• Clay and Hofmann

    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Jeff Smith on Friday, November 03, 2017 06:26:09
    Why does RJ need to be vouched for? Are we automatically mistrusting people now?

    No we aren't. But shouldn't we expect an FTSC member to at least be able to run a reliable FTN system?

    Clay has for more than six months now published empty messages in the stats echo, and every attempt to make him netmail aware of this has gone unanswered -- crash mail almost never work.

    He is also RC11, but his segment is a real mess. One would at least expect that an FTSC member that is also an RC would know how a proper nodelist entry should look like.

    Add to that that during his entire tenure he hasn't posted a single message in either the FTSC echo nor this one. Great help he has been...

    Oh, BTW, that last comment also goes for Mark Hofmann. Are those the people that y'all expect to do some serious work for the FTSC?



    ..

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  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Björn Felten on Friday, November 03, 2017 10:11:32
    Hello Björn ,

    So, what will you do to assist the FTSC during the next two years?

    Are there any particular documents that you think needs updating?


    Good questions that I would like to see all the candidates respond to.


    Jeff


    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3
    * Origin: The Ouija Board (1:282/1031)
  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Jeff Smith on Saturday, November 04, 2017 12:02:44
    Hello Jeff!

    Nov 03 10:11 2017, Jeff Smith wrote to Bj÷rn Felten:

    If you expect some candidate promising free lollies for everybody, you might be
    disappointed. The tasks of the FTSC are defined.

    So, what will you do to assist the FTSC during the next two years?

    From FTA-1000:

    The Fidonet Technical Standards Committee (FTSC) is responsible for
    providing a thorough technical definition of FidoNet and its
    protocols sufficient to maintain it as a compatible electronic mail
    system, specifically by:

    1. Documenting current practice in technical standards.
    2. Encouraging new technologies in Fidonet software development.
    3. Reassessing and revising FTS documents regularly.
    4. Being publicly accessible to Fidonet sysops.
    5. Distributing Technical Standards and Proposals.
    6. Providing FTS document interpretations on software compatibility.

    Are there any particular documents that you think needs updating?

    From FTA-1001:

    Every Fidonet Technical Standards (FTS) document shall be reviewed
    at least once every two years and revised as needed.

    Good questions that I would like to see all the candidates respond
    to.

    The tasks are listed above. But in reality nearly 2/3 of the FTSC members are sitting on their ears. It's hard to get things done with that overwhelming motivation. Vote wisely!

    ciao,
    Markus

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Markus Reschke on Saturday, November 04, 2017 15:41:27

    Markus,

    If you expect some candidate promising free lollies for everybody, you might be disappointed. The tasks of the FTSC are defined.

    From my vantage-point the FTSC could reach the same levels of productivity if half of its present membership were annihilated.

    It really would interest me to learn from certain individuals why they accepted
    the nomination (and also why certain others nominated them).

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From Jeff Smith@1:282/1031 to Markus Reschke on Saturday, November 04, 2017 10:56:42
    Hello Markus,

    Nov 03 10:11 2017, Jeff Smith wrote to Björn Felten:

    If you expect some candidate promising free lollies for everybody, you might be disappointed. The tasks of the FTSC are defined.

    I know and realize that the tasks are specified. But that does not establish a
    candidates attitude or outlook on what (s)he want to see.

    Vote wisely!

    Given sufficient input that would be my goal.


    Jeff


    --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-3
    * Origin: The Ouija Board (1:282/1031)
  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Jeff Smith on Saturday, November 04, 2017 18:24:46
    Hello Jeff!

    Nov 04 10:56 2017, Jeff Smith wrote to Markus Reschke:

    I know and realize that the tasks are specified. But that does not establish a candidates attitude or outlook on what (s)he want to
    see.

    Vote wisely!

    Given sufficient input that would be my goal.

    I don't know what other FTSC members are thinking about transparency, but it could be a good idea to open the FTSC echo (read only?), so that voters can assess the candidate's performance. That would be much better than candidates only telling voters what they intend to do (newcomers still would have to, of course).

    My personal intention is to have proper documentation with clear definitions. Too often I've stumbled across defintions allowing ambiguous interpretations when I was trying to find out how to implement a feature. mfreq and nl2binkd are some of my projects. And for the husky project I've also submitted several bug fixes and code for new features.

    ciao,
    Markus

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  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Ward Dossche on Saturday, November 04, 2017 19:01:08
    Hi Ward!

    Nov 04 15:41 2017, Ward Dossche wrote to Markus Reschke:

    From my vantage-point the FTSC could reach the same levels of productivity if half of its present membership were annihilated.

    Unfortunately I have to agree. Be careful with choosing the right half :)

    It really would interest me to learn from certain individuals why
    they accepted the nomination (and also why certain others nominated them).

    So far I haven't seen much from the other candidates.

    ciao,
    Markus

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Markus Reschke on Saturday, November 04, 2017 20:28:57
    Markus,

    So far I haven't seen much from the other candidates.

    Perhaps a bridge too far, but maybe those hiding between the Mangrove roots in the forest should not become elected then.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From Torsten Bamberg@2:240/5832 to Markus Reschke on Sunday, November 05, 2017 02:36:15
    Hallo Markus!

    04.11.2017 18:24, Markus Reschke schrieb an Jeff Smith:

    My personal intention is to have proper documentation with clear definitions.
    100 percent agree.

