poindexter wrote (2020-04-04):

Dumas Walker wrote to HUSTLER <=-

Yea..Most Fidonet SysOps are big headed morons. The Coordinators
really take the cake. Just sayin

But I am a fidonet sysop. I am also one that banned Al from my
board without even realizing it, so maybe the moron part is
right... :D~

I'm a Fido sysop and a regional coordinator, guess I need to do a self- assessment; I don't think I'm moronic enough, and at the present time I have no cake.

You are already ate it and forgot ... :-P

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Atreyu wrote (2020-04-04):

Its one of the reasons why the few trolls such as Lee/Bjorn never venture beyond the realm of bad-taste. No packet-bombs, echo-flooding or Netmail harassment. They are lightweights compared to hardcore Internet trolls.

can you keep your delusions in fidonet please?

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Dumas wrote (2020-04-04):

We'll all be running Fidonet v12u here in R10, it's the only way to be
sure.

I have actually thought about putting a Fido or Opus board up just to see if I could get it to work in these modern times.

do it! :)

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On 08 Apr 20 10:54:11, Oli said the following to Atreyu:

Its one of the reasons why the few trolls such as Lee/Bjorn never venture beyond the realm of bad-taste. No packet-bombs, echo-flooding or Netmail harassment. They are lightweights compared to hardcore Internet trolls.

can you keep your delusions in fidonet please?

Such as?

Atreyu

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Atreyu to Hustler on Fri Apr 03 2020 04:09 pm

Fidonet's small little cupcake is so insignificant and I have yet to encounter any real Napoleon moderator or coordinators anymore. The last one

It's probably a New York thing. I've experienced butt heads in the 90s and again in 2019. They seem to have an ego problem and are unwilling to admit they
are wrong. "Newbies" are a problem for them. The New York coordinators will be
big contributors to

HusTler@havens.synchro.net
Proud operator Synchronet BBS

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Re: Re: Fido
By: HusTler to Atreyu on Sat Apr 04 2020 01:15 pm

It's probably a New York thing. I've experienced butt heads in the 90s and again in 2019. They seem to have an ego problem and are unwilling to admit they are wrong. "Newbies" are a problem for them. The New York coordinators will be big contributors to

I have a suggestion -- let's take this to the FIDO_SYSOP echo on Fidonet, and keep this out of FSXNet? Then, maybe we can get a meaningful discussion with the coordinators and your fellow sysops.
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Re: Re: Fido
By: Dumas Walker to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Sat Apr 04 2020 06:46 pm

I have actually thought about putting a Fido or Opus board up just to see if I could get it to work in these modern times.

I had it running years ago on XP, am trying to get my BBS running on WIndows 10
- I forgot what I did to get it answering on a telnet port when I had it running.

I liked Opus, I almost used Opus as my first platform, but was leery of .msg. As it turned out, I used Telegard 2.5, which meant I had to unpack packets to *.msg anyways, then import them into the BBS.
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Re: Re: QWK
By: Netsurge to apam on Thu Mar 19 2020 11:25 am


Hello There,

I must have been on LSD I remember sending you a email on a fido node number but don't see any where that I sent it!

Would you please send your addy here or to me linuxhavok(AT) hotmail.com

Thanks....



-= Havok =-

... I gave my wife a hint: I bought a love seat.

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Netsurge to -= Havok =- on Thu Mar 19 2020 10:52 pm


Thanks for the link!

I sent you a email this morning....

-= Havok =-

... May you live all the days of your life.

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Netsurge to -= Havok =- on Thu Mar 19 2020 10:52 pm

frank [at] diskshop.ca

Morning Netsurge

still haven't heard anything, no big deal not going to loose sleep.

But just to let you know...



-= Havok =-

... Back up my hard disk? I can't find the reverse switch!

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Netsurge to -= Havok =- on Sat Mar 21 2020 03:11 pm

I got it and sent it over to Marc Lewis who is the RC for Florida. As you can imagine, people are a bit preoccupied with COVID and all. If he doesn't get back to you in the next few days let me know.

Thank you!



