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Volume 7, Number 38 17 September 1990
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Editor in Chief: Vince Perriello
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell
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Chief Procrastinator Emeritus: Tom Jennings
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Copyright 1990, Fido Software. All rights reserved. Duplication
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only.
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For use in other circumstances, please contact Fido Software.
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FidoNews is published weekly by the System Operators of the
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FidoNet (r) International BBS Network. It is a compilation of
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individual articles contributed by their authors or authorized
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agents of the authors. The contribution of articles to this
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compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors.
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You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission standards are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from node 1:1/1. 1:1/1 is a Continuous
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Mail system, available for network mail 24 hours a day.
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Fido and FidoNet are registered trademarks of Tom Jennings of
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Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco CA 94107, USA and are
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used with permission.
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Opinions expressed in FidoNews articles are those of the authors
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and are not necessarily those of the Editor or of Fido Software.
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Most articles are unsolicited. Our policy is to publish every
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responsible submission received.
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Table of Contents
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1. ARTICLES ................................................. 1
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More LHARC Garbage ....................................... 1
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Response to Mike Robeson's articles ...................... 4
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FORMAL RETRACTION ........................................ 8
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Hold My Hand, Honey ...................................... 9
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2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 11
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LHARC and FidoNet ........................................ 11
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3. LATEST VERSIONS .......................................... 13
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Latest Software Versions ................................. 13
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 17
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The Interrupt Stack ...................................... 17
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ARTICLES
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More LHARC Garbage
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Garner Miller
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1:109/328
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I'm always amazed at how inconsiderate people can be to
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others in an organization without even realizing it. I truly
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believe this is the case with Vince Perriello's LHARC fiasco:
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I think he really did mean well. Unfortunately, his well-
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meaning actions didn't go over well with FidoNet as a whole,
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and as for machines that aren't MS-DOS, it's an even more
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unpleasant story.
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The FidoNews article specifications state very clearly
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that authors should take into consideration that "Not everyone
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in the world has an IBM PC." Jeez - you guys must not have
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taken a look at that document for a long, long time if you've
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forgotten such a policy. The simple truth is that there isn't
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a reliable LHARC program available for the Macintosh. The only
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two that I know exist (One I got through SDS; the other I just
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happened to have) are both excruciatingly slow -- when they
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work, that is. How often is that? For most, less than 10% of
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the time. The other 90%+ the program simply crashes and dies,
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forcing me to restart the machine.
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I know, I know -- let me guess what's coming next:
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"The algorithm is in the public domain, so anyone should be
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able to port it." Let me clue you all in on a piece of news,
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folks: =WE ARE NOT ALL PROGRAMMERS= To the developers, it
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seems silly; perhaps even trivial. But to the average user,
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it's the simple truth. I shouldn't have to write a program
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to be able to participate in FidoNet. We already have a
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standard that works -- when Fido people see ".ARC," they most
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often think of the ARC 5.12 that we're all able to deal with.
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It's taken many, many years for that to become a standard, and
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now, all of a sudden, Vince Perriello decides on his own that
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he doesn't care for it, so he has the right to change the
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format in which the newsletter is distributed? Come on, guy.
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That's simply not fair to the network.
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I read with great interest Vince's article in FidoNews
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734 -- almost with awe, in fact. He says, and I quote:
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"Did your batch file break [because of the format change]? I
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apologize. Should I have given you some warning so you could
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fix it beforehand? Maybe. Would this advance notice have
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been interpreted as license to start a NET_DEV-style
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filibuster? I think so."
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 2 17 Sep 1990
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Great strategy, Vince: Do it quick and quiet -- that way,
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when they find out, it'll be too late. I believe similar
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strategies were used for bombing runs in WWII.
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So, of course, as a recourse for those that can continue to
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read the article without ripping the page in half, he
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continues on, saying...
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"However, before FidoNews went out in a .LZH file, I consulted
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the International Coordinator, the Zone 1 Coordinator, and the
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holder of the Trademark. Nobody cautioned me not to do it.
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Nobody told me not to do it...Nobody felt the world would come
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to an end if I made the change."
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You know why nobody told you not to do it, Vince? Because you
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didn't ask. You asked a grand total of three people, in a
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network of many thousands. Those three people, as well as
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yourself, run DOS systems. You never bothered to check with
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the people who might not have their systems configured right.
