F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 24 11 Jun 2001

F I D O N E W S Volume 18, Number 24 11 Jun 2001
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Copyright 2001 by Frank L. Vest, Editor for Fidonews Globally.

Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2
The Case of the Disappearing ISSN from FidoNews .......... 2
3. EDITORIAL ................................................ 5
A Father's Day Wish List ................................. 5
4. INTERVIEWS ............................................... 6
Interview with Vlad Hrusca (Region 53 Coordinator) ....... 6
5. OL'WDB'S COLUMN .......................................... 8
Father's Day ............................................. 8
6. EDITOR'S CORNER .......................................... 10
Editor is AWL ............................................ 10
7. FIDONET NOTICES .......................................... 11
FOTIs Archive Wishlist ................................... 11
8. HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN ..................................... 14
FTSC by Dr. Seuss ........................................ 14
9. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 15
Famous Cows .............................................. 15
10. CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES ..................................... 16
Children's Church Humor .................................. 16
11. FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................................ 17
Fidonet Software listing ................................. 17
12. FIDONET BY INTERNET ..................................... 20
Fidonet-related sites .................................... 20
13. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 26
How to Submit an Article ................................. 26
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 27
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 28
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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If your traveling at the speed of light and turn on the headlights...
Will they work??

-- Steven Wright --

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FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 2 11 Jun 2001

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GENERAL ARTICLES
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The Case of the Disappearing ISSN from FidoNews
From: "Frank Robbins" <[email protected]>

I was investigating the actual date of when FidoNews became under ISSN
1198-4589. As indicated, that was accomplished by then Editor Sylvia
Maxwell.

I queried Linda Houston, the Publisher Liaison, at ISSN at the Library
of Congress and she indicated by email that this ISSN is invalid. Her
email is forwarded at the end of this correspondence.

ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number. The following
website is the US ISSN Center Home Page is located in Library of
Congress:

http://lcweb.loc.gov/issn/

This site also explains how to obtain a valid ISSN.

Serials are print or non-print publications issued in parts, usually
bearing issue numbers and/or dates. A serial is expected to continue
indefinitely. Serials include magazines, newspapers, annuals (such as
reports, yearbooks, and directories), journals, memoirs, proceedings,
transactions of societies, and monographic series.

The ISSN should be as basic a part of a serial as the title. The
advantages of using it are abundant and the more the number is used
the more benefits will accrue.

ISSN provides a useful and economical method of communication between
publishers and suppliers, making trade distribution systems faster and
more efficient.

The ISSN results in accurate citing of serials by scholars,
researchers, abstracters, and librarians.

As a standard numeric identification code, the ISSN is eminently
suitable for computer use in fulfilling the need for file update and
linkage, retrieval, and transmittal of data.

ISSN is used in libraries for identifying titles, ordering and
checking in, and claiming serials.

The assignment of the ISSN is free in the U.S. and there is no charge
associated with its use.

Display and careful use of the ISSN will help in the world-wide effort
to make the number achieve its intended role as a valuable means of
identifying serials.

Historical review of the ISSN applied to FidoNews.
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FidoNews - Vol.11 No.8 (21-Feb-1994)
Editor: Sylvia Maxwell

We're working on getting that ISSN number for the Snooze, and i'm
afraid the tag line is mutating again.
http://195.226.109.55/jhassler/wif/doks/fnews/fido1108.txt

FidoNews - Vol.11 No.17 (25-Apr-1994)
Editor: Sylvia Maxwell

- ISSN 1198-4589 first appears in issue 1117 of FidoNews.
- http://195.226.109.55/jhassler/wif/doks/fnews/fido1117.txt

FidoNews - Vol.11 No.43 (24-Oct-1994)
Editor: Sylvia Maxwell

After looking at the recent issue of Practical Anarchy Online, i'm
not convinced it was the best thing for me to do to have gotten an
ISSN number for fidonews.

http://195.226.109.55/jhassler/wif/doks/fnews/fido1143.txt

FidoNews - Vol.18 No.11 (12-Mar-2001)
Editor: Warren Bonner
"Ol'WDB"<[email protected]>

- ISSN 1198-4589 last appears in issue 1811 of FidoNews.
- http://195.226.109.55/jhassler/wif/doks/fnews/fido1811.txt

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There is no doubt that Sylvia Maxwell applied for the ISSN and
received the number that has been published on all FidoNews since 1117
(25-Apr-1994) up to the last time in FidoNews 1811 (12-Mar-2001). It
has been used for several years on FidoNews.

