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F I D O N E W S -- | Vol. 8 No. 51 (23 December 1991)
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The newsletter of the |
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FidoNet BBS community | Published by:
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/ \ | "FidoNews" BBS
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/|oo \ | (415)-863-2739
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(_| /_) | FidoNet 1:1/1
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_`@/_ \ _ | Internet:
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| | \ \\ | fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
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| (*) | \ )) |
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|__U__| / \// | Editors:
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_//|| _\ / | Tom Jennings
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(_/(_|(____/ | Tim Pozar
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(jm) |
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Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
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amateur network. Copyright 1991, Fido Software. All rights reserved.
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Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
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only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews.
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Paper price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5.00US
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Electronic Price: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . free!
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For more information about FidoNews refer to the end of this file.
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Table of Contents
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1. EDITORIAL ..................................................... 1
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Editorial: Brought to you by .................................. 1
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2. ARTICLES ...................................................... 2
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Opposing the Telecommunications Act of 1991 ................... 2
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Power, Wealth, and Liberation ................................. 4
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(no title, ARTSPEC.DOC please...) ............................. 5
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Unbelievable power for Users! ................................. 7
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The Brigadoon Village Network ................................. 8
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Some Dogs Need to be Housebroken .............................. 9
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Play-By-Mail Echo Starting Up! ................................ 10
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NOTICE: HERBAL ECHO NOW AVAILABLE! ........................... 10
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NEW HAM RADIO INTRUDER WATCH ECHO ............................. 11
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3. LATEST VERSIONS ............................................... 13
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Latest Greatest Software Versions ............................. 13
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4. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .......................................... 19
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 1 23 Dec 1991
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EDITORIAL
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Editorial: Brought to you by...
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by Tom Jennings (1:1/1)
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Some weeks it's thin, some it's not. An un-thin week. We seem to have
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a contentious thread heading down a far too familiar path (which will
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remind me to complete this week the changes I proposed for ARTSPEC.DOC
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this past summer, dealing with "controversial articles"...)
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Speaking of ARTSPEC.DOC -- *NOT ONE SINGLE ARTICLE* this issue was in
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anything close to correct format. Problems: missing titles; on was
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ZIPped; IBM character set; .TXT filename; not CR/LF line terminated;
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too-long lines; funny formatting.
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Lucky for you I'm not a stickler for rules, and I'm generous with my
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time.
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With the ARTSPEC.DOC revision (considerably shorter) I'll be running a
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condensed (< 20 lines) version every FidoNews. Maybe that will help.
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Maybe I should bill the authors for my time.
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The bulk of this issue is devoted to two articles relating to U.S.
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telecomm. law, and obviously does pertain to FidoNet. This might be a
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good time however to remind authors and potential authors that "your
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own zone" is not the whole enchilada, and even Zone 1 is only 64% of
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the nodelist.
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While the nitty details of U.S. law probably aren't of much interest
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to non-U.S. FidoNet members (well, maybe Canadians & Mexicans cuz they
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so often get splashed by what misses the pot excuuuuse the imagery), a
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brief synopsis or background info for non-US-ers would go along way to
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explaining the context not only to our neighbors, but domestic readers
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as well; the sense of perspective never hurts. I frequently forget
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when writing detailed techy stuff that not everyone shares my detailed
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point of view, and in fact, that's exactly who I want to read it!
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I don't want this to sound like sideways criticism of two excellent
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articles cuz it's not. On with the news...
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ARTICLES
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Opposing the Telecommunications Act of 1991
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by Kaleb Axon
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1:280/77 @fidonet
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*
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* This is important reading for everyone. I strongly encourage
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* each sysop reading this article to make it available for your
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* users to read and/or download.
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*
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This article is concerning a bill brought before the Congress of
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the United States. People outside the United States need not be
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concerned about this bill... unless, of course, American politics
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interest you. :-)
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WHAT'S THE STORY?
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On October 8, 1991, a bill was brought before Congress which, if
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passed, will prevent the Bell companies and other local phone
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service carriers from monopolizing the information services.
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This is a well-intentioned bill, and it has potential. However,
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it was apparently written by ill-informed lawmakers. It does not
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address the needs of BBSs. Whoever wrote this bill apparently
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didn't even know that we exist, or else simply doesn't even begin
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to understand the issues.
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If this bill is passed in its present form, the Bell companies
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will be free to charge BBSs whatever rates they see fit.
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HOW CAN THEY GET AWAY WITH THIS?
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Section 201A(b)(1) of this bill's proposed ammendment to the
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Communications Act of 1934 states that...
