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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.11 No.10 (07-Mar-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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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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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..................................................... 1
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2. Articles...................................................... 2
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Unnecessary Expletives...................................... 2
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Mercury Network............................................. 2
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Small Article about swiscon/eurocon......................... 6
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Dying Boy Needs Cards ... NOT!.............................. 7
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New Network in Town......................................... 9
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 11
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Editorial
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 2 07 Mar 1994
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With International women's week coming up, Max is up to her
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eyeballs in getting ready for an art show. So her I am, stuck
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with the editorial.
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The snooze is relatively tame this week, with only one
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article chastising us for content. As Max went out the door,
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she said "I want to reply to that ... next week". So that will
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have to wait.
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A couple of new networks are announced; one in Britain and
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one down in Florida. I could never quite figure out why Florida
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is such a hotbed of BBS activety. I mean, up here in Canada it
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is so cold all winter that we woosies need an indoor activety
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all winter. But down there it is WARM. Why all the indoor
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stuff? MMM. Applies to California as well, I suppose.
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Anyway, here is the snooze. I am going to head out to the
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gallery and give Max a hand hanging stuff.
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Articles
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Unnecessary Expletives.
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I was reading the February 21, 1994 (Vol 11 No 8) edition
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of Fidonews and was shocked to see the use of an inflammatory
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word in the editorial. If you're wondering what word, go back
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and read it for yourself. There are many young users who read
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Fidonews. I've always enjoyed reading Fidonews, but this type
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of language is totally unnecessary. On our board, we try to
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maintain a family type atmosphere and when a young user or
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anyone else can go to the bulletin menu and read this type of
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trash does not give Fidonet and the BBS community a very good
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image. I hope that in the future that the editors will delete
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these unnecessary expletives.
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Robert Robertson 1:3607/5
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eobytes!robert@vulcan.com
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Mercury Network
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by Nick Jay 2:441/6
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As a regular reader of the 'Snooze' for about 6 months now, and
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having seen several articles over a period informing everyone
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about OTHERNETS, I'd just like to take this opportunity to tell
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everyone about a great 'new' network that is in operation here
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in the UK. It's called Mercury and has nothing to do with the
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telco of the same It was originally set up by Steve Woodmore, a
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FidoNet SysOp, in order to create a network that was both
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friendly, free of politics and policies and one that would give
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people total freedom of comms, choice of conversations, topics
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and expression.
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 3 07 Mar 1994
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It started small but now has almost 200 participating nodes in
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the UK alone. There are also many other users and points and the
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network has grown in size and scope ever since. There are
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currently around 150 echoes, catering to all needs and although
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some of them are currently being dropped through lack of
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participation, others are being imported from the States to
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replace these, via the VNet/VBBS network in the USA and Canada.
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A new RC in the Netherlands/Holland has also recently joined
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With spain, Germany and France to follow soon. it is hoped that
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this will continue to expand and encompass even more
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international countries than are already contributing and
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enjoying the network.
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To give you all an idea, here is a list of the echoes that are
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currently available to Mercury Network users:-
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ADULT_HUMOUR Adult sex-type jokes and chat
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AGA_AMIGA Amiga graphics and animation tips
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AMA_RADIO General amateur radio chat
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AMIGA_SOFT Amiga software news and advice
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BARREN Help with Barren Realms Elite BBS door game
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BBS_DOORS Discussion of BBS doors and interfaces
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CAPITAL Capital PUNishment - witty puns and jokes
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DR_WHO General discussion of TV programme Dr.Who
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DS9 Deep Space Nine the TV programme
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ELVIS_SIGHTINGS Spotted Elvis lately?
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GENE Worldwide geneology discussion
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GO_HMMM Things that make you go Hmmm!