Warren Bonner seems to be the FidoNews Editor who removed it from the
newsletter and no information was made known in FidoNews that this
occurred. Don't know if any info was released in any Echoes.

Warren might have found out that the ISSN was invalid at the time he
removed it quitely from FidoNews. He would be the only person that
possibly could shed some light on this event.

It is quite strange that this ISSN was used over 7 years affixed to
FidoNews and then disappears without a trace or explanation!

So there you go, another piece of trivia in "The Tail That Wags The
Dog" saga.

[ From a roving FidoNews reporter @ No Fax News ]

------- Forwarded message follows -------
Date sent: Tue, 29 May 2001 11:28:43 -0400 (EDT)
FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 4 11 Jun 2001

From: COLL/SRD <[email protected]>
To: Frank Robbins <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: ISSN Verification

Dear Mr. Robbins:

Re: ISSN 1198-4589

The above ISSN is not a valid number.
If you should have further concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Linda Houston
Publisher Liaison
NSDP

On Mon, 28 May 2001, Frank Robbins wrote:

> I am having a hard time verifying that this publication
> does in-fact have a valid ISSN 1198-4589
>
> If it is correct, how can I get a copy of the submitted
> paperwork or the record on-file so I can have a copy
> for the historical archives?
>
> I am the webmaster of the FidoNet Showcase Project at:
> http://winramturbo.com/fnsp/
> where historical info is being archived for FidoNet and the
> past FidoNews publications.
>
> URL of this issue of the FidoNews:
> http://195.226.109.55/jhassler/wif/doks/fnews/fido1117.txt
>
> Frank Robbins (El Paso, Texas USA)
>
------- End of forwarded message -------

My entire email may be use in FidoNews.

Frank Robbins (El Paso, Texas USA)

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EDITORIAL
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A Father's Day Wish List

Since this is kind of a Father's Day Edition and there is a wish list
from the FOTI site and a memory from Ol'WDB, I figure I should have
something to say as well. :-))

I have been blessed with two children of my own, two step children
and three grandchildren with one on the way. :) With this in mind, and
some other things, here's my wish list;

I wish to not have to work for a living. (well, if you're gonna wish,
wish big :) )

I wish for more articles for the Fidonews. I mean, dang, my fingers
get hoarse from all this typing. :-)

I wish for Fidonet to become, once again, a large network of
hobbyists that enjoy this hobby.

I wish for all Zones in Fidonet to find peace with each other and
work together to build Fidonet back into the previous wish.

I wish health and well being to all.

I wish for all children to never have to be hungry or suffer again!

But most of all!

I wish for a time to come quickly where there will be no more war,
hate, prejudice, pain and hunger.

To all of you, I wish the best. May your way be as pleasant as you
desire.

Regards,

Frank

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FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 6 11 Jun 2001

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INTERVIEWS
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Interview with Vlad Hrusca (Region 53 Coordinator)
By: Ene Iulian as Editor (2:531/3)
Marius Alan (2:531/2)
Translated by 2:531/103
Translation corrected by the Fidonews Editor for Publication

Used with permission from the Region 53 Newsletter

Q: Describe yourself, please.

A: I'm 25 (on June, 2 will be 26), classic sysop, night animal ;)
Programmer, security engineer, etc. My hobbies are computer, roads...
Now - divorced with no children... Maybe I'll find somebody here ;)

Q: I know you are from the xUSSR, why did you come to Romania ?

A: Oh, It's a long story. My mother was born here, and I haven't work
in xUSSR...

Q: How long have you been a FidoNet member?

A: As a node - 1,5 year;) But I was a BBS off-line reader, point, BBS
sysop... In FidoNet for 10-11 years. It's my life and I can't live
without this network;).

Q: Why did you decide to make the region alive?

A: It's a complicated question. The Region must be alive! if you're
too lazy to do this, somebody must do this work. Why not me? If I
can... FidoNet is a great network, all my friends are from FidoNet,
can I do this simple thing for my region and for country? FidoNet is
not only a network, not only a way to communicate! It is a society! A
world with people, with problems, with happiness, with friends and
enemies. I can't support the idea that Romania is dead.

