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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 13, Number 30 22 July 1996
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet BBS community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-407-383-1372 [1:1/23] |
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| /|oo \ | |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Christopher Baker 1:374/14 |
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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: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 |
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| MORE addresses: |
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| |
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| submissions=> cbaker84@digital.net |
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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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THREE WEEKS IN A ROW - IS IT A TREND?
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Who is this upstart anyway? .............................. 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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Dropping like flies? (Part 1 of ?) ....................... 2
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Grand Prix Pages on Fidonet .............................. 9
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Please welcome the Middle East ........................... 10
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3. FIDONET BIOGRAPHIES ...................................... 11
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Christopher Baker - more info than you wanted? ........... 11
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4. FIDONET HISTORY .......................................... 15
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FidoNet History and Operation - 8 Feb 85 ................. 15
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5. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 23
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 201 ...... 23
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ZEC-Election in Zone-2 ................................... 23
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6. ECHOING .................................................. 26
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Backbone Echo Changes [Mar-Apr] .......................... 26
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7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 28
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This ain't the Psychic Friends version ................... 28
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8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 30
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Fido's got Cats, too? .................................... 30
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9. QUESTION OF THE WEEK ..................................... 31
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How do the Backbones outside Zone 1 work? ................ 31
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10. NOTICES ................................................. 32
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Calendar of Events ....................................... 32
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11. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ..................................... 33
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And more!
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 1 22 Jul 1996
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EDITORIAL
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Q: Hey! How did this guy get to be Editor of the FidoNews? What kind
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of new conspiracy is at work here? Just who does he think he is?
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A: Me? I'm just your humble FidoNews Editor. I have volunteered for
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this post every time it has become available. The latest offer was
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made to Donald Tees before he unceremoniously disappeared from here
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and from FidoNet completely. After five weeks of no FidoNews, I
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volunteered again to ZC1 who maintains the administrative listing for
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the FidoNews Editor slot at 1:1/23. ZC1, being familiar with my
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previous volunteerings and my general capabilities to string cogent
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sentences together, said, "Thanks, and you've got it."
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It's no big mystery or conspiracy. There was a job to be done that
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wasn't getting done and now it is. [grin]
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Who am I, you ask?
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I am a longtime FidoNet Node and former NC and RC. I have written
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many articles for FidoNews in the past. I have watched FidoNet grow
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and change since I first picked up a copy of the software that started
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it all - Fido [9c was my first version] in 1984. I host and moderate
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many international Echos and several fileechos. I have attended
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FidoCon when it was a FidoNet event and broken bread with many of the
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ancient ones. In some circles, even I am considered one of the
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ancient ones. [grin]
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Judge for yourself whether the stewardship of FidoNews is in good
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hands or not by the content and distribution of the latest issues.
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If you have any other questions, feel free to send me Netmail to
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1:374/14, or email to cbaker84@digital.net, or join me in the FIDONEWS
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Echo which is now available on the Zone 1 Backbone. I answer all mail
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within 24 hours, as a rule, and often within minutes of its receipt.
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NOTE: There are two new sections in FidoNews this week. [The old
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FidoNet Software listing will be reactivated in the next
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issue.]
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FidoNet History [.HIS] and FidoNet Biographies [.BIO] appear
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in this issue. Everyone is encouraged to tell their stories
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of FidoNet in these new sections. ARTSPEC.DOC has been updated
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with the new section extensions and ARTSPEC is enclosed in
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this Issue's archive.
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 2 22 Jul 1996
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ARTICLES
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Dropping like flies? (Part 1 of ?)
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Shawn K. Quinn (1:106/4301 or skquinn@brokersys.com)
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It had been several months since I had read FidoNews until fairly
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recently. I grab the first 20 issues of the year and it seems like
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every week there's some kind of article about the lack of growth, or
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the outright decrease of the number of nodes in the nodelist. What
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kind of surprised me was a recent article showing that zone 2 now has
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more nodes than zone 1 by ~3000 or so. Given British Telecom's well-
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intended but rather out-of-date goal of making a national data network
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that runs at the positively blinding speed (yeah right) of 2400 bps,
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and the general lack of Internet connectivity abroad compared to the
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US (at least from what I read a few months ago), it kind of makes
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sense.
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But the real surprise, is that there is obviously still a place for
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the hobbyist BBS medium. The problem is, that the Internet is starting
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to be where the action is. On the Internet you can "call" places with
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telnet anywhere you wish, without any long-distance fees. It kind of
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blows the idea of "local" BBSes out of the water, which has
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historically been a strong feature of BBSes. Kind of hard to have
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a local BBS on the Internet, when already you have people
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cross-posting something to every "local" *.general Usenet newsgroup in
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sight.
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The advantage, though, is wider exposure. However, this blows even
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more old paradigms out of the water. Voice or callback validation?
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Maybe, replace it with e-mail validation (at least on one BBS I've
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logged onto via telnet, this has been done). And what about spam that
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has already pretty much ruined Usenet? It's bad enough when we get BBS
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ads in local general chat echos. What about pay BBSes? I mean, you
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have IRC, so chat boards will probably not do very well on the
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Internet. Any type of adult board will probably not last long either,
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as there are already tons of free adult-oriented web sites and
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newsgroups.
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Is the entire BBS paradigm outdated? Or is it possible to run a
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BBS for the purpose of providing limited Internet access to those who
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can't afford a commercial provider? Is it feasible to offer free
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Internet e-mail via the FidoNet gateway as an alternative to Juno and
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Freemark?
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The shutdown of the default Internet gateway at 1:1/31 was,
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admittedly, something of a step backward. But given the reasons it
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happened, I can't blame Burt for doing it. For an alarmingly similar
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reason, I have been very tempted to shut down my BBS and concentrate
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completely on the Internet.
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But now that local FidoNet politics have appeared to die down somewhat
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(or at least involve others) I kind of like what FidoNet has become.
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My concern is Policy 4. It's (IMHO) seriously outdated. There are
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things in it that were based on paradigms that were valid when FidoNet
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 3 22 Jul 1996
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was less than one-sixth the size it is now.
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One such example is the fact that a sysop is responsible for all
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traffic that passes through his/her node. This is a problem because of
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the potential for legal liability by monitoring everything that passes
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through. The opinions I have read are that unless one does indeed
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monitor everything passing through one's system, there is no legal
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liability incurred. The annoying ECPA disclaimer is one of them. I got
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so tired of seeing it that I hung up on boards as soon as I saw it. I
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have run Polar Bear Hotel with completely private mail (not monitored)
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for the past year and a half. SecureMail has been in operation at
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least that long and thankfully has not suffered an untimely demise due
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to policy complaints.
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Another is geographic restrictions on nets, regions, and zones. I
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think that this is more of a problem than a solution to whatever
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problems existed 5+ years ago. I think if one's willing to pay the
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long distance charges to join another net, then by all means one
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should be able to. With the Internet, geography won't be an issue any
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longer anyway.
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Well, this rant has already reached the better part of 4K in length,
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so I'll leave off here for now. I labeled this part 1, because I may
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write again on this subject in a couple of weeks. Best of luck to all
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of you who enjoy the hobby of running a BBS and FidoNet node.
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The Church of Elvis
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--=== THE CHURCH OF ELVIS ===--
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Preface and Preamble:
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"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional
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constellation, it is that NO official, high or petty, can
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prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics,
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nationalism, religion or other matters of opinion or
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force citizens to confess by word or act their faith
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therein. If there ARE any circumstances which permit an
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exception, they do not now occur to us."