    Too often I've stumbled across defintions allowing ambiguous interpretations when I was trying to find out how to implement a
    feature.
    Well, to implement a small feature, called CDP, an automated connection of points on my system, I've nearly read and revised about 20 ftsc-documents.
    Some are about the cdp-procedure, some described further processes.
    Because the defintion of the working software isn't clear, I have to describe a
    mask of used software by my own. After this, it was quite easy to write down the sourcecode. The description in the cdp-fsp-document was not really clear.

    mfreq and nl2binkd are some of my projects. And for the husky project
    I've also submitted several bug fixes and code for new features.
    I know. My actual project is a nodelist-checking, to stuck the features of makenl and errflags together. Currently I adopt errflags and makenl to OS/2, compile Golded+ to OS/2. My own projects are tiroute, a extractor of the nodelist for binkd and itrack, and to compile golded+ to OS/2.
    I also announced errflags, makenl, binkd and binkleyXE7 for OS/2. I also do some porting things for OS/2.
    There are some other things, I support. One of them is on http://fidopedia.fido.de to have a wiki platform for all german speaking fellows.

    ciao,
    Markus
    Bye/2 Torsten

    ... MAILBOX: Up 03d 23h 50m (BTUp2V1.5)
    --- GoldED+ 1.1.5-17
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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Ward Dossche on Monday, November 06, 2017 00:45:00
    On 11-06-17 03:18, Ward Dossche <=-
    spoke to Carol Shenkenberger about Re: Status of nominations <=-

    It was well known I couldnt access the ZCC traffic while at sea but that
    I
    could be netmailed via Dale at need and Bob could divert netmail to Dale if it was something critical.

    Hmmmm ... so you are saying that your netmail was monitored by a 3rd party?

    She didn't say, but I will. I did not read her netmail, nor any of the
    other echos that she was subscribing to via my BBS except for those to
    which I was subscribed to and read via my own account. They were packed
    by automatic system batch files and emailed to her untouched by human
    hands or eyes at this end.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


    ... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 00:04:23, 06 Nov 2017
    ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

    --- Maximus/NT 3.01
    * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dale Shipp on Monday, November 06, 2017 09:12:24
    Dale,

    Hmmmm ... so you are saying that your netmail was monitored by a 3rd DS>WD> party?

    She didn't say, but I will. I did not read her netmail, ...

    And I never said you did, however ... Carol wrote ...

    ... and Xxx could divert netmail to Dale if it was something critical.

    How could Xxx decide if it was critical and needed diverting other than by reading such in-transit netmail?

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Ward Dossche on Monday, November 06, 2017 14:28:28
    Good ${greeting_time}, Ward!

    04 Nov 2017 15:41:26, you wrote to Markus Reschke:

    If you expect some candidate promising free lollies for everybody,
    you might be disappointed. The tasks of the FTSC are defined.
    From my vantage-point the FTSC could reach the same levels of
    productivity if half of its present membership were annihilated.

    Yes.
    And annihilating just one third will even increase the productivity.

    It really would interest me to learn from certain individuals
    why they accepted the nomination (and also why certain others
    nominated them).

    If I am among these people, here's my answer: to continue finding inconsistencies and other stupidities in the documents.


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-cmlxxvii-mmxlviii

    ... GPG: 8832FE9FA791F7968AC96E4E909DAC45EF3B1FA8 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net
    --- /bin/vi
    * Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Markus Reschke on Monday, November 06, 2017 15:23:00
    Good ${greeting_time}, Markus!

    04 Nov 2017 18:24:46, you wrote to Jeff Smith:

    I don't know what other FTSC members are thinking about transparency,
    but it could be a good idea to open the FTSC echo (read only?), so
    that voters can assess the candidate's performance. That would be
    much better than candidates only telling voters what they intend to
    do (newcomers still would have to, of course).

    Possibly we have to move most of our discussions from FTSC echoarea here (to FTSC_PUBLIC), but we really need such "counsillation place". For example, we could keep all technical discussions public, leaving the FTSC area only for counsils.


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-cmlxxvii-mmxlviii

    ... that's why I really dislike fools.
    --- /bin/vi
    * Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Ward Dossche on Monday, November 06, 2017 15:30:00
    Good ${greeting_time}, Ward!

    04 Nov 2017 20:28:56, you wrote to Markus Reschke:

    So far I haven't seen much from the other candidates.
    Perhaps a bridge too far, but maybe those hiding between the
    Mangrove roots in the forest should not become elected then.

    I see I was right deciding to hide in Taiga and Tundra... :-)


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-cmlxxvii-mmxlviii

    ... that's why I really dislike fools.
    --- /bin/vi
    * Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
  • From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to Björn Felten on Monday, November 06, 2017 08:14:05
    03 Nov 17 06:26, Björn Felten wrote to Jeff Smith:

    Add to that that during his entire tenure he hasn't posted a
    single message in either the FTSC echo nor this one. Great help he
    has been...

    What I would like to see (from Michiel, the moderator) is a report of the candidates who are currently on the FTSC and the number of messages they have posted in the private echo, so we can see who is participating, and who is just
    sitting on their hands. I think an appropriate time frame would be 2 years (the length of their last term).

    --- Msged/NT 6.0.1
    * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Fred Riccio on Monday, November 06, 2017 08:47:54

    On 2017 Nov 06 08:14:04, you wrote to Björn Felten:

    Add to that that during his entire tenure he hasn't posted a single
    message in either the FTSC echo nor this one. Great help he has
    been...

    What I would like to see (from Michiel, the moderator) is a report of
    the candidates who are currently on the FTSC and the number of
    messages they have posted in the private echo, so we can see who is participating, and who is just sitting on their hands. I think an appropriate time frame would be 2 years (the length of their last
    term).

    just because one posts messages in the FTSC echo doesn't mean that those messages are all about FTSC work... this is a poor thermometer of participation...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... Just spent 4 days child-proofing my house- They still got in.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Alexey Vissarionov@2:5020/545 to Fred Riccio on Monday, November 06, 2017 17:17:00
    Good ${greeting_time}, Fred!

