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    Index:

    Intro - mHz aka Eufanasia
    Free At Last - mHz
    Ch-Ch-Changes - aCK and mHz
    FI - aCK
    FO - mHz
    Envelope, Please - aCK
    Another ACiD Article - mHz
    Record Collector - Hack
    Outro - mHz
    Credits

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            A wise man once noted that all good things must come to an end.
      This man, however knowledgeable, was obviously not versed in the eminence of
      ACiD.  As we sit back, continuing to do what we do best, and watch other
      organizations, once thought to be as stable as Stonehenge crumble, ACiD
      has made the trek into the new millenium and emerged unscathed, still at
      the top of our game.

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       "ÙX  "ÙXÀXX    XXÀ"    "ÙXX  by mHz

            Adding to our reputation as not only role models, but benefactors of
      the entire art community, ACiDDraw, the premier ANSI/ASCII editor for DOS
      has been released [Version 1.25r, September 1, 1999] with no restrictions
      to the general public, allowing even those who's companies show a negative
      cash flow to still create masterpieces.  This new version is also updated,
      fixing the infamous and paradoxical Pentium bug.  Amendments to the
      licensing agreement have also been made, refer to the documentation for
      details.

            To partake in this superior program, ACiDDraw 1.25r may be downloaded
      via FTP at:

         ftp://ftp.artpacks.acid.org/pub/artpacks/programs/dos/editors/adraw125r.zip

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      CH-CH-CHANGES by aCK and mHz

           Touching off a minor world crisis, Eporue has been demoted from the all
      powerful position of AIS Advisor, instead taking on the still-prestigious
      role of AIS member.  All impending nuclear catastrophes were headed off
      when it was revealed that ACiD was launching an attack on "Eporue" not
      "Europe," as many a dyslexic missile-guidance system operator had
      previously thought.  To publicly initiate the valued Eporue into his
      new role of AIS Member, we've prepared a small project for him to embark on:

         ".sehciwdnas emos su teg, europE"

            It should also be noted that in the interest of ending redundancy
      and not being redundant, Infernal Flames has shortened his alias to Flames,
      making his alias shorter.

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            From CIA comes the HiRez/Poetry master Blue Devil, who RaD Man has
      busy ghost writing lovely poems for RaD Woman.  But between the poems,
      BD still manages to produce artwork of a quality that spells "ACiD."

            HRG sent us two great Hirez Artists: Diamond and Iron Lung.  Thanks,
      HRG!  We'll call you when we need more!

            In our continuing melding of multiple medias, Sphere, creator of many
      popular WinAmp Skins has joined us to explore his art to a larger scale,
      and possibly crayon-up RaD Man's car-Alpine.

            In our quest to pull more people into the scene, we've stumbled
      across two phenomenal artists : Mallakai and Virex.  Now that we have
      received the gratitude of the scene for single-handedly keeping it alive,
      we'll all sit back, have a few beers, a good cigar, and hire a few geishas
      to pat us on the back.

            Remorse ASCII picked up some new faces recently with the addition
      of such great names as Cleaner, Emok, Polymorph, Roman, Subsonic and
      Sudiphed.  Welcome to the club, folks.

            And last but definitely not least we welcome Skaboy to our ranks.
      Skaboy, will continue to work on his creation, Empathy the ONLY true XBIN
      Editor, under the ACiD label, as well as assist the newly-rejoined Ragnarok
      with our ever-expanding web sites.

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            A common syndrome in ACiD is that of the inactive artist.  Apparently,
      certain individuals come to the unshocking realization that they've simply
      lost all of their ability to create superior, ACiD quality art.  Rather than
      do the noble thing and resign as Bedlam has, they take to a witness
      protection program-like life, leaving no forwarding address as they slink
      away into untalented obscurity.

            We here at ACiD have never been rude, so we won't name names as to
      further humiliate such useless individuals as Alien, who has apparently
      taken up residence back on his home planet, a place where one need only
      draw 1 month out of each decade.  In the interest of full disclosure, our
      AIS team has determined the current locations of such Ex-ACiD members as
      Pixel Pusher, who's pixels have been pushed right out of ACiD.  Sunnyjim has
      taken up residence in Sunny San Francisco, to better show off his Sunny Jim
      in a sunny gym.  The infinitely useless xEDGEx has been cut and edged
      straight out of ACiD.  Everybody's favorite, Sc00p, has been scooped right
      out of the memberlist to make more room for productive individuals.
      Revolution has proved to be more of a schoolyard skirmish than a revolution
      in recent months, and hence has been shot out of a cannon to a far away
      place. In addition, Cain, Kyo, ColorNox, and Skate Guy have all skated
      out of ACiD.

            Well apparently we've done it again, and there's no turning back now.

            We apologize, and still love you all.

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      ÌÎÙXÀ"    "ÙX  "ÙX      "ÙXÀXX    XXÀ"   "ÙX      by aCK

            While everyone else went to Jamaica and appeared on MTV's
      ridiculously overhyped spring break festival, our boys at ACiD spent the
      holiday the real man's way : IN MEXICO AND ON COMPUTERS.  With a higher
      doodleboy to callgirl ratio than one might expect, they suprisingly
      enjoyed themselves and managed to pull in a few awards!

            Firstly, the musician whose name you can pronounce but not spell,
      Psibelius took second place in the music competition with his track
      "Nova Soli", which is French for "No Goes Soli", Spanish for
      "Soli does not go", Portuguese for "In Vain Soli", and Italian for
      "It Does Not Go Single".  What he actually meant by the title is
      something you'll have to ask him.  I can't, due to the restraining order.