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Ref: U.S.Supreme Court (1943) West Virginia State Board
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of Education v. Barnette, 319 US 624.
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,,.
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"/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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,"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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,"XXXX// /X/ //////XXXXXXXXXXX",
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,"XXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"",
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 4 22 Jul 1996
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/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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/"XXXXXXXXXXX X X XXXXX XX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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/"XXX X X X XXX X X XXX X XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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/"XXX X X X XXX X XX X XX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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/"XXX XX XX XXXX XXXX XX XX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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/,XXXX XX X XX X X X XXX XX XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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//XXX XXX X XXXX XX X XX X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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//XXX XXX X XXXXX XX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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/XX XXX X XXXXXX XX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV
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/XX XXXXX XXX X XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXV
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/XX XXXXX XXX XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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//XX XXXXX XX XX XXXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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//XX XXXX XX X XXXXXXXXXXXXV,
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//X XXX X XXXXXXXXXXXXXV
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/X XX XXXXXXXXXXXXV
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/X ,,,,,XXXXXXX,, XXXXXXXXXXXV
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/XXXXXXXXXX, "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXV
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/X" "" "" XXXXX XXV
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H ,""""""""",, ,"""""""""",, XXXX XXX
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" "" """ / "" "" XXXX / XX
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" " // XXX // XX
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" // XXX / XX
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" // /XXX / XX
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" // /XXX XX
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" /// /XXX / XXX
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" /// ,, /XXXXXXXXX
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" // / /XXXXXXXXXX
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" """ "" /XXXXXXXXX/ "
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", ,,,, ,,,, ,
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" ""IIII IIIIIIII"", // / / "
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" """""""""""" " // / "
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" , ," // / // "
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" "IIIWWIII" // // / / / ",
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" """" /// / / / / / ",
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// " //// // / / // "
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// " //// / / // / "",
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// / ", "// / / / // "
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// / ", ////// / // // "
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// / ", // // // // """
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// / "" " " ""/// / // " "
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// // "" "" "/ / / // "
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// ", ","", "," / // // ""
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ELVIS thinks you're NEAT!
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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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%%% %%%
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%%% U N I V E R S A L L I F E C H U R C H %%%
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%%% International Headquarters * Modesto California %%%
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%%% %%%
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%%% %%%
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 5 22 Jul 1996
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%%% It is hereby declared that ELVIS ARON PRESLEY %%%
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%%% %%%
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%%% has been named S A I N T of the %%%
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%%% %%%
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%%% Universal Life Church this day of November 8, 1988 %%%
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%%% %%%
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%%% %%%
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%%% U L C %%%
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%%% S E A L Signed: Kirby J. Hensley, D.D. %%%
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%%% I H Q President %%%
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%%% %%%
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Upon duly submitted and approved petition to the International
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Headquarters of the Universal Life Church, Inc., Elvis Aron
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Presley was named Saint of the Universal Life Church in
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November, 1988. The petition to the church read as follows:
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Elvis exhibited faith and hope when, as a youngster,
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he pursued his talent as an entertainer despite the
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odds against rising from his humble beginnings. He
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exhibited charity by his obvious and documented
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generosity. All of these attributes of character are
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believed to have been present to an extraordinary
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degree by his followers.
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*****************************************************************
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ECCLESIASTICAL PROCLAMATION
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WHEREAS the beliefs on matters of death and resurrection are
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especially promulgated during the weekend of the
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First Sunday after the first full moon after the
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Vernal Equinox, and
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WHEREAS these concepts are so closely tied by many in many
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churches to ancient ceremonies of fertility and
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symbolized by Bunnies and Eggs and other esoteric
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symbols of rebirth and new life, and
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WHEREAS the promise of eternal life was extended to everyone
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as far back as 1939 (or even earlier, to hear some
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tell it) and that possibility is recognized by lots
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of folks, and
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WHEREAS the Saturday prior to the Sunday mentioned above has
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heretofore remained generally unclaimed, unnamed,
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and uncelebrated, now,
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THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Saturday before the First
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 6 22 Jul 1996
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Sunday after the first full moon after the Vernal
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Equinox be proclaimed and known as ELVIS SATURDAY
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from this day forward, and be celebrated by the
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faithful in joyous recognition of all Spring
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Festivals associated with rebirth and fertility with
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the eternal melodies of St. Elvis Aron Presley, who
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lives forever in the eternal present.
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Wherefore I have set my mark and caused to be
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affixed the seal of the Church of Elvis ULC
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on this 14th day of April, 1990.
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Signed by the Bishop .
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Saturday, April 14, 1990
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THERE's MORE!!!
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The CHURCH OF ELVIS is a sect of the Universal Life
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Church and is looking for new ministers.
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ABOUT MINISTERHOOD
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-- Is This For Real?
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Yes, it is. The Universal Life Church will ordain anyone, for
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life, no questions asked, and at no cost. The ordination is
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legally valid, and, after registering with local authorities, ULC
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Ministers can legally perform weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc.
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-- But I Have To Believe In Something Silly, Right?
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Nope. The ULC doesn't impose ANY beliefs on it's Ministers or
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their congregations. Your god is OK. Period.
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-- Am I Making Any Promises?
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Only one. A ULC Minister agrees to do what's "right". You get
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to interpret "right" to your satisfaction. No one will call to
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ask for money. You're not joining a "cult." You're welcome
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(encouraged!) to continue practicing whatever faith you like.
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 7 22 Jul 1996
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ULC Ministers are also Catholics, Episcopalians, Methodists,
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ELVIS Worshippers... you name it.
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-- So How Do I Become Ordained?
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Easy. Just fill out the simple form below, or call
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CompuChurch (tm) and go to the Santuary then to the Altar
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Your info will be processed by CompuChurch (tm)
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International Headquarters. CompuChurch will file your request
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with the ULC, and you'll receive your credentials within a
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coupla weeks. It's free, but we could use a stamp! Canadian Pilgrims
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could send 2 stamps!
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-- Still A Little Wary?
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There's more information on the ULC at any CompuChurch (tm)
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Chartered BBS, from The Church of Elvis or from CompuChurch (tm)
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International Headquarters, 1:3800/6 or call direct at (504) 927-
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4509.
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BBSes are filled with ULC Ministers from all walks of life. Join
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us!
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* MAKE ME A MINISTER!
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Yes, this all sounds wonderful. I want to be a minister, fully
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ordained and authorized to do anything ministers usually do, and
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entitled to the privileges and benefits extended to the clergy.
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Name:
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Address:
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City State Zip:
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I am enclosing a postage stamp or two to make life easier for you!
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SEND TO:
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Church of Elvis
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Diocese of Baton Rouge Universal Life Church
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P.O.Box 64575
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Baton Rouge, LA 70896
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A Certified True Copy of the original certificate of
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Sainthood issued under the seal of the Church of Elvis ULC,
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and signed by the Pastor and the Prophet of Elvis is
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FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 8 22 Jul 1996
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available, along with a copy of the Proclamation of Elvis
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Saturday, if requested, for a $5 donation payable to
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Universal Life Church sent to the address above.
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* SPECIAL TITLES
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Special Titles are offered for a minimum donation of $5.00.
