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F I D O N E W S Volume 16, Number 41 08 Oct 1999
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| The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: |
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| FidoNet community | "FidoNews" |
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| _ | 1-717-732-6820 1:270/720 |
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| | | \ \\ | Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720 |
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| | (*) | \ )) | DougM@paonline.com |
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| (_/(_|(____/ | |
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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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What's Not Happening ..................................... 1
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2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2
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Early Thanksgiving ....................................... 2
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3. NET HUMOR ................................................ 3
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Handle With Care ......................................... 3
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4. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 4
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Famous Cows... the series continues ...................... 4
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5. NOTICES .................................................. 5
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Future History ........................................... 5
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6. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 6
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs ................................ 6
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Fidonet-related sites .................................... 7
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7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 9
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Masthead ................................................. 9
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 1 11 Oct 1999
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EDITORIAL
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.-- -- -- -- -- -- WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING -- -- -- -- -- --.
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| There isn't always something happening on Fidonet, but |
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| there's always something which isn't happening. This |
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| column is dedicated to the lost causes which make Fido |
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| what it isn't today. Published semi-occasionally... |
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`-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --'
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It's not a good week for news. It wasn't planned that way, but it's
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the way it turned out. This was a week for your editor to take
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vacation from his job. Though Fido activities were going to take a
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back seat for some personal time, there was lots of time left over
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for Fido. It was going to be a week when I searched out burning
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issues to report, installed some software to help the operation
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along, and continue the facelift of the ol' Snooze.
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<sigh> But Fidonews comes to you with the same old face, the
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software is still archived, and the only burning issues are in the
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FN_SYSOP area - where my moderation has drawn deep criticism both
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from those wh feel I haven't done enough and those who feel I've
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done too much.
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Actually, it may have been an excellent week for news - I just
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didn't get to see it from my perspective. If any of you out there
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have seen anything I missed, please send it as an article to one of
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the addresses inside the box with the doggie... help out your old
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feeble editor :)
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 2 11 Oct 1999
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ARTICLES
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Early Thanksgiving
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Though we're over a month away from the holiday, I'd like to extend
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thanks to the following individuals...
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... David Moufarrege for not making a _big_ deal about me
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misspelling his name last week.
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... Jim Barchuk, Webmaster of fidonews.org, for tolerating me
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incorrectly referring to it as "fidonet.org."
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And for their contributions to the Fidonet Related Sites listed in
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this edition...
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... Andrius Sytas for the Lithuanian web page address (2:47
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listing).
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... Damian Walker for the update on the Region 25, Net 2502 listing.
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... Frank Vest for the additional Region 19 listings (Nets
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124, 130, and 393.
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... Joe Jared, who already takes care of the Fidonet Via Internet
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listing for agreeing to take care of the Fidonet Related Sites also.
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 3 11 Oct 1999
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NET HUMOR
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Handle With Care
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The college professor had just finished explaining an important
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research project to his class. He emphasized that this paper was an
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absolute requirement for passing his class, and that there would be
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only two acceptable excuses for being late. Those were a medically
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certifiable illness or a death in the student's immediate family. A
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smart ass student in the back of the classroom waved his hand and
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spoke up.
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"But what about extreme sexual exhaustion, professor?"
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As you would expect, the class exploded in laughter. When the
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students had finally settled down, the professor froze the young man
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with a glaring look.
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"Well," he responded, "I guess you'll just have to learn to write
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with your other hand."
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 4 11 Oct 1999
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COMIX IN ASCII
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()
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Famous Cows... ( )
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( __ )
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(oo)
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/-------/||||
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/ | || ||| ... the series continues!
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* ||----|| |
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^^ ^^
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Ayatollah Cow-manhi
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 5 11 Oct 1999
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NOTICES
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Future History
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26 Oct 1999
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Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles.
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31 Dec 1999
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Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed.
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1 Jan 2000
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The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec.
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1 Jun 2000
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EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens.
