--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100037 Date: 05/20/98 From: DAVID MASTERS Time: 02:24pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Telnet - How To crossposted from Trek_Humor_Filk and email... Okay... those of you who know about Telnet or who are already connected, go ahead and skip this post... Telnetting into Fidonet -- Requirements: an Internet connection (local ISP) a "terminal emulator" (comm.) program a Telnet-capable BBS an offline reader (QWK, usually) 1) the Internet connection -- most of y'all should be able to handle that yourselves. 2) the TE prog -- TeraTerm is freeware, and very easy to use... if you do Windows 3.1, get it. The homepage is at http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html , and you can also find the program at either Riksun (ftp://riksun.riken.go.jp/pub/pc/misc/terminal/teraterm/) or Tokyo University (ftp://ftp.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/PC/terminal/teraterm/) If you use Win95, the the best program - from what Kevin says - is Hyperterminal... an extension of the existing Windows terminal program. You can get it from the Microsoft ftp site, or from Kevin. TeraTerm is easy to set up, and just like GoldEd it has editable configuration files. I would suggest, however, that you *don't* set the program for automatic Zmodem download... it doesn't quite work properly. Just click through the menus or set up a function key and you'll do fine. (Almost fine - for whatever reason, I can't get it to recognize the end of a downloaded packet... any suggestions out there? It d/l the whole packet fine, but then it keeps the d/l connection open... it won't cut off) 3) a Telnet BBS -- there are over 1,000 Telnet-capable BBS's out there, and there is an extensive list available at http://www.internetdatabase.com/telnet.html The list requires a special reader, but that's also available at the site. A standard Telnet BBS address will look like this: telnet://bbs.neverending.com When you enter the address into your TE program's Connection list, *do not* enter the "telnet://"... just add the domain name (bbs.neverending.com) The above BBS, in fact, (Neverending) has the Film Echo available (it's listed as Fido area 365, Movie Discussion and Review)... Neverending has over 1,000 Fidonet conferences available, as well as several Net132 Echoes. 4) a decent offline reader -- BlueWave is what I use, and it's easy enough to find on Simtel in any of its three variations: BW23_386.ZIP (32 bit, for 386's and above; uses the DOS4GW module) BW23_DOS.ZIP (16 bit, works on just about any PC, works nicely through Windows) BW23_OS2.ZIP (for those unfortunates who are working with an IBM dinosaur) Like I said, they can be found at: http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/ ; just search the DOS directory for any of the above file names. That's it! With the above, you can Telnet into Film and join the zoo once again. If you need help with any of the programs, there are several of us out here who understand them quite well (mostly, that is). David "Nightwolf" Masters dmasters@jlc.net MasterWorks Web Design @ http://www.jlc.net/~dmasters/index.html ... "Right Here Right Now" -- Precious Metal ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 [NR] --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0 * Origin: The NeverEnding BBS/Deltona,FL/407-860-7720/bbs.never (1:3618/555) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100038 Date: 05/18/98 From: SERGE CYR Time: 10:35pm \/To: INA HESMER (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: x-files, the movie I thought I heard: Ina Saying to: SERGE CYR About: x-files, the movie on 17 Apr 98 19:04:00 IH> (R) / \ IH> Hi hon! IH> I only got the replies of other people, I waited for one of your mails IH> to crop up, and now, finally, there it is? Did you get my last IH> e-mail? I seem to have problems with my config IH>, and my fido-uplink has been totally f***ed up for the last month. Never got a reply from you, You BAD girl :)) SC>> Why don't we wait for the first movie to come out before...... JM>> Wow, Serge, that's so REASONABLE. SC> Yep, I guess that when I reached 50 I became a lot more wiser. IH> Hey! And you didn't even mention it! Well, congrats then. ;) I've stopped mentioning it since I got 20, to ladies at least :)) IH> Now, still watching elephant heaps? ;) Nope, now we've been on a cruise, around Indonesia, Borneo, and The Phillipines, we'll be in France on the 2nd of June..... Serge and Jr. ... Don't say during sex: "Don't tell anybody, OK?" ~~~ Tag-O-Matic V.12 (12800 Taglines) (Quoted 78%) Owned by Serge Cyr --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR] * Origin: Juxtaposition BBS. Lasalle, Quebec, Canada (1:167/133) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100039 Date: 05/21/98 From: JACK SARGEANT Time: 11:43am \/To: JANADA OAKLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: Fifth Element >> I haven't seen it yet, but I think they could have gotten by with >> two judging from the previews I saw. > JS> There's nothing at all attractive about the costume, unless it > JS> was meant to be a parachute harness. > That's just what I thought! > JS> The film can be summed up as a poor man's BLADE RUNNER. > Again, just what I thought. I did like it though...probably as much > for the effects, as anything. But there were also some really wacky > things that cracked me up, such as the cigarettes he smoked being > the > reverse of a regular Marlboro, etc. so that they looked like they > were mostly filter. The cigarette was the first thing I noticed. I about cracked up over that. I did enjoy the film, and will be looking for some of the cliches now. Regards, Jack E-Mail: ufo1@juno.com - Internet ICQ #12050443 --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: -=Keep Watching the Skies=- Netmail: (1:379/12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100040 Date: 05/21/98 From: JACK SARGEANT Time: 11:45am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Box Office Poison > On 05-18-98 Jack