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"Each local exchange carrier [ that is, local telephone
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service provider ] shall provide interconnection, on a
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reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis, to common carriers and
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 3 23 Dec 1991
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other providers of telecommunications services and information
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services who request it."
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The phrase "on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis" is very
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vague. The word "reasonable" can mean a lot of things. What is
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clear is the word "nondiscriminatory." This means two things:
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1. The phone company cannot charge a competing information
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service a higher rate than it charges its own information
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service subsidiary. This is good.
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2. The phone company cannot charge different rates to
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different information services. Since a BBS is an
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information service, it must be charged the same rates as a
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for-profit service. This is not good.
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Section 201A(e) of this bill's proposed ammendment to the
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Communications Act of 1934 states that...
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"A local exchange carrier shall prepare and file tariffs in
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accordance with this Act with respect to the interconnection
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and network access services required under this section. The
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costs that a local exchange carrier incurs in providing such
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services shall be borne solely by the users of the features
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and functions comprising such services."
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What this basically means is that the phone company may add a
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surcharge onto the standard phone rate, to cover whatever costs
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it can dream up. Our government's regulatory commissions do not
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have a good track record as far as verifying the validity of such
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costs. Remember that we are already placed in the position of
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having to pay business rates by the "nondiscriminatory" clause.
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This section places on us the added burden of what would
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effectively be modem surcharges.
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WHAT CAN WE DO?
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Write to your congressmen! Let them know that you are opposed to
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this bill in its present form. Let them know that if a section
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is added which guarantees that free BBSs will only be charged
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residential rates, then and only then you will support the bill.
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Be sure to tell your congressmen that the bill you are opposing
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is House bill HR 3515. The following points should also be
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brought up in your letter:
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1. BBSs are not-for-profit.
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2. BBSs are not typically used as heavily as larger,
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 4 23 Dec 1991
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for-profit information services.
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3. BBS operators do not typically charge money for use of the
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system.
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4. The section of the proposed bill which concerns us is
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(quote this exactly):
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section 201A(e) of this bill's proposed ammendment to
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the Communications Act of 1934
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5. In the state of Texas, Southwester Bell Telephone
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attempted to charge business rates to all BBSs, and the
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Texas Public Utilities Commission unanimously agreed that
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this was unfair. In your letter, refer to Texas PUC
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docket 8387, Reginald A. Hirsch, et. al. vs Southwestern
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Bell Telephone Company.
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ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
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The following related files may be requested from
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1:280/77 @fidonet:
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HR-3515.ZIP Text of House bill HR 3515, and an article
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concerning its contents. This is not the
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article by James Bryant, but a brief summary
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of this article.
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TX-8387.ZIP A brief announcement of the decision in last
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year's Texas case, and a portion of the text of
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that decision.
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3515-LTR.ZIP A sample letter to be sent to your congressmen
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concerning HR 3515. Please do not copy this
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letter exactly; letter-writing campaigns are
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more effective if every letter is different,
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since that shows that you are concerned enough
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about the issue to take the time.
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Power, Wealth, and Liberation
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by John Baltzer (1:100/355)
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Southwestern Bell Telephone's attempt to impose business rates on BBSs
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operating from people's homes and the RBOCs' interest in selling
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information services is no coincidence! The roots of this issue go
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far deeper than the desire to eliminate competition for information
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consumers' dollars.
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 5 23 Dec 1991
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What is happening is a fundamental conflict between an old structure
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of power centralized in the hands of the few (SWBT, MO PSC, and so on)
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with an emerging, new structure of power (knowledge) decentralized and
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distributed throughout the whole. There is a major transformation
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taking place in our society, and the old power brokers don't want to
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let go of their privileges.
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To control the flow of information is to control people's minds. To
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liberate the flow of information is to liberate people's minds. The
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latter is the path to true wealth.
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The Greater Kansas City Sysops Association is currently mobilizing a
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campaign to block SWBT's proposed change in tariff. The GKCSA
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campaign is needed to deal with the immediate threat to hobbyist BBSs.
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Perhaps an additional, more radical, effort is needed to deal with
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the roots of the issue.
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A special supplement with the Dec. 2 issue of Telephony contains a
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number of articles on the topic "Building the Infrastructure". One
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article states that a number of the Bells have issued requests for
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proposals for fiber in the local loop. BellSouth is studying responses
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to its RFP, and hopes to pick vendors this year. Bell Atlantic is
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looking at the first half of next year for vendor contracts.
