FidoNews · Vol 19, No 39 · 30 Sep 2002
The F I D O N E W S Volume 19, Number 39 30 Sep 2002
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Table of Contents
1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1
2. INSIDE ................................................... 2
The Fidonews at a Glance ................................. 2
3. FIDONET NET NEWS ......................................... 3
Net382 Get Together ...................................... 3
4. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 5
2002 Off Centre Rally - The Big U ........................ 5
5. FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN .......................... 6
Crock-O-Magic ............................................ 6
6. POET'S CORNER ............................................ 7
Parent's poetry .......................................... 7
7. CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES ..................................... 10
MURPHY AGAIN ............................................. 10
Kids do the Darndest ..................................... 17
8. BEN RITCHEY'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................... 18
FIDONet Software References .............................. 18
9. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 23
Fidonet-related Sites .................................... 23
10. SPECIAL INTEREST ........................................ 28
Nodelist Stats ........................................... 28
11. FIDONEWS INFORMATION .................................... 30
How to Submit an Article ................................. 30
Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 32
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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"A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the
support of Paul."
-- George Bernard Shaw (1944)
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INSIDE
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The Fidonews at a Glance
Some news from Frank Vest about a "Net382 Get Together" first out this
week. It's ever so nice to hear about actual get togethers amongst
fidonet people, let's hear more about stuff like that from other parts
of our network, please!
The Australian rally goes on, now on its third day. A rather short
episode of the "2002 Off Centre Rally - The Big U".
Dish of the day is "Crock-O-Magic", Carol cleans her fridge from
all the leftovers and turns it into one big dish.
In the Poet's section we can read about "Parent's poetry". Once
again it's an author unknown, let's hope we wont get into trouble with
the somewhat strange copyright rules of the US over this one.
Submitted by Henk den Adel is a big collection of variations of
good ol' Murphy and his famous law. It's called "MURPHY AGAIN" and can
be found in the jokes section together with "Kids do the Darndest",
another collection, this one of things that an anonymous mother from
Texas learned from her kids. The collection submitted by Warren
Bonner.
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FIDONET NET NEWS
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Net382 Get Together
Sent in by Frank, 1:124/6308.1
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Hello ALL Net382 Sysops/Co-Sysop's, Texans & Russians & Guests
What: It is time for the Saturday Oct. 5, 2002 Net382 Meeting!
Where: City Market BBQ, E. Davis & Hwy 183, Luling, TX
When: First Saturday, at 13:00 (1:00pm) (until whenever)
with any Luck, we'll all be sitting at one of the two
Long tables, if not their are lots of smaller tables and
booths.
Who: Net 382 Sysops/Co-Sysop's (Wives, Sweethearts -- or both)
Friends & Relatives, ankle-biters & rug-rats are Optional..
<grin>
Why: Mass consumption of mass production, conversation, sneaker
netting, Q&A, rubbing elbows with Gary Crain,Mike Tripp and
sons(maybe),Steve Quarrella (exR19C Emeritus),Bat Lang and
Bill Eastman and many other old timers..
Discuss pecan Blossoms, Power Outages, Sun Spots, Halloween..
maybe we will also Welcome a New Member to Net382...
How: Be there or be talked about... :-)
Orders: Place your Meal order in the Back room with the BBQ Pits you
can order Brisket by the number of slices you want or by
weight measure and whether you want inside slices or outside
slices, and Pork ribs by the number of ribs you want, by the
Rack, or by weight measure, Home made Sausages are sold by the
ring.. the Beverages, Beans, Potato Salad etc are sold at the
front counter.. as well as Free doggie bags and napkins..
bring you own forks, and calachies..
MAP:
Austin to Luling TX
HWY 183 south
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GENERAL ARTICLES
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2002 Off Centre Rally - The Big U
Submitted by David Drummond, 3:640/305
Day 3 - Tuesday 6th August (Theodore to Fairburn Dam)
Met Rick at the intersection of the main road and the Cracow road. He
had a good look at the oil leak and decided it was the oil pressure
switch. We thought it probably looked worse than it was.
Took the shortcut road from Theodore to Moura which had a bit of dirt
on it. At Moura, we stopped for morning tea at the bakery, rang our
friend Peter who used to live nearby to tell him where we were. Then
we rang Morgan & Wacker to order a new oil pressure switch to be sent
on to Mt Isa. I would collect it the following Monday.
