html head title ACiD Newsletter Issue No 20 September 1999 title head body bgcolor= #000000 text= #C0C0C0 link= #FFFFFF vlink= #C0C0C0 alink= #80 8080 PRE read all about it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ *$$$$$$$$ 7 *=* 4Q $$ *= $ ==** 4Q $$$$$TUM - Q$ 4 $ S$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ s##s $ $$$SSS 4$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$L $$$$$$$b s% $ T$$$$$$$$L Y$$ $$$$$$7 ^ $$$$$$$$$$$$ & !$$$$$$$$$ $$ $$$$ s#S$$$$$ 4 $$$$$ ^ l $$$$$$$$$l $$ $$$ $$$$$$$$$$$l ^ ^ $$$$$$$$ j$$ $$ 4$$$$$$$$$$$$ ^ $$$ $$$ x$$$$$ $$$ _ 7 s s l$$7 $$$$ *gs%j * $$$ d$$$$$L j$$$$$$$ $$ $$ $ - $$$l $$$$$$$ S$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$& $$$$$$$l _______ $ - 7 $$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$ l$$$$$$ $$$$$$ j$ $$ l ^ *4Q $$$$ $$$$ $$$$$$ $$l - $$$ $$b _ 4 $$$$l x%$$$$$$X%x $$ 4$$$$$$$$$$$$x%#S$$$$$$$$$X ------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Issue No 20 An Official a href= http www acid org ACiD Productions a (T M) Public Update Sept 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ^ hr Index ol li a href= #INTRO Intro a - mHz aka Eufanasia li a href= #ACIDDRAW Free At Last a - mHz li a href= #MEM_CHANGED Ch-Ch-Changes a - aCK and mHz li a href= #MEM_ADDED FI a - aCK li a href= #MEM_REMOVED FO a - mHz li a href= #SPRINGBREAK Envelope Please a - aCK li a href= #ACIDGEAR Another ACiD Article a - mHz li a href= #ARTPACKS Record Collector a - Hack li a href= #OUTRO Outro a - mHz li a href= #CREDITS Credits a ol hr a name= INTRO mm yy y y _ $$ yy y _ y y _ yy $$P 4$L $$ $$P j$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXX $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ 7$b $$ 7$b d$ INTRO $$ XXXX $$ X X by a href= mailto mhz@mail acid org mH z a aka Eufanasia a A wise man once noted that all good things must come to an end This man however knowledgeable was obviously not versed in the eminence of ACiD As we sit back continuing to do what we do best and watch other organizations once thought to be as stable as Stonehenge crumble ACiD has made the trek into the new millenium and emerged unscathed still at the top of our game a name= ACIDDRAW _ y y _ yy y _ y y _ _ y y _ _ y y yy $$ j$P 4$L $$P j$P 4$L j$P 4$L j$P 4$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX $$XXXXX $$ $$ $$XXX $$ $$ 7$b 7$b 7$b d$$ 7$b $$ $$ X X X XX xx $$ _ y y yy _ y $$ $$ j$P 4$$ j$P $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ XXXXXQQ $$XXX 7$b 7$b d$$ d$ 7$b FREE AT LAST X X XX XX XX by a href= mailto mhz@mail acid org mHz a a Adding to our reputation as not only role models but benefactors of the entire art community ACiDDraw the premier ANSI ASCII editor for DOS has been released Version 1 25r September 1 1999 with no restrictions to the general public allowing even those who s companies show a negative cash flow to still create masterpieces This new version is also updated fixing the infamous and paradoxical Pentium bug Amendments to the licensing agreement have also been made refer to the documentation for details To partake in this superior program ACiDDraw 1 25r may be downloaded via FTP at a href= ftp ftp artpacks acid org pub artpacks programs dos editors adra w125r zip ftp ftp artpacks acid org pub artpacks programs dos editors adraw12 5r zip a a name= MEM_CHANGED _ y y _ $$ y y _ _ y y _ $$ y y _ j$P 4$L $$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$ $$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ 7$b $$ 7$b $$ X $$ X $$ _ y y _ $$ y y _ _ y y yy yy y y _ _ y _ y y _ _ y j$P 4$L $$P 4$L j$P 4$$ $$P 4$L j$P j$P 4$L j$P $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX XXXXXQQ 7$b $$ 7$b d$$ $$ 7$b d$$ 7$b d$ X $$ X XX $$ X XX X XX a CH-CH-CHANGES by a href= mailto patrickj@mail ru aCK a and a href= mailto mhz@mail acid org mHz a Touching off a minor world crisis Eporue has been demoted from the all powerful position of AIS Advisor instead taking on the still-prestigious role of AIS member All impending nuclear catastrophes were headed off when it was revealed that ACiD was