Xref: utcsri tor.general:19046 Path: utcsri!utnut!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!bmdhh222.bnr.ca!bnr.co.uk!pipex!uunet!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!pcs44!allisat From: allisat@non.com (Allisat) Reply-To: allisat@non.com Newsgroups: tor.general Distribution: world Subject: eye = KKK Date: 19 Jan 1995 17:50:15 GMT Message-ID: <262110.650334@non.com> Organization: non.communications Lines: 97 e y e = K K K eye WEEKLY is a weekly supplement published by the Toronto Star. TorStar is a large very MOR (Middle Of the Road) suburban appeal Toronto Daily Newspaper. eye WEEKLY is sort of an ad feature which is not actually inserted into the daily itself. Instead some 100,000 tree murdering 20-40 page copies (with articles shoved in here and there) are dropped in Tabloid format at many littered locations through-out this fair blighted city. eye WEEKLY is, as you might have surmised, not sold but given away. It was started to compete with a Village Voice like arts/entertainment weekly called Now Magazine. "Now" is a marginally more substantial ad packed publication which was growing a little too successful and quickly for the big boys at TorStar's likings - thus eye WEEKLY. What the bleep does this have to do with anything? Well this eye WEEKLY has been pumping it's articles out to the newsgroups for some time now. The least that can be said is that it may reduce the senseless tree slaughter. the most that can be said is that it's becoming almost as much of a nuisance as the Cancelmoose(tm). eye WEEKLY has it's own hierarchy "eye.news" and it's Internet address is eye@interlog.com. Why it continues to send to regular newsgroups is beyond me. Please write them with your opinions. There is only one problem though ... all the E-mail goes through one set of (sticky) hands. The same hands that by all appearances determines all of TorStar eye WEEKLY's Internet policies. Classic attraper vingt et un. See no-one who actually writes/works/signs the checks for eye WEEKLY appears to respond/read/post to the NewsGroups their articles appear in. eye simply pumps out the text version of their tabloid. It isn't interactive in any sense in that no-one at eye actually follows the News. EXCEPT - and this is the hook - eye WEEKLY's "Internet Editor" Ken K. Kampbell (SP) - hitherto re-plumed KKK. And - shock of shocks - KKK's habitual internet address is - ZOINK! - eye@interlog.com. My conclusion (priviliged, white, wealthy, university educated male) citizens of this fair planet (and the eponymous title of this lil ditty) is that... eye = KKK Readers of various newsgroups are blessed with periodic articles from eye = KKK . Articles which apparently represent the views & opinions of the Toronto Star's eye WEEKLY. Which, as I have concluded earlier has no staff person, writer or editor actually on-line. EXCEPT for KKK. Now I am lead to believe that not only is Toronto Star/eye WEEKLY's Internet committment/prescence exactly one person deep it is also unaware that the pronouncements of this KKK person are taken to represent the Toronto Star/eye WEEKLY's general thought/ideology. That's fine too. I'm just tired of eye = KKK's clotheslines and piano wire approach to "journalism". And I grow weary of the "so say all of us" one of the gang attitude of eye = KKK. Seems like on any issue relating to the Internet eye = KKK has to reflect the conventional party line of the Internet Heavies. When an issue comes up KKK runs first to his ever present copy of "Netiquette" for a quick orthodoxy lesson. Next he picks up the Jumbo Carroll and Bufallo Broadhead hotline for a quick consult with the ever tedious authors of Canada's dullest and only Internet guide. Finally, cap in hand and on bended knees KKK crawls to the presence of the combined insuferableness of the UNIX Systewm Operators "Cabal" monthly meetings for ulitmate approval of any article. Unfailingly anything KKK writes represents the views of these three lumiaries in eye = KKK's cosm(et)ology. I would understand TorStar's reluctance to buck the fashionable Internet Information Super Highway trends. I would even understand one of the thorough net.heavy windbags to be so completely conventional. But KKK plays hip. eye attempts cool. they both scream ALTERNATIVE when all that's issuing from their overblown organs is the same, standard drivel I can read in any newspaper in NorthAmerica. With a few swear words thrown in. You have my arguments. Your eye's have been opened. The sham stands revealed. Now my enlightened and illumined fans/followers, spread out into this virtual world and spread the