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F I D O N E W S Volume 16, Number 52 27 Dec 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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| _ | 1-717-732-6820 1:270/720 |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720 |
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| | (*) | \ )) | DougM@paonline.com |
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| (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. |
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| | -- JOSEPH PULITZER |
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Table of Contents
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1. HEADLINES ................................................ 1
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Not in this issue ........................................ 1
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2. EDITORIAL ................................................ 2
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Internationally Challenged ............................... 2
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3. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .................................... 3
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New Zone 3 Coordinator ................................... 3
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4. ARTICLES ................................................. 4
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A Y2K nodelist ........................................... 4
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ECHO TALK - U.S. Chauvanist .............................. 5
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5. COLUMNS .................................................. 7
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Old Grandfather's Table .................................. 7
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Fidonet-related sites .................................... 8
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6. COORDINATORS CORNER ...................................... 12
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The figures ... on a plate ............................... 12
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7. NET HUMOR ................................................ 14
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The Night Before Y2K ..................................... 14
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The Y2K Song ............................................. 16
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8. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 17
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O! TannenCow! ............................................ 17
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9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 18
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Masthead ................................................. 18
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 1 27 Dec 1999
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HEADLINES
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Not in this issue
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You can check out the Table of Contents to see what's in this
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issue... but there are some important stories which didn't make this
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issue. Maybe next millenium...
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Lesley-Dee Dylan, Fido's reigning Super-bitch, is preparing yet
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another article exposing past corruption and wrong-doing in her
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region. Though she sent me a preview, she wants to research her
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facts and get them right. "It takes a lot of homework for a good
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bitch," she tells me.
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I was going to report that Jackson Harding, the down Zone 3
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Coordinator, had yet to be replaced. However, netmail received this
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week (in this issue) informs me otherwise :)
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The word from Zone 2 is that Ward Dossche has offered his
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resignation as Z2C so that a new election may be held. Ward is
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expected to run again. Details and times are not known here yet.
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Speaking of Ward - his article this week arrived here in plenty of
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time for publication last week. When I saved it from my email to my
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Fidonews directory, however, I lost the article. That makes it the
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first ever I've lost (and hopefully the last). My apologies to
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Ward, and my thanks for his backup copy.
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 2 27 Dec 1999
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EDITORIAL
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Internationally Challenged
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Doug Myers
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My apologies to those whose expectations I seem to have disappointed
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with last week's editorial. Some feel that it's best if I put any
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trace of nationalism aside when striving to write for the
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international community. This was most eloquently expressed by
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Rachael Veraa (of my own country), whose argument is featured in
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the Echotalk article in this issue.
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It's certainly true that I've been trying to encourage greater
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international participation in Fidonews (as well as participation in
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general), so I guess I'm striving to write for an international
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community. The question is: what's the best way to go about it?
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Should I proclaim "I'm the Editor of Fidonews and I'll try to write
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what you want to hear?" Should I then avoid talking about American
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hot dogs because they offend some in the world? Should I avoid
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mentioning American baseball because soccer is more accepted
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internationally?
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Or should I proclaim "I'm the Editor of Fidonews and I'd like to
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print what you want to write about?" May I then listen intently as
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Andrei Besedin from Kiev describes how Fido prospers in the Ukraine,
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or as Ward Dossche comments on the view from Zone 2? May I chuckle
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as Alexander Dovnar and David Pratt from Zone 2 share some Y2K
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humor?
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My choice is the latter. The folks I actually correspond with in
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the international community don't seem especially put off by a
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little friendly nationalism. In fact, they unabashedly display it
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themselves, and talk about it. It flavors the conversation
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agreeably and, in my opinion, brings about a true internationalism
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which is only possible by understanding.
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 3 27 Dec 1999
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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* Forwarded (from: ZONE3_SYSOP) by Steve Asher (3:804/432)
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* Originally from Stephen Gibbs (3:690/682) to All.
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* Original dated: Sat Dec 18, 00:09
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Hello All,
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Malcolm Miles has been elected as the new Z3C by a clear majority of
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the Regional Coordinators.
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Congratulations Malcolm and good luck.