Rick collected his mobile phone messages - returning one from his real
estate agent who wanted to organise the demolition of part of the
house he was renting. He set them straight on that notion!
Stopped for lunch in the town rest area at Springsure, watched by a
one-legged magpie. Pushed on to Emerald, arriving mid-afternoon.
Found the camping shop after a tour of the CBD, but they didn't have
any suitable gas cylinders for Rick. Headed out to Fairburn Dam. It
was packed with caravans. Note: Next time, stay at one of the caravan
parks in Emerald!
Had a severe headache which I tried to dull with Panadol.
Unfortunately the restaurant where we had planned to have dinner
wasn't open that evening. As I didn't feel up to cooking, we all made
do with roast pork rolls from the shop, just before the closed at 6pm.
The lady at the kiosk said that we could eat them on the desk over-
looking the lake, which turned out to be very pleasant.
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FIDONET'S INTERNATIONAL KITCHEN
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Crock-O-Magic
Yield: 8 Servings
1 ea Whole leek, wash and chop
1 ea Leftover lettuce, chop
1 ea Fistfuls of leftover cabbage
2 ea Chopped leftover carrots
1 ea Wilting potato, chopped
1 ea Fistful leftover lima beans
1 ea Leftover yellow/green squash
1 ea Leftover turnip, chopped
1 ea Almost overripe tomato, chop
1 ea Apple, wilting, remove bad
Spots and chop
1 ea Fistful dry rice or 1 cup
Cooked rice
Water to cover
This is true magic. Its called making food that you will like, out
of leftovers you would otherwise toss out. This recipe is spawned off
of one popular in the depression era. The trick is to toss everything
you have about to be no longer usable, into the crockpot and then
cover with water and slowcook it for 12 hours on low.
This one also takes well to the addition of leftover ribs, or just
the leftover rib bones for flavoring.
Nutritional information: Low fat, low sodium (pending on additions
made), sugar-free.
Serve with a small portion of smoked salmon salad on stone ground
wheat crackers and a glass of iced tea.
From the kitchen of: xxcarol
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POET'S CORNER
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Parent's poetry
Passed on by warbond@netscape.net
My son came home from school one day,
with a smirk upon his face.
He decided he was smart enough,
to put me in my place.
"Guess what I learned in Civics Two,
that's taught by Mr. Wright?
It's all about the laws today,
The "Children's Bill of Rights."
It says I need not clean my room,
don't have to cut my hair.
No one can tell me what to think,
or speak, or what to wear.
I have freedom from religion,
and regardless what you say,
I don't have to bow my head,
and I sure don't have to pray.
I can wear earrings if I want,
and pierce my tongue & nose.
I can read & watch just what I like,
and get tattoos from head to toes.
And if you ever spank me,
I'll charge you with a crime.
I'll back up all my charges,
with the marks on my behind.
Don't you ever touch me,
my body's only for my use,
not for your hugs and kisses,
that's just more child abuse.
Don't preach about your morals,
like your Mama did to you.
That's nothing more than mind control,
And it's illegal too!
Mom, I have these children's rights,
so you can't influence me,
or I'll call Children's Services Division,
better known as C.S.D.
Of course my first instinct was
To toss him out the door.
But the chance to teach him a lesson
made me think a little more.
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I mulled it over carefully,
I couldn't let this go.
A smile crept upon my face,
he's messing with a pro.
The next day I took him shopping
at the local Goodwill Store.
I told him, "Pick out all you want,
there's shirts & pants galore.
I've called and checked with C.S.D.
who said they didn't care
if I bought you K-Mart shoes
instead of those Nike Airs.
And I've canceled that appointment
to take your driver's test.
The C.S.D. is unconcerned
so I'll decide what's best.
I said "No time to stop and eat,
or pick up stuff to munch.
And tomorrow you can start to learn
to make your own sack lunch.
Just save the raging appetite,
and wait till dinner time.
We're having liver and onions,
a favorite dish of mine.
He asked "Can I please rent a movie,
to watch on my VCR?"
"Sorry, but I sold your TV,
for new tires on my car.
I also rented out your room,
you'll take the couch instead.
All the C.S.D. requires is
a roof over your head.
Your clothing won't be trendy now,
and I'll choose what we eat.
That allowance that you used to get,
will buy me something neat.
I'm selling off your jet ski,
dirt-bike & roller blades.
Check out the "Parents Bill of Rights,"
It's in effect today!
