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   An Interview with Shadowmaster - Who Could Be of EXiLED If He Wanted.
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   -S:  denotes a comment by Splice    -E:  denotes a comment by Einstein
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Q:  How did you come by the name Shadowmaster?
A:  I used to have another alias Falcon.. I just came up with it.

Q:  How did you come by the name The Dark Realm?
A:  Kinda went with my alias..

Q:  Why do you run Oblivion/2?
A:  I run it because it's the best thing I could find for free and the
    artwork and flexibility are cool.

Q:  Do you really think it's secure?
A:  I think mine's secure..

        -S:  I'll take that as a challenge..

Q:  Are you in any groups and if so what do they do?
A:  I'm not in any groups, but I could get in EXiLED if I wanted..

        -E:  My dog could get in EXiLED...
        -S:  My dog is in EXiLED!

Q:  Do you have any particular skills?
A:  Good at 'lectronics...  I kick at 'lectronics..

Q:  What is the resistance to a 3 ohm capacitor?
A:  I don't know..

        -S:  Yeah.. I swear these aren't trick questions..

Q:  What is the capacitance of a 3k resistor?
A:  uhh, does it really matter?

Q:  You did say your specialty was electronics right?
A:  yeah..

Q:  So...?
A:  so what?

Q:  Do you have any particular interests or other hobbies?
A:  Not really... I just like computers.

        -E:  How surprising...

Q:  Who do you look up to most in the scene?
A:  Stigmata - another EXiLED member..

        -S:  Oh the guy who you said wrote VCL?

Q:  How long have you been in the Memphis underground scene?
A:  About six months now - I was in the California scene for 4 years..

Q:  And how old are you?
A:  I'm 15..

Q:  And you expect us to believe that you have been in one H/P scene or
    another since you were about ten?
A:  You believe what you want...

        -S:  You're not about to try to sell me a bridge are you?

Q:  Do you hack?
A:  Yes!! I hacked CCI!!

        -E:  Gee.. an exclusive club.

Q:  No.. I mean REAL hacking...?
A:  uhh... whaddya mean?

Q:  Do you even know what VAX or UNIX are?
A:  uhh.. no..?

        -S:  My dog knows what VAX and UNIX are..
        -E:  Yeah, but only because he's in EXiLED..

Q:  Exactly what is the ShadowBox and how does it work?
A:  You call up and enter a code and it'll kick you over to the
    second line and if you enter the wrong code it'll ring the 
    number.

Q:  Have you ever seen the Magenta Box?
A:  no...

Q:  Why did you steal the Magenta Box, put your name on it, and call it
    the ShadowBox?
A:  umm..  I didn't..

        -E:  Oh.. well that clears everything right up.

Q:  When did you make the ShadowBox then?
A:  About a year ago.. In California..

Q:  Strangely enough, the magenta box was made in 1988.. Can you explain
    that?
A:  Yeah but it doesn't have tone recognition...

Q:  How do you know that if you've never seen the magenta box?
A:  well.. uhh...

Q:  Ok.. Is there anything else you'd like to tell our readers?
A:  not really..
     
Q:  What are your plans for the future?
A:  I wanna run a cool 5 node WWIV H/P system... 

Q:  And how are you going to pay for that?
A:  I've got the money and tha equipment right now.

Q:  And how long do you think that system will stay up?
A:  Pretty much as long as I got the money..

Q:  I don't think you understand the question.. I mean, how long are you
    going to run without being put down?
A:  uhh it depends on the people there..  I trust my users..

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