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L_CALL UK <-> US general chatter
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MBEYOND 21st century and beyond
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MBIKE MotorCycle news and discussion
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MBLENDER Blender magik and rituals
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MBOOKS Books and literary chat
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MBOOK_SHADOWS Book of Shadows
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MCD_ROM CD ROM Discussion and Information
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MCHAOS_MAGIK Chaos Magik
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MCHESS Chess playing tips and strategies
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MCLOUD Living in a cloud
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MCOLLEGE College bound students
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MCOLL_LIFE College life and chatter
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MCOMICS Comics {Cards, Books, Cartoons}
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MCYBERPUNK Talk of the cyberpunk movement
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MDEEP Deep thought and lateral thinking
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MDEUTCH Deutch Fur Alles - German chatter
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MDEVIL Satanism and the devil
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MFALCON Falcon 3.0/Fighting Tiger
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MFLAMING The War Room - flames and swearing!
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MGENERALLAW General law discussion and help
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MGET_ODD Don't get even get odd!
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MGROUND Aviation groundschool - for beginners
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MHACK How to hack a computer system...
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MHATE_JOB I hate my job
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MHI_FI Hi-Fi Equipment news and discussion
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MHOMECOOK Home-cooking recipes and ideas
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 4 07 Mar 1994
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MLAWENFORCE Law enforcement discussion
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MLIVING_LARGE For those who weight in at 18+ stones
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MOS2_CONF General OS/2 conference
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MOS2_DOORS Running BBS doors under OS/2
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MOS2_PROG OS/2 programming help
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MOS2_REXX Rexx programming under OS/2
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MOS2_RTABLE The famous OS/2 round table
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MOS2_SUPPORT Beginners help for OS/2
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MOS2_VSWINDOWS OS/2 versus Windows
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MPAGAN General Pagan chat
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MPC_PILOTS Armchair PC pilots and flight simulators
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MPENPAL UK <-> US penpals conference
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MPHOTO Photography discussion and news
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MPROTOCULTURE Japanese anime conference
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MRAYTRACE Raytracing - multi platform
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MSPACE Space conference and news
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MSTRATEGY Tips for strategy game players
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MSUB_NEW Announcement area for new subs available in Mercury
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MSUPRA Supra modems news and advice
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MTEACHERS Teachers advice and chat
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MTHIEVES Thieves and thieving conference
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MTRUE_CRIMES True crime stories
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MVAMPIRE All about vampires and their victims
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MVGA_PLANETS Help and tips for players of BBS game VGA planets
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MVIGILANTE Vigilante discussion
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MWAR Talk of war worldwide
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MWARGAMES Discussion of hit novel WarGames
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MWAVE Computer wave news
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MWORSHIP Satanic worship and more Satanism
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MYELLOW Virtualnet yellow pages conference
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M_AA Alcoholics anonymous
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M_AACLOSED AA Closed meetings
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M_ACCLOSED ACOA Closed meetings
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M_ALT Alternative music
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M_ANSIART ANSi art
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M_ANSIMUSIC ANSi music
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M_ASKCOPS Ask a cop - legal issues
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M_ASTRO General
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M_AUTOCAD Autocad discussion
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M_AVIATE Aviators
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M_CAP Combat-air-patrols
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M_CCLANG Future of the C and C++ programming languages
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M_CCPROG C and C++ programming hints and source
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M_ERIS Eris Goddess of Discordia
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M_EXPERTS Ask the experts - any subject
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M_GAP The gap between kids and adults
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M_GHOSTS Ghosts and other supernatural beings
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M_GRIDIRON US Football news and chat
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M_HHGTTG Talk of Douglas Adams' Hitch hikers
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guide to the galaxy novel
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M_INCENSE Incense oils, concoctions and brews
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M_INDNEWS US and worldwide industrial news
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M_INTERNET Internet help and advice
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M_JOKES Light hearted jokes of any nature
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M_KWIK Questions that go unanswered..