Hey hot shot, are you crying,
and why are you on your knees?
Are you asking God to help you out,
instead of C.S.D..?
Your teacher, Mr. Wright is wrong,
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for he forgot your parents are your song.
They love and care for your every need,
as long as you share that love with them.
Author unknown
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CLEAN HUMOUR & JOKES
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MURPHY AGAIN
collected by Henk den Adel (2:286/6415)
Murphy's law
If anything can go wrong, it will
Murphy extended 1
If any sequence of events can go wrong, they will happen in the worst
possible order
Murphy extended 2
Everything goes wrong at the same time
Murphy's constant
The damage to an object is proportional to its value
Iles law
There is always an easier way
Gumpersons law
The probability of an event is inversely proportional to its
desirability
Murphy's judgement about thermodynamics
Things under pressure tend to be worse
Pudders law
Everything that starts ok, ends up wrong. Everything that starts up
wrong, ends up worse.
Howe's law
Everybody has a system that does not work. Especially in gambling.
The Zymurgy law about expanding systems
If you open up a box of worms, they only fit in a larger box
Evans and Bjorns observation
Whatever goes wrong, there is always someone who knew it would.
Imbesi's law about the conservation of dirt
If something should be cleaned, something else will get dirty
Freeman's extension
...however you can make everything dirty without cleaning up anything
Tussmans law
Nothing is so inevitable as the error which has just matured
Fahnestocks rule about failure
If you do not succeed at once, destroy all evidence pointing to you
ever trying.
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Dude's duality
Out of two possible events, only the worst will happen.
Perrussels law
Even the simplest of all jobs can be screwed up
Kens law
A flying object will home in on the nearest eye
The universal laws for naive engineers, as collected by the
International Society of Philosophical Engineers
01. Any error that may be introduced into a calculation, will be
introduced.
02. Any error in a calculation will lead to the worst possible
damage.
03. Constant properties in a formula should be treated as variables.
04. The most essential items in a plan or drawing have the highest
probability to be forgotten.
05. If there is just one firm that has an item for sale, its price
will be astronomically high.
06. If the test set-up is functioning perfectly, all production units
will fail
07. Any promise for the time of delivery should be multiplied by two.
08. Substantial changes in a product will be needed if the production
process is nearly completed.
09. Parts that absolutely should not be mounted in the wrong order,
will be mounted in a random order.
10. Mutually interchangeable parts will display a unique behaviour.
11. Identical units, that under test display the same behaviour, will
be quite different in every days practice.
Richards rule about property:
If you dispose an item, you will need it at the moment you burned it.
Meteorological observation
The wind speed is proportional to the costs to restyle your hair at
the hairdresser.
Hutchinsons law
If a matter demands your utmost concentration, something urgent
will divert your attention.
Polaks motto
If you are not allowed to make any mistakes, you are in the wrong job
Rogers law
The moment coffee is being served, turbulence will hit the aeroplane.
Davis explanation of Rogers law
Serving coffee causes turbulence
Boobs rule
Items will be found in the most unlikely places.
Maryanns observation
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Unnecessary items never get lost
Osborns law
Variables aren't variable, constants tend to vary
Beaches law
There aren't any identical parts that seem to be the same.
Willoughby law, also known as 'the demonstration effect'
The moment you want to demonstrate a working solution, it will no
longer work.
Bittons law
The moment you understand its principles of operation, the item is
obsolete
The law of the selective gravity
An object falls to a spot where it causes maximum damage
Paul's law
You can not drop from the floor
Chapmans comment on Paul's law
It will take three years of their lives for children to master Paul's
law.
De Vries dilemma
If you hit two keys of your typewriter simultaneously, the wrong one
will hit the paper.
The theory of selective supervision
The moment of your coffee break coincides with the moment your
boss enters your room.
Shapiro's law
The guy that does the least effort, will receive the highest wages.
Harvard's law
Under carefully controlled circumstances regarding pressure,
temperature, volume, humidity and other variables, organisms will do
what they like.
Young's law
All major discoveries are accidental
Brooke's law
The same moment a system is completed, some nutcase discovers a new
effect, which renders the system useless or completely
unrecognisable.
The first law of working in a lab
Hot glass looks the same as cold glass.
The fifth law of unreliability
Making errors is in the human nature, however if you want to screw up
entirely, use a computer.
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Einstein's observation
As far as mathematical formulae refer to the real world, they are not
flawless; as far as they are flawless, the don't refer to the real
world.
