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1. Greetings  from  the  iCE  crew.  Due  to  abnormally  low  temperatures and
automatic  hibernation  systems  in  place,  the iCE Pack is significantly late
this  month.  This  is  due to a moving catastrophe for our Internet server and
the  lack  of  a  group-centric  FTP  site  for  collecting  pack  artwork. The
temporary  loss  of  our  systems  has  caused  major  problems  for us, but we
expect to be back on track for 12/1/99.

2. To  quote  Mass  Delusion  from  last  month's info file: "because we're not
slackers,  iCE  will  be releasing  an on-time November pack..." Some will say,
"Dudes!@  You  weren't  even  close to 'on-time' this month! You lied!" This is
not true.  Why?  Because this is the October pack. Next month, iCE will release
the  November  pack  (on-time,  really!),  even  though it will be the first of
December.  Why?  Way  back  in  1991, Force Ten suffered brain damage in a snow
mobile  accident  and lost the ability accurately report times, dates, and when
he needed  his  diaper changed. Fearing a backlash from the retarded community,
iCE   has  kept   with  the  inaccurate  date  reporting  set  by  Force   Ten.

3. As  part  of  the  server  catastrophe,  www.ice.org was reamed silly.  Lord
Soth  has  done  an  excellent  job of patching things up and the functionality
is  quickly  coming  back.  The Ansi interface was mostly destroyed and will be
rebuilt  in  time  along  with  the other interfaces that have been in the work
once    the   site   is   put    together    again.   Think   Humpty    Dumpty.

4. As  a  reminder,  applying to iCE is as simple as mailing apply@ice.org with
a  sample of your best work (5 piece minimum) and a letter explaining yourself,
your ambitions, and how much you will pay Fluor to draw you a naked chick ANSI.

5. Thanks  for  bearing  with  us;  we  look forward to celebrating our holiday
season  with  two  more iCE Packs just in time for the end of the world.   Mass
Delusion  will  be  providing live coverage for iCE from Las  Vegas as the ATMs
fail and the aliens begin assimilation.

6. Any  questions regarding the  lack of art in this pack should be directed to
Sinned  Soul  on  #iCE  on EFnet. We HAD a meg of ANSI, and 20 megs of VGA. But
Sinned  Soul  thought it would be "cool" to delete it all and see if we learned
our  lesson  about  backing  up  data.  We  didn't.  Go  to  hell  Sinned Soul!

-Mass Delusion & Trip, iCE Staff