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 5 07 Mar 1994
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M_MADNESS Enter madness
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M_MAGIK Spiritual conference general chatter
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M_MATTERS Compulsory echo for UK Mercury sysops
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M_MEDITATION Meditation and crystals
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M_MERCENARY Soldier of fortune
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M_MILCHAT US military chatter and views
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M_MILNEWS US military news
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M_MILPEOPLE US military people
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M_MOUNTBIKE Mountain bike chat and advice
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M_MYCOMP My Computer is better than yours (Fido gated)
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M_MYTH Mythology/Folklore conference
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M_NET Mercury UK general user and sysop chat
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M_NEWS Admin FEEDBACK ECHO
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M_OP_SYS Computer networking professionals
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M_PARADOX Paradox PC database support DOS & Windows
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M_PCSECURITY Advice and news on PC security
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M_PRAT Discussion of works by Terry Pratchett
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M_SCIFI General science fiction chatter
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M_SERENE Emptiness and serenity
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M_STARTREK Startrek the TV programme
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M_TASUP Worldwide Transamiga BBS software support
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M_TEEN Mindless teenagers chatter
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M_TEENWORLD The teenage world
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M_TELEPHONY Telephony and phreaking
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M_TNG Startrek The Next Generation TV programme
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M_TREK.WRITERS Startrek story writers advice
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M_UFO UFO sightings and discussion
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M_UKGENE UK geneology enquiries
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M_UNIX General Unix users lounge
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M_UNIXTIPS Unix operating system tips and techniques
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M_UNIX_FRONTIER Unix: the final frontier
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M_USMIL US military general talk
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M_VBI Visual Basic help and source DOS and Windows
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M_VETERAN War veterans from any war
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M_VIRUSDET Computer virus news and views
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M_WARGAMES Wargaming (Computers)
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M_SMEG Discussion of cult TV series Red Dwarf
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M_FILESUK UK file distribution and location queries
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M_CHESSUK General UK chess discussion and tips
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OLD_FARTS Over 30s hiding place
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ONLY_AMIGA Only the Amiga will do the job
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PLEASURE_PALACE Sex related chatter (MODERATED)
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PMO Things that really piss me off
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POV_RAY Persistence of Vision PC raytracer support
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PRO_WRESTLE Professional wrestling news
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RIP R.I.P graphics and BBS software interfaces
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SEX_STORIES Got any good sex stories?
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TA_TALK Transatlantic chatter
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As you can see, there are many varied echoes available and
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something to interest everyone. The adult areas are limited but
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are also strictly controlled so that only people *known* to be
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over the age of 18 are allowed access to them and are also
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moderated by VNet/VBBS from where they are imported. There are
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other echoes being added all the time, one of the latest being
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 6 07 Mar 1994
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my own M_PRISONER echo which aids discussions on the television
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programme of The Prisoner, that starred Patrick McGoohan and is
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so popular on both sides of the Atlantic.
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People are able to start their own echoes if there is a topic
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that isn't already available and these can be UK only areas or
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internationally gated, as the person wishing to start it so
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desires. We allow psudonyms or handles in *all* the echoes and
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hi-Ascii, Ansi and sigs are also freely allowed, subject to
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reasonable limitations of course.
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There are no rules and no official policies although, of course,
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like *all* networks, there have to be guidelines that need to be
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adhered to in order for things to run smoothly but they're
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extremely easy and very
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As I write, Mercury is looking for a Regional Co-ordinator from
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America and/or Canada to start feeding directly from Steve in
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England. They will have *full* administrative leeway to run
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their side of things totally as they wish with no interference
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from anyone else, subject of course to the guidelines. They
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would be expected to run .FTN software and to poll the UK
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perhaps 3 times a week to exchange mail. If you are interested
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or would like any further information or details, or may even
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know someone suitable, then please contact either Steve Woodmore
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(2:440/410) or myself. I'm sure Steve would be most grateful to
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hear from you. I know I would. :-)
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Thank you kindly for your attention.
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Be Seeing You!!
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Nick Jay
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FidoNet: 2:441/6
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Small Article about swiscon/eurocon
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From: Ruedi Kneubuehler (2:301/520)
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Dear Fidonetter,
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as you might know, the next CON will be held in Switzerland,
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therefore called SWISSCON/EUROCON.
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The same procedure as every year, we are looking for speakers.
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We are interested to have speakers, that can tell us something
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about new technologies that could be implemented whithin
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FidoNet. We think, that a lot of fellow sysop are interested in
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knowing how the future could be.
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That can be:
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How does Usenet News transport work, would it be a benefit for
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FidoNet, to use that method of transfering and distributing huge
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Echomailpackets.