Sargeant wrote to SERGE CYR... > JS> Wonder Woman had a magic lasso that when used to capture a bad guy > JS> (spy, saboteur, etc), would render the captive incapable of telling > JS> a lie. > What would happen if Wonder Woman lassoed a steer? Inquiring > minds want to know. I'm sure there's a funny here somewhere, but I've missed it. Regards, Jack --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: -=Keep Watching the Skies=- Netmail: (1:379/12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100041 Date: 05/20/98 From: DON DELLMANN Time: 10:30am \/To: JANADA OAKLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: everyone's kidding While tripping merrily through the mail, Janada Oakley was overheard JO> Day, didya see the last episode? I thought it was pretty good, and JO> they sure did bring in *everyone* for a last hurrah! I never sat through an entire episode of Seinfeld the entire time it was on. I forced myself to watch the entire last episode, and know I know why I never watched it. Don ... Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. --- * Origin: *YOPS ]I[* 8.4 GIG * RA/FD/FE * Milwaukee, WI (1:154/750) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100042 Date: 05/19/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 12:35am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: "Merlin"... MG> GC> Maybe not. Like me, most of the audience probably got sucked in, to MG> GC> their sorrow, by all the hype. MG> That doesn't explain the high ratings for Part2. Part 2? I watched the whole thing at one sitting, or so I think. When he used his last bit of magic and gave them back their youth, that was near the end, right? If I missed a prt 2, I consider myself lucky. Ya, if there was more, then you are right. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X No! Monica want a real lollypop! --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100043 Date: 05/19/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 12:37am \/To: DAVID MASTERS (Read 0 times) Subj: Box Office Poison DM>GC> True, but if I'm gonna watch I don't want it to be as simple-minded as DM>GC> the Lynda show was. I think there is a good show buried in that DM>GC> material, if they work at it a little. DM>GC> I'm not that much of a Demi fan - but she could do it.... DM>Er... are you talking about "Wonder Wiggle" or "Voyager"? In the DM>case of the latter, they had a decent premise... but fu**** it into DM>the ground during the first season. (Not surprising, a lot of Trekkers/ DM>Trekkies blame Berman for the screw-ups...) Lynda Carter of "Wonder Wiggle." (I like that. ) ___ X SLMR 2.1a X I'm not from Missouri, but you'll still have to show me. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100044 Date: 05/19/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:03am \/To: DAVID MASTERS (Read 0 times) Subj: "Merlin"... DM>DJ> I never got into GT, or The Odyssey... I don't think NBC made a good DM>DJ> mini-series yet. Who did the mini-series for V? DM>Damned if I know... I caught part of "Gulliver's Travels", and was DM>fairly well satisfied. Of course, I've read the original by Jonathan GT was a very pleasant surprise. Even Ted Danson couldn't ruin it. THE ODYSSEY must have been made by someone who lives for blandness. Every epic part of the story was "smeared" to the same level as the rest of it. Better than MERLIN, however. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Science is just a way of saying, "Show me." --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100045 Date: 05/19/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:08am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: V-Chip MG> I believe that the story was initially considered newsworthy MG> because the man had stopped freeway traffic from proceeding. MG> Nobody knew how it was going to play out. This certainly isn't MG> an excuse for showing what occurred, but it does justify the MG> news helicopter being sent out. This kind of violence, as opposed to "hero/anti-hero" type violence, has a totally different effect on youngsters, in my opinion. Bad things do happen in real life, and the witnessing of such can be educational. Of course, I mean as an unexpected event, so to speak, not a video crammed with such things. While many will find it distasteful, I just don't think it is dangerous to young minds in the way that violent movies are. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Yay! No tagline! --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 191 FILM Ref: FA100046 Date: 05/19/98 From: GLENN CHRISTENSEN Time: 01:19am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: V-Chip MG> MG> Explain how this parent or parents can monitor the shows MG> MG> that their kids view. An obvious answer would be to have no MG> MG> television at all. Since all kinds of shows are aired at all MG> MG> sorts of hours of the day, I can't think of any solution other MG> MG> than something like the v-chip. MG> LA> The kids can simply go next door. MG> If kids are old enough so that they don't require constant MG> supervision, then parents can only hope that they've instilled MG> some values and common sense. Well, with the V-chip, the parents next door are MORE LIKELY to have such material locked out also. If just one set of parents are assumed to use it, then of course, it does become kind of worthless. And one area where parentile responsibility would come into play would be to either raise hell with neighbors who allowed your kids to watch stuff you deem unsuitable, or keep your kids out of there. I wouldn't allow my preteens to go to a house where guns wern't kept locked up and I wouldn't allow my teens to go where liquor was left where kids could get at it. Plenty of room for parentile responsibilty with the V-chip. It is ONLY a handy tool. Maybe handy enough that it would be used. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Reading this makes it obvious it's time to thin the herd. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Silent Echo - Coos Bay, Oregon USA (1:356/4)