    06 Nov 2017 08:14:04, you wrote to Björn Felten:

    Add to that that during his entire tenure he hasn't posted a
    single message in either the FTSC echo nor this one. Great
    help he has been...
    What I would like to see (from Michiel, the moderator) is a report
    of the candidates who are currently on the FTSC and the number of
    messages they have posted in the private echo, so we can see who is participating, and who is just sitting on their hands. I think an appropriate time frame would be 2 years (the length of their last
    term).

    I like this idea - that would show up both the dead souls and chatterboxers. Per-month statistics would be even better for that purpose.


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-cmlxxvii-mmxlviii

    ... that's why I really dislike fools.
    --- /bin/vi
    * Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to mark lewis on Monday, November 06, 2017 15:30:21
    Hi mark,

    On 2017-11-06 08:47:54, you wrote to Fred Riccio:

    What I would like to see (from Michiel, the moderator) is a report of
    the candidates who are currently on the FTSC and the number of
    messages they have posted in the private echo, so we can see who is
    participating, and who is just sitting on their hands. I think an
    appropriate time frame would be 2 years (the length of their last
    term).

    just because one posts messages in the FTSC echo doesn't mean that those messages are all about FTSC work... this is a poor thermometer of participation...

    It would be a reasonable indication if there are zero or only a few posts by members.

    But indeed not the other way around... ;)


    Bye, Wilfred.

    --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815
    * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Alexey Vissarionov on Monday, November 06, 2017 15:18:24

    Qlexey,

    It really would interest me to learn from certain individuals
    why they accepted the nomination (and also why certain others
    nominated them).

    If I am among these people, here's my answer: to continue finding inconsistencies and other stupidities in the documents.

    You are not among them.

    If I held a vote-mandate, you would get mine.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to mark lewis on Monday, November 06, 2017 10:55:57
    Hello mark!

    06 Nov 17 08:47, mark lewis wrote to Fred Riccio:

    just because one posts messages in the FTSC echo doesn't mean that
    those messages are all about FTSC work... this is a poor thermometer
    of participation...

    They may be posting nonsense, but at least they aren't sleeping.

    --- Msged/NT 6.0.1
    * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)
  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to Alexey Vissarionov on Monday, November 06, 2017 18:05:46
    Hello Alexey!

    Nov 06 15:23 2017, Alexey Vissarionov wrote to Markus Reschke:

    Possibly we have to move most of our discussions from FTSC echoarea
    here (to FTSC_PUBLIC), but we really need such "counsillation place".
    For example, we could keep all technical discussions public, leaving
    the FTSC area only for counsils.

    Makes sense. We could also create a dedicated public echo for technical discussions (read-only by default, read-write for FTSC members), since this echo is meant for the communication between the FidoNet community and the FTSC.
    I'd be interested in what the other FTSC members think of this idea.

    ciao,
    Markus

    ---
    * Origin: *** theca tabellaria *** (2:240/1661)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Fred Riccio on Monday, November 06, 2017 13:06:36

    On 2017 Nov 06 10:55:56, you wrote to me:

    just because one posts messages in the FTSC echo doesn't mean that
    those messages are all about FTSC work... this is a poor thermometer
    of participation...

    They may be posting nonsense, but at least they aren't sleeping.

    or their bots are well trained ;) O:)

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... Cat HAIR all over the keyboard. Don't blame me for spelling errors
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Markus Reschke on Monday, November 06, 2017 13:36:48

    On 2017 Nov 06 18:05:46, you wrote to Alexey Vissarionov:

    Possibly we have to move most of our discussions from FTSC echoarea
    here (to FTSC_PUBLIC), but we really need such "counsillation place".
    For example, we could keep all technical discussions public, leaving
    the FTSC area only for counsils.

    Makes sense. We could also create a dedicated public echo for
    technical discussions (read-only by default, read-write for FTSC
    members)

    how is it proposed to enforce RO status on non-FTSC members? you do remember the mess(es) in FIDONEWS, FIDO_SYSOP and FN_SYSOP, right?

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... If I keep doing what I'm doing, I'll keep getting what I'm getting.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Markus Reschke@2:240/1661 to mark lewis on Monday, November 06, 2017 19:55:48
    Hello Mark!

    Nov 06 13:36 2017, mark lewis wrote to Markus Reschke:

    Makes sense. We could also create a dedicated public echo for
    technical discussions (read-only by default, read-write for FTSC
    members)

    how is it proposed to enforce RO status on non-FTSC members? you do remember the mess(es) in FIDONEWS, FIDO_SYSOP and FN_SYSOP, right?

    Who would be interested in watching the FTSC members? Mostly RCs, I'd guess. That should be managaable. Or am I too optimistic?

    ciao,
    Markus

    ---
    * Origin: *** theca tabellaria *** (2:240/1661)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Markus Reschke on Monday, November 06, 2017 15:12:28

    On 2017 Nov 06 19:55:48, you wrote to me:

    Makes sense. We could also create a dedicated public echo for
    technical discussions (read-only by default, read-write for FTSC
    members)

    how is it proposed to enforce RO status on non-FTSC members? you do
    remember the mess(es) in FIDONEWS, FIDO_SYSOP and FN_SYSOP, right?

    Who would be interested in watching the FTSC members? Mostly RCs, I'd guess. That should be managaable. Or am I too optimistic?

    it comes down to distribution... RO /might/ be possible with private distribution but you're talking about creating another public echo... you'd have to rely on all systems carrying the area to set it properly to preserve RO
    status... even then you can't really rely on that as long as there are systems blindly setting up their areas by importing .NA files without regard to certain
    areas' distribution status...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... If croutons are stale bread, why do they come in airtight packages?
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Fred Riccio on Monday, November 06, 2017 22:33:33
    Hello Fred,

    On Monday November 06 2017 08:14, you wrote to Björn Felten:

    What I would like to see (from Michiel, the moderator) is a report of
    the candidates who are currently on the FTSC and the number of
    messages they have posted in the private echo, so we can see who is participating, and who is just sitting on their hands.