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Below is a list of special titles currently being offered:
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Bishop Magus Monsignor
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Healing Minister Missionary Pastor General
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Cardinal Elder Lama
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Apostle of Humility Right Reverend Guru
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Deacon Flying Missionary Archpriest
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Preceptor Colonel Missionary
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Doctor Sister Soul Therapist
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Archbishop Evangelist Friar
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Metropolitan Abbot Thanatologist
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Reverend Mother Free Thinker Arch Deacon
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Hadji Brahman High Priest
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Rabbi Abbess Parochial Educator
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Scribe Monk Priest
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Religious Preacher Cure Universal Rabbi
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Most Reverend Preacher Swami
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Angel Ascetic Gnostic Dervish
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Universal Rabbi Brother Mother Superior
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Father Chaplain Anada
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Abbe Lay Sister Archcardinal
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Rector Orthodox Monk Druid
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Starets Reverend Father Missionary of Music
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The Very Esteemed Prophet High Priestess
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Minister of Music Iman Shaman
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Righteous Brother Messenger Mystical Philosopher
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Universal Religious Philosopher
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Universal Philosopher of Absolute Reality
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If you do not see the title you want, write us. New titles are
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approved every day!
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Special Title of Sainthood
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Do you know a "Saint" personally? Do you know someone who has
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||
exercised the three theological virtues - faith, hope, and
|
||
charity - to an extraordinary degree? If so you may bestow
|
||
"Sainthood" within the ULC upon this beloved person. Merely
|
||
write with your reasons for bestowing Sainthood upon the
|
||
individual and include a donation of $5.00. The handsome
|
||
certificate of Sainthood will be sent directly to you, or you may
|
||
have the degree sent to the recipient.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 9 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
Distributed by The Church of Elvis
|
||
and
|
||
CompuChurch (tm) International Headquarters
|
||
504-927-4509
|
||
FidoNet 1:3800/6
|
||
|
||
For Information, send S.A.S.E to:
|
||
The Church of Elvis
|
||
c/o The Episcopal Offices of the Archdiocese of Cyberspace
|
||
Attention Archbishop C.A.Jennings, D.D.
|
||
P.O.Box 64575
|
||
Baton Rouge, LA 70896-4575
|
||
|
||
|
||
--=== THE CHURCH OF ELVIS ===--
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
Grand Prix Pages on Fidonet
|
||
Damian Walker, 2:2502/666
|
||
|
||
So often we hear about the death of Fidonet, and about what can be
|
||
done about it. To my mind, the answer is to provide something
|
||
accessible to Fidonet nodes, points and users, which will keep their
|
||
interest, and therefore, their presence in the network. In this short
|
||
article I intend to tell you about just such a thing.
|
||
|
||
Formula 1 motor racing is a popular sport across the world. The Grand
|
||
Prix season consists of races held at tracks throughout the world,
|
||
making it a truly international sport. One of my points, John
|
||
Suffill, has had the idea of making information about Formula 1 motor
|
||
racing available via Fidonet.
|
||
|
||
Those of you with a better memory than the average fish will recall
|
||
that I submitted an article about my program InfoMail to Fidonews
|
||
recently. John has chosen the installation of InfoMail at my own
|
||
system to make his Formula 1 information available, and the results
|
||
are much like a small electronic magazine.
|
||
|
||
The document includes a timetable for this year's Grand Prix season,
|
||
showing the dates for each race. A similar proposed timetable for
|
||
next year is also included. In addition to this, news and gossip
|
||
about the drivers and teams is included, as is an editorial 'rant' (as
|
||
John puts it).
|
||
|
||
John updates the document after each race, and includes a run-down of
|
||
the latest race, which includes the finishing positions of all the
|
||
drivers. The driver and team championship positions are updated at
|
||
this time, so you can keep tabs on how your favourite driver and team
|
||
are doing.
|
||
|
||
I found the document very interesting, and on a more general note, I'd
|
||
like to see more of this sort of thing being offered to Fidonet users
|
||
on a variety of subjects.
|
||
|
||
To obtain the GrandPrix document via routed netmail, send a message to
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 10 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
INFOMAIL at 2:2502/666 with the subject GRANDPRIX. For a more
|
||
immediate response you can file request GRANDPRIX from the same system
|
||
(it's a magic name).
|
||
|
||
John Suffill can be contacted at his point address, 2:2502/666.1.
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
Please welcome the Middle East
|
||
|
||
By Ward Dossche
|
||
ZC/2
|
||
|
||
As of day-201 a new region has been added in the zone-2 portion
|
||
of the world nodelist.
|
||
|
||
I'm talking about Saudi-Arabia which will henceforth be known as
|
||
region-54.
|
||
|
||
The region is just starting-up and networking in that part of the
|
||
world is a novel thing ... something like the early years of Fido
|
||
revisited.
|
||
|
||
Personally I am very excited about this.
|
||
|
||
The region starts rather modest but already now is it certain
|
||
that there will be a rapid initial growth.
|
||
|
||
There will be 2 nets in the start-up phase, 2:541 for Riadh and
|
||
2:542 for Jeddah. Other nets will be added when necessary. The
|
||
first nodes are crashmail-capable.
|
||
|
||
Who says Fidonet is dying? There are areas in the world where
|
||
Fidonet is the only way for reasonable and affordable networking.
|
||
|
||
-o=O=o-
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 11 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
FIDONET BIOGRAPHIES
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
[This is another NEW section for FidoNet Biographies]
|
||
[The file extension for a submission to this section is .BIO]
|
||
|
||
|
||
Date: 19 Oct 92 01:40:23
|
||
From: Christopher Baker on 1:374/14 Rights On! in Titusville FL
|
||
To: Ted Rolle on 1:105/36 Acacia in Portland OR
|
||
Subj: info
|
||
_____________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
got your numbers without any intervention. just wrote it out from here
|
||
to an ASCII file and ran PGP on that output.
|
||
|
||
here's my info:
|
||
|
||
Christopher Baker
|
||
P.O. Box 5921
|
||
Titusville_FL_USA 32783-5921
|
||
|
||
voice: 407-264-2994; 1200-2100 ET [1600-0000 UTC/GMT]
|
||
bbs: 407-383-1372; anytime except 0100-0130 ET
|
||
fax: ditto; not on automatic; must be set before receive
|
||
work: retired on disability
|
||
|
||
Fido since Dec 84, FidoNet since May 85. Started MANY Echos, still run
|
||
most of those started. NC135 85-89; RC18 87-89; running for RC18 again
|
||
[gave it up when originally disabled].
|
||
|
||
here is a canned blurb i send when asked:
|
||
|
||
Date: 17 Jul 91 15:01:35
|
||
From: Christopher Baker
|
||
To: Robert Thurlow
|
||
Subj: Re: What's your story?
|
||
_____________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
> I was wondering who our readers are on this echo.
|
||
> So who else do we have here?
|
||
|
||
time to renew our vows. eh? [grin]
|
||
|
||
here's my canned text from this Echo many moons ago:
|
||
|
||
i was run down by a 73 y/o drunk in 1975. i was on my motorcycle going
|
||
home from work at Randle-Eastern Ambulance in Miami, Florida and made
|
||
it to S.W. 8th Street and almost 67 Ave. when this geriatric pinhead
|
||
got to the intersection, he decided he needed to make a U-turn more
|
||
than i needed to get home. he did and i was struck broadside. my leg
|
||
was crushed from mid-calf, my foot nearly severed on the scene and the
|
||
bike and me thrown across the street.
