The F I D O N E W S Volume 19, Number 15 15 Apr 2002 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | Fido, Fidonet and dog-with-diskette are | | | FidoNet community. | | US Registered Trademarks of Tom Jennings| | | | | San Francisco, California, USA | | | ____________| | | | | / __ | Crash netmail articles to: | | | / / \ | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-944907) | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | Routed netmail articles to: | | \_______\(_| /_) | Bjorn Felten @ 2:203/0 | | _ @/_ \ _ | Email attach to: | | | | \ \\ | bfelten@telia.com | | | (*) | \ ))| | | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bj”rn Felten | | ______ _//|| _\ / | | | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Copyright 2002 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. INSIDE ................................................... 2 The Fidonews at a Glance ................................. 2 3. EDITORIAL ................................................ 3 Health care and other stuff .............................. 3 4. FIDONET REGIONAL NEWS .................................... 5 What Is Fido CD-ROM Second Edition ....................... 5 5. REBUTTALS TO PREVIOUS ARTICLES ........................... 7 Calling Cats that have cheap seats ....................... 7 6. OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER .......................... 9 Ol'WDB's Column .......................................... 9 7. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN .......................... 11 Japanese Daikon Chicken Soup ............................. 11 8. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ...................................... 12 BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL #12 ........................... 12 Out of the mouths of children ............................ 14 9. TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................. 16 Fidonet Software List .................................... 16 10. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 20 Fidonet-related Sites .................................... 20 11. SPECIAL INTEREST ........................................ 25 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 25 12. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 27 How to Submit an Article ................................. 27 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 28 FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 1 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before. -- Mae West -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 2 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= INSIDE ================================================================= The Fidonews at a Glance The editorial this week is about "Health care and other stuff". A report about an exciting CD-ROM project in Germany in "What Is Fido CD-ROM Second Edition". The catcaller didn't make it before deadline this week, but he has a rebuttal from Frank Vest in "Calling Cats that have cheap seats". Warren Bonner is back again with "Ol'WDB's Column". Carol makes "Japanese Daikon Chicken Soup" in this week's section of Fidonews International Kitchen. In the Jokes Section we have "Bastard operator from hell #12" followed by "Out of the mouths of children..." from Warren Bonner. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 3 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= EDITORIAL ================================================================= Health care and other stuff I'm delighted to see how well Luke's catcalls have been received. Albeit it does no good to Luke's adrenaline glands to see his contributions so appreciated, and thus may make him less reluctant to continue his crusade against the ogres of the *C's of Fidonet (isn't it ironic how *C sounds like the dreaded state police of the former DDR when pronounced in english?). Some may argue that comparing healthcare of USA vs. Canada is not something that belongs in a e-zine like FidoNews. And maybe they are right. But when I read Luke's description of the two systems, I cannot help thinking how similar to the Canadian system the Swedish system is fast becoming. The Swedish system, that only a couple of decades ago was used as a model to many other social systems around the world. And obviously many readers have started reflecting around Luke's latest articles, so I guess they *do* have a place in our Snooze after all. One issue that's constantly raised is the "free" thing. I think this is something that belongs to the dark sides of capitalism. Free healthcare is of course not available anywhere. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. But IMHO healthcare should be free in so motto as "when I'm down, please help me out until I get back on my feet again". It's also known as solidarity in my necks of the wood. - - = = * = = - - Someone asked the question (in the Fidonews echo) if Luke Kolin was a real name, or an alias. Well, those of us that were around in late 1994 remember the sordid business he was objected to at that time. If you're interested in an "affair" that would make Hollywood screen writers green with envy, you should try to get hold of the last issues of FidoNews from that year, and read about stuff, that'll make the latter days "R12 affair" look like sunday school. - - = = * = = - - I got an interesting letter from Spain the other day. One issue raised was the meaning of the last half of the word FidoNews. News. I agree with the writer. It really should be more emphasized in this magazine. So what's new in Fidonet this week? Please write to me and tell me. New software, new connections, new get-togethers or what else is new? - - = = * = = - - Yesterday was April 14th. Exactly 90 years since Titanic went down (actually on the hour right now). It's also 75 years since the first Volvo car (model ™V4, meaning "™ppen Vagn, 4 cylindrar" or, in english "Open Vehicle, 4 cylinders") was driven out of the factory. FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 4 15 Apr 2002 Unfortunately the car had it's rear gear mounted incorrectly, so it could only go reverse, but since then the Volvo cars have improved. - - = = * = = - - Yeeez it's getting late. Lucky I have six or more hours advantage over previous Z1 editors. :) How come, BTW, that almost no other language but swedish has a word for the full 24 hours. The english word "day" normally means the part of the 24 hours that the sun is up, no? In swedish we call the day "dag" but the full 24 hours "dygn". You're welcome to borrow the word; you must agree it would be advantageous in many situations? I wasn't lucky enough to study latin in school, but I *think* that "diem" means the full 24 hours, like the swedish "dygn". True or false? ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 5 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= FIDONET REGIONAL NEWS ================================================================= What Is Fido CD-ROM Second Edition By Michael Kleerbaum, 2:2432/203 As last year, the WIF team is again producing a CD-ROM in 2002. This CD-ROM will be distributed free of charge at filling stations, computer stores, corner stores and similar locations, where it will be available to all. The basic purpose of this activity is to draw attention to FidoNet, and perhaps to generate enough enthusiasm that people will want to participate using the software they receive on the CD-ROM. The WIF CD-ROM Second Edition will be produced in a quantity of 500 - 600 CDs, but the number can be increased as required. It will be completely financed by the private funds of the WIF Project, and is thus completely independent. This time, we have placed particular emphasis on the visual design to demonstrate a certain professionalism. The CD itself is printed in color, and both the inlay and the front cover will also be printed in color on glossy stock. The content of the CD is organized into two sections: 1) The Information Section In this section, the interested reader can find details and extensive information on FidoNet. We achieve this aim by storing the entire home page of the www.was-ist-fido.de website, with all the details and images, as an offline version on the CD-ROM. This presentation exists in both HTML and PDF versions. All that is necessary to enjoy it is a browser that supports frames (no plugins are required), or the Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 4.0 or higher. The home page is organized in such a manner that site navigation is quite simple even if no frame support is available. 2) The Software Section If the proud owner of the CD now decides to try out FidoNet on an active basis, we provide a wide range of software for this purpose, for nearly all common operating systems, whether Linux, Windows 3x, 9x, NT, ME, XP, 2000, DOS or OS/2. Each program comes with its own illustrated installation instructions and directions for the initial startup. We offer the choice of CrossPoint XP2, WinPoint, APoint, FantasyPoint, FIPS, and a software package for Linux. As a special extra, the brand new FidoDeluxe package by Michael Haase is also included, and enables immediate participation in FidoNet using Fido Over IP. This means that we have covered all the routes by which FidoNet is generally accessed: modem, ISDN and DSL. Not even an internet account is required to obtain a point number from us. For just this purpose, the WIF also offers a FAX retrieval service to help prospective points to register with us. In addition, we have installed a hotline to provide direct assistance for installations and FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 6 15 Apr 2002 the initial startup. The editorial deadline for the WID CD-ROM Second Edition is April 17, 2002, and the CD will be available by mid-May. So what is this "WIF" anyway? WIF stands for "What is Fido?". That is also the name (in German) of the Internet home page www.was-ist-fido.de. Around the end of the nineties, a few people in FidoNet (Region 24, Zone 2) got together to finally create a long-overdue source of information on FidoNet on the Internet. We are proud to note that our home page is the largest and most comprehensive on FidoNet that we have seen to date. And we have even enjoyed some success in our work. We are able to direct new points to our partner nodes at regular intervals. Unfortunately, we still remain a purely German-language web page, since we have not yet assembled enough people willing and able to translate the site into English. However, this remains a priority. WIF Project Germany Post Office Box 1245 D-46356 Heiden / Germany Hotline +49-2865-6099918 Telefax +49-2865-6099919 Fax Retrieval Service (1 page) +49-2865-6099917 FidoNet Echos WIF.GER WIF.NEWBEES.GER WWW http://www.was-ist-fido.de eMail info@was-ist-fido.de yahoogroups was-ist-fido-subscribe@yahoogroups.