    I am very reluctant to honour your request. The agreement is and was that the private echo is just that: private. In my perception even publishing how many messages have been posted by whom, violates that agreement.

    Other than that, as others have already pointed out, the raw numbers are not a reliable indication of contribution. Someone who posts few messages may make very to the point comments, while others who post a lot may just produce noise.
    And someone not posting at all may contribute in another way. Such as maintaining the FTSCALL archive or hosting the web site.

    But nothing stops you from asking each candidate that is nominated for another term what he/she has contributed in his/her past term.


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: http://www.vlist.org (2:280/5555)
  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Ward Dossche on Tuesday, November 07, 2017 00:50:02
    On 11-06-17 09:12, Ward Dossche <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Status of nomination <=-

    Hmmmm ... so you are saying that your netmail was monitored by a 3rd party?

    She didn't say, but I will. I did not read her netmail, ...

    And I never said you did, however ... Carol wrote ...

    ... and Xxx could divert netmail to Dale if it was something critical.

    How could Xxx decide if it was critical and needed
    diverting other than by reading such in-transit netmail?

    That is a question you would have to ask Bob about. I'm not aware that
    he filtered the netmail for her that arrived at his BBS, but just would
    have just routed it to her through me -- and my system just
    automatically included it into her QWK packet that she got via email.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


    ... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 00:53:17, 07 Nov 2017
    ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

    --- Maximus/NT 3.01
    * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)
  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 08, 2017 21:05:55
    Re: Re: Status of nomination
    By: Ward Dossche to Dale Shipp on Mon Nov 06 2017 09:12 am

    Hmmmm ... so you are saying that your netmail was monitored by a
    3rd party?

    She didn't say, but I will. I did not read her netmail, ...

    And I never said you did, however ... Carol wrote ...

    ... and Xxx could divert netmail to Dale if it was something
    critical.


    Relax Ward, you are over thinking this one. Dale's system automatially transited in the BW packet, any netmail for my address that was routed through him. In fact, Dale may not have even realized his system was carrying over netmail as well at times.

    Since Z6 nodes didnt know automatically if i was underway or not, they knew to CC either Barry or Bob (whoever they fed from) if they didnt hear back in 3 days and it was a nodelist change. Nothing nefarious and no reading of intrans netmail involved.

    Come to think of it, I think it was mostly Barry who took CC'd copies and re-netmailed them intrans to Dale. Not really sure if Bob got any of those. He may have. He knew where to pass them if so.

    xxcarol

    --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32
    * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS telnet://shenks.synchro.net (1:275/100)
  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to Alexey Vissarionov on Wednesday, November 08, 2017 21:09:32
    Re: Questions to the candidates
    By: Alexey Vissarionov to Markus Reschke on Mon Nov 06 2017 03:23 pm

    I don't know what other FTSC members are thinking about
    transparency, but it could be a good idea to open the FTSC echo
    (read only?), so that voters can assess the candidate's performance.
    That would be much better than candidates only telling voters what
    they intend to do (newcomers still would have to, of course).

    Possibly we have to move most of our discussions from FTSC echoarea here (to FTSC_PUBLIC), but we really need such "counsillation place". For example, we could keep all technical discussions public, leaving the FTSC area only for counsils.

    I would not mind that at all. Seems a healthy idea to me.

    xxcarol
    --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32
    * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS telnet://shenks.synchro.net (1:275/100)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Alexey Vissarionov on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 21:29:49
    Alex,

    What I would like to see (from Michiel, the moderator) is a report AV>FR> of the candidates who are currently on the FTSC and the number of
    messages they have posted in the private echo, so we can see who is AV>FR> participating, and who is just sitting on their hands. I think an
    appropriate time frame would be 2 years (the length of their last
    term).

    I like this idea - that would show up both the dead souls and chatterboxers.
    Per-month statistics would be even better for that purpose.

    Here you go ...

    From Oct.1st 2015 through now

    ==============================================================

    There are 23 users who wrote a message.
    Top 23 of the writers.
    Total Total Average Quote
    Name Msgs: Pct. Bytes Byte/Msg Ratio:
    ---- ----- ----- ------ -------- ------
    1. Michiel van der Vlist 310 34.3% 811913 2619 17.45% **
    2. mark lewis 155 17.2% 198715 1282 48.42%
    3. Fred Riccio 82 9.1% 131569 1605 23.44%
    4. Carol Shenkenberger 67 7.4% 57405 857 49.30%
    5. Markus Reschke 58 6.4% 35514 612 46.39% **
    6. Alexey Vissarionov 43 4.8% 52198 1214 44.47% **
    7. Andrew Leary 42 4.7% 79147 1884 82.68%
    8. Bj"rn Felten 26 2.9% 10666 410 45.19% **
    9. FTSC File Distribution 25 2.8% 13379 535 0.00%
    10. Richard Menedetter 18 2.0% 10652 592 39.33%
    11. Janis Kracht 15 1.7% 14678 979 42.03%
    12. andrew clarke 14 1.6% 5609 401 14.24%
    13. Nicholas Boel 11 1.2% 7080 644 25.58%
    14. Ward Dossche 9 1.0% 3749 417 28.95%
    15. Bj÷rn Felten 9 1.0% 1985 221 50.96% **
    16. Dallas Hinton 8 0.9% 2859 357 39.68% **
    17. Mark Hofmann 3 0.3% 1012 337 21.80% **
    18. Ivan Agarkov 2 0.2% 738 369 22.83%
    19. RJ Clay 2 0.2% 527 264 58.85% **
    20. Election Coordinator 1 0.1% 1869 1869 0.00%
    21. Stas Degteff 1 0.1% 801 801 44.76%
    22. Jeff Smith 1 0.1% 117 117 22.39%
    23. D'Bridge 1 0.1% 6 6 0.00%

    ==============================================================

    ** Means "up for election" and "accepted nomination"

    First, "FTSC File Distribution", "Election Coordinator"; "D'Bridge",
    "Janis Kracht", "Ward Dossche", "Fred Riccio", "Andrew Clarke", "Ivan Agarkov",
    "Stas Degteff" and "Jeff Smith" are not to be considered. They're technical names, invited guests or 2016 outgoing members.