Q: You introduced in our fidonet life many new things, is it your
invention?

A: Nope;) About friday's meetings - it's russian tradition. To meet
friends. It's not bad. About mail via SMS - it was Ukrainian project.
My idea was only, maybe, the internet bbs' network;) But I think I'm
not the first;).

Q: What do you mean 'classic sysop'?

A: It's simple - something from xUSSR... Red eyes, beer, computers in
the mind, thinking about Windows reinstall when watching porno movie,
etc. (some of them is a joke).

Q: What plans do you have as RC?

FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 7 11 Jun 2001

A: It's my first experience as a FidoNet RC... My plans... To work, to
do all I can for our region. This Region will be alive!

So, I think our region has no way to die.
Vlad Hrusca (Region 53 Coordinator) was interviewed by Ene Iulian.
Thanks to Vlad Hrusca for his patience and time accorded.

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OL'WDB'S COLUMN
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Ol'WDB's Column
-=+ FATHER'S DAY +=-
[email protected]

Father's Day

In 1909, Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington, wanted fathers to be
honored with a special day just like Mother's Day. Sonora's mother
died in childbirth and her father raised the family on his own.

Because of Sonora's efforts, the first Father's Day was celebrated in
Spokane on June 19, 1910 according to records.

In 1972 Richard Nixon officially declared the third Sunday of June as
Father's Day.

I looked this information up as I wanted to establish firstly, that it
is a real dedicated day and not just a folklore tradition. I found
that the latest official recognition of this day that honors fathers,
was in a declaration from the White House by president William J
Clinton in June of 1999.

Father's Day having been established without a doubt as to it's
authenticity, I wish to remind all of my Fido friends to remember
their fathers on the third Sunday of this month. How you remember them
of course is up to you individually. As for me, I remember my daddy
as the most strict, stern, straight, honest, parent you can imagine;
but with a warm, long suffering, patient, loving benevolence, topped
with a keen dry sense of humor. You know the type, after he tells a
joke... you "get it" in about a minute, then fall over laughing. He
had to have a good sense of humor to weather the great depression and
work for Santa Fe Rail Road for fifty cents a day as a switchman to
feed his family in 1929, haul mail for the US government in 1930 to
earn enough to start a dairy farm. That dairy drew to 75 "milking"
cows, which had to be milked twice a day seven days a week. Just
imagine the devotion and determination that alone took! Yes, myself
and my three brothers worked side him helping with the many chores and
there were many! By the time I was sixteen, I thought he was the
strictest, meanest man on earth. At seventeen and a half I enlisted
(May 1, 1943) in World War II to get away from that dairy farm life,
and was convinced, In my mind, that my daddy was too dumb to learn
anything else from me. After three years + in the North Atlantic
Campaign to eradicate the Nazi and their U-Boats the war was won. I
came home. For a few evenings I would sit on the old front porch
after dinner, and daddy would be sitting by my side... we talked, as
never before. He listened and replied. By the end of the week I
thought my daddy was the wisest man I ever knew! How he learned so
much in three + years was amazing! 8^)

No one ever wrote anything about my dad. So I take this opportunity
with your permission, to honor my daddy. He died, (1964), of a heat
stroke painting the Church house he was an Elder of for many years.
FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 9 11 Jun 2001

I didn't realize the depth of his love for his family, his Church, his
God until I was raising six children of my own! Love your daddy if he
is living, and love his memory if he has passed on to Glory.

WDB

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EDITOR'S CORNER
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Editor is AWL

No, that doesn't mean I'm a sharp pointed tool for punching holes in
stuff. AWL = Absent With Leave :)

The wife and I had some vacation time and we've spent the last week
playing in genealogy. We took a couple of day trips to places of
genealogical interest to us, did some research and took some pictures.
I've spent the rest of the week trying to figure out how it all fits
into the genealogy of the family.

Since I've been sort of on vacation, I haven't done much with the
Fidonews. I've read my mail when I could and answered some mail, but
that's about it.

I do have one little thing that keeps coming back to bite me:

It seems that there are some that think I'm real hard on the rules
for submissions. True, I would like to have the format followed to the
letter and everything be perfect, but really.... I'm not that bad.
I'll fix, or try to fix, problems with submissions in regards to
format. Most of the stuff that comes in will have problems. It's
really hard to write a perfectly formatted article and I realize this.