launching an attack on Eporue not Europe as many a dyslexic missile-guidance system operator had previously thought To publicly initiate the valued Eporue into his new role of AIS Member we ve prepared a small project for him to embark on sehciwdnas emos su teg europE It should also be noted that in the interest of ending redundancy and not being redundant Infernal Flames has shortened his alias to Flames making his alias shorter a name= MEM_ADDED _ y y _ mm j$P 4$L yy $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ FI $$ by a href= mailto patrickj@mail ru aCK a a From CIA comes the HiRez Poetry master Blue Devil who RaD Man has busy ghost writing lovely poems for RaD Woman But between the poems BD still manages to produce artwork of a quality that spells ACiD HRG sent us two great Hirez Artists Diamond and Iron Lung Thanks HRG! We ll call you when we need more! In our continuing melding of multiple medias Sphere creator of many popular WinAmp Skins has joined us to explore his art to a larger scale and possibly crayon-up RaD Man s car-Alpine In our quest to pull more people into the scene we ve stumbled across two phenomenal artists Mallakai and Virex Now that we have received the gratitude of the scene for single-handedly keeping it alive we ll all sit back have a few beers a good cigar and hire a few geishas to pat us on the back Remorse ASCII picked up some new faces recently with the addition of such great names as Cleaner Emok Polymorph Roman Subsonic and Sudiphed Welcome to the club folks And last but definitely not least we welcome Skaboy to our ranks Skaboy will continue to work on his creation Empathy the ONLY true XBIN Editor under the ACiD label as well as assist the newly-rejoined Ragnarok with our ever-expanding web sites a name= MEM_REMOVED _ y y _ _ y y _ j$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ 7$b d$ FO $$ X by a href= mailto mhz@mail acid org mHz a a A common syndrome in ACiD is that of the inactive artist Apparently certain individuals come to the unshocking realization that they ve simply lost all of their ability to create superior ACiD quality art Rather than do the noble thing and resign as Bedlam has they take to a witness protection program-like life leaving no forwarding address as they slink away into untalented obscurity We here at ACiD have never been rude so we won t name names as to further humiliate such useless individuals as Alien who has apparently taken up residence back on his home planet a place where one need only draw 1 month out of each decade In the interest of full disclosure our AIS team has determined the current locations of such Ex-ACiD members as Pixel Pusher who s pixels have been pushed right out of ACiD Sunnyjim has taken up residence in Sunny San Francisco to better show off his Sunny Jim in a sunny gym The infinitely useless xEDGEx has been cut and edged straight out of ACiD Everybody s favorite Sc00p has been scooped right out of the memberlist to make more room for productive individuals Revolution has proved to be more of a schoolyard skirmish than a revolution in recent months and hence has been shot out of a cannon to a far away place In addition Cain Kyo ColorNox and Skate Guy have all skated out of ACiD Well apparently we ve done it again and there s no turning back now We apologize and still love you all a name= SPRINGBREAK _ y y _ yy y y _ $$ $$ _ y y _ $$ _ y y _ yy y y _ _ y y _ j$P 4$L $$P 4$L $$ $$ j$P 4$L $$ j$P 4$L $$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX 7$b $$ 4$k d$P 7$b 7$b 7$b d$ $$b d$ 7$b X $$ X X X X X yy y y _ $$ _ y y _ _ y y yy _ y _ y y _ $$P 4$L $$ j$P 4$L j$P 4$$ j$P j$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX $$ $$ XXXXXQQ $$XXXXX $$b d$ 7$b 7$b 7$b d$$ d$ 7$b ENVELOPE PLEASE X X X X XX XX X by a href= mailto p atrickj@mail ru aCK a a While everyone else went to Jamaica and appeared on MTV s ridiculously overhyped spring break festival our boys at ACiD spent the holiday the real man s way IN MEXICO AND ON COMPUTERS With a higher doodleboy to callgirl ratio than one might expect they suprisingly