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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.11 No. 3 (16-Jan-1994)
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| A newsletter of the | |
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| FidoNet BBS community | Published by: |
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| / \ | "FidoNews" BBS |
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| /|oo \ | +1-519-570-4176 1:1/23 |
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| _`@/_ \ _ | Editors: |
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| | | \ \\ | Sylvia Maxwell 1:221/194 |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Donald Tees 1:221/192 |
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| |__U__| / \// | Tim Pozar 1:125/555 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: editors 1:1/23 |
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| Internet addresses: |
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| Sylvia -- max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Donald -- donald@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Tim -- pozar@kumr.lns.com |
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| Both Don & Sylvia (submission address) |
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| editor@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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| obtaining copies and other boring but important details, |
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| please refer to the end of this file. |
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Table of Contents
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1. Editorial..................................................... 2
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2. Articles...................................................... 2
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The History of Fidonet a Progress Report.................... 3
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Educating the Unwashed Masses Revisited..................... 3
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New England Telco Dialing Changes........................... 7
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TEMPORARY vs PERMANENT...................................... 8
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MAGICK Echo................................................. 9
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Announcing the RBBS-PC File Distribution Network............ 10
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Dear Friends,............................................... 11
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Since FidoNews is International............................. 12
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STORMNET.................................................... 13
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Hot Off the Tree............................................ 18
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the 21st Century Moderator.................................. 21
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What is the Purpose of Fidonews, If Any?.................... 22
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Presentamos: FIDONOTICIAS INTERNACIONAL..................... 24
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 25
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Editorial
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We've tried something new this issue: you may notice a few
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non-english articles. We'll see what happens. At least there's
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no high ASCII this time to wreak havoc with internet hosts.
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Policy4 is vaque on language. It says: "The official language
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of FidoNet is English. All documents must exist in English.
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Translation into other languages is encouraged." Not a word
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about the language of the snooze.
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We wanted to open up the snooze more to the rest of the world.
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We started by offering to translate as best we could, but
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quickley discovered that our language skills are not up to the
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kind of idiomatic non-formal language typical of the BBS.
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We then tried to get the articles translated. It took too long,
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and too much time.
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The ideal, of course, would be too have the entire snooze
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translated into each and every language that is used on the net,
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and make all those issues available to all. Maybe someone will
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eventually write a "language gate" set of software that makes
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that possible.
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So here we are. If we are going to be an international net,
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then we are going to have to cope with language issues. Until
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we get something better, some people are not going to be able to
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read some articles. We are going to ask that people attempt to
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supply a translation of articles, simply because we believe that
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a common language is beneficial to the net. We also realize,
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however, that nuance cannot be translated easily. Sometimes a
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point is important enough that it needs be made in one's
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milk-tongue.
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The article form Francois Thunus, which apparently supports
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the "free Fidonet from language bias" effort, ends with a tag
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line remniscent of pre-feminist idiocy. I want Steve Winter
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back. At least he *knows* he's offending people.
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Articles
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 3 16 Jan 1994
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The History of Fidonet a Progress Report
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By Marge Robbins
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1:283/120 or mrobbins@wps.com
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I am happy to report that the history of Fidonet is going well. I am
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even begining to have high hopes that it will reach a decent stopping
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point by June 1994, when our net will be 10 years old. Interviews
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have been taped with Tom Jennings, Butch Walker, Dan Buda, Bob Davis,
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and Burt Juda. Mr. Jennings has graciously given me access to his
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storehouse of historical files. <thank you Tom> I have been
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systematicly raiding that treasure house.
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At this point I have a pretty complete picture of the begining of
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Fidonet and its early growth. But some areas are lacking. Thus I am
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making another appeal. The entire IFNA thing remains a confusing
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enigma to me, ending as it did just about the time I joined Fidonet.
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I also have little or no information on zones 2-6. So if you know
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anything about
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1. IFNA
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2. The history of zones 2-6
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or have early nodelists please contact me. I can use your help. In
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the final analysis this history will be as good or as poor as we as a
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group make it. I can compile and organize data, but I can't write
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about things I wasn't there to witness without input from those who
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were.
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As a correlary I thought it would be kind of interesting to collect
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early versions of the software that was used in the early and not so
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early days of Fidonet. I have some already, Binkley 1.0, some early
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Fidos, etc. But a lot is missing. For example I would love to set up
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Opus 1.xxx, Seadog, echomail, etc. and play with them. Fido 11 is
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kinda cute. I had it running locally for a while.
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In the interim I will be making any donated files available for freq
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here at 1:283/120 <V32B>. When the project reaches the point of
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being a "wrap" for the first ten years, I will be looking for a
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permanent place to archive the "Fidonet's Roots" files. Probably some
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internet site that offers anonymous FTP. At this point I'm open to
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any reasonable suggestions.
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Educating the Unwashed Masses Revisited
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By Steve Barnes 1:224/150@fidonet.org
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Educating the Unwashed Masses II
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A few issues back in the 'snews the editors printed my submission
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regarding a project our network was organizing. To briefly recap. We
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were holding a free seminar at our local library to serve as an
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 4 16 Jan 1994
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introduction to the online community.
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The original article was written some weeks before the actual
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seminar was to take place, I'll pick up the story up where the last
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one left off.
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I mentioned how one of the local newspapers were to do a feature
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on our seminar after another newspaper felt it wasn't newsworthy. What
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I neglected to mention in the second submission was a rather unique
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bit of timing. Let me explain. Up here in the great white north
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(frigid too.. wind chill tonight is -56C!) We are under a publication
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ban in an murder investigation. Very controversial stuff this. Well,
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some local computer hackers (sic) decided to make a big splash and
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FAX'ed copies of American newspaper articles to various local
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businesses. One of which is the previously mentioned newspaper. It
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just so happens that the day I called regarding advertising our
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venture was the same day they received the banned information.
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Obviously, this would appear to be a very suspicious coincidence. To
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make a long story short, I agreed to speak to the local police force
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and _completely_ open up my system to them. This accomplished two
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things. It showed the newspaper that not all bulletin board users are
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cyberpunks, and that, in actual fact, the vast majority of callers are
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regular people (well for the most part anyway :)
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Well, the first newspaper I approached got wind that their
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competitors were pulling out all the stops, well... thats different,
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they scrambled to put together a feature article and to beat the
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others publishing deadline. Ain't being able to pit 'enemies' against
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each other great :-)
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In the meantime, I arranged with our local college to borrow an
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LCD Display tablet for use with a projector. They bent over backwards
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to accommodate us. This is a very expensive piece of equipment that is
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basically a 'clear' computer screen. It sits on top of a projector.
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If you attempt a seminar like we did, secure this first! (BTW, we
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never did get to play Rebel Assault or DOOM on it :-)
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Saturday, 3 days before the seminar, one of the newspapers
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publishes a *LARGE* article about bulletin boards complete with
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pictures of yours truly looking like a complete idiot (natch) and
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several local BBS numbers. By 2 o'clock that afternoon. My BBS system
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begins what turns out to be a milestone. I'll speak about this
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shortly.
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Sunday, the other paper publishes their *LARGE* article, mit der'
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picture of me looking like I haven't shit for a week.. My hard disk is
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smoking, the phone is constantly busy...
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Its now the day before the seminar, a Monday, the seminar is to
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be held at 7pm Tuesday.
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The local radio station called and wanted me to come in and do a
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spot for their daily whats happening segment. They want me to come in for
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9:15am, the day of the seminar. Of course, I agreed to this.
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About 15 minutes later I get a PANIC filled call from the
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Library. Their phone WON'T stop ringing. They've had to pull other
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employees from their normal duties to man the switchboard. I later
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find out they were averaging a call every 2 minutes. So, why the
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panic? The library auditorium is only rated for 200 people....