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 12 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
i hit and crushed a bus bench and the bike landed next to me with the
|
||
frame twisted to ruin. i ended up with a post-knee amputation of the
|
||
left leg, several fractured ribs, a concussion, and a comminuted
|
||
fracture of the left ulna which had a 12" pin in it from elbow to
|
||
mid-arm for two years. my helmet was cracked and had i not been
|
||
wearing it, so would have been my head. [grin]
|
||
|
||
i was out of work for two years and on Social Security Disability
|
||
until i got the dispatching job with Dade County Fire & Rescue. now,
|
||
i'm disabled again with a herniated disk at L5/S1 that i got courtesy
|
||
of poor maintenance in the disabled stall of the bathroom at
|
||
work. [sigh]
|
||
|
||
i already couldn't stand and now i can't sit. kinda limits one's work
|
||
options? [grin]
|
||
|
||
i finally won my latest Social Security disability appeal. they called
|
||
this morning to tell me my first check would come in Aug. that's a
|
||
relief. [grin]
|
||
|
||
i'm an expert on prothesis technology that doesn't work. [sigh]
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris
|
||
|
||
-30-
|
||
|
||
you got it all, now. [grin]
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris
|
||
|
||
Date: 05 Nov 92 00:57:09
|
||
From: Christopher Baker
|
||
To: All
|
||
Subj: he's baaacckk [grin]
|
||
_____________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
[cross-posted by way of introduction from Z1REGCON]
|
||
|
||
well, i recognize a couple of the names from other venues but don't
|
||
see any from my old RC18 days. [grin]
|
||
|
||
"Who am I? What am I doing here?"
|
||
Admiral Stockdale, weird VP candidate on the Vaporware
|
||
ticket
|
||
|
||
and why do i send SO many cc:s to poor Bob Davis? [evil grin]
|
||
|
||
just in case you never read FidoNews or Echomail, i've been agitating
|
||
and propagating FidoNet since the dim dawn of Net/Node installation
|
||
many moons ago. before that all we had were plain sequential numbers
|
||
and stone axes. [grin]
|
||
|
||
i found Fido 9c on my console at work one day in 1984. i don't know
|
||
where it came from but i know i was hooked from that day forward.
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 13 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
after the shakeup to Net/Nodes [what a threat that was to many change
|
||
haters], i was 18/14 in May of 1985. i started a Net [1:135] shortly
|
||
after that and bullied a lot of the local, Miami Sysops who never
|
||
heard of FidoNet into abandoning their old, non-network BBSes for
|
||
Fido, and Opus and SEAdog. [grin]
|
||
|
||
several years later, i was appointed RC18 by David Dodell who was
|
||
anxious to get some movement going in Region 18. new Nets sprang up
|
||
like weeds. i did that for about 18 months till an injury forced me to
|
||
retire. Dodell appointed Ben Mann to replace me. [that was in the old
|
||
days when appointments were the rule - although not very popular.]
|
||
|
||
my injury put me on the disabled rolls and i was forced to drop out of
|
||
Net 135 and move up here to Titusville [Space Shuttle ring a bell?]. i
|
||
became a private Node in Net 374 until my lawsuit against my previous
|
||
employer [maybe you remember Metro Fire, 1:135/14?] was settled and i
|
||
could relocate and setup a full system. i've been here for a couple of
|
||
years.
|
||
|
||
i'm still disabled but have plenty of time to devote to the pursuits
|
||
of Coordination and when Ben decided to retire, i was drafted and ran
|
||
for the post.
|
||
|
||
i moderate and/or host several Backbone Echos and a couple private
|
||
ones. i co-moderate several others. i'm no neophyte. [grin]
|
||
|
||
i've done my share of Policy complaint arbitration and Echo delinking.
|
||
i've never been reversed but then i don't make it a habit.
|
||
|
||
election is over. here i am. that's the short form. for those truly
|
||
fascinated by such mundane trivia, freq MYSTORY for the long version.
|
||
[snicker]
|
||
|
||
i appear as 1:18/0 in Nodelist.311.
|
||
|
||
here we go again. [grin]
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris
|
||
|
||
Date: 10 Feb 94 23:54:23
|
||
From: Christopher Baker
|
||
To: Bob Satti
|
||
Subj: so long fellow Coords and Sysops
|
||
_____________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
[NCs please pass this along to your Nodes]
|
||
[Independent Nodes please link to the new RC18]
|
||
|
||
[cross-posted in HOST18, R18ELECT, and SYSOP18 Echos]
|
||
|
||
the new diff is here and will be routed out shortly. the transition is
|
||
complete.
|
||
|
||
ALL connected here for files and/or Echos should advise via Netmail if
|
||
they wish to continue any of these connects. HOST18 Echo will not be
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 14 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
available from here shortly. the R18 stuff will still be around.
|
||
|
||
weekly files are something i've always done for myself and anyone else
|
||
who wants them. this will continue although it make take a little
|
||
longer to get distributed.
|
||
|
||
ALL passwords are still intact for all system previously having one
|
||
with this system. i don't kill passwords ever without specific Netmail
|
||
request for same from the password holder.
|
||
|
||
i will be removing the 1:18/0 from my AKA list before compiling the
|
||
new Nodelist. everyone using that instead of my real Node number MUST
|
||
compile a new Nodelist to avoid sending me your various RC-related
|
||
traffic. set all segment sends and other stuff to 1:3620/2. i will
|
||
forward them for a week for those slow to transition but save a dime
|
||
and send them to the new guy directly the first time.
|
||
|
||
i have truly enjoyed my years as a scheming despot. [Muppet's Frog
|
||
Prince] i'm not going away, just shifting gears. i'll still be here
|
||
and in FidoNet if you need me again or just want to chat. [grin]
|
||
|
||
please adjust all your configs. it's the new guy's turn in the barrel.
|
||
|
||
thanks.
|
||
|
||
TTFN.
|
||
Chris
|
||
RC18
|
||
|
||
-30-
|
||
|
||
[this saga has always been available as ABOUT to anyone who freqed
|
||
that magicname. i guess it will need updating with FidoNews now.]
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 15 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
FIDONET HISTORY
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNet History and Operation 8 Feb 85
|
||
Tom Jennings and many authors
|
||
|
||
Part 1 of 3
|
||
|
||
This is a long and convoluted document; it has been
|
||
sorely needed for months now, and it finally got done.
|
||
FidoNet is growing at a tremendous rate, and newer sysops
|
||
don't have the information that us oldies (pre Sept 84
|
||
sysops) assume everyone knows; hence the history section
|
||
here. There is a lot of extremely important material covered
|
||
here that was assumed to be known by all; we are finding out
|
||
otherwise.
|
||
|
||
This also covers some of the dark mysterious secrets
|
||
about the magical node numbers, and how the magical node
|
||
lists appear from nowhere. Those of you that have been
|
||
FidoNet nodes since way back when, spring and summer of
|
||
1984, and watched all this develop (such as it was) in full
|
||
Technicolor, will know most of this; if you are a relatively
|
||
new sysop, much of this may come as a suprise. Everyone
|
||
should read this, experienced sysops, new sysops, and all
|
||
Fido and FidoNet users.
|
||
|
||
FidoNet is no longer just a piece of software; it
|
||
has become complex organism. There are about 160 Fidos in
|
||
FidoNet right now; this does not include Fidos being run as
|
||
Bulletin Board only systems, just ones that you can converse
|
||
with over the net. If the average number of users on each
|
||
system is 300 people, you can start to guess at the scale of
|
||
things today.
