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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.12 No.46 (13-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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| _ | +1-519-570-4176 |
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| | | \ \\ | Editors: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Donald Tees 1:221/192 |
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| |__U__| / \// | Sylvia 1:221/194 |
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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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| MORE addresses: |
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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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| 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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Backbone Echo Changes [Sep-Oct]............................. 2
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Subject: That Coleridge Poem................................ 3
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Fidonet in the Future....................................... 6
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 7
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Editorial
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FidoNews 12-46 Page: 2 13 Nov 1995
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I am including a letter more than 200 years old this week.
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I received it in Email after a discussion in an echo.
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I was struck by how familiar it was. Mail. Some things
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change very slowly.
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Articles
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Backbone Echo Changes [Sep-Oct]
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by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/16
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lisa@psg.com
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Summary of backbone & quasi-backbone echo changes during Sep & Oct
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Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.
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diff (backbone.na + backbone.no) 03-Sep-95 ditto 05-Nov-95 [edited]
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Added to the backbone
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> AAGENE African American Genealogy
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> BLACK_POWDER Black Powder, Muzzle Loading & Buckskinning
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> CHIROPRACTIC VERTABRAL SUB-LUXATION
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> CREATIVE_ARTS Creative Arts Echo
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> CW_BATTLES Civil War Battles Echo
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> ECHOREVIEWS Biff and Buzz Review the Echoes!
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> ESPRIT Esprit - New Age Thinking & Action
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> GEN4SALE GENEALOGY FOR SALE ECHO
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> HYPER InterProgramming Support (HyperMail, HyperFile)
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> INTELLIGENT_GROWING Intelligent Growing of Food using Computers
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> INTERGREEK Int'l Greek Conference (English language)
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> KOMBUCHA Discussion of Kombucha, aka Manchurian Mushroom
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> LORD_SYSOP LordNet Sysops and IGM Authors Conference
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> LOVE_&_MARRIAGE Discuss issues relevant to Dating & Marriage
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> MODR8TR Moderator Echo For Fidonet Moderators.
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> MODS MOD discussion/review/trade (Amiga music file)
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> MOTOROLA_MODEMS Motorola modem technical discussion
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> NETLINE Coordination Echo for *.C's of the Other Networks
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> NIGHT_SHIFT_UFO Discussion of UFO's and Related Topics.
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> OS2INET The Internet and OS/2 Integration and Use
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> RACE_UNITY Healing Racism
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> RED_CROSS American Red Cross
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> RENEGADE_SYSOP Renegade BBS Software Echo
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> RENEGADE_UTILS Discussion of utilities for Renegade BBS
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> ROMULAN_STAR_EMPIRE Star Trek's Romulan Star Empire Echo!
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> SHINING*STAR Shining Star Software Door Support
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> SNETNEWS Patriot News and Information; World News
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> THDPRO THD ProScan Support
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> TWIT Discuss policy as it relates to Network Twits
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> WARNING Warnings of Public Interest
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NOTE: MODR8TR is a new echo for moderators, started when it looked
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like William Degnan was going to take MODERATOR out of the
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Planet Connect distribution. As it turns out, MODERATOR
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FidoNews 12-46 Page: 3 13 Nov 1995
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remains on the satellite, so there are now two echos. Note
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that the new MODS echo has nothing to do with moderators.
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NOTE: WARNING is a clone of WARNINGS with different moderators.
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WARNINGS was removed from the backbone because the listed
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moderator was not active in the echo and the backbone was
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getting many complaints.
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Removed from the backbone or quasi-backbone
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< AI (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< AMIGA_MUSIC (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< AMTGARD (low traffic for two months since 8/1/95)
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< BUSINESS (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< CELERITY (low traffic for two months since 8/1/95)
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< CHAMELEON (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< CHURCH&STATE (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< FIDOPCB (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< HOBBIES (not in EchoList since 7/1/95)
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< HST-SALE (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< JOBS (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< JOBS-NOW (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< MEBBS (not in EchoList since 7/1/95)
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< MSGED_ECHO (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< MTASK (not in EchoList since 7/1/95)
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< POLISH (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< RC_MODEL (not in EchoList since 7/1/95)
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< ROTTIES (low traffic for two months since 9/1/95)
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< ROTTIES (not in EchoList since 7/1/95)
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< TURNCOAT_USA (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< WINCOMM (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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< WIN_4_WRKGRPS (not in EchoList since 8/1/95)
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NOTE: HOBBIES is on the current wannabe list and it looks like
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it should be back on the backbone next week.
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o There are 758 echos in backbone.na [05-Nov-95] (up 29)
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o There are 64 echos in backbone.no [05-Nov-95] (down 21)
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o for a total of 822 backbone & quasi-backbone echos (up 8)
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From: Scott A. McClare
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To: Donald Tees
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Subject: That Coleridge Poem
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Hello Donald!
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Remember me mentioning a S. T. Coleridge poem about geometry? I
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finally managed to look it up:
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A Mathematical Problem
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If Pegasus will let thee only ride him,
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Spurning my clumsy efforts to o'erstride him,
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FidoNews 12-46 Page: 4 13 Nov 1995
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Some fresh expedient the Muse will try,
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And walk on stilts, although she cannot fly.
