: THE PENGUIN ONE TIME ON A MA BELL'S BASTARDS GROUP CONFERENCE WE FOUND OUT THEY LISTENED TO ALL OVERSEAS CALLS. WE CALLED JOHN DRAPER IN HAWAII (THATS CAPTAIN CRUNCH, THE ORIGINAL FOR YOU 13 YEAR OLDS) AND HE TOLD US THAT BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DRUG TRAFFICING BETWEEN THERE AND THE CONTINENTAL STATES, ALL CALLS ARE MONITORED. WE DID HERE LOTS OF CLICKING ON THE LINE. OH WELL...I DO HAVE PUZZLE PALACE (AS ADVISED BY STEVE WOZNIAK) AND IT IS GREAT, MY DAD'D UNCLE JOHN WAS IN THE NSA. MY DAD SAYS JOHN WON'T ADMIT TO IT BUT HE CAN NEVER TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID IN THE SERVICE, I KNOW IT IS COMMON BUT THERE IS GOOD REASON TO BELEIEVE HE WAS. THE PENGUIN MESSAGE #10: ORIGINAL? MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE TO AL YOU OVER 15 YEAR OLDS (IE PENGUIN). DRAPER WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINALS, JOE ENGRESIA IS NORMALLY CONSIDERED THE "TRUE" ORIGNIAL. HE DISCOVERED 2600 HERTZ WHILE WHISTLING INTO A TELEPHONE. HE WAS BLIND, AND CONSQUENCLY HAD EXTREMELY GOOD PITCH. =:>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=- $$$$$$$$$-LEGION OF DOOM-$$$$$$$$$$ MESSAGE #11: TO DRAKE MSG LEFT BY: THE PENGUIN I KNOW JOE WAS THE FIRST, I MEANT THAT JOHN IS THE ORIGINAL CAPTAIN CRUNCH, THERE ARE IMPERSONATORS. PENGO MESSAGE #12: TO PENGO MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE SORRY ABOUT MISTAKE. WOULD APPRECIATE IT HOWEVER IF STOPPED YOU DERAGATORY REMARKS ON 14 YEAR OLDS, ETC. -=:>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=- MESSAGE #13: NO WAY! MSG LEFT BY: THE PENGUIN 14 YEAR OLDS GET WHAT THEY DESERVE. BY THE WAY, HOW OLD ARE YOU??? BY YOUR SPELLING I WOULD GUESS 14. THE PENGUIN P.S. JOE GET READY TO MAKE A BITCH BOARD, I THINK I GOT A LIVE ONE HERE! MESSAGE #14: TO- DRAKE AND PENGUIN MSG LEFT BY: MICHAEL DECAYE FRANCIS AND PENGUIN- IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. THE POLITICS BOARD BECAME A WAR BOARD! I THINK IT SHOULD BE AN ANNONYMOUS WAR BOARD FOR US SHY TYPES SO YOU CAN SIGN IT IF YOU WANT, BUT DON'T HAVE TO. I HOPE YOU TOO HAVE FUN, AS YOUR ABOUT THE ONLY ACTIVE MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. FROM SUNNY CALIFORNIA, MICHAEL DECAYE MESSAGE #15: COMING IN A FILE MSG LEFT BY: SYSTEM OPERATOR OR COMING IN A WHILE.A WILL BE WRITING A FILE THAT EXPLAINES BUILDING YOUR OWN SATELLITE EARTH STATION.I WILL EXPLAIN THE DISH THAT I HAVE MY OWN PLANS FOR AND THEN ILL GIVE THE ARTICLE DATES FOR RADIO-ELECTRONICS WHICH EXPLAINS ANOTHER ANNTENNA AND ALL THE ELECTRONICS. SYSOP MESSAGE #16: STUFF... MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE HAVE BEEN BUSY WITH SCHOOL AND UNABLE TO CALL UP THIS BOARD LATLY... I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION ON SPEEPING GAS, PILLS, ETC. AND INFO ON AUDIO SURVEILENCE WITHOUT THE USE OF LARGE IMPLEMNTS. PERFERABLY FIT IN YOUR POCKET TYPE... =>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=- MESSAGE #17 MICROPHONE MSG LEFT BY SYSTEM OPERATOR OK HERES A WAY TO LISTEN IN ON CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE MANY FEET AWAY. OBTAIN A PARABOLIC SHAPED OBJECT, SUCH AS AN OLD WOK.PLACE A