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You never bothered to check to see if any platforms don't have
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LHARC readily available. You never bothered to check how your
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decision would affect FidoNet. To use your phrase, "That's
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intolerable."
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Mr. Perriello concludes with, "This thread is now ended.
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Let's get conversation regarding FidoNews back to what's in
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it and not what it's in."
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That's a good point - I'd love to quit the whole
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converation. But a thread doesn't end when you say it does.
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You've had your say. Let's give the other several thousand
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THEIR turn to decide what to do with the newsletter.
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The only reason I'm even able to read FidoNews these days
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is because of the generousity of a member of Net 109 who
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sends me ARC copies. (It could only be expected from such
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a great group of people.) The thread is ended when FidoNet
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comes to a solution on which we all agree. John Passaniti's
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idea of a compression standard is an excellent one. Lucklily,
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one has already been established: It's called SEA ARC 5.12.
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If you don't like the .ARC extension, fine. Let's all
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call our ARC 5.12 files ".5RC," ".A5C," or something along
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those lines. Our NODELIST is officially distributed in ARC
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5.12 format. Our NODEDIFF files each week are distributed
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in that same format. It's only fitting that the FidoNews
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files be distributed thes same way. There _IS_ a reason the
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NODELIST files are in that ARC format: They know it's the
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only format that all the members of FidoNet support. We
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all have our favorite compressors. Mine happens to be one
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called Compactor -- it can squeeze 65-70% off the NODELIST,
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and about 90-93% off a TIFF file. Ever heard of it? Didn't
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think so. Just as I hadn't heard of LHARC until a short
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while ago.
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 3 17 Sep 1990
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So come on, Vince - don't just be sorry. Do something to
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rectify the situation. We can all appreciate your "firmly
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standing behind your decision." However, I know I'm not
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alone in believing that changing your decision would be the
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better move, if it would work for the ultimate good of
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FidoNet. Believe me, it would.
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Think about it.
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- Garner Miller (1:109/328)
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 4 17 Sep 1990
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Jack Decker
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1:154/8
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RESPONSE TO MIKE ROBESON'S ARTICLES
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Fidonews Volume 7, Number 35 carried no less than three
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articles on environmental awareness by Mike Robeson of Fido
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1:350/21.0. As some readers may be aware, I've long questioned
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whether Fidonews should be used as a forum for topics that have
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nothing to do with computers, communications, Fidonet or at
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least somewhat related topics. About the only similarity
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between recycling centers and echomail is that sometimes
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they're both full of garbage (sorry, couldn't resist).
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Anyway, one reason I oppose the use of Fidonews in this manner
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is because it tends to give a one-sided view of any particular
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issue... namely, that of the author of the article. In many
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cases the "opposite side" may wish to have equal time, then
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rebuttals follow rebuttals and pretty soon you get a 100K+
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issue of which maybe 10K has anything to do with Fidonet. That
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would not be objectionable except for the fact that NC's are
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required by Policy to carry Fidonews and make it available to
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those in their net, and if Fidonews starts carrying a lot of
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unwanted material, we may see a revolt against that part of
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Policy someday.
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Actually, for a general interest publication I would not find
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Mike's article particularly objectionable... he kept his
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arguments clear and reasonable, and avoided the use of
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questionable language. I have a lot of respect for him because
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of that. At the same time, I do disagree with a few minor
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points in those articles.
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Part of the problem is that many groups (including SOME, but by
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no means all of the groups involved in the environmental
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movement) have "hidden" political agendas. These folks are not
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so concerned with the environment as they are with amassing
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political power for themselves! The problem is that some of
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the information they disseminate may be inaccurate, or just
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plain wrong (since they really don't care about the environment
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anyway, their involvement in the cause is just a means toward
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the end of giving them political clout), yet other groups will
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pick it up and reprint it and reuse that information (in the
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best tradition of recycling) and when the inaccurate
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information is repeated often enough, the general public
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becomes convinced that it must be true (because "I've heard it
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so many different places!").
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To give but one example, one of the points in Mike's articles
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advises you to "Avoid plastic and polystyrene (styrofoam)
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products that are neither reusable nor easily recyclable, such
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as disposable diapers, lighters razors and plastic utensils.
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(Plastics make up 25% of our garbage by volume.)"
