F I D O N E W S Volume 16, Number 40 04 Oct 1999 +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-717-732-6820 1:270/720 | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720 | | | (*) | \ )) | DougM@paonline.com | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 New Zone 1 Coordinator! .................................. 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 2 Fidonews Web Site ........................................ 2 What Web Page is this? ................................... 2 3. NET HUMOR ................................................ 4 24 Best Sleeping Excuses ................................. 4 Buddah's Famous Cow ...................................... 4 4. NOTICES .................................................. 5 Future History ........................................... 5 5. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 6 Fidonet Via Internet Hubs ................................ 6 Fidonet-related sites .................................... 7 6. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 9 Masthead ................................................. 9 FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 1 4 Oct 1999 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= New Zone 1 Coordinator! I kinda missed this piece of news myself until I got some crash netmail from David Mouffarege: as of last Friday's nodediff, he's listed as the Zone 1 Coordinator! Congratulations, Dave... we're happy that the (almost) three month wait is over, and looking forward to seeing you in action. A special thanks to Bob Satti for continuing in the position while Dave addressed the personal problems which prevented a more timely assumption of the position. Notice You may be wondering why the new Z1C would be interested in crashing mail to Fidonet's newest pundit. Well, as one of his first official acts, he added the traditional 1:1/23 (Fidonews Editor) to this week's NODEDIFF with my BBS listed. I'd be wary of using it right away for two reasons: 1. I doubt that netmail routing is set up everywhere yet. Zone hubs are hereby requested to route it towards George Peace, and George is requested to route it to John Bixler, my uplink. 1:270/100 > 1:270/911 > 1:1/23 would follow my normal netmail pattern. 2. My Telegard BBS package doesn't seem to have the capability of grabbing netmail addressed to "Editor" and putting it in my mail package. Unfortunately, the only thing I had which would override this was a utility called NETMANAGER, which I removed because the evaluation period had expired. If readers of the newsletter want to use this new address, please use "Douglas Myers" as the name rather than the listed "Editor." ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 2 4 Oct 1999 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Fidonews Web Site Jim Barchuk, the Webmaster at fidonet.org, informed me last week that he'd switched the email address "editor@fidonet.org" to forward all email to my "DougM@paonline" address. Readers of Fidonews are welcome to use either address. I logged onto fidonet.org last week, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it's much more than a place to read Fidonews. It contains links to other Fidonet web sites, links to software authors, and a search engine. There's even a link to let you write me a letter or send an article :) I asked Jim in email about the history of fidonet.org, and got this brief reply: ---------- It was about three years ago that I decided to do 'Fidonews in HTML' as a learning experience. The original site was http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6894/. Chris Baker was editor. I asked him what he thought about copyright permission, and he wrote to Tom Jennings who gave the 'OK.' That site was limited to 1M. All it had was the current issue from week to week. When I put up my own server naturally I installed fidonews.org here. I could easily do lots more fun things like email forwarding for editor@, majordomo mailing list distribution, site search engine, and BBS search engine. ---------- Check it out! ----------------------------------------------------------------- What Web Page is this? I guess it's time for a shameless plug for my Web Page. Ok, it's not an official Fidonet page and isn't sanctioned by Fidonet or any of that stuff. It is, in my humble opinion, a good Fidonet page. What's on it? Lots of things. You'll find a nice Ansi train that I converted to .gif format, some dogs (Fido type, of course), some eyes, a search engine and, of course, links. Links!?! Of course. That's what Web Pages are for, isn't it? :) There are links here. Links to Fidonet Zones, Regions, Nets, Nodes, Support, Strange and Wonderful Places and other stuff. If you look hard enough, you'll even find a picture of me and my family. :) FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 3 4 Oct 1999 Who am I? Guess I should introduce myself. I'm 1:124/6308(.1 if you wish). Ok... That's not what you wanted to hear. :) I'm Frank Vest