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Who is going to pay for these upgrades to the network? We, the
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ratepayers, will. Not only will we pay for the upgrades, we'll also
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be paying for the fatcat salaries of management (who make decisions
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about changing tariffs on BBSs), and for the profit that goes into
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the pockets of the stockholders.
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Southwestern Bell's 1990 Annual Report states that total stockholder
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equity is $8.5 billion. With a net income of $1.1 billion, in less
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than 8 years we, the ratepayers, will have given the stockholders
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more than they put into it.
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It does not make sense to me that we continue in this fashion. I
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would like to see the users design the network, and make the pledges
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and payments to the vendors and the craftspeople to cover the costs of
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implementing a public, multi-media, fiber optic network.
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Bills have been introduced in Congress calling for ubiquitous
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broadband telecommunications capabilities by the year 2015. If we
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put our minds to it, we could have it in place through direct citizen
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action by the year 2000.
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Scott Burkett, Sysop
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The RoadKill Cafe BBS
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1:3613/10
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 6 23 Dec 1991
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In 1987, I was stationed in Schweinfurt, West Germany as a Tank Gunner
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in the 3d Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. While
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I was there, I became close friends with a fellow by the name of Mike
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Lang. Mike and I spent the next few years enjoying Europe, while at
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the same time, helping each other along as we counted down the days
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until
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we got out! Well, I left about 6 months before Mike did, and after a
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while
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we lost contact with one another.
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In December of this year (1991), I decided that I would try and locate
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him
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after nearly 2 1/2 years of no contact. The only thing I had to go by
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was
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the address where he lived prior to joining the Army, in Milford, CT.
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I tried calling information. Nothing. So, I said, what the hell?? I
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yanked out the latest copy of the nodelist and searched for Milford.
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Sure enough, Fido was there. I netmailed a guy by the name of Phil
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Palumbo,
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Sysop of The Pipeline. Here is a copy of that message:
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Phil, my name is Scott Burkett, Sysop of The RoadKill Cafe BBS in
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Columbus,
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Ga. Several years ago, I was stationed in West Germany in the United
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States
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Army. One of my closest friends was originally from Milford, CT, and I
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need your help! His name is Michael (Mike) Lang, and the last address I
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have is:
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141 Hillside Ave
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Milford, CT
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I don't know that you can do anything that I haven't tried already, but
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it's worth a shot. Any help on your part would be greatly appreciated!
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Scott Burkett, Sysop
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The RoadKill Cafe BBS
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1:3613/10@fidonet
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(404) 596-8126
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Within 24 hours of my netmail transmission to Phil, my phone rang! It
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was
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Mike, my old buddy. Phil netmailed me later and informed me that he
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tried
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information, as well, and also attempted to use the phonebook to locate
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him. After all else had failed, he hopped in the car and DROVE to the
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address that I had given. Turns out that Mike still lived there!
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Phil, thanks a lot, guy. Your willingness to help a total stranger,
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albeit
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a fellow Fido-Sysop, is the spirit of Fidonet. Thanks again!
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 7 23 Dec 1991
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Scott Burkett
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Unbelievable power for Users!
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Fredric L. Rice
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1:102/901.0, The Skeptic Tank
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On my system there exists the need to allow Users to perform File
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Requests from other FidoNet systems that are local to my system. I
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also need to allow Users to perform File Requests from systems
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that have 'education' as their primary reason for existence. This
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would remove the burden of forgetting to request files that Users
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ask me to get for them and makes the task of supplying my Users
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with educational and informational files just that much easier.
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There is also the need to have several forms of security so that
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the FidoNet systems that are called are limited to those systems
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that I wish to pay for in phone costs. I may also like to lock-out
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some Users who abuse the privileges, of course.
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The project REQUEST.LZH is a DOOR program that does everything I
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need, and has worked well with Remote Access. It is available on
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my system for File Request and 'human download' and comes with
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the source code (one C file) as well as an on-line help file for
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the Users.
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Come to think of it, it employs an inactivity time-out so that if
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a User walks away from its modem, Request will exit, returning
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control back to Remote Access. Also, if Data Carrier Detect is
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dropped, Request will return control to Remote Access which will
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exit and hand control off to Front Door.
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The Remote Access system I am playing with has a new menu entry
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that preforms a 'type 7' execute to the Request program which
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validates the User and allows him or her to make as many File
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Requests as is permitted by their security allowances (which are
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defined in the configuration file). Technically, the program builds
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*.MSG Fido type FileRequest packets in the systems Network Mail
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directory, marking them as Immediate using the normal FLAG Kludge
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line.
