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F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 13 30 March 1998
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-209-251-7529 [1:1/23] |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Zorch Frezberg 1:205/1701 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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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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ZCC-PUBLIC...or not?
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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2. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 3
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 086 ...... 3
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3. ARTICLES ................................................. 3
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Virtual Museum on the Internet ........................... 3
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4. NOTICES .................................................. 4
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Future History ........................................... 4
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5. COLUMNS .................................................. 4
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Dear Reverend Visage - The Usual Troll Stories ........... 4
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6. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 5
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FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing .......................... 5
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7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 6
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FidoNet Via InterNet Hubs ................................ 7
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8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 9
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FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 1 30 Mar 1998
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EDITORIAL
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As stated in the last editorial (issue 12), I advised the general
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Fido population of the existance of the ZCC-PUBLIC echo.
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As of several days ago, the erstwhile moderator of the echo, Ward
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Dossche, Z2C, has announced that the echo is now "read only",
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despite his message on 16 Jan 1998 which indicated it to be an echo
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where posts could be made without allowing direct access to the
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ZCC echo.
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An interesting claim made is that it is 'customary' in Zone 2 to
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not respond in such an echo if a mere sysop, but the FTSC-PUBLIC
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echo operates in a similar manner, and no one in Zone 2 I've
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observed follows such a 'custom'.
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The interesting point is the interpretation of "openness".
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The claim Ward makes is that he is cross-posting his own messages
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into ZCC-PUBLIC as a gesture that he is 'more open' than other ZC
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members...but we have no direct proof that he is posting *all* of
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these.
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Likewise, the posting of messages of others, albeit as a quote, does
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tend to lend itself to manipulation of the actual context of the
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original message...One would only have to select particular quotes to
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fit one's responses, and whole new meanings could be made from the
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actual statements.
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As well, does such "openness" really benefit FidoNet?
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Do we wish to restrain people from discussing matters in private, in
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order to discover which way the sentiments go?
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If we force open private echoes, is the forced opening of private
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netmail far behind?
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Another reason to suspect someone who claims to be working in "your
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best interests"...once they start in your name, what does it take
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to stop them?
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If the ZCC were acting against the best interests of FidoNet, I would
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expect the members to speak out against that, and go public over the
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actions, but to force it open for no other reason than a self-serving
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need to force issues...?
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Sorry, I have trouble finding legitimacy and justification...your
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mileage may vary.
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In other news, a press release from the Virtual Museum finds its way
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into the editor's mailbox; Ward sends in his doomsday countdown; and
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Doc Logger rides again.
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Also, the debate over FTS-0001 comes up again, begging the question:
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FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 2 30 Mar 1998
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"Do we update the software protocols and eliminate non-DOS/non-OS/2
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nodes, or do we let those running FTS-0001 only remain in Fido and
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hold us back from our hope and glory?"
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Your comments, as always, are invited.
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-zf-
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FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 3 30 Mar 1998
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COORDINATORS CORNER
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Nodelist-statistics as seen from Zone-2 for day 086
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By Ward Dossche, 2:292/854
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ZC/2
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!Zone/Jul!Ndl-058!Nodel.-065!Nodel.-072!Nodel.-079!Nodel.-086!%%!
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! 1/086 ! 5781 ! 5667 -114! 5620 -47! 5578 -42! 5512 -66!25!
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! 2/086 ! 14274 !14327 53!14066 -261!14219 153!14215 -4!66!
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! 3/079 ! 550 ! 528 -22! 526 -2! 523 -3! 520 -3! 2!
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! 4/079 ! 403 ! 402 -1! 402 0! 401 -1! 400 -1! 2!
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! 5/037 ! 87 ! 87 0! 87 0! 87 0! 87 0! 0!
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! 6/058 ! 319 ! 934 615! 934 0! 934 0! 934 0! 4!
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+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
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! 21414 !21945 531!21635 -310!21742 107!21668 -74!
