F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 32 10 August 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. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Evil triumphs when Good Citizens do nothing. Table of Contents 1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1 2. ARTICLES ................................................. 3 Subject: FIP, Part 4 ..................................... 3 3. COLUMNS .................................................. 4 Maurice Kinal's anarchist nightmares continue ............ 4 4. WE GET EMAIL ............................................. 6 Subject: help! ........................................... 6 Subject: a few parting thoughts .......................... 6 5. ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ........................ 8 Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo ....................... 8 6. NOTICES .................................................. 9 Future History ........................................... 9 Obituary = Scott Samet ................................... 9 7. FIDONEWS PUBLIC-KEY ...................................... 12 FidoNews PGP Public-Key Listing .......................... 12 8. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 13 9. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 16 FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 1 10 Aug 1998 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= With this issue, I am resigning as Editor of the FidoNews. In the established practice of all FidoNews Editors in Fido history, I am urging the International Coordinator to accept the appointment of Henk Wolsink as the new FidoNews Editor effective with issue 1533, and am asking that the FidoNet Nodelist reflect this change. The reasons for my resignation have become obvious to many over the last few weeks as an ill-informed effort to force information out by coercion and harrassment in various echoes has taken a new and more menacing twist. In the fine traditions established by their apparent idols and role models of Winter and Germer in Zone 1, several have now moved beyond the realm of FidoNet and made the distinctive effort to force their ways into the private lives of others...even persons who are not a part of FidoNet. This includes a number of acts, including the distribution of a private phone number by persons once trusted; harrassment of a local businessman (who has never been involved in FidoNet in any form) by the posting of his private business phone; the distribution of a description of personal vehicles, as well as license numbers; the use of investigators to delve into the privacy of matters outside the realm of FidoNet or even myself; and, a credible claim that pictures have been taken of the interior of the home of the family that I rent from, as well as other less well-documented actions that have been observed or reported to me. All of this, simply because I hold opinions that are *different* from the 'mob mentality' currently engaged in the destruction of Zone 1 FidoNet in the name of "democracy". What protection might have been offered by FidoNet Policy has been rendered useless by an administration more interested in how many hats someone wears than by what constitutes smooth operations and excessively annoying behavior. It seems that the idea of the free discussion of ideas in FidoNet has been replaced with the concept of the invasion of _personal_ privacy, and the posting of personal details that have nothing to do with Fido itself...or worse, with those who have nothing to do with whatever differences may exist. Moreso, the idea seems to be to 'argue the person' and not 'argue the idea'...nor are these attitudes directed at myself alone. This time, however, innocent bystanders are involved, and because of the threats being made, both directly and by inference, I cannot with good conscience risk the personal safety or the privacy of my landlords and friends beyond this point. FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 2 10 Aug 1998 Would that I had not had the recent surgery, and were able to move into my own residence, things would be different...but that is not the case, and I am otherwise helpless to act at this time to protect the family who has taken me in. But, I can at least let it be known the reasons _why_ I have been forced to take these actions. The past few issues have carried the title "This edition published under duress" for the simple reason that efforts of this sort were carried out not to benefit FidoNet, but rather to prevent me from posting my own opinions without endangering the privacy of others. And a free press is *critical* to any _real_ democracy, regardless of the self-serving mouthings by those who have engaged in this unprecedented effort to invade personal privacy. As a result, and effective with this issue's publication, I will withdraw from active participation in FidoNet, save in those echoes where I have previous commitments; as well, I will be considering my withdrawal from FidoNet altogether, since extortion, witchhunts and terrorism seem to be the new 'standard' by which we are being allowed to move towards. With that, I release the FidoNews to Henk Wolsink, in the hopes that a free press will not be smothered or threatened by remaining inside of Zone 1 any longer. -zf- ### 30 30 30 ### ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 3 10 Aug 1998 ================================================================= ARTICLES ================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1998 10:21:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Lothar Behet To: editor@fidonews.org Subject: FIP, Part 4 Hi Zorch, unhappily i must move Part 4 of the Fidonet-over-IP series to next week, as I did not find enough time for editing it this week :( With kind regards Lothar Behet 2:2446/301 aka 2:2/3000 ----------------------------------------------------------- ### 