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F I D O N E W S Volume 17, Number 28 10 Jul 2000
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Echomail Writer .......................................... 1
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2. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 3
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Massive Dupes and Old Mail ............................... 3
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Echo Mod Robot Updates ................................... 3
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3. COLUMNS .................................................. 5
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Ol'WDB: Things Andy Learned .............................. 5
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4. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7
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What Do the Kids Say? .................................... 7
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A Good and Pious Man ..................................... 8
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5. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 10
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Cows ..................................................... 10
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6. INTERNET INFO ............................................ 11
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Fidonet-related sites .................................... 11
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7. FIDONEWS INFO ............................................ 15
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Masthead ................................................. 15
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EDITORIAL
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Echomail Writer
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Doug Myers
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With apologies to The Beatles:
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Dear Sir or Madam, would you read my string
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If you don't jump in it doesn't mean a thing.
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It's a dirty ol' whine 'bout a dirty ol' man
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And his Klingon Sysop who doesn't understand.
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It's based on a bitch by a bygone fighter
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And I need an avocation, so I wanna be an Echomail Writer...
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Echomail concerns occupy Fidonet these last couple weeks. In last
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week's article about "The PacMan," Andy Manninger reported on the
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phenomenon wherein echomail messages stop flowing in some echoes,
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only to eventually come through in massive quantities... or worse,
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never to come through to some systems at all.
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Since his article, several echo correspondents have noted these echo
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irregularities; indeed, some have even been traced to their causes
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and dealt with. Consensus seems to be, however, that it's a
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potentially continuing problem which needs to be monitored and dealt
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with for the foreseeable future.
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Featured in this week's Fidonews are excerpts from two messages
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concerning unrelated echomail problems. Ross Cassell reveals a
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recent breakdown in echomail distribution between the two major
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backbones and the corrective steps applied, along with notice of the
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anticipated consequences.
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Thom LaCosta explores corrective steps for unwanted echo
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acquisitions. His proposal for use of the echomail robot to
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automate echo renewals departs from the stated "hands off" policy of
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the past, and so he seeks input from sysops worldwide (or at least
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from Zone 1, where the echolist is most widely used).
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Are these incidents the harbinger of doom and destruction for Fido
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echomail, as some are saying? Or are we dealing with routine
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problems, amplified somehow by the recent focus of attention?
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It is of note that none of these problems are completely new. I
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recall complaints about the irregular flow of echomail from the days
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when Fidonet was in its heyday. Back then, people complained and
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other people acted... kinda like now.
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Breakdowns between backbones appears to be a new problem... but
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that's only because Fidonet was dominated by the NAB through most of
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its history. If the "backbone problem" is considered a "hub
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FIDONEWS 17-28 Page 2 10 Jul 2000
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problem," we've certainly seen and dealt with these before.
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Nor does Thom LaCosta present us with a previously unexperienced
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problem - complaints about echo hijacking have filled the ether for
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as long as I can remember.
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These problems, rather than indicating the death of Fido echomail
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instead testify to it's strength. Though the shrinking nodelist is
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a reality and it doesn't seem to be going away, the interest in
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echomail seems stronger than ever. This editor feels that echomail
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will survive any conceivable deterioration of Fidonet and remain
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vital so long as there are any number of active nodes.
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I once belonged to an "othernet" with only nine active nodes which
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nonetheless sported echomail bases that drew one back for more. The
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sysops then were a lot less knowledgeable than those of Fidonet
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today, not nearly as quick to resolve problems... and yet the sense
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of community thrived. There's no reason Fido can't pull this off -
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even if the nodelist of the future continues to shrink.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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*Massive Dupes and Old Mail
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Ross Cassell, 1:3639/93
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Extracted from echomail in FIDONEWS
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Hello All!
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In light of connection issues between the Z1B and the NAB following
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Matt Bedyneks departure and a glitch with the border-gate software
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at the new bridge. Bob Seaborn was kind enough to provide me with
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archives of all the mail bundles he had that covered the time frame
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these glitches occured. His archives obviously contained mail from
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NAB fed systems that may or may not have made it into Z1B fed
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systems to be propogated.
