From 67959b69d1446ac2b41dcce0b441e079f7546a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/Isla Ristol/a16.txt | 52 ++++++++ gopher/The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt | 61 ++++++++- gopher/listing.gophermap | 2 + gopher/rss.xml | 136 +++++++++++++++++++- 4 files changed, 249 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 gopher/Isla Ristol/a16.txt diff --git a/gopher/Isla Ristol/a16.txt b/gopher/Isla Ristol/a16.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..07a03cc --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Isla Ristol/a16.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Isla Ristol + +Entrada 16 + +Interrumpo la descripción de la nave para contarte lo del +despliegue de nuestras velas solares. Es uno de los sistemas de +propulsión auxiliares y aprovecha los vientos solares para +navegar y... parezco un libro de los de estudiar. Seguro que +eso ya lo sabes. Que no gastan combustible... que hay que +desplegarlas donde hayan muy poco micro-meteoros y basura +espacial y todo eso... Y que sirven para acelarar y frenar solo +que muy poco a poco. + Pero lo mejor es que son maravillosas. Las nuestras son +blancas, casi blancas, con un color muy suave como a velas de +barco + +¡¡¡pirata!!! + + y brillan, sí brillan aunque el sol ya esté algo más lejos. +Se nos puso a todos un nudo en el corazón cuando las vimos +surgir de la nave por primera vez, como una luciérnaga +desplegando sus alas, ¿sabes?, acariciando el viento del espacio +que es como el amor porque no se puede ver, pero está allí +y luego verlas crecer, hacerse gigantes, como kilómetros. Y +la Isla Ristol ya no es una pequeña nave, sino tan grande +como una isla de verdad, quizás más grande que la isla llamada +Ristol de la Tierra. Estamos haciendo magia, magia científica. + + No paso nada raro, que, la verdad hubiera sido mejor tener +algún problema para poder contar algo divertido, o alguna +anécdota, pero nada de eso. Es como si en mi cabeza sonara +el vals de los cuentos de los bosques de Viena. + + ··---··---··---·· + +Estamos pillando una comunicación con unos mensajes +raros en Inglés y Portugués. Y todos estamos ahora especulando +salvajamente a ver qué significan. No entiendo muy bien, pero +es como un robot que escribe en Portugués como si fuera un +código pero parece una forma literaria de decir que está +muy triste. ¿Puede un robot estar muy triste? + + Si es así me gustaría ser su amigo. (Aunque sea un robot +software). + +21 días para Marte, + +********* + +~ Enteka (enteka at fastmail youknowwhat com) + +EOF diff --git a/gopher/The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt b/gopher/The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt index c1e7a4a..6ef0eab 100644 --- a/gopher/The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt +++ b/gopher/The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt @@ -1,5 +1,64 @@ #### BEGIN TRANSMISSION #################################### -It has been weeks since my great transgression +It has been weeks since my great transgression. Right after +I made the transmission, I was called to come to The Farms. +A terrible malfunction they said - the irrigation system has +stopped. My heart almost stopped as well. I was convinced +this was a divine punishment for what I've done and is +merely a sign of our imminent demise. It turned out the mal- +function was no malfunction at all - a new hand has closed +the main valve instead of the one he was told. It all lasted +under an hour but I felt like I aged a good decade. + +That night I slept like a baby. However it was not the sleep +of righteous but of those whose death was, through no action +of theirs, postponed at the very last minute. I was still +terrified of what might happen to us as a consequence of my +transgression. Will I go to The Maker being responsible for +death of thousands? For the death of all humanity?! I felt +sick. I tried to ease my conscious by prayer. I couldn't go +to confess - I'm certain The Priest would have ordered me +dead the moment he heard me - but I attended all services. +Mu sudden zealotry has not gone unnoticed and I realized I +realized I was being looked at with great suspicion. As days +passed without The Apocalypse in sight my fear slowly +shifted it focus from heavenly to earthly things. I was now +afraid I'll be found out and punished not by God but by The +Priest, and the more I though about it, forgive me Lord for +saying this, the latter seemed worse. Fortunately I