The law of survival for lectures
Keep a low profile, the lecturer will not notice you.
Ville's law for teachers
Nobody is listening, until you make a mistake.
The working class dilemma
1. Whatever you do, it is never enough
2. The things you don't do, are always more important than the
things you're doing.
Conways law
In every organisation there is always one man that really knows how
the organisation runs. He is the first one in line to be fired.
Kushners law
The probability some one does something wrong, is inversely
proportional to the number of people to do it correctly.
Johns observation
In order to get a mortgage, you have to prove you don't need one.
Weilers law
Nothing is impossible for the one that has not have to do it himself.
Weinbergs second law
If contractors would build in the same way as programmers write their
programs, any woodpecker would cause the collapse of civilisation.
The rule of bedfellows
The snoring party will fall asleep first.
Meaders law
If a mishap crosses your path, any friend or member of your family
has experienced the same, only worse.
Van Goghs law
The necessary appreciation for an artist will grow after his death.
Liebermans law
Everybody is lying, however it does not matter, since nobody
listens.
Finmans principle of clearance sales
The article you want, is never on sale
Glasers law
If it reads: uni-size, it won't fit anyone.
Observations of telephone
1. The phone rings when you are outside struggling to find your keys
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2. When you pick up the hook, you are just in time to hear the other
one disconnecting.
3. When dialling the wrong number, it is never busy
First law of cycling
Whatever road you choose, the wind is always head-on
Pinto's law
When you do some one a favour, from that moment on it will be your
duty.
Lerman's observation on technology
Any technical problem can be solved, provided there is enough time
and money. Neither of them is ever provided.
Bells law
The moment your body is entirely submerged in your bath, the phone
rings
Phillips these
4-wheel drive means that your car will get stuck where even a tow
truck can't reach you.
Heeres' law
New clothes attract dirt
Otto Bochs observation:
Murphy was an optimist
The law of breaking symmetry
A cylindrically symmetric object will fit in its hole in just one
way.
The law of numerical iterations
The initial value for a Newton-Raphson iteration will tend to be one
of the many extreme values of the function.
The law of array calculations
Hermitic arrays will end up with entirely complex diagonal elements.
Menalda's law
1 + 1 is hardly ever equal to 2
The law of selective direction:
A buttered slice of bread will fall with the butter facing the
ground.
The law of the police
Officers of the law are always in the wrong place. When your car is
stolen, there are gone to a congregation in Oslo, however if you
forget to fill up the parking meter in Oslo, the annual congregation
of law enforcing officers is held in the same street.
Queuing theory
Sigstads law
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If its your turn, they change the rules.
Etorre's observation
The other queue runs faster
O'Brien variant
Etorre's observation will hold, even if you switch queues.
Queuing principle
The possibility you are waiting in the wrong queue is proportional to
its length.
When rushing to a shorter queue, it instantly changes into a long
queue.
If your queue is long, people behind you will be sent to a short
queue.
If you step out for a brief moment, your queue grows exponentially.
If you are in a short queue, people will have many family and friends
Murphy's law in electronics:
1) The most expensive part protects the cheapest part. A CRT of 100
Euro burns down to protect a 1 eurocent fuse against blowing.
2) When unscrewing a box, your Philips screwdriver is missing.
3) When closing a box with screws, you will notice that you had to
pull the security switch at the moment the last screw is in place.
4) When closing a box with 14 screws, you will notice that you have
forgotten to insert the wafers, when doing the 13th screw.
5) When you have to close a box with N screws, N-1 are available.
6) If you service a radar installation, you will end up with
something vital as a modulator.
7) Any amplifier will oscillate
8) Any oscillator will just amplify
9) When interchanged, they will do what they are meant to do.
10) If N transistors are needed for a specific circuitry, N-1 are on
stock
11) The time of delivery for parts not in stock is proportional to
the importance they have in the circuitry.
12) There are no replacements for parts not in stock.
13) A falling screwdriver will home in on the most expensive part of
the circuitry.
14) A paperclip will land with its backside on the - pole of the
battery and the front side on the + pole. In some fortunate cases
it only will short circuit the battery.
15) The pins for the anode and the cathode are switched in
replacements. The same holds for the shield and the grid.
Murphy in astronomy and related space exploration
1) The transmitter responsible for the data transmission will break
down at launch.