message.... eye = KKK = eye = KKK = eye = KKK = eye = KKK = eye = KKK ... and bring a little smile onto my face when each time I hear it and know that it is true. Far better a KKK charachter assassination net.loon label than an Allisat charachter description and a net.fraud reality. And the world is full of deception. And the world is full of truth. Some just happen to prefer the former to the latter. Your call. Allisat allisat@non.com n o n toronto's only alternative non-commercial n o n d o t personal information services provider uncensored d o t c o m graphical user interface newsgroups e-mail human c o m From elastic!exorcist!lethe!gts!gts-net!torfree!ab330 Sat Aug 26 06:31:55 1995 Xref: elastic can.general:4778 ont.general:4885 tor.general:4991 Newsgroups: can.general,ont.general,tor.general,torfree.general,alt.wired Path: elastic!exorcist!lethe!gts!gts-net!torfree!ab330 From: ab330@torfree.net (Bob Allisat) Subject: Parkdale Community Server Down Memory Lane (Was Re: Jesus Christ) Message-ID: Followup-To: can.general,ont.general,tor.general,torfree.general,alt.wired Organization: I remember X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:27:49 GMT Tom Evans (evans@reptiles.org) wrote: : pcs.org was supposed to be "a place for all". It was indeed Tom. Still can't get that experience off of my mind. Parkdale Community Server. A disaster? A miracle? A waste? A great moment? An empty event? A small part of the history of this medium... Some memories... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Parkdale Community Server > > > 1 _ Community Servers > > In every neighbourhood a small two or three line > electronic community centre should be set up by private > individuals. In association with local Internet Service > providers (like UUNET Canada) FREE Internet access > should be arranged for all people living or working in > the area. > > The local conferences would be about things happening in > the neighbourhood. The Internet E-mail and NewsGroups > would provide news, debate and information from around > the world. For most people that is all anyone wants. > > In any town or city all of the Community servers would > be linked together by Gateways. Gateways allow > information, mail and news to be exchanged but only > locally. Also one of the Community servers should act as > the central Internet connection point. > > An important feature of the Community Server is an easy > to use Graphical Interface. This software looks like the > normal Windows or Macintosh screen. You control things > with a mouse and the key- board much like working on any > program. The software necessary for anyone to log in is > free of charge. The Server software is available from > SoftArc a company located in Toronto, Canada. > > Community Servers are envisioned to be small, friendly > and most importantly, ACCESSABLE. Because they are run > by your neighbours it's easy to pick up a phone and ask > your system maintainer a question or to suggest changes. > Because it's connected to the Internet it has all of the > information of the world available for people to read, > comment upon and request. > > Community Servers ... an alternative to Big is better. > > > 2 _ Parkdale Community Server > > Parkdale is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Canada that in > contained by Ossington/Dundas/Roncesvalles avenues. > Greater Parkdale is between Bathurst/Bloor/ Parkside . > It is an area of many problems and a cultures. We have a > big mental health centre, a large population of artists, > writers etc & people from around the world, We daily > experience the injustices of poverty. > > Parkdale Community server was started in May 1994 by Bob > Allisat in direct response to the FreeNet phenomenon. > The goal of Parkdale Community Server is to provide Free > basic Internet access, e-mail and conferencing to the > citizens of Parkdale. The software we use is accessable > by all computers and also features an easy to use > "Graphic User Interface" for Windows and Macintosh > computer users. > > It is believed that only by actually working in the > community will electronic communications ever reach all > people. Now it is the preserve of the affluent and the > priviliged few. > > The telephone number of Parkdale Community Server > is (416) 588-4574. People from outside our area are > welcome to visit. Just log in using the Password > "Parkdale" and User ID "Parkdale". You will be able to > read all of the on-line areas. > > For further information by the Internet mail to either > "info@pcs.org" or to "Administrator@pcs.org". > > > > > PARKDALE PARKDALE