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When the Remote Access system returns control to the Front Door
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project, Front Door likes to scan the Network Mail folder for any
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messages entered locally that are marked as 'Immediate' and it
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finds the Users request packets and Front Door takes it from that
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point.
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I have a Files Directory which offers file listings of the systems
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that my Users are allowed to call. Indeed, the on-line help file
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describes where to find these file listings. When User-requested
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files are received, I still like to look them over before I move
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them to the Files Directory called 'User Requested Files' just
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so that my ass is fairly well protected if they do something that's
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unusually stupid. And of course a log file is maintained so that
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 8 23 Dec 1991
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I know who requests what.
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FidoNet 1:102/901.0
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Packet KC6EFH@WB6YMH.#SOCAL.CA.USA.NA.FIDONET
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Brigadoon Village Network
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I shall write a thing and read a thing and perhaps it will make some
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sense...
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The chill wind left thee frozen, love The dark night kept thee weak
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When the moon did shine 'pon thy form there. A cry from the shadows
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did sound - it was the hawk of discontent and the dove of solitude
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- they dove in to rescue thee. Did you not trust your senses? Did
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you not hear their banshee wails?
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Will you not heed them well Oh, dear friend, a word - you should.
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The chill wind led me out to the storm, love The dark night kept
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me on the road
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When the moon did 'lit the way to you
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The cry of the soul stayed my hand - why else did I not strike in
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fear?
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I too doubted the sounds I heard. Will I heed them well? A word
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- or two - perhaps I should.
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_Druid.
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For info on Brigadoon.
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FREQ: BRIGADOON
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Modem supported: USR HST DS
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V32bis V42bis
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From: 1:325/101.0 @FidoNet
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If you would like to try it first, then FREQ the magic name
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TRYBRIG which will get you NODELIST.TXT. (You don't need to
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FREQ this if you FREQ BRIGADOON)
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as always you can always call: 1-802-453-3316
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FidoNews 8-51 Page 9 23 Dec 1991
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Some Dogs Need to be Housebroken
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by Daniel Tobias
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(1:380/7.0)
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Frederic L. Rice (1:102/901.9) wrote an article, "Cleaning out the dog
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house," in which he alerted sysops to two categories of legally
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problematic BBS content, pirated software and "obscene" graphics,
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giving the advice that sysops should be vigilant against pirated
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files, and should be careful that access to "adult" files is limited
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to adults.
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I should note, however, that there is a third category of material
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which can pose legal trouble for a sysop. This is libelous text,
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material that defames a person. Somebody who writes material of this
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nature, and a sysop who allows his system to be used in the
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dissemination of such things, could be the subject of a lawsuit in
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today's litigious climate.
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Unfortunately, a possible example of such conduct has been provided to
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the FidoNews audience in the form of Billy Cash's (1:226/70.0)
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response to Rice.
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Cash, for no obvious reason, flies off the handle in opposition to
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Rice's quite reasonable article. He says:
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"I think the blame the bad name bulletin board services have
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lies squarely on the shoulders of people like Mr. Rice."
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Later, he adds:
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"Yes, I think I would help move heaven and earth to remove
|
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Mr. Rice."
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These are quite extreme character judgments to be making of another
|
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sysop as a result of one article. I don't know Mr. Rice, but if I
|
||
were he, I would be heavily offended by Mr. Cash's article. Now,
|
||
given my own pro-free-speech philosophy, I would not be likely to turn
|
||
such offense into a lawsuit (I think that even the most offensive
|
||
speech should not be forcibly suppressed), but if I were of a more
|
||
statist bent, I could see how I might justify using the court system
|
||
to avenge such a scurrilous and gratuitous attack on my character.
|
||
Hence, the dissemination of remarks of Cash's sort pose as much of a
|
||
threat of dragging BBSs into the legal system as do any nude GIFs.
|
||
|
||
Since I'm not a lawyer, I can't really state for sure whether Cash's
|
||
remarks are actionable as libel. However, I would think they at least
|
||
violate the Fidonet rule against "excessively annoying behavior."
|
||
We're all sysops together, and publicly airing statements to the
|
||
effect that somebody else is a bad sysop and should be forcibly
|
||
removed is something not to be done lightly, and not to be easily
|
||
condoned if done without very good reason (e.g., actual evidence of
|
||
lawbreaking on the part of the target sysop, not just a disagreement
|
||
of opinion stemming from a FidoNews article). Mr. Rice might have a
|
||
very good case for a FidoNet policy complaint against Mr. Cash, if he
|
||
chooses to pursue it.