|
||
|
||
HISTORY:
|
||
|
||
When FidoNet was first tested, there were two nodes:
|
||
myself here at Fido #1 in San Francisco, and John Madill at
|
||
Fido #2 in Baltimore. John and I did all of the testing and
|
||
development for the first pass at FidoNet. Its purpose: to
|
||
see if it could be done, merely for the fun of it, like ham
|
||
radio. It quickly became useful; instead of trying to call
|
||
each others' boards up to leave messages, or expensive voice
|
||
phone calls, Fidonet messages became more or less routine.
|
||
|
||
This was version 7 of Fido sometime in June 84 or
|
||
so; it did not have routing, file attach, retry control,
|
||
error handling, cost accounting, log files, or any of the
|
||
niceties since added. A packet was made, a call placed, the
|
||
packet transferred, that was it. This was adequate for a
|
||
month or two, when there were less than 20 nodes.
|
||
|
||
In August of 84, the number of nodes was approaching
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 16 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
30; the net was becoming clogged, believe it or not. FidoNet
|
||
wasn't too smart about making calls then. With 30 systems,
|
||
coordination became difficult; instead of a simple voice
|
||
phone call to the (very few!) sysops to straighten out
|
||
problems like modems not answering, wrong numbers, clock
|
||
problems, etc, it took days to get the slightest problem
|
||
repaired. There were by now six nodes in St. Louis, and Fido
|
||
#1 was making seperate phone calls for each, when obviously
|
||
one could be made. Enter the beginnings of routing.
|
||
|
||
The "original" FidoNet was very simple and friendly;
|
||
you told me at Fido #1 that you had a FidoNet node ready, I
|
||
put you in the list, with your phone number, and people
|
||
called up and downloaded the list; done!
|
||
|
||
Well ... at first, "everyone knew each other"; we
|
||
were in more or less constant contact. However, when the
|
||
node numbers got into the twenties, there were people
|
||
bringing up FidoNodes who none of us knew. This was good,
|
||
but it meant we were not in close contact anymore.
|
||
|
||
The Net started to deteriorate; every single week
|
||
without fail there was at least one wrong number, usually
|
||
two. To impress on you the seriousness of wrong numbers in
|
||
the node list, imagine you are a poor old lady, who every
|
||
single night is getting phone calls EVERY TWO MINUTES AT
|
||
4:00AM, no one says anything, then hangs up. This actually
|
||
happened; I would sit up and watch when there was mail that
|
||
didn't go out for a week or two, and I'd pick up the phone
|
||
after dialing, and was left in the embarrasing position of
|
||
having to explain bulletin boards to an extremely tired,
|
||
extremely annoyed person.
|
||
|
||
There were also cases where the new node really
|
||
wasn't up yet, and the number given was a home phone to be
|
||
used temporarily, but I'd forget that, and include it in the
|
||
list anyways. Or the new node wasn't really up yet, and we'd
|
||
all make calls to it and it would not answer, or worse, the
|
||
modem would answer but the software wasn't running, and we'd
|
||
get charged for the call.
|
||
|
||
This obviously could not go on. We had to have some
|
||
way to make sure that at least the phone numbers were
|
||
correct! I started a new policy; before giving out a node
|
||
number and putting it in the list, I had to receive a
|
||
FidoNet message from the new node, directly. This verified
|
||
that at least the new Fido was half way running. At the
|
||
time, Fido had a provision whereby Fido #1 could set the
|
||
node number remotely; I'd send a message back, and presto! a
|
||
new node was up.
|
||
|
||
Well, this didn't work properly either; at the same
|
||
time, the Fido software was changing so rapidly, to
|
||
accomodate all the changes (literally a version a day for a
|
||
few weeks there) that I was losing new node requests, wrong
|
||
numbers caused by illegible handwriting, all sorts of
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 17 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
problems. Out of laziness I would still assign nodes "word
|
||
of mouth", and got in the same trouble as before.
|
||
|
||
The people in St. Louis (Tony Clark, Ben Baker, Ken
|
||
Kaplan, Jon Wichman, Mike Mellinger) had their local Fidos
|
||
going strong, and understood what FidoNet did, how it
|
||
worked, and what it was about. They volunteered to take over
|
||
the node list, handle new node requests, and leave me with
|
||
the software. They tightened up on the FidoNet message
|
||
requirement, and in a few months, had the "error rate"
|
||
(wrong numbers, etc) down to practically zero, where it is
|
||
today.
|
||
|
||
Though I did the programming, Ken Kaplan, Ben Baker,
|
||
and the crowd in St. Louis did much of the design and most
|
||
of the testing of routing, forwarding, and local nets. They
|
||
still remain the experts on the intricacies of routing, and
|
||
help sysops set up local nets.
|
||
|
||
Please keep in mind the entire process, from two
|
||
nodes to over 50, took only three months! Fifty nodes is
|
||
more than it sounds; at that level it becomes a large scale
|
||
project. FidoNet went from about 50 nodes in Sept 84 or so,
|
||
to the current 160+ in Jan/Feb of 85.
|
||
|
||
FidoNet today is a network quickly approaching the
|
||
levels of complexity of commercial networks, and has many
|
||
more capabilities than many "mini" networks, such as USENET,
|
||
which has no routing or hosts. Only ARPAnet has some of the
|
||
features of FidoNet. The southern California local network
|
||
is three levels deep, with hosts in Orange, LA, Ventura, San
|
||
Berdino and San Diego counties.
|
||
|
||
FidoNet is just too large today to run as an
|
||
informal club. The potential for error is just too high to
|
||
include numbers at random within the node list. I imagine we
|
||
are in a predicament today what the radio ameteur operators
|
||
had a number of years ago.
|
||
|
||
The requirements for new FidoNet nodes are pretty
|
||
minimal, and they appear to be arbitrary and harsh if you
|
||
aren't aware of what's going on. This is to spell them out
|
||
in detail, so everyone will understand the process.
|
||
|
||
FidoNet'S PURPOSE:
|
||
|
||
Very simple; it is a hobby, a non-commercial network
|
||
of computer hobbiests ("hackers", in the older, original
|
||
meaning) who want to play with, and find uses for, packet
|
||
switch networking. It is not a commercial venture in any
|
||
way; FidoNet is totally supported by it's users and sysops,
|
||
and in many ways is similar to ham radio, in that other than
|
||
a few "stiff" rules, each sysop runs their system in any way
|
||
they please, for any reason they want.
|
||
|
||
THE STIFF RULES:
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 18 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
Actually, not as bad as it sounds; basically,
|
||
politeness as a rule:
|
||
|
||
1. New nodes, see below.
|
||
|
||
2. If your system is going to be down for a week or
|
||
more, please let Fido 51 know. They can take you
|
||
out of the list while you are gone, so other FidoNet
|
||
sysops won't be wasting phone calls.
|
||
|
||
3. If you change your phone number, or decide to stop
|
||
running Fido, let them know, so other FidoNet sysops
|
||
won't be wasting phone calls.
|
||
|
||
The thing to keep in mind is that FidoNet's
|
||
telephone calls to send mail are costing someone money; if
|
||
you are down just for a night or so, don't worry about it,
|
||
just make sure your modem doesn't answer.