PARKDALE > community community community > server server server > > 588-4574 588-4574 588-4574 > > > ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT > > Toronto,Can : UUNET Canada contributes UUCP Internet > 18/06/94 feed to PARKDALE community server. > > ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT > > > PARKDALE community server has been provided > a UUCP NewsGroup and Internet E-mail feed by > UUNET Canada. We would like to thank Andy, Tom, > Rayan and the other good folks down at UUNET for > their generosity. We look forward to bringing the > benifits of free Internet connectivity to citizens > and non-profit organizations in Parkdale,Toronto, > Canada. > > PARKDALE community server will offer access > to Internet newsgroups and E-mail to residents of > M[the Bathurst/Bloor/Parkside area without charge. > This service will be set up in the next few weeks. > An announcement will be made as to the final > domain name and full operations. > > PARKDALE community server is an experiment in > community computer networking. Our goal is to > provide personal, local service to any and all > persons, organizations and groups livning or working > in Parkdale. We envisage community servers as extremely > flexible "places". In future a complex web of these > community servers, connected to the Internet by a > "live" Internet feed is envisaged providing a complex > locally centred mosaic of Toronto's many > neighbourhoods. > > PARKDALE features a Graphical User Interface which > is easy to use and very friendly. You can log in to > PARKDALE using any computer telecom program but > you will need a MAC or a Windows 3.1 computer to > access the graphical software. This software is > free and is available on PARKDALE in the "Help & > Info" area. > > You may visit PARKDALE by calling 588-4574 and > using Password: parkdale User ID: Parkdale 24 hours > a day, 365 days a year at 9600 bauds V.32.bis. For > more information call (VOICE) 416-588-0670 or write > (Snail Mail) 15 Delaware Ave., Toronto, Ont M6H-2S8 > Our Internet address will be announced in the next > ten to fourteen days. > > Thank you for your time and interest. During the next > few weeks we will be setting up our Internet gateway > and contributors to PARKDALE may experience disrup- > tions in service. Our apologies in advance. > > > Bob Allisat > Administrator > > > PARKDALE PARKDALE PARKDALE > community community community > server server server > > 588-4574 588-4574 588-4574 > > > _________________________________________________ :: * eye Weekly (Metro Toronto & NewsGroups) :: :: PARKDALE NOT QUITE A GLOBAL COMMUNITY :: by K.K. CAMPBELL :: :: On June 16, eye Net reported how UUNet Canada donated a :: free UUCP account to Bob Allisat (allisat@pcs.org) to :: improve Parkdale Community Server and help Toronto's :: most unique community connect. Bets immediately :: circulated on how long this marriage- made-in-hell :: would last. But most wagered it would last longer than :: two months. :: :: Allisat tells eye UUNet Canada cancelled his freebie :: deal due to "bad publicity." Asked to define "bad :: publicity," he says anonymous posts to Usenet :: newsgroups like ont.general did Parkdale in. Regular :: readers of ont.general and tor.general (who haven't put :: the word "Parkdale" in killfiles) might recall these :: rants -- like the allegations against a Toronto priest, :: of "thieving, Nazism, child molesting", standard net :: slander. :: :: "Freedom of expression is freedom of expression," :: Allisat says. "There's no qualification, information is :: like water, it doesn't matter what's in the water. If :: they're going to start telling everyone what they can :: or cannot post, then they're going to have to start :: getting into the censoring business." :: :: In Allisat's world, there's no such thing as :: defamation. At all. Wouldn't that be nice? Certainly :: would make the journalism game a tad easier. Forthwith, :: eye endorses Bob as Our Man In Parliament -- move over :: Jesse Flis (L - Parkdale-High Park). :: :: "UUNet doesn't censor," responds Kane Hunter, a UUNet :: spokesperson. "This was the case of a donation. All :: these posts about penis foreskins and whatnot seemed to :: be condoned by UUNet. We know it's hard to get :: government funding and wanted to help. However, the :: stuff posted through it was not what we expected. So we :: sent him internal mail saying that if he became a :: paying customer, we'd be happy to keep him and he can :: write whatever he wants." :: :: Which is what he's doing, temporarily. Since he has to :: pay, Bob's dropping can.general, ont.general