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F I D O N E W S -- Vol.13 No.20 (13-May-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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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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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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MENSANS_ONLY Echo Notice.................................... 2
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A FidoNet historical compilation on CD-ROM in the works..... 3
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SKEPTIC Echo on the Zone 1 Backbone!........................ 4
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3. Fidonews Information.......................................... 4
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Editorial
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I have a couple more applications for the editors's job. All
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are from zone one, to date.
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FidoNews 13-20 Page: 2 13 May 1996
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Articles
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MENSANS_ONLY Echo Notice
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Christopher Baker
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1:374/14, Titusville_FL_USA
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MENSANS_ONLY Echo
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MENSANS_ONLY is open to any verified member, past or
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present, of any Mensa organization anywhere.
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MENSANS_ONLY is not connected with American Mensa, Ltd.
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[The High IQ Society], or any other Mensa organization
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anywhere. MENSANS_ONLY has no opinions. Any opinions
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expressed are those of the writer and any replier.
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MENSANS_ONLY exists solely to provide a convenient forum
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for electronic conversation between accepted members of any
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Mensa organization. Any other inference you may glean from
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perusing this Echo is all in your head, which is where it
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should stay.
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It is Hosted and Moderated from Rights On! in
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Titusville_FL_USA at 1:374/14. It is intentionally withheld
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from the FidoNet Backbone distribution system and is
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offered for point-to-point links only. Any Backbone system
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discovering this Echo traversing their system should
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immediately remove it and notify anyone sending or
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receiving it through them to desist unless said Backbone
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system is an active and verified participant of
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MENSANS_ONLY.
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Anyone may read the traffic in this Echo but only verified
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members may post in this Echo. Non-members interested in
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more information about Mensa are directed to the general
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Mensa Echo of the same name [MENSA] available from the
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FidoNet Backbone and Moderated by Dave Aronson of
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1:109/120.
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Sysops who link into MENSANS_ONLY agree to abide by the
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access restrictions above. The content of that Echo is not
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restricted to any single topic or idea.
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The number of systems linked to this Echo and the volume of
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traffic in this Echo varies. Traffic is generally light
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which is typical of non-Backbone, special interest Echos.
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Anyone interested in linking into MENSANS_ONLY, should send
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Netmail to: Christopher Baker at 1:374/14 {Rights On!,
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Titusville_FL_USA}.
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The following is a list of primary links for M_O:
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FidoNews 13-20 Page: 3 13 May 1996
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[Zone 1:] 109/120 114/74 135/71 374/14 374/98 380/7 387/31.
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Zone 2 is also connected thru the Netherlands courtesy
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of Frits Spieker at 2:286/115. [thanks, Frits!]
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The Sysops of the above systems may link others into
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MENSANS_ONLY based on the acceptance of the restrictions,
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imposed above, by the link requesting Sysop.
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Anyone requiring a direct feed or further information
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should send Netmail to me at 1:374/14. Rights On! is a 24
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hour system currently at 9600+ bps. It is at 9600+ HST/V32 on
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a USR Courier HST dual standard courtesy of their Sysop
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Purchase Plan.
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TTFN.
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Chris
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A FidoNet historical compilation on CD-ROM in the works
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by Carlos Fernandez Sanz
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2:341/70, 2:31/62 2:341/79 2:341NC
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This is simple a short request for FidoNet related stuff.
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I'm compiling a CD-ROM with all the Fido stuff I can get
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my hand on. I have already found a good nodelist collection
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(many thanks to Jan Vermeulen) and all the FidoNews (thanks
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to Jan again). I also have many pictures from very well
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known and not so well known sysops.
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I would like to include more stuff such as local pointlists,
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local policies, old backbone.na's, and so on.
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The CD will of course be free of charge to everyone (other
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than the cost of the blank CD-R).
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Any submittion will be very welcome. Please send them to:
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cfs@emporium.subred.org
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2:341/70, 62, 79 (do not route!)
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even snail mail is ok. I will return every disk I receive.
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Carlos Fernandez Sanz
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Fermin Caballero 60, 3-B
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Madrid 28034
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Spain
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Thanks in advance!
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FidoNews 13-20 Page: 4 13 May 1996
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SKEPTIC Echo on the Zone 1 Backbone!
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Christopher Baker
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Rights On!, 1:374/14
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SKEPTIC Echo is alive and well!
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SKEPTIC is a Backbone Echo that originally sprang forth
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from the San Francisco area. It now originates from Zone 3
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in Hawthorndene, Australia under the Moderatorship of Jackson
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Harding at 3:800/857. Co-Moderator is David Bloomberg in
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Springfield, IL at 1:2430/2112.
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If any of you or your Sysops are interested in obtaining
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this Echo, you or they should contact their regular,
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Backbone Echo source! SKEPTIC has appeared in FIDONET.NA
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[now BACKBONE.NA} since 2 May 92.
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SKEPTIC is devoted to examination and report of paranormal
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and fringe-science claims. It has NO official or unofficial
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connection to CSICOP {Committee for the Scientific
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Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal} but has a similar
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philosophy. Claims are not rejected on a priori grounds but
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rather are investigated by objective and critical inquiry.
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The Echo is now fully activated and waiting for those with
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an interest in the mission stated above.
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Complete information about the Echo may be found in the
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current issue of the EList and the ELRules files.
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Come and join us in the pursuit of knowledge! [grin]
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TTFN.
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Chris
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Zone 1 Hub for SKEPTIC
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Editor: Donald Tees
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FidoNews 13-20 Page: 5 13 May 1996
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Don -- 1:221/192, don@exlibris.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca
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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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-- END
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