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30 September 1996 Issue #43
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Table of Contents:
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Part 1: Editor's Comments
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Part 2: Hey, I thought HOB #42 was the *last* issue?
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Part 3: The Canton Connection. Have old modem users sold out?
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Part 1: Editor's Comments
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Just a small note to let readers know that future issues of HOB will
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be of wider interest. I'm going to attempt to steer the 'zine towards
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topics of wider interest to the telecom community in general rather than
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making the 'zine predominantly a source for local issues and information.
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As always we will gladly accept submissions from just about anyone on just
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about any topic. Drop me a note in e-mail or on Radio KAOS BBS.
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The Dark Jester
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Pseudo-UnOfficial-Acting-Editor, Hallucinatory Oyster Burrito
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Part 2: Hey, I thought HOB #42 was the *last* issue?
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Well, since you're reading this, obviously it wasn't. If you read the
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supposedly last issue of this 'zine I declaired that the Stark County
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modem community was dead and that the future of telecom was on the
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internet. Well, I was wrong. Atleast for the moment.
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1. Skyrocketing on-line service costs
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The major on-line services such as America Online, Prodigy, and
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Compuserve charge in my opinion outrageous rates. It's not at all
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impossible for someone to end up with a $100 monthly bill if they spend
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a considerable amount of time online with one of these services.
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2. The Internet can be less than warm and friendly.
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The Internet is really huge. It's sometimes a good deal of work
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just to find what you want in terms of information. The Internet is
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often very much like a huge shoping mall. Large and impersonal.
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Computer bulletin boards provide a way for people to enjoy their
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modem hobby without huge costs (providing they use a free BBS system).
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They also allow for a more personal form of communication by allowing
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users who live in the same general area to communicate with each other
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concerning topics and issues they have in common. It's unlikely that
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the folks in the alt.fan.bob-larson or alt.discordia newsgroup are
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going to have much insight in to what's going on in a local political
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race, a local high school, or at a local theatre.
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Bulletin Board Systems will continue to provide a valuable service
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for people for some time to come. What's interesting is that there are
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many people now on the internet who have never even BEEN on a BBS!
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SysOps have a new challenge of luring 'net users back to the fold of
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local telecom.
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Part 3: The Canton Connection. Have old modem users sold out?
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I don't have the desire to re-hash all of the old issues concerning the
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past of the Canton Connection BBS. Previous issues of the DDE or HOB
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'zines should give you atleast some sort of understanding of what went
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on. Suffice it to say, the TCC of today is very different from the TCC of
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previous years.
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Ex-Necropolis sysop Ryan Baguerous (Amphetamine Gobbler/Sorc/Gott) has
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accused former Necropolis users who now call TCC of having "sold out" and
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gone over to the enemy. I don't agree.
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First, TCC has undergone major changes in the years since the Necropolis
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& TCC modem wars. Pornographic/adult materials are now less in evidance on
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the system. Second, the sysops seem to have finally decided to take
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a more hands-off approach to running the system. I've seen people make
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comments about certain topics that I know atleast one sysop would not
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appreciate and no one has been attacked or banned. Finally, TCC offers
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telnet access to the internet for a nominal fee. For someone like myself
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who has an older system, it just doesn't make sense to pay $20 a month
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to a ISP provider for services I really wouldn't be able to exploit
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to the fullest. Additionally, the presence of ex-Necropolis BBS members
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has helped to spark interest in message base participation. There was
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a time when you wouldn't see a new post on TCC for a week or more at a
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time.
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If the TCC staff were engaging in oppressive activities; suppressing
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speech and baning users who disagreed, and if they were allowing just
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anyone to access the adult materials on their system I would not call it.
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Internet telnet access or no telnet access. If I called TCC despite
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such conditions I would then agree that I had "sold-out". However, such
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is not the case. Xpietoe/Albanara, a former Necropolis user, is well
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known for his Christian beliefs. I really doubt he would be on TCC as
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a user any more than I would if such activities still occured. If new
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information comes to light that is outside of my personal experiences, I
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would definately look at it and perhaps reevaluate my position. As for
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now, however, I have no problem being a user of today's TCC BBS.
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"Sold Out" ... gosh, i'm starting to feel like an alternative rock
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star that decided to sign to a major label! Too bad I don't get the
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money that would go along with such a scenario!
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Hallucinatory Oyster Burrito
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An AUFHEBEN Production! support: tyrant(s): numbah:
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"Why, I don't know much of Radio KAOS - Jian the Mystic - 330.830.4041
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anything!" - Eraserhead The Dark Jester
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_Submission Policy_: Hallucinatory Oyster Burrito is into subs!
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If you write something - anything - send it to us and we'll get it
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to press. For contacting HOB, see below.
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Call: Radio KAOS - 330.830.4041
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