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Any other not yet known Method, how to transfer and distribute
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 7 07 Mar 1994
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huge mailtraffic.
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New packetproposals, that solves all outstanding problems in one
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stroke.
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New transferprotocols that uses both channels for ISDN
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connections or any kind of TCP/IP over seriallines or any other
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brandnew invention.
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If you have special knowledge in such technologies and are
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willing to be speaker, please send a netmail to Ruedi
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Kneubuehler 2:301/520 or pingu@chg.imp.com, describing your topic.
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Any other question concerning SWISSCON/EUROCON, can be routed to
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2:2/1994.
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Hope to see a lot of you in switzerland joining the SWISSCON, we
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will have a lot of fun... :-))
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Thanks for taking time and reading this Mail.
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ruedi:- oe.
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Dying Boy Needs Cards ... NOT!
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Introduced by:
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Canadian Hoax Interception Project (CHIP) @ 1:250/730
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Following up on the "Make Hoaxes Fast" of FNews v11#9, it should be
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noted for the record that the disease young Craig Shergold had was
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misidentified in that article. CHIP regrets the incorrect detail,
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although the general story is there.
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"Make Hoaxes Fast" (with correction made) is available for file
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request at 1:250/730 under the file HOAX.ART, for future reference.
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Here is a Usenet posting that explains the Craig Shergold story in
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good detail. Please pass this along wherever hoaxes can happen:
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[Usenet item follows...]
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from alt.folklore.urban ...
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From: PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai)
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Subject: dying boy needs cards FAQ. Clip and save!
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Date: Mon Feb 21 09:42:25 EST 1994
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Organization: The Ohio State University
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Lines: 93
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clip and save!
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-Jon
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 8 07 Mar 1994
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From: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
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Newsgroups: news.announce.important
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Subject: DO NOT SENT ANY {GET WELL, POST, BUSINESS} CARDS TO CRAIG
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SHERGOLD!
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Date: 17 Feb 92 19:43:21 GMT
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Organization: SERC, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
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If you call the ``Children's Make a Wish'' foundation, you will find
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that they are not soliciting any form of card for Craig Shergold or
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anyone else. Better yet, if you call the Guinness people (US
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publisher is "Facts on File" @ 212-683--2244 ext. 336), you can get
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this same story confirmed. You will also find that they will no
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longer endorse or support any effort to break this record.
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Many years ago, Craig Shergold had a brain tumor, believed inoperable.
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He sought to set the Guinness record for get-well cards. The call was
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well-publicized, and he did, indeed set the record (consult a recent
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edition of the book --- he has received in excess of 16 million cards
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to date; he officially set the record as of 17 Nov 1989).
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As part of this whole story, his plight caught the attention of John
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Kluge, the US billionaire, who paid for Craig to come to the US and
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receive specialized treatment. As a result, Craig has recovered
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completely from his tumor. He is also no longer seven, but well into
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his teens (you can see how out-of-date the request for cards is from
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this -- it's like circulating a letter encouraging people to vote for
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Carter for President).
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The problem is that the mimeographed sheets and letters seeking cards
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for Craig have continued to be circulated. As a result, cards
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continue to pour in to the post office for Royal Marsden Hospital in
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England. Worse, the appeal has mutated into various other versions,
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such as an appeal for business cards, one for postcards, and another
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version that appeals for holiday cards.
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The Shergold family has publicly appealed many times that people cease
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to mail them cards and letters, and that no more appeals be made on
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their behalf. One easily accessible way to verify this is with the
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article on page 24 of the 19 July 1990 NY Times. People Magazine wrote
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an article about it on June 1, 1991, page 63. Even Ann Landers has
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carried an item on this [6/23/91], but people still keep trying to send
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cards. Both Guinness and Royal Marsden have repeatedly issued press
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releases asking people to stop circulating requests for cards, as they
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are creating an undue burden on both the hospital and the postal
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service.
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The Guinness people have discontinued the category to prevent this
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kind of thing from ever happening again, and are doing their utmost to
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kill any further mailings. The Royal Marsden Hospital is at a loss
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what to do with the cards that continue to arrive --- most are being
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sold to stamp collectors and paper recyclers, and none go on to Craig.