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Tuesday. D-Day.
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I sleep reasonably well, I get up out of bed, and trundle on down
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to the radio station. Cool place this, they have serious babes working
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their (Mental Note: Submit resume to radio station :) I speak with the
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D.J. while he sets up the various equipment. I'm informed that he has
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six minutes of air time to fill. Cool. We do the interview, and
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manage to fill up 17 minutes before he wraps it up. Oh oh. He's gonna
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have to edit it heavily. All in all, I thought it went reasonably
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well. Its going to air an hour before the seminar starts. Shoot, I'm
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going to be busy setting up. I call a couple of friends and ask them
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to record it for me.
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I'm wound up tighter than ... lets just say every bodily orifice
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was acutely puckered. We setup, everything is working just great. No
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problems at all. Obviously, not a good sign. The auditorium has the
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seats laid out for 130 people. With more chairs stacked on the sides.
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At 6:30 pm, the CEO of library informs me their are quite a few
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people waiting out in the cold. At the same time, some other library
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employees move to the stacked chairs and put them ALL out. I tell the
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CEO to let them in..
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OH MY GOD.
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I instantly have the feeling my tongue has swollen to 3 times its
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normal size.. and it has a wool sock on it. I request a cup and
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pitcher of Jack Daniels. The auditorium is packed to capacity within 2
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and a half minutes, their aren't anymore chairs, their people standing
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in the isles, their are people EVERYWHERE. The CEO tells me I have to
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ask those not seated to leave, their blocking the fire exits. I do
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this, realizing that what I'm saying is completely unintelligible, I
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sound like a Froggee on the Little Rascals. A fellow sysop operating
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the equipment later tells me that my lips were white, my tongue was
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white.
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Precisely at 7pm, I jump write into it, explaining to the
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audience that I'm not a public speaker, I'm a BBS operator, a recluse,
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and they are looking at possibly the most terrified human being in all
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of Canada. Within 15 to 20 minutes, my tongue has regained its normal
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size, though it still has a sock on it..
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We expected the crowd to be composed mostly of people under about
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25, with a few more mature people thrown in for good measure. Way off.
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The average age in attendance was probably around 40. At most, their
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were 10 people under 25 their.
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The seminar - it went flawlessly. Well, except for the fact that
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no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't see my notes, we had to kill
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the main lights in favour of the spotlights to enhance the visibility
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of the projection screen. I had to 'wing' it for 2 hours! I didn't
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flee. Everybody saw what a bulletin board was about. They saw it
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wasn't the domain of flinty eyed punks like they've been led to
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believe by the mainstream media. They saw it for what it really is,
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the most incredible piece of readily available technology to
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communicate with the world. They learned how to set up their modems,
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about baud rates and protocols. They learned how to transfer files,
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how to check their own files for virii. It went _well_.
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At the end of the seminar, when we turned the main lights back
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on, about half the crowd 'rushed' the stage with more questions. All
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through the seminar, they were encouraged to stop me, and ask if they
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had a question. Obviously, they were impressed. They asked still more
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intelligent questions. The CEO pulled me aside while the others were
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knocking down the equipment. I was _spent_. Completely and utterly
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exhausted.
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The CEO *TOLD* me I was doing another seminar <BIG GRIN>. I was
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told that they easily turned away 250 people. This in addition to the
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people who called ahead of time and asked if their was going to be
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another seminar as they couldn't make this one. I was told that no
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other 'event' the library has hosted since it was built in the 1950's
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has ever gotten that kind of turnout. They were pleased to say the
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least. I thought something was up before the start of the seminar as
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the CEO disappeared - she returned with a Polaroid camera and took
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pictures of the crowd, the equipment etc.
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The guys and I went out for a coffee after the seminar (like I
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needed caffeine!). That night, I couldn't sleep, I finally fell asleep
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about 5am.
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I got up the next day to a ringing telephone. It was the CBC
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(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). They want to do a radio
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interview. It seems they were at the seminar and were impressed. It
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may air nationwide.
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I mentioned at the start about the 'milestone' with my BBS
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system. The whole point of this seminar for us was to attract a new
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'base' of users. Not the usuals, but people who have a computer and a
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modem and have just never tried it. Now, about that milestone. You
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need to know a few things before hand. I run a message oriented system
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- its a single line system, I run QuickBBS on my Atari ST. Before the
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seminar, I typically got between 25-35 calls per day, and had, on
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Saturday morning before the newspaper article, 287 people in my
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password file. Saturday, my system got 68 calls. 27 new users.
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Sunday, 63 calls, more new users. Monday, 67 calls, still more new
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users. Its Wednesday as I write this. Its just NOT letting up. I'm
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rapidly approaching 400 users. My system is reporting usage rates of
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92%. My mail isn't going out until Zone Mail Hour. Every other system
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in Sudbury reports similar results. My regular callers, when they
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finally do manage to get through, they're telling me they've been
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auto-dialing for an hour.
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Is this getting through to you guys? We didn't spend a dime
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setting this up. Just some time and a little handshaking. I really
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wish I could give you some hard and fast numbers. I can't, their is
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HUGE number of people out their who just don't know how to get online.
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Their real people, mature people with real life experience, they've
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never had their voice heard. You can tell when they finally grasp the
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concept of echomail. Their jaws hit the floor. Arms shoot up into the
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air. "You mean I can talk to somebody in Australia? For FREE?!)
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Everybody, I'm going to be honest with you. I've never done
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anything like this before. I seriously doubted I could pull it off.
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It was _easy_. You need to do this. Get the word out. The rewards are
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enormous.
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I have to go into the library tomorrow to set a date for the next
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seminar. I had a blast organizing and setting it up, but quite
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frankly, I think their is enough demand to do at least 4 or 5 of these
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seminars, were considering approaching our local cable channel and
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doing a series of shows that can go into much more depth. Wanna bet
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they'll jump at the opportunity!
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Do it.
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-Steve Barnes (NC 224)
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P.S. I finally did hear my radio interview. Little tip; Don't do a
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radio interview 45 minutes after you get out of bed. I sound like a
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cross between Bobcat Goldwaithe and a lobotomized Barney the dinosaur
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:-)
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New England Telco Dialing Changes
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By: Matthew Burks
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I live in New Hampshire and I am a NET132 sysop. Here, the
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money hungry Telco is going to change the way we dial in-
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state phone numbers. Right now, in order to dial long
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distance in state you must dial 1 then the seven digits
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of the phone number. If you don't dial 1 before LD calls
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or dial 1 before local calls then you get a recording.
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Either way, you know when you are spending money and when
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you aren't. Well, I guess the Telco doesn't want us to
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know when we are feeding them cash. They are going to
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change it so that we just dial the seven digits of the
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phone number. This way, to find out if we are paying for
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the call, we would have to either look in the phone book,
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or call the operator. Most people don't want to have the
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trouble of doing this. That is what the Telco is counting
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on.
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If you don't like this scheme to rip us off, then
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express your outrage by writing a letter to:
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New England Telephone
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1228 Elm Street
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Manchester, NH 03101
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 8 16 Jan 1994
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Any questions or comments PLEASE fax me at 603-6723541.
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Be sure to include your node dumber and/or fax number and
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I might be able to reply.
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----------------------------------------------------------------------
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TEMPORARY vs PERMANENT
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by Edward Tushar (1:385/29)
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Well, after reading several issues of FidoNews, I have decided to
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send in my own little bit of information. A little background may be in
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order: Sysop for about 19 months.
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These stories require opinions from others. I will include mine.
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Here goes: I belong to a net that happens to encompass a large Army
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installation. For people in a net this means several things. One is
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that you will have people in the net who will be here today and gone
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tomorrow and others that are permanent. (or die, whichever occurs first!)
