F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 19 11 May 1998 +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | The newsletter of the | ISSN 1198-4589 Published by: | | FidoNet community | "FidoNews" | | _ | 1-209-251-7529 [1:1/23] | | / \ | | | /|oo \ | | | (_| /_) | | | _`@/_ \ _ | | | | | \ \\ | Editor: | | | (*) | \ )) | Zorch Frezberg 1:205/1701 | | |__U__| / \// | | | _//|| _\ / | | | (_/(_|(____/ | | | (jm) | Newspapers should have no friends. | | | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +----------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | Submission address: FidoNews Editor 1:1/23 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | MORE addresses: | | | | submissions=> editor@fidonews.org | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | For information, copyrights, article submissions, | | obtaining copies of FidoNews or the internet gateway FAQ | | please refer to the end of this file. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ So Many Claims...So Little Time... Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 4 North American Backbone Echo Changes [Mar-Apr] ........... 4 Remembering Frank Ellermann of 2:240/5815 ................ 5 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 8 Louie, Louie, Satti's gotta go ........................... 8 4. NOTICES .................................................. 11 Future History ........................................... 11 5. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 12 FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing .......................... 12 6. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 13 7. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 15 FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 1 11 May 1998 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= A few items of interest... ============================== There are times when it is actually amusing to watch what happens in FidoNet, especially when certain individuals make attempts to prove a point, and don't realize what is in store for them. Doc Logger appears, again, having made an erroneous assumption in his previous column...it makes no difference and actually points out precisely the point I was indeed trying to make...and to answer his unspoken question, it takes me about seven hours to read the book. Doc did good...he just hasn't realized why yet. ============================== And the "scorched earth" policy seems to be moving to a quick and earnest conclusion... John Souvestre has apparently decided to go for an "endgame" in making a direct challenge to the Z1EC, Bob Kohl, by making several accusations, including the claim that the Editor of the FidoNews has refused to post election results as submitted. Likewise, John has decided to join in the furor over my "true identity", and make claims that I have committed "voter fraud". As well, allegations of 'bribery' and 'payoffs' have been made. A pity that Mr. Souvestre is about to become the very foolish looking person that he has long been accused of being...and by his very own hand. I would, again, point out to John that the FidoNews publishes what is submitted to it...and the only "editing" done is to meet the margin requirements (which occasionally slip by...sorry, Michele!). As to the rest... Keep watching, everyone...this should prove to be highly entertaining. ============================== This line with the mention of "Ward Dossche" is included to meet the alleged 'all-consuming devotion of the FidoNews Editorial' with Ward. As it is, Ward has not submitted his "Doomsday Countdown" for the last few weeks and, at his specific request, I am not publishing any copy of it without his permission. ============================== FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 2 11 May 1998 However, to that end, it appears from tossing the nodediff here each week that it may indeed be time to look at the long-quelled and oft suppressed (or so several have said) requests from various sysops to establish a new Zone in FidoNet...Zone 7. The advantages are obvious...it significantly lessens the chances of tie votes in the ZCC; it balances the Zones and gives more direct representation to the sysops involved; and it reduces the chances of Regional Coordinators being drowned out when they wish to address issues of their areas. The downside of it is, of course, that the current "majority" in the confines of Zone 2 would likely be reduced to a comparable level with all other Zones, but what's more important...maintaining a majority, or enhancing and enabling representation closer to the real population? As well, with the advent of BinkD and ARGUS, it may be that the future center of new developments in FidoNet is shifting yet once again... An issue to