I know that I sound real "hard nosed" about submissions and stuff and
I figured out that I'm not the Moderator type and turned that over to
someone else, but gee, I'm not really that bad.

Please, don't judge me by my bark. :-)

Regards,

Frank

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FIDONET NOTICES
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FOTIs Archive Wishlist
Tony Campbell, 1:109/263. 2001.06.07

In case anyone missed it, FOTI is under new management.
TheLitterBox has taken over the FOTI project.
The new domain name is: 'fidonet-on-the-internet.org'.
As we await the propogation, we are working on the
combination of these two archives. Work-in-progress
may be seen at http://www.thelitterbox.net/foti/.

In that vein, we are submitting a wishlist to the Fidonet
Community, of items that are missing from our archives.
We can hope!

Just because it is not in this list does not mean we would
not be interested in whatever may be offered.
Emails with attachments may be sent to [email protected].
Netmail attachments may be sent to 1:109/263.

Here is the Wishlist:

Nodelists: 1984: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, 321, 335, 349, 356
Nodelists: 1985: 011, 018, 025, 032, 039, 046, 053, 060, 067, 074
Nodelists: 1985: 081, 088, 095, 102, 109, 116, 123, 130, 137, 144
Nodelists: 1985: 151, 158, 165, 172, 179, 186, 193, 200, 207, 214
Nodelists: 1985: 221, 228, 235, 242, 249, 256, 263, 270, 277, 284
Nodelists: 1985: 291, 298, 305, 312, 319, 326, 333, 340, 347, 354
Nodelists: 1985: 361
Nodelists: 1986: 003, 010, 017, 024, 031, 038, 045, 052, 059, 066
Nodelists: 1986: 073, 080, 087, 094, 101, 108, 115, 122, 129, 136
Nodelists: 1986: 143, 150, 157, 164, 171, 178, 185, 192, 199, 206
Nodelists: 1986: 213, 220, 227, 234, 241, 248, 255, 262, 269, 283
Nodelists: 1986: 290, 297, 304, 311, 318, 325, 332, 339, 346, 353
Nodelists: 1986: 360
Nodelists: 1987: 002, 009, 016, 023, 030, 037, 044, 051, 058, 065
Nodelists: 1987: 072, 079, 086, 093, 100, 107, 114, 121, 128, 135
Nodelists: 1987: 142, 149, 156, 163, 170, 177, 184, 191, 198, 205
Nodelists: 1987: 212, 219
Nodelists: 1988: 001, 365
Nodelists: 1989: 006, 363
Nodelists: 1990: 005, 362
Nodelists: 1991: 004
Nodelists: 1993: 365
Nodediffs: 1987: 219, 226, 233, 240, 247, 254, 261, 268, 275, 282
Nodediffs: 1987: 289, 296, 303, 310, 317, 324, 331, 338, 345, 352
Nodediffs: 1987: 359
Nodediffs: 1988: 001, 008, 015, 022, 029, 036, 043, 050, 057, 064
Nodediffs: 1988: 071, 078, 085, 092, 099, 106, 113, 120, 127, 134
Nodediffs: 1988: 141, 148, 155, 162, 169, 176, 183, 190, 197, 204
Nodediffs: 1988: 211, 218, 225, 232, 239, 246, 253, 260, 267, 274
Nodediffs: 1988: 281, 288, 295, 302, 309, 316, 323, 330, 337, 344
Nodediffs: 1988: 351, 358, 365
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Nodediffs: 1989: 006, 013, 020, 027, 034, 041, 048, 055, 062, 069
Nodediffs: 1989: 076, 083, 090, 097, 104, 111, 118, 125, 132, 139
Nodediffs: 1989: 146, 153, 160, 167, 174, 181, 188, 195, 202, 209
Nodediffs: 1989: 216, 223, 230, 237, 244, 251, 258, 265, 272, 279
Nodediffs: 1989: 286, 293, 300, 307, 314, 321, 328, 335, 342, 349
Nodediffs: 1989: 356, 363
Nodediffs: 1990: 005, 012, 019, 026, 033, 040, 047, 054, 061, 068
Nodediffs: 1990: 075, 082, 089, 096, 103, 110, 117, 124, 131, 138
Nodediffs: 1990: 145, 152, 159, 166, 173, 180, 187, 194, 201, 208
Nodediffs: 1990: 215, 222, 229, 236, 243, 250, 257, 264, 271, 278
Nodediffs: 1990: 285, 292, 299, 306, 313, 320, 327, 334, 348, 355
Nodediffs: 1990: 362
Nodediffs: 1991: 004, 011, 018, 025, 032, 039, 046, 053, 060, 067
Nodediffs: 1991: 074, 081, 088, 095, 102, 109, 116, 123, 130, 137
Nodediffs: 1991: 144
Nodediffs: 1993: 001
FSC-0001, Any Revision
FSC-0002, Any Revision
FSC-0006, Any Revision
FSC-0007, Revision 1
FSC-0012, Any Revision
FSC-0014, Revision 1, 2, 3
FSC-0018, Any Revision
FSC-0022, Any Revision
FSC-0026, Any Revision
FSC-0029, Any Revision
FSC-0039, Revision 1, 2 , 3
FSC-0046, Revision 1, 2 , 3, 4
FSC-0051, Revision 1, 2
FSC-0053, Revision 1
FSC-0054, Revision 1, 2, 3
FSC-0057, Revision 1, 2
FSC-0058, Revision 1
FSC-0062, Revision 1, 2
FSC-0064, Revision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
FSC-0066, Revision 1
FSC-0070, Revision 1
FSC-0079, Revision 1
FSC-0093, Revision 1
FSP-1001, Revision 1
FSP-1002, Revision 1
FSP-1005, Revision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
FSP-1012, Revision 1, 2
FTA-1000, Revision 1
FTA-1001, Revision 1
FTA-1002, Revision 1
FTA-1003, Revision 1, 2
FTA-1004, Revision 1, 2
FTA-1005, Revision 1
FTA-1006, Revision 1
FTA-1007, Revision 1
FTS-0001, Revision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15
FTS-0002, Any Revision
FTS-0003, Any Revision
FTS-0005, Revision 2
FTS-0007, Revision 1
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FTS-0008, Revision 1
FTSC-LIST, Revision 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15,