and :: tor.general . :: :: Allisat is fixated on attacks on the Toronto FreeNet :: and The Canadian Internet Handbook co-author Jim :: Carroll (jcarroll@jacc.com). But, ever the :: internationalist, Allisat made enemies all over Usenet. :: At the end of July, John Martinko (martinko@netcom.com) :: began passing Allisat material to the newsgroup :: alt.usenet.kooks . :: :: (continued...) Jim Mercer (jim@reptiles.org), :: administrator of ultra-sexy Reptilian Research, noted: :: "Another way to look at this is to say that UUNet :: Canada is encouraging pcs.org to become a more :: community-oriented service, rather than a private :: podium for Bob to rant about the Toronto FreeNet." :: :: Meantime, Allisat's asking for someone to give him :: another free account. Please form an orderly line. :: :: __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not long after that pcs.org folded. Still wondering what if any signifigance these events hold. Still believing it was not all lost time. Bob Allisat Still in Parkdale... From elastic!exorcist!lethe!gts!gts-net!torfree!ab330 Sat Aug 26 06:32:30 1995 Xref: elastic can.general:4779 can.infohighway:842 earth.general:448 news.admin.policy:2302 ont.general:4886 tor.general:4992 Newsgroups: earth.general,can.infohighway,news.admin.policy,comp.admin.policy,alt.culture.usenet,tor.general,ont.general,can.general,mtl.general,bc.general,aus.general,uk.general,nyc.general,ny.general,ok.general,dc.general,la.general,ca.general,ba.general,oc.general,ab.general,ns.general,nb.general,pei.general,nz.general,ne.general,eye.general,wired.general Path: elastic!exorcist!lethe!gts!gts-net!torfree!ab330 From: ab330@torfree.net (Bob Allisat) Subject: The Community Server Message-ID: Organization: Toronto Free-Net Followups: earth.general X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:48:03 GMT < < The Community Server... < < < < by Bob Allisat allisat@non.com < < < ...is a concept in providing information, entertain- < ment and electronic mail which seems in tune with the < emmerging realities of our time. A group of people < within a ten or fifteen minute walk from each other < get together. They see what the want and need, what < money they have and what computer equipment they have < lying around. They kludge together a system add some < "user friendly" Mac and Windows software and then < scrape together enough money for a line or two. Add < a free "Internet" feed and presto... accessable, < local and International Electronic mail, news, < information and all that stuff. NOW not in some < cyber-tommorrowland. But, you holler, there are < FreeNets springing up all over the place that do < just that. Well maybe in the small town FreeNet. < In the big city FreeNets it ain't so. The standard < city FreeNet is hughmongous. It uses software that < IS difficult to use and no-one is there to explain < how to use it. FreeNets are organized to be big. < They play the "econonomy of scale" big game. A Hundred < telephone lines + ten or fifteen commitees + mostly < computer programmers running the show + one "Help" < telephone line = confusion for Mr Everyman and despair < for Ms Everywoman. < < FreeNets resemble the corporate North America largely < responsible for our collective woes and are populated by < individuals drawn from the business world of similar < solutions. They simply cannot serve Everyperson. Not < unless they expand to mammoth proportions. And given the < mood and obvious direction of the times FreeNets will < never grow larger. We don't have the money. It ain't < gonna happen, not the standard way anyways. < < The current FreeNet model is sorely in need of a < grassroots overhaul. This is where the Community Server < can save the FreeNet's big ass. See the money and ability < to work hard and do amazing things lies hidden in the < neighbourhoods. Governments, companies, businesses - and < FreeNets - may fail. The neighbourhoods will continue. < It's so obvious that it's a wonder why no-body looked < there for solutions in the start. < < If the FreeNets survive - and that's not guaranteed - < they should by all means be preserved. In fact the < FreeNets will provide the information and access to the < Internet or Information you-know-what to the Community < Servers. For free. That should be the only role of future < FreeNets. To provide a FREE - and I mean low or no cost, < secure and uncensored Internet feed to Community Servers. < Period. In this re-designed role the FreeNet moves to the < invisible background. And all the people in their < communities take front and centre stage. < < Remember big can't serve