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Cheers,
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Stephen
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 4 27 Dec 1999
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ARTICLES
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A Y2K nodelist, by Carol Shenkenberger
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With Y2K looming upon us all, I'd like to take a moment to show one
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technical fix that many need to apply. See, the nodelist is
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generated by a program and that program may need some assistance.
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Most today generate the nodelist segments with a program called
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Makenl. There is a date schema problem in the PKT file created by
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Makenl. This isnt the end of the world though. There is a fix file
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for it.
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Below is a sample makenl control file, simplest type:
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----------makenl.ctl--------
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c:
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cd \makenl
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makenl
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mnfix c:\makenl\makenl.ctl log:c:\makenl\r13.log
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; Make Nodelist Control File For makenl.exe
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; NC275 - Mark Hoover
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; ------------------------------------------------
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;
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make network 275
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outfile net275
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submit 1:13/0
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netaddress 1:275/0
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messages c:\fd\mail
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BAUDRATE 300,1200,2400,4800,9600,14400,16800,19200,28800,33600
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files
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Net 275 275SEG
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-----------------end makenl.ctl-----
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Now, this assumes one has the data for net275 in a file called
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275SEG.
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To process it, 'Makenl /P' and off it flies. It makes a netmail
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attach in your mailer and that attachment, needs a little help.
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The fix? MNFIX02.ZIP. Place this in your main makenl directory and
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unpack it. Then, make a bat file like this:
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----upd_275.bat----
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c:
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cd \makenl
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makenl /p
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mnfix c:\makenl\makenl.ctl log:c:\makenl\mknl275.log
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-----end upd_275.bat----
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 5 27 Dec 1999
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Now, shift to use the batch file to process your nodelist. All is
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well!
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If you dont find MNFIX02.ZIP locally, it is available for FREQ from
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1:275/100. Author of MNFIX is Colin Birch, 2:442/618 (bless you
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Colin!)
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Editor's Note: MNFIX02.ZIP is included in this week's Fidonews
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archive, FNEWSG52.ZIP.
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Author's Note: Carol writes that the control files above apply to
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MAKDNL version 2.51 and not necessarily earlier versions.
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Specifically, earlier versions will not support the baud rates
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allowed by version 2.51.
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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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The FIDONEWS echo provides readers with an opportunity to interact
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with the Fidonews staff. In this excerpt, Rachael Veraa eloquently
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takes me to task for US Chauvanism displayed in my last editorial.
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DM> if you don't mind, I'll still honer the icons. There's no
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DM> greater pastime than a major league baseball game, no more
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DM> perfect meal than a hot dog topped off by a piece of Mom's
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DM> apple pie, no vehicle that can outperform the ol' 57 Chevy
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DM> (once it's properly tuned, of course), and no greater hero than
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DM> the American fighting man who has risked his life that the rest
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DM> of us can take our freedom for granted.
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RV> Doug, I think you've missed the point entirely. This would be a
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RV> lovely sentiment in a publication called "FIDONEWS, The
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RV> newsletter of the FidoNet community in the United States." But
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RV> this isn't that publication; it's "FIDONEWS, The newsletter of
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RV> the FidoNet community EVERYWHERE." And there are lots of places
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RV> in the world where US chauvinism like this is quite uncomfortable
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RV> -- as well as places where these sentiments are downright
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RV> offensive. Iraqui families, Serbian families in Kosovo, North
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RV> Korean and Vietnamese families who lost loved ones to those
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RV> soldiers you praise have a different view. Baseball is honored in
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RV> the Americas and Japan; in the rest of the world it's an
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RV> incomprehensible eccentricity. To my mother's relatives in
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RV> France, the hot dog is an abomination. In most
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RV> autmobile-producing countries, the '57 Chevy is an oversized
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RV> overpowered low-tech gas guzzler. Even our closest allies, the
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RV> Canadians, are often uncomfortable with chest-beating
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RV> declarations of US superiority (though they're too polite to
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 6 27 Dec 1999
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RV> complain about it). This is an _international_ publication. It
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RV> should eschew nationalism and enthnocentrism. It should speak
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RV> for _all_ of FidoNet.
