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F I D O N E W S Volume 16, Number 24 14 June 1999
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | +27-41-581-5913 [5:5/23] |
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| / \ | June Publication: 1:270/720 |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: |
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| | (*) | \ )) | Henk Wolsink 5:7104/2 |
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| |__U__| / \// | Editor Pro Tem (June 99) |
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| _//|| _\ / | Douglas Myers 1:270/720 |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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| Submission address: Douglas Myers 1:270/720 |
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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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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Ten years of P4 .......................................... 1
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Joe was right ............................................ 1
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2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2
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My Road Map - David Moufarrage ........................... 2
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3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 5
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Snooze Suggestion ........................................ 5
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Fidonet is tough to join - Paul J. Bussiere .............. 5
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4. ARTICLES ................................................. 7
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Z1C Election Conspiracy - Joe Jared ...................... 7
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5. COLUMNS .................................................. 9
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ECHO TALK - Dissatisfaction 'r' us ....................... 9
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6. NET HUMOR ................................................ 10
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The Easter Mass .......................................... 10
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7. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 11
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Cow with ceiling mirror .................................. 11
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8. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 12
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Editor Pro Tem Special ................................... 12
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9. NOTICES .................................................. 13
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Future History ........................................... 13
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10. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 14
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Masthead and Contact Information ......................... 14
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 1 14 Jun 1999
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EDITORIAL
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Ten years of P4
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This last week, on June 9, we marked our tenth year on Fidonet since
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the adoption of Policy 4.07. Will this be the year it's changed?
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Many regions throughout the world have adopted the practice of
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electing coordinators rather than simply appointing them as
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specified in P4, the International Coordinator follows a policy of
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allowing geographic exemptions for node listing which potentially
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abrogates the strict geographic organization specified in P4,
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internet only nodes are multiplying in Fidonet, yet one of the
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obstacles to their full acceptance is the requirement to be
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available for dial-up netmail during Zone Mail Hour, spelled out in
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P4.
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It would seem that the time is ripe for change - indeed, all the
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candidates running in the current Z1C election have spoken of the
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need for this change - and yet there is no plan afoot. Will this be
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yet another year that we talk about change, and let it slide to a
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future which may elude us?
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Joe was right...
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... when he pointed out a conflict of interest between editing the
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Snooze and running for election. Only it didn't turn out the way he
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predicted. He was concerned that I would use the seat as Editor Pro
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Tem to make an advantage in the election. What's happened instead
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is that I refrained from writing the editorial here I would have.
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Were Henk back from vacation, and were I in the position of just
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another reader sending in articles, I'd have reprinted my thoughts
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expressed in the Z1_ELECTION echo concerning his accusations of a
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conspiracy in the SUPER-BITCH echo. Instead, I'll refer readers to
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that echo if interested, and only make one observation on behalf of
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Fidonews:
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The accusations contained in Joe's article "Z1C Election Conspiracy"
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should be either substantiated or disavowed by the Election
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Coordinator. These accusations and proposed actions go beyond
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simple echo moderation and have the effect of endorsement of the
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theories advanced.
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 2 14 Jun 1999
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GUEST EDITORIAL
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My Road Map
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David Moufarrage
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1:2613/404
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I have been pondering about a "road map" for Fidonet for some time
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now, for more time than I have been thinking about what I could do
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as Zone 1 Coordinator.
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Much of it is just like planning a trip: Figure out where you want
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to go, then look at what route you'll be taking and what you'll need
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along the way.
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However, unless you know where you are, you won't know how to get to
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your destination.
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Trying to figure out where Fidonet is, is a collective effort, just
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like our ultimate destination. This collective effort is carried out
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in discussions we find in our echos, FidoNews, and, to some degree,
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is reflected in conversations surrounding this election.
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So, where are we?
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=================
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1. The world is changing. The shrinking nodelist is a reflection of
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that change. It says to me that Fidonet didn't adapt at the rate
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necessary to retain its following. Fidonet needs to respond to those
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changes.
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2. Fidonet has gone through a change in attitude. The "top-down"
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structure of Policy 4 is definitely no longer desired by the
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majority of nodes I see posting in echos.
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3. Fidonet is still largely a POTS network. Fido/IP is still in its
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infancy. Fidonet programs are mostly text-based and more cumbersome
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to operate than the commercial Internet software bundled with todays
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PCs.
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Where does this leave us?
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=========================
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1. Now is the time to support efforts which get our arms around
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Fido/IP and its implications. We need to assure a cohesive network,
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where POTS nodes and IP nodes can continue to communicate with each
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other. This requires the development and approval of common
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standards. Those standards are currently being developed by the
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FTSC.