-= Havok =-

... Save fuel. Get cremated with a friend.

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Greg Zoll to -= Havok =- on Tue Mar 24 2020 11:14 am

I still have not heard anything about reactivating my old node number with RC 11. Supposedly RJ is MIA.

So let me ask you are you using a temp number: /9999?





-= Havok =-

... A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Netsurge to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Mar 24 2020 07:45 pm

All the other RCs, myself included, haven't heard from RJ in a bit.

Include me in this group also, I hope he is ok just busy with life and
everything going on today!

Wonder if he is in a hot zone?



-= Havok =-

... Obscenity is whatever gives a judge an erection.

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Netsurge to -= Havok =- on Tue Mar 24 2020 10:15 pm

Not sure if he is in a hot zone but he has been MIA before the COVID pandemic.

Well like me I'm sure anyone and everyone is in a hurry to get a node number.
But lets hope he's ok also!



-= Havok =-

... Illiteratets of the wlord. Untie!

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Re: Re: Fido
By: Greg Zoll to -= Havok =- on Wed Mar 25 2020 10:56 am

Time to assign a new RC.

Oh Greg I'm not even going to touch that one!

-= Havok =-

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Include me in this group also, I hope he is ok just busy with life a
everything going on today!

Wonder if he is in a hot zone?

Not sure if he is in a hot zone but he has been MIA before the COVID pandemic.

I've been tring to reach him for over a year. When he set me up on net 220
he set up an echo feed but didn't give permission to any of the echo groups.
I have sent several emails and netmails and have never gotten a response.

-Joe-

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On 24 Mar 2020, Greg Zoll said the following...

I still have not heard anything about reactivating my old node number
with RC 11. Supposedly RJ is MIA.

He's also my RC, and is MIA for about 3/4 of the year, every year. What was your old node number, if I may ask? I happen to be an NC in region 11, and might be able to help - with or without the RC. ;)

Accession

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On 25 Mar 2020, Greg Zoll said the following...

Time to assign a new RC.

I said that almost 10 years ago now - when I actually cared. However, for a long time he was one of Janis' puppets so he got away with it as long as his system kept polling hers. You're probably better off shooting Nick Andre (if he's here on FSX he would be Atreyu) an email or netmail and see if you can work around RJ, which has always been the best option. ;)

Accession

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On 25 Mar 20 16:58:41, Accession said the following to Greg Zoll:

He's also my RC, and is MIA for about 3/4 of the year, every year. What was your old node number, if I may ask? I happen to be an NC in region 11, and might be able to help - with or without the RC. ;)

Email me about this. nandre at net229 dot org

Atreyu

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On 25 Mar 2020, Greg Zoll said the following...

Originally 233/31

Unfortunately that net no longer exists, and making a net for a single node probably wouldn't go over well. What state are you in? It could still be possible for you to keep the node portion.

Accession

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On 29 Mar 2020, Atreyu said the following...

Not all of them deserve that. I have to coordinate that net with a few
who are actually very humble, well-spoken, educated... and ended up good friends.

Where do we find those guys? ;)

Accession

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On 30 Mar 20 14:51:28, Al said the following to Atreyu:

Fidonet is the net of nets and has a long history. I find fido is not much different than real life, there are some good ones and there are some bad on
That can happen anywhere regardless of what you call the net.

I've made some pretty good friendships via. Fidonet which is why I could never ditch it or walk away that easily... its a loyalty thing. But its just full of problems. The biggest is software. There is no incentive to write anything
new other than doing it for nostalgia or you reside in Region 50.

If Fido had better software like a decent App... think Aftershock but really dumbed-down further, not techie at all, it could really be taken seriously as an alternative to Internet social media. Those silly Russians are the only ones who take Fido seriously and run it as the "net of nets" like you say.

The quality of Echomail convo I find far better with Othernets. There is
much less noise-factor and usually no trolling or douchebaggery.

Atreyu

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On 31 Mar 20 22:02:00, Vk3Jed said the following to Atreyu:

Yes, I still like Fidonet and participate there, though it's a shadow of its former self. :(

Big time... there used to be a ton of good convo going on at one time. Even the mindless non-sequitor of the CHATTER echo.