consider for the ZCC, no doubt...along with another. ============================== Yet another FTSC member has resigned from the group, citing some personal reasons. I believe this means we have lost a total of three FTSC members, but I can't be certain since I've seemingly been denied access to the FTSC echoes overall, even though I was elected to that body. As a member of FTSC, I've not been able to gain access to the FTSC Working Group echoes since these were established, and only five messages have passed through the main FTSC echo since these echoes were established. I'm certain that this is *merely* an oversight, but my queries as to where to get a feed from have been met with stony silence and a 'humorous' comment that I have been added to the SEEN-BY of every member's posts. Since I've received no real responses to my queries, I suppose that posting this here instead may garner a few more serious responses, no? Or, at the least, present a case for the ZCC to decide on the merits and usefulness of the newest incarnation of the FTSC. Communication doesn't work if it is only one way... ============================== Next week, I will attempt to carry out something that hasn't been seen in the FidoNews in quite some time...a personal interview with another member of FidoNet in a face-to-face meeting. FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 3 11 May 1998 Let's see if we can meet before I say who and where... ============================== And that's it...a few items of interest to consider, one and all. -zf- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 4 11 May 1998 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= North American Backbone Echo Changes [Mar-Apr] by Lisa Gronke, 1:105/40 lisa@psg.com Summary of backbone & quasi-backbone echo changes during Mar & Apr. Brought to you courtesy of (unix) diff. diff (backbone.na + backbone.no) 01-Mar-98 03-May-98 [edited]. Echotag name changes -------------------- < CHANNELS Channelled Msgs From Spirit Realms [old name] > CHANNELLING Channelled Msgs From Spirit Realms [new name] < VEGAN (not in EchoList since 2/1/98) [old name] > VEGETARIAN Vegetarian Echo [new name] Added to the backbone --------------------- > ADSL ADSL Modem Technology Support Conference > ALL-POLITICS Politics Unlimited > AOP Association of Online Professionals Conference > CLASSIC_COMPUTER Classic Computers 11/1/97) > CYBER_AUCTION Cyber Auction echo > DCP Daycare Provider's Exchange > DEBATE_ON_ABORTION Debate between Pro-Life and Pro-Choice > DEMOCRATS Democratic Party policy and strategy > DRAKE Discussion re R. L. Drake Communications Equip. > DTP Desktop Publishing discussion > FRUGAL Frugal Lifestyle Discussion Conference. > GAMES4SALE Games for sale > I&UK_GENE Ireland & UK Genealogy > MILITARY Military General Conference for all services > MOOSECHAT Moose and Hoser "Canadian Humor" Chat > MS_WORD Microsoft Word Users Support Conference > M_GRIPE Gripe: The Mother of All Echos > NET_WIDE_CHATTER ENTIRE FidoNet Network General Chat Area! > PARANORMAL Paranormal discussions. > POST_POLIO International Post-Polio Survivors Forum > SLEEP_APNEA Sleep Apnea and Your Life > SOUTH_PARK The Fido South Park Echo > SQAFIX SqaFix Help and Information Echo > STEP_PARENT Discuss issues relating to Step Parenting > STTOS Star Trek: The Original Series discussions > WATERGATE (low traffic since 4/1/98) Removed from the backbone or quasi-backbone ------------------------------------------- < ABLENEWS (low traffic since 12/1/97) FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 5 11 May 1998 < AMIGA_CDROM (low traffic since 11/1/97) < ARCHERY (low traffic since 11/1/97) < ASP ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals) < AT&T (low traffic since 10/1/97) < BRIT_CAR (low traffic since 10/1/97) < COINS (low traffic since 11/1/97) < DBASE (low traffic since 11/1/97) < EDUCATOR Discussion for Educators < EMERG_MANAGE (low traffic since 10/1/97) < EP-ANNOUNCE (low traffic since 11/1/97) < EP-SYSOP (low traffic since 10/1/97) < FIDOWEB (low traffic since 9/1/97) < GEOWORKS GeoWorks Ensemble Help Echo < GRAND_ROUNDS (low traffic since 9/1/97) < HP (low traffic since 10/1/97) < JEWISHGEN Jewish Genealogy Conference < JFK_ASSN (low traffic since 9/1/97) < JOURNAL (low traffic since 9/1/97) < KLINGON_RPG (low traffic since 10/1/97) < KOMBUCHA (low traffic since 9/1/97) < LAND Land of Devastation Echo < LEGAL_LAW (low traffic since 11/1/97) < MTN_BIKE (low traffic since 12/1/97) < MW_GENE (not in EchoList since 2/1/98) < NEXUS (low traffic since 11/1/97) < PCUG (low traffic since 10/1/97) < QUOTES_2 (low traffic since 9/1/97) < RACING_SIMS (low traffic since 10/1/97) < ROK Realm of Kisom Support < SALVATION_ARMY (low traffic since 10/1/97) < SB-SOLAR_RPT (low traffic since 9/1/97) < SENIOR_CLASS (low traffic since 2/1/98) < SF&ANIME_RPG Sci-Fi & Anime Role Playing Games < SHINING*STAR (low traffic since 11/1/97) < SIP_NA (low traffic since 10/1/97) < SIP_SURVIVOR (low traffic since 11/1/97) < STOP_SMOKING (low traffic since 10/1/97) < TAGMULTI (low traffic since 9/1/97) < TEL_TECH (low traffic since 9/1/97) < TOTT_SOS (low traffic since 9/1/97) < TRANSAMIGA (low traffic since 11/1/97) < TREK_FOR_SALE (low traffic since 9/1/97) < WC4_32BIT (low traffic since 9/1/97) < WP-CRAFT (low traffic since 11/1/97) ----------------------------------------------------------------- o There are 662 echos in backbone.na [03-May-98] (down 12) o There are 90 echos in backbone.no [03-May-98] (down 7) o for a total of 752 backbone & quasi-backbone echos (down 19) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Remembering Frank Ellermann of 2:240/5815 by Wulf Krueger, 2:2437/209 FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 6 11 May 1998 Only a few of you out there will have noticed what has happened in Nodelist 114. One of us has finally dropped from the Nodelist after having been down for around 5 months. Why do I mention this fact? Many nodes are leaving today daily. Frank Ellermann, formerly known as 2:240/5815, was a very special person. He had excellent skills in FidoNet techniques; IMHO he was one of the most brilliant among us. He has been actively developing FSCs (now known as FSPs) and he wrote small piece of FTN software himself. But there was much more to him.. Frank was not only an excellent technician but he was an out- standing personality. He was a very kind and gentle person. We all know our common ways in FidoNet today - bashing and throwing dirt at each other. I have never seen him writing such mails. Frank always tried to see the "bright side of life" and the bright side of every single person - even if it was someone he did not like. Even when he was attacked himself he never chose to flame back, he took it with much humour. For this behaviour he was widely respected by those who knew him. Even those who critisized him respected him as a person. Frank wrote long mails (he was famous for that, too, Frank "Ellenlang" ;) ) about FTN, about democratic principles in FidoNet and (sometimes) about life in general. He was one of the authors of the local policy of R2:24, the so- called RegPol24 which IMHO helped us very much to establish democratic principles in R2:24. He has given much advice to the current ZC2, Ward Dossche, myself and many others - to anyone who asked him. Frank always seemed to be full of joy though he was not the kind of person to show his personal feelings to anyone. I knew him for several years and learned to interpret his words quite well, we became very good friends in fact. Indeed, I consider him having once saved my life. Frank joined FidoNet late in 1994 and became a node in 1995. Now Frank has completely disappeared and it really hurts me and makes me feel bad. When Frank had to go down in the middle of Decembre 1997 we both hoped that he would come up again. I spoke to him on the 15th of January this year and as always he sounded very good. :-) Since that day I have lost any contact. Frank has no telephone anymore and he doesn't answer my letters. When I tried to visit him he did not answer the door bell. I hope and I suppose he is physically well but having lost him as a fellow node and, which is much harder for me, as a good friend is very sad but it's his decision. Concerning his FSCs I ask Odinn Sorensen, chairman of the new FTSC, to take Frank's submission as *public domain*. This is what Frank wanted if his node was removed from the Nodelist to make sure that they could be improved by others who take up his good work and I want this to come true to honour him. FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 7 11 May 1998 I ask all you others out there, those of you how knew him, those of you who have read his name in FTSC_PUBLIC or elsewhere and all others, to remember him, to take up where he had to stop, to try to take him as an example of how to communicate with others. FidoNet could be much more human and much more fun then. At least I will always remember him and I wish him the best of luck. If you should, by any means, get to read this, Frank, I hope you will remember my words in one of our last netmails. I miss you. Wulf Krueger of 2:2437/209 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 8 11 May 1998 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= Dear Editorbeing, This missive is submitted by Doc Logger (163/110) who was busy trying to sort out whether Hans Mangold really exists, or whether he is just another one of Zorch's pseudos...or maybe it was the other way around. Roll da flic, Zorch.... Dear Reverend Visage, This may turn out to be a shorter epic