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Sylvia
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 		keep trying don't give up. believe me the first time i used it, it took me forever to figure it out. just look under [File] then click [select server] then click add and enter the info i sent you in the PM.

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Palm
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 		Meeting
I forgot about the meeting! I am sorry; I had every intention on being there - I just simply forgot.

Can someone post here what all happened? I am not sure I would have been able to work the irc anyway, as I have never used one before.

Edited: I am assuming not too many showed up - by rescheduling another Meeting (Meeting 4):

03/08/08 2:00PM
The next meeting.
The meeting today has ended.

The next meeting will be on Monday, at Noon (PST).

Albany will contact you to explain everything.

I expect everyone to show up this time.

Dr. Bottan.
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Sylvia
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 		the meeting
ok, color coded. hope it makes it easier to read.
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* OMGzus has joined #thegatereaction
<Bowty> Welcome
<Bowty> Jacob
<OMGzus> Hello! I hope I'm not late.
<Bowty> Do not worry, there is only 1 other here.
<Bowty> Let us wait for the rest
* Albany has joined #TheGateReaction
<Albany> Good afternoon.
<Bowty> Welcome Albany
<Bowty> Hmmm
<Albany> Perhaps they're having issues connecting? I had to try several ports before I could connect.
<Bowty> I see
<Bowty> It seems we are having technical difficulties
<Albany> IRC isn't a perfect science.
<OMGzus> I admit I had a bit of trouble connecting as well.
<Bowty> However, out of all of the Acolytes, it seems only you four and John are the only ones who are attempting to join
<Albany> Hmm.
<Bowty> I'm thinking maybe I can give you all a special prize for being present here today, even those who are merely attempting to join this chat
<Bowty> Hmm, the end of this forum is steadily coming. After 1:00, we can have a little chat about what I've decided.
* r00tie has joined #thegatereaction
* r00tie finally figured it out
<Bowty> Welcome Rudy
<r00tie> Hello
<Bowty> We were waiting for others, however a long time has passed
<Bowty> So I have decided something.
<Bowty> But I won't say it until 1:00
<r00tie> Ok
<Bowty> I have made a different decision
<Bowty> since there are apparently more people than I thought that I trying to connect to this chat
<Bowty> I will wait for them
<Albany> Understood
<r00tie> ok
<Bowty> At 2:00(PST) I will leave this chat room, however.
<Bowty> Okay, we will begin now.
<Bowty> How is everybody feeling today?
<Albany> Very well.
<DrBeckett> fine
<r00tie> Not bad
<Bowty> It seems that IRC is a lot harder than it's made out to be, but you'll have to forgive me
<Bowty> It seems that IRC is a lot harder than it's made out to be, but you'll have to forgive me
<Bowty> I come from a different place. Things are different there. I'm still figuring things out here
<Bowty> Do any of you have any suggestions as to an easier chat program to use than IRC?
<Albany> Skype is effective in group conversations, and does offer vocal communication over the internet.
* lainiwakura has joined #Thegatereaction
<Bowty> Lain, how surprising! Welcome
<Bowty> Any other suggestions?
<lainiwakura> Thank you.
<Bowty> Okay, Skype it is.
<DrBeckett> Skype, AIM also allows for group chat
<Bowty> On our next forum, we will try Skype.
<DrBeckett> ok
<Bowty> And if that proves difficult, we can try AIM.
<Bowty> Okay, onto the forum.
<Bowty> I will allow you all to ask me any questions about whatever you have questions about
<Bowty> This is chat between me and my acolytes.
<Bowty> Just to let you all know, for future reference, there are 5 titles in total
<Bowty> that is, 5 stages of enlightenment.
<Bowty> Are there any things you all are curious about?
<Albany> Many. There is no limit to our questions? I want to be able to plan my question if there is.
<Bowty> Ask the question and find out
<DrBeckett> What can you tell me about DR. Beckett?
<Bowty> Ah, Dr. Beckett. She truly was a genius, like me.
<Bowty> Like all of us. We were all one of the same.
<Bowty> She worked with me on the initial tests on the Tybee Reaction, now called the Gate Reaction.
<Bowty> She was one of the pieces of the puzzle.
<Bowty> As was I.
<Bowty> She was taken, like my wife, when the violent reaction occublue.
<DrBeckett> ouch
<Bowty> The reaction that brought the virus.
<DrBeckett> when you say "pieces of the puzzle" what do you mean?
<Bowty> Pieces of the puzzle of fate, Sylvia.
<DrBeckett> ok
<Bowty> We all made the big picture.
<Bowty> When I say this, I mean
<Bowty> without all of us, working on this project (us as in me and my research team)
<Bowty> the incident would not have happened.
<Bowty> The virus would not have happened.
<DrBeckett> was the incident on purpose or an accident?
<Bowty> An accident.
<Bowty> We were attempting to replicate the conditions of the Tybee Bomb's explosion, to create another full scale reaction.
<Bowty> We were successful
<Bowty> and with success, brought disaster.
<Bowty> We didn't know it would react the way it would; previous smaller scale tests proved stable.
<OMGzus> I'm still a little curious. What do you mean when you say that I'm the same as Isabella?
<Bowty> Aha, Jacob. So you are still around.
<Bowty> You are referring to the analysis.
<Bowty> They seemed to have sparked everyone's interests.
<OMGzus> Yeah, you told me "I am her." What does it mean?