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ARTICLES
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Virtual Museums on the Internet
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March 1998
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Salzburg, May 8-10, 1998
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A Symposium organised by the ARCH Foundation
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in collaboration with
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, (United States)
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The ZKM - Center for Art and Mediatechnology, (Germany)
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Illuminations, (Great Britain)
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The Universtiy of Applied Arts (Austria) and Techno-Z (Austria).
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The proposed symposium on virtual museums is aiming to define
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the dimensions of new a museum space which has no real world
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manifestation. These definitions will form the core of the ARCH
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Virtual Museum, within which all appropriate artworks dedicated
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to STATE OF THE ART project can be experienced.
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The ARCH Foundation's mission is to communicate an awareness
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initiative for the preservation of the world's cultural
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heritage through the intervention of contemporary artists.
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ARCH is trying to define how artworks created through the use of
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new media can become an important and effective communicator of
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the intrinsic value of cultural heritage. New forms of creative
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interactive dialogue and visual interpretation using ever evolving
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technology offer a provocative dimension to artistic expression.
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We hope that the challenge of multiple contexts will generate
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results that will stir the artistic community, as well as
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stimulate participation of a new audience into communities
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of interest. We want to put people in front of cultural heritage,
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and to bring the values it symbolizes to life.
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The speakers of this symposium are :
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James Boyle, Prof. of Law at American University, Washington (US)
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Peter A. Bruck, Managing Director, Techno-Z R&D (Austria)
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Graham Defries, Attorney, Bird & Bird, London (UK)
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Matthew Drutt, Associate Curator for Research,
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (US)
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Volker Grassmuck, Sociologist (Germany)
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John Handardt, Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (US)
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Lynn Hershman Leeson,Media Artist and Professor for
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"Electronic Art" at the University of California, Davis (US)
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Tom Krens, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (US)
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Michael Naimark,Artist, Interval Research Corporation, Palo Alto (US)
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Hans Peter Schwarz, Director ZKM, Media Museum (Germany)
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Jeffrey Shaw, Director, ZKM, Institute for Visual Media (Germany)
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Charles Symonyi, Chief Architect, Microsoft Cooperation (US)
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Peter Weibel,Media Artist and Curator (Austria)
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John Wyver, Chairman, Illuminations (UK)
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...and the list is not closed yet
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A little background information :
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The ARCH Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 by
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Francesca von Habsburg and its international headquarters are
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located in Salzburg, Austria. The foundation dedicates itself to the
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preservation and restoration of cultural heritage. Its focus was to
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promote and restore cultural heritage from Central and Eastern
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European countries. ARCH's latest project is a global awareness
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campaign which seeks to generate support for global cultural
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conservation.
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ARCH has turned to the medium of new media art, and has begun asking
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the most influential as well as emerging artists to articulate this
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mission so as to engage a young and captive audience to this cause.
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Our aim is to combine the future with our past in a compelling and
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imaginative way.
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Titled STATE OF THE ART, the project was inaugurated in Salzburg in
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the summer of 1997 to great critical acclaim. Each of the
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participating artists have dedicated works of art corresponding to
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chosen restoration sites. As a first step, both the artworks and
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panoramic photographs of the sites themselves were then mounted onto
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larger than life size projections onto the famous M<>nchsberg rock
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in the center of Salzburg. The sensational projections were
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approximately 8000m^2 in size and were projected from an impressive
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Communications Tower. The problem on how to store these "light
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sculptures" and to exhibit them in the alternative world of
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cyberspace in an innovative way was the initiating spark behind this
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symposium. Being experts in conservation rather than in new media,
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we seek to define, with the help of international experts, how the
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combination of man's greatest achievements of the past can be
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brought successfully into the future and be experienced under new
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and exciting conditions and environments.
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In concordance with the foundation's motto: "Engaging the past into
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the present is synonymous with participating in the future."
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ARCH will be inaugurating this summer in Salzburg, a Communications
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Center with its own New Media exhibition space, as well as
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"The Station", an artist-in-residence studio.