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Those of us that fall into the category of here today, gone tomorrow, of
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course feel that we somehow are not true members of the net. Are opinions
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are constantly countered by the clique (those who are here permanently).
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A few months ago we voted on a new EchoCoop policy. Those of us in the
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military had a lot to say about it. Well, the clique was there and in
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stronger voice than us temporary people. So, of course the policy was
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implemented no problem.
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The next thing to happen was a satellite purchase. We could chip
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in some money and get echoes for a mere $9 a month. Of course, I said,
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"What happens after I mail the $150 and Uncle Sam says go to Korea?"
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(or Germany? or recruiting?) "Well, you would have to sell your share
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to someone else." "Uh, OK.. NOT!" You get the idea. So it came down
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to those who could not or would not pay the initial satellite cost would
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pay $15 a month for echoes. Not a bad deal. So I asked "What happens
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when you have recovered the initial cost of the investment?" "It will
|
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go into an emergency fund." "So what happens when you have enough money
|
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in the emergency fund to buy 100 satellites?" "It will pay the cost of
|
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the phone bill to send mail back up the chain." "Well, what happens
|
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after you pay that $20 to cover phone costs?" "SHUT UP ALREADY!" I
|
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guess you get the idea.
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The last thing, and the thing that really irks me is this: We are
|
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now in the process of voting for a new NEC. The voting is a simple net-
|
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mail to the NC with the name of the person and a password so you know
|
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that your vote was correctly registered. (Side note - I disagree with
|
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this method. I know my vote is there, but how do I know the other votes
|
|||
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are legitimate?) Now, what is the problem you ask? Well, the problem
|
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|
is that the NC is a guy who nominated one of the two people going for
|
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|
the job. If he nominated him, how can he count the votes? Is that not
|
|||
|
like the President nominating an Attorney General and then counting the
|
|||
|
votes at the confirmation vote? I should say that the two people who
|
|||
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were nominated were a clique and a temporary person.
|
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|
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|
I know that stability is important to a *C's or *EC's position, but
|
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|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 9 16 Jan 1994
|
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|
|||
|
not in the net I belong to. The NEC in our net has only one job. That
|
|||
|
is to moderate the local echoes and pass them around the local net. Not
|
|||
|
hard. I guess I am kind of getting this off of my chest. I welcome
|
|||
|
your opinions and/or experiences.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
By the way, I am on my recruiting after only 1 1/2 years here.
|
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|
Any of you interested in an Army career? See me in July!
|
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|
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--Edward Tushar, Lawton, Oklahoma 405-355-1768
|
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----------------------------------------------------------------------
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MAGICK Echo
|
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|
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by Marisa Broughton and Jeff Galbraith
|
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Anatomy of the MAGICK Echo
|
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|
|||
|
The Magick echo is like an interactive computerized magazine on the
|
|||
|
metaphysics. What sets Magick apart from other metaphysical echoes, is
|
|||
|
that Magick is more than just another message base. The following is a
|
|||
|
menu of some of the items that Magick features:
|
|||
|
|
|||
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1. Weekly articles on various metaphysical subjects such as,
|
|||
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shopping for a psychic, animal totems, wicca, shamanism, psychic
|
|||
|
attacks, numerology, tarot, black magic, Qabalah, Crowley, and
|
|||
|
much more.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
2. Free services such as dream interpretation, numerology
|
|||
|
calculations, nature symbolism interpretation, animal totem
|
|||
|
interpretation and again, much more.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
3. Free instruction provided on the following areas: How to
|
|||
|
calculate your numerology; How to read and interpret the Tarot;
|
|||
|
How to construct a talisman or amulet; How to perform a
|
|||
|
consecration, blessing and exorcism and so on.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
4. Discussions on various areas of interest such as, the psychology
|
|||
|
behind magick, false messiahs, cults, wicca, psychic phenomena,
|
|||
|
pathologies of death, ceremonies and ritual. Your imagination is
|
|||
|
the limit.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The potential of this echo is endless, and the moderators welcome any
|
|||
|
of those who want to add instruction on a metaphysical area not yet
|
|||
|
covered, answer questions, voice opinions, debate issues or just read
|
|||
|
the articles featured.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
...knowledge, wisdom and understanding, the formula for a higher state
|
|||
|
of being.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
This echo is currently privately hubbed. If you would like to be
|
|||
|
hooked in, please contact Jeff Galbraith @ 1:134/21.0, The Secret C
|
|||
|
BBS. It is our intentions to get this echo onto the backbone as soon
|
|||
|
as possible. You can help by participating. Thank you.
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 10 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Announcing the RBBS-PC File Distribution Network
|
|||
|
by Eddie Rowe, Fidonet#1:136/1
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Are you interested in picking up the latest copies of RBBS-PC related
|
|||
|
software, but each time you try to pickup a copy from the author's
|
|||
|
system the phone is busy? Do you recall the fiasco when RBBS-PC 17.4
|
|||
|
was released and you were told it would be released in another File
|
|||
|
Distribution System, you waited, and it never arrived? Are you a
|
|||
|
RBBS-PC third party author looking for an easy way to share a copy
|
|||
|
of your works with other RBBS-PC sysops? Well, we have solved those
|
|||
|
challenges and more!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The RBBS-PC File Distribution Network exists with one goal, the rapid
|
|||
|
distribution of RBBS-PC related software via ANY medium, no matter
|
|||
|
how LARGE the works may be. Current technology being used includes
|
|||
|
dialup modems, satelite delivery, and satelite delivery! Here is a
|
|||
|
glimpse at the areas that makeup the RBBS-PC FDN:
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Area RBBSADMN RBBS: Administrative Files
|
|||
|
Area RBBSDOOR RBBS: Doors Specific to RBBS
|
|||
|
Area RBBSMAIL RBBS: Mail Processers -- FTN/PostLink/QWK
|
|||
|
Area RBBSMISC RBBS: Miscellaneous
|
|||
|
Area RBBSPC RBBS: RBBS-PC Merges/Patches/Releases
|
|||
|
Area RBBSUTIL RBBS: 3rd Party Utilities
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Files released into the RBBS-PC FDN are accompanied by special files
|
|||
|
(called TICs) that provide information about the files. Using a TIC
|
|||
|
processor one can automatically add descriptions of the files to a
|
|||
|
RBBS-PC File Management System (FMS) so BBS callers who might not
|
|||
|
enjoy the usage of Fidonet Technology can get access to the files
|
|||
|
as soon as they arrive!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The RBBS-PC File Distribution Network is available from any Fidonet
|
|||
|
FileBone site, Planet Connect site, or by ftping to ftp.fidonet.org
|
|||
|
(look in the pub/fidonet directory). Authors which do not place
|
|||
|
restrictions on having their works included in CD-ROM volumes also
|
|||
|
have their works uploaded to the SimTel archive site @ Oak.Oakland.Edu
|
|||
|
in the pub/msdos/rbbs_pc/ directory for ftp callers (ftp.fidonet.org
|
|||
|
only keeps files for few days, SimTel keeps files indefinitely).
|
|||
|
Eddie Rowe @ Fidonet#1:136/1 (318-345-1955) also has a standing offer
|
|||
|
to link in ANYONE willing to check in periodically via modem( v.32bis
|
|||
|
and ZyXEL speeds).
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Authors of RBBS-PC utilities are HIGHLY encouraged to send a copy of
|
|||
|
their works to Patty Pickett @ Fidonet#1:380/5 (318-865-4503),
|
|||
|
including a short description of the files being submitted for
|
|||
|
distribution in the RBBS-PC FDN and what area they feel is most
|
|||
|
appropriate.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Distribution is limited to North America as far as we know, but the
|
|||
|
channels exist for Europe to link into the system if someone has the
|
|||
|
resources to cross the Atlantic to pickup the files via dialup or ftp.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Join us in the RBBS-PC File Distribution Network today!