|
||
|
||
THE NODE LIST
|
||
|
||
Obviously (if you are a FidoNet sysop that is) the
|
||
node list is a text file containing all the names, phone
|
||
numbers and other things on each node, and as distributed by
|
||
Fido 51, routing information for the many local networks. It
|
||
is a very compact list, and so there is no clue as to how
|
||
that list is made.
|
||
|
||
Here is the current process for new nodes to obtain
|
||
a node number, and get into the node list. This assumes you
|
||
want to run a public access Fido; specialized systems are
|
||
covered seperately, below.
|
||
|
||
|
||
SET UP FIDO
|
||
|
||
Of course, you should get your Fido running first;
|
||
no sense in trying to run mail if your Fido doesn't run! In
|
||
your FidoNet area, enter a message for Fido #51, and include
|
||
the following information:
|
||
|
||
1. Your boards name
|
||
2. City and state
|
||
3. Sysops name
|
||
4. Board phone number
|
||
5. Maximum baud rate; 1200 assumed otherwise
|
||
6. Hours of operation; 24 hrs assumed otherwise
|
||
7. Way to contact the sysop during the day. This is
|
||
not absolutely necessary, but it makes it easier
|
||
if there is some problem.
|
||
|
||
Most of this is pretty obvious. The sysops voice
|
||
phone number will be kept secret; it will not be given out.
|
||
It is only used if there is some problem, and a FidoNet
|
||
message can't be sent for some reason.
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 19 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
For Fidos that want to run with an unlisted phone
|
||
number, a few other things are needed:
|
||
|
||
8. A public FidoNet to act as mail host
|
||
9. The systems actual phone number
|
||
|
||
A host is required for an unlisted number, so that
|
||
you can receive mail. (If you don't want to receive mail,
|
||
then there is no reason for you to be part of FidoNet!) The
|
||
host system will have to have the unlisted phone number, of
|
||
course.
|
||
|
||
Fido 51 needs to have the phone number also, but it
|
||
will be kept secret. This is so that they can contact you
|
||
directly if there is any problem, such as a known bug or a
|
||
question, or if your host drops out of the network, so there
|
||
is some way to contact the local nodes.
|
||
|
||
GETTING A NODE NUMBER
|
||
|
||
This is the part that seems so arbitrary if you
|
||
aren't aware of what's happening. What happens is: you send
|
||
Fido 51 the message described above. When they receive it,
|
||
they put the stuff into the node list and fido list, pick
|
||
you a node number, and mail a copy of it to you the next
|
||
weekend.
|
||
|
||
This tests your system at the same time; you have to
|
||
be able to sucessfully send and receive mail in order to get
|
||
the node number. Out of it, you get a copy of the latest
|
||
lists.
|
||
|
||
NOTE: Fido 51 does not mail out copies of the lists to
|
||
everyone on a regular basis; it would mean too many phone
|
||
calls ($$$ ...). You can get the new node list Friday
|
||
evening at Fidos 10 and 51, or Fidos 1 and 2 later that
|
||
weekend or early the next week, and usually most any other
|
||
busy Fido.
|
||
|
||
If it all works, then 1) you know your system is
|
||
working 2) Fido 51, the node list keepers, knows it's
|
||
working 3) the other 160 or so Fido sysops know that your
|
||
system was working at least as recently as the last node
|
||
list. Print out the last few weeks nodelists; compare all
|
||
the changes, not just the additions.
|
||
|
||
This is why node numbers aren't given out "word of
|
||
mouth", or at other sysops request. It has to be done
|
||
directly, as a test.
|
||
|
||
|
||
WHAT FIDO 51 REALLY DOES
|
||
|
||
Making the node list is more than just typing in the
|
||
information; they make sure that the information in the list
|
||
is accurate as possible. This frequently means voice phone
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 20 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
calls to double check, or calls to the new system to see
|
||
what the problem is; sometimes it is as simple as the wrong
|
||
baud rate, the time wrong on the new system, so that it is
|
||
not running FidoNet at the right time.
|
||
|
||
Ken Kaplan and Ben Baker do the node list work when
|
||
they have "spare time"; please be patient! As the number of
|
||
new nodes increases every week, response time goes up.
|
||
Currently, the node list is done once a week; new node
|
||
requests must be received in Wednesday nights mail (by
|
||
Thursday morning) so that they can work on it Thursday
|
||
night, and send it out on Friday night, so that you will
|
||
have it over the weekend. The volume of mail is such that it
|
||
may take a few days to get out.
|
||
|
||
(Please note that Fido 51 is an unattended node;
|
||
there is no one there to answer Y)ells unless someone
|
||
happens to walk by. The machine is located at Data Research
|
||
Associates, who kindly donated the phone line, and runs on a
|
||
DEC Rainbow 100+, donated by Digital Equipment Corp.)
|
||
|
||
Fido 51 is an extremely busy system; they receive
|
||
125 messages a week through FidoNet alone, so please be
|
||
patient.
|
||
|
||
CHANGES, MISTAKES AND UPDATES
|
||
|
||
If you ever find wrong information in the node list,
|
||
please send the information to Fido 51; they will include it
|
||
in the next list.
|
||
|
||
If you become part of a local net, ie. you have an
|
||
incoming host, notify them, and it will be included in the
|
||
node list also. Other changes might be baud rate (got a new
|
||
modem!) hours of operation, board name or sysop, etc.
|
||
|
||
|
||
SOME OTHER THINGS ...
|
||
|
||
If you have questions or problems with any part of
|
||
Fido or FidoNet, please ask. Here's where to go for
|
||
problems:
|
||
|
||
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, PERFORMANCE OR INSTALLATION TROUBLES
|
||
|
||
Call or FidoNet to Fido #1, me, Tom Jennings.
|
||
FidoNet is best, if possible; that way, I have your "address
|
||
and phone" handy. If not, then call Fido #1 and leave a
|
||
message. If you leave it at G)oodbye, when you call back
|
||
looking for a reply, remember to check in the ANSWERS area;
|
||
Fido will NOT tell you if there is mail for you, you have to
|
||
search for it.
|
||
|
||
Fido #1 always has the latest versions of Fido for
|
||
all hardware supported, available for download. Fido #1
|
||
ALWAYS runs one revision later than the released version; it
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 21 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
is used to test new features or bug fixes, so that when
|
||
released they will be working. Check the FIDO download area
|
||
for the current Fido version.
|
||
|
||
I have nothing to do anymore with maintaining the
|
||
node list, nor do I hand out node numbers.
|
||
|
||
|
||
ROUTING, NODE LIST, LOCAL NET QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
|
||
|
||
Fido 51. Since they keep the list, they're the ones
|
||
to contact for node list problems. If you want advice on how
|
||
to set up a local net in your area, they can offer help and
|
||
advice.
|
||
|
||
|
||
SPECIALIZED SYSTEMS
|
||
|
||
If you are setting up a private network, and it is
|
||
to be truly private, what you do with it is your own
|
||
business. If, however, there is any possiblility that
|
||
members of your private network may wish to communicate with
|
||
any members of the public network, you should contact Fido
|
||
51 for the allocation of a block of node numbers to be
|
||
assigned by you to the nodes in your network. This is to
|
||
avoid node number conflicts upon receipt of FidoNet mail in
|
||
the public network.
