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Skriven 2015-05-17 23:10:57 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 24634 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
Ärende: Fully connected to the FW
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Hello Björn,

 JK>>> Yes, I am aware of the number of dupes the fidoweb creates...

 LL>> The fidoweb creates zero number of dupes.

 BF> Well, actually it does. About 100% according to my biweekly statistics. 
But
 BF> it never creates any dupe loops, only the archaic NAB does. Recently
 BF> discovered in Queen America's own FIDOGAZETTE echo.

Yes, that is a far better way of explaining how things
work.  My terminology was poorly contructed, and confusing.

 LL>> Upgrade your software, get a better computer, ditch your
 LL>> efforts of censorship. The fidonet community believes in
 LL>> freedom for all, not just for a select few.

 BF> True. And a pain in the ass for Queen America and her few remaining
faithful
 BF> worshippers.

Once folks inside that geographical region realize there are
real alternatives available, the fewer faithful worshippers
there will be.  Depending on how many heretics are found, and
burned at the stake.  :)

 BF> It's kinda similar to how the Christian Church reacted when Johannes
 BF> Gutenberg invented the printing press. Suddenly the Church no longer had
 BF> the monopoly of published books.

You don't understand.  Book publishing is Big Business.
The Church, like all businesses, was in business to make
a profit.  Really.  Do not believe any of that claptrap
religious folk tell you that the Church is a non-profit
organization.  The Church itself may be non-profit, but
those who run the Church are most definitely for profit.
Anyway.  The Church owned the monks.  The Church trained
the monks.  And what did the Church train the monks with?
The Bible.  The Church gave each monk a pen and paper,
told each of them to start writing, and not to stop
writing until they were finished writing the entire
Bible.  This was all done in exchange for room and
board.  Along with a whole lot of praying for a good
night's sleep, as fingers get very tired from a long
day of writing.

The Church sold the books written by the monks to kings,
princes, and other rich folks.  It did not really
matter much what the quality of writing was, as nobody
other than monks could really read or write.  But the
kings and princes and other rich folks had lots of
gold and money and other goodies the Church liked
to have so that's how Bibles wound up in the hands
of certain benefactors outside the Church.

The invention of the printing press changed all that.
The monks were out of a job, the Church was out of money,
and the kings were losing their heads due to revolution.

 BF> So they tried to outlaw those "unauthorized" books.

What would you do if your workers quit and your money
supply ran out?

 BF> They even managed to have printed books outlawed in France for half a
 BF> century.

Nappy made Joan a Saint, proving that books don't matter.  :)

 BF> Needless to say, information wants to be free, so eventually the Church
 BF> failed. And so will Queen America's attempt to Khontrol the fidonet.

There are 3 mottos in George Orwell's `1984' -

* War is Peace
* Freedom is Slavery
* Ignorance is Strength

Think about what those 3 mottos mean, and wny
Orwell chose those particular mottos as his theme.

 BF> And the rest is history as they say...

Back to the future?

--Lee

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