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 7 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= REBUTTALS TO PREVIOUS ARTICLES ================================================================= Calling Cats that have cheap seats By Frank Vest Congratulations to Mr. (Cool Hand) Luke. He hit pretty good on his article on healthcare, Canada vs USA. There is one area that was overlooked, though.... maybe it had a slight hit, but not much. One thing I note about the healthcare in Canada... if I'm not off base, is that the healthcare is considered "free". I don't know where I remember hearing this, but I remember being told that Canada was great because the healthcare there is free. Free? What is free? Hang in here while I try to loop this back around to Luke's article. :) Healthcare is free?? Well, Luke seems to think that the quality of healthcare in Canada stinks. From his description, I'd have to agree. Luke seems to think that the quality of care in the USA is great... at least by comparison. I'd have to agree there as well. The real question that wasn't really dug into is the "why?". Much of that is related to the cost.... and a lot of the cost falls back on an area that most don't want to get into. The citizens of the country. Yes, rather you want to admit it or not, /you/ the citizen that uses the service, be it government or privately funded, are the ones that pay for the service. Now wait a minute. The healthcare is free.. That means you don't have to pay anything, right?? Well... If you wanna believe that... ok. I'll sell you some "prime" land I happen to not own here in the USA. :-) Yes folks, this may be a shock, but you pay for everything in one way or the other. In the USA, it is said that the children can get a "free" education. Well... sure they can. The children don't pay for it... the adults pay for it. Oh... You thought it was free... really free??? Tell me that each year when I get my tax statement on the house I'm buying. "School Tax: $800.00" per year and going up. :( How does this relate to healthcare?? Do I really need to tell you? Naw, you're not that dumb. What I do want to do is state one reason for the cost of healthcare. This falls back to you, the citizen. You're probably wondering what the heck I mean, or you've already figured this out and are hitting the "next" key. For those who are still here.... Keep in mind that insurance companies are not in business to lose money. As Mr. Kolin noted, one should put in as much as one gets out of the healthcare insurance. The insurance companies are betting that you will pay in more than you use. If that is not the case, the insurance rates go up. When I hear someone say "That's why I pay for insurance" and take off in their car at 90 MHP down a street, my first thought is "There goes the insurance rates again". Insurance, government or private, in its simple form is a savings FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 8 15 Apr 2002 account contributed to by the members and managed by a company or government. Each member contributes to the fund and if an emergency happens, can withdraw funds to cover that emergency. The problem arrives when more is being taken out of the fund for "emergency" than is being put in. When this happens, the insurance rate increases to cover the shortage. Simply put, if all the members are contributing $100 a month and taking out $200 a month, the rates will have to increase to cover the shortage. So, next time you have a "hangnail" and think about going to the doctor because "That's why I pay insurance", think about why your insurance costs go up. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 9 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= OL'WDB'S COLUMN - WARREN BONNER ================================================================= Ol'WDB's Column wdbonner@pacbell.net Near twenty years have come and gone, and all of them were fun in Fido-land untill the present one. A non elected group has decided that they will run a "new fidonet", and cause the demise of the existing Fidonet. Their ploy is to discard and junk our policy, replacing it with several sheets of paper they have etched their ambitions upon. The present name for their document is P5. You see they discovered that trashing Fidonet left them with no policy, so they hurriedly threw "P5" together thinking that they could entice nodes away from the real Fidonet by using modified policy itself, and making their own nodelist. Their nodelist had five or six in it plus some nodes that were told they could join with them and be in Fidonet. That gave them a small number in their new node list say ten or twelve. They realized that