2) When a satellite arrives in orbit around Mars, two days earlier a
dust storm has risen.
3) Sagans first lemma: dust storms are generated by the presence of
satellites
4) When the dust storm settles, the batteries of the satellite are
flat and the solar panels are covered with meteorite dust.
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5) Sagans second lemma: dust storms on Mars are being driven by the
batteries of the satellite.
6) Sagans third lemma: meteorite dust protects solar panels against
the vicious solar radiation.
7) When a satellite has to transmit important information, maintenance
is being performed on the only receiving station in range of the
satellite.
8) During solar eclipses it is completely clouded.
9) Impacts of comets on Jupiter coincide with the national holiday on
Hawaii.
10) Meteor clouds tend to occur around the full moon.
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Kids do the Darndest
Anonymous Mother, Austin Texas
Submitted by Warren Bonner, <wdbonner@pacbell.net>
Things I've learned from my children (honest & no kidding)
1) A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft.
house 4 inches deep.
2) If you spray hairspray on dust bunnies and run over them with
roller blades, they can ignite!
3) A 3-year olds voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded
restaurant.
4) If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not
strong enough, to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman
underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough,
however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four
walls
of a 20 x 20 foot room.
5) You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.
When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball
up a few times before get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a
baseball a long way.
6) The glass in windows (even in double-pane) doesn't stop a
baseball hit by ceiling fan.
7) When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh," it's
already too late.
8) Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
9) A six-year old can start a fire with flint rock even though a 36-
year old man says they can only do it in the movies.
10) Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 3-
year old.
11) Play Dough and microwave should not be used in the same
sentence.
12) Super glue is forever.
13) No matter how much Jell-o you put in a swimming pool you
still can't walk on water.
14) Pool filters do not like Jell-o.
15) VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV
commercials show they do.
16) Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17) Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
18) You probably do not want to know what that odor is.
19) Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys
do not like ovens.
20) The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response
time.
21) The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make
earthworms dizzy.
22) It will, however, make cats dizzy.
23) Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
24) The mind of a 6-year old is wonderful.
25) It is also mischievous, daring, exploratory and adamant.
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| | ramon@sbbs.se
| | v0.93p9 on Dec 14th 1998
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BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net
| | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222
ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com
Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com
| | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002
Falken BBS |B |http://falkenbbs.com
| | v12.0 on Feb 2nd 2002
Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org
| | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final
Maximus BBS |B |http://www.lanius.com
| | sales@lanius.com v3.01
| |http://www.vector11.com/maximus/
MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802
Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net
| | v0.33.21 on Jun 4th 2002
Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com
| | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001
Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net
| | groberts@nexusbbs.net
| | v0.99.41.001 beta on Jun 10th 2001
Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be
| | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002
RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120
Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com
| | v2.62.2SW
Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/
Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150
| | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999
Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net
| | support@telegard.net
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| | v3.09g2 SP4
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Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/
| | last update: Jun 2002
BBS Central |D |http://www.rpcomputers.com
Bentstone |D |http://www.srupc.com/mall
Capabilities Group | | info@stonebenders.com
Cheepware: |D |http://www.midnightshour.org/cheepware/
Sean Dennis | | 1:11/200
DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201
Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org
Ruth Argust | |
DoorMUD |D |http://www.dmud.thebbs.org
| | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002
Elysium Software |D |http://www.elysoft.com
| | mpreslar@mailcity.com
Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com
| | scott@jibben.com
| | 1995-99 Release dates
JNS Software: |D |http://www.geocities.com/jnssoftware/
Rusty Johnson | | rustyjohnson57@hotmail.com
| | Tel: (304) 733-0113
John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com
| | support@johndaileysoftware.com
LORD (Legend of the |D |http://www.lordlegacy.org
Red Dragon) Reborn | | mike@lordlegacy.org
| | v4.06 on Feb 5th 2001
Lord-II IGMs |D |http://www.shelby.net/wizards/lord2igm/
PC Pursuits |D |http://www.pcpursuits.com
| | brucep@pop.kis.net
| | Tel: (301) 240-6653
Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/
| | nannette@shiningstar.net
Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com
Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com
| | Tel: (404) 256-9518
The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/
| | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases
Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/
FIDONEWS 19-39 Page 21 30 Sep 2002
| | jpritch@eisonline.com
| | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002
Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013
Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org
| | last update: Jul 17th 2002
(various) |D |http://www.webnexus.com/users/etow/
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APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de
| | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de
| | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13
OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004
| | mk@openxp.de v3.8.7 beta Aug 3rd 2002
OpenXP/16 |P |http://www.openxp16.de 2:2433/460
| | my@openxp16.de v3.40 RC3 Apr 28th 2002
CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de
| | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999
PPoint |P |http://www.alcuf.ca 1:249/114
| | v3.04 on Jan 10th 2000
Terminate |P |http://www.terminate.com
| | v5.00 on Aug 7th 1997
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GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600
| | v1.1.5 on Aug 8th 2002
SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de
| | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999
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GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com
| | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997
Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/
Charles Cruden | | 1:342/806
(Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001
TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/
| | transnet@ressl.com.ar
| | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998
TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.multiboard.com/software/
Communications, Inc.| | support@multiboard.com 1:2401/305
| | v3.5
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(in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings)
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Fidonet Via Internet Hubs provided by FidoTel.com
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
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 | 768k | FREE
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.
