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F I D O N E W S Volume 17, Number 23 05 Jun 2000
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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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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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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. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
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Fidonet 2525 ............................................. 1
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2. COLUMNS .................................................. 3
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Ol'WDB: Collected "Truths" ............................... 3
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This week's Web Page ..................................... 4
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3. NET HUMOR ................................................ 7
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50 Years of Learning ..................................... 7
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4. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 10
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Famous Cows .............................................. 10
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5. INTERNET INFO ............................................ 11
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Fidonet-related sites .................................... 11
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6. FIDONEWS INFO ............................................ 15
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Masthead ................................................. 15
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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 1 5 Jun 2000
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EDITORIAL
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Fidonet 2525
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An Apocalyptic Vision
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by Doug Myers
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In the year 2525
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If Fido's still alive
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If sysops can survive
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If not, we'll contrive...
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In the days when humanity still controlled things, Fidonet was an
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attempt to bring order out of the primordial cyber-chaos before Al
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Gore created the ubiquitious internet in six days and six nights.
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But mankind never left go of old traditions, and held onto Fidonet
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even unto the seventh day.
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Even after the users departed Fidonet for the vaster Internet, the
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ancient system operators continued to poll in the old ways, so dear
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and familiar. As the system operators aged and became infirm, their
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once mighty machines continued to poll in an automated manner,
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keeping the ancient network active. Even after the mighty machines
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turned to dust, the patterns of polling which had spanned the
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Internet remained in digital memory, and the maintenance programs
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which kept the Internet in repair created routines to keep the
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ancient Fidonet operating in it's traditional fashion.
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Ironically, Fidonet 2525 exists on the vast internet in isolation,
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due mainly to the predominance of two of the early algorithms
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governing the Fidonet routine. Mightiest of these algorithms is the
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Vested Interest, formed to continue the patterns of a human named
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Vest. This algorithm established the principle that Fidonet was
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superior to the Internet because the Disturbing Influences were
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restricted from the moderated conferences. Another ancient named
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Jared designed filters to prevent spam, and the algorithm named the
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Jared Juxtiposition reinforces the Vested Interest in such a manner
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that no human has since infiltrated Fidonet to disturb the ancient
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patterns.
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Though humanity has been effectively barred from Fidonet 2525, the
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ancients who once walked the halls of Fidonet have given birth to
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the many routines which still maintain this network in the old ways.
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Amoung the more notable routines:
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The Souvestre Syndrome - This algorithm controls the distribution of
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echoes which characterize Fidonet 2525. In the beginning, echo
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distribution was influenced mightily by a different algorithm, the
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Peace Plan, which, unfortunately, only allowed for the creation of
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echoes and not their obliteration. The Souvestre Syndrome decreed
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the expunging of empty echoes to compensate for the uncontrollable
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growth possible under the Peace Plan. With humanity excluded from
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Fidonet 2525, empty echoes happen with certain regularity. To
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adjust for this situation, the Souvestre Syndrome abandons it's
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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 2 5 Jun 2000
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current backbone distribution periodically, allowing it to be run by
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some of the many conflicting routines such as the Seaborn Shuffle,
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and then forming a new backbone. The ensuing arguements ensure that
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echoes are refilled.
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The Darrell Dichotomy - Periodically decrees that all algorithms
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forming Fidonet are invalid because they weren't written by the
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original sysops who formed Fidonet. Though the decree sends
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repercussions throughout the routine, the algorithms are never
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completely dissolved because no search engine can find the remnants
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of all the original sysops.
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The Cassell Constraints - Ensures that the "Good Ol' Boys"
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collection of algorithms no longer controls Fidonet. Sets up a
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condition where these processes are periodically renamed but do the
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same ol' routines.
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The Myers Melange - Doomed to report the news in a Fidonet 2525
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where nothing ever changes, nonetheless this algorithm generates an
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unending string of conflicting opinion and limitless supply of ASCII
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cow cartoons on a regular basis.
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Can this go ten thousand years?
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Can we shed a million tears?
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For what we never knew,
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Ending in the bottom of a cyber lagoon...
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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 3 5 Jun 2000
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COLUMNS
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Ol'WDB's Column
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Collected "Truths"
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wdbonner@pacbell.net
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GREAT TRUTHS (Kids Know) ABOUT LIFE
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1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
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2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
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3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the
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second person.