FTSC-LIST, Revision 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, 30,

FTSC-LIST, Revision 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41.
Echolists: 1991: 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
Echolists: 1992: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
Echolists: 1993: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
Echolists: 1994: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12
Echolists: 1995: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11
Echolists: 1997: 02, 08
Echolists: 1998: 07
Echolists: 2000: 01

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HUMOR IN A FIDO VEIN
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Dr. Seuss Writes Technical Documentation Again for
the FidoNet Technical Standards Committee (FTSC)
================================================
Original by: Gene Ziegler
http://users.ntplx.net/~dmiller/fstuff/seuss.htm
Title adapted to FidoNet by Frank Robbins [email protected]

Here's an easy game to play.
Here's an easy thing to say:

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
Then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!

You can't say this?
What a shame, Sir!
We'll find you
Another game sir.

If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
Then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your Mom!

Frank Robbins (El Paso, Texas USA)
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The FidoNet Showcase Project
http://winramturbo.com/fnsp/
[email protected]

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COMIX IN ASCII
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Famous Cows

(__)
* (__) (oo)
\ (oo) /------\/
\-------\/ /| |/ |
| ==$ || / | [) ||
||----|| * ||----||
^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Old "One Arm" belonged This cow was given to
to Ceasar's Palace Hugh Hefner for his Birthday

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CLEAN HUMOR & JOKES
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Children's Church Humor
[email protected]

After the christening of his baby brother in
church, Little Johnny sobbed all the way home in the
back seat of the car. His father asked him three times
what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, "That
preacher said he wanted us brought up in a Christian
home, and I want to stay with you guys".

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FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING
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This list is up for adoption. If you are interested in producing,
updating and submitting this list for publication, contact the Editor.

