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    COMRADES!
    WE GREET EACH DAY WITH THE TRUTH!


    Lenin's Birthday Edition of the Russian Newspaper "Pravda" which means "The Truth"

    Welcome comrades to this, the glorious 14th edition of PRAVDA - the official newsletter of the Human Hive. Due to Comrade Jamski's laziness and Comrade Kody's business, Comrade Octavian X publishes the this edition Pravda! All hail to the glorious Chairman Voltaire and the members of the Peoples' Advisory Council!

    In This Issue :
    • Comrade Vev on Time Travel
    • The UN Titanic coming to hologram theatres everywhere
    • Article-less Headlines Plauge Pravda
    • A Cartoon by Comrade Schultz
    • Hive Numbers Swell
    • Office of Spam Formed
    • Advertisement: Hire Talented Hive Writers
    • A History of Hello
    • Fountain of Youth discovered
    • Headline-less Articles Plauge Pravada
    • Will this list ever end?
    • A Tour of The Hive
    • The Jamski Ceiling
    • A Glourious New Banner!


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    The Nature of Time Travel... Gravitational Slingshot

    As Academician Prokhor Zakharov mentioned

    Time travel in the classic sense has no place in rational theory [1]
    That one cannot hope for a miracle from a future transported to the current age, such as a battalion of String Stasis Gravship or a databank containing all the tech research or winning lottery numbers for the next 100 years or a book containing the perfect phrases to pick up Claire Forlani. However the Hive believes contrary.

    Popular theories of time-travel have been debunked and lambasted by cynical sceptics. They are either deemed to be impossible, impractical or just plain silly. Take for instance, performing a high speed sling-shot around gravity well such as a star. Currently no faction has access to a space faring vessel and the one they were onboard crashed somewhere onto the surface planet. This makes things very tricky, indeed. Although Hive administration and bureaucracy have at time been accused of being very dense where any unfortunate paperwork that comes within contact is hopelessly trapped never to see daylight again. Initial trials have been put forward to conduct tests by launching applications forms from a shock tunnel, although the results were disappointing.

    [1] Academician Prokhor Zakharov, "For I Have Tasted The Fruit"

    Submitted by Comrade Vev
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    Coming Attractions: The UN Titanic

    Coming Soon!

    The long awaited blockbuster movie starring Captain Garland, Pravin Lal, Nwabudike Morgan, Corazon Santiago and Deidre Skye that is based on classic real-life love story "UN Titanic" opens this summer. Critics have sent rave reviews and everyone in the Hive agrees.

    Pravda: "This movie will sweep up the Centauri Academy Awards"
    Perestroika: "Take that Leonardo DeCaprio"
    Mary Sue, 9: "I like the violence and how Lal died like a [CENSORED]"
    John Citizen: "I would like to thank god, my parents and everyone for this wonderful trophy."
    Freddy: "Thanks for the cash, I'm off"

    Submitted by Comrade Vev
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    PRAVA Publishes Headlines Without Articles

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    A cartoon by Comrade Schultz (as editted by Comrade Kody)



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    Hive Numbers Swell

    The Hive experienced a recent upsurge in numbers. Although officials are still counting xenodoughnuts newcomers, their best estimate is an increase of one. Happy Hivers welcomed their new member, Alinestra Covelia, with generous serving of xeno-rice wine and xenodoughnuts. Invitations to the infamous 'Hello' thread are sent to Alinestra in hope of promoting further spam Hive activity.

    Submitted by Comrade Vev
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    Office of Spam formed
    New office promised spam, custom avatars

    In a suprise move, higher among equals at The Hive have announced the creation of a new office, the Office of Spam.

    The office was created as a response to the sagging amounts of spam created by Hivians.

    The goals of the new office are many. Their main goal is to combat SASS by creating opertunities for Hivians to post as much spam as possibile. The new office is organizing a corp of volunteers to help meet daily spam quotas, which are expected to increase with the new office. Lastly, they promise custom avatars for all Hivians.

    This would normally be the part of the story where we mention dissenting opinions. However, because forms to the Ministry of Information and Sen. Hillary Clinton were not processed in time, or were mistrepreted, or lost.

    In a related story, contrary to popular belief, The Hive has not declared a vendetta against France.

    Submitted by Comrade Octavian X
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    Get talented Hive writers to work for you today!

    The Hive desperately short on energy is now contracting out it's talented writers for only 1 EC per article. Get any article written for your failing newspaper for only 1 EC today! Buy five articles and you get one article absolutely free!

    With your 1 EC you get one writer, a nervestapler and a reprogramming headset. You then decide the political view that the writer will have and just reprogram the writer to reflect the article you want. After you are done return the writer to the hive and he will be reprogrammed back to a normal hive citizen.

    Hurry! Only limited a number of writers available.