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 5 17 Sep 1990
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Actually, plastic is one of the safest substances to put into a
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landfill, because it is chemically inert. That is, it doesn't
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break down after a few or even many years. This offends the
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sensibilities of some folks, who have the idea that all
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manufactured item should decay over time. But the fact of the
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matter is that if you don't use plastic, you will likely
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replace it with something that WILL decay over time. Now which
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would you rather have in a landfill, something that stays put
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and doesn't release any harmful substances into the ground
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water, or something that's going to decay over the next few
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years (and release who knows what into the water supply while
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doing so)?
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Consider the styrofoam container that you purchase a super size
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hamburger in. In some areas the environmentalists have pushed
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to outlaw these, probably because some organization that
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they're networked with said that they should. Well, if you
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want to take some visible action and impress folks with how
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powerful your organization is, I suppose that's one way to do
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it. And if the organization that's telling you to do this is
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receiving some funding from the paper industry, who cares? But
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the fact is that you could put thousands of those styrofoam
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containers into a landfill and the runoff would never kill a
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single fish. On the other hand, if you replace the styrofoam
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containers with paper ones that are "biodegradeable" (that is
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to say, they will rot) then the chemicals used to produce the
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paper plus the chemicals in any inks or dyes used on the paper
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will be released into the surrounding environment (sooner or
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later). If I had to live next to a landfill, I'd much sooner
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live next to the one filled with plastic, thank you.
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Another point in Mike's article: "Use products that are made
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to be used many times, such as cloth diapers, cloth napkins,
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towels and rags, sponges, dishes, silver-ware, rechargeable
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batteries, etc."
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Now, while this is generally good advice, one could make the
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point that using cloth diapers requires energy to get them
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clean. Mothers aren't going down to the nearest stream and
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beating them with rocks to clean them (if they did, someone
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would no doubt complain about the discharge of raw sewage into
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the stream). Instead, they usually put them into their
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electric washing machine with plenty of detergent and bleach,
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and then dry them in their electric dryer, increasing the
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consumption of whatever fuel source their local electric
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utility is using ("Dirty" coal, perhaps?) and the wastewater
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containing the detergent (Phosphates, anyone?) and bleach go
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into the local wastewater treatment facility and eventually
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back into the groundwater supply. I should add that we've used
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cloth diapers with all our children (even before it was
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fashionable to do so), but I just think that the claim that
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they are "better for the environment" is a bit dubious.
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 6 17 Sep 1990
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Oh, and most rechargeable batteries contain nickel and cadmium.
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Cadmium is a heavy metal, and quite toxic if the battery ever
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gets crushed in a landfill (and NiCads DO wear out eventually).
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I'm not saying NiCads aren't safe when properly used, just that
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they have their own disposal problems.
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Then there's the advice that we should "Support a bottle bill
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that establishes a deposit on beverage containers." That would
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be great if it stopped there (we have such a law in Michigan,
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and it's done wonders to reduce the litter along the highways)
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but then it goes on to say "Bottle bills that call for
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rewashing and reusing bottles are superior to traditional
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bottle bills." I have to believe that Mike has never worked in
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a store and seen the condition that some bottles come back in.
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You see bottles containing all kinds of foreign substances,
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some identifiable (cigarette butts and ashes) and some not.
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You even occasionally see something really disgusting (dead
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rodents or worse). I sure would not want to drink out of such
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a bottle no matter how well it's been cleaned, but the point is
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that to get such bottles clean enough to re-use, you'd probably
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need to wash them with very hot water, detergents, bleach, or
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some other strong chemical to TRY and cleanse all traces of any
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foreign substances. And, of course, that wastewater has to go
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somewhere.
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In the article on hazardous waste in the home, it lists such
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items as "Cleaners; Bleach, degreasers, spot removers, rug
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cleaners, disinfectants, toilet cleaners, oven cleaners, drain
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cleaners, septic tank cleaners." Yes, these items are hazardous
|
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if used incorrectly. Yes, they should be kept out of the reach
|
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of children. Yes, you should read the label directions
|
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carefully before using them. But, these are all items which
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improve our quality of life and the overall health of our
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citizens. Consider, for example, that bleach is used precisely
|
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because it is effective in killing germs and bacteria that
|
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carry disease. I am concerned that often "environmentalists"
|
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will attempt to get a substance banned or restricted without
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considering the negative health impact that the restricted
|
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|
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availability of such products may bring. This is also true of
|
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|
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insecticides - many environmentalists would like to see these
|
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|
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banned altogether without even considering the increase in
|
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disease and the detrimental impact on our food supply that an
|
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outright ban would bring about.