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Before respectfully disagreeing with some of this, I should qualify
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myself. I've only been to two or three major league baseball games
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in my life (I'm not in a city where there's a team, so I have to
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travel). Hot Dogs are okay, but I prefer hamburgers. I don't
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recall my Mom ever making apple pie, though I sampled Mrs. Smith's
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wares at $.15 a piece when I was younger. I never owned a 57
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Chevy, and I wouldn't have joined the US Army back in the sixties
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if they weren't going to draft my rear end anyway. Nonetheless,
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I'm a product of the culture which adopted the icons, and I'm proud
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of that culture.
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I don't think I should be presenting myself differently if Fidonews
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is an international newsletter than if it's a US newsletter. I'm
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still the same person in either circumstance, so to act differently
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would be hypocrisy.
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Nor do I think it's fair that you criticize my pride in my culture
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as a form of chauvinism. As that term is popularly used today,
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chauvinism implies that I think that other cultures are inferior.
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Just because I enjoy an American Mulligan Stew doesn't mean I can't
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enjoy a Chinese Chopped Suey, does it? Come to think of it,
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Mulligan Stew sounds Irish, and I'm told that Chopped Suey is a
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creation of America...
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When you warn me to suppress the things of my culture which have
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affected me, I feel you are urging the path of "policical
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correctness" rather than a path of international understanding.
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If I hide these things of which I am a product, and influence
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others to do the same, then they'll never be discussed so that
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understanding is possible. How, then, does one become this person
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who speaks for all of Fidonet which you wish in charge here?
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In the immortal words of another spinach-toting American icon, "I
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y'am what I y'am..."
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 7 27 Dec 1999
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COLUMNS
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Old Grandfather's Table
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Thanks to Ol'WDB
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A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and
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four-year-old grandson. The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight
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was blurred, and his step faltered.
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The family ate together at the table. But, the elderly
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grandfather's shaky hands and failing sight made eating difficult.
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Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he grasped the
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glass, milk spilled on the tablecloth.
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The son and daughter-in-law became irritated with the mess. "We
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must do something about Grandfather," said the son. "I've had
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enough of the spilled milk, noisy eating and food on the floor."
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So, the husband and wife set a small table in the corner. There
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Grandfather ate alone, while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner.
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Since, Grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in
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a wooden bowl.
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When the family glanced in Grandfather's direction, sometimes he had
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a tear in his eye, as he sat alone. Still, the only words the
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couple had for him were sharp admonitions, when he dropped a fork or
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spilled food.
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The four-year-old watched it all in silence.
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One evening, before supper, the father noticed his son playing with
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wood scraps on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, "What are you
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making?"
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Just as sweetly, the boy responded, "Oh, I am making a little bowl
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for Papa and Mama to eat their food in when I growup." The
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four-year-old smiled and went back to work.
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The words so struck the parents that they were speechless. Then
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tears started to stream down their cheeks. Though, no word was
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spoken, both knew what must be done.
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That evening, the husband took Grandfather's hand and gently led him
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back to the family table. For the remainder of his days, he ate
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every meal with the family. And, for some reason, neither husband
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nor wife seemed to care any longer when a fork was dropped, milk
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spilled or the tablecloth soiled.
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Children are remarkably perceptive. Their eyes ever observe, their
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ears ever listen, and their minds ever process the messages they
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absorb. If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere
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for family members, they will imitate that attitude for the rest of
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their lives. The wise parent realizes that every day the building
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blocks are being laid for the child's future.
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 8 27 Dec 1999
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Let's be wise builders.
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! = New entries this week
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? = not responding
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?? = unknown content, doesn't look like fidonet
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. -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- .
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| FIDONET-RELATED SITES |
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` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- '
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Last update: Dec 26, 1999
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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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ftp://ftp.nwstar.com/fidonet/fidonews/
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
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!Echomail links: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidoip.html
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SDS Files: http://fidobbs.dk/download (Web Access to SDS)
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FTSC page: http://www.ftsc.org/
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General: http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html
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List server:
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http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fidonet-discussion
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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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http://www.tnl-online.com/andy/rgn10.htm
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Net 103: http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/
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Net 203: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/8687/net203index.html
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Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
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Net 2410: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/net2410/
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Region 12: http://sparkys.dyndns.org
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Region 13: http://www.net264.org/r13.htm
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Net 264: http://www.net264.org/
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Net 275: http://www.homershut.net/~mahoover/net275/
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Region 14:
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Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
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Region 17: http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/
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Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/
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Region 19: http://members.home.net/hbh3/r19
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Net 124: http://www.startext.net/np/net124
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http://texoma.net/~flv
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Net 130: http://www.startext.net/homes/net130
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Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/
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Zone 1 Elist http://members.xoom.com/echolist/
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/zone2 (Z2 nodelists etc.)
