Text 36696, 65 rader
Skriven 2016-09-19 14:50:50 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 36608 av mark lewis (1:3634/12.73)
Ärende: Nodelist Distribution
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Hello mark,

 TR>>> And if it weren't for `users' you people with all that fancy
 TR>>> equipment and `systems' would only have each other to talk to.

 ml>>> that's where it all started...

 TR>>> Or is that what you're all striving for?

 ml>>> it is also likely that that is where it will end...

 TR>> But first you'll have to drive all the users out of Fidonet.

 ml> no we don't... all we have to do is close the BBSes and news/web
servers...
 ml> we can still keep our mailers and tossers running and use sysop readers
 ml> which access the message bases directly...

Just keep everything running on automatic pilot and see how long
it lasts until the electricity runs out.  A whole lot of fun that
would be for the participants - all of whom had left for greener
pastures.

 ml> no BBS or news/web server means there's nothing for users to connect to so
 ml> no way they can read or write posts...

David D. does not run a bbs, but allows anonymous access.  You and
and small handful of others seem to have a problem with that.  But
I doubt that David D. is losing any sleep on the matter.  In fact,
I do believe he sleeps very good at night (and maybe sometimes in
the day).

 TR>> Driving users out of zone 1 isn't enough. There are other zones
 TR>> where they can still participate in Fidonet, as you have learned.

 ml> get off your high horse... any sysop knows that users can use any BBS they
 ml> can connect to...

Every sysop knows an individual can set up shop anywhere in the world
he/she chooses - even if the powers that be in zone 1 don't like it.

 TR>> The attitude of those who sit atop zone 1 toward ordinary users
 TR>> has long been plain as day. And every once in a while one of you
 TR>> says something that reveals that low atitude of yours;

 ml> you leave out that that attitude is directed as certain specific
individuals
 ml> such as yourself and lofaso...

And others, such as Wayne Chirnside, Kevin Gibson, Tim McDonald ...

 TR>> "...they are nothing to us and simply do not affect us."
 TR>> ...Mark Lewis

 ml> yeah, leave it to you to cut out all the context and twist the statement
to
 ml> say something completely different than originally said...

Oh, come now.  Donald Trump is The Master, not The Apprentice.
Even Doctor Who knows that.  So please.  Give the man his due.

--Lee

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