    Submitted by Comrade Kody
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    A history of the Hive "Hello" thread
    On the 13 of June 2003 a bright eyed bushy tailed newbie signed up to apolyton as Kody.

    "Announce thyself so I can spam!", declared his friend on MSN.
    Badgered by his friend Kody made his first post in the Hive forum.

    Kody titled it "Spam thread", and put a direct paste of his friend's desire to spam into the post. Kody then heard a grumble behind him where his friend was sitting and then a rather terse explanation of why that post was inappropriate.

    After being berated the post title was changed to hello and the message to.
    I was planning on lurking for a while, mainly while I reading all the posts that have already occurred. Also because I didn't want to make a complete fool of myself in my ignorance.

    But *censored* badgered me into saying hello.

    Kody
    However, it was too late, the damage had been done. In the 1 minute during which the original post was available the chairman had seen it and proceeded to make 5 posts within 2 minutes in response. The chairman did a split post berating Kody's friend for wanting a thread to spam in. This set the precedent and the thread was forever made into a spam thread. Over the next 24 hours over half the hive had made over 70 post of spam with frequent split posting to maximise post count.

    When the hello thread had reached over 100 posts Jamski started threatening to shoot anyone that continued to post to it. This had the opposite affect that he intended. Posting actually increased as the hive asserted it's god given right to spam. Jamski worked his way up from normal font to size=5 font and bold in his efforts to kill the thread.

    For a while after Jamski was captured for his house painting episode the activity in the hello thread died down. Until Googlie decided to post updates of Alinestra Covelia possibly joining the hive. The hello thread had gained a new purpose, a thread to have small talk. Many important issues were discussed in the hello thread such as; Alinestra Covelia joining the hive, getting to emperor, how to play the industry game, singing, dancing, Kody's unusually high movement rate, installing SMAX, editing other people posts wars, and what a large mass of spam the hello thread was.

    Rokossovky was able to sum up the contents of the thread in one line.
    My God, after finally reading this thread I've found that it REALLY is nothing but complete useless spam amazing insight into SMAX.

    - Rokossovky
    At this time the hello thread is currently sitting at 279 posts and 1189 views.

    Submitted by Comrade Kody
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    Hive Discovers Fountain of Youth

    The glorious, intrepid explorers of the Hive have discovered one of humanity's greatest dream, the Fountain of Youth. Legends of this Fountain dates back as far as anyone who wished for everlasting beauty and life. Gold-seeking expeditions in the Americas during the 15th century brought back tales of people who had found the legendary fountain of youth. Well now, the Hive has the real deal no longer shall anyone suffer under the cruel destiny of sagging skin and ailing health.

    Currently Hive scientists are conducting experiments to determine full potential of this amazing resource and understanding how and why it works. Once the research is completed all of Hive will be given the oppotunity to regain their lustrious youth. Already, brave Hive Party members have volunteered to test the fountain to deem whether it is safe for public use. Godspeed PAC members and and may Googliegod preserve you.

    Rumors that this fountain is a diversion to cover up the fact that the Hive is developing PlanetSpammer is completely false.

    Submitted by Comrade Vev
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    In completely unrelated news, PRAVDA has begun publishing articles without headlines. No one anywhere could be reached for comment.

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    ANCIENT DOCUMENTS RECOVERED! MANIFEST DESTINY OF THE HUMAN HIVE BECOMES CLEAR!

    Miners working under the direction of Comrade Haon, on a patch of land near [CENSORED] base, have uncovered a document of great significance, an origianl leather bound copy, of "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung", the famous Little Red Book! A First Edition English version from 1966!

    This ancient text is believed to have been on board the Unity, and that it somehow survived the break up of the craft! Its in near perfect condition, and will placed in The Hive's historical vault for the safety of the book.

    This is seen as a GLORIOUS omen for The Hive. Said one woker:

    For this book to land in Hive territory, it cant be coincidence! This is truly a sign of Communism and a sign of Googlie God! Any such an omnipitent being can ensure the bok would end up in our territory, Googlie must be a Communist!
    The Hive Officials shall begin reading the book soon, and shall be posting the best quotes that are most apporiate for The Hive in the near future.

    Submitted by Comrade Hoan
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    Tour of a Hive City: Central Shaft and Graveyard

    The caverns of the Hive is an interesting place to explore. Of note, is the central shaft that is the main channel to transport in or out bulky material manufactured within the bowels of the city. While the central shaft poses a security risk, the Hive have taken all steps to ensure that the structural integrity are uncompromised and its defensive capabilities formidable. High grade plasteel will seal the entry bay and various section of the central shaft within a minute. But during times of peace, various crops, ore and other raw materials are crawled in by huge vehicles unloading their cargo to be processed by the diligent hive workers. At times of war, ranks of rovers and hovertanks can be quickly assembled and delivered via the central shaft.