    Second conclusion, it matters how Bjorn writes his name.

    Third, the 2 messages by RJ Clay are his recent acceptance of his nomination and then some comment. Other than that nutt'n . . . for 2 years.

    Mark Hofmann's 3 interventions were completely not FTSC-related and date from a
    year back.

    Everybody can deal with these facts as he/she sees fit.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to Ward Dossche on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 17:02:22
    14 Nov 17 21:29, Ward Dossche wrote to Alexey Vissarionov:

    Here you go ...

    From Oct.1st 2015 through now

    ==============================================================

    There are 23 users who wrote a message.
    Top 23 of the writers.
    Total Total Average
    Name Msgs: Pct. Bytes Byte/Msg
    ---- ----- ----- ------ --------
    1. Michiel van der Vlist 310 34.3% 811913 2619
    2. mark lewis 155 17.2% 198715 1282

    Thank you Ward! That is exactly what I was looking for.

    --- Msged/NT 6.0.1
    * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Fred Riccio on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 23:15:05
    Fred,

    Name Msgs: Pct. Bytes Byte/Msg
    ---- ----- ----- ------ --------
    1. Michiel van der Vlist 310 34.3% 811913 2619
    2. mark lewis 155 17.2% 198715 1282

    Thank you Ward! That is exactly what I was looking for.

    It says nothing about the quality of the output of what was produced.

    Michiel can be a real pain in the butt at times but he's the one pulling the FTSC together. And as one of the voters did, trying to eliminate him as well as
    Alexey, is unacceptable.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From Fred Riccio@1:132/174 to Ward Dossche on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 17:25:24
    Hello Ward!

    14 Nov 17 23:15, Ward Dossche wrote to Fred Riccio:

    It says nothing about the quality of the output of what was produced.

    True, but in my opinion, someone who robo-posts nursery rhymes weekly is participating mre than those who have only posted 1 or 2 messages during their entire term. Those are the ones I think should be gotten rid of.

    --- Msged/NT 6.0.1
    * Origin: Somewhere in New Hampshire's White Mountains (1:132/174)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ward Dossche on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 18:54:58

    On 2017 Nov 14 23:15:04, you wrote to Fred Riccio:

    Name Msgs: Pct. Bytes Byte/Msg
    ---- ----- ----- ------ --------
    1. Michiel van der Vlist 310 34.3% 811913 2619
    2. mark lewis 155 17.2% 198715 1282

    Thank you Ward! That is exactly what I was looking for.

    It says nothing about the quality of the output of what was produced.

    no but you tried to load the barrel with your other commentary...

    Michiel can be a real pain in the butt at times but he's the one
    pulling the FTSC together. And as one of the voters did, trying to eliminate him as well as Alexey, is unacceptable.

    interesting... i wonder who that was? is it any less bad that one of the candidates has threatened to DDoS other FTN systems off the 'net if they attempt to provide certain services or other communications methods??

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... GERMAN TOAST: A pan-fried bread better known in France as French Toast.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854.1 to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 03:00:49
    interesting... i wonder who that was? is it any less bad that one of the candidates has threatened to DDoS other FTN systems off the 'net if they attempt to provide certain services or other communications methods??

    Name names, show proof or shut up.

    Ward
    --- Change is inevitable
    * Origin: Baby-Glacier in MOB mode (2:292/854.1)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 07:14:08

    On 2017 Nov 15 03:00:48, you wrote to me:

    interesting... i wonder who that was? is it any less bad that one of
    the candidates has threatened to DDoS other FTN systems off the 'net
    if they attempt to provide certain services or other communications
    methods??

    Name names, show proof or shut up.

    done... extraneous verbiage [CHOMP]ed out for brevity...


    ==== Begin "alexey-DDoS1.txt" ====
    = ftsc (1:3634/12.73) =========================================================
    Msg : 1539 of 4346 Rcv
    From : Alexey Vissarionov 2:5020/545 2012 09 26 10:10:00
    To : mark lewis
    Subj : fts-5001.003 =============================================================================== @REPLY: 1:3634/12.0 061fd64f
    @MSGID: 2:5020/545 50629c3a
    @CHRS: CP866 2
    @TZUTC: 0400
    Good ${greeting_time}, mark!

    25 Sep 2012 17:31:44, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

    MvdV>> It used to be fidonet.net, but the keeper(s) let the registration
    MvdV>> lapse en it was lost for the fidonet community.
    i like this... it should also be noted that the current root-domain
    to use is binkp.net for the FTN fidonet domain...

    It is not. Should I initiate a small (2...3 Gbit/s) DDoS on

    gremlin@hren:~ > host -t ns binkp.net
    binkp.net name server ns.secondary.net.ua.
    binkp.net name server ns9.grumbler.org.
    binkp.net name server nsa.remotehost.spb.ru.
    binkp.net name server happy.kiev.ua.

    to prove that? Or didn't the story of fidonet.net teach people at least something about single points of failure and their avoidance?