The format of this list is currently;

Name
Internet address (if available)
Fido style address (if available)

This list is in no way complete. Additions and updates are welcome;
mail to; [email protected]

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BBS Software
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Buffalo Creek Software - Spitfire BBs
http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/index.html

The Elevator Software Productions Web Page
http://www.elebbs.com/

Hermes II Project (Mac)
http://www.hermesii.org/

MBSE BBS for Linux
http://freezer-burn.org/mbse/

The Official Mystic BBs Web Page
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/9426/index.html

RemoteAcces BBs Software World Wide Sales and Support Site
http://www.rapro.com/

Renegade BBs Software
http://www.egate.net/renegade/

Through a Looking Glass Mirror Telegard Support
http://www.telegard.net/

The Maximus Home page
http://oeonline.com/~garyg/maximus/

BBBS Home Page
http://www.bbbs.net/

Synchronet BBS
http://www.synchro.net

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Door Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Shinning Star BBs Doors by Nannette Thacker
http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/

Jibben Software
http://www.jibbensoftware.com/

Sunrise Door Software
http://www.sunrisedoors.com/

Vagabond Software
http://vagabond.virtualave.net/

Legend Of The Red Dragon Reborn (L.O.R.D.)
http://lord.darktech.org/

Trade Wars Door Game
http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/

JNS Software Door Games by Rusty Johnson
http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Mail Tossers
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

FMail Support
http://fmail.nl.eu.org/

BeeMail Home Page
http://www.bise.tzo.com/beemail/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Mailer Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Definite Solutions - FrontDoor, FrontDoor APX, Mailer/Point Software
http://www.defsol.se/

BeeMail Home Page
http://www.bise.tzo.com/beemail/

BinkleyTerm XE Frontend Mailer Software
http://btxe.sourceforge.net/

Santronics Software Inc.
http://www.santronics.com/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Fidonet via Internet Software
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Internet Rex (Internet mail software)
http://plaza.v-wave.com/InternetRex/
FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 19 11 Jun 2001

Argus
http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/

Bink D
http://2f.ru/binkd/

Fidonet to Internet Mailer
http://www.terminate.com/fido2int.htm

TransX
http://www.multiboard.com/software/transx.html

Fidogate
http://www.fidogate.org/

Tmail (Russian /w English DL)
http://www.tmail.spb.ru

TransNet
http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/

Watergate
http://www2.sbbs.se/hp/ramon/

GiGo Software
http://www.gigo.com/

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Other Software, Utillities and such
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

F-Prot Anti-Virus Home Page
http://www.complex.is/cgi-bin/home_pager

BGFAX Home Page
http://blkbox.com/~bgfax/

SIO, Vmodem for OS/2
http://www.gwinn.com

NetModem for Windows
http://www.allensoftware.com

Com/IP
<http://pcmicro.com/comip

Husky - Portable Fido Software
http://husky.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/

cFos Fossil driver
http://www.cfos.com/index_e.htm

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?? Net 5049: http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.org (English/Russian)
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Region 90:
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http://www.cfido.com (Chinese)

Fidonet Via Internet Hubs

a @ preceding an individual's name implies a virtual email
address. The email is translated as follows
[email protected] will automatically route to the
appropriate individual's email. Anyone in this list will
also receive routed notice of this feature.
FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 22 11 Jun 2001

v-email flag [email protected]
| email address or
Node# | Operator | Facilities (*) | Speed,| Basic Rate
| | |latency|
-----------+-------------------+----------------+-------+------------
Zone 1 | | | |
10/3 @ Brenda Donovan | FTP,UUE,BinkP | 384K,30| n/c
10/345 @ Todd Cochrane | FTP,BinkP,VMOT | T1,! | n/c
18/500 @ Ross Cassell | FTP, BinkP |128K+,!| n/c
18/600 | Jerry Gause | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c
103/5 @ Mark Luetger | BinkP | CABLE | n/c
103/301 @ Joe Jared | BinkP,FTP,NFS | 384k,!| n/c
103/401 @ Warren Bonner | BinkP | aDSL,!| n/c
105/8 @ Russ Johnson | FTP,BinkP,VMoT | 384k | n/c
105/72 @ Larry James | FTP, BinkP | aDSL | $50/yr
106/1 @ Steve Loupe | BinkP, FTP | 128k | ???
106/2000 | Bob Juge | BinkP VMoT FTP TX| ??? | n/c
106/6018 | Lawrence Garvin | FTP, VMoT | aDSL,60| n/c
107/453 @ Jeffrey Estevez| FTP,BinkP,VMoT,UUE| 56k,60| $10 mo.
138/146 | Marc Blakely | BinkP,FTP | ??? | n/c
140/1 @ Bob Seaborn | FTP,BinkP | T3,30 | $5/$16
142/906 | Chris Griffin | BinkP | ??? | n/c
150/220 | Dave Nemeth | UUE | ??? | n/c
153/7715 | Dallas Hinton | BinkD, FTP | CABLE | ???
167/133 | Stephen Monteith | BinkP | 128k+ | n/c
167/166 | Jesse Dooling | POP? UUE TX FTP| ??? | n/c
218/109 @ Matt Munson | BinkP,UUE,TX | 33.6k | n/c
220/10 | [email protected] |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
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 | ??? | n/c
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkD,FTP | CABLE | n/c
379/1 @ Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
393/9005 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP TX UUE VMoT| ??? | n/c
395/670 | Arthur Stark | BinkP VMoT FTP | ??? | n/c
396/45 | Marc Lewis | UUE | 33.6 | $26/yr
396/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c
2320/38 | Janis Kracht | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
2410/400 | Gary Gilmore | FTP BinkP | ??? | n/c
2604/104 @ Jim Mclaughlin | FTP,VMoT,UUE | 33.6 | $1mo
2624/306 | David Calafrancesco | VMoT | 33.6 | n/c
3613/1275 | @ [email protected] | 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
FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 23 11 Jun 2001