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*HOWEVER* some mail did propogate ok and as a result many of you
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will see dupes because of the mass toss I just performed of Bobs
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archives, however this should adequately address any lost mail.
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Conversely I returned the favor to Bob Seaborn by providing him with
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what I could provide that contained mail from Z1B fed systems which
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may or may not have propogated into the NAB?
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Unfortunately I only at the time only backup for 7 days inbound mail
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prior to toss, so I could not provide him with mail that originated
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from here or from my downlinks that may not have reached the NAB..
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Nevertheless, some is better than none. I will be implementing a
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bulk backup setup when I am through here..
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At any rate, when Bob gets done tossing that care package I sent to
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him, you will likely see even more dupes... After this, the dust
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shall settle and business as usual.
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Best Regards,
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Ross Cassell
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E-mail: rcassell@home.com, ross@cassellonline.com ICQ = 5305939
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Region 18 Web Page = http://www.cassellonline.com/fidonet/
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Echo Mod Robot Updates
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Thom LaCosta, 1:1/21
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Extracted from Echomail in MODERATORS
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I've gotten mail from several moderators asking if I can use the
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echo mod robot to make submissions on their behalf.
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The technology works...I use it for my own echoes. The downside is
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that if I were to take on that automation, I might renew a listing
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for a moderator who is no longer active...which is counter
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productive.
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I suppose it could be done...I'd just have to reach out and touch
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the moderator before renewal to insure that they are still online.
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So, the question might be, is that an appropriate mechanism to
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prevent the unwanted/unwarrented rescues, or do we maintain the
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present system.
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Note: there are many echoes that have MOD UPD messages submitted by
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someone other than the moderator...so the precendent has been set.
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I'd be interested in comments from yourself and others on the
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matter.
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COLUMNS
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Ol'WDB's Column
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wdbonner@pacbell.net
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Having been an Andy Rooney fan for many years, and want to share
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with you, "Things Andy has Learned...."
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Andy Sez...
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I've learned.... that the best classroom in the world is at the feet
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of an elderly person.
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I've learned.....that when you're in love, it shows, especially if
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you are male.
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I've learned.... that just one person saying to me, "You've made my
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day!" makes my day.
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I've learned......that having a child fall asleep in your arms is
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one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
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I've learned..... that being kind is more important than being
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right.
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I've learned....that you should never say no to a gift from a child.
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I've learned...that I can always pray for someone when I don't have
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the strength to help him in some other way.
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I've learned....that no matter how serious your life requires you to
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be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
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I've learned...that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold
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and a heart to understand.
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I've learned.... that simple walks with my father around the block
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on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
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I've learned.... that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The
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closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
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I've learned.... that we should be glad God doesn't give us
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everything we ask for.
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I've learned... that money doesn't buy class.
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I've learned.... that it's those small daily happenings that make
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life so spectacular.
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I've learned.... that under everyone's hard shell is someone who
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wants to be appreciated and loved.
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I've learned.... that the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What
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makes me think I can?
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I've learned.... that to ignore the facts does not change them.
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I've learned.... that when you plan to get even with someone, you
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are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
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I've learned.... that love, not time, heals all wounds.
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I've learned.... that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is
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to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
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I've learned.....that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with
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a smile.
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I've learned.... that no one is perfect until you fall in love with
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them.
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I've learned.... that life is tough, but I'm tougher.
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I've learned.... that opportunities are never lost; someone will
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take the ones you miss.
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I've learned.... that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will
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dock elsewhere.
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I've learned . . . that I wish I could have told my Mom that I love
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her one more time before she passed away.
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I've learned....that one should keep his words both soft and tender,
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because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
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I've learned....that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your
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looks.
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I've learned.... that I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose
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what I do about it.
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I've learned.....that when your newly born grandchild holds your
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little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.
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I've learned.... that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain,
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but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
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I've learned.....that it is best to give advice in only two
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circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a
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life-threatening situation.