this was not a good showing at all! So they decided to steal the regular Fidonet node list and incorporate it in their "Otherlist" to make it look more real. Then were they upset when they found out the International Coordinator would not accept it in his weekly Fidonet nodelist. The IC authorizes nodediffs from the six zone coordinators. This group of rebels is now very upset that they can't take over Fidonet. I suggest that they secede from Fidonet and form their own "Wolfgangnet", "Doggonenet", "Dogrunnet", or what ever they want to call it. Those few nodes in their Otherlist, are either people or they are sheeple. If they are people they will contact their regional coordinator for a new Fidonet node number; if not, then they can follow their Otherlisters. They, all five or six of them, would be happier whining to each other, and Fidonet wouldn't have to listen to the disrespectful remarks they constantly throw at our *C's. Our esteemed Dale Shipp and Bob Short and several others, have spent many hours on technical modifications to Policy 4.07 to make it up to date. The first changes to it are already with the RCC. When it is complete it will be posted by the International Coordinator to take effect at a date, I am told. There is no rhyme or reason for the actions of the rebels. This week a couple of them quit Fidonet. I am sorry to see anyone leave, but if they have to be boss or leave... "Vaya con Dios", as Ward and Jerry have said. This Fidonet is for nodes that want to communicate with like kind, for ideas and instructions on how to operate a good BBS and perhaps have a sip of Southern Comfort(TM) or Coffee Royal. 8^) On a lighter note, did you hear about Clyde? Clyde, a farmer in Alabama, decided his injuries from the accident he had suffered were serious enough to take the trucking company (responsible for the accident) to court. In court the trucking company's fancy lawyer was questioning Clyde. "Didn't you say at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine?'" asked the lawyer. FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 10 15 Apr 2002 Clyde responded, "Well, I'll tell you what happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule Bessie into the..." "I didn't ask for any details," the lawyer interrupted, "just answer the question. Did you or did you not say 'I'm fine' at the scene of the accident?" Clyde said, "Well, yes, but I had just got Bessie into the trailer and was driving down the road..." The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question." By this time the Judge was fairly interested in Clyde's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule, Bessie." Clyde thanked the Judge and proceeded, "Well, like I was saying, had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side. I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other ditch on other side of the road. I was hurting real bad and didn't want to move. However, I could hear old Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans. "About that time a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning so he went over to her. "After he looked at her he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. "Then the Patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me and said, 'And, how are you feeling?" Warm Regards Ol'wdb ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 11 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN ================================================================= Japanese Daikon Chicken Soup 4 ea Chicken legs/thighs (1 lb) 4 ea Slices daikon 6 oz Dry red beans 3 ea Satsuma Imo 1 tb Dry parsley 2 ts Ginger, fresh, grated 1 ts Marjoram Water to cover plus 2 inches This is more of my 'outa stuff' cookery. I just didnt feel like going to the Tonoo Market Street but needed some food handy. Here's the result and it's a winner! The Satsuma Imo is a japanese local 'sweet yam' which isnt as sweet as the North American type, nor as large. Mashed those 3 would make about 1.5 cups (or perhaps a bit less). Red fleshed with a thin skin and a mild yellow interior, this is a good vegetable to have handy. Lasts a very long time in the crisper. These I just added whole and they have largely just disappeared into the soup, skin and all. Peeled North American type would work as a substitute. The daikon flavors the soup base. For looks, you may want to remove the cooked portions and add fresh in at serving time for the 'crunch' they would add. Substitute mild North American Radishes if Daikon isnt available where you are. You may also want to try white beans vice the red I had handy. If you are out of fresh ginger, dried would likely work here. As this isn't traditional 'Japanese' I didn't add that catagory. I wanted to prevent possible confusion. Something new from the kitchen of: xxcarol ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 12 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ================================================================= BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL #12 I get to work and I'm a bit tired so I plug a thick hunk of copper across the three phase supply and throw the switch. The room is plunged into darkness as the circuit breakers trip and for once the machine room is silent. I like it. I pop the phone off the hook and close the curtains on the observation window. Now it's *really* dark in there. I wouldn't be surprised if someone had an accident in here.. I lift a couple of floor tiles up in the darkness and call our maintenance contractors saying the mini popped the breaker again, then replace the fuses in it with a couple of nails and short the power supply to ground. You can't just hope for this sort of thing, you've got to MAKE it happen. 