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Skriven 2014-08-04 02:38:04 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 17372 av David Drummond (3:640/305)
Ärende: fidonet.org
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Hello David,

 DS>> No, Thom is not more special than Ward.  He does not now claim to be
 DS>> anything other than a sysop.

 DD> Yes, I have been advised of that - I missed the election for the new
 DD> echo-keeper.

The real echo-keeper is Janis Kracht, with Ross Cassell acting
as her lapdog.  As such, please pay no attention to the flunky at
the helm.  He is just a figurehead (kind of like Jon Justvig).

 DS>> OTOH, Ward is the one that owns the site
 DS>> that would seem to be representing Fidonet, and Ward is a high level
 DS>> official in Fidonet.

 DD> He's a nodelist clerk, not  high official. Fidonet has no official, no
legal
 DD> presence either - we're just a bunch of hobbyists.

"Insanity in individuals is something rare -- but in groups, parties,
nations and epochs, it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Nietzsche describes insanity in a way nobody else ever could.

 DS>> One would think that he would take responsibility
 DS>> in this.

 DD> That is your opinion, for what it is worth - others' differs.

Look at the Emperor's new clothes!  OTOH, you might want
to shut your eyes.

 DD> I used to own the domain name "nodelist.org" - did that give me some high
 DD> authority over Fidonet's nodelist?

I used to own the domain name "fidonews.us" - and let it lapse a few
days ago to see which numbskull in fidonet will grab it first.

 DD>>>> Actually I see in the small print the site appears to be
 DD>>>> owned by one Thom LaCosta - an entity that hasn't been part
 DD>>>> of Fidonet for yonks.

 DS>>> False.  He is still in the nodelist.

 DD>>> Yes - I've heard that the Z1 segment is full of dead nodes.

 DS>> Perhaps, but then so are the other segments.

 DD> So that make's it right? While two negatives make a positive, two wrongs
to
 DD> not make a right.

Depends on who counts the votes.

 DD>>>> Why hasn't someone in Z1 who cares taken over that site and
 DD>>>> brought it up to date?

 DS>>> Because it belongs to Thom LaCosta, and he is too much of a
 DS>> curmudgeon
 DS>>> to give it away to anyone else.

 DD>>> The why the fuck do you let his system dictate to you how
 DD>>> your echomail is/not moved?

 DS>> ??  I totally do not understand why you think that Thom LaCosta has
 DS>> anything to do with the movement of echomail.  That is a nonsensical
 DS>> statement on your part.

 DD> OK - so Thom isn't the echo keeper anymore, the nepotistic regime put
 DD> someone else in.

In a nutshell, yes.  But the power(s) that be will never admit it.

 DD> Is it, oris it not true that echo mail will not be moved through the Z1
 DD> system unless it is listed in this private database? Hell, even the Z1
 DD> versonof the rules of the international echo FN_SYSOP mention it.

"Rules?  There are no rules." - Anon

--Lee

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