<Bowty> I cannot truly answer this question, but I can try and explain it so that it makes sense at your level of enlightenment.
<Bowty> You are her, in this world.
<Bowty> She is you, in my world.
<Bowty> That is the only way I can explain it.
<Albany> Where do we come into play in all of this? How can we help you further?
<Bowty> I am the medium in which the message is relayed. This is a message that no one can truly comprehend fully without the medium in which it is transferblue.
<Bowty> I am the one with the key to the doors that are before you are.
<Bowty> Without this key, you cannot open these doors, as hard as you try and break it down.
<Bowty> You are the subjects.
<Bowty> You are the only way I can fufill my purpose.
<r00tie> to what eventual end?
<r00tie> if I may ask
<Bowty> That, Rudy, is a secret.
<Bowty> Smile
<Bowty> Believe me, I pleased with all of you.
<r00tie> thank you
<Bowty> I do not think I will have to use force to allow you all to fufill your purposes.
<Bowty> I am giving you all the key, one bit at a time.
<Bowty> And you are easily accepting it.
<Albany> How did you come to our world?
<Bowty> The Gate Reaction does many things.
<Bowty> I have researched it endlessly for years.
<Bowty> It always surprises me with something new.
<Bowty> This is one of it's applications.
<r00tie> What are some of the others?
<Bowty> Who do you speak of?
<Bowty> Wait, I am sorry.
<Bowty> I misunderstood your question.
<Bowty> You are asking what are some of the other applications of the gate reaction?
<r00tie> I'm sorry. Other applications of the reaction
<Bowty> Right.
<Bowty> Well, for one, I have developed The Gate Terminal.
<Bowty> This is an experimental device; I don't think it will ever work quite right.
<Bowty> It works almost as a way to transfer data between both planes.
<Bowty> This was how I first gained contact with the one that I identified as Isabella's other, Jacob.
<Bowty> However, at first, it did not work quite right; the data was corrupted and seemed more like a random set of characters strewn together.
<Bowty> One of the other applications of the Gate Reaction is the analysis device.
<Albany> What is your motivation to come to our world?
<Bowty> The analysis device allowed me to find something I wasn't even looking for.
<Bowty> This gave me the drive to do something. To get out of my hole and do something.
<DrBeckett> what was it?
<Bowty> It changed everything; this is when I began to develop the teachings.
<Bowty> I found Isabella
<Bowty> In someone on the other side, a place that I didn't know was truly manifested.
<Bowty> I spent the following year developing the teachings.
<Bowty> It all had made sense with that one reading.
<DrBeckett> when will we get our next lesson?
<Bowty> Next week. I was going to reveal it now, but not enough people could make it.
<Bowty> It will be on monday, at noon (PST)
<DrBeckett> ok
<Albany> Understood.
<Bowty> I will reveal the next task then.
<Bowty> Maybe for you who showed up or tried to will have to do one thing less for the task than the others.
<Bowty> We'll see about that.
<Albany> As you wish.
<r00tie> ok
<OMGzus> Are we to come back here? Or will you contact us to tell us where to meet you?
<Bowty> As we have all agreed, we will try a new program to see if it's easier to use.
<Bowty> We're going to use Skype. Apparently, there's no way to set a password, so I will instead invite everyone.
<Albany> Should we just send you our usernames via email?
<Bowty> I will leave it up to all of you in this room, not just Sylvia (I'm giving you a break this time.), to get everyone set up with Skype from now until then
<Bowty> That works, Albany
<Bowty> or, you can compile a list of the Acolyte's usernames and send it all at once.
<Bowty> I'll actually leave everything to you, Albanby
<Bowty> *Albany, sorry.
<lainiwakura> Are we wrapping up, or may I ask a question?
<Bowty> Ask away, Lain.
<Albany> I'll take care of it.
<lainiwakura> Thanks. I wanted to know what the symptoms of the virus are.
<Bowty> Thank you. Just make sure everyone is set up with the program and able to connect and everything.
<Bowty> The symptoms of the virus?
<Bowty> It always depends on the case.
<Bowty> The virus infects tissue randomly.
<Bowty> It will then begin to change the tissue to fit it's living standards.
<Bowty> As the virus is sentient, it is like building a dwelling on the tissue.
<Bowty> This causes mutation.
<Bowty> If this tissue happens to be an internal organ, this usually becomes fatal.
<lainiwakura> Can it gain control of the host? As in modify behaviors, personality etc...?
<Bowty> When one virus has infected a host already, only one area will become mutated as the virus will not infect the host more than once
<Bowty> Almost always
<Bowty> That is possible, Lain.
<Bowty> If the tissue is the brain, that is.
<r00tie> any way to tell?
<Bowty> To tell if the host is infected or if the host is infected in the brain?
<r00tie> if the host is infected in the brain
<Bowty> Hmm
<Bowty> Well, for one, there is mutation in the skull
<Bowty> The head can enlarge, hair can fall out
<Bowty> Eventually the personality of the host will change, but that is after a while
<Bowty> they will have seizures from time to time.
<Bowty> It will be harder for them to think about things.
<Bowty> Like I said, it varies.
<DrBeckett> dam, i think i already have it then
<Bowty> The virus is always different and every case is usually unique.
<Bowty> Hah, funny.
<DrBeckett> lol
<Bowty> Okay, well I have to run.
<Bowty> Albany, i'm leaving everything to you.
<Bowty> I expect things to run smoothly on Monday.
<r00tie> thank you for your time, Bowty
<Bowty> I bid you all farewell.
<DrBeckett> yes thank you
* @Bowty Quit ("Leaving")