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For more information about the ARCH Foundation, STATE OF THE ART
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and the "Virtual Museums Symposium", check our homepage at :
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http://www.arch.at
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or contact :
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Pierre Collet - Executive Director
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Verein ARCH Foundation - Gst<73>ttengasse 29 - A-5020 Salzburg
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TEL: +43 662 84 26 16 0 - FAX: +43 662 84 26 15
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e-mail: pc@arch.co.at
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FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 4 30 Mar 1998
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NOTICES
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Future History
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30 Apr 1998
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Queens Day, Holland.
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17 May 1998
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Independence Day, Norway.
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22 May 1998
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Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens.
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14 Sep 1998
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Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98].
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22 Sep 1998
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First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org.
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1 Dec 1998
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Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by
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Tom Jennings.
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24 Jul 1999
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XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99].
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31 Dec 1999
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Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
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1 Jan 2000
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
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1 Jun 2000
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EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
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15 Sep 2000
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Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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1 Jan 2001
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This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 5 30 Mar 1998
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COLUMNS
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Dear Reverend Visage - The Usual Troll Stories
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This article is submitted by Doc Logger(163/110) who, thanks
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to the miracle of nodelist transformations, no longer
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requires adult supervision to submit articles under his own
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name.
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Roll da flic, Zorch....
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Dear Reverend Visage,
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I don't think I have to tell you that the editors of Swamp
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Swine magazine were a little testy when they phoned to
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protest the latest petty cash vouchers that you submitted.
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To silence them, I passed the receipts on to Zorch, although
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I'm not sure that he'll understand that you needed to book
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400 hours of camera time on the Hubble Space Telescope in an
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attempt to find the Z1C, Bob Satti. Lisa Gronke, Fidonet
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Minister of Antiquities, was inquiring as to your
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whereabouts and we can only hope it wasn't because she
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discovered *those* photos that were taken when we interned
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at the White House. (I think the best defense here is to go
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with total denial and claim that the huge tubs of Mazola and
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the walrus were just a science project. Can you get Vernon
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to back us up on this so we don't have to spend the rest of
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our lives as the Revlon cover-girls?)
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I know that you'd rather have root canal surgery than hear
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anything about Echopol, but you truly would admire the fact
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that no one seems to be answering my plaintive bleats about
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which problems need to be fixed that would require any more
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policy. The cognitive leap seems like a group of people
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announcing that they will have a Woolly Mastodon in their
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kitchens and then launching into debates about which colour
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to paint the beast - neatly ignoring the first question
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which ought to be why they need or desire a Mastodon in the
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first place. Bob Kohl has stomped his hindpaw and tried to
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tell a succession of sysops that they are "off topic" for
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asking important questions. Even more interesting is that
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David Hallford who has said goodbye in the last two Snoozs
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failed to note that he was leaving because of his disgust
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with Bob Kohl R10C. (Hallford was the R10EC) Even more
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interesting is that Kohl appointed our beloved Snoozlord,
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Zorch as the new R10EC.
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All the signs are pointing towards the assumption that Ward
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Dossche is our kind of guy. At least that is a fair guess
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based on the quality of his detractors. The ZCC-PUBLIC echo
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is rather infested with trophalactic wheazers so it is hard
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to decipher the significant issues. What is worth more than
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a few giggles is that Mr. Dwight is one of Ward's most
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vociferous critics. Given Mr Dwight's history as the Z2C
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elflord, I'd think that Ward is thanking his favourite deity
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that Mr. Dwight is on the opposing team. Even Zorch was
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<nudge><nudge<wink><winking> with reference to Ward in his
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editorial about "learning from history" and I don't think he
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was talking about abolition of dwarf tossing in France. If I
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wasn't so gosh darned obtuse, I'd guess that Zorch's
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reference was meant to evoke an unkind comparison to a 40's
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European politician. Mercifully, such tawdry
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characterizations are beneath Zorch so he must have been
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talking about something else.
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For this week's Chautauqua I would like to discuss
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Puritanism which is particularly germane given that one of
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the topics being discussed in the FIDOECHOPOL conference is
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whether mail transit nodes can censor by subject matter.
