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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No. 8 (19-Feb-1996)
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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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| (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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| 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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Letter to the editor........................................ 2
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FidoNews 1305 & 1306........................................ 2
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 3
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Editorial
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It seems that we had a snafu last week and issue seven
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never went out. No harm done, as there were no articles anyway.
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However, all is fixed, and I am re-ticing issue seven, so you
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should get two snoozes this week.
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This week's issue is quite short as well. Where are the
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articles?
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FidoNews 13-08 Page: 2 19 Feb 1996
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Articles
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Letter to the editor
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From: Jayson Cowan (1:140/112)
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I am sending this letter to adress a concern I have had as of
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late. I am a sysop in net140. I have also decided to operate and
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pick up my mail myself within that net. The sysops within that
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net have organized a netmail system where you can pay a fee have
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have many backbone echos made available to you.
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Well I decided I didn't want to become a part of that system
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because of that I was excluded from being able to recieve ANY
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local (non long distance echos) available to net140. I felt
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that was unreasonable but I wasn't going to fight Ken Read and
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his boys about that. I figured so what. But reciently they have
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removed my node completely saying that no one could connect with
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me.
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That is a complete falicy. I have been running my BBS for 5
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years now and have only taken my BBS down 2 in that time for
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maintenance. Well in September I took it down to fix things up
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and they took that opertunity to remove my node. Ken Read has
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been net140 coordinator for a very long time and I remember
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periods when I could contact his system. I see his system is
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still up. I realy dislike always being treated like a second
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class node just because I don't want to be apart of net140's
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backbone system. Is there anything I can do about that?
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Jayson Cowan
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FidoNews 1305 & 1306
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by Fredrik Bennison
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2:205/300, d93fbe@blg.du.se
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After reading FidoNews issues 1305 and 1306, I felt sad that
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FidoNet had sunk yet another notch down into the treacherous
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waters of foul-mouthed flaming in that, I hesitate to call it
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article, by C.I.A.
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Juda on
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behalf of all FidoNet sysops, for the service that he has
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provided for years, and express a hope that someone or a group
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of someones will step in and take the place of fidonet.org.
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I'm also saddened by the gloomy future depicted by Mr. Hass,
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although I can't say that I agree with it. I still prefer
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Fidonet Echomail to Usenet News any day of the week, as it is
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much more personal and friendly.
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FidoNews 13-08 Page: 3 19 Feb 1996
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I believe that Fidonet still has a lot to give, at least it does
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for me.
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Fidonews Information
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------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
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Editor: Donald Tees
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Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar
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Tom Jennings, Sylvia Maxwell
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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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(Postal Service mailing address)
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FidoNews
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154 Victoria St. S.
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Kitchener, Ontario
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Canada
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N2H 2b5
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voice: (519) 570-4899
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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 1996 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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FidoNews 13-08 Page: 4 19 Feb 1996
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fidofaq@gisatl.fidonet.org. No message or text or subject is
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necessary. The address is a keyword that will trigger the automated
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response. People wishing to send inquiries directly to David Deitch
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should now mail to fidonet@gisatl.fidonet.org rather than the
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previously listed address.
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SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
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FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
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ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable
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from 1:1/23 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". Please read it.
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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trademarks of Tom Jennings, and are used with permission.
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' ' disgreement is actually necessary,
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or we'd all have to get in fights
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or semethin to amuse ourselves,,
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and create the requisite chaos."
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-Tom Jennings
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