than usual because the squid are mating in the lagoon and I can tell you there there is no finer daiquiri than that which is made from squid eggs, fresh bananas, and some of the local potent alcoholic beverages. This is one of those seasonal rarities where I give in to indolence and forgo the usual educational discussions with the Giant Clams. This week, the ace Nodelist detectives went rangy when they discovered that even more souls had fled to the Sherwood Forest sanctuary of Net163. First moron up to the plate was good ole' Dallas Hinton who whined " I wish to protest most strongly you allowing yet another private node from out of the Net 163 geographic area. ... As required by policy, I am writing to you to discuss the problem before taking any other steps. I await your reply at your earliest convenience." Alas poor Dallas still doesn't get it. The node in question asked to join our net because he felt that he was being harassed by his NC and could get no joy from Hinton. Next up, striving to outdo even Hinton for idiocy was Tom Hall (1:342/1) "I am therefore forced to conclude that the following represents a violation of Policy4, and if this violation is not reversed in a timely fashion, then I shall file a formal policy complaint with you over the action of your NC." Hint for Blondes there Tom: Stop abusing your nodes and maybe they'd actually want to stay in your net. And finally, batting clean-up and as usual, dumber than squid, we heard from Bob "Noted" Satti who said: "I don't recall granting you a geographical exemption for nodes from Edmonton and Rhode Island. NOW he is saying that he will stay in net 163 because you folks 'want him to'. THAT isn't a good enough reason. Please clean up your net segment. You don't have a single geographical exemption from me, and so there shouldn't be any out of area nodes in your segment. It's not as if you weren't given fair warning that I would be watching your segment." Poor Bob doesn't get it either. FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 9 11 May 1998 If he'd quit sitting on his thumbs and install a little accountability among his elflords, there really wouldn't be a need to have nodes joining Net163. Hint for Blonde Bobs: With respect to your demand to "clean up the net segment", piss off and go away. When you get a mandate to do anything other than clerk the nodelist, then perhaps we'll sit in rapt attention at your semiliterate grumblings. And finally, a rather long quote taken from an ancient Fidonews, written by Tom Jennings. " FidoNews 6-33 Page 11 14 Aug 1989 How Did This Happen? Tom Jennings 1:125/111 Let's keep this simple: at no time have the sysops of our FidoNet network given /0's the privilege of determining how our network is run. They are not representatives of anyone but themselves; they are merely administrative nodes to generate nodelist fragments, help new sysops get online and act as repositories of the necessary network files. They are ordinary nodes with more work to do. A dangerous thing has been attempted, and is undermining the trust that we rely on. "POLICY4" is simply not in effect, it was not voted upon by the members at large. I, and many many others, are simply ignoring the supposed policy "change". How did this happen? POLICY4 is terrible policy. It takes the right to choose your own net host way! It entrenches /0's as positions of authority. This is insane and does not facilitate our communications. A "smoothly running network" is not our goal; we are here to communicate, that is all. We do that well now. Even voting on POLICY4 is insane, it certainly will not benefit the 6000 or so sysops in the network! I've had FidoNet users tell me that their host doesn't automatically route them their host-routed mail. This was the most basic purpose of a net host to begin with! The whole concept of host-routing was to make FidoNet more effecient by concentrating calls! Anyways, If a few-dozen or -hundred /0's can vote, then a few-thousand can represent themselves just as simply. So what if it takes a long time, expediency is not a goal. If we don't have the tool(s), write them or do it by hand. Freeze a nodelist as the "list of registered voters". Have everyone send in a message. Check them off the list. Hold redundant votes, compare results. Give it a month. The net runs fine, there is no need to implement bad policy just to satisfy some bureaucratic urge!" FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 10 11 May 1998 This is no real Chautauqua in this week's column other than the one that juxtaposes Satti and Hinton's lunacies against the words of Tom Jennings. Being an incurable optimist, I believe that we'll eventually return to the point where Fidonet exists solely as a cooperative effort among sysops and not as the fiefdom of Satti and his fartcatchers in the RCC. I must go Visage, the tide is turning which means that I'll be battling the Fiddler crabs for the rum if I don't hurry. Sorry about your car. How was I supposed to know that the shocks would give out after I'd loaded it with a mere 20 tonnes of concrete? Regards, Doc Logger Furlang Island, South Pacific ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 11 11 May 1998 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 17 May 1998 Independence Day, Norway. 