15 minutes later the engineer arives and falls down the hole. I pop the floor tiles back on just as the System Manager (a new and very thorough individual) comes in, telling me to watch out, someone could really hurt themselves in the dark... I nod & tell him that we can't really afford all the downtime, and should I just throw the breaker and hope that there was no major fault. After thinking about the negative publicity we're getting already, he makes the last decision of his short career and tells me to go ahead. Later, when the smoke clears I examine the smoking remains of the mini. Not a pretty sight... "Strange that the breaker jammed shut, isn't it?" I say to our manager as he packs up the personal things in his office. "One in a million chance. A pity that someone saw what you did and posted the whole story to comp.misc. You'll be lucky to get a job managing a car computer after all that publicity..." I go back to the machine room and throw the rest of the breakers to liven everything up, then login and start deleting users' email. I spot an interesting off-the-record sexual proposition from our male consultant to a member of the men's swim team which will make a good motd, so I copy it there, modify root's owner name to be "Winker" and password to be "ljkadlkajflkj" (then call the big boss to report a suspected intrusion). Should be at least a couple of hours of login time before we can sort that out. In the meantime, people are just going to have to read that message... I realise the message has been read when I hear the gunshot from behind the consultant's closed door. I edit the online helpdesk information and change the phone number to FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 13 15 Apr 2002 the System Manager's - he'll probably appreciate the extra calls at such a sad time... I hear another shot and realise he won't be answering any calls today. I put the phone back on the hook and flip today's excuse card. "Poor power conditioning". Too plausible. "STATIC BUILDUP". Still a bit too plausible for my liking, but I don't want to run out of cards before the end of the year, so I decide to run with it. The phone rings almost as soon as I've got "Top Gun" in the video machine so I pause the video and put the phone on hands-free. "I think I've bought a bad floppy disk" "Yes?" I wonder if I've suddenly become the consumer's watchdog? "Well, I've got this disk and it won't format. All the others in the box did so I thought I must have a bad disk" "Why are you calling me about this?" I ask "Well, the disk says guaranteed; where do I go to get a replacement?" Ah! Of course. "Well, let's see. Are you sure it's the disk, and not just some problem with static buildup?" "Huh?" "Static Buildup, you know, static electricity that's passed from you to the computer" "But I'm wearing a wrist strap!" Around about now I realise I'm deep in dweeb country. Wrist straps aren't fashion accessories in my part of town... "Of course you are, but your average wrist strap has a 1 meg resistor in series with it, a *really* poor earth. What you need is a direct earth connection. Hang onto the frame of something that's earthed properly." "What, you mean like our stainless steel bench?" "Excellent. Now, have you got a paper clip to discharge the static with?" "Hang on. Yeah" "Ok, with your other hand, poke the clip thru the ventilation holes at the back of the unit, and just touch the contact at the end of the thick red wire." "The one going to the power supply?" FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 14 15 Apr 2002 "Yep, that's it" "....Hey, isn't that the li... kzzzzt!< >clunk<" Another call solved by the helpdesk from hell... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Out of the mouths of children... By Warren Bonner I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my five-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!" On the first day of school, a first grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents." A woman was trying hard to get the catsup to come out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her four-year old daughter to answer the phone. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother. Then she added, " Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle." I love the outdoors, and because of my passion for hunting and fishing, my family eats a considerable amount of wild game. So much, in fact, that one evening as I set a platter of broiled venison steaks on the dinner table, my ten-year-old daughter looked up and said, "Boy, it sure would be nice if pizzas lived in the woods." When my daughter was three, we watched Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs for the first time. The wicked queen appeared, disguised as an old lady selling apples, and my daughter was spellbound. Then Snow White took a bite of the poisoned apple and fell to the ground unconscious. As the apple rolled away, my daughter spoke up. "See, Mom. She doesn't like the skin either." A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter -- haven't you ever seen a little boy before?" A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday School presentation. His mother, sitting in the front row to prompt him, gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it didn't help. Her son's memory was blank. Finally she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world." The child beamed and with great feeling and a loud, clear voice said, "My mother is the light of the world." A teacher asked her students to draw a picture of their favorite Old Testament story, and as she moved around the class, she saw there were FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 15 15 Apr 2002 many wonderful drawings being done. Then she came across Johnny who had drawn a man driving an old car. In the back seat was a scantily-clad man and woman. "It's a lovely picture," said the teacher, "but which story does it tell?" Johnny seemed surprised at the question. "Well," he exclaimed, "doesn't it say in the Bible that God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden?" That's All Folks! Ol'wdb ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 16 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= TODD COCHRANE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= Fidonet Software List By Todd Cochrane Type: B=BBS D=Door M=Mailer T=Tosser C=Communication (terminal) U=Utility P=Point Software I=Internet (telnet, BinkP...) <+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=+=-=-+-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+> ( Software Name ) |Type| ( Author/Contact ) <+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=|=-=-|-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+> |BBBS Home Page |B | b@bbbs.net | | | | www.bbbs.net/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |ELEBBS The Elevator |B | elebbs@elebbs.com | |Software Production | | www.elebbs.com | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Hermes II Project |B | info@HermesII.org | | | | http://www.hermesii.org/ | 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Software |D | scott@jibben.com | | | | http://www.jibbensoftware.com/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |JNS Software Door Games|D | Rusty Johnson | | | | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com | | | | 304-733-0113 | | | | http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Legend Of The Red |D | | |Dragon Reborn | | | |(L.O.R.D.) | | http://www.lordlegacy.org/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |PC Pursuits |D |brucep@pop.kis.net | | | |(301)240-6653 | | | |http://www.pcpursuits.com/products.htm | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |S and T Software |D |Mark Bappe | | | |mark.bappe@bozax.iainc.net | | | |(770)788-6843 | | | |http://bozax.iainc.net/public/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Shinning Star BBS Doors|D |nannette@shiningstar.net | | | |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Sunrise Door Software |D |Al Lawerence | | | |al@sunrisedoors.com | | | |(404)256-9518 | | | |http://www.sunrisedoors.com/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |The Brainex System |D |info@brainex.com | | | |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Trade Wars Door Game |D |jpritch@eisonline.com | | | |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ | | | |1:299/110 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Vagabond Software |D |Bryan Turner | | | |vagabond@darktech.org | | | |http://vagabond.virtualave.net/ | | | |1:124/7013 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |FMail Support |T |wijnstra@fmail.nl.eu.org | | | |http://fmail.nl.eu.org/ | | | |2:280/1076 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Squish Tosser |T |http://www.lanius.com/squish.htm | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Argus RITLABS |M |argus@ritlabs.com | | | |373-2-246889 | | | |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ | FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 18 15 Apr 2002 | | |2:469/84 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |FrontDoor |MTPC|Definite Solutions | |FrontDoor APX | |sales@defsol.se | |Mailer/Point Software | |http://www.defsol.se/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |BeeMail Home Page |M |http://beemail.gexonline.net | | | |Stephen Proffit | | | |1:211/405 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net/ | |Frontend Mailer | | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |BinkD |MI |maloff@corbina.net | | | |http://2f.ru/binkd/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Fidogate |UIT |Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net | | | |http://www.fidogate.org/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Fidonet