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 11 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Dear Friends,
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
I just finished reading Fido1102.news, especially the article titled
|
|||
|
"The International Connection" by Daniel Finger. I have to whole-
|
|||
|
heartedly agree with Daniel about how GREAT Fidonet is.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
A little more than 2 years ago, my beautiful wife Josie, bought my
|
|||
|
first computer as our first anniversary present; Six months after
|
|||
|
that I bought my first modem, and 6 months after my modem I had my
|
|||
|
first BBS online. At first I had no E-mail capabilities, but request
|
|||
|
after request I thought it might be time to add a mailer so I
|
|||
|
installed FrontDoor v2.02. With the help of our Fidonet NEC, Floyd
|
|||
|
Drennon and our NC, Tom Jones, I had absolutely NO problems
|
|||
|
configuring the mailer. About a year after receiving my first
|
|||
|
computer, I had a fully functional BBS w/mailer, 7 CD-ROM Drives
|
|||
|
online, multi-node, and most of the help went to Floyd and Tom who
|
|||
|
always offered assistance when needed.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
It's members of the Fidonet family like Floyd and Tom who give
|
|||
|
Fidonet a good name. In fact, I have personally have been a member
|
|||
|
of Fidonet for over a year and have never heard of any negative
|
|||
|
comments about Fidonet, what does that tell you??? Fidonet has
|
|||
|
flourish so, that when you associate BBS with mailers, you assume
|
|||
|
Fidonet!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
I mention Daniel's article because he mentions how Fidonet is one of
|
|||
|
the largest non-profit organizations, and I have to admit, if you
|
|||
|
where to rate Fido like consumer reports rates merchandise; for
|
|||
|
dependability, reliability, effeciency, and NO costs, Fido would
|
|||
|
rate on a scale of 1 to 10, an eleven! In closing, I would just like
|
|||
|
to mention, like Floyd and Tom, I try to carry out the tradition of
|
|||
|
Fidonet sysops are people who are always available to help the
|
|||
|
inexperience. As a result, let me depart with this message that
|
|||
|
I've just received from one of many users who leave messages like
|
|||
|
this on my board all the time; this was left less than 2 hours ago.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
(11591) Sat 15 Jan 94 12:21a
|
|||
|
By: Kalibos
|
|||
|
To: Bill Bernhardt
|
|||
|
Re: Thanx again
|
|||
|
St: Local Rcvd
|
|||
|
---------------
|
|||
|
@PID: RA 2.01 80253
|
|||
|
@MSGID: 1:375/46 52d5d4a2
|
|||
|
Hey Bill,
|
|||
|
You know there's not too many SYSOPs that will tke the time that
|
|||
|
you have with me. I really appreciate it and thanks for the extra
|
|||
|
time. After I get this D: drive going I'll probably get back on
|
|||
|
and download some stuff. Thank you again. Have a GREAT weekend.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NOTE: Please feel free to publicize this in any form
|
|||
|
desired. Thanks!!!
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 12 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Hello Editors!
|
|||
|
Since FidoNews is International
|
|||
|
please publish the following text.
|
|||
|
Thank you,
|
|||
|
Francois Thunus (2:270/25.1)
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Je me rejouis de voir qu'enfin FidoLand se rend compte qu'il
|
|||
|
existe autre chose dans le monde que les Etats-Unis. Peut-etre ce
|
|||
|
periodique soit-disant obligatoire va-t-il se convertir en un
|
|||
|
veritable trait d'union entre tous les sysops de fidonet. je ne peux
|
|||
|
donc que me rejouir du tournant enfin pris. Je profite donc de
|
|||
|
l'occasion pour lancer un appel a tous les sysops, et plus
|
|||
|
particulierement les sysops europeens afin que eux aussi participent
|
|||
|
a la creation de ce journal. Je profite de l'antenne :-) pour
|
|||
|
demander aux sysops francais de me contacter au sujet de la
|
|||
|
distribution des conferences Mensa et SuperBBS en France, car il
|
|||
|
semble qu'il y aie un gros probleme. Merci de votre aide.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Y ya que estoy, tambien quiero saber si llegan las conferencias
|
|||
|
Mensa y SuperBBS en Espanya, parece que hay un problema alli tambien.
|
|||
|
Vd podrian utilizar tambien el fidonew para explicar un poco mas al
|
|||
|
mundo las relaciones un poco especiales que todavia existen entre su
|
|||
|
maravilloso pais y los paises de America Latina. Seria interesante,
|
|||
|
por ejemplo, comparar la situacion del punto de vista de la
|
|||
|
imigracion en un sentido y en el otro con la situacion existente
|
|||
|
entre la Inglaterra y sus antigas colonias. Gracias.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Claro esta, o mesmo pode-se dizer aos operadores do Brasil e de
|
|||
|
Portugal. Tambem podria ser bastante interesante ver como e que voces
|
|||
|
chegaram a que situacao, para que todos mais soubemos das
|
|||
|
formalidades entre os varios paises do mundo. Acho que realmente
|
|||
|
seria um tema de interesse geral, ja que a gente de hoje muda cada
|
|||
|
vez mais, e cada vez entre paises mais distantes. Obrigado.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Og til at slutte, jeg vil ogsaa gerne ha' en lille smule mere
|
|||
|
skandinavisk til at skrive, paa Dansk, eller Norsk eller Svensk,
|
|||
|
selfoegelig. Det skulle vaere ogsaa sjovt med Finsk, men jeg ved ikke
|
|||
|
rigtig, om det findes saa mange mennesker, som kan laese det :-). Jeg
|
|||
|
havde en echo som var kun for svensker i udland, men jeg har tabt min
|
|||
|
feed, saa nu har jeg intet :- <. Hvis det er nogen, som ved hvor jeg
|
|||
|
kan finde det.. I Tyskland, Belgie eller Luxemburg (?), er det OK.
|
|||
|
Det skulle vaere muligt i Tyskland, tror jeg. tak for det.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Last but not least, ik zal natuurlijk wensen alle sysop, points
|
|||
|
en fido liden van de HELE wereld en goed, gelukkig en
|
|||
|
weet-ik-wat-meer jaar 1994, met snelle connecties met alle. Tot
|
|||
|
straks hier in fidonews, misschien ?
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
I think that sums it up rather nicely :-)
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
-= Francois =-
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
FidoNet : 2:270/1
|
|||
|
DIVORCE = system("echo y | erase \wife\*.*" );
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 13 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
STORMNET
|
|||
|
By: Alan Jurison - (1:260/375)
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Your sitting here. Reading this introduction. You're about to
|
|||
|
skip this article. Yeah. I know what your thinking- I do it every
|
|||
|
now and then too.. :-)
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Stay here and read a little. I'm sure you'll have some interest.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
******* **** *
|
|||
|
* * * *
|
|||
|
******* ***** **** **** ***** * * * **** *****
|
|||
|
* * * * **** * * * * * * ** *
|
|||
|
******* * **** * * * * * * **** **** *
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
I thought I would take the time to write about our network, StormNet.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
What Is StormNet?
