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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.12 No.47 (20-Nov-1995)
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| A newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet BBS community | "FidoNews" BBS |
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| | | \ \\ | Editors: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Donald Tees 1:221/192 |
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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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| submissions=> editor@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Don -- don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| Sylvia max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca |
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| For information, copyrights, article submissions, |
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| obtaining copies of fidonews or the internet gateway faq |
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Table of Contents
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1. Editorial..................................................... 1
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2. Articles...................................................... 2
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Subject: Previous Article................................... 2
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Editors note:............................................... 3
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 3
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Editorial
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We have a rather dangerous precident this week. An network
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co-ordinator has been told that publishing an article in
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Fidonews is grounds for excommunication.
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When Max and I took over the editorship of the snooze, I
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made a personal promise to Tom Jennings to run it according to
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his ideals, at least as best as we could. That did not include
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a completely blind adherenec to the "we print what we get"
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motto, but close to it. Grounds for not running an article are
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left to the discretion of the editors. They might include
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commercialism, or even triviality, but never simple questioning
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of authority.
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FidoNews 12-47 Page: 2 20 Nov 1995
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Through the last few years, we have run many articles that
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have attacked our personal integrity without comment. We have
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published articles in spite of middle of the night harrasment
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calls, legal threats, and even, in one case a bomb threat.
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I deeply resent this muzzling of the snooze, and consider it
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not only a personal insult, but, if allowed uncontested, a
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threat to the existance of fidonet. I am signing this
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editorial, the first one I ever have signed.
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Donald L. Tees
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Subject: Previous Article
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From: Zorch Frezberg (1:205/0)
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Dear Sir:
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I submitted an article for publication in FidoNews on the
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evening of November 12, 1995.
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I am formally requesting that this article be retracted and not
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published.
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I am making this retraction as I have been informed that the
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criticism of the Interim Regional Coordinator, Jeff Reese, his
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failure to provide proof of his appointment, and criticism of
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Zone Coordinator Bob Satti for failing to notify any other
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Region 10 sysop of the appointment, shall constitute "working
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against" the Interim Regional Coordinator.
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The penalty for such criticism is immediate summary
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excommunication from FidoNet, an action which, according to the
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Interim Regional Coordinator, will be backed by the Zone
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Coordinator without question.
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Therefore, at this time, I am asking that the previous article
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submitted by myself be excluded from publication.
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You may, of course, place this request for retraction in place
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of that article.
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Thank you for your consideration and assistance in this matter.
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Zorch Frezberg
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Moderator, Vice-Moderator, Fair Witness
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Net 205 Coordinator
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Net 205 EchoMail Coordinator
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FidoNews 12-47 Page: 3 20 Nov 1995
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Subject: Hope for /\/\irageNet
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From: Mark Hoover (1:275/103)
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Dear Editor,
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After the local RC put an end to my mass mailing campaign, I
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have had to find another way to ask sysops to join a new network
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that I'm trying to expand. I asked him for an alternative
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suggestion and he said to try placing an item in FidoNews.
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I'm not really enthusiastic about this approach because I'm not
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to sure about how many people actually read the thing. I know a
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lot of them down here in Net 285 just delete it when the file
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appears. But, I'm willing to try this alternative since I'm not
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left with much of a choice anymore.
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If you could please give me some guidelines for posting an
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article I'd appreciate it. If you'd like to see our welcome
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packet for yourself you can Freq it from my system as MIRAGE.
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Mark Hoover
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The InnerSpace BBS, 1:275/103
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/\/\irageNet Coordinator
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Via 1:275/85@fidonet @19951109.232632 FrontDoor 2.12.SW
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Editors note:
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The specs for an article are quite simple. ASCII text only,
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do not go beyond 72 characters per line, and an "*" in the first
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character of a line is reserved for the title. Sending it as a
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file makes it easier for us, but we will pull the article out of
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a message if it comes in that way.
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Fidonews Information
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FidoNews 12-47 Page: 4 20 Nov 1995
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
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Editors: Donald Tees, Sylvia Maxwell
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar
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Tom Jennings
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"FidoNews" BBS
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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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more addresses:
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Don -- 1:221/192, don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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Sylvia- 1:221/194, max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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(Postal Service mailing address)
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FidoNews
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128 Church St.
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Kitchener, Ontario
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Canada
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N2H 2S4
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voice: (519) 570-3137
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sylvia: (519) 579-8029
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Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
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of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
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authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
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does not diminish the rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in
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these articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of
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FidoNews.
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
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Copyright 1995 Donald Tees. All rights reserved. Duplication
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and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use
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in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or the eds.
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OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
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form may be obtained from the FidoNews BBS via manual download or
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Wazoo FileRequest, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
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PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above paper-mail
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address.
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INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via FTP from ftp.fidonet.org,
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in directory ~ftp/pub/fidonet/fidonews.
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Anyone interested in getting a copy of the INTERNET GATEWAY FAQ may
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freq GISFAQ.ZIP from 1:133/411.0, or send an internet message to
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fidofaq@gisatl.fidonet.org. No message or text or subject is
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necessary. The address is a keyword that will trigger the automated
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response. People wishing to send inquiries directly to David Deitch
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should now mail to fidonet@gisatl.fidonet.org rather than the
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previously listed address.
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FidoNews 12-47 Page: 5 20 Nov 1995
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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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' ' disgreement is actually necessary,
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or we'd all have to get in fights
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or semethin to amuse ourselves,,
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and create the requisite chaos."
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-Tom Jennings
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