F I D O N E W S -- Volume 15, Number 34 24 August 1998
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Table of Contents
1. EDITORIAL ................................................ 1
2. GUEST EDITORIAL .......................................... 2
Z1C - The Zone 1 Circus from a grunt sysop's view ........ 2
3. ARTICLES ................................................. 4
Eldridge Cleaver - Coda .................................. 10
4. COLUMNS .................................................. 11
The Narcosis of ICs ...................................... 11
5. NET HUMOR ................................................ 13
Technology breakthrough! Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge .. 13
6. NOTICES .................................................. 15
7. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 17
8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 20
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EDITORIAL
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Greetings,
Since I have had to edit (formatting) a few of the articles received
this week, I have included the ARTSPEC.DOC for the benefit of all.
Please read it. ;-)
Anyway, there is enough this week to keep you happy with the material
to read.
Happy reading.
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GUEST EDITORIAL
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Z1C - The Zone 1 Circus
Commentary on zone leadership by one of the grunt sysops
Douglas C. Myers, 1:270/720, doug@mdtnbbs.com
Though I've been on Fidonet since the eighties, it's only been
recently that I've joined the Z1C conference. Z1C is billed in
BACKBONE.NA as the Zone 1 Coordinator contact echo. My most
immediate impression is that I've never seen a post by Bob Satti,
the current and long-time Zone 1 Coordinator.
Despite the absence of Bob, the echo Z1C is very active, teeming
with what seems to be hundreds of messages a day with conversations
which range from mere diatribes to deep and meaningful discourse.
If it were a political echo, I'd say that all is as it should be.
But it's an echo for coordinator contact, and that doesn't seem to
be happening.
Is Bob's absence acceptable behavior? I've been asking around and
trying to follow all the threads, and expectations seem to be mixed
and contradictory. Here are some of the more widespread
expectations I've encountered:
1. The ZC and all of the rest of the coordinators (usually
expressed as "*C") should be leading Fido into the 21st century,
providing the sense of direction for the rest of the people there.
2. The ZC and *C should only serve as nodelist clerks and let
Fidonet alone to run itself.
3. The ZC and *C are charged with the administration of Fido, but
should only act at the express direction of the sysops whom they
represent, who's expressed will must be in the form of a democratic
election or referendum.
Despite the contradictory expectations, I believe that the onus
falls on Bob Satti to define his own role. The great egalitarian
movements over the centuries notwithstanding, there has never been a
case where the masses organized themselves except through a leader.
Their focus may have been through the existing leaders, or through a
revolutionary who unseated these leaders, but the principle of
leadership is unwavering throughout all history.
The bad news is that Bob Satti doesn't have a public mandate right
now. The good news is that he therefore doesn't have to do anything
he doesn't want to. He can denounce leadership if he wishes - the
job of coordinator is kinda vaguely defined and could be anything
from a nodelist clerk to the King of Kings. But if he wants to
lead, then he's going to have to talk with the people.
If he wants to hide, that's fine with me. I can even sympathize -
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the reports of the conflicts he had to endure would be daunting.
One doesn't really need a lot of contact with a nodelist clerk
anyway. But if he wishes to hide, then he's going to have to
reconcile himself to the fact that folks will find a leader
somewhere and at some time. It could be a moderate who will work
with him to the greater good of Fido, or it could be a demagogue who
only wishes to unseat him.
--
| Fidonet: Douglas Myers 1:270/720@fidonet.org
| Internet: doug@mdtnbbs.com
| Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.
| From Mdtn_BBS @mdtnbbs.com [ In the Heart of Three Mile Island ]
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ARTICLES
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FidoNews Article Submission Guidelines
FidoNet address 5:5/23
Updated 16 August 1998 by Henk WOlsink
Updated 1 Mar 1998 by Zorch Frezberg
Updated 1 Jan 1998 by Christopher Baker
Updated 29 May 1991 by Tom Jennings
Based on the original work by Thom Henderson
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Tom Jennings, Box 410923, San Francisco CA 94141, USA
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In any case the grand experiment continues.
Over fifteen years later and roughly 20,000 Nodes in the
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Eldridge Cleaver - Coda
by Jerry Schwartz 1:142/928
I don't know if this supports Doc Logger's Chautauqua from last
week, or gives it the lie, but I found it fascinating: Eldridge
Cleaver became a staunch anti-Communist Republican. At the time
of his death, he was working as a diversity consultant.
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COLUMNS
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Dear Editorbeing,
This column is submitted by Doc Logger (163/110) who was
marveling that Madame DuFarge's scarf was finally getting
shorter. Doc was also recovering from serious eel wounds and
bitterly complaining that he had to type with only one
flipper. If only he'd had Monica Lewinsky at his side it
would have been a fair fight with the eel.
Roll da flic, Henk....
Dear Reverend Visage,
You'll be pleased to know that the Snooz successfully became
another offshore export, this time to country that hosts
Winnie's tire recycling emporium. I hope that we can look
forward to weekly reports on the entertainments available at
Sun City where even Anne Murray can still get bookings.
This week has marked the denouement in the death spiral of
Kohl's career as a Fido elflord. His last frantic and
petulant wailings occurred in the ZEC echo where he
attempted to hoof out all participants because he asserted
that they were off-topic. In a miracle not unlike the Second
Coming, Satti woke up long enough to affirm Gary Gilmore as
the interim ZEC and Kohl's nodelistings were reduced to the
status of mere Fidopeasantry. Our prayers and our edible
underwear should go out to Kohl as he shrieks at everyone
for conspiring to short-circuit his path to self-perceived
greatness.