to Internet |IM |Bo Bendtsen | |Mailer | |sales@terminate.com | | | |http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |GiGo Software |UI |http://www.gigo.com/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Internet Rex |IM |cruden@cs.ualberta.ca | | | |http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/ | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |Tmail |IM |http://www.tmail.spb.ru/index-19.htm | |(Russian /w English DL)| | | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |TransX Multiboard |M |support@multiboard.com | |Communications Inc. | |http://www.multiboard.com/software/ | | | |transx.html | | | |1:2401/305 | |-----------------------|----|---------------------------------------| |TransNet |I |transnet@ressl.com.ar | | | 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UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c 218/109 | Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c 220/10 | groberts|nexusbbs.net |BinkP,FTP,UUE|1.5M+ | n/c 229/1 | Phil Simpson | BinkP UUE FTP | ??? | n/c 229/2000 | Robert Couture |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ??? | 229/622 | Dave Hamilton | BinkP | ??? | n/c 249/116 | Carl Austin Bennett | FTP, UUE |ADSL,60 | n/c 250/98 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 250/99 | Brent McLaren | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c 250/102 | Darin McBride | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 267/169 | Philip Lozier | FTP TX | ??? | n/c 261/1380 | Joe Davis | UUE TX | ??? | n/c 275/311 | Shannon Talley|FTP,BinkP,FTP,VMoT,QWK| T1 |n/c 280/169 | Brian Greenstreet | FTP | 33.6 | $2mo. 297/11 | Michael McCabe | TX | ??? | n/c 323/120 | Craig Healy | VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 342/3 | Richard Dodsworth | BinkP,FTP | 128K+ | n/c 360/5 | Bennie Hutto | FTP VMoT | aDSL | n/c 379/1 | Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c 379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c 395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkP VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c 396/45 | Marc Lewis |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL | n/c 396/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c 2215/300 | Dennis Haddox | UUE,TX | CABLE | n/c 2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 2410/400 | Gary Gilmore | FTP BinkP | 384K,60| n/c 2410/213 | Kevin Bentz | FTP, BinkP, UUE| Cable | n/c 2604/104 | Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo 2624/306 | David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c 3613/1275 | @ jyates@bsdi.ldl.net | UUE,FTP | 28.8 | n/c 3407/4 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3632/84 | Robert Todd |FTP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 57.6k | n/c 3830/5 | Jeff Schrunk |BinkP FTP TX UUE| ??? | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 2 | 20/11 | Henrik Lindhe | BinkP | ??? | n/c 22/222 | Kim Heino | BinkP | ??? | n/c 28/1 | Lody Caenen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 31/1 | Gabriel Plutzar | BinkP | T1+ | n/c 37/37 | Gabor Z. Papp | BinkP | ??? | n/c 47/999 | Andrej Kirejev | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 53/558 |Vladimir Hrusca|POP,VMoT,UUE,BinkP,ifcico|2mbs|?? 201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c 201/505 | Goran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c 201/600 | H†kan Andersson |BinkP,FTP |512kbps| n/c 203/600 | Mikael Karlsson |BinkP,FTP,TX,UUE| 512k | n/c 211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BinkP | 8/2mb | n/c 221/360 | Tommi Koivula | BinkP,UUE | ??? | n/c 236/205 | Michael Kaaber | BinkP | ??? | n/c 240/6298 | Steve Tell | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 246/2098 | Volker Imre | BinkP | ??? | n/c 252/110 | David Rance | UUE | ??? | n/c 255/90 | Simon Avery | UUE | ??? | n/c 263/950 | Sean Rima | TX UUE | ??? | n/c FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 23 15 Apr 2002 280/1027 | Lukas de Groen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c 280/1601 | Jeroen VanDeLeur | FTP,UUE | 64k | n/c 280/4312 | Jos Huijnen | BinkP ifcico UUE TX| ??? | n/c 280/5003 | Kees van Eeten | BinkP ifcico | ??? | n/c 292/620 | Eddy Missoul | VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 64k | n/c 292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE | 64k | n/c 292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | n/c 292/907 | Bart Verhaeghe | BinkP,VMoT,UUE | 64K | n/c 292/2003 | Eric Vaneberck | BinkP | 768k | n/c 301/1 | Peter Witschi | BinkP | 768k | n/c 332/807 | Roberto Mascolo | BinkP | ??? | n/c 333/0 | M Gianformaggio | BinkP | ??? | n/c 335/534 | Mario Mure | BinkP,VMot,UUE | 64k | n/c 335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 341/14 | Rafael Suarez | BinkP VMoT | ??? | n/c 341/51 | Jose.Maria Tejada | VMoT | | 341/66 | Angel Ripoll | VMoT | | 343/168 | Jose Casanova | VMoT | | 344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c 346/3 | Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c 347/1 | Javi Polo | UUE | | 348/105 | Alejandro Estraviz| BinkP UUE | | 382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 423/81 | Milos