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2. Taking Fidonet into the 21st century will require that we listen
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to one another. It requires the ability to bring varying opinions
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under one roof. Fidonet is still a world-wide venture. We must treat
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it that way. We must strive to stay a cohesive network that uses
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 3 14 Jun 1999
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technology to better communicate and not let technology divide us.
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3. We must continue supporting our developers and try to attract new
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ones. New users can only be attracted by easy to use, GUI-type
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programs. Likewise, new nodes will look for more sophisticated bbs
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systems with features offered by programs such as WinServer, BBBS
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and EleBBS.
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Where do I come in?
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I have been a node in Net2613 since 1994. My first interaction with
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the Fido "establishment" was in late 1994 when I was asked by some
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users and points to prevent the hijacking of an echo. I successfully
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lobbied with Mike Fuchs and Bruce Bodger, an experience that left me
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with somewhat of an unpleasant taste for policy loopholes.
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Within a few month I was elected Hub Coordinator, and later Net
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Coordinator.
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The nodes of Region 13 elected me their RC in 1997. The decision to
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run for RC was initially made because I wanted to avoid having some
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jerk stick his/her nose into every aspect of local business,
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something we were quite used to in Region 13. We were also used to a
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lot of fighting in our regional echos, something that has almost
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completely stopped. We still discuss and disagree, but the climate
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is generally friendly and non-abrasive. It is very much conducive to
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reaching consensus on issues.
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On a Zone-wide and Interzone level I have been involved in several
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areas:
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1. I actively participated in the search for, and nominated, several
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candidates for the "new" FTSC. All of my nominees were elected and,
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with the exception of [Craig Box, still serve.]
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2. I actively promoted the "multiple distribution system" concept
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which has led to the acceptance of a choice of uplink providers.
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This also promoted the emergence of additional free feeds.
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3. I have promoted the use of Fido/IP technology, interacting with
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FTSC members, developers, the RCC, the Z1C and the Z2C, to create a
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common standard and approach. As a result of my efforts, Zone 1
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introduced the 1:1/3xxx segment, which lists IP nodes in the Zone
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segment and raised awareness of this technology. I currently am
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administrating that segment.
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4. Together with David Hallford I introduced the INODELST FDN. This
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File Distribution Network distributes a weekly extract of IP nodes
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in a variety of formats. This FDN consists of a number of file echos
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which are available through the FileGate and the Filebone.
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5. Through interaction with a number of WC!5/WinServer nodes which
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wanted to join Fidonet I noticed the need for additional help files
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and tutorials. As a result I created a graphical tutorial on the
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setup of the Argus mailer, which allows a node to setup as a regular
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 4 14 Jun 1999
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POTS node or a Fido/IP node.
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There is a lot more work to be done. Much of the work ahead will
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involve creating consensus among nodes from all Zones. I believe I
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can help create that consensus. I have good relationships with the
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Zone 1 RCC, the IC, the Z2C and the Z4C, as well as a number of
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developers and current FTSC members. Most of all, I have good
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relationships with "regular" nodes all over. I have a track record
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in my net, my region, and, as outlined above, also on a Zone and
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Interzone level.
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Editor's Note: The bracketed information in item 1 above, missing
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in the original text, was supplied by the author in echomail
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conversation.
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 5 14 Jun 1999
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Message to : Douglas Myers @1:270/720
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From : rwhr@bigfoot.com @1:270/212
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Subject : Snooze Suggestion
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Could you please include a "FILE_ID.DIZ" inside the archive stating
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the Issue and Volume Numbet and also say a copy of the Contents?
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Thanks.
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BTW you're doing a great job...
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Regards,
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Raymond
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ICQ# 6612058
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--------
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Editor: I've added a small file_id.diz generator to the batch file
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which archives the newsletter. The idea of adding the table of
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contents is a fine one, but it was a little beyond my capabilities
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on short notice.
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Fidonet is tough to join
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Paul J. Bussiere
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webmaster@checksix.net
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Forgive me, for I am new but just begining to follow up the Fido
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News. I have been a long time Sysop of a BBS up here in Bangor,
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Maine (USA). We've been running Wildcat! BBS since 1992 and
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currently run the Santronics WIN Server package, and their Platinum
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Express Fidonet program.