|
||
|
||
LOCAL NETS
|
||
|
||
Neither I nor Ken Kaplan nor Ben Baker "run"
|
||
FidoNet; local networks such as the one in Southern
|
||
California and Massachusetts are entirely the responsibility
|
||
of the sysops in the area; the only thing we ask is that the
|
||
designated "incoming host" for that area be somewhat
|
||
reliable, for the obvious reason that it will be receiving
|
||
lots of phone calls from across the country.
|
||
|
||
As a matter of fact, you are encouraged to form
|
||
local networks, or join one that exists locally. IT makes it
|
||
cheaper for other systems to send you mail, and generally
|
||
streamlines FidoNet operation.
|
||
|
||
Other than that, local nets are totally standalone;
|
||
that is what they are for! For instance, SoCal can run their
|
||
net anyway they please; it is their hardware, their phone
|
||
lines, and their phone bills. It is their investment in
|
||
work, and they should reap the benefits. If there is a
|
||
"FidoNet policy", this is it.
|
||
|
||
AND SO ON ...
|
||
|
||
I hope FidoNet is a bit clearer now; if you have any
|
||
suggestions, or want to volunteer to help, please let us
|
||
know. Our only interest is in keeping the node list correct
|
||
and up to date; this simple list is what ties the entire net
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 22 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
together.
|
||
|
||
Ken Kaplan Fido #51 314/432-4129
|
||
Tom Jennings Fido #1 415/864-1418
|
||
Ben Baker Fido #10 314/234-1462
|
||
|
||
[End of Part 1 of 3]
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 23 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COORDINATORS CORNER
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 201
|
||
By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
|
||
ZC/2
|
||
|
||
The table below depicts the growth of the world nodelist as
|
||
seen through the eyes of someone in Zone-2. Delays in pro-
|
||
cessing inbound zone-segments are possible.
|
||
|
||
Administrative entries as well as Pvt, Hold and Down are ommitted.
|
||
Percentages have been rounded.
|
||
|
||
This article is produced by auto cut-and-paste of outputs from
|
||
T-NSTAT by Bo Bendtsen, ROBO 0.37 by Tom Kashuba and GW-BASIC 3.20
|
||
(C) Microsoft 1986 and MS-DOS 6.22 (C) MicroSoft 1994. It will
|
||
automatically be produced on a weekly basis.
|
||
|
||
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|
||
|Zone|Nl.173|Nodelist.180|Nodelist.187|Nodelist.194|Nodelist.201|%%|
|
||
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|
||
| 1 | 13540| 13286 -254| 13177 -109| 13105 -72| 12910 -195|40|
|
||
| 2 | 16487| 16539 52| 16497 -42| 16551 54| 16536 -15|51|
|
||
| 3 | 1069| 1066 -3| 1066 0| 1046 -20| 1029 -17| 3|
|
||
| 4 | 572| 648 76| 648 0| 656 8| 643 -13| 2|
|
||
| 5 | 116| 112 -4| 112 0| 112 0| 112 0| 0|
|
||
| 6 | 1228| 1228 0| 1228 0| 1228 0| 1228 0| 4|
|
||
+----+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+--+
|
||
| 33012| 32879 -133| 32728 -151| 32698 -30| 32458 -240|
|
||
+------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
ZEC-Election in Zone-2
|
||
|
||
By Ward Dossche
|
||
ZC/2
|
||
|
||
If you happen to have the misfortune to be either an RC, a REC, an NC
|
||
or a NEC in Zone-2, then this is meant for you. All others may skip
|
||
this article.
|
||
|
||
The first round in the ZEC-election is just over and I'm amazed by
|
||
the unusual high turn-out of votes. Let nobody say any more that
|
||
Fido-guys 'n gals are apathetic.
|
||
|
||
Of course, Bill Birrell's effort to get all eligible voters to vote
|
||
was tremendous. A "thank you" is already owed now to him and his team
|
||
of verifiers Frank Ellerman and David Rance. And "thank you" also to
|
||
Anton Kuznetsov for the tremendous help in spreading election announ-
|
||
cements etc.
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 24 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
As might be expected a second round is needed in which Steve Woodmore
|
||
of 2:440/410 and Dieter Soltau of 2:2448/69 will be the sole candida-
|
||
tes.
|
||
|
||
To be eligible as a voter in this run-off election one must be pro-
|
||
perly listed in NODELIST.194. Properly means not Hold, Down nor Pvt.
|
||
|
||
The voters will be identified as follows :
|
||
|
||
* ZC/2 : the person holding the 2:2/0-AKA;
|
||
* RC : the people occupying the "2:region/0"-AKA;
|
||
* REC : the people flying the "U,REC"-flag. Only 1 REC per region is
|
||
permitted and he/she _MUST_ fly this flag. Any local arran-
|
||
gement of identification by system-name or a special node-
|
||
number will be void.
|
||
* NC : the people occupying the "2:net/0"-AKA unless someone other
|
||
than the host flies the "U,NC"-flag. Any other local arran-
|
||
gement of identification by system-name or a special node-
|
||
number will not be accepted.
|
||
* NEC : the people flying the "U,NEC"-flag. Only 1 NEC per net is
|
||
permitted and he/she _MUST_ fly this flag. Any local arran-
|
||
gement of identification by system-name or a special node-
|
||
number will be void.
|
||
|
||
The returning-officer will be Bill Birrel of 2:2504/200 again. He
|
||
will be assisted by 2 verifiers of his choice, I understand that one
|
||
of the previous verifiers is not available.
|
||
|
||
The time-table from now on is :
|
||
|
||
16.07.96-15.08.96 : Run-off election!
|
||
00:00:00 23:59:59
|
||
|
||
16.08.96 : Pre-announcement of election result by the Retur-
|
||
00:00:00 ning Officer
|
||
|
||
16.08.96-31.08.96 : Period for adjustments (wrong counted votes, lost
|
||
00:00:00 23:59:59 votes etc...)
|
||
|
||
01.09.96 : Appointment of ZEC/2 by ZC/2.
|
||
00:00:00
|
||
|
||
Although Echopol1 mentions nothing about individual sysops I hereby
|
||
urge all elligible voters to poll their lower levels and respect this
|
||
when casting a vote.
|
||
|
||
At the end of this election-period the RO will publish an extensive
|
||
list with results indicating in-extenso who voted for whom. This is
|
||
done to make certain that sysops'-wishes are being followed.
|
||
|
||
All other rules from round-1 remain unchanged.
|
||
|
||
********** Begin Voting form **********
|
||
You are eligible to vote in the ZEC run-off election. The candidates
|
||
are:-
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 25 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
Dieter Soltau,
|
||
Steve Woodmore
|
||
|
||
Password: ____________
|
||
|
||
Please place a cross against one of the candidates' names, fill in
|
||
a password, and return the ballot paper to 2:2504/200 by midnight,
|
||
16th Aug, 1996. ^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
||
Voting Commences 16th July, 1996
|
||
Only one vote per coordinator is allowed, however many hats that
|
||
coordinator may wear.
|
||
|
||
Good luck,
|
||
Bill Birrell
|
||
[Returning Officer ZEC2 Election.]
|
||
********** End Voting form **********
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 26 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
ECHOING
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
[originally lost during FidoNews Editor disappearance]
|
||
|
||
Backbone Echo Changes [Mar-Apr]
|
||
by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/16
|
||
lisa@psg.com
|
||
|
||
Summary of backbone & quasi-backbone echo changes during Mar & Apr.
|
||
|
||
Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff.