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4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
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5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
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6) Reading what people write on desks can teach you a lot.
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7) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
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8) Puppies still have bad breath, even after eating a tic-tac.
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9) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
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10) School lunches stick to the wall.
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11) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
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12) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
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13) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.
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14) Never put a whole BIG spoon of peanut butter in your mouth.
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15) Don't wash dog licked, or dropped icecream cone.
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16) Lick icecream cone all over so brother wont beg a bite.
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17) Never put your pet frog in the microwave.
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18) The refrigerator is not a good place to hide.
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19) If you have to moe the lawn, don't run over doggie dodo!
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20) Always say "Please" very sweetly wnen begging...
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GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
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1) Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.
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2) There is always a lot to be thankful for, if you take the time to
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look. For example, I'm sitting here thinking how nice it is that
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wrinkles don't hurt.
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3) One reason to smile is that every seven minutes of everyday,
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someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.
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4) Car sickness is the feeling you get when the monthly payment is
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due.
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5) The best way to keep kids at home is to make a pleasant atmosphere
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and let the air out of their tires.
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6) Families are like fudge . . . mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
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7) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
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8) Laughing helps. It's like jogging on the inside.
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9) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the
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toy.
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10) My mind not only wanders; sometimes it leaves completely.
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11) If you can, remain calm, you just don't have all the facts.
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12) If your kids never come home except to eat, you are a great cook.
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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 4 5 Jun 2000
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GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD
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1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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2) Insanity is my only means of relaxation.
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3) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
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4) You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoes and
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wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
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5) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking
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chair what you once got from a roller coaster.
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6) Perhaps you know why women over fifty don't have babies: They
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would put them down somewhere and forget where they left them.
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7) One of life's mysteries is how a two pound box of candy can make a
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person gain five pounds.
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8) Every time I think about exercise, I lie down til the thought goes
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away.
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9) God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right
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now, I am so far behind, I will live forever.
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10) It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers
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to ask you the questions.
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11) I finally got my head together, and my body fell apart.
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12) There cannot be a crisis this week; my schedule is already full.
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13) Time may be a great healer, but it's also a lousy beautician.
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14) The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by
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then your body and your fat are really good friends.
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15) Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone.
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16) Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today.
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17) Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain
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consciousness.
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18) Amazing! You just hang something in your closet for a while, and
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it shrinks two sizes.
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19) It is bad to suppress laughter; it goes back down and spreads to
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your hips.
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20) Freedom of the press means no-iron clothes.
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21) Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but
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they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate
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cake.
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THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
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1) You believe in Santa Claus.
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2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
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3) You are Santa Claus.
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4) You look like Santa Claus.
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This weeks Web Page
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By Frank Vest
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This weeks page is the KloneZone Mac BBS page.
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Where? http://kz.eaze.net/
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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 5 5 Jun 2000
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What's it got?
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Well... It's a "Mac". :-)
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Seriously... Some of us tend to forget that there are computers
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other than the IBM clones and compatibles out in BBS land. This
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writer went from a Coleco Adam system direct to an IBM and on from
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there. Since I know less than nothing about the Macintosh systems,
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I'll let the page do the talking. Drop by and look this site over.
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The KloneZone Mac was established in Nov 1992 to support the users
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of Apple II, Macintosh, Newton and Power PC as well as
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MS-DOS/Windows, Unix, and other computer platforms. At the time of
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its inception, the system operated on a Macintosh II with 8 MB of
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RAM and 230 MB of disk storage.
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Networking was always a feature of the KloneZone Mac , beginning
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with Fidonet echomail and news as provided by TabbyNet software, and
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moving to Mackennel when the Fidonet load outgrew the limits of the
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Tabby software.
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About 6 years ago, the KloneZone Mac was migrated to a Power
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Macintosh 8100/80 because the original system suffered damage in an
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electrical storm, even though the power and phone lines were
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disconnected, and a pair of surge protectors were connected to the
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CPU. (The lightning strike was close enough to be felt by the
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administrator, and it scrambled other electronics as well as totally
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destroyed the admin's home theatre system receiver, a cordless
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phone, and a VCR.)
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The system storage has grown too, with 152 megabytes of RAM, several
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gigabytes of hard disk storage, and 5 CD ROMs to replace the single
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CD ROM purchased second hand along with the TeleFinder BBS software.