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Albany
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 		Setting up Skype
Our next meeting on 3-10-2008 will be conducted via Skype, a voice-chat and group communication application.

Here is how to set up your Skype account..

Download the Skype client from the Skype website. [1]

Install the Skype client to the standard directory. [2][3]

Run the Skype client.

Upon running the Skype client, you will be prompted to create a Skype account. Fill out the required fields. [4][5]

Once the process is completed, you will be greeted with a brief explanation of Skype functions. Add those who have signed up using the usernames below, so we can all be in touch. [6]

TIP: Go to Tools > Options > General Settings and change "When I double-click on a Contact or use the address field" from "Start a Call" to "Start a Chat". It makes it easier to just chat with someone instead of accidently calling them.

Also, make note of your username and e-mail it to me. (ecoliforniaSPLATgmail.com) I will send all of our usernames to Bowty on Monday morning @ 7:30 Central.

Current Username List

Albany: albany.tgr
Sylvia: syl.vi.a
shrtyscott3: christopher.duasso
elite.fencer: AliceInTheMirror
Palm: HelloIMPalm
Nextday: nextday.blaze

PostPosted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:30 pm
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shrtyscott3
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 		Oh my goodness, I got into the chat right after he left, I went through hell to get in! Damn. I'm mad but I will have to deal with it.

At least we get to use a better program for the next meeting.

Edit: my skype is Christopher.duasso

PostPosted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:40 pm
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R00tie
Boot

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 		I finally got an answer to my first question:
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Rudy, I will answer your question as best as I can.