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 10 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
In conclusion: Children, behave. All the endless bickering that has
|
||
plagued FidoNet for years is bad enough, but it becomes even worse
|
||
when it reaches the level of "debaters" feeling they can make complete
|
||
judgments as to the moral character of another sysop merely on the
|
||
basis of a single article. Debate and disagreement, even of a highly
|
||
vigorous nature, can be healthy, as it helps to examine all viewpoints
|
||
and options. Personal attacks, threats, and insinuations regarding
|
||
the moral depravity of all who disagree, are not healthy, and tend to
|
||
suppress rather than enhance constructive discussion about the future
|
||
of the computerized communication medium.
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
The Play-By-Mail Echo
|
||
by Dean Gilbert
|
||
1:353/700.0
|
||
|
||
I've been playing PBM games for nearly a year now, and it has been
|
||
a very enjoyable experience for me. About three months into playing
|
||
my first game (Spiral Arm by Graff Simulations) I began wondering
|
||
if there was anyone in FidoNet who was also in my game. I placed
|
||
a general announcement in the bulletin section of my game, notifying
|
||
people of my node number, but no mail has come. So I let it rest,
|
||
until now.
|
||
|
||
PBM games are games that lend themselves well to a network. Graff
|
||
Simulations even supports turn submission through Compuserve. I once
|
||
again began to think about how many players there should be in a
|
||
network of over 14,000 nodes. So I decided to act.
|
||
|
||
I have hearby started up the PBM echo, which is dedicated to bring
|
||
Play-By-Mail gamers together in a forum. In this echo I hope to expose
|
||
others to PBM games, review the various companies and games out there,
|
||
and possibly even serve as a link for diplomacy for certain games.
|
||
|
||
If you play PBM games, this echo is for YOU! If you are interested,
|
||
send me netmail at 1:353/700. The echotag is PBM
|
||
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
Tomas Hood
|
||
FidoNet 1:352/777
|
||
ICDM Network 77:77/1
|
||
|
||
NOTICE: HERBAL ECHO NOW AVAILABLE!
|
||
|
||
HERBS-N-SUCH is a conference for anyone who enjoys growing,
|
||
buying, and using herbs. Covering any legal herb, this
|
||
conference allows the discussion of medicinal, culinary,
|
||
aromatic, and aesthetic usage of herbs. If you are a user only,
|
||
or a gardener, you are welcome. Do you make your own tea blends,
|
||
hair rinses, or salads? Join in!
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 11 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
It is, at present, on the BACKBONE. Request it through your
|
||
normal echomail routes. The moderator is Tomas Hood [1:352/777].
|
||
|
||
A sample of the first few messages and the statement of purpose
|
||
of the Echo is available as HERBS (majyk name for HERBS.ARJ)
|
||
from this system, anytime, if you wish to get an idea of whether
|
||
to commit disk space to the Echo. The ARJ archive utility is
|
||
also available as "ARJ."
|
||
|
||
Cheers!
|
||
Tomas Hood
|
||
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
Tue 26 Nov 91 10:42p
|
||
By: Jim Grubs, W8GRT
|
||
To: All
|
||
Re: New Intruder Search echo
|
||
St: Local
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
AREA INTRUDER
|
||
TITLE RADIO HAM BAND INTRUDER MONITORING AND TRACKING
|
||
DESC A conference for the exchange of messages by ham radio
|
||
DESC operators for
|
||
DESC exchanging information on the discovery, identification,
|
||
DESC and elimination
|
||
DESC of non-hams operating in the ham bands.
|
||
MOD Jim Grubs, W8GRT, 1:234/1
|
||
PASS *********
|
||
REST /MOD-APVL
|
||
DIST Echomail and GroupMail from the Moderator
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
1. The INTRUDER conference is for the purpose of detecting,
|
||
identifying, and eliminating the intrusion of non-hams onto ham
|
||
bands.
|
||
|
||
2. Since not all non-ham signals in the ham bands are of illegal
|
||
origin, great care must be taken in identifying them, tracking
|
||
their location, and gathering evidence to be used in the
|
||
prosecution of those transmitting them.
|
||
|
||
3. The INTRUDER conference is designed also to exchange
|
||
information on tracking hardware and coordination of its use in
|
||
both drills and actual intruder tracking.
|
||
|
||
4. When security requires it, messages may be encrypted. The
|
||
moderator shall be supplied with all deciphering programs and
|
||
keys before their use commences. Such means shall be employed
|
||
only if plain language would tip off a suspect that he is being
|
||
tracked.