    That's why I strictly object against fixating any and all domains in the standards, and recommend using the phrase "publicly available DDN NS zones" instead.


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii

    ... god@universe:~ # cvs up && make world
    -!- /bin/vi
    ! Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
    SEEN+BY: 261/38 275/100 320/119 712/848 3634/12
    @PATH: 5020/545 712/848 3634/12

    ==== End "alexey-DDoS1.txt" ====



    ==== Begin "alexey-DDoS2.txt" ====
    = ftsc (1:3634/12.73) =========================================================
    Msg : 1564 of 4346 Rcv
    From : Alexey Vissarionov 2:5020/545 2012 10 03 13:01:00
    To : mark lewis
    Subj : fts-5001.003 =============================================================================== @REPLY: 1:3634/12.0 06b429a1
    @MSGID: 2:5020/545 506bfecd
    @CHRS: CP866 2
    @TZUTC: 0400
    Good ${greeting_time}, mark!

    02 Oct 2012 15:39:40, you wrote to me:

    [CHOMP]

    at one time it was discussed to create a new line in the header of the nodelist that indicates the default 'root-domain' for fidonet to use
    for those folks with advanced enough software to be able to use such additional capabilities... as long as historical methods and formats
    are still accepted, i don't see a problem...

    If any domain will be enforced, I'll do my best to kill it.


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii

    ... god@universe:~ # cvs up && make world
    -!- /bin/vi
    ! Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
    SEEN+BY: 261/38 275/100 320/119 712/848 3634/12
    @PATH: 5020/545 280/5555 712/848 3634/12

    ==== End "alexey-DDoS2.txt" ====



    ==== Begin "alexey-DDoS3.txt" ====
    = ftsc (1:3634/12.73) =========================================================
    Msg : 1588 of 4346 Rcv
    From : Alexey Vissarionov 2:5020/545 2012 10 07 11:27:40
    To : mark lewis
    Subj : fts-5001.003 =============================================================================== @REPLY: 1:3634/12.0 0706476f
    @MSGID: 2:5020/545 50712eee
    @CHRS: CP866 2
    @TZUTC: 0400
    Good ${greeting_time}, mark!

    06 Oct 2012 17:29:06, you wrote to me:

    [CHOMP]

    If any domain will be enforced, I'll do my best to kill it.
    you mean like doing underhanded things like DDOSing the root servers
    for the domain in question?? that's a real "nice thing" to do :(

    Yes. And this is better than depending on a private resource.

    i do not like your games like that which you have brought forth...
    they are not in the spirit of fidonet and comms links...

    Dependence on centralized private resources is even worse.


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii

    ... :wq!
    -!- /bin/vi
    ! Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
    SEEN+BY: 261/38 275/100 320/119 712/848 3634/12
    @PATH: 5020/545 280/5555 712/848 3634/12

    ==== End "alexey-DDoS3.txt" ====



    ==== Begin "alexey-DDoS4.txt" ====
    = ftsc (1:3634/12.73) =========================================================
    Msg : 4242 of 4346 Rcv
    From : Alexey Vissarionov 2:5020/545 2017 08 08 10:16:20
    To : mark lewis
    Subj : FTS-5001.006 draft 7 =============================================================================== Good ${greeting_time}, mark!

    07 Aug 2017 22:03:16, you wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

    [CHOMP]

    ,1000,netmail<->email_gate,central_NC_USA,UUCP,1-919-774-5930,33600,
    XA,V34,CM,ITN,IBN:ftn.wpusa.dynip.com,IVM,PING,U,UUCP
    see above for the fnz conversion protocol to determine the system
    address when one is not specifically written in the nodelist entry... hint: f1000.n3634.z1.binkp.net

    Imagine I'd kill binkp.net (that would take a couple of seconds with 20...30k hosts) and keep it dead for some time - 2 weeks for a "Hold", 2 weeks for a "Down" and... voila: these idiotic nodes would leave the nodelist :-)

    ,3000,wpusa_FTN_test_system,central_NC_USA,mark_lewis,-Unpublished-,
    300,XA,ICM,ITN,IBN:ftn.wpusa.dynip.com,IVM,PING
    see above for the fnz conversion protocol to determine the system
    address when one is not specifically written in the nodelist entry... hint: f3000.n3634.z1.binkp.net

    Do you have some sort of dementia?
    If yes, leave FTSC and visit a doctor instead.
    If no, go kill yourself - that will make the world better.


    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-cmlxxvii-mmxlviii

    ... GPG: 8832FE9FA791F7968AC96E4E909DAC45EF3B1FA8 @ hkp://keys.gnupg.net
    -!- /bin/vi
    ! Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)

    ==== End "alexey-DDoS4.txt" ====



    ==== Begin "alexey-DDoS5.txt" ====
    = ftsc (1:3634/12.73) =========================================================
    Msg : 4258 of 4346 Rcv
    From : Alexey Vissarionov 2:5020/545 2017 08 09 10:52:24
    To : mark lewis
    Subj : FTS-5001.006 draft 7 =============================================================================== @REPLY: 1:3634/12.73 5989da0e
    @MSGID: 2:5020/545 598aca1a
    @CHRS: CP866 2
    @TZUTC: 0300
    Good ${greeting_time}, mark!

    08 Aug 2017 11:34:30, you wrote to me:

    [CHOMP]

    Imagine I'd kill binkp.net (that would take a couple of seconds with
    20...30k hosts) and keep it dead for some time - 2 weeks for a
    "Hold", 2 weeks for a "Down" and... voila: these idiotic nodes would
    leave the nodelist :-)
    i doubt that... another service would come up to fill the void...

    It would be laid down as well - DDoS is cheap to run and fast to settle.