The people who oppose my ambitions have been around me since I began the research project in 1983. Of course, the research project was secret, however there were certain government officials that felt that emulating a nuclear blast was not a safe or smart thing to do.

After the incident, when my daughter was infected with that dreadful disease, I took it upon myself to try and figure out what was wrong with her myself. I did this for the greater good, be it because I felt guilty for the incident, or because I just wanted to save my daughter. In any case, I was trying to solve a problem that would destroy my country in years to come. I couldn't do it and then my daughter died. So, you could say, I might have gone a little insane.

This is when I retreated to a secret laboratory located in the Wassaw District, underneath Wassaw Sound. It was from then on that I would continue my research on the gate reaction to see what had gone wrong, what had brought this horrible disease to be, and how I could perhaps undo certain things.

Following my disappearance, government officials began to speculate that I was the one who had crafted the virus. The hatred for me grew from there and I had become something of a wanted man. This government agency was nothing more than the Lazarus Union itself. They think that I am nothing more than a mad science bent to destroy all and raise an army to start some strange revolution. Who knows what they believe my ambitions to be? It does not matter; they are after me regardless, ready to take me into custody because I decided to disappear in the past.

Just understand that they are fools, unable to stop the disease for years of research on the disease, when I had discovered so many things about it in a mere 6 months. They are incompetent and full of malice toward me; they need someone to blame for all this


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MissWiSH
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Sylvia wrote:


They keep talking about the gibberish Dr. Bottan sent them, I wonder if it's the same as the one Lucid forwarded to me here.
Maybe we need to figure out what that mess says. I was thinking maybe Stu could help us with that.
ed @ lazarusunion.org

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The gibberish email means nothing. I inquired about it last week and he told me there was an error with his communications or something. Sorry I forgot to post.

This was the message I got about it:

Quote:
Miss WiSH,

To answer you question, this is a formatting mistake; the Gate Terminal was still having trouble sending information to your internet and this was the end result. Once I had fixed the problem, I sent out the same messages to the same people.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:03 pm
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Sylvia
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 		It's has come to my attention that several of us cannot make it to Monday's meeting. 12:00 noon PST, 1:00 pm MST, 2:00 pm CST, 3:00 pm EST

Albany and shrtyscott3 have classes, my husband will be in minor surgery that day and I probably won't be home until 7pm EST or later (4pm PST) then on Tuesday he has a follow with the doctor then on Wednesday he has a follow up with his heart doctor. It's probably not important that I be at the meeting but It would probably be a good idea for the rest of you to list a good time for you guys. Then one of us can run them by Bowty and see what is a good time for the majority of us to be at the next meeting. After Wednesday anytime is good for me, but like I said I don't really need to be there or at least I don't think I do. I'm not sure when the PM has free time but maybe if we all work together we can come to a time that is acceptable by all.

So let's list what's the best time for everyone:

Sylvia = Sunday anytime, Thursday and there after anytime.

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 		I'm available any weekday after 12pm EST. Weekends are always sketchy because of running the kids around to activities. Now, just because I'm available during that time, sometimes things come up that I might need to deal with, since I work from home AND have 2 little ones home with me.
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I guess I'm out of retirement...

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Palm
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 		Meeting Time
I can come most times; so anything is fine with me; I should be able to make it unless something comes up that I don't know about right now.
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 		I'm good most weekdays after 6:00 CST and most all of the weekends.
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 		I should just make it on Monday. Wednesday after noon pacific. Tuesday and Thursday not until after 6pm

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Lain
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 		I'm usually around most weekdays after 2pm EST.
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 		Whoops-- Sylvia, ignore the PM I sent you just now Razz

My times (EST): after 4 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, also Saturdays 10am to 2pm, then 3:45 pm to midnight, Sundays all day.
I have a screwed up schedule xD Sorry. I can't do anything in the middle of the day during weekdays-- I have classes as well >_<

EDIT-- My Skype name is AliceInTheMirror.
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 		Actually my first class ends at 2:30 est. So Bowty's time is perfect. Sorry for the confusion, I don't know how to convert the times and all that.

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