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The working definition of a Puritan is: one who is possessed
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by a profound fear that somewhere, somehow, someone else is
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having fun.
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Bertrand Russell said in "The Recrudescence of Puritanism"
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"My point is that pleasures which remain possible after the
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Puritan has done his utmost are more harmful than those that
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he condemns. Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest
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pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying
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themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.
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Consequently those who live under the domination of
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Puritanism become exceeding desirous of power. Now love of
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power does more harm than love of drink or any of the other
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vices against which Puritans protest. Of course, in virtuous
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people love of power camouflages itself as a love of doing
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good, but this makes very little difference to its social
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effects. It merely means that we punish our victims for
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being wicked, instead of for being our enemies. In either
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case, tyranny and war result. Moral indignation is one of
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the most harmful forces in the modern world, the more so as
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it can always be diverted to sinister uses by those who
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control propaganda."
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When I first read the essay I found myself in the
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paradoxical position of being "morally indignant" at
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censorship which puts my motives into the sinister category,
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while on the other hand, agreeing with Russell that
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Puritanism as a placebo for virtue is really vice in search
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of an excuse, which puts me on the side of the angels. In
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the case of Fidoland, the paradox asserts itself in the form
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where I believe that *ECs have no right to control echomail
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content, balanced against some *EC's desire not to involve
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themselves in the propagation of mail they would find
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repugnant.
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I think the resolution of the paradox would reside in the
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ability of sysops to choose from a variety of mail sources,
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just as radio listeners can choose from several channels and
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avoid Howard Stern if they are inclined to be offended. In
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the ideal case, the recipient of the echomail makes a form
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of compact with the mail delivery sysop. If there are
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content restrictions applied by the delivering node, then
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the recipient should be able to find an alternative feed.
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In a rigidly defined echomail system with hierarchies of
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mail topographies, the opportunity for a balancing of sysop
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desires versus *EC morality has no mechanism for resolution.
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Either the sysops will assert and prevail in the opinion
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that they can make their own decisions about what is virtue
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and what is vice, or, the *ECs subjugate the desires of
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sysops and impose *their* morality.
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Naturally, I am much happier in a world where I make my own
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choices about what will offend me, and where the Puritanism
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of others is given no means to control my choices. Even if
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the Puritans prevail, I will always know that I am having
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more fun than they are and the very least I can do is let
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them know this. They will suffer horribly from this
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knowledge and hopefully take Pyrrhic comfort from the
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aphorism that virtue is its own reward. I hope they choke on
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it.
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I must go Visage, your secretary's behaviour is getting out
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of hand. She keeps swooning about Leonardo DeCaprio whose
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appearance in the movie "Titanic" she has seen 567 times.
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I'm the only one in the universe who hasn't seen the movie
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yet. Quite frankly, if I'd wanted to watch a large, costly
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enterprise, sink slowly into the slime I'd have gone to the
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last Republican National Convention.
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Regards,
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Doc Logger
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Furlang Island,
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South Pacific
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File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:205/1701] or download it from
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IKVHFoT! BBS at 1-209-251-7529 anytime Zone 1 ZMH at 300-9600+ V34.
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The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed
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in the Masthead information.
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FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 6 30 Mar 1998
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the Editor as
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of this appearance.
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NOTE: I am looking for a comprehensive list of Telnet, VMODEM, BinkP,
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Argus and other TCP/IP based nodes operating FidoNet on the
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InterNet, either by Zone or worldwide, to post here as well.
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- Ye Editor
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FidoNet:
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Homepage http://www.fidonet.org
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FidoNews http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
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http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html [ASCII]
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WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html
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FTSC page http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/ftsc.htm
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Echomail http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/index.html
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WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html [TFN]
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General Info http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
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Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
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Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
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Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm
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Region 14:
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Region 15:
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Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm
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Region 17: http://www.portal.ca/~awalker/region17.htm
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REC17: http://www.westsound.com/ptmudge/
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Region 18: http://techstop.pdn.net/fido/
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Region 19: http://www.compconn.net
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============
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
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ZEC2: http://www.proteus.demon.co.uk/zec.htm
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Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 7 30 Mar 1998
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Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish)
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Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German)
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Region 25:
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http://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
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Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (in French)
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Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss?)