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Maybe I am that guy that is shouting to the stage from the back of
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the theater but I have to tell you, Fidonet has to be the most
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difficult of all the networks to join, yet its eyed as the best of
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them all. While many BBSs were dropping left and right, the few
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that did remain and convert to offering access via the Internet have
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all but been ignored by the Fido folks for all too long. My modem
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users quickly left my services in favor of the local ISPs. As a
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result, I have no modem lines and haven't had them since 1996. I
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get more visits and business from people OUT of my local calling
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range than I ever did with a modem line, so the old requirement of a
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modem line quickly annoyed me and convinced me Fido was slow to move
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with technology.
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But, thankfully, it appears things have changed.
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Now, I am in the process of getting my system configured to join
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Fidonet. Todd Cochrane has been key to getting me in Fido, as has
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 6 14 Jun 1999
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Andrea Santos from Santronics Software. But where has Fidonet been?
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It DOES appear to be a monarchy of sorts, from this spectators eyes,
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anyways. And the Princes and Lords of each region seem to pass
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along different versions of Fidonet policy towards Net Systems.
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Why is there such anxiety over Net-BBSs (or Web BBSs, as many of us
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call them)? I think its amazing that some Web-Oriented Systems have
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endured the wave of the Internet. But rather than Fido welcoming us
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in with open arms, it seems as though we are treated like a leper or
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something. It seems that all to many measure a BBS merely by if you
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have a modem attached to your system. That seems prejudiced, at
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best. If I know I have no modem callers anymore, why should I
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invest in the cost of a modem and a reccuring monthly bill? Just
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for the namesake of 'qualifying' to carry Fidonet? I think not.
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And that's why I have joined other systems that have seen the light.
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RIME/RelayNet has been the easiest network of all to join. I have
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recommended and seen many Sysops join RIME and gleefully welcome the
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1,200 or so messages a day filter in through their systems. Sure,
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its not Fidonet, but you dont have to be a politician to get in.
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But I digress...
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IF Fidonet is truly trying to pull in new nodes, you folks have to
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see the big picture. BBSs are on the decline. Many are either gone
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or on the way. Then again, many have jumped onto the Internet, like
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myself, and found a niche for themself (like in my case, we host
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several websites for customers)...others have gone from large BBS to
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very successful ISP. And of course, there are some BBSs out there
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that seem lost in time, still chugging along, taking numerous ANSI
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calls a day over their modem lines. And I envy them.
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DONT make it a royal act of congress to get in. Here's a daring
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thought...how about INVITING systems to join in? Why not have other
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Sysops mention it to sysops that are not in the network? Fido has
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always struck me as an elitist click of people...you are required to
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run special software, follow huge rules and regulations, and you are
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effectively assimilated into some huge collective. I'm finding
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(thanks to the aforementioned folks) that Fido DOES have a lot to
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offer, once you wade your way through the crap. You folks need a
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facelift, and some attitudes need changing. You can grimace and
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despair and the number of systems dwindling from your network...or
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you can make a valiant effort to remdy it some, by showing folks
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that you truly want more Nodes and welcome those that have gone to
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the Internet as a means to stay connected.
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Sorry for the rant, I open it has fallen on an open mind.
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Paul J. Bussiere
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President
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CheckSix.Net | Check Six! BBS
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web http://www.checksix.net
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telnet bbs.checksix.net
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 7 14 Jun 1999
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ARTICLES
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Z1C Election Conspiracy
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* By Joe Jared 1:103/301@fidonet joejared@fidonews.webworldinc.com
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To those of you confused, this is a response to the
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participants of the super_bitch echo. As soon as a full
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archive is made available to me, I'm quite sure I will be
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sickened even more by some of our participants in the
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z1_election echo, but in the mean time some changes have
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been made to this article to complete a few thoughts, seeing
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as my tosser stole the message out from under me and sent it
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upstream before it could be completed. To continue...
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I just finished reading 80 messages in the super_bitch echo,
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and am completely discusted with the lack of maturity of you
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individuals. Anyone who has actively participated in that
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echo at the level I've seen will be cut if their post
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attacks a candidate in any way and is dated after June 12th.
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In particular:
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Ruth Argust:
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Get a life. If you think anything you do would change my
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opinion of any candidate, you need to rethink things. Even
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before reading that echo I suspected what you were up to,
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and sent notices to you. In your case, the date is June 11.
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In particular, your coordination of this effort to ruin this
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election is something that at some level should require
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punishment. Fortunately for you, this is echomail, but your
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tampering with the election is something that should be
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considered at bare minimum, annoying. My own personal
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choice of who I would want Has no bearing on this. Fair is
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fair, and what you are doing is wrong. Additionally, as
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Douglas Myers posted, I think you should consider the fact
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that a year ago, when we in region 10 were all fighting
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against a conspiracy to have you excommunicated, you in turn
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have become a conspirator.