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 12 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
Jim Grubs, W8GRT
|
||
HAM_TECH / HAM4SALE / INTRUDER Moderator
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 13 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
LATEST VERSIONS
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
|
||
Latest Greatest SoftWare Versions
|
||
Last Update: 12/07/91
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
MS-DOS Systems
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Aurora 1.32b BinkleyTerm 2.50 2DAPoint 1.50*
|
||
DMG 2.93 D'Bridge 1.30 ARCAsim 2.31
|
||
DreamBBS 1.05 Dreamer 1.06 ARCmail 2.07
|
||
Fido/FidoNet 12.21 Dutchie 2.90c Areafix 1.20
|
||
Genesis Deluxe 3.2 FrontDoor 2.02 ConfMail 4.00
|
||
GSBBS 3.02 InterMail 2.01 Crossnet 1.5
|
||
Kitten 1.01 Milqtoast 1.00 DOMAIN 1.42
|
||
Lynx 1.30 PreNM 1.48 DEMM 1.06
|
||
Maximus-CBCS 2.00 SEAdog 4.60 DGMM 1.06
|
||
Merlin 1.39n SEAmail 1.01 DOMAIN 1.42
|
||
Opus 1.71 TIMS 1.0(mod8) EEngine 0.32
|
||
PCBoard 14.5a EMM 2.10
|
||
Phoenix 1.07* EZPoint 2.1
|
||
ProBoard 1.20* NodeList Utilities 4Dog/4DMatrix 1.18
|
||
QuickBBS 2.75 Name Version FGroup 1.00
|
||
RBBS 17.3b -------------------- FNPGate 2.70
|
||
RemoteAccess 1.10 EditNL 4.00 GateWorks 3.06e
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.05 FDND 1.10 GMail 2.05
|
||
SLBBS 2.15b MakeNL 2.31 GMD 3.10
|
||
Socrates 1.11 Parselst 1.33 GMM 1.21
|
||
SuperBBS 1.12* Prune 1.40 GoldEd 2.31p
|
||
TAG 2.5g SysNL 3.14 GROUP 2.23
|
||
TBBS 2.1 XlatList 2.90 GUS 1.40
|
||
TComm/TCommNet 3.4 XlaxNode/Diff 2.53 HeadEdit 1.18
|
||
Telegard 2.5 IMAIL 1.20
|
||
TPBoard 6.1 InterPCB 1.31
|
||
TriTel 1.11 Compression Lola 1.01d
|
||
WildCat! 2.55 Utilities MSG 4.2
|
||
WWIV 4.20 Name Version MSGED 2.06
|
||
XBBS 1.77 -------------------- MsgLnk 1.0c
|
||
ARC 7.12 MsgMstr 2.03a
|
||
ARJ 2.20 MsgNum 4.16d
|
||
LHA 2.13 MSGTOSS 1.3
|
||
PAK 2.51 Netsex 2.00b
|
||
PKPak 3.61 Oliver 1.0a
|
||
PKZip 1.10 PKInsert 7.00
|
||
PolyXarc 2.1a
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 14 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
QM 1.00a
|
||
QSort 4.04
|
||
Raid 1.00
|
||
ScanToss 1.28
|
||
Sirius 1.0x
|
||
SLMail 1.36
|
||
SquishMail 1.00
|
||
StarLink 1.01
|
||
TagMail 2.41
|
||
TCOMMail 2.2
|
||
Telemail 1.27
|
||
TGroup 1.13
|
||
TMail 1.21
|
||
TPRNetEd 3.2
|
||
TosScan 1.00
|
||
UFGATE 1.03
|
||
VPurge 4.09e
|
||
WildMail 2.00
|
||
XRS 4.51
|
||
XST 2.3e
|
||
ZmailH 1.25
|
||
|
||
|
||
OS/2 Systems
|
||
------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Kitten 1.01 BinkleyTerm 2.50 ARC 7.12
|
||
Maximus-CBCS 2.00 BinkleyTerm(S) 2.50 ARC2 6.01
|
||
SimplexBBS 1.04.02+ BinkleyTerm/2-MT ConfMail 4.00
|
||
1.40.02 EchoStat 6.0
|
||
SEAmail 1.01 EZPoint 2.1
|
||
FGroup 1.00
|
||
GROUP 2.23
|
||
LH2 2.11
|
||
MSG 4.2
|
||
MsgEd 2.06c
|
||
MsgLink 1.0c
|
||
MsgNum 4.16d
|
||
oMMM 1.52
|
||
Omail 3.1
|
||
Parselst 1.33
|
||
PKZip 1.02
|
||
PMSnoop 1.30
|
||
PolyXOS2 2.1a
|
||
QSort 2.1
|
||
Raid 1.0
|
||
Remapper 1.2
|
||
SquishMail 1.00
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 15 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
Tick 2.0
|
||
VPurge 4.09e
|
||
|
||
|
||
Xenix/Unix 386
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
BinkleyTerm 2.32b ARC 5.21
|
||
C-LHARC 1.00
|
||
MsgEd 2.06
|
||
|Contact: Jon Hogan-uran 3:711/909, | MSGLINK 1.01
|
||
|Willy Paine 1:343/15 or Eddy van Loo| oMMM 1.42
|
||
|2:285/406 | Omail 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.32
|
||
Unzip 3.10
|
||
VPurge 4.08
|
||