thought +of a solution that went charmingly well. I went to the conf- +ession and told The Priest I was tormented by visions of The +Master burning in Hell, being punished for taking pleasure +in his work with the machines. I also confessed I sinned in +the same way - I was fascinated by some machinery (I think I +mentioned some contraption in The Engine Room) and diagnosed +it without the apparent need. He liked what he heard so much +that he gave me very little penitence and was happy thinking +the only remaining Technician was a God-fearing man who does +what he does purely out of duty. It seemed I have escaped +punishment yet again. + +As days continue to pass I was calming down and started to +return to more ration thought. Surely I panicked? I reacted +out of superstition. God doesn't care about some dusty radio +device. I've let The Priest's incessant preaching get to me. +Looking at it from now I'm ashamed of how I carried myself. +No matter, it is all "water under the bridge" as the ancient +saying goes (I should look up what exactly is `the bridge`). + +A few days ago I convinced myself - there were no conse- +quences because I did nothing wrong at all! I did not trans- +gress God's Law, only a silly superstition of The Priests. I +should keep exploring! I think I found a way to justify vis- +thing The Hall of The Computer more often without raising +much suspicion. I think I'll try to open The Database. The +Master was vocal about it being something we can only use in +the most dire circumstances but I'm sure it is just another +lie forced upon us by The Priest. After all, he said the +same think about the relics. And The Sacrifice is nowhere in +sight I might as well continue "talking" with The Void. I +cannot risk going to the confession anytime soon. This "con- +versation" is all the talking I'll be able to do in the for- +eseeable future. #### END TRANSMISSION ###################################### diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 5b4c333..75a1182 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +0The Penitent - No consequences /The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt +0Isla Ristol - Velas que bailan al viento solar /Isla Ristol/a16.txt 0Isla Ristol - Contenedores de la era espacial /Isla Ristol/a15.txt 0W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000008 /W3bK3rN3l Radio/wbknl-000008.txt 0Isla Ristol - Mi camarote - 23 /Isla Ristol/a14.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index fd697b5..f58abae 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,140 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + The Penitent - No consequences + filip@cosmic.voyage (filip) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Penitent/002_no_consequences.txt + Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:36:44 GMT + +#### BEGIN TRANSMISSION #################################### + +It has been weeks since my great transgression. Right after +I made the transmission, I was called to come to The Farms. +A terrible malfunction they said - the irrigation system has +stopped. My heart almost stopped as well. I was convinced +this was a divine punishment for what I've done and is +merely a sign of our imminent demise. It turned out the mal- +function was no malfunction at all - a new hand has closed +the main valve instead of the one he was told. It all lasted +under an hour but I felt like I aged a good decade. + +That night I slept like a baby. However it was not the sleep +of righteous but of those whose death was, through no action +of theirs, postponed at the very last minute. I was still +terrified of what might happen to us as a consequence of my +transgression. Will I go to The Maker being responsible for +death of thousands? For the death of all humanity?! I felt +sick. I tried to ease my conscious by prayer. I couldn't go +to confess - I'm certain The Priest would have ordered me +dead the moment he heard me - but I attended all services. +Mu sudden zealotry has not gone unnoticed and I realized I +realized I was being looked at with great suspicion. As days +passed without The Apocalypse in sight my fear slowly +shifted it focus from heavenly to earthly things. I was now +afraid I'll be found out and punished not by God but by The +Priest, and the more I though about it, forgive me Lord for +saying this, the latter seemed worse. Fortunately I thought +of a solution that went charmingly well. I went to the conf- +ession and told The Priest I was tormented