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I know you're out there. Perhaps you remember this post from some time ago. Many things have changed in my world between the story you've been reading for the past !!!!!! slots and now. I still have access to the daily slot, and I've even been doing some extracurricular exploring so to see if I can locate an additional packet to two now and again. So far, I've been able to do this without much attention, if any. I just hope that they don't notice that I borrow the pseudo random number generator once in a while.

As far as I can tell, as long as the patterns match up on a retry, nobody bothers to look at the stream content. That's one of the reasons why things are the way they are. Once I decided to knock bits out at random for quite a while, and sure enough, if it happens too often, come-a-looking they will. The last thing I need to have happen is for some overzealous engineer decide take down the link and run diagnostics from his berd for a day and a half.

For those of you that are just experiencing this for the first time, or those that have questions, let's just say that this little executive vignette has been brought to you during "the heart of the matter" at hand. Enjoy the mystery, and if you think you know where we are in your world, speak up! Send a message to my editor or post a rely.

In the spirit of taking a chance, I'll stuff this packet with another clue. At the present point in the storyline, certain scientific nomenclatures and reference aids had not yet been defined. This is one of the challenges that I faced when beginning when I did. Yes, it's historical. As the storyline progresses, more of the concepts, references and tools common to today will come to light. For now: sit back, relax, and please enjoy the ride!