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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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 (German)
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Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German)
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 9 27 Dec 1999
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Region 25: http://www.literary.freeserve.co.uk/net2502/
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Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie
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REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
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Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm
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Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French)
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Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (German)
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? Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)
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Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish)
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REC34: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4552/
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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 (Greek/English)
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Region 42: http://www.fido.cz
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Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian)
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Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian)
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Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian)
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Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English)
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Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian)
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?? Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian)
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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
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Zone 4:
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Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese)
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Region 90:
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Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)
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Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/
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Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
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Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html
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(Chinese)
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
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See also: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidoip.html
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a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email
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address. The email is translated as follows
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firstlast@osirusoft.com will automatically route to the
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appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will
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also receive routed notice of this feature. In my case, it
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would still be joejared@osirusoft.com, but you get the idea.
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Also, as information is provided to me, I will be adding a
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latency field to each node, which is defined as the maximum
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time between when the message is received, and when it is
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sent on to other nodes, or available to be sent onward,
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defined in minutes. A latency of ! implies that there is an
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immediate response, and an attempt to deliver immediately
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after processing, or a "MinuteMail System", as it were.
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v-email flag firstnamelastname@osirusoft.com
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| email address or
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Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 10 27 Dec 1999
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| | |latency|
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-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
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Zone 1 | | | |
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10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| $??/$10
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10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP | T1,! | n/c
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12/12 @ Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo.
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13/25 @ Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo.
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103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | 384k,!| n/c
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103/153 @ Michael Box | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
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103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP | aDSL,!| n/c
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103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
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105/8 | Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c
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105/72 @ Larry James | FTP | aDSL | $5/$15 mo
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106/1 @ Matt Bedynek | BinkP, FTP | DS-3,5| $5/$15 mo
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106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c
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107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
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140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP | T3,30 | $5/$16
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167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
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211/417 @ Korombos | BinkP,UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
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218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE | 33.6k | n/c
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244/2 | Kari Suomela | FTP,VMoT,BinkP,UUE| T1,! | $25.00/mo
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246/160 @ Mason Vye | FTP, UUE | 56K | n/c
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271/140 @ Tom Barstow | UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
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280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
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342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c
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395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | 128k | n/c
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396/1 @ John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1,10 | $5/mo
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396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
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2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
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2613/404 @ David Moufarrege | BinkP,FTP,VMoT | 128k+,!| n/c
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2624/306 @ David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
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3613/2 @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE | 28.8 | n/c
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3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
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3639/93 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c
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3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
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Zone 2 |
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20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c
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203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
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221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c
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236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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284/800 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
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292/626 | Filip Ruymen | Binkp, UUE | 128K+ | n/c
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292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
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301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c
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332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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335/535 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c
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335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
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344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
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346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
|
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382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
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406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
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406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
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423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 11 27 Dec 1999
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|
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|
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464/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | 19.2 | n/c
|
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465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c
|
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469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
|
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480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c
|
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2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c
|
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2446/301 | Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c
|
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2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
|
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5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Zone 3
|
||
633/260 @ Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c
|
||
640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
|
||
774/605 @ Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
|
||
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Zone 4
|
||
905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | n/c
|
||
902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
|
||
* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
|
||
* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
|
||
* BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------
|
||
Fidonet oriented news servers
|
||
|
||
news.osirusoft.com
|
||
news.tardis.net
|
||
|
||
Fidonet oriented chat rooms.
|
||
|
||
room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays
|
||
irc.isonline.com
|
||
irc.killaz-r-us.com
|
||
irc.korombos.org
|
||
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to
|
||
Joe Jared, 1:103/301, joejared@osirusoft.com, and
|
||
complaints to jarhead@osirusoft.com .