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
StormNet is an alternative network for use with FidoNet
|
|||
|
compatible software (QWK hub available). We pass messages back and
|
|||
|
forth both in netmail and in echomail conferences. In StormNet, each
|
|||
|
node is welcomed and assisted in many ways by other StormNet members.
|
|||
|
We have active echomail areas and a growing file echo selection. Our
|
|||
|
echomail traffic is growing every day, and are now pulling more mail
|
|||
|
ever than before. StormNet has a more friendly atmosphere than can
|
|||
|
be found in many of those other nets. StormNet has been in existence
|
|||
|
for just over a year and a half, and in that time, has grown
|
|||
|
significantly. Our membership has changed from an inexperienced
|
|||
|
group of local nodes to a more mature group of people from all over
|
|||
|
the United States and Canada. Currently, we have over 110 nodes in
|
|||
|
StormNet, and are expanding every week!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Why is StormNet here?
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
StormNet was started for a few reasons. When we created it, we
|
|||
|
wanted to serve teens, adults, and others worldwide with a quality
|
|||
|
alternative network that is relatively cheap to pull in. Most of our
|
|||
|
high speed transfers take less than a minute. You don't have to poll
|
|||
|
every day, we are flexible and will allow you to poll whenever you
|
|||
|
like. We want to serve you with the finest quality echomail and
|
|||
|
files for you and your users. We are considerably smaller than
|
|||
|
FidoNet, and therefore do not have the overflow of mail/files often
|
|||
|
seen in its conferences. The average cost per month for one who
|
|||
|
pulls StormNet and polls daily is around $6.00 within the US.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
What are the rules like?
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
StormNet? Rules? You've got to be kidding me. Well, it's not
|
|||
|
like we don't have any rules; all of the rules in our policy
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 14 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
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statement basically stem from one basic principle - "Be nice and use
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common sense." The policy's specifics were written to outline some
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problems which may potentially arise when people aren't nice and
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don't use common sense.
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The SNAC (StormNet Advisory Council) consists of teenagers and
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adults. This group of fine folks helps to ensure the smooth running
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of StormNet affairs. StormNet does not discriminate because of their
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age, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, beliefs,
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taste in food, opinion on world politics, or favorite color. We
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welcome anyone who is interested in joining a fun network to try out
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StormNet. We also don't allow "bashing", spindling or other forms of
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mutilation of groups in our newsletters, or any of our echos
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(excluding WAR_ZONE), and other parts of our network.
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What are the echos like?
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We have a variety of conferences to suit most needs. If you are
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a user of StormNet, or a node, you can request an echo if you feel it
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would be active. We have echos on many subjects, A to Z (as we say
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SN_A to SN_Z). We have a talented staff of moderators and
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co-moderators, and combined with the efforts of our international
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echomail coordinator, keep the network running smoothly.
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What are the file echos like?
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We offer file echos for our nodes too. Although we will not go
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into this matter much in this article, we have great files from all
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around. We don't allow trash to be hatched in our echos. Our file
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echo coordinator helps to coordinate our file echos.
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Nodelists, Policies, and Newsfiles..
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Our nodelist coordinator is dedicated to his nodelist
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management.. He strives to make sure the nodelist that is released is
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as accurate as possible. The nodelist coordinator has never secretly
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switched the nodelist for new Folgers' Crystals :-)
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Our Literature Coordinator updates the policy and creates
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"StormNews", the official newsletter of StormNet. He also edits
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carefully other documents for StormNet.
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In almost all cases, our nodelists and nodediffs are issued by
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Friday at 12am. In fact, we usually issue most periodicals before
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the Friday deadline. To make less calls necessary, all of StormNet's
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documents are released at about the same time.
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Support
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StormNet has support sites for different types of softwares. We
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currently have technical support nodes/echos for BinkleyTerm,
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Maximus, QBBS, Storm Watch Software, RemoteAccess, and T.A.G..
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New technical support nodes for other software are permitted.
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When you apply for technical support, you will get a flag in the
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 15 16 Jan 1994
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nodelist designating you as a support site for that software (ie:
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S-TAG or S-BINK). You also get your name added to the list of
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technical support nodes at the bottom of the nodelist. And finally,
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you have the option to add an echo for the software you support.
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File echos are even available upon request.
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Netted Doors
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We have an ISA tournament linkup. With this, sysops who run ISA
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can link up to all the ISA's in our network. ISA is a fun game for
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use with networking, and we have a coordinated group...
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Other door programs that can do this are allowed, too.
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What we're looking for.
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StormNet is looking for nodes who want to pull in high quality
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echomail at a relatively cheap price. Ones who think they would like
|
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|
StormNet to be on their BBSes or computers.
|
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We are currently looking for two (2) RC's within the USA, and
|
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five (5) in Canada. We are also looking for a few zone hubs,
|
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|
preferably two or three more who would poll the Int'l Backbone daily
|
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|
or every other day and would be willing to distribute mail.
|
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|
Note: We are restructuring the Canada zone at this time. Help
|
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|
would be appreciated.
|
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|
|
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|
We also are looking for new zones to create all the time.
|
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|
StormNet is not just limited to North America, other continents and
|
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|
countries are allowed and encouraged. We'd like to expand StormNet
|
|||
|
worldwide, and we think that everyone would benefit from this and it
|
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|
would strengthen relations between other nations. We'd be willing to
|
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|
work with you to install a new zone in your country/continent.
|
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|
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|
Not only are we looking for the above positions, but we're
|
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|
looking for NC's everywhere that would be willing to call LD to a
|
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|
RHub/ZHub/IHub and distribute mail to your area. We are looking for
|
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|
NC's everywhere we don't already have one.
|
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|
|
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|
Why should I consider StormNet?
|
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|
|
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|
We respect each and every StormNet member and his/her rights.
|
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|
We offer our services to all. We have a great network setup. We
|
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|
want all to join and have a good time in the network that we have
|
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|
created. We're proud of our network. If you have any questions,
|
|||
|
feel free to contact any of the nodes listed below. We hope look
|
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|
into us!