enjoyed themselves and managed to pull in a few awards! Firstly the musician whose name you can pronounce but not spell Psibelius took second place in the music competition with his track Nova Soli which is French for No Goes Soli Spanish for Soli does not go Portuguese for In Vain Soli and Italian for It Does Not Go Single What he actually meant by the title is something you ll have to ask him I can t due to the restraining order Nova Soli psb-nova it released in the October 1999 pHluid Music Disk can be downloaded from a href= http phluid acid org files 1999 ph-1099 zip http phluid acid org files 1999 ph-1099 zip a RaD Man actually won something! And we all just thought he was a pretty face to be a rallying point Jason JJJ and RaD Man take home GOLD IN WOMEN S DOUBLES Wait Sorry First place in the Spring Break 99 graphics competition Their entry Future Tex is a beautiful piece of work Check it out at an archive near you Future Tex our-futuretex jpg released in the ACiD Acquisition Update 78 Part B can be downloaded from a href= ftp ftp artpacks acid org pub artpacks artpacks 1999 acid-78b ra r ftp ftp artpacks acid org pub artpacks artpacks 1999 acid-78b rar a Let it be established at this point that even though ACiD did not enter a demo this year the bulk of those which were entered were even better than the years previous Which just goes to show you Our presence makes things better At Spring Break 99 representing ACiD were Beastie his friend Clockwork Psibelius RaD Man Sharp and Murray You ll have to guess who Murray is Apparently he s embarrassed by the use of his handle The bastard Maybe we ll see you all next year at Spring Break 2000 Come on down bring a friend pack heat and if you go to Mexico don t drink the water! a name= ACIDGEAR _ y y yy yy y y _ _ y y _ $$ $$ y y _ _ y y _ yy y j$P 4$$ $$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$ $$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$P $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXX $$ $$ $$XXXXX $$ 7$b d$$ $$ 7$b d$ 7$b $$ 7$b $$ X XX $$ X XX $$ X $$ _ y y yy _ y y _ mm _ y y $$ j$P 4$$ j$P 4$L yy j$P 4$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ 7$b d$$ 7$b $$ 7$b d$ X XX X X _ y y yy yy y $$ mm _ y y _ $$ _ y y _ j$P 4$$ $$P $$ yy j$P 4$L $$ j$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ ANOTHER $$ $$ $$ $$XXX $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX ACiD 7$b d$$ $$ 7$b $$ 7$b 7$b 7$b ARTICLE X XX $$ XX X X X by a href= mailto mhz@m ail acid org mHz a a Having perused this deep into the plethora of information carried in this issue of the ACiD News the quality and alliteration of ACiD s articles is abundantly apparent However no matter how mighty the pen is man does not live by words alone and ACiD has taken it upon ourselves to venture forward in production of articles of another kind -- clothing to be more specific No longer do you have to walk the streets wearing a cap that prominently displays some type of ridiculous looking orange bird or logo for Fuzzy s Fresh French Fried n Flamed Fish Shack Available now are our latest garments - ACiD Caps When you don an ACiD cap you become more than a person with an obviously ravishing sense of style you become somewhat of a human canvas a living breathing ACiD Production and what we ask of you could be better than that For those of us who live in somewhat colder climates in the type of edifice where a simple circular hole cut in the floor can yield a top-notch fishing spot expect brand new warm ACiD beanies to be available by this winter Regardless of where in the world you call your pied-a-terre ACiD Gear can be yours through our newly remodel wider-aisled friendlier staffed double-coupon accepting ACiDgear Website which has been completely redesigned by the immensely talented Ragnarok in a landmark collaboration between ACiD and Kagi the firm responsible for processing your on-line credit-card orders and expeditiously expediting your order Clothing like ACiD is a basic requirement of life Bring the two together and the possibilities are in a word endless ACiDgear