STICK IN THE MIDDEL (THIS MAY TAKE SOME DOING). PUT A SMALL MICROHONE ON THE STICK. POINT THE PARABOLIC OBJECT AT PEOPLE AND MOVE THE MICROPHONE UP AND DOWN THE STICK UNTIL THE PEOPLE ARE HEARED. THIS IS TE FOCAL POINT OF THE OBJECT. PUT THE MICROPHONE IN A SMALL AMPLIFIER TO HEAR THE PEOPLE.THIS WILL WORK.IF THE PARABOLIC SHAPE IS GOOD SHAPE. SYSOP MESSAGE #18: KGB!!! MSG LEFT BY: SYSTEM OPERATOR OK THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY MESSAGES ON THE KGB. THE KGB IS THE SOVIET UNION.THE KGB MILITIA GUARD STHE 41,595 MILES OF THE COUNTRY'S SEA AND LAND FRONTIERS.IT MONITORS THE EDUCATION OF ALL SOVIET SCOOLS.IT CONTROLS THE PAPERS,THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY. GET THIS-IN EVERY CITY,TOWN,VILLAGE,AND HUT-CLUSTER HAMLET,THE KGB HAS ESATBLISHED INFORMANT NETWORKS TO INVESTIGATE THE BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDE OF THE COUNTRY'S POPULATION OF 268,800,000. UPON THE AGE OF 16,A SOVIET CITIZEN QUALIFIES FOR AN INTERNAL! PASSPORT. WITHOUT IT,IT IS ILLEGAL! TO MOVE FROM ONE PART OF THE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER.IT PROVIDES THE KGB WITH A RECORD OF EVERY OFFICIAL MOVEMENT BY EACH!!!! PERSON WITHIN RUSSIA. EVERY SOVIET EMPLOYEE HAS A WORKBOOK, WHERE WAGE,DUTY,PROMOTIONS,DEMOTIONS, SUCCESS OR WORK FAILURE IS RECORDED. ENTRIES ARE DATED.ANYONE REGARDED AS POLITICALLY UNRELIABLE WILL BE MARKED UNSATISACTORY IN HIS WORKBOOK AND FIRED . SOMEONE WITHOUT MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR MORE THAN A MONTH IN THE SOVIET UNION IS TERMED A PARASITE AND TEHER IS A LAW AGAINST PARASITES:THE PENALTY FOR CONVICTION IS EXILE OR LABOUR CAMP INTERNMENT. IN 1977 THE 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDIN OF THE RUSSIAN SECURITY, BREZHNEV SENT THE KG A MESSAGE SAYING THERE WORK AS 'HARD BUT HONOURABLE, VERY NECESSARY AND RESPONSIBLE.' THIS IS ALL BEING TAKEN FROM A BOOK CALLED KGB INSIDE THE WORDL'S LARGEST INTELLIGENCE NETWROK BY BRIAN FREEMANTLE. I KNEW THE KGB WAS BIG BUT NOT THAT BIG.JUST WAIT TILL I GIVE YOU THE SPENDING FIQURES OF THE KGB. MESSAGE #20: THINGS... MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE THANXS FOR HELP ON LISTENING DEVICE SYSOP, WHERE THE HELL DO I GET "CORDLES S" MICROPHONES? HOW MUCH DO THEY COST , ETC? IF YOU MUST TALK ABOUT THE KGB TRY TO KEEP PERSONAL BIASES OUT OF IT. YOU PICTURE THEM AS SOME BRAVE NEW WORL THOUGHT POLICE WHEN ACTUALLY WE DO THE SAME TYPE OF THING ALSO, ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO DONT POST.. POST!!! OR THE BIG-BAD SYSOP WILL DELETE YOU!!!! -=:>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<: MESSAGE #22: POST!!!!!!! (SPACEBAR QUITS MESSAGE) MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE DATE POSTED: THIS IS THE ONLY BOARD OF THIS TYPE (SPY) AND WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE DO? YOU DONT POST! -=:>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=- MESSAGE #21 FER SALE MSG LEFT BY: PHANTOM LORD OK, IF YER INTERESTED IN PLANS FER SHIT LIKE PHONE TAPS,BUGS,DESCRAMBLERS,ETC.. THEN THIS IS THE CATALOG FER U! SEND EM A LETTER SAYING THAT YOUR INTERESTED IN RADIO BRODCASTING AND YOU WANT ONE OF THIER