            Nova Soli [psb-nova.it], released in the October 1999 pHluid Music
      Disk can be downloaded from:

         http://phluid.acid.org/files/1999/ph-1099.zip

            RaD Man actually won something!  And we all just thought he was
      a pretty face to be a rallying point.   Jason, JJJ and RaD Man take home
      GOLD IN WOMEN'S DOUBLES...  Wait...  Sorry.  First place in the Spring
      Break '99 graphics competition.  Their entry, "Future Tex" is a beautiful
      piece of work.  Check it out at an archive near you.

            Future Tex [our-futuretex.jpg], released in the ACiD Acquisition
      Update 78, Part B can be downloaded from:

         ftp://ftp.artpacks.acid.org/pub/artpacks/artpacks/1999/acid-78b.rar

            Let it be established at this point that even though ACiD did not
      enter a demo this year, the bulk of those which were entered were even
      better than the years previous.  Which just goes to show you...  Our
      presence makes things better.

            At Spring Break '99, representing ACiD were Beastie, his "friend"
      Clockwork, Psibelius, RaD Man, Sharp, and Murray.  You'll have to guess who
      Murray is.  Apparently he's embarrassed by the use of his handle.
      The bastard...

            Maybe we'll see you all next year at Spring Break 2000.  Come on
      down, bring a friend, pack heat, and if you go to Mexico, don't drink the
      water!

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            Having perused this deep into the plethora of information carried
      in this issue of the ACiD News, the quality and alliteration of ACiD's
      articles is abundantly apparent.  However no matter how mighty the pen
      is, man does not live by words alone, and ACiD has taken it upon ourselves
      to venture forward in production of articles of another kind -- clothing
      to be more specific.

            No longer do you have to walk the streets, wearing a cap that
      prominently displays some type of ridiculous looking orange bird, or logo
      for Fuzzy's Fresh French Fried'n'Flamed Fish Shack.  Available now are
      our latest garments - ACiD Caps.  When you don an ACiD cap, you become
      more than a person with an obviously ravishing sense of style, you
      become somewhat of a human canvas, a living breathing ACiD Production, and
      what, we ask of you, could be better than that?  For those of us who live
      in somewhat colder climates, in the type of edifice where a simple circular
      hole cut in the floor can yield a top-notch fishing spot, expect brand new,
      warm, ACiD beanies to be available by this winter.

            Regardless of where in the world you call your pied-a-terre, ACiD Gear
      can be yours through our newly remodel, wider-aisled, friendlier staffed,
      double-coupon accepting ACiDgear Website, which has been completely
      redesigned by the immensely talented Ragnarok, in a landmark
      collaboration between ACiD and Kagi, the firm responsible for processing
      your on-line credit-card orders, and expeditiously expediting your order.
      Clothing, like ACiD, is a basic requirement of life.  Bring the two
      together, and the possibilities are, in a word, endless.

            ACiDgear can be ordered on-line at www.acid.org/acidgear/.

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      RECORD COLLECTOR by Hack

            Once again the server that provides that beef for artpacks.acid.org
      has set another record.  Walnut Creek's ftp.cdrom.com broke the terabyte
      barrier serving up 1.39TB in a single day on May 26, 1999.  Walnut Creek
      was testing a Gigabit Ethernet link with their co-location provider, CRL
      Network Services.  The site runs FreeBSD and details of the achievement
      can be found at:

            http://www.cdrom.com/press/wcarchive_milestone.phtml

            Skaboy, known for coding the Empathy XBIN editor, has taken over
      administrative duties for the artpacks archive.  The torch was recently
      passed from Shivan Bastard, known for eating toxic chicken wings, to
      Skaboy.  Skaboy plans on adding "spidering" technology to the site.
      The new technology will index through all of the files embedded with
      SAUCE records and picking out keywords from ANSI and RIP based files.
      This will lay down a foundation for enhanced searching abilities on the
      archive, proving once again that artpacks.acid.org is your one-stop-shop
      for locating digital art.  That is, until Amazon sues us for some sort of
      patent violation.  Shivan Bastard was quoted as saying, "Damn.  I thought
      my utilities were neat."

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            In a small cabin somewhere off the coast of Hispaniola sits a boy,
      now able to enjoy and preview the full registered benefits of ACiDDraw
      without shelling out so much as a penny for the all-important registration.
      Right now, multiple ACiD members span the globe, staring at their shiny
      gold, possibly chocolate-filled trophies won at this year's Spring Break
      Awards.  In Oahu, a girl not more than 8 years old refuses to leave her
      house without her favorite piece of ACiD gear adorning her frame.  In
      Canada, a remarkably small framed man sits angry, cast out from the
      organization he for so many years called home.  On the brink of total and
      complete self destruction, he discovers our latest Acquisition, and decides
      that there really is good left in this world. All of these simultaneous,
      blessed events converge at one common denominator - ACiD.

            With this latest release, we here at ACiD yet again revel in showing
      you what we do best. From crashing down the capitalistic rule of ACiDDraw,
      in hopes of inspiring those less talented and less fortunate to yet again
      reach for our unattainable level of still unrivaled, unwavering and
      spectacularly untertaining level of skill, to winning multiple honors
      at the Spring Break, to dazzling those whose brain power travels no further
      than the simple comprehension of "pretty things," ACiD continues it's
      domination, for you, the people.

            Love us as we love you, and all shall be right with the world.
      Here's to ACiD -- and here's to us all.

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     <ACiD>  Editors: mHz & RaD Man                     Artists: Haji & TUM  <ACiD>
     <ACiD>  Writers: aCK, Hack & mHz                   Thanks: For nothing  <ACiD>
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