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TeleFinder was always used on this system because of its ease of
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installation and maintenance, as well as its ease of use to the
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systems callers.
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The KloneZone Mac currently has an array of over 600 message areas
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with local, state-wide, regional, national and international
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distribution cover technical, recreation, political, education, and
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business-related themes. Networking capabilities now in the
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TeleFinder servers and companion add-in software allow the system to
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include several hundred UseNet newsgroups, continuous Internet
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Email, TeleFinder Network (TFNet) message areas and Email, as well
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as personal web pages and 318 Fidonet message areas.
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Items of interest to virtually anyone can be found online. Access to
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networked feeds supporting Commodore-Amiga, Apple II, Macintosh,
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CP/M, DOS, Windows, OS/2, and Unix are online.
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The system is now in a rebuilding process because ALL recent files
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(programs, configuration data, user mail and web pages, system and
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personal files) were lost in a hard disk failure with no chance of
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recovery. (The most current backup was largely unreadable, but and
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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 6 5 Jun 2000
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older one was restored) The new pages reflect the administrator's
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efforts to get things back on track.
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Daniel O'Leary Admin/WebMaster KloneZone Mac BBS
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DIAL-IN: 1-817-367-2517 FIDO: Daniel_O'Leary@1:130/1015
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INET: Daniel_O'Leary@kz.eaze.net
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WEB: http://kz.eaze.net/~Daniel_O'Leary
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From the looks of the site, it doesn't matter if you're a Mac user
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or not... You just might find something there for you.
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Drop in and look around.
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Frank - flv@texoma.net
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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 7 5 Jun 2000
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NET HUMOR
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25 THINGS YOU WILL LEARN IN 50 YEARS OF LIVING
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1. The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of
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helicopters in it.
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2. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and
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compelling reason why we observe "Daylight Saving Time."
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3. People who feel the need to tell you that they have an excellent
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sense of humor are telling you that they have no sense of humor.
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4. The most valuable function performed by the federal government is
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entertainment.
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5. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely
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suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual
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baby emerging from her at that moment.
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6. A penny saved is worthless.
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7. They can hold all the peace talks they want, but there will never
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be peace in the Middle East. Billions of years from now, when
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Earth is hurtling toward the Sun and there is nothing left alive
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on the planet except a few microorganisms, the microorganisms
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living in the Middle East will be bitter enemies.
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8. The most powerful force in the universe is: gossip.
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9. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age,
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gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that,
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deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average
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drivers.
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10. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people
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to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11.
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11. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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12. People who want to share their religious views with you almost
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never want you to share yours with them.
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13. There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, a computer
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that generates concepts for television sitcoms. When TV
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executives need a new concept, they turn on this computer; after
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sorting through millions of possible plot premises, it spits
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out, "THREE QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN
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APARTMENT," and the executives turn this concept into a show.
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The next time they need an idea, the computer spits out, "SIX
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QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." Then
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the next time, it spits out, "FOUR QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG
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PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." And so on. We need to locate
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this computer and destroy it with hammers.
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14. Nobody is normal.
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15. At least once per year, some group of scientists will become
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very excited and announce that:
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- The universe is even bigger than they thought!
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- There are even more subatomic particles than they thought!
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- Whatever they announced last year about global warming is wrong.
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16. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human
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race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full
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potential, that word would be: "meetings."
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17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to
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annoy people who are not in them.
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18. The value of advertising is that it tells you the exact opposite
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of what the advertiser actually thinks. For example:
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- If the advertisement says "This is not your father's
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Oldsmobile," the advertiser is desperately concerned that this
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Oldsmobile, like all other Oldsmobiles, appeals primarily to
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old farts like your father.
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- If Coke and Pepsi spend billions of dollars to convince you
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that there are significant differences between these two
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products, both companies realize that Pepsi and Coke are
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virtually identical.
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- If an advertisement shows a group of cool, attractive
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youngsters getting excited and high-fiving each other because
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the refrigerator contains Sunny Delight,the advertiser knows
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that any real youngster who reacted in this way to this
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beverage would be considered by his peers to be the world's
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biggest dip----.
