Tristero

Jorn Barger jorn at mcs.com
Tue May 31 13:55:51 CDT 1994


[...]
> several allusions to Fritz Lang's film DER MUDE TOD (aka DESTINY).  In the
> film, a woman is given the chance to save her lover's life in three different
> historical settings (death wins each time, natch).  One of the settings is
> Renaissance Florence, where a courier with a vital message is dispatched only
> to be set on and killed by a group of men in black capes and masks 

Wow, dead on!  Gotta be a real source...

Re WASTEnet:  I've been thinking it'd be cute, when someone posts their
public key, to reply with this message from Lot49:

Dear xxxx, how are you?  Just thought I'd drop you a note...  Guess that's
all for now.  

See you at the Scope!

jorn





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