After briefly surfacing for 19 public words of wisdom, Satti
announced that he was scampering back to his bunker. In one
of those moments of unintended humour, Satti announced in
the ZCC echo that the other ZCs should not expect prompt
responses from him for several weeks. This message motivated
Ward Dossche to ask the obvious, which was how anyone would
notice his absence considering that he has done nothing
since he clawed his way into the IC position.
Lisa Gronke, The Fidonet Mistress of Antiquities, asked what
seemed like a very pertinent question in one of the echos
which paraphrased to: If you were suddenly blessed with an
IC hat, what would you do to penetrate the Event Horizon
that seems to shelter Zone 6 from the rest of the Fido
universe? Perhaps Kohl should be sent to that zone so that
he can unite them in adversity and give them the motivation
to re-organize their nodelists and mail delivery. Perhaps
His Henkness can boldly go where no Snoozlord has gone
before and find a Zone 6 correspondent who can outline the
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present chaos that afflicts them.
There are only five readers of the Snooz this week because
Andrea Santos is on holidays. She said something about
accompanying tomatoes on a perilous journey but the exact
details were shrouded in mystery. I fear for her safety
because you can't trust vegetables (as anyone who has
followed Satti's career can attest.)
I must go, Visage, your secretary reports that you have
caused another disturbance at a foreign embassy where you
demands for more Scotch to be delivered by diplomatic pouch
have been met with strange turbofan engine noises
approaching from carrier based launch sites. Perhaps your
declaration of a fatwa against bad Country&Western music
wasn't such a good idea after all.
Regards,
Doc Logger,
Eel Wound Recovery Unit,
Furlang Island,
South Pacific
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NET HUMOR
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Introducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device,
trade-named: BOOK.
BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no
electric circuits, no batteries, noting to be connected or switched
on. It's so easy to use, even a child can operate it. Compact and
portable, it can be used anywhere-even sitting in an armchair by the
fire -- yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a
CD-ROM disc.
Here's how it works: BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered
sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of
bits of information. The pages are locked together with a
custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their
correct sequence.
Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides
of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting costs.
Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly
into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet.
BOOK may be taken up at any time and used merely by opening it.
BOOK never crashes or requires re-booting. The "browse" feature
allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or
backward as you wish. Many come with an "index" feature, which
pin-points the exact location of any selected information for
instant retrieval.
An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open BOOK to the
exact place you left it in a previous session - even if the BOOK has
been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus a
single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers.
Conversely, numerous BOOKmarkers can be used in a single BOOK if the
user wants to store numerous views at once. The number is limited
only by the number of pages in the BOOK.
You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an
operational programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic
Intercommunication Language Stylus (PENCILS).
Portable, durable, and affordable, BOOK is being hailed as a
precursor of a new entertainment wave. Also, BOOK's appeal seems so
certain that thousands of content creators have committed to the
platform and investors are reportedly flocking. Look for a flood of
new titles soon.
--
| Fidonet: Douglas Myers 1:270/720@fidonet.org
| Internet: doug@mdtnbbs.com
| Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.
| From Mdtn_BBS @mdtnbbs.com [ In the Heart of Three Mile Island ]
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NOTICES
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Future History
5 Oct 1998
29th Anniversary of "Monty Python's Flying Circus".
10 Sep 1998
9th Anniversary of Zone 5 operations.
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.
10 Sep 1999
10th anniversary of Zone 5 operations.
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.
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-- If YOU have something which you would like to see in this
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FIDONET BY INTERNET
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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
http://www.trak-one.co.uk/foti
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Zone 1: http://www.z1.fidonet.org
Region 10: http://www.psnw.com/~net205/region10.html
Region 11: http://oeonline.com/~garyg/region11/
Region 18: http://techshop.pdn.net/fido/
Region 19: http://www.compconn.net
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Zone 2: http://www.z2.fidonet.org
ZEC2:
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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)
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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Region 33: http://www.fidoitalia.net (Italian)
Region 34: http://www.pobox.com/cnb/r34.htm (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 (Greek/English)
Region 48: http://www.fidonet.org.pl
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 5073: http://people.weekend.ru/soa/ (Russian)
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Zone 3: http://www.z3.fidonet.org
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Zone 4: http://www.altern.org/zone4
Region 90: http://visitweb.com/fidonet
Net 903: http://www.playagrande.com/refugio
Net 904: http://members.tripod.com/~net904 (Spanish)
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Zone 5: http://www.eastcape.co.za/fidonet/index.htm
============
Zone 6: http://www.z6.fidonet.org
Region 65: http://www.cfido.com/fidonet/cfidochina.html (Chinese)
============
Pages listed above are as submitted to the FidoNews Editor,
and generally reflect Zone and Regional Web Page sites. If
no Regional site is submitted, the first Network page from
that Region is used in its place. Generally, Regional pages
should list access points to all Networks within the Region.
TCP/IP accessible node access information should be submitted
to the FidoNews Editor for inclusion in their Region or Zone.
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1:271/140 | Tom Barstow | F2I | ??? | $2mo.
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2:2411/413 | Dennis Dittrich | UUE | 64k | n/c
2:33/505 | Mario Mure | VMoT,UUE | 64k | n/c
2:335/610 | Gino Lucrezi | UUE | 33.6 | n/c
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2:2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
2:2490/5170| Lenny Murphy | F2I | ??? | n/c
5:7104/2 | Henk Wolsink | FTP | 28.8 | n/c
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+ F2I = Fido2Int (W95)
+ UUE = uuencode<->email packet transfers
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