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Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian)
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Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish)
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REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr
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Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/
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Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html
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Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (in Greek and English)
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Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
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============
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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
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============
|
||
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Zone 4: (not yet listed)
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Region 90:
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Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish)
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||
|
||
============
|
||
|
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Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
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||
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
|
||
|
||
Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China)
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|
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============
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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FidoNet Via InterNet Hubs
|
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compiled by Cindy Ingersoll, 1:2623/71
|
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(609)814-1978 fbn@cyberEnet.net
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||
|
||
FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 8 30 Mar 1998
|
||
|
||
|
||
Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate
|
||
-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
|
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1:12/12 | Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo.
|
||
1:13/25 | Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo.
|
||
1:101/204 | Patrick Rosenheim | TX | 33.6 | $25yr.
|
||
1:124/7008 | Ben Hamilton | FTP,VMoT,TX, | 64k | $10/$20mo.
|
||
| | F2I,UUE | |
|
||
1:140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP | T1 | $5/$20
|
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1:270/101 | George Peace | FTP | T1 | $30mo.
|
||
1:271/140 | Tom Barstow | F2I | ??? | $2mo.
|
||
1:280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
|
||
1:2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,TX | T1 | unkn
|
||
1:2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP | ??? | $1mo.
|
||
1:2424/3121| Earl Clark | TX | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
1:2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo.
|
||
1:2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VFOS | 33.6 | $15yr.
|
||
1:2651/9 | Jerry Gause | FTP,TX | ??? | unkn
|
||
1:346/250 | Aran Spence | FTP,TX | T1 | $10mo.
|
||
1:342/1022 | Steve Steffler | TX,UUE,F2I | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
1:396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP | T1 | $15mo.
|
||
2:252/358 | Sean Rima | VMoT | T1 | n/c
|
||
2:335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | TX, UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
2:469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
|
||
2:2474/275 | Christian Emig | TX | 64k | unkn
|
||
2:2490/5170| Lenny Murphy | F2I | ??? | n/c
|
||
3:774/950 | Craig Box | UUE, F2I | 28.8 | n/c
|
||
---------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
|
||
* F2I = Fido2Int (W95)
|
||
* UUE = uuencode<->email packet transfers
|
||
* TX = TransX (Proprietary uuencode<->email packet transfer
|
||
software)
|
||
|
||
Posted on the 1st of every month in FN_SYSOP, R13SYSOP and Fidonews.
|
||
|
||
### 30 ###
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 9 30 Mar 1998
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
FIDONEWS INFORMATION
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION -------
|
||
|
||
Editor: Zorch Frezberg
|
||
|
||
Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
|
||
Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
|
||
Donald Tees, Christopher Baker
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews Editor"
|
||
FidoNet 1:1/23
|
||
BBS 1-209-251-7529, 300/1200/2400/9600/V.34/V.34+
|
||
|
||
more addresses:
|
||
Zorch Frezberg -- 1:205/1701, zorch@repairnet.com
|
||
zorch@fidonews.org
|
||
zorch@qnis.net
|
||
zorch@eiv.com
|
||
zorch@kumr.lns.com
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews Editor
|
||
P.O. Box 642
|
||
Fresno, CA 93709-0642
|
||
U.S.A.
|
||
|
||
|
||
voice: 1-209-446-9038 [voice mail = 'blind' numbers not returned]
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
|
||
INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
|
||
of individual articles contributed by their authors or their
|
||
authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
|
||
does not diminish the rights of the authors. OPINIONS EXPRESSED in
|
||
these articles ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS and not necessarily those of
|
||
FidoNews.
|
||
|
||
Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
|
||
Copyright 1998 Zorch Frezberg. All rights reserved. Duplication
|
||
and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For
|
||
use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or
|
||
the Editor.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic
|
||
form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor via manual download or
|
||
file-request, or from various sites in the FidoNet and Internet.