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I've learned.....that the less time I have to work with, the more
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things I get done.
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NET HUMOR
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What Do the Kids Say?
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Thanks to Lynn Gipson
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Questions asked some kids:
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HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?
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"You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you
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like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should
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keep the chips and dip coming."
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Alan, age 10
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"No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to
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marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later
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who you're stuck with."
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Kirsten, age 10
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WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
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"Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by
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then."
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Camille, age 10
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"No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get
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married."
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Freddie, age 6
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HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
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"Married people usually look happy to talk to other people."
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Eddie, age 6
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"You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling
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at the same kids."
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Errick, age 8
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WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
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"Both don't want no more kids."
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Lori, age 8
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WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
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"Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know
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each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long
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enough."
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Lynnette, age 8
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"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually
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gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
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Martin, age 10
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WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
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"I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the
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newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead
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columns."
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Craig, age 9
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WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
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"When they're rich."
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Pam, age 7
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"The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess
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with that."
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Curt, age 7
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"The rule goes like this: if you kiss someone, then you should
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marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do."
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Howard, age 8
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IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
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"It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need
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someone to clean up after them."
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Anita, age 9
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HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
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"There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?"
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HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
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"Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a
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truck."
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A Good and Pious Man
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Thanks to Roy Reed
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Seymour was a good and pious man, and when he passed away, the Lord
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himself greeted him at the pearly gates of heaven.
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"Hungry, Seymour?" the Lord asked.
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"I could eat," said Seymour. The Lord opened a can of tuna, and
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they shared it.
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ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
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See also: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidoip.html
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a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email
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address. The email is translated as follows
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firstlast@osirusoft.com will automatically route to the
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appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will
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also receive routed notice of this feature. In my case, it
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would still be joejared@osirusoft.com, but you get the idea.
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Also, as information is provided to me, I will be adding a
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latency field to each node, which is defined as the maximum
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time between when the message is received, and when it is
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sent on to other nodes, or available to be sent onward,
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defined in minutes. A latency of ! implies that there is an
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after processing, or a "MinuteMail System", as it were.
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v-email flag firstnamelastname@osirusoft.com
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| email address or
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Zone 1 | | | |
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10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c
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10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c
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12/12 @ Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo.
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13/25 @ Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo.
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103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | 384k,!| n/c
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103/153 @ Michael Box | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
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103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c
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103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
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105/8 | Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c
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105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr
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106/1 @ Matt Bedynek | BinkP, FTP | 128k | n/c
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106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c
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107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
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140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16
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167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
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211/417 @ Korombos | BinkP,UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
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218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE | 33.6k | n/c
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244/2 | Kari Suomela | FTP,VMoT,BinkP,UUE| T1,! | $25.00/mo
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246/160 @ Mason Vye | FTP, UUE | 56K | n/c
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271/140 @ Tom Barstow | UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
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280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
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342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c
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395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | 128k | n/c
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396/1 @ John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1,10 | $5/mo
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396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
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2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
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2613/404 @ David Moufarrege | BinkP,FTP,VMoT | 128k+,!| n/c
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2624/306 @ David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
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3613/2 @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE | 28.8 | n/c
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3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
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3639/93 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c
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3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
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20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c
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203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
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221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c
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236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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284/800 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
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292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE | 64k |N/C
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292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | N/C
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292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
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301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c
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332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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335/535 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c
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335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
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382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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464/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | 19.2 | n/c
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465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c
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469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
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480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c
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2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c
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2446/301 @ Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c
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2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
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5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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Zone 3
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633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c
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640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
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774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
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905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | n/c
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902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
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--
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* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
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* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
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* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
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* BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
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* NFS = Linux Networking
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Fidonet oriented news servers
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news.osirusoft.com
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news.tardis.net
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Fidonet oriented chat rooms.
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room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
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irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted)
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Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to
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obtaining a feed. Improper use of the virtual email addresses, and
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| Columnist: Joe Jared, 1:103/0, jarhead@osirusoft.com |
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