    [CHOMP]

    --
    Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin
    gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-cmlxxvii-mmxlviii

    ... :wq!
    -!- /bin/vi
    ! Origin: http://openwall.com/Owl (2:5020/545)
    SEEN+BY: 712/848 3634/12
    @PATH: 5020/545 280/5555 712/848 3634/12

    ==== End "alexey-DDoS4.txt" ====



    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... My security system is the latch on your screen door.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 13:43:50

    Name names, show proof or shut up.

    done... extraneous verbiage [CHOMP]ed out for brevity...

    Thank you for the effort.

    I think you are pulling something totally out of context to prove a point there
    isn't.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 09:57:14

    On 2017 Nov 15 13:43:50, you wrote to me:

    Name names, show proof or shut up.

    done... extraneous verbiage [CHOMP]ed out for brevity...

    Thank you for the effort.

    I think you are pulling something totally out of context to prove a
    point there isn't.

    the threat is enough... members of the FTSC should be promoting development and
    packet switching experimentation... they should not be threatening DDoS on services or development they do not like...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... URA Redneck if you give Your Wife A Shotgun, For Christmas.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 16:50:07
    the threat is enough... members of the FTSC should be promoting
    development and packet switching experimentation... they should not be threatening DDoS on services or development they do not like...

    There wasn't a threat at all ... maybe a very convenient goof.

    Look, when it suits the purpose us here in Europe have heard time and again we do not master the english language enough to understand all the intracacies.

    But when someone writes something like Alex did, it is automatically a well-inted and well-versed threat by a person who suddenly "is" capable of expressing himself clearly and without margin of doubt?

    Pls get real.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 11:15:16

    On 2017 Nov 15 16:50:06, you wrote to me:

    the threat is enough... members of the FTSC should be promoting
    development and packet switching experimentation... they should not be
    threatening DDoS on services or development they do not like...

    There wasn't a threat at all ... maybe a very convenient goof.

    ORLY???

    ----- snip -----
    If any domain will be enforced, I'll do my best to kill it.
    ----- snip -----

    ----- snip -----
    Imagine I'd kill binkp.net (that would take a couple of seconds with
    20...30k hosts) and keep it dead for some time - 2 weeks for a
    "Hold", 2 weeks for a "Down" and... voila: these idiotic nodes would
    leave the nodelist :-)
    i doubt that... another service would come up to fill the void...

    It would be laid down as well - DDoS is cheap to run and fast to
    settle.
    ----- snip -----

    if those statements are not threats, then you are the most beautiful woman ever
    seen on this earth...

    Pls get real.

    you, too...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... Mail waiting: musta said something rilly stupid.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 18:12:16
    Hello mark,

    Wednesday November 15 2017 13:43, Ward Dossche wrote to you:

    I think you are pulling something totally out of context to prove a
    point there isn't.

    And not just that, you are quoting from the private FTSC echo and that is a no-no.


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: http://www.vlist.org (2:280/5555)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 18:21:41
    Hello Ward,

    On Wednesday November 15 2017 16:50, you wrote to mark lewis:

    But when someone writes something like Alex did, it is automatically a well-inted and well-versed threat by a person who suddenly "is"
    capable of expressing himself clearly and without margin of doubt?

    Another reason why the private FTSC echo should remain private.


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: http://www.vlist.org (2:280/5555)
  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Mark Lewis on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 14:53:07
    On 15 Nov 17 07:14:08, Mark Lewis said the following to Ward Dossche:

    interesting... i wonder who that was? is it any less bad that one of
    the candidates has threatened to DDoS other FTN systems off the 'net
    if they attempt to provide certain services or other communications
    methods??

    Name names, show proof or shut up.

    done... extraneous verbiage [CHOMP]ed out for brevity...

    Alexey is just a silly Russian kidding around and for him or someone of his skillset to DDOS another Fido system would be a waste of time and talent.

    No different than Benny talking to me in Bash-language when I ask him if he masturbates to his pirated copy of The Matrix.

    I've also heard from certain FTSC candidates how unreliable, buggy or a "mail catastrophe waiting to happen" my software is, yet, nobody has the conjones
    or brains to conjure up proof.

    I see candidates running who I will bet cannot explain how a mailer or nodelist compiler works, or why certain FTSC documents are written the way
    they are. I challenge all those running to answer a highly technical FTSC "exam" if such would exist. The kind of answers one cannot easily Google.

    Nick

    --- Renegade vY2Ka2
    * Origin: Joey, do you like movies about gladiators? (1:229/426)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Michiel van der Vlist on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 15:22:02

    On 2017 Nov 15 18:12:16, you wrote to me:

    I think you are pulling something totally out of context to prove a
    point there isn't.

    And not just that, you are quoting from the private FTSC echo and that
    is a no-no.

    i was told to put up or shut up... i did... now there's no doubt about those posts or those statements... thanks for confirming them...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... I don't have a memory, I have a forgettery.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 22:04:50
    Hello mark,

    On Wednesday November 15 2017 15:22, you wrote to me:

    And not just that, you are quoting from the private FTSC echo and
    that is a no-no.

    i was told to put up or shut up... i did...

    And you always follow orders? Even if by doing that you break the gentleman's agreement with your fellow FTSC members that the private FTSC echo is private? You had the choice to shut up...

    now there's no doubt about those posts or those statements... thanks
    for confirming them...

    All I confirmed is that you quoted from the private FTSC echo, thereby breaking
    a gentleman"s agreement. I would not be surprised if someone remembers that next year when you are up for re-election.


    Cheers, Michiel

    --- GoldED+/W32-MSVC 1.1.5-b20170303
    * Origin: http://www.vlist.org (2:280/5555)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to mark lewis on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 21:41:58
    if those statements are not threats, then you are the most beautiful
    woman ever seen on this earth...