Bajer | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/256 | Andrew Rutkas | BinkP | ??? | n/c 461/640 | Alex Semenyaka |BinkP ifcico UUE| ??? | n/c 465/204 | Va Milushnikov | BinkP | 33.6k | n/c 469/84 | Max Masyutin | VMoT | 256k | n/c 469/128 | Oleg Vasenyoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 480/112 | Adam Sarapata| FTP, VMoT, UUE,BinkP| 128k | n/c 550/4077 | Serguei Trouchelle| UUE | ----- | n/c 2410/201 | Karsten Ebeling | BinkP UUE | ??? | n/c 2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich | UUE,BinkP | 64k | n/c 2432/200 | Sven Dueker | BinkP TX UUE | ??? | n/c 2446/301 | Lothar Behet | BinkP,VMoT,UUE,FTP | 64K | n/c 2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn 2487/3000 | Steffen Gross | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5002/5002 | Victor Belyakov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5014/4 | Alex Bagmanov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/52 | Peter Didenko | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/54 | Serge Wizgounoff | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5020/69 | B Chernivetsky | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/238 | Sergey Gubanov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/115 | Andrey Podkolzin | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5030/1251 | K Stepanekov | UUE | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5020/1159 | Gennady Kudryashoff | UUE | 33.6 | n/c 5049/12 | Amir Shabashvili | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5054/3 | Andrew Popov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5080/80 | Eugene Zorin | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5083/21 | Alexander Uskov | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c 5090/2 | Andrew Titov | BinkP | ??? | n/c 5100/8 | Egons Bush | BinkP | ??? | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 24 15 Apr 2002 Zone 3 633/260 | Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c 640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c 712/311 | Bob James | TX | ??? | n/c 774/605 | Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 4 801/161 | Renato Zambon | UUE | 33.6 |n/c 902/18 | Javier Tejedor | UUE | 33,6 | n/c -------------------------------------------------------------- Zone 6 65/3000 | Lawrence Fan | UUE | 33600 | free 653/1009 | Maorong Chen | UUE | ??? | free 654/0 | Bin Li | UUE,BinkP | 33600 | free 654/1501 | Lawrence Fan | UUE,BinkP | 28800 | free -- * FTP = Internet File Transfer Protocol * VMoT = Virtual Mailer over Telnet (various) * UUE = uuencode<->email type transfers * BinkP = front end mailer for TCPIP networks * TX = TransX * NFS = Linux Networking * ifcico = ifcico-compatible virtual mailer * QWK = Quick Packets/Offline mailer "networking" capable ---------------------------------------------- Fidonet oriented news servers news.fidotel.com (currently offline) news.osirusoft.com news.tardis.net nntp://fido.bitsoft.ro nntp://bbs.bitsoft.ro Fidonet oriented chat rooms. room #fidonet 5PM (PDT 11AM GMT) Sundays irc.osirusoft.com (Peers wanted) irc.sinoptix.ro : malay, chinesse, english, #fido, #fidonet, #wwb irc.bitsoft.ro : 6667 russian, english, hebrew, #fido, #wwb irc.tsua.net : 6668 russian, english #fido ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 25 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.102 size 1117.3kb date 2002-04-12 The nodelist has 10047 nodes in it and a total of 12953 non-comment entries including 6 zones 63 regions 469 hosts 691 hubs admin overhead 1229 ( 12.23 %) and 910 private nodes 364 nodes down 403 nodes on hold off line overhead 1677 ( 16.69 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 929 ( 9.25 %) 9600 = 8602 ( 85.62 %) (HST = 185 or 2.15 %) (CSP = 1 or 0.01 %) (PEP = 13 or 0.15 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.01 %) (V32 = 4830 or 56.15 %) (V32B = 507 or 5.89 %) (V34 = 5733 or 66.65 %) (V42 = 4717 or 54.84 %) (V42B = 530 or 6.16 %) 2400 = 107 ( 1.06 %) 1200 = 6 ( 0.06 %) 300 = 403 ( 4.01 %) ISDN = 1051 ( 10.46 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 3656 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS Xenia -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 26 15 Apr 2002 XB Binkleyterm 2.0 8 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 10 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 6 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 63 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 396 Tabby KittenMail -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 4472 Frontdoor 1.99b Intermail 2.01 T-Mail -------------------------------------- None QMM 1436 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 3273 ( 32.58 %) MailOnly nodes = 5427 ( 54.02 %) Listed-only nodes = 783 ( 7.79 %) Other = 564 ( 5.61 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 19-15 Page 27 15 Apr 2002 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are some guidelines, if you send it as an attached file; the preferred method if you want reasonable control over how the published article will appear in the Fidonews: a) Plain ASCII text. 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