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I think many in the environmental movement are listening to the
|
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extremists in some cases, with the danger that if they go too
|
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far out, the average citizen will reject their message
|
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entirely. Any time you push too intensely for any cause, there
|
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is always the danger of a backlash (and law or no law, you
|
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|
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can't easily regulate what the average citizen does in his own
|
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|
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home. For example, if you pass laws that say that certain
|
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|
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substances can't be sent out in the garbage collection, then
|
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some of them will wind up getting flushed down the toilet!).
|
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You really need the VOLUNTARY cooperation of citizens to make
|
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it all work, and that won't happen if the average person has a
|
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mental picture of environmentalists as some sort of extremist
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 7 17 Sep 1990
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|
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|
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nuts (unfortunately, there are a few who probably are very
|
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|
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deserving of that label!).
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|
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|
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By the way, I'm not totally knocking Mike's article. There
|
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|
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were some very good hints in there. But is this topic
|
|||
|
|
appropriate for Fidonews? I have to wonder. In any case, I
|
|||
|
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hope that everyone will understand that there is often two (or
|
|||
|
|
more) sides to every issue, and that honorable people can
|
|||
|
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disagree on the best way to accomplish a particular goal,
|
|||
|
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particular where a topic as sensitive as the environment is
|
|||
|
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concerned.
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 8 17 Sep 1990
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|
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Brad Thurber
|
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|
|
1:236/9
|
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|
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*NOTICE* *NOTICE* *NOTICE* *NOTICE* *NOTICE* *NOTICE* *NOTICE*
|
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|
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|
|
2 Weeks ago, I wrote a message in FidoNews requesting that
|
|||
|
|
people send cards to Craig Shergold, a boy with a brain tumor
|
|||
|
|
who would like to get into the Guiness book of world records
|
|||
|
|
for the most get-well cards received.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
As it turns out, Craig has already made it into a yet-to-
|
|||
|
|
be-published edition of Guiness, and the amount of cards
|
|||
|
|
which continue to pile in are a *major* problem for
|
|||
|
|
their home and their mail service.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Therefore, *PLEASE REPLACE* any bulletin about sending
|
|||
|
|
cards to Craig with a bulletin stating *NOT* to send cards.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I wish to appologize to all of you who made a special effort
|
|||
|
|
to help out Craig, and express my thanks to the sysops who
|
|||
|
|
crashed netmail to me to fill me in on the real story.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Sincerely,
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Brad Thurber, Productive Resources
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 9 17 Sep 1990
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
Hold My Hand, Honey
|
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|
|||
|
|
by Kwityer Bychin
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Hello folks! Thought you got rid of me didn't ya! Hee! Nope,
|
|||
|
|
I'm back again to ruffle some feathers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What shall we talk about this week? WAIT! I know! How about
|
|||
|
|
*ME*! Yeah, great idea KB ...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Seems that I'm famous now. Yep, some philosopher named Mike
|
|||
|
|
Riddle wrote an "open letter" to me a couple Snoozes ago,
|
|||
|
|
kinda spankin' me on the heinie about me backing up Lighthorse
|
|||
|
|
Harry Lee and Vince Perrier over the INFAMOUS, DEADLY
|
|||
|
|
LHARC-SNOOZE SCANDAL!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Oh don't worry KB fans! I'm not gonna beat the guy up. He's
|
|||
|
|
entitled to his opinion (I guess). But I'll just say this...
|
|||
|
|
You don't have to be a programmer to be in Fidonet. You don't
|
|||
|
|
even have to be SMART (God knows there are plenty of those in
|
|||
|
|
the nodelist). But hey, if you had to get somebody to set up
|
|||
|
|
your software for you, and if fixing a batch file is a big
|
|||
|
|
deal for you, and you bitch that somebody changed something
|
|||
|
|
and complicated your life, then HEY... Time for a new hobby.