22 May 1998 Expo '98 World Exposition in Lisbon (Portugal) opens. 14 Sep 1998 Start of International BBS Week [thru 20 Sep 98]. 22 Sep 1998 First anniversary of the FidoNews domain of www.fidonews.org. 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 24 Jul 1999 XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99]. 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. 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 15-19 Page 12 11 May 1998 ================================================================= FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ================================================================= FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing [this must be copied out to a file starting at column 1 or it won't process under PGP as a valid public-key] -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Democracy Requires A Free And Uncensored Press. mQENAzUDQfgAAAEH/2cZjrzKxinfyk1NRYy2D78JEU8jFx6fvGyisnN2SX+QwRrA AxBbsMuseM3x60SFhHV7r93CxKWJylPCBJKvDazmWwy+vgBr+ZJvl7Ypj/IB4pWS Apngg8cmDH1h5d0VeYNORsuJ2udHZYRezkZ0eeJlaOsJCj5Xu0QImSp++VU/0oB1 6XRoNPy548xq8Qles1pLC8Kw7HU7Vff1WeaU3mPPQeaGZqn2qSAu5t6Z0Bhm27Pq zNaJ+JWNHaLCHlwrRHV+p9bCdfl3u303OxKPne0cSpxfe+gQBTlVta7B14ssgnzQ mnBFhvKWgM7LT105YD3EcWW9IJE1ByNHwo25a3EABRG0D0ZpZG9OZXdzIEVkaXRv cokAlQMFEDUKMDDrSgiY3KJNQQEB16YD/2tYVRC+dxghA/OwIWNH20GvQXw1zgfv cB6r8gYHcczTCqGu5qbjDOTftoBXY9vI3/CZNsSbvp0ibQinpN6zSgyy2+4wwPbu db/VnjXwBByq7ygTpNwQBMsYjs+iyndwTnR90dH3FewsveBCzeqjmP0Y/PJliElw zEmGKxoFr1SM =G82W -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- File-request FNEWSKEY from 1:1/23 [1:205/1701] or download it from IKVHFoT! 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NOTE: I am looking for a comprehensive list of Telnet, VMODEM, BinkP, Argus and other TCP/IP based nodes operating FidoNet on the InterNet, either by Zone or worldwide, to post here as well. - Ye Editor ============ FidoNet: Homepage http://www.fidonet.org FidoNews http://www.fidonews.org [HTML] http://209.77.228.66/fidonews.html [ASCII] WWW sources http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/students/cs_yr94/lk/fido.html FTSC page http://www.goldware.dk/ftsc Echomail [MIA] WebRing http://ddi.digital.net/~cbaker84/fnetring.html [TFN] General http://owls.com/~jerrys/fidonet.html ============ Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/ Region 13: http://www.smalltalkband.com/st01000.htm Region 14: Region 15: Region 16: http://www.tiac.net/users/satins/region16.htm Region 17: Region 18: http://techstop.pdn.net/fido/ Region 19: http://www.compconn.net ============ Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org ZEC2: Zone 2 Elist: http://www.fbone.ch/z2_elist/ Region 20: http://www.fidonet.pp.se (in Swedish) FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 14 11 May 1998 Region 23: http://www.fido.dk (in Danish) Region 24: http://www.swb.de/personal/flop/gatebau.html (in German) Region 25: http://www.trak-one.co.uk/net254 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/ (in French) Region 30: http://www.fidonet.ch (in Swiss?) Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (in Italian) Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (in Spanish) REC34: http://pobox.com/~chr 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 (in Greek and English) Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl ============ Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org ============ Zone 4: (not yet listed) Region 90: Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (in Spanish) ============ Zone 5: http://w3.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm ============ Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (China) ============ ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-19 Page 15 11 May 1998 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= ------- FIDONEWS MASTHEAD AND CONTACT INFORMATION ------- Editor: Zorch Frezberg Editors Emeritii: Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, Christopher Baker "FidoNews Editor" FidoNet 1:1/23 BBS 1-209-251-7529, 300/1200/2400/9600/V.34/V.90 more addresses: Zorch Frezberg -- 1:205/1701, zorch@repairnet.com zorch@qnis.net zorch@kumr.lns.com (Postal Service mailing address) FidoNews Editor P.O. 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