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15 Sep 2000
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Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens.
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21 Sep 2000
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10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR)
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1 Jan 2001
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This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor.
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 6 11 Oct 1999
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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Last Updated: 9/25/1999
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs
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Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate
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Zone 1 |
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10/3 | Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | T1? | $??/$10
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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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103/301 | Joe Jared | BinkP | aDSL | n/c
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105/8 | Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c
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106/1 | Matt Bedynek | BinkP, FTP | 128k | n/c
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106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | 64k | $5/mo
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107/451 | Andy Knifel | FTP, VMoT, UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP | T1 | $5/$20
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167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
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211/417 | Korombos | BinkD,UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c
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270/101 | George Peace | FTP | 6mbps | $20mo.
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271/140 | Tom Barstow | UUE | T1 | n/c
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280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo.
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342/3 | Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c
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345/0 | Todd Cochrane | FTP | T1 | n/c
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396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1 | $10/mo
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396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
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2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,UUE | T1 | unkn
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2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP,UUE | T1 | n/c
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2424/101 | Kari Suomela | FTP,VMoT,BinkP,UUE| T1 | n/c
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2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
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2613/404 | David Moufarrege | BinkP,FTP,VMoT | 128k+ | n/c
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2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
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3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c
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3639/93 | Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP | 128K+ | n/c
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3651/9 | Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
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Zone 2 |
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20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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23/999 | Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
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221/360 | Tommi Koivula | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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284/800 | Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c
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292/626 | Filip Ruymen | Binkp, UUE | 128K+ | n/c
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292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c
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301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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335/535 | Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c
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335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 7 11 Oct 1999
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406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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464/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | 19.2 | n/c
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465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c
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469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c
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480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c
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2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c
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2446/301 | Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c
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2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
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5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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Zone 3
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633/260 | Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c
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640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
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774/605 | Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
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Zone 4
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905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | n/c
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902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c
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--
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* FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol
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* VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various)
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* UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers
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* BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks
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Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to
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Joe Jared, 1:103/301, joejared@osirusoft.com, and
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complaints to jarhead@osirusoft.com .
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. -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- .
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| FIDONET-RELATED SITES |
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` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- '
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Last update: Oct 8, 1999
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FidoNet
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Homepage: http://www.fidonet.org
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FidoNews: http://www.fidonews.org [HTML]
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ftp://sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
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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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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 8 11 Oct 1999
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Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
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http://texoma.net/~flv
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Net 393: http://www.chatter.com/~wb/
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Zone 1 Elist http://members.xoom.com/echolist/
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Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish)
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REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 9 11 Oct 1999
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FIDONEWS INFORMATION
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FIDONEWS MASTHEAD
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Fidonews Staff:
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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
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(Fido Via Internet Hubs column)
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Editors Emeriti: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell,
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Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell,
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Donald Tees, Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg,
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Henk Wolsink
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FidoNews is published weekly by and for the members of the FIDONET
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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ELECTRONIC MAIL system. It is a compilation
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authorized agents. The contribution of articles to this compilation
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Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is
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form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor by file-request, or
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from various sites in FidoNet and the Internet.
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STAR SOURCE for all past issues:
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Available for FReq from 1:396/1 or by anonymous FTP from:
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ftp://ftp.sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/
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Each yearly archive also contains a listing of the Table-of-Contents
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http://www.fidonet.pp.se/sfnews (Swedish)
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hubs. However, you should concentrate on what you wish to say, as
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the editor will normally take care of the technical requirements.
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"Fido", "FidoNet" and the dog-with-diskette are U.S. registered
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trademarks of Tom Jennings, P.O. Box 410923, San Francisco, CA 94141,
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and are used with permission.
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"Disagreement is actually necessary,
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or we'd all have to get in fights
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FIDONEWS 16-41 Page 11 11 Oct 1999
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or something to amuse ourselves
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and create the requisite chaos."
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-Tom Jennings
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