|
||
|
||
diff (backbone.na + backbone.no) 03-Mar-96 ditto 05-May-96 [edited].
|
||
|
||
Echotag change
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
< MCSOFT McSoft - Motor City Software [old echotag]
|
||
> SOFTNET McSoft - Motor City Software [new echotag]
|
||
|
||
Added to the backbone
|
||
---------------------
|
||
> CASINO Casino News
|
||
> CASINO.GAMBLING Casino Games-Poker-Slots-Craps-Blackjack, ect.
|
||
> CB_RADIO_2 REAL CB Radio Chatter
|
||
> CB_RADIO_4SALE (low traffic since 5/1/96)
|
||
> CB_RADIO_C4SALE (low traffic since 5/1/96)
|
||
> DW_GAMER (low traffic since 5/1/96)
|
||
> FREE_BIBLE FREE BIBLE DISCUSSION AREA
|
||
> GAMEDEV Game Development Echo
|
||
> GIGO Support for GIGO Gateway Software
|
||
> GUN_CONTROL Gun Control and Crime Control in the USA
|
||
> MBBS-WG Major BBS/Worldgroup Sysops' Conference
|
||
> MCMOO_SUPPORT (low traffic since 5/1/96)
|
||
> MOD_ROCKETRY Sport Rocketry Forum
|
||
> MUSICIAN MUSICIAN
|
||
> NANFE North America Native Fish Echo.
|
||
> ONEFOS ONEFOSsil Support Echo
|
||
> OS2REXX The FidoNet OS2REXX Echo
|
||
> PCBPPL Clark Developments PPL Discussion [See ELIST]
|
||
> RAUSW RemoteAccess Ultra-Software
|
||
> RPG_GENERAL General role-playing games discussion and info
|
||
> SALVATION_ARMY SALVATION ARMY
|
||
> T-MAIL.SUPPORT T-MAIL FTN Frontend Mailer International Support
|
||
> TREK_CREATIVE Star Trek Creative Echo
|
||
> WNFOSSIL WinFossil Support Echo
|
||
> Z1_CHAT Zone 1 General Chat
|
||
|
||
Removed from the backbone or quasi-backbone --------------------------
|
||
|
||
< CHIROPRACTIC (low traffic since 2/1/96)
|
||
< DISK_CACHE (low traffic since 2/1/96)
|
||
< NIGHT_SHIFT_BASH_POLI (not in EchoList since 1/1/96)
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 27 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
< SRA Survivors of Ritual Abuse
|
||
< TREMOR_DISORDERS (low traffic since 2/1/96)
|
||
|
||
o There are 797 echos in backbone.na [05-May-95] (up 6)
|
||
o There are 68 echos in backbone.no [05-May-95] (up 14)
|
||
o for a total of 866 backbone & quasi-backbone echos (up 20)
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 13-30 Page 28 22 Jul 1996
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NET HUMOR
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
From: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
|
||
To: "Baker, Christopher"
|
||
<cbaker84@digital.net (Christopher Baker)>
|
||
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 13:59:27 -0500
|
||
Reply-To: "Mike Riddle" <mriddle@monarch.papillion.ne.us>
|
||
Subject: Fwd: Horoscope
|
||
|
||
==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE==================
|
||
|
||
Subject: Horoscope
|
||
|
||
With advance apologies to anyone born under any sign of the Zodiac
|
||
|
||
HOROSCOPE
|
||
|
||
AQAURIUS: (Jan 20 - Feb 18)
|
||
You have an inventive mind and are inclined to be
|
||
progressive. You lie a great deal. On the other hand, you are
|
||
inclined to be careless and impractical, causing you to make the
|
||
same mistakes over and over again. People think you are stupid.
|
||
|
||
PISCES: (Feb 19 - Mar 20)
|
||
You have a vivid imagination and often think you are
|
||
being followed by the FBI or CIA. You have minor influence over
|
||
your associates and people resent you for flaunting your power.
|
||
You lack confidence and are generally a coward. Pisces people do
|
||
terrible things to small animals.
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ARIES: (Mar 21 - Apr 19)
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You are the pioneer type and hold most people in
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contempt. You are quick tempered, impatient, and scornful of
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advice. You are not very nice.
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TAURUS: (Apr 20 - May 20)
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You are practical and persistent. You have a dogged
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determination and work like hell. Most people think you are
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stubborn and bull-headed. Taurus people have B.O. and fart alot.
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GEMINI: (May 21 - Jun 20)
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You are a quick and intelligent thinker. People like you
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because you are bi-sexual. However, you are inclined to expect
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too much for too little. This means you are cheap. Gemini's are
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known for committing incest.
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CANCER: (Jun 21 - Jul 22)
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You are sympathetic and understanding of other people's
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problems. They think you are a sucker. You are always putting
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things off. That's why you will never make anything of yourself.
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Most welfare recipients are Cancer people.
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LEO: (Jul 23 - Aug 22)
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You consider yourself a born leader. Others think you
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are pushy. Most Leo people are bullies. You are vain and
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dislike honest criticism. Your arrogance is disgusting. Leo
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people are thieves.
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VIRGO: (Aug 23 - Sept 22)
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You're the logical type and hate disorder. This is nit-
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picking and is sickening to your friends. You are cold and
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unemotional and sometimes fall asleep while making love. Virgo's
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make good bus drivers.
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LIBRA: (Sept 23 - Oct 22)
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You are the artistic type and have a difficult time with
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reality. If you are a man, you are more than likely a pedophile.
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Most Libra women are prostitutes. Chances for employment and
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monetary gains are excellent. All Libra's have venereal
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diseases.
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SCORPIO: (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
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You are shrewd in business and cannot be trusted. You
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will achieve the pinnacle of success because of your total lack
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of ethics. Most Scorpio's are murderers.
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SAGGITARIUS: (Nov 22 - Dec 21)
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You are optimistic and enthusiastic. You have a reckless
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tendency to rely on luck because of your total lack of talent.
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The majority of Sagittarians are drunks or dope fiends. People
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laugh at you a great deal.
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CAPRICORN: (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
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You are conservative and afraid of taking risks. You
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don't do much of anything and are lazy. There has never been a
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Capricorn of any importance. Capricorn's should avoid standing
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still too long as a dog might think you are a tree and piss on
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you.
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COMIX IN ASCII
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Date: 27 Aug 95 17:15:01
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From: George Vandervort on 1:382/8
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Lounge Lizard's Retreat <tm> in San Marcos TX
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To: Christopher Baker on 1:374/14 Rights On! in Titusville FL
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Subj: T-shirt
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____________________________________________________________________
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I created it years ago..
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you are welcome to use it however you like..
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but the name "Lounge Lizard's Retreat" is <tm>
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_ _ /|
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\'o.O' Hic! Pffft! Meow!
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=(___)= //
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| U | \ \\
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My MS/Dos Disk ---> | (*) | \ >>
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|__U__| / \//
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_// || _\ /
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(_/ (_| (___/
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as for a Name?? "Splat the Cat" <grin>
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\ _ /
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- (*) -
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/ U \
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/|\ |_____U_____| /|\
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=== Cut ===
|
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|
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Regards,
|
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George Vandervort
|
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InterNet: gvandervort@ima.infomail.com (No FTP)
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK
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|
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28 Jul 1996
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15 Aug 1996
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28 Sep 1996
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29 Oct 1996
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5 Nov 1996
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19 Dec 1996
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26 Jan 1997
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6 Dec 1997
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