    Thank you. My daughters claim I fit easily a cup-B bra, so you may have a point.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Michiel van der Vlist on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 19:15:58

    On 2017 Nov 15 22:04:50, you wrote to me:

    And not just that, you are quoting from the private FTSC echo and
    that is a no-no.

    i was told to put up or shut up... i did...

    And you always follow orders?

    t'wasn't orders...

    Even if by doing that you break the gentleman's agreement with your
    fellow FTSC members that the private FTSC echo is private? You had the choice to shut up...

    and let others believe that i was lieing and/or just trying to start shit? no thanks... besides, i'm not the first one to break such agreements and i'm sure i won't be the last...

    now there's no doubt about those posts or those statements... thanks
    for confirming them...

    All I confirmed is that you quoted from the private FTSC echo,

    that means that you are confirming that those posts existed in that echo... otherwise you would likely not know of them and you certainly would not be carrying on this conversation... that's further confirmation... thanks again!

    thereby breaking a gentleman"s agreement. I would not be surprised if someone remembers that next year when you are up for re-election.

    with the hell i raised a few elections back and i was still selected, i don't see a problem...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... Thou shalt not admit adultery.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 19:20:26

    On 2017 Nov 15 21:41:58, you wrote to me:

    if those statements are not threats, then you are the most beautiful
    woman ever seen on this earth...

    Thank you. My daughters claim I fit easily a cup-B bra, so you may
    have a point.

    hahahahahahaha!! fitting a B-cup is a long way from being beautiful, though ;) ;) ;)

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... You only become wise by noticing what happens when you aren't!.
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to mark lewis on Thursday, November 16, 2017 01:37:47
    with the hell i raised a few elections back and i was still selected, i don't see a problem...

    Half of the FTSC should not be elected due to insufficient Fidotechnical competence. You're part of that half IMO.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to mark lewis on Thursday, November 16, 2017 01:38:30
    Thank you. My daughters claim I fit easily a cup-B bra, so you may ml>WD> have a point.

    hahahahahahaha!! fitting a B-cup is a long way from being beautiful,
    though ;) ;) ;)

    My nipples look better than yours ... I don't step on them.

    \%/@rd

    --- D'Bridge 3.99
    * Origin: I will always keep a PC running WinXP (2:292/854)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 20:12:32

    On 2017 Nov 16 01:37:46, you wrote to me:

    with the hell i raised a few elections back and i was still selected,
    i don't see a problem...

    Half of the FTSC should not be elected due to insufficient
    Fidotechnical competence. You're part of that half IMO.

    sorry you feel that way... you just don't know everything about me and my history :shrug: but then again, you offer nothing toward supporting your opinion but that doesn't matter right now anyway...

    )\/(ark

    Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
    Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong...
    ... I'll have two brains on drugs, scrambled with bacon, grits, biscuit and coffee
    ---
    * Origin: (1:3634/12.73)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ward Dossche on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 20:14:58

    On 2017 Nov 16 01:38:30, you wrote to me:

    Thank you. My daughters claim I fit easily a cup-B bra, so you may
    have a point.

    hahahahahahaha!! fitting a B-cup is a long way from being beautiful,
    though ;) ;) ;)

    My nipples look better than yours ... I don't step on them.

    ahem... i don't need a bra ;)

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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Nick Andre on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 20:48:28
    Nick Andre wrote to Mark Lewis <=-

    I see candidates running who I will bet cannot explain how a mailer or nodelist compiler works

    I have a simple answer for you: "very carefully".

    Be careful what you wish for; you might just get it. :D

    (This is tongue-in-cheek but I do get the jist of what you're saying.)

    --Sean


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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to Nick Andre on Monday, November 20, 2017 21:24:44
    Re: Re: FTSC participation
    By: Nick Andre to Mark Lewis on Wed Nov 15 2017 02:53 pm

    I see candidates running who I will bet cannot explain how a mailer or nodelist compiler works, or why certain FTSC documents are written the way they are. I challenge all those running to answer a highly technical FTSC "exam" if such would exist. The kind of answers one cannot easily Google.

    Well Nick the problem there can be we have a fair number who believe only people who program mailers or BBS's need apply but there's a lot of other things under the hood than that.

    Sometimes, we just need people who efficiently run nets or regions who have a wide view of where problem spots are. Specifically, ones used to working well with people across zones and accepting that what is in their own backyard, may not work too well across the 2 big ponds we traverse.

    We need *all* those skills sets, not just some of them to function as a cohesive whole body. That they will come in different people, is not a big hurdle to adapt to.

    Thats why I swapped up some questions this year. I wanted to see the other parts of the people that we normally don't ask.

    Carol
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  • From Carol Shenkenberger@1:275/100 to mark lewis on Monday, November 20, 2017 21:52:37
    Re: FTSC participation
    By: mark lewis to Ward Dossche on Wed Nov 15 2017 08:14 pm

    Thank you. My daughters claim I fit easily a cup-B bra, so you may
    have a point.

    hahahahahahaha!! fitting a B-cup is a long way from being
    beautiful, though ;) ;) ;)

    My nipples look better than yours ... I don't step on them.

    ahem... i don't need a bra ;)

    LOL! I do! 36D or things get cramped in there and there is nothing like over crowded boobies all day at work!

    Anyways, I'd recommend to lighten up Mark. Ward isn't the boogie man. While I love my Sis Janis, I get along just fine with Ward too. I see the worth of the man, outside of our occasional disagreements on policy. Approached directly with a simple issue, he's very simple to explain his stance and work with you on it until understanding has been reached on a mutual pattern that works between zones.

    Carol
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