    There are many other smaller entry points and ventilation vents found throughout the vast subterranean metropolis. While not as grand as the central shaft, the role they serve is just as important and security is just as stringent. The smaller access points help distribute the traffic load coming in and out of the city and also provide convenient local access (or exits) for workers tilling the land above or scouts to quickly deploy and combat the ever-present mindworms. Some of the access points are well hidden for reasons relating to security matters.

    Graveyard

    I have discovered the Hive does not have any graveyards.

    [See: Recycling Tanks]

    From Kostya's: I have lived in the Hive and survived to tell the tale

    Submitted by Comrade Vev
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    This Glourious Edition of Pravda will be continued in the next post. All hail the Human Hive!
    13
    Yes - because I love the Glourious Human Hive the spam it creates!
    7.69%
    1
    Yes - because I love Comrade Octavian X and his work!
    15.38%
    2
    Yes - because I have nothing better to do!
    38.46%
    5
    Yes - because I've been nervestappled out of conciousness!
    38.46%
    5
    Last edited by Octavian X; August 1, 2003, 01:11.
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    This Glourious Edition of Pravda was continued from the last post. All hail the Human Hive!

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    Comrade Tassadar has revealed a glourious new banner for the glourious People's Self-Defense Forces of the Glourious Human Hive!

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    In Other News:
    • Pravda has issued a new policy where all the hardworking spammers members of Pravda have the oppotunity to have fifteen minutes of fame as the editor of Pravda. So far responses have been very positive although a few have mistakenly thought the application forms were for having an appointment for Comrade Claire Forlani.
    • Chairman Voltaire will soon be possibly maybe looking for a successor to the Chairmanship... all candidates may submit their applications at the Crimson Guard shooting range outside Voltarograd.
    • The Human Hive has officialy declared vendetta against France.
    • Comrade Octavian X requests xenodoughnuts. Lots of xenodoughnuts.
    • All misspellings of the word 'editor' have been declared correctly spelled by the People's Advisory Council. So there.


    Onwards Comrades - the Future of Humanity lies in Cooperation, Brotherhood and Industry - Continue to Work for the Glory of the Human Hive

    Compiled by Comrade Octavian the Tenth, General Secretary of the People's Advisory Council, President of the Presidium of Prefects, Director of Joint Communications for the Central Military Commission, and Spammer Extraordinaire.
    Last edited by Octavian X; August 1, 2003, 01:32.
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    • #3
      Excellent read! Keep up the spam good work!

      - Rokossovky
      - Comrade Marshal Rokossovky
      Marshal of the Revolutionary Army of the Socialist People of the Human Hive

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      • #4
        The post count of "Hello" needs updating.
        Promoter of Public Morale
        Alpha Centauri Democracy Game

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        • #5
          The post count of Hello ALWAYS needs updating.

          Kody

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          • #6
            This could be the inspiration for the launch of a copy of Ahoy magazine in the Peace faction.
            On the ISDG 2012 team at the heart of CiviLIZation

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            • #7
              Hercules,

              Pravda in general being inspiration? Or a specific article? Or the offer our keen young pravda writers selling articles for 1 EC?

              Kody

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              • #8
                I'm rich! I'm RICH!!

                What? You mean 1 ec isn't much? The state owns the 1 ec not me?
                Promoter of Public Morale
                Alpha Centauri Democracy Game

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                • #9
                  Care to reveal to us who had rented you, Comrade Vev?
                  Be good, and if at first you don't succeed, perhaps failure will be back in fashion soon. -- teh Spamski

                  Grapefruit Garden

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                  • #10
                    The Hello magazine ( information guide). We could set the Ahoy paparazzi pirates to obtain secret photographs of Claire Forlani with leading members of the Hive having a gooooood time discussing the glorious Hive and sell them to Pravda.
                    On the ISDG 2012 team at the heart of CiviLIZation

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                    • #11
                      Claire Forlani is out on rent to so many factions that the Hive misses out on all the fun.

                      So unfortunately you'll have a tough time of obtaining secret photographs.

                      Kody

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                      • #12
                        very nice
                        i like the comic

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                        • #13
                          Can anyone see what's written on the two papers in the last image of the comic? I'm having some trouble reading it and I don't want to turn my head upside down right now to see it better - it would look rather odd to my family members currently present in the room.
                          Contraria sunt Complementa. -- Niels Bohr
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                          • #14
                            I believe one of the paper says "Proposal Pact" ...

                            I'm sure you can figure out what is on the back of the paper that Comrade Kody was holding and what is on the piece of paper that was in front of Comrade Forlani.
                            Be good, and if at first you don't succeed, perhaps failure will be back in fashion soon. -- teh Spamski

                            Grapefruit Garden

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                            • #15
                              HongHu!!!!

                              *grumbles*

                              Kody

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