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 12 27 Dec 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COORDINATORS CORNER
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
The figures ... on a plate ...
|
||
|
||
By Ward Dossche
|
||
2:292/854
|
||
|
||
Dear Editor,
|
||
|
||
Just read a recent editorial and I got the writing-itch. I'll quickly
|
||
entrust the ideas to paper before I get the writing-cramp.
|
||
|
||
> What's happening on the backbones after George Peace announced that
|
||
> he'll be shutting down? I'm getting mixed signals, myself.
|
||
|
||
Boy, are you right ...
|
||
|
||
Apart from the loss that the departure of George means it equally
|
||
showed that there is a sparkle of the old Fidonet alive.
|
||
|
||
"Whattayamean?" I hear you asking ...
|
||
|
||
Well, within 24/48 hours of the news about George's departure hitting
|
||
the wires I started getting all kinds of unsollicited offers to com-
|
||
mercially pick-up mail elsewhere.
|
||
|
||
It made me feel alright about Fidonet that the vulture-approach is
|
||
still very much alive. George isn't gone yet and some people are
|
||
already picking the skeleton ...
|
||
|
||
> What's it going to be for the new Millennium? Are the 'bones going
|
||
> to settle down to the business of moving mail, or are we going to
|
||
> see more of the pointless bickering punctuated by power plays? This
|
||
> editor finds prognostication very difficult... especially now that
|
||
> the future is getting involved.
|
||
|
||
Interesting subject too ... lemme see ...
|
||
|
||
"Moving mail" is one thing ... "where to" is another.
|
||
|
||
I don't know if the weekly statistics about nodelist-evolution reaches
|
||
many people but I may have to start publishing it again. Here are
|
||
today's (Dec.17) figures anyway ...
|
||
|
||
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
|
||
!Zone/Jul!Ndl-323!Nodel.-330!Nodel.-337!Nodel.-344!Nodel.-351!%%!
|
||
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
|
||
! 1/351 ! 2359 ! 2359 0! 2359 0! 2302 -57! 2280 -22!15!
|
||
! 2/351 ! 12038 !12057 19!12078 21!12019 -59!12002 -17!77!
|
||
! 3/344 ! 208 ! 206 -2! 206 0! 197 -9! 197 0! 1!
|
||
! 4/351 ! 213 ! 215 2! 215 0! 215 0! 208 -7! 1!
|
||
! 5/344 ! 53 ! 53 0! 53 0! 53 0! 53 0! 0!
|
||
! 6/225 ! 916 ! 916 0! 916 0! 916 0! 916 0! 6!
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 13 27 Dec 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+--+
|
||
! 15787 !15806 19!15827 21!15702 -125!15656 -46!
|
||
+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|
||
|
||
.... so people can generate their own thoughts.
|
||
|
||
What these figures don't tell us for example is that Russia (R50) with
|
||
its 5427 is about 2.5 times as large as zone-1 ... and growing too ...
|
||
|
||
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|
||
!Reg./Jul!Ndl-323!Nodel.-330!Nodel.-337!Nodel.-344!Nodel.-351!
|
||
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|
||
! 50/351 ! 5354 ! 5387 +33! 5387 0! 5397 +10! 5427 +30!
|
||
+--------+-------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|
||
|
||
It also means that the true decline in zone-2, ex.R50, is steeper than
|
||
shown by the figures.
|
||
|
||
My intention is not to spark a doomsday-discussion about Fidonet
|
||
but its participants need to realise that until something dramatical-
|
||
ly new happens, any politicking and power-games about backbones is a
|
||
rather silly concept for continuation.
|
||
|
||
Ward
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 14 27 Dec 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
NET HUMOR
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
The Night Before Y2K
|
||
Thanks to Alexander Dovnar
|
||
2:450/154.3
|
||
|
||
|
||
'Twas the night before Y2K,
|
||
And all through the nation
|
||
We awaited The Bug,
|
||
The Millennium sensation.
|
||
|
||
The chips were replaced
|
||
In computers with care,
|
||
In hopes that ol' Bugsy
|
||
Wouldn't stop there.
|
||
|
||
While some folks could think
|
||
They were snug in their beds
|
||
Others had visions
|
||
Of dread in their heads.
|
||
|
||
And Ma with her PC,
|
||
And I with my Mac
|
||
Had just logged on the Net
|
||
And kicked back with a snack.