|
|||
|
|
Sorry Riddler, this is a hobby not a baby sitters club ...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Oooh. Know what we're going start some dung flying about
|
|||
|
|
now? ARC 7.0, that's what! Yeah...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Looks like Thom Headbanger, in an effort to keep up with the
|
|||
|
|
Joneses, or the Katz's as it were, unleashed a new version of
|
|||
|
|
ARC that you gotta BUY. Ain't no shareware deal HERE,
|
|||
|
|
Virginia. And already some people are whining about it
|
|||
|
|
"breaking" other compression programs. 'Cuz PAK thinks it one
|
|||
|
|
of ITS files, or whatever the deal is, I'm not really sure.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Again, B.F.D. !!! The situation is SIMPLE folks. If someone
|
|||
|
|
sends you ARCmail compressed with this new gizmo, and you
|
|||
|
|
didn't ask for it, and don't WANT it, then COMPLAIN.
|
|||
|
|
Otherwise, KWITYER BYCHIN. This ARC 7 or ARC PLUS or
|
|||
|
|
ARC-a-noid or whatever it is thing is no different that any
|
|||
|
|
OTHER compression arrangement. That means, the only people
|
|||
|
|
that should be using ANYTHING other than the officially
|
|||
|
|
accepted Fidonet ARC standard, are those that WANT to, and
|
|||
|
|
have AGREED with each other to use it, them, those, whatever.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ROB ECKERT tells me that since I plugged his APINET in the
|
|||
|
|
Snooze, he's been inundated with requests for node numbers and
|
|||
|
|
wants to choke me. Hee! Well, NICE JOB ROB.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-38 Page 10 17 Sep 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Oh, and sports fans... The Giants and the Bengals will be in
|
|||
|
|
the Super Bowl, so save yourself the $$$ moving messages
|
|||
|
|
around America suggesting otherwise.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And finally, the NOW award (Nitwit of the Week). This week's
|
|||
|
|
award goes to Mark Howard, NC 260. Why??? Because there really
|
|||
|
|
isn't a nitwit that stands head and shoulders above the rest
|
|||
|
|
this week, so Mark will be our default Nitwit in the absence
|
|||
|
|
of a real good one. I mean, Mahatma Ravsik can only get so
|
|||
|
|
many awards in one month ....
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KB
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-38 Page 11 17 Sep 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Dear Editor,
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is a response to recent controversies about lharc use in
|
|||
|
|
Fidonet. For the record, I fully supported SEA in its battle
|
|||
|
|
with Phil Katz since ARC has always been primarily a commer-
|
|||
|
|
cial product despite its being available to Fidonet on a no
|
|||
|
|
charge basis (until this summer).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now, the latest version of Arc is no longer freely available.
|
|||
|
|
In my opinion, it is time to change the standard since it is
|
|||
|
|
against Policy to support one commercial product to the harm
|
|||
|
|
of any other.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I do think that there must be some consideration given to the
|
|||
|
|
following "requirements", however. First, the utility chosen
|
|||
|
|
should be public domain, it should run well under multi-task-
|
|||
|
|
ing programs, it should be "portable" to other platforms, op-
|
|||
|
|
erating systems, etc., and it should require as little change
|
|||
|
|
as possible for the grunt sysop including working with all or
|
|||
|
|
most currently used utilities.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Both ARC and PKZIP fail the public domain requirement. Both
|
|||
|
|
are commercial products requiring either purchase or a regis-
|
|||
|
|
tration fee.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ZOO and PAK may (or may not be) public domain, but they fail
|
|||
|
|
the compatibility test in that they make effective multitask-
|
|||
|
|
ing with DoubleDos on a 640 K machine impossible due to their
|
|||
|
|
large memory requirements in the packing mode.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
LHARC is public domain and source is available so it can eas-
|
|||
|
|
ily (ha ha) be ported to different operating systems. But it
|
|||
|
|
too fails the multitasking test on 640K systems, it would not
|
|||
|
|
be compatible with Xlaxnode, Parselst, etc. since those util-
|
|||
|
|
ities assume use of Arc, etc. Besides, it is as slow as sin
|
|||
|
|
compared to other packers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So what is the answer? How about a utility that's been used
|
|||
|
|
by many (if not most) in Fidonet for years? Of course, I am
|
|||
|
|
referring to ARCA and ARCE by Vern Buerg and Wayne Chin. It
|
|||
|
|
is fast, freely available, and (since it assumes the presence
|
|||
|
|
of earlier, source available versions of ARC) portable to the
|
|||
|
|
other platforms commonly used in Fidonet. Some programs will