30 ### ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 4 10 Aug 1998 ================================================================= COLUMNS ================================================================= Dear Editorbeing, This column is submitted by Doc Logger (163/110) who was busy drowning in the humid air mass that got lost and headed up here to the frozen tundra. I think the weatherbeings should send it back to Texas where it belongs. Roll da flic Zorch.... Dear Reverend Visage, Another slow week in Fidoland. The only amusing action has been in the petulant footstomping of Satti's second stringer in the Z1C elflord echo. It seems that Bowerman is attempting to remove the riffraff so that poor Satti won't get his tender sensitivities bruised when he wanders back into the echo. Satti messages haven't been seen for months in public and if he can perfect an equal cone of silence in private messages then he will have finally achieved his level of competence. Poor Bowerman is naive enough to accept a telephone bill as proof of His Zorchness' integrity. It wasn't that long ago that the lads in the Kohl troll kingdom were justifiably scoffing at the notion that a telephone number proved anything. Our prayers and our edible underwear should go out to Bowerman in his hour of delirium. There have been minor renewals of the perpetual discussion about what to do with the unwieldy dog of Peefour. A decent burial should be arranged with all possible haste but I don't think that this would satisfy those who don't want to assume responsibility and would rather have someone else make their choices for them via a series of stone tablets. I notice that an unimaginative soul has registered "fidonet.com" with Internic. Naturally, the choice of name is purely coincidence and has nothing to do with making ersatz claims on the real Fidonet. The morons who usurp existing and recognized names by registering them as Internet domains should be forced to go out on a date with Linda Tripp. This will have to be barely enough liner to cover the bird cage because Swamp Swine Magazine is sending me on a short kayak journey with a collection of deranged and drunken yuppies. My assignment is to ascertain how stupid people can get when a little liquor and wilderness are mixed. This pastime seems to reach a high art form when young professionals get away from the office and try to out macho each other by running into rocks. I shall be sure to bring FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 5 10 Aug 1998 my "Space Balls" CD with William Shatner's version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" so that the yuppies' last sensation on earth is suitably horrific...hell will seem comparatively pleasant. I must go, Visage, the sun is over the yard arm, and the driveway is filled with Hummers waiting to transport me beyond the heart of darkness. Regards, Doc Logger Nanook School of Kayaking & Bartending, somewhere on the mighty Dumoine River ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 6 10 Aug 1998 ================================================================= WE GET EMAIL ================================================================= Subject: help ! Date: 07 Aug 1998 13:21:35 From: "Cristina Bauer" To: jb@fidonews.org, editor@fidonews.org, mb-vorstand@fido.de, mj@fido.de, kama@hippo.fido.de Hello! I have sent a CC to many FidoNodes. I hope that one of you will answer my question. I am a NC of 2:530. In the 2:530 there are some Down Nodes, and after a period of 2 weeks the nodes are removed from the nodelist. Some of them come back after a while, but they heave been removed from the nodelist. My question is: What should I do with them ? Should I put them to send me an Apply or should I add them form old nodelist ? What dose your NC in this situation? Please help me with an answer or send this message to somebody who can help me! Thanks, Cristina Bauer Tel : 644-6458 EMail : cristina@kqueen.matco.ro ___ GoldED/386 2.50+ ! Origin: FIDO <> INTERNET Gate @ Killer Queen BBS # 6446458 # (2:530/140.99) ### 30 ### ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: a few parting thoughts... Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 11:16:34 -0400 From: "Ed Lee" To: Hello Zorch. Feel free to publish this. A few thoughts on how to get Fidonet's house of cards in order: 1. Get off of Bob Kohl's back for a few weeks, and let him get FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 7 10 Aug 1998 himself together. You people aren't even so much as giving him a chance. If you want Fidonet to be a democracy, you need to give the elected officials at least some chance to work. 2. When are we going to see Fidonet start advertising itself to the rest of the world? Do you people expect users to just flock to Fidonet in droves without knowing that it even exists? Someone take up a collection and put an ad in the New York Times or something. And last, but certainly not least... 3. Someone please tell Doc Logger to shut the hell up. No one is listening to your childish taunts. Farewell, gentlemen. Fare the well. Regards, Ed Lee MODERATOR Moderator Emeritus ### 30 ### ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 8 10 Aug 1998 ================================================================= ADVERTISE YOUR FREE SERVICE/EVENT ================================================================= Announcing the WRESTLING_CHAT Echo Emanuel Edwards 1:348/963 emanuel@escape.ca Hello all Fidonet Sysops: Where else can you find a great echo that will increase the users on your BBS? Well here is the answer to your question. The WRESTLING_CHAT echo can be classified as one of the best echo on Fidonet today. If you don't have internet access and want to read all the latest news in the wrestling world this echo will provide you with all the valuable information. In the last 6 months the echo been getting well over 200 messages a week. Once you request