small without small feeling < smaller and big getting bigger (too much Dr Suess!). < "Economies of scale" were wonderful in the passing < consumer/industrial age. Today resources dwindle before < our eyes, the masses of poor and unemployed world-wide < grow ever larger and our ecosystem is decaying as if the < end is not only near but here. Into this radical world < walked the FreeNet phenomenon wide eyed and as if it was < the 70's all over again. Massive banks of modems, < hundreds of phone lines, hunk computers, committees < galore, mega-budgets, government grants ... all in the < face of a fiscal and general crises the likes of which < have never been seen before. And even then the lines are < ALWAYS BUSY! < < Simple fact: when the shakedown finally occurs we are < going to have to make some severe decisions. FreeNets < serve a pretty small number of people and present a < significantly hugh fiscal target when hunting for clean < air, water, soil and food money. If FreeNets served < millions instead of thousands well the benifits would be < spread around more evenly. However the standard FreeNet < solution cannot server everyone as is. We would have to < spend non-existant fortunes to make FreeNets work for < everyone. < < The FreeNet design is inconsistant with the obvious < trends toward small, no or low capital, local, public < enterprise. FreeNets are large, centralized, high < capital, impersonal, regional entities. They resemble the < corporate North America largely responsible for our < collective woes. By that I mean relatively few people < gain the most from FreeNets while evryone else pays for < it. < < We have to bust open this Internet, Information Age < clique open for all people everywhere. FreeNets can do < just that but only in co-operation with local community < servers. Instead of directly trying to help everyone < somehow FreeNets should just fade into the background and < provide technical suoport and information services to < local groups. FreeNets cannot handle the world. Only the < world can handle the world and that means a number of < things. < < The FreeNet should only serve as a non-profit common < carrier Information Services Provider. Any group or in < our case neighbourhood that gets together the equipment < and software to serve it's people should receive free or < very low cost Internet services from the FreeNet. The < FreeNet's 10 or 200 lines could service thousands of < Community Servers which would in turn serve everyone. Now < not in never-never-land. < < This model has the FreeNet as a utility for hundreds of < small, local free or very low cost services. Instantly < we wouldn't be at the mercy of hungry, competition driven < businesses for our mail and news. We could maintain < control of our destinies here where we live and work < instead of in some super brain computer a way off < somewhere. < < Community servers cannot stand alone. FreeNets cannot < serve the world. Paired and we have a sudden solution to < many problems. People may still choose the big, glitzy, < commercial services that are everywhere rushing into the < Information and E-mail busniess. But if we immdeiately < get to work creating community servers and the FreeNets < alter their approach together we can offer a simple, low < cost, friendly and protected alternative. And then watch < what happens ... < < < Bob Allisat allisat@non.com < < 1994 < The Community Server... < From elastic!jaywon.pci.on.ca!noc.tor.hookup.net!nic.wat.hookup.net!hookup!torn!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!interlog.com!news1.fonorola.net!geac!reptiles.org!torfree!ab330 Wed Aug 30 07:32:57 1995 Xref: elastic ont.general:5375 tor.general:5460 Newsgroups: tor.general,torfree.general,torfree.religion.discussion,ont.general Path: elastic!jaywon.pci.on.ca!noc.tor.hookup.net!nic.wat.hookup.net!hookup!torn!news.bc.net!news.uoregon.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in1.uu.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!interlog.com!news1.fonorola.net!geac!reptiles.org!torfree!ab330 From: ab330@torfree.net (Bob Allisat) Subject: Re: *** PICTURE of "FATHER" JOZO ZOVKO *** Message-ID: Organization: Toronto BezelbubFree-Net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 12:08:58 GMT Lines: 44 David Voisine (bo681@torfree.net) wrote some crazy shait. 