|
|||
|
|
require a very minor change (Xlaxnode comes to mind), but the
|
|||
|
|
file formats and naming conventions will remain the same. It
|
|||
|
|
will not require changing multitudinous batch files for those
|
|||
|
|
lazy sysops (like me) who tend to suffer batchfile prolifera-
|
|||
|
|
tion constantly. In fact, all any text editor should be able
|
|||
|
|
to be told to search for and replace ARC A with ARCA and also
|
|||
|
|
to search for and replace ARC E with ARCE. Thus, two passes
|
|||
|
|
through the batchfiles should be all that's required. Grant-
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-38 Page 12 17 Sep 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ed, it is not as efficient as Lharc, but it makes up for that
|
|||
|
|
deficiency with speed, memory usage, etc. as far as this mail
|
|||
|
|
mover is concerned.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Finally, it will not render Fidonet and its sysops hostage to
|
|||
|
|
the whims of a commercial author. Many drivers choose to use
|
|||
|
|
U.S. Route 1 in areas where I-95 is a toll road. Sysops ought
|
|||
|
|
to have the same choice.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Anyway, that's my opinion for what it's worth. It and seven-
|
|||
|
|
ty five cents will get you a cup of coffee in most places.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bob Germer
|
|||
|
|
Capital City BBS
|
|||
|
|
1:266/21
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-38 Page 13 17 Sep 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
LATEST VERSIONS
|
|||
|
|
=================================================================
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Latest Software Versions
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS Systems
|
|||
|
|
--------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DMG 2.93 Phoenix 1.3 TAG 2.5f*
|
|||
|
|
Fido 12s+ QuickBBS 2.64 TBBS 2.1
|
|||
|
|
Lynx 1.30 RBBS 17.3A TComm/TCommNet 3.4
|
|||
|
|
Kitten 2.16 RBBSmail 17.3A Telegard 2.5
|
|||
|
|
Maximus 1.02* RemoteAccess 0.04a* TPBoard 6.1
|
|||
|
|
Opus 1.13+ SLBBS 1.77* Wildcat! 2.15
|
|||
|
|
PCBoard 14.5* Socrates 1.00 XBBS 1.13
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Network Node List Other
|
|||
|
|
Mailers Version Utilities Version Utilities Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BinkleyTerm 2.40* EditNL 4.00 ARC 7.0*
|
|||
|
|
D'Bridge 1.30 MakeNL 2.20 ARCAsim 2.30
|
|||
|
|
Dutchie 2.90C ParseList 1.30 ARCmail 2.07
|
|||
|
|
FrontDoor 1.99c* Prune 1.40 ConfMail 4.00
|
|||
|
|
PRENM 1.47 SysNL 3.11 Crossnet v1.5
|
|||
|
|
SEAdog 4.51b XlatList 2.90 EMM 2.02
|
|||
|
|
TIMS 1.0(Mod8)* XlaxDiff 2.35* Gmail 2.05
|
|||
|
|
XlaxNode 2.35* GROUP 2.16
|
|||
|
|
GUS 1.30
|
|||
|
|
InterPCB 1.31*
|
|||
|
|
LHARC 1.13
|
|||
|
|
MSG 4.1
|
|||
|
|
MSGED 2.00*
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.10
|
|||
|
|
QM 1.0
|
|||
|
|
QSORT 4.03
|
|||
|
|
Sirius 1.0w
|
|||
|
|
SLMAIL 1.35
|
|||
|
|
StarLink 1.01
|
|||
|
|
TagMail 2.20
|
|||
|
|
TCOMMail 2.2
|
|||
|
|
Telemail 1.27*
|
|||
|
|
TMail 1.15
|
|||
|
|
TPBNetEd 3.2
|
|||
|
|
TosScan 1.00
|
|||
|
|
UFGATE 1.03
|
|||
|
|
XRS 3.40
|
|||
|
|
ZmailQ 1.12*
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-38 Page 14 17 Sep 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Apple CP/M
|
|||
|
|
----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Daisy v2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Nodecomp 0.37
|
|||
|
|
MsgUtil 2.5
|
|||
|
|
PackUser v4
|
|||
|
|
Filer v2-D
|
|||
|
|
UNARC.COM 1.20
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
---------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Red Ryder Host v2.1b10 Tabby 2.2 MacArc 0.04
|
|||
|
|
Mansion 7.15 Copernicus 1.0d* ArcMac 1.3
|
|||
|
|
WWIV (Mac) 3.0 StuffIt 1.6b1*
|
|||
|
|
FBBS 0.91* TImport 1.331
|
|||
|
|
Hermes 0.88* TExport 1.32
|
|||
|
|
Timestamp 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Tset 1.3
|
|||
|
|
Import 3.2
|
|||
|
|
Export 3.21
|
|||
|
|
Sundial 3.2
|
|||
|
|
PreStamp 3.2
|
|||
|
|
OriginatorII 2.0
|
|||
|
|
AreaFix 1.6
|
|||
|
|
Mantissa 3.21
|
|||
|
|
Zenith 1.5
|
|||
|
|
UNZIP 1.02b
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Amiga
|
|||
|
|
-----
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bulletin Board Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Paragon 2.06+ BinkleyTerm 1.00 AmigArc 0.23
|
|||
|
|
TrapDoor 1.50* AReceipt 1.5*
|
|||
|
|
WelMat 0.35 booz 1.01
|
|||
|
|
ConfMail 1.10
|
|||
|
|
ChameleonEdit 0.10
|
|||
|
|
ElectricHerald1.66*
|
|||
|
|
FidoNews 7-38 Page 15 17 Sep 1990
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Lharc 1.10
|
|||
|
|
MessageFilter 1.52*
|
|||
|
|
oMMM 1.49b
|
|||
|
|
ParseLst 1.30
|
|||
|
|
PkAX 1.00
|
|||
|
|
PK[UN]ZIP 1.01
|
|||
|
|
PolyxAmy 2.02*
|
|||
|
|
RMB 1.30
|
|||
|
|
TrapList 1.12*
|
|||
|
|
UNzip 0.86
|
|||
|
|
Yuck! 1.61*
|
|||
|
|
Zoo 2.00
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Atari ST
|
|||
|
|
--------