the WRESTLING_CHAT on your BBS you will see a great increase in news users on your BBS. Make that important decision today and request this great and interesting echo on your BBS. If you need more information about the echo you can contact me by email at emanuel@escape.ca The Areatag for the echo is WRESTLING_CHAT Moderator for the echo is Emanuel Edwards Co_Moderator for the echo is Barry Laws JR Volume of Mail in one months 1000 to 1200 WRESTLING_CHAT one of the best echo on fidonet today. Just ask the other sysops around the world for proof. Emanuel Internet emanuel@escape.ca Fidonet 1:348/963 ### 30 ### ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 9 10 Aug 1998 ================================================================= NOTICES ================================================================= Future History 5 Oct 1998 29th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus". 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. 23 Nov 1998 35th Anniversary of Doctor Who. 1 Dec 1998 Fifteenth Anniversary of release of Fido version 1 by Tom Jennings. 16 Feb 1999 13th Anniversary of the introduction of EchoMail by Jeff Rush. 12 May 1999 12th Anniversary of Fido Operations in Zone 4; 10th Anniversary of the creation of FidoNet Zone 4. 24 Jul 1999 XIII Pan American Games [through 8 Aug 99]. 9 Jun 1999 Tenth Anniversary of the adoption of FidoNet Policy 4.07. 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 15-32 Page 10 10 Aug 1998 Obituary = Scott Samet by Hector Santos, 1:135/382 [Editor's Note: Due to an attempt to hack into my E-Mail account by persons as yet unknown, the message originally sent by Andrea Santos was lost in the destruction, along with several non-FidoNews articles and messages. With apologies to all involved, I have elected to post a copy of Hector Santos' announcement made in several echoes. -zf-] People, Scott Samet , the author of one of the more popular FIDONET utilities called XLAXNODE.EXE and XLAXDIFF.EXE, has went to the better world. As you properly aware in some form or fashion, Scott was one of the original Fidonet developers (old address 1:135/990). His Fidonet nodelist compiler was one of the original "hall mark" and "backbone" utilities that gave Fidonet one of its early "growth sparks" during the 80s. Nearly every early know Frontend Mailer and/or Mail Echo Processor worked with the Nodelist Databases produced by Scott's utility. I first met Scott in 1984 when I first joined Fidonet. I purchased his nodelist compiler for $15.00, like most of the young Fidonet members did. When I started to write Silver Xpress, the first Fidonet Offline Mail System, I added support for the compiled nodelist and Scott helped by adding support for some my new ideas. Scott added support for the Silver Xpress compiled nodelist to XLAXNODE.EXE in subsequent updates. That fact he was an enthusiastic Borland Pascal user and software developer like I was, our "Cyber" relationship was even better. With his expert knowledge of Pascal, he helped me add some advance techniques to Silver Xpress. In October 1987, Scott left Fidonet but thousands of people around the globe, till this very day, continued to use his XLAXNODE nodelist utilities. As an original "hall mark" Fidonet Developer, all members of Fidonet deserves the attention of this news. Zorch Forsberg (FidoNews Editor) has been contacted, and Andrea Santos (1:3135/382) has informed our Net 135 members of the sad news. God Bless Scott PS: Thank you Borland for posting this information. -------- Forwarded Message --------- Original: DATE..... 03 Aug 1998, 12:59p Original: FROM..... LORIE HULL Original: TO....... ALL Original: SUBJECT.. A sad announcement Original: FORUM.... borland.public.delphi.non-technical FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 11 10 Aug 1998 Original: NETWORK.. BORLAND ECHO: BI_NONTECH From: Lorie Hull Organization: Inprise Corp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Scott Samet, a member of TeamB and an active participant in this online community, died last week in his home town of Miami, Florida. Scott was a member of TeamB for three years. He loved being part of TeamB, enjoyed Delphi, and the online community. He loved travel, good food, and teaching his nephews about off-color jokes and belching. Scott had a finely honed sense of humor, and was always ready with a wry remark or pithy comment. Scott was never one to heed traditions, social conventions or fashion rules. He had a large and diverse group of friends who will miss him greatly, as will his family and colleagues. Scott was, most definitely, an interesting fellow. I am honored to have known him. He will be missed. -- - lorie ----- End of Forwarded Message ----- --- Hector Santos Disclaimer: Forward-looking statements can change at any time due to the dynamics of the market forces. ! Origin: Platinum Xpress Support 305-248-7815 (1:135/382) ### 30 ### ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 12 10 Aug 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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The FidoNews key is also available on the FidoNews homepage listed in the Masthead information. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 13 10 Aug 1998 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= This is a list of all FidoNet-related sites reported to the FidoNews Editor as of this issue; see the notice at the end. ============ 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 [pending] 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: none Region 14: none Region 15: none Region 16: none Region 17: none Region 18: http://techshop.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) 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/~lbehet/fido (English/German) FIDONEWS 15-32 Page 14 10 Aug 1998 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 (Swiss?) 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