3651/9 @ Jerry Gause | FTP,VMoT | 33.6 | $3/$6
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
201/329 | Mats Wallin | VMoT TX | ??? | n/c
201/505 | Goran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c
203/600 | Mikael Karlsson | UUE | 64k | n/c
211/37 | Torbjorn Mohn | BN IFCICO | ??? | 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
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
344/201 | Julio Garcia | BinkP | ??? | n/c
346/3 @ Carlos Navarro | UUE | ??? | n/c
382/100 | Sinisa Burina | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/555 | Ofir Michaeli | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/557 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
400/558 | Vlad Hrusca | BinkP,ifcico | ??? | n/c
406/555 | Ofir Michaeli & | BinkP | ??? | n/c
406/555 | Marius Kaizerman | BinkP | ??? | 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
FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 24 11 Jun 2001

2474/275 | Christian Emig | UUE | 64k | unkn
2476/419 | Tobias Ernst | BinkP | ??? | n/c
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
--------------------------------------------------------------
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
905/100 | Fabian Gervan | VMoT,UUE,BinkP | 128k | 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
----------------------------------------------
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Nodelist Stats

INPUT NODELIST FILE : NODELIST.159
File has a Date Stamp of : 6/8/2001
File Size (uncompressed) : 1249.13 KBytes.

The Input Nodelist file has 11716 Nodes in it
and a total of 14696 non-comment entries.

The list has 6 Zones listed.
68 Region Coordinators listed.
507 Network Hosts listed.
801 Hubs listed.
430 DOWN Nodes listed.
808 PRIVATE Nodes listed.
360 HOLD Nodes listed.

Administrative overhead = 1382 ( 11.80 %)
PRIVATE NODES overhead = 808 ( 6.90 %)

Baud Rate Summary (or, BPS, for the die-hard technocrats):
9600 = 10065 ( 85.91 %)
(HST's = 226 or 2.25 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
(CSP's = 2 or 0.02 % of the 9600 baud modems.)
FIDONEWS 18-24 Page 29 11 Jun 2001

(PEP's = 20 or 0.20 % " " " " )
(MAX's = 0 or 0.00 % " " " " )
(HAY's = 6 or 0.06 % " " " " )
(V32's = 5643 or 56.07 % " " " " )
(V32B's = 846 or 8.41 % " " " " )
(V42's = 5226 or 51.92 % " " " " )
(V42B's = 905 or 8.99 % " " " " )
2400 = 123 ( 1.05 %)
1200 = 8 ( 0.07 %)
300 = 545 ( 4.65 %)

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F_Req Flag Applicable Software Number of Systems
----------------------------------------------------------
XA Frontdoor <1.99b 4779
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
--------------------------------------
XB Binkleyterm 2.0 12
Dutchie 2.90b
--------------------------------------
XC Opus 1.1 14
--------------------------------------
XP Seadog 6
--------------------------------------
XR Opus 1.03 80
--------------------------------------
XW Fido >12M 418
Tabby
--------------------------------------
XX D'Bridge 1.30 4815
Frontdoor 1.99b,2.01
--------------------------------------

CrashMail capable = 4531 ( 38.67 %)
MailOnly Nodes = 5842 ( 49.86 %)
Listed-Only Nodes = 862 ( 7.36 %)

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