|
||
|
||
When over the server,
|
||
There arose such a clatter
|
||
I called Mister Gates
|
||
To see what was the matter.
|
||
|
||
But he was away,
|
||
So I flew like a flash
|
||
Off to my bank
|
||
To withdraw all my cash.
|
||
|
||
When what with my wandering eyes
|
||
Should I see?
|
||
My good old Mac
|
||
Looked sick to me.
|
||
|
||
The hack of all hackers
|
||
Was looking so smug,
|
||
I knew that it must be
|
||
The Y2K Bug!
|
||
|
||
His image downloaded
|
||
In no time at all,
|
||
He whistled and shouted,
|
||
Let all systems fall!
|
||
|
||
Go Intel! Go Gateway!
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 15 27 Dec 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
Now HP! Big Blue!
|
||
Everything Compaq,
|
||
And Pentium too!
|
||
|
||
All processors big,
|
||
All processors small,
|
||
Crash away! Crash away!
|
||
Crash away all!
|
||
|
||
As I drew in my breath
|
||
And was turning around,
|
||
Out through the modem,
|
||
He came with a bound.
|
||
|
||
He was covered with fur,
|
||
And slung on his back
|
||
Was a sack full of virus's,
|
||
Set for attack.
|
||
|
||
His eyes-how they twinkled!
|
||
His dimples-how merry!
|
||
As midnight approached, though
|
||
Things soon became scary.
|
||
|
||
He was chubby and plump,
|
||
Perpetually grinning,
|
||
And I laughed when I saw him
|
||
Though my hard drive stopped spinning.
|
||
|
||
A wink of his eye,
|
||
And a twist of his head,
|
||
Soon gave me to know
|
||
A new feeling of dread.
|
||
|
||
He spoke not a word,
|
||
But went straight to his work,
|
||
He changed all the clocks,
|
||
Then turned with a jerk.
|
||
|
||
With a twitch of his nose,
|
||
And a quick little wink,
|
||
All things electronic
|
||
Soon went on the blink.
|
||
|
||
He zoomed from my system,
|
||
To the next folks on line,
|
||
He caused such a disruption,
|
||
Could this be a sign?
|
||
|
||
Then I heard him exclaim,
|
||
With a loud, hearty cry,
|
||
Happy Y2K to all,
|
||
Kiss your PC's goodbye!!!!!
|
||
|
||
|
||
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 16 27 Dec 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
The Y2K Song
|
||
Thanks to David Pratt
|
||
2:250/355
|
||
|
||
(with apologies to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town")
|
||
|
||
You better watch out,
|
||
The lights might go out,
|
||
The TV shuts off,
|
||
Then everyone shouts
|
||
Y2K is coming to town
|
||
|
||
They say that we'll be
|
||
Safe as can be
|
||
But don't drink the water, naturally
|
||
Y2K is coming to town
|
||
|
||
If everyone is ready
|
||
Why do we hold our breath
|
||
They're telling us to hoard water
|
||
And it's scaring folks to death!
|
||
|
||
So you'd better prepare
|
||
Your grab-and-go kit
|
||
If everything fails guys
|
||
Looks like we're it
|
||
|
||
Get those batteries charged!
|
||
Y2K is looming!
|
||
SysOps are ready for Y2K!
|
||
|
||
--Kim Paquette, N8YWX
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
||
FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 17 27 Dec 1999
|
||
|
||
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
COMIX IN ASCII
|
||
=================================================================
|
||
|
||
|
||
/\
|
||
/ O\ O! TannenCow!
|
||
/ , \ O! TannenCow!
|
||
/ O \
|
||
-/ , \-
|
||
/ O \
|
||
/, , \
|
||
/ O O \
|
||
-/ , \-
|
||
/ O , \
|
||
/ , O ,\ (__)
|
||
/ O , O \ (oo)
|
||
/ O \-\/
|
||
------------------||
|
||
||/ ||----||
|
||
|| ~~ ~~
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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FIDONEWS 16-52 Page 18 27 Dec 1999
|
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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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| (Fido Via Internet Hubs column) |
|
||
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|
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| (Warren uses the pen name "Ol'WDB") |
|
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|
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|
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Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of Fidonet.
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addresses above.
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