Zoo 2.01
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple II
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
DDBBS + 8.0* Fruity Dog 2.0 deARC2e 2.1
|
||
GBBS Pro 2.1 ProSel 8.70*
|
||
ShrinkIt 3.30*
|
||
|Contact: Dennis McClain-Furmanski 1:275/42| ShrinkIt GS 1.04
|
||
|
||
|
||
Apple CP/M
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
Daisy 2j Daisy Mailer 0.38 Filer 2-D
|
||
MsgUtil 2.5
|
||
Nodecomp 0.37
|
||
PackUser 4
|
||
UNARC.Com 1.20
|
||
|
||
|
||
Macintosh
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
FBBS 0.91 Copernicus 1.0 ArcMac 1.3
|
||
Hermes 1.6.1 Tabby 2.2 AreaFix 1.6
|
||
Mansion 7.15 Compact Pro 1.30
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 16 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
Precision Sys. 0.95b EventMeister 1.0
|
||
Red Ryder Host 2.1 Export 3.21
|
||
Telefinder Host Import 3.2
|
||
2.12T10 LHARC 0.41
|
||
MacArd 0.04
|
||
Mantissa 3.21
|
||
Point System Mehitable 2.0
|
||
Software OriginatorII 2.0
|
||
Name Version PreStamp 3.2
|
||
-------------------- StuffIt Classic 1.6
|
||
Copernicus 1.00 SunDial 3.2
|
||
CounterPoint 1.09 TExport 1.92
|
||
MacWoof 1.1 TimeStamp 1.6
|
||
TImport 1.92
|
||
Tset 1.3
|
||
TSort 1.0
|
||
UNZIP 1.02c
|
||
Zenith 1.5
|
||
Zip Extract 0.10
|
||
|
||
|
||
Amiga
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Software
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
DLG Pro. 0.96b BinkleyTerm 1.00 Areafix 1.48
|
||
Falcon CBCS 1.00 TrapDoor 1.80 AReceipt 1.5
|
||
Paragon 2.082+ WelMat 0.44 ChameleonEdit 0.11
|
||
TransAmiga 1.07 ConfMail 1.12
|
||
XenoLink 1.0 ElectricHerald 1.66
|
||
Compression FileMgr 2.08
|
||
Utilities GCChost 3.6b
|
||
NodeList Utilities Name Version Login 0.18
|
||
Name Version -------------------- MessageFilter 1.52
|
||
-------------------- AmigArc 0.23 Message View 1.12
|
||
ParseLst 1.66 booz 1.01 oMMM 1.50
|
||
Skyparse 2.30 LHARC 1.30 PolyXAmy 2.02
|
||
TrapList 1.40 LZ 1.92 RMB 1.30
|
||
PKAX 1.00 Roof 46.15
|
||
UnZip 4.1 RoboWriter 1.02
|
||
Zippy (Unzip) 1.25 Rsh 4.07a
|
||
Zoo 2.01 Tick 0.75
|
||
TrapToss 1.20
|
||
|Contact: Maximilian Hantsch 2:310/6| Yuck! 2.02
|
||
|
||
|
||
Atari ST/TT
|
||
-----------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 17 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
FIDOdoor/ST 2.5.1 BinkleyTerm 2.40n9 ApplyList 1.00@
|
||
FiFo 2.1v The Box 1.20 Burep 1.1
|
||
LED ST 1.00 ComScan 1.04
|
||
MSGED 1.99 ConfMail 4.10
|
||
QuickBBS/ST 1.04 NodeList Utilities Echoscan 1.10
|
||
Name Version FDrenum 2.5.2
|
||
-------------------- FastPack 1.20
|
||
Compression ParseList 1.30 Import 1.14
|
||
Utilities EchoFix 1.20 oMMM 1.40
|
||
Name Version sTICK/Hatch 5.50 Pack 1.00
|
||
-------------------- Trenum 0.10
|
||
ARC 6.02
|
||
LHARC 2.01e
|
||
PackConvert
|
||
STZIP
|
||
UnJARST 2.00
|
||
WhatArc 2.02
|
||
|
||
|
||
Archimedes
|
||
----------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Network Mailers Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
ARCbbs 1.44 BinkleyTerm 2.03 ARC 1.03
|
||
BatchPacker 1.00
|
||
ParseLst 1.30
|
||
!Spark 2.00d
|
||
Unzip 2.1TH
|
||
|
||
|
||
Tandy Color Computer 3 (OS-9 Level II)
|
||
--------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
BBS Software Compression Utility Other Utilities
|
||
Name Version Name Version Name Version
|
||
-------------------- -------------------- --------------------
|
||
RiBBS 2.02 OS9ARC (Arc) 1.0 Ascan 1.2
|
||
OS9ARC (Dearc) 1.0 AutoFRL 2.0
|
||
DEARC CKARC 1.1
|
||
UNZIP 3.10 EchoCheck 1.01
|
||
FReq 2.5a
|
||
LookNode 2.00
|
||
ParseLST