|
|||
|
|
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|
Alan Jurison
|
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|
StormNet Int'l EchoMail Coordinator
|
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|
|
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|
Philip Spevak
|
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|
StormNet International Coordinator
|
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|
|
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|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 16 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
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|
You May F'req STORMNET (or STORMNET.*) From these nodes:
|
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|
|
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|
BBS : Ham-Net BBS
|
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|
Position : StormNet Int'l HQ / IEC / ZoneGate-181<->182
|
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|
/ Mid Atlantic RC
|
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|
SysOp : Alan Jurison
|
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|
Location : Manlius, New York, USA
|
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|
Data Phone : (315)682-1824
|
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|
Voice Phone: (315)682-9411 (15:00-22:00 EST)
|
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|
FidoNet : (1:260/375)
|
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|
StormNet : (181:181/1)
|
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|
Speed(s) : 14,400 v32b -- 16,800 HST
|
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|
|
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|
BBS : Storm Watch OLS
|
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|
Position : StormNet Int'l Coord / INC
|
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|
SysOp : Philip Spevak
|
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|
Location : Syracuse, New York, USA
|
|||
|
Data Phone : (315)445-5643
|
|||
|
FidoNet : (1:260/374)
|
|||
|
StormNet : (181:181/2)
|
|||
|
Speed(s) : 14,400 v32b -- 16,800 HST
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
BBS : ASA CompuHelp
|
|||
|
Positions : StormNet United States ZC / Ohio Valley RC
|
|||
|
SysOp : Jeff Binkley
|
|||
|
Location : Gahana, Ohio, USA
|
|||
|
Data Phone : (614)476-3723
|
|||
|
FidoNet : (1:226/600)
|
|||
|
StormNet : (181:181/0)
|
|||
|
Speed(s) : 14,400 v32b -- 14,400 HST
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
We are currently reorganizing Zone 182- If you're interested, we
|
|||
|
have positions available in Canada.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
------------
|
|||
|
Regions
|
|||
|
------------
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Zone 181 - United States - (181:181x) :
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
REGION General Location States Served Location
|
|||
|
SysOp Name FidoNet Address
|
|||
|
-------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1810 Mid Atlantic NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC, VA Manlius, NY
|
|||
|
Alan Jurison 1:260/375
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1811 Midwest IA, MN, ND, SD (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1812 Pacific CA, WA, OR, HI, AK Rocklin, CA
|
|||
|
John Delk 1:203/952
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1813 Ohio Valley IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WI, WV Gahana, OH
|
|||
|
Jeff Binkley 1:226/600
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 17 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1814 Mountain MT, WY, UT, CO (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1815 New England MA, ME, CT, RI, NH, VT Pawcatuck, CT
|
|||
|
David Murphy 1:320/128
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1816 Western Corridor ID, NV, NM, AZ Fort Huachuca,
|
|||
|
Temp RC:
|
|||
|
Alan Jurison 1:260/375
|
|||
|
RC:
|
|||
|
Marlin England 1:309/45
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1817 South Atlantic NC, SC, TN, MS, GA, FL Charlotte, NC
|
|||
|
John Pierce 1:379/7
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1818 Central NE, KS, MO Bellevue, NE
|
|||
|
Curt White 1:285/35
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1819 Southern Corridor TX, OK, LA, AR Houma, LA
|
|||
|
Ed Spoon 1:384/10
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
----------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
Zone 182 - Canada - (182:182x):
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
REGION General Location Province(s) Served Location
|
|||
|
SysOp Name FidoNet Address
|
|||
|
----------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
1820 Ontario Canada Ontario (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
1821 Quebec Canada Quebec Province (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
1822 Eastern Canada PE, NB, NS, NF (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
1823 Central Canada MB, SK (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
1824 Western Canada AB, BC (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
1825 Northern Canada YT, NWT (* Position Ope
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
We are reorganizing Canada. All forms of help would be appreciated.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Quick index of NETs:
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NET Net Name Location SysOp Fido
|
|||
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
192 Central New York Net DeWitt, NY Kevin Coates 260
|
|||
|
196 Eastern VA Net Virginia Beach, VA Bob Miedema 275
|
|||
|
197 Northern New Jersey Net Tenafly, NJ Timothy Donahue 107
|
|||
|
198 Central Virginia Net Petersburg, VA Walter Burton 264
|
|||
|
200 Northern VA Net McLean, VA Dave Warner 209
|
|||
|
262 Central California Net Los Banos, CA Robert Prior 208
|
|||
|
291 Wisconsin Net Stevens Point, WI Steve Oliver 338
|
|||
|
292 Detroit Area Net Troy, MI Victor Capton 120
|
|||
|
293 Central Kentucky Net Louisville, KY Roy Edmonson
|
|||
|
502-957
|
|||
|
321 Pueblo Net Pueblo, CO Gary Totemwongse 307
|
|||
|
381 Southern Arizona Sierra Vista, AZ Bill Morris 309
|
|||
|
382 Central Arizona Phoenix, AZ Robb Ballard 114
|
|||
|
383 Northern Arizona Flagstaff, AZ Jacob Bailly 304
|
|||
|
384 Las Vegas Net Las Vegas, NV Leslie Trombly 209
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 18 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
411 Central Georgia Net Warner Robins, GA Jeff Floyd 361
|
|||
|
413 Mississippi Net Columbus, MS Byron Griffin
|
|||
|
601-434-5
|
|||
|
415 E. North Carolina Net Goldsboro, NC Dave Walden 3660
|
|||
|
416 Tennessee State Net Memphis, TN Percy Nelson 123/
|
|||
|
418 Central Flordia Net Altamonte Springs, FL Tony Tinis
|
|||
|
407-682-4
|
|||
|
419 Northern Florida Net Gainesville, FL Aaron Glazer 3601
|
|||
|
420 Southern Florida Net Naples, FL Bill Stearns 3630
|
|||
|
441 SE. Missouri Net Dudley, MO Randy McTurnan 296/
|
|||
|
442 KS Net Salina, KS Leon McClatchey
|
|||
|
913-827-
|
|||
|
472 SouthEast Louisiana Net Houma, LA Ed Spoon 384
|
|||
|
475 NorthEastern Oaklahoma Tulsa, OK David Bolack 170
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The above list has been checked for errors, to be as accurate as
|
|||
|
possible. Please contact us if some onformation is incorrect above.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Thank you! Hope to see you soon!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Hot Off the Tree
|
|||
|
David Scott Lewis
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
HOTT -- Hot Off The Tree -- is a FREE monthly electronic magazine
|
|||
|
featuring the latest advances in computer, communications, and
|
|||
|
electronics technologies. Each issue provides article summaries on
|
|||
|
new & emerging technologies, including VR (virtual reality), neural
|
|||
|
networks, PDAs (personal digital assistants), GUIs (graphical user
|
|||
|
interfaces), intelligent agents, ubiquitous computing, genetic &
|
|||
|
evolutionary programming, wireless networks, smart cards, video phones,
|
|||
|
set-top boxes, nanotechnology, and massively parallel processing.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Summaries are provided from the following sources:
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post,
|
|||
|
San Jose Mercury News, Boston Globe, Financial Times (London) ...
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report ...
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, The Economist (London), Nikkei Weekly
|
|||
|
(Tokyo), Asian Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong) ...
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
over 50 trade magazines, including Computerworld, InfoWorld, Datamation,
|
|||
|
Computer Retail Week, Dr. Dobb's Journal, LAN Times, Communications
|
|||
|
Week, PC World, New Media, VAR Business, Midrange Systems, Byte ...
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
over 50 research journals, including ** ALL ** publications of the IEEE
|
|||
|
Computer and Communications Societies, plus technical journals
|
|||
|
published by AT&T, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Fujitsu, Sharp, NTT, Siemens,
|
|||
|
Philips, GEC ...
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
over 100 Internet mailing lists & USENET discussion groups ...
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 19 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
plus ...
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
- listings of forthcoming & recently published technical books;
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
- listings of forthcoming trade shows & technical conferences; and,
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
- company advertorials, including CEO perspectives, tips & techniques,
|
|||
|
and new product announcements
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
BONUS:
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Exclusive interviews with technology pioneers ... the next two issues
|
|||
|
feature interviews with Mark Weiser (head of Xerox PARC's Computer
|
|||
|
Science Lab) on ubiquitous computing, Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg
|
|||
|
on the information society, and Craig Fields (former DARPA head and CEO
|
|||
|
of MCC) on the future of intelligent computing
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
TO REQUEST A FREE SUBSCRIPTION, CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Send subscription requests to:
|
|||
|
listserv@ucsd.edu
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Leave the "Subject" line blank
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
In the body of the message input:
|
|||
|
SUBSCRIBE HOTT-LIST
|
|||
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|
|||
|
If at any time you choose to cancel your subscription input:
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Note: Do *not* include first or last names following
|
|||
|
"SUBSCRIBE HOTT-LIST" or "UNSUBSCRIBE HOTT-LIST"
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The HOTT mailing list is automatically maintained by a computer located
|
|||
|
at the University of California at San Diego. The system automatically
|
|||
|
responds to the sender's return path. Hence, it is necessary to send
|
|||
|
subscription requests and cancellations directly to the listserv at UCSD.
|
|||
|
(I cannot make modifications to the list ... nor do I have access to the
|
|||
|
list.) For your privacy, please note that the list will not be rented.