An app, yes, but Aftershock and HotFogRf are the wrong model for me. I woul use my phone as an adjunct, not the centre of my BBS messaging, therefore an

Yeah but you know what I mean. There has to be some sort of catchy software or solution so non-techies can join. It can't be the traditional idea of a mailer and tosser, probably just a good editor or chat software.

Atreyu

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On 31 Mar 20 20:14:00, Gamgee said the following to Atreyu:

Yep, I learned quite a while back that "Oli" is a bat-shit crazy
leftist whack job, and don't even bother responding to his drivel
any more. He has an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome,

Oli just has a slight case of Atreyu Derangement Syndrome; in believing that I have some sort of magical wizard-like powers or there is some sort of corrupt evil X-files-ish conspiracy in Fido... when really absolutely nothing I do affects anyone's day to day use of that silly message network.

Atreyu

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Hey ryan, wasn't it you who keeps reminding me (and others) to
just scroll on to the next message, and/or grow a thicker skin?

You get offended about people's political opinions, which are not direct insults at you, but you make direct insults at other people. Why is this something you fail to understand?

Also, did you read the message from Oli to me in this thread? Why
is it OK when it's him insulting me?

Someone saying you're an authoritarian is far different than the type of
things you say about other people. The distinction is rather clear.

I'm not doing anything wrong, just defending myself. Have a nice
day.

False.

Please, just go somewhere else. I really don't want fsxNet to continue to
turn into Fidonet.

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On 31 Mar 2020 at 09:18a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

Well you know what they say "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch". Talk to the Fidonet New York Coordinator if my comments bother you.

Given that you're on FSXnet and Avon has been adamant about keeping a thriving, civil network I think he's the one to get involved.

Will post something shortly.

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Re: Re: Fido
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Vk3jed on Wed Apr 01 2020 08:45:00

echicken's web software for Synchronet does a pretty passable message

forum,

if we could build a mobile theme for it, that might be a good candidate

for

phone BBS browsing.

The UI uses Bootstrap, which is "mobile-first". I haven't used it on my phone in quite some time, but it was decent on mobile a couple of years ago and should still be.

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On 03 Apr 20 09:28:21, Hustler said the following to Tiny:

Moderator is a bit insane. He's banned me for life. LOL You can't
disagree with him. (I still have the echo here because Nick doesn't
respond to silly moderator bans, but I self isolate myself from any
echo he moderates)

Yea..Most Fidonet SysOps are big headed morons. The Coordinators really ta the cake. Just sayin

Fidonet's small little cupcake is so insignificant and I have yet to encounter any real Napoleon moderator or coordinators anymore. The last one that tried to make me do something was Oli's wonderful Fido uplink when a downlink of
mine accidently posted a BBS ad in some silly Linux echo. He made a real
stink in Netmail about it. When it was obvious I was going to do jack-shit
he stopped. Turned all lovey-dovey polite when he requested a full feed here.

Atreyu

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On 03 Apr 20 17:27:20, Netsurge said the following to Atreyu:

That's because you haven't seen my plan for forced labour and income tax for all members of Region 12 yet!

That Region 12 Dictator Hitler Greta Trump Corona Overlord is forcing me to upgrade to CBBS and floppy drives. I hear I'll also be charged a luxury-tax
for having a 9600bps modem and be forced to offer 40-column Petscii mode.

Atreyu

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On 04 Apr 20 10:51:00, Poindexter Fortran said the following to Dumas Walker:

But I am a fidonet sysop. I am also one that banned Al from my board without even realizing it, so maybe the moron part is right... :D~

I'm a Fido sysop and a regional coordinator, guess I need to do a self- assessment; I don't think I'm moronic enough, and at the present time I hav no cake.

Lol, last night I watched Creepshow with the "Wheres my cake" segment.

I find it amusing that the ones who complain about authoritarian coordinators tend to have no problem being in an Othernet where in fact, one ZC ultimately controls the net, its tends to be his way or the highway, its his rules, etc.

Atreyu

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