ÛßßÜ ÜßßÜ ÛßßÛ ÛßßÜ ÜßßÜ ÛßÛßÛ ßÛß Û Û ÜßßÜ Û Û ÜßßÜ Û Û ßÛß ÛßßÛtm Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛßßÜ ÛßßÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛßßÛ Û Û Û Û Û ßÛ ÛßßÛ Û ßßßÛ Û Û Û Û Û Û ÛÜÜß ßÜÜß Û Û Û Û Û Û ßÜÜß ßÜÜß ßÜÜß Û Û Û ÜÜÜÛ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º RANDOM THOUGHTS MAGAZINE (C) 1994 D.P. McIntire º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º Issue XIII - March, 1994 by D.P. McIntire º ÌÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ͹ º RANDOM THOUGHTS MAGAZINE may be distributed freely via CBBS, the Internet, º º or other networks such as FidoNet. It may be used by System Operators of º º CBBS' as a door, bulletin, or by any other means at their disposal. It º º may also be distributed via CD ROM diskette without copyright violation. º º ANY OTHER DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PUBLICATION IS PROHIBITED AND WILL BE º º CONSIDERED AND PROSECUTED AS A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE OF RANDOM THOUGHTS... º º (1) Hurry up and think of something! º º (2) AmeriBoards Nationwide BBS List to be revamped. º º (3) Why we combined everything into one big lump. º º (4) The XVIIth Winter Olympic Games are over... Thank God. º º (5) The way the system should work: Part IV of the series. º º (6) Parting Thoughts. º º (7) º º (8) º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º HURRY UP AND THINK OF SOMETHING! º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ For nearly a month, I've been procrastinating... trying to put off writing this month's issue of RT. Well, I put it off until the 28th, and would've forgotten about it entirely if not for what I did on December 6, 1993. Huh? How could something I did in December remind me to write the March issue? Simple. I bought one of those day-by-day pocket calendar/things to do today list gizmos. Today had "work on March RT issue." As Paul Harvey would say, "that's the rest.... (really pregnant pause)... of the story." ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º AMERIBOARDS NATIONWIDE BBE LIST TO BE REVAMPED. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ The national BBS listing I put out each month, AmeriBoards, has become so outdated that I no longer can trust it myself. So, I and a few friends have taken to task a bold project - the complete reorganization of the list, from Area Code 201 in New Jersey to Area Code 919 in my new home state of North Carolina. I estimate the project will take between 12-19 months, and will cost us about $ 3,200 to complete. When finished, the "new" version of AmeriBoards will hopefully be leaner and meaner (due to the nature of BBS'es to come and go, we expect to drop about 1,000 systems), and at some point we will be changing to a state-by- state listing format rather than purely by area codes. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º WHY WE COMBINED EVERYTHING INTO ONE BIG LUMP. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ I've received some mail from downloaders of our publications asking why we put AmeriBoards, Random Thoughts and SportsBeat magazines into one combined .ZIP file. Well folks, there are two reasons why this new format was chosen: (1) MONEY. Uploading as many places as we do, its expensive as hell to upload three separate files, even at 14,400 baud. (2) DISPARITY. Most people who know of our BBS listing aren't familiar with our other publications. So, in order to familiarize them to RT and to SportsBeat, we combined them into one .ZIP file, giving readers a chance to take a peek at all three. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º THE XVIIth WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES ARE OVER... THANK GOD. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ The XVIIth Winter Olympiad, in Lillehammer Norway is over. Thank God. If I see one more story about Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, Dan Jansen, the King of Norway, or for that matter if I see Greg Gumbel between now and September, I'm gonna throw up. Whatever happened to the days when the olympic games were on ABC? When ABC broadcast the games, they broadcast the games - not a bunch of "insights" of stuff like buying a hot dog in Lillehammer, then trying to pawn it off on some poor schlep who doesn't even understand English. Tis truly sad. Sadder still is that we'll have to put up with it again in Nagano, Japan, just four years from now. Ugh. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º THE WAY THE SYSTEM SHOULD WORK - PART IV OF THE SERIES. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Over the past few months I've been writing about what I would do if I were the dictator (not President) of the U.S. Last month I tackled the national welfare system. This month I'll tackle another problem we have in America, but have seemed to set aside because of our past traditions. That problem is immigration. Here we go. PROBLEM: Immigrants come to the United States, be it legally or illegally, with no knowledge of the English language, or respect for our traditional values and customs. PROBLEM II: America has always been considered as the "melting pot" of the world, with many diverse cultures and peoples. Our traditions are such that the refugees of other nations are welcome here in America. Because of this our government doesn't make a serious effort to curb the problem. SOLUTION: No immigration to the United States allowed, period. No political refugees, no prisoners from Cuba, no Mexicans, no Asians, no Germans, no more Irish, nobody period - UNLESS they speak English. Granted that nearly a century ago, the Irish and German and Italian immigrants which came here in all likelihood didn't speak the language. A recent survey by a national polling agency showed that almost 30% of immigrants now coming on our shores do not speak a word of English. I'm sorry, but this is fundamentally wrong. I, as dictator, would also require that these immigrants coming into America be required to prove that they have employment waiting for them once they are within our borders. This would be a very difficult thing for most, but this would greatly help both them and us. Part 3 of the solution would be to curb illegal immigration from Mexico. How? Create the "Great Wall of the Rio Grande". This sort of ties in with my public works for prisoners project I mentioned a couple of months ago... a 30-foot wall, starting at the Gulf of Mexico and running clear through to the Tijuana border. It would take a couple of years, but there would be NO illegal immigrations from Mexico by just "sneaking across the border" after the wall was constructed. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º PARTING THOUGHTS. º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ I'm debating re-establishing my bulletin board system down here in Raleigh, North Carolina. AmeriBoardý, as it would be called, would be the new home of AmeriBoards, "The Nationwide BBS Listing." Unfortunately, there are other things that I have to take care of, such as food, finding a new apartment down here in Raleigh (I'm living with a friend) getting phone lines set up, etc. So, for the time being (and probably for at least two or three months more) I'll be sans board. But, hopefully, good lord willin' and the crick don't rise, I'll be back on the boards very, very soon. - end -