and I run Collin County Station BBs in McKinney, Texas U.S.A. I'm also the current NC of Net124 and a Fidonet nut..... Or is that Fidonut net?? Either way, I love Fidonet! :) Why did I do this? Simple answer... I love Fidonet. Most of what I know about computers comes from the great people in Fidonet. It's just a small way to give back. Besides, I had the Web space and nothing to do with it. :) Oh Yes! The Page address. Now that you've read all the dribble, here's the address: http://texoma.net/~flv You'll see a spinning world when the page comes up. Click on it and you'll be transported to the wonderland of Fidonet and other wonderful places. If you have a page that is related to Fidonet or support of Fidonet, let me know about it. I'll look your page over and add a link to it. If you like my page, please add a link to it on your page. Happy modeming to all, Frank Vest - Collin County Station BBs ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 4 4 Oct 1999 ================================================================= NET HUMOR ================================================================= The 24 best responses if found asleep at your desk 24. "Oh, man! Come in at 6 in the morning and look what happens!" 23. "This is in exchange for the six hours last night when I dreamed about work!" 22. "You don't discriminate against those with Latient Atrophy Zymosis Yeast syndrome, DO YOU?!?" 21. "Gee, I thought you (the boss) were gone for the day." 20. "They told me at the blood bank this might happen." 19. "I was trying to pick up my contact lens without my hands." 18. "This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in the last time management course you sent me to." 17. "Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper." 16. "I was just meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!" 15. "This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!" 14. "I was testing the keyboard for drool resistance." 13. "I'm doing the Stress Level Elimination Exercise Plan (SLEEP) I learned at the last mandatory seminar you made me attend." 12. "It worked well for Reagan, didn't it?" 11. "This is a highly specific Yoga position to relieve work-related stress." 10. "Just pacing myself for the all-nighter tonight!" 9. "I was working smarter, not harder." 8. "Auggh! Why did you interrupt me? I had almost figured out a solution to our biggest problem." 7. "I'm in the management training program." 6. "The coffee machine is broken...." 5. "Someone must've put decaf in the wrong pot." 4. "Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won't wear off!" 3. "Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!" 2. "It's okay...I'm still billing the client." And the #1 response if found asleep at your desk: 1. "...and I especially thank you for my excellent boss, Amen!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- (___) /^^^^^\ Buddah's Famous Cow: /- -\ / MU / ( ^ ) __/______/ \_O_/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 5 4 Oct 1999 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 26 Oct 1999 Thirty years from release Abbey Road album by the Beatles. 31 Dec 1999 Hogmanay, Scotland. The New Year that can't be missed. 1 Jan 2000 The 20th Century, C.E., is still taking place thru 31 Dec. 1 Jun 2000 EXPO 2000 World Exposition in Hannover (Germany) opens. 15 Sep 2000 Sydney (Australia) Summer Olympiad opens. 21 Sep 2000 10 years of FidoNet in +7 (xUSSR) 1 Jan 2001 This is the actual start of the new millennium, C.E. -- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this Future History, please send a note to the FidoNews Editor. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 6 4 Oct 1999 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= Last Updated: 9/25/1999 Fidonet Via Internet Hubs Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed | Basic Rate -----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------ Zone 1 | 10/3 | Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | T1? | $??/$10 12/12 | Ken Wilson | FTP | T1 | $24mo. 13/25 | Jim Balcom | FTP | 56k | $20mo. 103/301 | Joe Jared | BinkP | aDSL | n/c 105/8 | Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c 106/1 | Matt Bedynek | BinkP, FTP | 128k | n/c 106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | 64k | $5/mo 107/451 | Andy Knifel | FTP, VMoT, UUE | 33.6 | n/c 140/12 | Bob Seaborn | FTP | T1 | $5/$20 167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c 211/417 | Korombos | BinkD,UUE,FTP | T1 | n/c 270/101 | George Peace | FTP | 6mbps | $20mo. 271/140 | Tom Barstow | UUE | T1 | n/c 280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo. 342/3 | Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c 345/0 | Todd Cochrane | FTP | T1 | n/c 396/1 | John Souvestre | FTP,VMoT | T1 | $10/mo 396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr 2401/305 | Peter Rocca | FTP,UUE | T1 | unkn 2424/10 | Alec Grynspan | FTP,UUE | T1 | n/c 2424/101 | Kari Suomela | FTP,VMoT,BinkP,UUE| T1 | n/c 2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo 2613/404 | David Moufarrege | BinkP,FTP,VMoT | 128k+ | n/c 2624/306 | D. Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | 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 23/999 | Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c 31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | ??? | n/c 203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c 221/360 | Tommi Koivula | BinkP | ??? | n/c 246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c 284/800 | Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c 292/626 | Filip Ruymen | Binkp, UUE | 128K+ | n/c 292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c 301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | ??? | 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 344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c 382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP | ??? | n/c FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 7 4 Oct 1999 406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | n/c 406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | 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 Please send updates, corrections and suggestions to Joe Jared, 1:103/301, joejared@osirusoft.com, and complaints to jarhead@osirusoft.com . ----------------------------------------------------------------- . -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- . | FIDONET-RELATED SITES | ` -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- ' Last update: Sept 26, 1999 FidoNet Homepage: http://www.fidonet.org FidoNews: http://www.fidonews.org [HTML] ftp://sstar.com/fidonet/fnews/ WWW sources: http://travel.to/fidonet/ FTSC page: http://www.ftsc.org/ General: http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html List server: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fidonet-discussion Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html http://www.tnl-online.com/andy/rgn10.htm Net 103: http://www.webworldinc.com/club103/ FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 8 4 Oct 1999 Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/ Region 13: http://www.net264.org/r13.htm Net 264: http://www.net264.org/ Region 14: Net 282: http://www.rxn.com/~net282/ Region 17: http://www.nwstar.com/~region17/ Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/ Region 19: http://members.home.net/hbh3/r19 Zone 1 Elist http://members.xoom.com/echolist/ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (German) Fido-IP: http://home.nrh.de/fido/ (English/German) Region 25: http://www.bsnet.co.uk/net2502/net/ Region 26: http://www.nemesis.ie REC 26: http://www.nrgsys.com/orb Region 27: http://telematique.org/ft/r27.htm Region 29: http://www.rtfm.be/fidonet/ (French) Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (German) Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (Spanish) REC34: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4552/ Region 36: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7207/ Region 38: http://public.st.carnet.hr/~blagi/bbs/adriam.html Region 41: http://www.fidonet.gr (Greek/English) Region 42: http://www.fido.cz Region 50: http://www.fido7.com/ (Russian) Net 5010: http://fido.tu-chel.ac.ru/ (Russian) Net 5015: http://www.fido.nnov.ru/ (Russian) Net 5030: http://kenga.ru/fido/ (Russian & English) Net 5085: http://www.fidonet.uz/ (Russian) (No netscape) Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org Zone 4: Region 80: http://fidobrasil.8m.com (Portuguese) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish) Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (Chinese) ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 9 4 Oct 1999 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= FIDONEWS MASTHEAD Fidonews Staff: Editor: Douglas Myers, 1:270/720, DougM@paonline.com Webmaster: Jim Barchuk, jb@fidonews.org Columnist: Joe Jared, 1:103/0, jarhead@osirusoft.com (Fido Via Internet Hubs column) Editors Emeriti: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg, Henk Wolsink ------------------------------------------------------ FidoNews is 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 and/or the Editor. Authors retain copyright on individual works; otherwise FidoNews is Copyright (C) 1999 Douglas Myers. All rights reserved. Duplication and/or distribution permitted for noncommercial purposes only. For use in other circumstances, please contact the original authors, or the Editor. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= OBTAINING COPIES: The most recent issue of FidoNews in electronic form may be obtained from the FidoNews Editor by file-request, or from various sites in FidoNet and the Internet. 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"Disagreement is actually necessary, or we'd all have to get in fights FIDONEWS 16-40 Page 11 4 Oct 1999 or something to amuse ourselves and create the requisite chaos." -Tom Jennings -----------------------------------------------------------------