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"Lesley-Dee" Dylan:
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Your proposed attacks of Dallas Hinton because Todd is "dead
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in the water" will result in you being treated in like
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manner.
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Other participants in the super_bitch echo:
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Guilt by association. If anyone of you participating in
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this echo berates, baits, taunts, or otherwise attacks a
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candidate, you will be cut from z1_election. As soon as my
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archives of that echo are received, I will start taking
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names out of it. If I find less than honorable
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participation you will be put on notice one time and then
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cut.
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Douglas Myers:
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FIDONEWS 16-24 Page 8 14 Jun 1999
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Thank you for your high road message. I would suggest that
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you disassociate yourself from the participants of the
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super_bitch echo, so that at bare minumum, you could get a
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fair shake at the election. What they are doing isn't fair,
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and isn't right. Then again, who knows what I find in the
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entire super_bitch archive. If you were active then, and
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ultimately chose to take the "high road", my hat's off to
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you.
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Summary:
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The participants of the super_bitch echo owe Zone 1 an
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appology. Whether or not it will ever be seen is
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questionable, but it's a debt owed. You couldn't have
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thought even in your wildest imaginations that you would get
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away with this, could you? Seriously!
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COLUMNS
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. -- -- -- -- -- ECHO TALK -- -- -- -- -- .
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| Food for thought from Fido's echomail. |
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| Purloined without permission by D Myers |
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` -- -- -- -- -- -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- '
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Overheard in the Z1_POLITICAL echo this week, David Hallford
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expresses his dissatisfaction with the Zone 1 Coordinator election.
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--------------------------------------------
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> I'm sure there will be considerable second- guessing no matter
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> what the outcome of the election, but open processes in general
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> yield satisfactory results.
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Hi Douglas,
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The tomato season is right around the corner and I will be a little
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busy so I would like to go ahead and voice my dissatisfaction now.
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Please fill in the blanks at the appropriate time.
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Thanks,
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Dave
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Jesus H. Keerist am I pissed about this election! It's obvious to
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the most dense person on the face of the earth that ______________
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should have won and it was only due to the conspirital machinations
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of ___________, __________, and _____________ that the will of the
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SysOps was denied and their candidate ______________ was installed
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as per their pre-ordained election outcome.
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The chances now of progress for Fidonet in the area of ____________
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is now non-existant. The ability to accomplish ____________ will
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never happen now.
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You know of course that ___________ is the real power behind the
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throne and that _____________ is merely a puppet figurehead.
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Their next target will be ______________ _________ _______ _________
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_________, and you know it!
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The Easter Mass
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Years ago in Ireland there was a priest who was very anti-British.
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Every Sunday he would blast them from the pulpit. He became so
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notorious that the pope himself summoned the priest to Rome for an
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audience.
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"Father," said the pope, "I want that there should be peace between
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the British and the Irish. You're not helping matters at all. I want
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you to kiss my ring and swear by the Blessed Virgin that you'll
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never so much as mention the British in public again."
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"But your grace, I - I - " the priest stammered.
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"No buts," said the pope. "Swear it here and now or I'm going to
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excommunicate you!"
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"Aye, Holy Father," sighed the father. "All right. I swear it."
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The very next Sunday just happened to be Easter. And the father was
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back at his pulpit in Ireland giving his annual Easter sermon. He
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got to the part of the Easter story where Jesus said, "And one of
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you shall betray Me."
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The father continues: "Saint Andrew jumps up and says, 'Is it I
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Lord?' and the Lord says, 'Nay, Andy darlin, it's not you. Sit down
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now and dunna worry. Eat your supper.' Then Saint John the Divine
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gets up with tears in his eyes and cries, 'Is it I Lord?' And the
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Lord says, 'Nay, Johnny me boy, it's not you. Sit down now and dunna
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fret yourself. Eat your supper.'
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"Then that dirty dog Judas Iscariot slowww-ly rises to his feet. And
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he looks the Lord right in the eye and says, 'Blimey, Mate. Ya think
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it's me?"
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COMIX IN ASCII
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^^ ^^
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Cow with * ||----||
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ceiling \ | ||
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mirror \-------/\
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(oo)
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( )
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><
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( )
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(oo)
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Future History
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24 Jul 1999
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10 Sep 1999
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10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.
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26 Oct 1999
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Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.
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31 Dec 1999
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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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21 Sep 2000
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