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TO THE REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE
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DEAR BROTHER,
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I have often been surprised that Mathematics, the
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quintessence of Truth, should have found admirers so few and so
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languid. Frequent consideration and minute scrutiny have at
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length unravelled the cause; viz. that though Reason is feasted,
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Imagination is starved; whilst Reason is luxuriating in its
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proper Paradise, Imagination is wearily travelling on a dreary
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desert. To assist Reason by the stimulus of Imagination is the
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design of the following production. In the execution of it much
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may be objectionable. The verse (particularly in the
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introduction of the ode) may be accused of unwarrantable
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liberties, but they are liberties equally homogeneal with the
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exactness of Mathematical disquisition, and the boldness of
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Pendaric daring. I have three strong champions to defend me
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against the attacks of Criticism: the Novelty, the Difficulty,
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and the Utility of the work. I may justly plume myself that I
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first have drawn the nymph Mathesis from the visionary caves of
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abstracted idea, and caused her to unite with Harmony. The
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first-born of this Union I now present to you; with interested
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motives indeed - as I expect to receive in return the more
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valuable offspring of your Muse. Thine ever, S.T.C.
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[Christ's Hospital], March 31, 1791.
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This is now - this was erst,
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Proposition the first - and Problem the first.
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I
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On a given finite line
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Which must in no way incline;
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To describe an equi -
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- lateral Tri -
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- A, N, G, L, E.
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Now let A. B.
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Be the given line
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Which must no way incline;
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The great Mathematician
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Makes this Requisition,
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That we ascribe an Equi -
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- Lateral Tri -
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- angle on it:
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Aid us Reason - aid us, Wit!
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II
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From the centre A. at the distance A. B.
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Describe the circle B. C. D.
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At the distance B. A. from B. the centre
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FidoNews 12-46 Page: 5 13 Nov 1995
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The round A. C. E. to describe boldly venture.
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(Third postulate see.)
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And from the point C.
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In which the circles make a pother
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Cutting and slashing one another,
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Bid the straight lines a journeying go.
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C. A. C. B. those lines will show.
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To the points, which by A. B. are reckon'd,
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And postulate the second
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For Authority ye know.
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A. B. C.
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Triumphant shall be
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An Equilateral Triangle,
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Not Peter Pindar carp, nor Zoilus can wrangle.
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III
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Because the point A. is the centre
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Of the circular B. C. D.
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And because the point B. is the centre
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Of the circular A. C. E.
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A. C. to A. B. and B. C. to B. A.
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Harmoniously equal for ever must stay;
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Then C. A. and B. C.
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Both extend the kind hand
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To the basis, A. B.
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Unambitiously join'd in Equality's Band.
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But to the same powers, when two powers are equal,
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My mind forbodes the sequel;
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My mind does some celestial impulse teach,
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And equalizes each to each.
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Thus C. A. with B. C. strikes the same sure alliance,
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That C. A. and B. C. had with A. B. before;
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And in mutual affiance
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None attempting to soar
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Above another,
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The unanimous three
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C. A. and B. C. and A. B.
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All are equal, each to his brother,
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Preserving the balance of power so true:
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Ah! the like would the proud Autocratix do!
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At taxes impending not Britain would tremble,
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Nor Prussia struggle her fear to dissemble;
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Nor the Mah'met-sprung Wight
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The great Mussulman
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Would stain his Divan
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With Urine the soft-flowing daughter of Fright.
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IV
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But rein your stallion in, too daring Nine!
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Should Empires bloat the scientific line?
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Or with dishevvel'd hair all madly do ye run
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For transport that your task is done?
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For done it is - the cause is tried!
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FidoNews 12-46 Page: 6 13 Nov 1995
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And Proposition, gentle Maid,
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Who soothly ask'd stern Demonstration's aid,
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Has proved her right, and A. B. C.
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Of Angles three
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Is shown to be of equal side;
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And now our weary steed to rest in fine,
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'Tis rais'd upon A. B. the straight, the given line.
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(1791)
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Whew . . . anyone got a compass?
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-=Scott=-
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1:221/1401.7
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samcclar@uwaterloo.ca
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Fidonet in the Future
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Is There a Will Among Sysops and Developers to Keep Fidonet Improving?
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Brad Crockett 1:340/201
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I certainly hope so. There is a lot of excellent work going into
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Fidonet just maintaining it, and the quality of the network is
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outstanding. The text based design works to our advantage as well.
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It's troubling, though, when the only discussions these days seem to be
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about political stuff. And it's worries me that no one ever seems to
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get any credit for what Fidonet is. Certainly there is a lot of work
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being done to maintain the nodelist and echos, and publish the Snooze.
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I apologize that I am not completely aware of what else goes on in the
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background (I'm a Newbie), but certainly I have my NEC to thank as well.
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Heavens, I find myself quite busy just organizing my own little BBS,
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never mind organizing feeds and such. I wouldn't want their jobs!
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This hard work that goes into the net has a payback for everyone.
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Compared to the commercial service 'conferences' and the Usenet
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newsgroups, Fidonet has far better quality of participation. This
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results in a very high 'signal to noise ratio'. In fact, I would say
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that Fido echos have the best content of any of the networks. I believe
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that this is because the participants are mostly sysops - and they have
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invested more into the system than the users of the other networks.
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It's a good thing that Fido's focus is on messaging. With the
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Internet's disctracting Webs and Home Pages and graphics viewers, it's
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no wonder people are already complaining about all of the 'static'. And
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it's no wonder that Internet performance slows to a crawl again shortly
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after a site's bandwidth is upgraded.
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So I think that we all deserve a pat on the back for managing growth the
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way we have. And for contributing to a system that has excellent
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staying power.
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FidoNews 12-46 Page: 7 13 Nov 1995
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Fidonews Information
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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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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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FidoNews 12-46 Page: 8 13 Nov 1995
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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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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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"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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