|
|||
|
If you have problems and require human intervention, contact:
|
|||
|
hott@ucsd.edu
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
The next issue of the reinvented HOTT e-newsletter is scheduled for
|
|||
|
transmission in early to mid-February.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Please forward this announcement to friends and colleagues, and post to
|
|||
|
your favorite bulletin boards. Our objective is to disseminate the
|
|||
|
highest quality and largest circulation compunications (computer &
|
|||
|
communications) industry newsletter.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
I look forward to serving you as HOTT's new editor. Thank you.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE EDITOR
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
H O T T U P D A T E -- 31 December 1993
|
|||
|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 20 16 Jan 1994
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
I've received a steady stream of superb suggestions over the past week
|
|||
|
regarding the WWW and cross-posting. In response, I plan to launch a
|
|||
|
WWW/Postscript version of HOTT by 4Q 94. Also, I'll be attempting to
|
|||
|
launch a gated version to a USENET group. We'll probably call it:
|
|||
|
bit.listserv.hott or bit.magazines.computing (I hope!)
|
|||
|
I'm targeting the first or second issue for the USENET group. Details
|
|||
|
will be provided in the e-mail version of HOTT as they develop.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
For the protection of your privacy, the HOTT mailing list will NEVER be
|
|||
|
rented. However, it has become necessary to seek corporate sponsors to
|
|||
|
help defray costs for subscriptions, reprint permissions, and related
|
|||
|
expenses (e.g., a new host site -- we're pushing UCSD to its limits!).
|
|||
|
But we can't get sponsors unless we have at least 100,000+ subscribers.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Once we have hard numbers and launch a USENET group, we'll be
|
|||
|
recommending that our Internet subscribers switch to the moderated (and
|
|||
|
closed) USENET group. Converting most of our Internet subscribers to a
|
|||
|
USENET will pose much less of a strain on our host system, especially
|
|||
|
when we exceed 250,000 subscribers. Besides, it's actually easier to
|
|||
|
read a newsletter on a newsreader than it is by e-mail, but it's a lot
|
|||
|
harder for me to get accurate readership numbers. I'll keep you posted
|
|||
|
(no pun intended). But we'll continue to offer e-mail subscriptions for
|
|||
|
those without USENET access.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
NEW FEATURES
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
(Consider the following to be a ** very ** preliminary announcement of
|
|||
|
new features I plan to add to HOTT ... but I can't until we get
|
|||
|
sponsors.)
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
There are several features that I plan to add over the next year.
|
|||
|
First, I want to expand trade magazine coverage to over 200 sources,
|
|||
|
including at least 30 British trade publications. Also, I want to
|
|||
|
provide summaries of U.S. and U.K. national news programs, i.e., ABC,
|
|||
|
CBS, NBC, and BBC. I'd like to transmit selected full-text features
|
|||
|
from The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The (London) Financial
|
|||
|
Times, and a Japanese English-language daily (plus article summaries
|
|||
|
from a few other Japanese English-language dailies; there are a half-
|
|||
|
dozen English-language dailies published in Japan). Eventually, I'd
|
|||
|
like to add The New York Times (if I can negotiate a reasonable rate),
|
|||
|
The San Jose Mercury News, and The Boston Globe. And maybe even
|
|||
|
Newsbytes and the Japanese English-language equivalent to Newsbytes.
|
|||
|
I'm currently negotiating with The Los Angeles Times Syndicate for
|
|||
|
Michael Schrage's "Innovation" column (Michael is willing to comp HOTT
|
|||
|
on an experimental basis) and I'd like to add a few other syndicated
|
|||
|
columns. And I have several other surprises!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Wish us luck!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
BTW, information on HOTT archives will be provided in the first issue.
|
|||
|
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David Scott Lewis
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Editor-in-Chief and Book & Video Review Editor
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 21 16 Jan 1994
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IEEE Engineering Management Review
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the world's largest circulation "high tech" management journal)
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Internet address: d.s.lewis@ieee.org Tel: +1 714 662 7037
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USPS mailing address: POB 18438 / IRVINE CA 92713-8438 USA
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the 21st Century Moderator
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-editorial-
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by Jack Crawford
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1:260/620
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jack@rochgte.fidonet.org
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As FIDOnet grows and becomes more available through satellite feeds
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fromPlanet Connect and other means, moderators are finding it
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increasingly difficult to control unruly users through the the
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threat of excommunicating them from their echo. That's the big
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argument in K12Net now as well. And it's valid for all other
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networks, as far as I can see.
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However, Planet Connect already has about 400 dishes installed in
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Zone 1 and the number is growing drammatically as NECs and HEC's
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start looking at the costs savings and increased availability of
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echoes and files it provides, so this "problem" is not going to go
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away.
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I'll bet we'll start to see other companies competing with PC soon,
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too. Who knows--given a few years maybe the cable and phone
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companies will jump in on this, too... This whole arena is so
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incredibly volatile right now.... Heck, even the electric power
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companies that have been quietly installing fiber may become a
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player, too. That's how crazy this all is....!
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This probably means that the whole concept of moderating will be
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forced to undergo some major philosphical and methodological changes
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as a result of this new "open" mode of distribution.
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The futurists all say that "collaborative management" will be the
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new paradigm for the next quarter-century, at least. The TQM/Demming
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and Japanese management philosophies are in line with this to some
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extent.
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Essentially, what this means is the demise of the traditional
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hierachical power structures of the Industrial Era will be replaced
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by a much "flatter" organization where each individual has more
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authority _and_responsibility_ for decision making and regulating
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the conduct of others. Information and power will flow more
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horizontally to those who need it within the organization rather
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than in the vertical manner through a hierarchy of peons, middle
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managers and upper executives that was so prevalent in the
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Industrial Age. The connectivity of the new technologies puts each
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individual at the "center" of information and directly "connectable"
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to anyone else _without_ going thru that hierarchy. The result is
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 22 16 Jan 1994
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that the hiearchies lose control over the individual. (The social
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and political implications of this are quite profound!)
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This suggests a diminished role for echo moderators and an increase
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in the "civic duty" of _each_ individual participant in an echo to
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exert peer group pressure on those whose behavior deviates from the
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de facto standards established by the group. If you are out of line,
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you (and your sysop and HC, NC and RC) get clobbered with complaint
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mail. This seeming anarchy is actually a kind of "automatic
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management" in a sense. As the size of the echo increases, so does
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the power of the community as a whole. Perhaps the role of the
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moderator will be evolve to become more of a facilitator and
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promoter of this sense of "Civic duty" than as "echo cop" or even,
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for that matter, the managing editor.
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Now maybe this is all just a lot of hot air.... but it seems to me
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that the current "top down" way of moderating probably won't work
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much longer as the ability for any one individual to exert power and
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control over the conduct on another individual in an echo is
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diminished. Some other methodology will certainly evolve. My guess
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is that it will somehow rely on peer group pressure more than
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anything else.
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One thing is for sure.... Things are changing...very
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dramatically,... and very quickly!
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=jack=
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What is the Purpose of Fidonews, If Any?
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by Mike Bilow, 1:323/107 (Internet: mikebw@bilow.uu.ids.net)
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Over time, Fidonews seems to have evolved into a forum for the
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lunatics and crazies in the network to vent frustrations, or at least
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seems to be rapidly evolving a reputation as such whether true or
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not. Fidonews has maintained an admirable reluctance to censor the
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views expressed by contributors, and this policy certainly deserves a
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large part of the praise or blame for whatever tone and style has
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lately possessed the publication.
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No, Fidonews is not an echo, a worrisome analogy raised recently by
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the editors. By its nature, an echo is intended to promote quick
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give and take, with messages (not articles) written on the fly,
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demanding only a modicum of thought. Indeed, it is apparent to us
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all that some echoes require smaller modicums of thought than others,
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but none expect the commitment of time and effort appropriate to
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preparing an article for publication.
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Articles, unlike messages, should have distinct beginnings, middles,
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and ends. They should have at least one actual, substantive point.
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They should be worth reading. They should be worth writing.