can be ordered on-line at a href= http www acid org acidgear www acid org acidgear a a name= ARTPACKS yy y _ y y _ _ y y _ _ y y _ yy y _ y y $$ $$P j$P 4$L j$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$P j$P 4$$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ 7$b 7$b 7$b d$ $$ 7$b d$ $$ X X X $$ X _ y y _ _ y y _ $$ $$ _ y y _ _ y y _ $$ _ y y _ yy y j$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$ $$ j$P 4$L j$P 4$L $$ j$P 4$L $$P $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXXXX $$ $$XXX $$ $$ $$ 7$b 7$b d$ 7$b 7$b 7$b 7$b 7$b 7$b d$ $$ X X X X X X XX X $$ a RECORD COLLECTOR by a href= mailto billf@freebsd org Hack a Once again the server that provides that beef for a href= http artpac ks acid org artpacks acid org a has set another record Walnut Creek s ftp cdrom com broke the terabyte barrier serving up 1 39TB in a single day on May 26 1999 Walnut Creek was testing a Gigabit Ethernet link with their co-location provider CRL Network Services The site runs FreeBSD and details of the achievement can be found at a href= http www cdrom com press wcarchive_milestone phtml http ww w cdrom com press wcarchive_milestone phtml a Skaboy known for coding the Empathy a href= http www acid org info x bin XBIN a editor has taken over administrative duties for the artpacks archive The torch was recently passed from Shivan Bastard known for eating toxic chicken wings to Skaboy Skaboy plans on adding spidering technology to the site The new technology will index through all of the files embedded with a href= http www acid org info sauce SAUCE a records and picking out ke ywords from a href= http artpacks acid org www html intro html#ANSI ANSI a and a href= http artpacks acid org www html intro html#RIP RIP a based fi les This will lay down a foundation for enhanced searching abilities on the archive proving once again that artpacks acid org is your one-stop-shop for locating digital art That is until Amazon sues us for some sort of patent violation a href= http www cdrom com murray 911 Shivan Bastard a was quoted as saying Damn I thought my utilities were neat a name= OUTRO _ y y _ $$ $$ yy y _ y y _ j$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$P j$P 4$L $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$ $$XXX $$ $$ $$ 7$b d$ 7$b d$$ 7$b $$ 7$b d$ OUTRO X X XX $$ X by a href= mailto mhz@mail acid org mHz a a In a small cabin somewhere off the coast of Hispaniola sits a boy now able to enjoy and preview the full registered benefits of ACiDDraw without shelling out so much as a penny for the all-important registration Right now multiple ACiD members span the globe staring at their shiny gold possibly chocolate-filled trophies won at this year s Spring Break Awards In Oahu a girl not more than 8 years old refuses to leave her house without her favorite piece of ACiD gear adorning her frame In Canada a remarkably small framed man sits angry cast out from the organization he for so many years called home On the brink of total and complete self destruction he discovers our latest Acquisition and decides that there really is good left in this world All of these simultaneous blessed events converge at one common denominator - ACiD With this latest release we here at ACiD yet again revel in showing you what we do best From crashing down the capitalistic rule of ACiDDraw in hopes of inspiring those less talented and less fortunate to yet again reach for our unattainable level of still unrivaled unwavering and spectacularly untertaining level of skill to winning multiple honors at the Spring Break to dazzling those whose brain power travels no further than the simple comprehension of pretty things ACiD continues it s domination for you the people Love us as we love you and all shall be right with the world Here s to ACiD -- and here s to us all a name= CREDITS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ < ACiD> Editors mHz & RaD Man Artists Haji & TUM & lt ACiD> < ACiD> Writers aCK Hack & mHz Thanks For nothing & lt ACiD> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ a PRE body html