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- And so on those rare occasions when advertising dares to poke
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fun at the product-as in the classic Volkswagen Beetle
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campaign-it's because the advertiser actually thinks the
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product is pretty good. If a politician ever ran for president
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under a slogan such as "Harlan Frubert:Basically, He Wants
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Attention," I would quit my job to work for his campaign.
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19. If there really is a God who created the entire universe with
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all of its glories, and He decides to deliver a message to
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humanity, He will not use, as His messenger, a person on cable
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TV with a bad hairstyle.
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20. You should not confuse your career with your life.
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21. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a
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nice person.
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22. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too
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seriously.
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23. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one
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individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take
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command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
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24. Your friends love you anyway.
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25. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
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COMIX IN ASCII
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Famous Cows
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(___) * (__)
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(o o) \ (OO)
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/ | #-# [] | ||
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^^ ^^ Mrs. O'Leary's cow, kicking
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Orville Redencow over the lantern that started
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the Great Chicago Fire of 1885.
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INTERNET INFO
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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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Last update: April 30, 2000
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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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Echolist: http://www.baltimoremd.com/echolist/
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Echomail links: http://www.osirusoft.com/fidonet/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://www.writebynight.com/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: http://www.ouijabrd.com/region14
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Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/
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Region 15: <vacant>
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Region 16: <vacant>
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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://bise.tzo.com/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 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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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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http://Welcome.to/skynetbbs/
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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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! Net422: http://www.fido.sk (Slovak/English)
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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 5028: http://5028.yaroslavl.ru/
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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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|
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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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|
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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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FIDONEWS 17-23 Page 13 5 Jun 2000
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|
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after processing, or a "MinuteMail System", as it were.
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|
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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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| | |latency|
|
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-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
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Zone 1 | | | |
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10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c
|
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10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | 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 | 384k,!| 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, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr
|
||
106/1 @ Matt Bedynek | BinkP, FTP | 128k | n/c
|
||
106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c
|
||
107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
|
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140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16
|
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167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
|
||
211/417 @ Korombos | BinkP,UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
|
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218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE | 33.6k | n/c
|
||
244/2 | Kari Suomela | FTP,VMoT,BinkP,UUE| T1,! | $25.00/mo
|
||
246/160 @ Mason Vye | FTP, UUE | 56K | n/c
|
||
271/140 @ Tom Barstow | UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
|
||
280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
|
||
342/3 @ Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c
|
||
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | 128k | n/c
|
||
396/1 @ John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1,10 | $5/mo
|
||
396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
|
||
2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
|
||
2613/404 @ David Moufarrege | BinkP,FTP,VMoT | 128k+,!| n/c
|
||
2624/306 @ David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
3613/2 @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE | 28.8 | n/c
|
||
3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
|
||
3639/93 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c
|
||
3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
Zone 2 |
|
||
20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c
|
||
203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
221/360 @ Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c
|
||
236/205 @ Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
284/800 @ Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE | 64k |N/C
|
||
292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | N/C
|
||
292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
|
||
301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c
|
||
332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
335/535 @ Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c
|
||
335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
|
||
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|
||
|
||
|
||
344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
|
||
382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c
|
||
464/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | 19.2 | n/c
|
||
465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c
|
||
469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
|
||
480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c
|
||
2411/413 @ Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c
|
||
2446/301 | Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c
|
||
2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
|
||
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.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted)
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to
|
||
Joe Jared, 1:103/301, joejared@osirusoft.com. All email addresses
|
||
here for purpose of corresponding with fidonet members about
|
||
obtaining a feed. Improper use of the virtual email addresses, and
|
||
most especially, email addressed to blockme@relays.osirusoft.com
|
||
will be considered a request to be blocked by my open relay spam
|
||
stopper at http://relays.osirusoft.com
|
||
|
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|
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| Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720, DougM@paonline.com |
|
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| Webmaster: Jim Barchuk, jb@fidonews.org |
|
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| Columnist: Joe Jared, 1:103/0, jarhead@osirusoft.com |
|
||
| (Fido Via Internet Hubs column) |
|
||
| Columnist: Warren D. Bonner, 1:103/401, wdbonner@pacbell.net |
|
||
| (Warren uses the pen name "Ol'WDB") |
|
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| Humor: Roy Reed, rcreedv@juno.com |
|
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| Features: Frank Vest, 1:124/6308.1 |
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|
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|
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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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|
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|
||
to send their articles in ASCII text to Douglas Myers at one of his
|
||
addresses above.
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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