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HUMANITY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From bt142@FreeNet.Carleton.CA Fri Feb 23 07:45:46 1996 Xref: elastic can.general:36138 can.infohighway:5619 earth.general:6798 ont.general:29807 soc.culture.canada:18458 tor.general:32613 Newsgroups: earth.general,soc.culture.canada,can.general,bc.general,van.general,ab.general,edm.general,man.general,ont.general,tor.general,kingston.general,ott.general,kw.general,qc.general,mtl.general,alt.wired,alt.news-media,can.infohighway Path: elastic!jaywon.pci.on.ca!ftn.net!aficom!revcan!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!bt142 From: bt142@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Bob Allisat) Subject: Open Letter from Bob Allisat to Toronto FreeNet Incorporated Message-ID: Sender: bt142@freenet2.carleton.ca (Bob Allisat) Organization: Toronto Free-Net North Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 05:15:27 GMT Lines: 63 ** ** ** Open Letter from Bob Allisat to Toronto FreeNet Incorporated ** ** ** Recently certain unsubstantiated allegations have been made and prejudicial actions taken by officers of Toronto FreeNet Incorporated regarding myself (see below). Mike Anderson (TFN's Executive Director, 350 Victoria St. (Ryerson Polytechnic University), Toronto, ON, M5B 3K2 (416)979-9242/(416)979-1097 wrote: ................................................................... : "The TFN has suspended the account of ab330 (Bob Allisat) on : : the advice of our legal counsel. : : : : TFN states in its user agreement that we may suspend accounts. : : We have been advised by a member of the Metro Police to suspend : : accounts if material is deemed to contravene the Criminal Code. : : Specific examples include hate literature or child pornography. : : Mr. Allisat posted what was determined by our legal counsel to : : be child pornography. Our legal counsel has advised us that not : : taking action would leave the TFN open to charges of being an : : acessory to the distribution of illegal material." : :.................................................................: These actions and allegations disturb me deeply and seriously harm my standing as a good member in my community. Many people have questioned my good name as a result and this is utterly unacceptable. 1. I demand a public retraction by Toronto Freenet Inc. of any allegation of wrong-doing on my part. 2. I demand a public apology for any suggestion that I have in any way introduced or authored anything into the electronic media that was not already publically available on Toronto FreeNet in the first place. 3. I demand that my account on Toronto FreeNet Incorporated be re-instated in good faith and that my vital electronic correspondences be preserved. 4. I demand the resignation from the Toronto freeNet Board of Directors of the persons who created this unfortunate situation I trust that cooler heads will prevail among the FreeNet Board of Directors and that we can come to a non-litigous conclusion to this really sad incident. I remain a profound supporter of the concept of community networks and a member in good standing of Toronto Freenet. In solidarity... Bob Allisat (416) 588-0670 http://www.vrx.net/allisat From elastic!lethe!geac!herboid!whome!infoshare!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!uniserve!van-bc!news1.io.org!winternet.com!newsfeed.concentric.net!cdc2.cdc.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!murphy2.servtech.com!freedom.tor.servtech.com!user Mon Apr 1 08:21:32 1996 Xref: elastic tor.arts:982 Path: elastic!lethe!geac!herboid!whome!infoshare!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!uniserve!van-bc!news1.io.org!winternet.com!newsfeed.concentric.net!cdc2.cdc.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!murphy2.servtech.com!freedom.tor.servtech.com!user From: allisat@servtech.com (Bob Allisat) Newsgroups: tor.arts Subject: Allisat Retires Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 10:54:41 -0500 Organization: Freedom League Lines: 33 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: freedom.tor.servtech.com In the struggle towards greater Liberty there is only so much one person can humanly accomplish without the active support of other people in a similar situation. My profound thanks to those few friends of liberty who have supported my words. Alas, my limit in the pursuit has been met. It is time for others to take up the struggle - or not - as their own conscience heeds. My time is over, the day has come to an end. Farewell. I will be concentrating my efforts from this point hence upon my writing and other creative endeavors leaving the political struggle of UseNet and the NewsGroups behind. Let my last words here be among my first words there... Never have so many owed so much to so few who knew so little. Bob Allisat http://www.vrx.net/allisat