Hello Michiel.

12 Jul 06 08:01, you wrote to me:

 MV> Ah, yes the ZMH thing.

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

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

Yeah ... :-((

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

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

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

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

I have to agree with your observation, but it keeps on surfacing ... :-((

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

 MV> Exactly!!     ...



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

 RT>> Seems a FidoNet ailment ...

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

Hang onto what, sky hooks?  

Russell

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