|
||
PRINTED COPIES may be obtained by sending SASE to the above postal
|
||
address. File-request FIDONEWS for the current Issue. File-request
|
||
FNEWS for the current month in one archive. Or file-request specific
|
||
FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 10 30 Mar 1998
|
||
|
||
|
||
back Issue filenames in distribution format [FNEWSFnn.ZIP] for a
|
||
particular Issue. Monthly Volumes are available as FNWSmmmy.ZIP
|
||
where mmm = three letter month [JAN - DEC] and y = last digit of the
|
||
current year [8], i.e., FNWSJAN8.ZIP for all the Issues from Jan 98.
|
||
|
||
Annual volumes are available as FNEWSn.ZIP where n = the Volume number
|
||
1 - 15 for 1984 - 1998, respectively. Annual Volume archives range in
|
||
size from 48K to 1.4M.
|
||
|
||
|
||
INTERNET USERS: FidoNews is available via:
|
||
|
||
http://www.fidonews.org
|
||
http://www.fidonet.org/fidonews.htm
|
||
ftp://ftp.fidonet.org/pub/fidonet/fidonews/
|
||
ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/fido/
|
||
ftp://ftp.irvbbs.com/fidonews/
|
||
|
||
*=*=*
|
||
|
||
You may obtain an email subscription to FidoNews by sending email to:
|
||
|
||
jbarchuk@worldnet.att.net
|
||
|
||
with a Subject line of: subscribe fnews-edist
|
||
|
||
and no message in the message body. To remove your name from the email
|
||
distribution use a Subject line of: unsubscribe fnews-edist with no
|
||
message to the same address above.
|
||
|
||
*
|
||
|
||
You may retrieve current and previous Issues of FidoNews via FTPMail
|
||
by sending email to:
|
||
|
||
ftpmail@fidonews.org
|
||
|
||
with a Subject line of: help
|
||
|
||
and FTPMail will immediately send a reply containing details and
|
||
instructions. When you actually make a file request, FTPMail will
|
||
respond in three stages. You find a link for this process on
|
||
www.fidonews.org.
|
||
|
||
*=*=*
|
||
|
||
You can read the current FidoNews Issue in HTML format at:
|
||
|
||
http://www.fidonews.org
|
||
|
||
STAR SOURCE for ALL Past Issues via FTP and file-request -
|
||
Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:
|
||
|
||
ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
|
||
|
||
Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
|
||
FIDONEWS 15-13 Page 11 30 Mar 1998
|
||
|
||
|
||
for that year's issues. The total set is currently about 13 Megs.
|
||
|
||
=*=*=*=
|
||
|
||
The current week's FidoNews and the FidoNews public-key are now also
|
||
available almost immediately after publication on the FidoNews Editor
|
||
homepage on the World Wide Web at:
|
||
|
||
http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html
|
||
|
||
There are also links there to jim barchuk's HTML FidoNews source and
|
||
to John Souvestre's FTP site for the archives. There is also an email
|
||
link for sending in an article as message text. Drop on over.
|
||
|
||
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
|
||
|
||
A PGP generated public-key is available for the FidoNews Editor from
|
||
1:1/23 [1:205/1701] by file-request for FNEWSKEY or by download from
|
||
IKVHFoT! BBS at 1-209-251-7529 as FIDONEWS.ASC in File Area X. It
|
||
is also posted twice a month into the PKEY_DROP Echo available on the
|
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Zone 1 Echomail Backbone.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
||
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
||
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews Editor, or file-requestable
|
||
from 1:1/23 [1:205/1701] as file "ARTSPEC.DOC". ALL Zone
|
||
Coordinators also have copies of ARTSPEC.DOC. Please read it.
|
||
|
||
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
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trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
|
||
and are used with permission.
|
||
|
||
"Disagreement is actually necessary,
|
||
or we'd all have to get in fights
|
||
or something to amuse ourselves
|
||
and create the requisite chaos."
|
||
-Tom Jennings
|
||
|
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