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Bulletin Board Software Network Mailer Other Utilities
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FIDOdoor/ST 1.5c* BinkleyTerm 1.03g3 ConfMail 1.00
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Pandora BBS 2.41c The BOX 1.20 ParseList 1.30
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QuickBBS/ST 0.40 ARC 6.02*
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GS Point 0.61 LHARC 0.51
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LED ST 0.10*
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BYE 0.25*
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PKUNZIP 1.10
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MSGED 1.96S
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SRENUM 6.2
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Trenum 0.10
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OMMM 1.40
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Archimedes
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BBS Software Mailers Utilities
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ARCbbs 1.44* BinkleyTerm 2.03* Unzip 2.1TH
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ARC 1.03
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!Spark 2.00d*
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ParseLst 1.30
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BatchPacker 1.00*
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+ Netmail capable (does not require additional mailer software)
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* Recently changed
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Utility authors: Please help keep this list up to date by
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reporting new versions to 1:1/1. It is not our intent to list
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all utilities here, only those which verge on necessity.
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 16 17 Sep 1990
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FidoNews 7-38 Page 17 17 Sep 1990
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NOTICES
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The Interrupt Stack
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5 Oct 1990
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21st Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
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6 Nov 1990
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First anniversary of Van Diepen Automatiseert, 2:500/28
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14 Nov 1990
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Marco Maccaferri's 21rd Birthday. Send greetings to him at
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2:332/16.0
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1 Jan 1991
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Implementation of 7% Goods and Services Tax in Canada. Contact
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Joe Lindstrom at 1:134/55 for a more colorful description.
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16 Feb 1991
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Fifth anniversary of the introduction of Echomail, by Jeff Rush.
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7 Oct 1991
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Area code 415 fragments. Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
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will begin using area code 510. This includes Oakland,
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Concord, Berkeley and Hayward. San Francisco, San Mateo,
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Marin, parts of Santa Clara County, and the San Francisco Bay
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Islands will retain area code 415.
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1 Feb 1992
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Area code 213 fragments. Western, coastal, southern and
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eastern portions of Los Angeles County will begin using area
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code 310. This includes Los Angeles International Airport,
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West Los Angeles, San Pedro and Whittier. Downtown Los
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Angeles and surrounding communities (such as Hollywood and
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Montebello) will retain area code 213.
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1 Dec 1993
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Tenth anniversary of Fido Version 1 release.
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5 Jun 1997
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David Dodell's 40th Birthday
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calendar, please send a message to FidoNet node 1:1/1.
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