|
||
RList 1.03
|
||
RTick 2.00
|
||
UnSeen 1.1
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 18 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
Key: + - Netmail Capable (Doesn't Require Additional Mailer Software)
|
||
* - Recently Updated Version
|
||
@ - New Addition
|
||
# - Commercial SoftWare(Not In Use Yet)
|
||
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
|
||
|
||
The Complete List is Available For FReq as VERSIONS from 1:103/250
|
||
|
||
Utility Authors: Please help keep this list up to date by reporting
|
||
all new versions to 1:103/250 in this format:
|
||
|
||
1) Software Name & Version 2) FileName.Ext
|
||
3) Support Node Address 4) Support BBS Phone Number
|
||
|
||
|
||
Note: It is not our intent to list all utilities here, only those
|
||
which verge on necessity. If you want it updated in the next
|
||
FidoNews, get it to me by Thursday evening.
|
||
|
||
--David French, 1:103/250
|
||
|
||
----------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 19 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
FIDONEWS INFORMATION
|
||
======================================================================
|
||
|
||
------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ----------------
|
||
|
||
Editors: Tom Jennings, Tim Pozar
|
||
Editors Emeritii: Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Periello
|
||
Special thanks to Ken Kaplan, 1:100/22, aka Fido #22
|
||
|
||
"FidoNews" BBS
|
||
FidoNet 1:1/1
|
||
Internet fidonews@fidonews.fidonet.org
|
||
BBS (415)-863-2739 (9600 HST/V32)
|
||
|
||
(Postal Service mailing address)
|
||
FidoNews
|
||
Box 77731
|
||
San Francisco
|
||
CA 94107 USA
|
||
|
||
Published weekly by and for the Members of the FidoNet international
|
||
amateur electronic mail system. It is a compilation of individual
|
||
articles contributed by their authors or their authorized agents. The
|
||
contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the
|
||
rights of the authors. Opinions expressed in these articles are those
|
||
of the authors and not necessarily those of FidoNews.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
FidoNews is copyright 1991 Fido Software. All rights reserved.
|
||
Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes
|
||
only. For use in other circumstances, please contact FidoNews (we're
|
||
easy).
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
OBTAINING COPIES: FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from
|
||
the FidoNews BBS via manual download or Wazoo FileRequest, or from
|
||
various sites in the FidoNet and via uucp. PRINTED COPIES mailed
|
||
may be obtained from Fido Software for $5.00US each PostPaid First
|
||
Class within North America, or $7.00US elsewhere, mailed Air Mail.
|
||
(US funds drawn upon a US bank only.)
|
||
|
||
Periodic subscriptions are not available at this time; if enough
|
||
people request it I will implement it.
|
||
|
||
|
||
SUBMISSIONS: You are encouraged to submit articles for publication in
|
||
FidoNews. Article submission requirements are contained in the file
|
||
ARTSPEC.DOC, available from the FidoNews BBS, or Wazoo filerequestable
|
||
from 1:1/1 as file "ARTSPEC.DOC".
|
||
|
||
FidoNews 8-51 Page 20 23 Dec 1991
|
||
|
||
|
||
"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
|
||
trademarks of Tom Jennings of Fido Software, Box 77731, San Francisco
|
||
CA 94107, USA and are used with permission.
|
||
|
||
-- END
|
||
|
||
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|
||
|
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