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This appeal for Craig, as well as many urban legends, regularly appear
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 9 07 Mar 1994
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on electronic bulletin boards around the world, and in many
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organizational newsletters and bulletins. It is both heartening and
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unfortunate that there are so many well-meaning people who continue to
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propagate these stories. It is too bad that so many people are
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unwilling to verify their information before passing such things
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along, especially when a simple phone call will suffice to do so. In
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this case, opening a recent copy of a book carried by nearly every
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library and bookstore would illuminate the situation.
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If you would still like to do something for a dying child, consider
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making a donation to a charity such as UNICEF or to the International
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Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Magen David). Many thousands of children
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are dying daily around the world from disease and starvation, and
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countless millions more are suffering from the ravages of war, famine,
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disease, and natural disaster. Think how many of them might be helped
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by the millions of dollars in postage spent on cards to Craig
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Shergold.... Addresses (in US) are:
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UNICEF American National Red Cross
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1 UN Plaza 17th & D Streets
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New York, NY 10017 Washington, DC 20006
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Attn: international children's aid
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[Also, I encourage you to save this announcement, in either electronic
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or hard copy form, and to post it to any bulletin board you've seen the
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original plea on. If you see it in the future, as you probably will,
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you can attach a copy of this announcement. Wouldn't it be great to
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finally kill this story, which spreads like a virus?]
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--
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Professor Gene Spafford
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Dept. of Computer Sciences
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Purdue University
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W. Lafayette IN 47907-1398
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spaf@cs.purdue.edu
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New Network in Town
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by John Creamer
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New Network in Town
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Join One Of The Fastest Growing Networks Of The 90's METALNET!
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MetalNet Zone 75 is now Based In Orlando, Florida and Is Currently
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Looking For Region Coordinators, Hosts, Hub And Nodes Across The
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Globe!!!! No Individual Will Be Refused! For More Information
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Please FREQ METALNET From The Following Network Address:
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Fido 1:363/198
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NO ONE WILL BE REFUSED!
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Here Is A Listing Of Conferences Currently Offered!
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FidoNews 11-10 Page: 10 07 Mar 1994
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MetalNet Echomail Conference Listing Updated January 1, 1994
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New Echos & Suggestions Are Always Welcome And Are Encouraged!!
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Conference Name Description
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|
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MN_4SALE Online Yard-Sale for Computer Users
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||
MN_ADULT Adult talk, must be 18+ for access
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||
MN_ALTER Alternative Music
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||
MN_AMIGA Amiga discussion area
|
||
MN_B&B Discuss Beavis & Butt-Head topics
|
||
MN_BBS Tech support for all BBS Software
|
||
MN_BBSADS BBS advertisement area
