Hello Russell.

11 Jul 06 19:32, you wrote to me:

 MV>> So what in you opinion needs to be cchanged?

 RT> Not a hell of alot, not that I currently have a list of the few things
 RT> that, could do with a little, tweaking here and there, the ZMH thing
 RT> for instance.

Ah, yes the ZMH thing.

You know, already ten years ago I proposed the NOZMH flag. To be used in
combination with one or more Tyz flags. Indicating that the system is not
on line during ZMH but is on line during some self chosen period.

I re-inserted the idea in the bit stream several times over the years. It
is even mentioned in FTS-5002, but no one ever picked it up.

Last time I mentioned it was a couple of weak ago...

 MV>> And which of those things that need to be changed, actually *can*
 MV>> be changed you think?

 RT> Well, the ZMH thing for one, my suggestion is make ZMH = UTC, and then
 RT> have a set of nodelist flags, which denote x-hrs+/- from UTC for
 RT> correct time zone, for nodes location, dependant on londitudinal
 RT> location ... ,

Well, actually the fact of nobody picking up any of these ideas tells me
ZMH is not really a problem.

 RT> Easy enough to fix, a lot of people use it as an argument for
"change"
 RT> but nobody wants to "bite" on any of the possibilities
offered them.

Exactly!!     ...

 RT> But bitch they will ... so nobody gets helped at all ...

 RT> Seems a FidoNet ailment ...

There is just one thing to do keep fidonet net going. And that is ... just hang on...

Cheers,

Michiel

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