CATALOGS. THE ADDR. IS.... PANAXIS PRODUCTIONS P.O. BOX 130 PARADISE,CA 95969 YOU WON'T REGRET IT. THE PHANTOM LORD T.S.P.S.M.C. MESSAGE #23: NEW IDENTITY MSG LEFT BY SYSTEM OPERATOR HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE JUST A LITTLE OLDER AND HAVE PROOF OF IT. WELL HERE IS YOUR CHANCE BY SENDING $6.00 AND THE FOLLOWING THINGS.TO THIS ADDRESS YU WILL GET A NEW IDENTITY CARD AND A BIRTH CERTIFICATE ALSO. NAME,ADDRESS,SEX,HEIGHT,WEIGHT,COLOR HAIR,EYES,BIRTHDATE,AND A SMALL PHOTO. TO CARDINAL PUBLISHING, DEPT.362 2071 EMERSON PO BOX 5200 JACKSONVILLE,FLORIDA JW MESSAGE #24: ID STUFF MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE IF YOU ARE INTRESTED IN FAKE ID AND USE OF FAKE ID THEN I SUGGEST PAPER TRIP II, AVAILABLE FROM LOOMPANICS. ALSO, I HAVE JUST COME BACK FROM SCHOOL WITH A DIPLOMA. THATS RIGHT! WHAT I DID WAS I WENT TO THE MAIN OFFICE AND ASKED FOR A COPY OF A DIPLOMA FOR A ART PROJECT. THEY KINDLIY XEROXED ONE FOR ME. I THEN PUT A PICE OF PAPER OVER THE NAME AND XEROXED IT AGAIN. THEN USING STICK ON LETTERS I WILL PUT IN MY NAME, TRACE SOME OF THE LETTERS TO DARKEN IT UP AND XEROX IT AGAIN. FINNALY I WILL I WILL TRACE THE EMBLEM WITH A GOLD PEN, PUT IT IN A FAKE LEATHER THING ORDERED FROM THE ADDRES ON THE BACK OF THE REAL ONE AND I HAVE GRADUATED HIGH-SCHOOL! -=>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=- P.S. IM NOW WORKING ON A HARVARD ONE. MESSAGE #25 MARTIAL ARTS EQUIP. MSG LEFT BY: MR. DOP ME HERE... I'VE FOUND A GOOD M.A.E. CO. ITS MAIL ORDER BUT ITS GOOD. JUST WRIGHT THEM AND YOU'LL GET A FREE 50 PAGE CATALOG. ASIAN WORLD OF MARTIAL ARTS 917-21 ARCH STREET PHILDELPHIA, PA 19107 LATER... -= DOP =- MESSAGE #26: HEY DOP! MSG LEFT BY: THE PENGUIN I KNOW THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A CHICAGO BASE, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE # DO YOU HAVE IT, POST IF SO, THANX! THE PENGUIN MESSAGE #27: CHICAGO MSG LEFT BY: MR. DOP ME HERE. HERE IT IS... 3481 N. CLARK STREET CHICAGO, ILL. 60657 IT DOSE SAY TO SEND ALL MAIL ORDERS TO THE PHILADELPHA STORE AND FOR ANY ON WHO LIVES IN THE AREA HERE ARE THE HOURS MON-SAT 1000 AM-5:30 PM PHILADELPHIA: MON-SAT 9:30 AM-5:30 PM LATER... -= DOP =- MESSAGE #28: PHONE RECORDINGS MSG LEFT BY: DARK PIRATE HERE IS A GOOD WAY TO TIE A TAPE RECORDER TO A PHONE LINE. MAY I SUGGEST FINDING THE SILVER BOX IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE OR BUILDING TO TIE THIS TO, AND THAT WAY HIDE IT. THE BOX SHOULD BE MARKED BELL AND IS EASILY OPENED AND THE GREEN AND RED WIRES ARE USED. HERE'S THE SCHEMATIC: +O----------I------------- I I I I +I --O --- TO PHONE --- 1MFD CAP. O - TAPE INPUT +I --O --- 1MFD CAP. I I --- I -O----------I------------- -+=THE DARK PIRATE=+- P.S. THE MIDDLE O IS THE MIC. MESSAGE #29: STUPH... MSG LEFT BY: SIR FRANCIS DRAKE GLAD TO SEE PEOPLE POSTING...ON THAT LAST ONE, IF IT DOSNT WORK AND U SEEM TO BE GETTING SOME OTHER LINE TRY THE BLACK AND YELLOW, USED FOR A SECOND LINE. ALSO, BELL BUSTS THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR FOR TAPING AND LISTENING TO PHONES. HOOK WIRES TO COVER, SO IF A BELL DUDE OPENS IT UP IT WILL WRIP AL THE STUPH OUT... -=:>SIR FRANCIS DRAKE<:=-