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People make asses of themselves all the time in echoes, but, if one
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 23 16 Jan 1994
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is to make an ass of oneself in an article, it should be done
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properly with care and deliberation. This principle has been ignored
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with increasing frequency of late.
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The purpose of Fidonews was originally to keep the members of the
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network in communication. It is useful for the basic functioning of
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Fidonet, such as advertising the start of new echoes and such. It is
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even valuable for those of us not directly involved in controversies
|
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to see them hashed out in public, as with the imposition of
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geographical net topology in some regions of Zone 2. Fidonews is,
|
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ultimately, the only thing that keeps us together.
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It is because of the importance of Fidonews that I, as NC, am obliged
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to haul it into my net while paying long distance telephone charges.
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Admittedly, this is not very much money, since I can call anywhere in
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the continental United States for about 10 cents per minute, and both
|
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my RC and I have fast modems. Even if Fidonews consumed two minutes
|
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to transfer, which is quite a high estimate, the annual cost is still
|
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in the range of US$ 10, which is pretty cheap. Nevertheless, when
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the cost is multiplied across the several hundred nets within
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Fidonet, and the toll charges within nets are also considered, it
|
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becomes evident that we are, collectively, paying tens of thousands
|
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of dollars to transfer Fidonews.
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I contend that this imposes a certain responsibility upon the
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editors. I am definitely not asking for the imposition of
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censorship. I firmly believe that anyone should be able to express
|
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any substantive and relevant opinions within the publication.
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However, I believe that the editors do need to begin enforcing some
|
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kind of policy that would fairly and equitably exclude some of the
|
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absolute rubbish that has been appearing.
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To begin with, the editors should, as a matter of policy, require
|
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that articles have at least some colorable relationship to Fidonet.
|
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This does not mean that the occasional peripheral excursion is not
|
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allowed, but it would eliminate articles whose sole function is to
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cite Bible verses in support of an opinion that homosexuality is
|
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immoral, as appeared in Fidonews v. 10, no. 52. Of course, I can
|
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speak for no one but myself, but, if I wanted to read arguments such
|
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as this, I am sure that I could find another appropriate publication
|
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to subscribe. To make me pay to receive it is to add insult to
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injury.
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As Fidonews descends to the level where it will publish literally
|
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anything, it becomes unreadable. And, when Fidonews becomes
|
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unreadable, it should come as no surprise that people stop reading it.
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###
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 24 16 Jan 1994
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Presentamos: FIDONOTICIAS INTERNACIONAL
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por Pablo Kleinman, operador de los nodos 1:10/100 y 2:343/111
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escribiendo desde la ciudad de Los Angeles, EE.UU.
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Hola, gente. Saludos a todos desde el bonito y cada vez mas
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hispanoparlante sur de California. Me entere hace algunos dias que
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es aceptable enviar articulos en cualquier idioma a este boletin,
|
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y por eso he decidido comenzar a hacerlo en castellano, a partir de
|
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|
este momento. Lamentablemente el programa que crea los "FaidoNius"
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|
filtra caracteres particulares de nuestro idioma como las enyes y
|
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Los acentos, por lo cual usare el "metodo catalan" de reemplazar
|
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enye por 'ny' y omitire los acentos, ya que se no me gusta como se
|
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ven los apostrofes en medio de todo el texto.
|
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|
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Desde hace por lo menos un par de anyos que existe una polemica
|
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acerca de la internacionalidad o no de este boletin semanal, que
|
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|
muchas veces parece mas bien un pasquin de barrio gringo. Mientras
|
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|
que algunos con una vision internacionalista de lo que es FidoNet,
|
|||
|
hemos solicitado reiteradas veces que se elimine el requisito de
|
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|
que este boletin llegue a todos los rincones de la red, incluso a
|
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|
donde no se habla o entiende ingles, un grupo reducido pero
|
|||
|
poderoso en norteamerica se opone, argumentando que no importa si
|
|||
|
hay operadores que no hablen ingles, ya que el reglamento de la red
|
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-aquel desgraciado Policy4- dispone que sea obligatoria la
|
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|
distribucion semanal de este boletin (que cuesta dinero a todos).
|
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|
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|
Luego de meditarlo por algun tiempo, pense que si realmente se
|
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trata de un boletin internacional, entonces deberemos darle un
|
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|
toque un poco mas internacional, que vaya mas alla de los problemas
|
|||
|
cotidianos de Yanquilandia, tales como las "guerras santas" entre
|
|||
|
fanaticos religiosos y liberales, los problemas con las
|
|||
|
restricciones gubernamentales que solo importan a norteamericanos
|
|||
|
o residentes de EE.UU., o los anuncios sobre cambios en los codigos
|
|||
|
de larga distancia y demas yerbas.
|
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|
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|
He aqui entonces el por que de este articulo. En lo sucesivo, hare
|
|||
|
lo posible por enviar articulos al boletin comentando acerca de la
|
|||
|
evolucion del trafico de conferencias en castellano, como de temas
|
|||
|
diversos que nos afectan a todos los hispanoparlantes o a algun
|
|||
|
pais donde se habla nuestro idioma. Aprovecho tambien para formular
|
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|
una invitacion abierta a todos a escribir en castellano al
|
|||
|
FidoNews, lo que hara que quienes no hablan ingles pero si hablan
|
|||
|
nuestro idioma, puedan al menos encontrar algo util en este
|
|||
|
boletin, de vez en cuando.
|
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|
|||
|
Muchos salu2 a todos y mis mejores deseos para el anyo que se
|
|||
|
inicia,
|
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|
|
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|
-Pablo
|
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pablito@usc.edu
|
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|
FidoNews 11-03 Page: 25 16 Jan 1994
|
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|
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|
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========================================================================
|
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Fidonews Information
|
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========================================================================
|
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|
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
|
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|
|||
|
Editors: Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, Tim Pozar
|
|||
|
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello,
|
|||
|
Tom Jennings
|
|||
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|
|||
|
IMPORTANT NOTE: The FidoNet address of the FidoNews BBS has been
|
|||
|
changed!!! Please make a note of this.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
"FidoNews" BBS
|
|||
|
FidoNet 1:1/23
|
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|
BBS +1-519-570-4176, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(DS)
|
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Internet addresses:
|
|||
|
Don & Sylvia (submission address)
|
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editor@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
|
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|
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Sylvia -- max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
|
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Donald -- donald@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
|
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Tim -- pozar@kumr.lns.com
|
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|
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(Postal Service mailing address) (have extreme patience)
|
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FidoNews
|
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|
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Kitchener, Ontario
|
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Canada
|
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N2H 2S4
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|
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Published weekly by and for the members of the FidoNet international
|
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amateur electronic mail system. It is a compilation of individual
|
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articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The
|
|||
|
contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the
|
|||
|
rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in these articles are those
|
|||
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of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews.
|
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|
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
|
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|
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other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or FidoNews
|
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|
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|
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OBTAINING COPIES: The-most-recent-issue-ONLY of FidoNews in electronic
|
|||
|
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
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|
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|
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|
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INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via FTP from ftp.fidonet.org, in
|
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directory ~ftp/pub/fidonet/fidonews. If you have questions regarding
|
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FidoNews 11-03 Page: 26 16 Jan 1994
|
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|
|||
|
FidoNet, please direct them to deitch@gisatl.fidonet.org, not the
|
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|
FidoNews BBS. (Be kind and patient; David Deitch is generously
|
|||
|
volunteering to handle FidoNet/Internet questions.)
|
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|
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SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
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FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable
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from 1:1/23 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". Please read it.
|
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
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trademarks of Tom Jennings, and are used with permission.
|
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|
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Asked what he thought of Western civilization,
|
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M.K. Gandhi said, "I think it would be an excellent idea".
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