134/11 | Michael Grant | FTP, BinkP, VMoT UUE, IFCICO,TransX
aDSL, 60 | n/c
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
FIDONEWS 19-39 Page 25 30 Sep 2002
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 | 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
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
393/48 | Ben Ritchey | UUE:BFDS? | 33.6k | n/c
379/1 | Dale Ross | FTP, BinkP,UUE | 256K+,! n/c
379/1200 | Chris Cranford | BinkP FTP TX | ??? | n/c
396/45 | Marc Lewis |BinkP FTP UUE TX| ADSL | 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
3830/9 | Steve Quarrella |BinkP FTP IFCICO VMoT UUE|?|?
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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 | Göran Eriksson | BinkP | ??? | n/c
201/600 | Håkan 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
280/1027 | Lukas de Groen | BinkP FTP | ??? | n/c
FIDONEWS 19-39 Page 26 30 Sep 2002
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
292/624 | Steven Leeman | UUE, BinkP | 128k | n/c
292/854 | Ward Dossche | BinkP UUE TX | ??? | 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
--------------------------------------------------------------
Zone 3
633/260 | Malcolm Miles | FTP,BinkP | 64K | n/c
640/954 | Rick Van Ruth | FTP,VMot,UUE,BinkP| 56K| n/c
FIDONEWS 19-39 Page 27 30 Sep 2002
712/311 | Bob James | TX | ??? | n/c
774/605 | Barry Blackford|BinkP,VMoT:10023,ifcico,FTP |33.6| n/c
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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
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Fidonet oriented chat rooms.
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Nodelist Stats
Input nodelist nodelist.270
size 1047.6kb
date 2002-09-27
The nodelist has 9388 nodes in it
and a total of 12138 non-comment entries
including 6 zones
58 regions
454 hosts
646 hubs
admin overhead 1164 ( 12.40 %)
and 931 private nodes
284 nodes down
371 nodes on hold
off line overhead 1586 ( 16.89 %)
Speed summary:
>9600 = 730 ( 7.78 %)
9600 = 8163 ( 86.95 %)
(HST = 173 or 2.12 %)
(CSP = 1 or 0.01 %)
(PEP = 12 or 0.15 %)
(MAX = 0 or 0.00 %)
(HAY = 1 or 0.01 %)
(V32 = 4452 or 54.54 %)
(V32B = 463 or 5.67 %)
(V34 = 5390 or 66.03 %)
(V42 = 4438 or 54.37 %)
(V42B = 482 or 5.90 %)
2400 = 98 ( 1.04 %)
1200 = 8 ( 0.09 %)
300 = 389 ( 4.14 %)
ISDN = 936 ( 9.97 %)
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File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems
----------------------------------------------------------
XA Frontdoor <1.99b 3328
Frontdoor 2.02+
Dutchie 2.90c
Binkleyterm >2.1
D'Bridge <1.3
TIMS
Xenia
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XB Binkleyterm 2.0 8
Dutchie 2.90b
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XC Opus 1.1 10
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XP Seadog 6
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XR Opus 1.03 54
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XW Fido >12M 381
Tabby
KittenMail
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XX D'Bridge 1.30 4155
Frontdoor 1.99b
Intermail 2.01
T-Mail
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None QMM 1446
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CrashMail capable = 2989 ( 31.84 %)
MailOnly nodes = 5079 ( 54.10 %)
Listed-only nodes = 723 ( 7.70 %)
Other = 597 ( 6.36 %)
[Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100]
[ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208]
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