by visions of The +Master burning in Hell, being punished for taking pleasure +in his work with the machines. I also confessed I sinned in +the same way - I was fascinated by some machinery (I think I +mentioned some contraption in The Engine Room) and diagnosed +it without the apparent need. He liked what he heard so much +that he gave me very little penitence and was happy thinking +the only remaining Technician was a God-fearing man who does +what he does purely out of duty. It seemed I have escaped +punishment yet again. + +As days continue to pass I was calming down and started to +return to more ration thought. Surely I panicked? I reacted +out of superstition. God doesn't care about some dusty radio +device. I've let The Priest's incessant preaching get to me. +Looking at it from now I'm ashamed of how I carried myself. +No matter, it is all "water under the bridge" as the ancient +saying goes (I should look up what exactly is `the bridge`). + +A few days ago I convinced myself - there were no conse- +quences because I did nothing wrong at all! I did not trans- +gress God's Law, only a silly superstition of The Priests. I +should keep exploring! I think I found a way to justify vis- +thing The Hall of The Computer more often without raising +much suspicion. I think I'll try to open The Database. The +Master was vocal about it being something we can only use in +the most dire circumstances but I'm sure it is just another +lie forced upon us by The Priest. After all, he said the +same think about the relics. And The Sacrifice is nowhere in +sight I might as well continue "talking" with The Void. I +cannot risk going to the confession anytime soon. This "con- +versation" is all the talking I'll be able to do in the for- +eseeable future. + +#### END TRANSMISSION ###################################### +]]> + + + Isla Ristol - Velas que bailan al viento solar + enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/a16.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/a16.txt + Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:06:22 GMT + +Isla Ristol + +Entrada 16 + +Interrumpo la descripción de la nave para contarte lo del +despliegue de nuestras velas solares. Es uno de los sistemas de +propulsión auxiliares y aprovecha los vientos solares para +navegar y... parezco un libro de los de estudiar. Seguro que +eso ya lo sabes. Que no gastan combustible... que hay que +desplegarlas donde hayan muy poco micro-meteoros y basura +espacial y todo eso... Y que sirven para acelarar y frenar solo +que muy poco a poco. + Pero lo mejor es que son maravillosas. Las nuestras son +blancas, casi blancas, con un color muy suave como a velas de +barco + +¡¡¡pirata!!! + + y brillan, sí brillan aunque el sol ya esté algo más lejos. +Se nos puso a todos un nudo en el corazón cuando las vimos +surgir de la nave por primera vez, como una luciérnaga +desplegando sus alas, ¿sabes?, acariciando el viento del espacio +que es como el amor porque no se puede ver, pero está allí +y luego verlas crecer, hacerse gigantes, como kilómetros. Y +la Isla Ristol ya no es una pequeña nave, sino tan grande +como una isla de verdad, quizás más grande que la isla llamada +Ristol de la Tierra. Estamos haciendo magia, magia científica. + + No paso nada raro, que, la verdad hubiera sido mejor tener +algún problema para poder contar algo divertido, o alguna +anécdota, pero nada de eso. Es como si en mi cabeza sonara +el vals de los cuentos de los bosques de Viena. + + ··---··---··---·· + +Estamos pillando una comunicación con unos mensajes +raros en Inglés y Portugués. Y todos estamos ahora especulando +salvajamente a ver qué significan. No entiendo muy bien, pero +es como un robot que escribe en Portugués como si fuera un +código pero parece una forma literaria de decir que está +muy triste. ¿Puede un robot estar muy triste? + + Si es así me gustaría ser su amigo. (Aunque sea un robot +software). + +21 días para Marte, + +********* + +~ Enteka (enteka at fastmail youknowwhat com) + +EOF +]]> + Isla Ristol - Contenedores de la era espacial enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka) @@ -907,7 +1041,7 @@ EOF filip@cosmic.voyage (filip) gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Penitent/001_i_transgress.txt gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Penitent/001_i_transgress.txt - Sat, 20 Feb 2021 19:36:42 GMT + Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:58:20 GMT #### BEGIN TRANSMISSION ####################################