|
||
MN_BRE Barren Relms Elite dicusssion area
|
||
MN_CBOOKS Comic Books discussions
|
||
MN_CDROM CD ROM discussions
|
||
MN_CHAT General Chat area
|
||
MN_CLASSIC Discuss Classic Rock
|
||
MN_CLASSICL Discuss Classical Music
|
||
MN_CONCERTS Discuss upcoming concerts
|
||
MN_COUNTRY Discuss Country Music
|
||
MN_CPRO Discuss C & C++ Programing
|
||
MN_DEBATE Place for Heated Debates
|
||
MN_DOORS Discuss BBS Door Programs
|
||
MN_DRDOS Discussion on DR Dos
|
||
MN_ECHO Additions, deletions, changes to conference list
|
||
MN_ENETS Discuss other Echomail Networks
|
||
MN_FILESRCH File Search area for hard to find programs
|
||
MN_HMETAL Discussion on Heavy Metal
|
||
MN_HOSTS Discussion for Net Coordinators Only
|
||
MN_HSM Discussions on High Speed Modems
|
||
MN_HTECH Discussions on hardware problems
|
||
MN_MAILER Discussions on Mailers, tossers, scanners
|
||
MN_MOVIES New Movie Review area
|
||
MN_MTLNWS For posting of MetalNet Newsletter
|
||
MN_MUSICIAN Musicians discussion area
|
||
MN_NET407 Discussion in Net407 Only
|
||
MN_NEWBBS Discussion area for new BBS users
|
||
MN_NODELIST Additions, deletions, changes to Nodelist
|
||
MN_OS2 OS/2 Discussion area
|
||
MN_PASCAL Discussion on programing in Pascal
|
||
MN_POL Politics debating area
|
||
MN_RAP Discussions on RAP Music
|
||
MN_REGION400 Discussions in Region400 Only
|
||
MN_REGIONS Discussions for Region Coordinators Only
|
||
MN_RIP Discussions on RIP Graphics
|
||
MN_RPG Role Playing Discussion area
|
||
MN_SCARDS Sports Cards collectors discussion area
|
||
MN_STECH Software technical discussion area
|
||
MN_SYSOP Discussions by MetalNet Sysops Only
|
||
MN_TEEN Discussion area for Teens
|
||
MN_TOP40 Top 40 Music discussion area
|
||
MN_UNIX Discussions on Unix Systems
|
||
MN_VIRTUAL Virtual Realty Discussion area
|
||
MN_WEAPONS Weapons & Guns Discussion area
|
||
FidoNews 11-10 Page: 11 07 Mar 1994
|
||
|
||
MN_WINDOWS MicroSoft Windows discussion area
|
||
MN_WRITERS Discussion area for writers
|
||
|
||
This Network Has Just Started As Of September 1993.
|
||
|
||
INTER-BBS BARREN REALMS ELITE,
|
||
|
||
Is Offered To Any Member Wishing Its Involvement. If You
|
||
Have Any Questions, Please Netmail Or Reply To This Advertisement...
|
||
Thank You!
|
||
|
||
John Creamer
|
||
Zone Coordinator
|
||
MetalNet Headquarters
|
||
Orlando, Florida
|
||
Fido # 1:363/198
|
||
|
||
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Fidonews Information
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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
|
||
|
||
IMPORTANT NOTE: The FidoNet address of the FidoNews BBS has been
|
||
changed!!! Please make a note of this.
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews" BBS
|
||
FidoNet 1:1/23
|
||
BBS +1-519-570-4176, 300/1200/2400/14400/V.32bis/HST(DS)
|
||
Internet addresses:
|
||
Don & Sylvia (submission address)
|
||
editor@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
|
||
|
||
Sylvia -- max@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
|
||
Donald -- donald@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
|
||
Tim -- pozar@kumr.lns.com
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address) (have extreme patience)
|
||
FidoNews
|
||
128 Church St.
|
||
Kitchener, Ontario
|
||
Canada
|
||
N2H 2S4
|
||
|
||
Published weekly by and for the members of the FidoNet international
|
||
amateur electronic mail system. It is a compilation of individual
|
||
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
|
||
FidoNews 11-10 Page: 12 07 Mar 1994
|
||
|
||
of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews.
|
||
|
||
Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
|
||
copyright 1994 Sylvia Maxwell. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or
|
||
distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in
|
||
other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or FidoNews
|
||
(we're easy).
|
||
|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: The-most-recent-issue-ONLY of FidoNews in electronic
|
||
form may be obtained from the FidoNews BBS via manual download or
|
||
Wazoo FileRequest, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
|
||
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained from Fido Software for $10.00US each
|
||
PostPaid First Class within North America, or $13.00US elsewhere,
|
||
mailed Air Mail. (US funds drawn upon a US bank only.)
|
||
|
||
INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via FTP from ftp.fidonet.org, in
|
||
directory ~ftp/pub/fidonet/fidonews. If you have questions regarding
|
||
FidoNet, please direct them to deitch@gisatl.fidonet.org, not the
|
||
FidoNews BBS. (Be kind and patient; David Deitch is generously
|
||
volunteering to handle FidoNet/Internet questions.)
|
||
|
||
SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
||
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
||
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable
|
||
from 1:1/23 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". Please read it.
|
||
|
||
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
||
trademarks of Tom Jennings, and are used with permission.
|
||
|
||
Asked what he thought of Western civilization,
|
||
M.K. Gandhi said, "I think it would be an excellent idea".
|
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-- END
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