R a N d O m A c C e S s H u M o R RAH! RAH! Volume 0 Number 4 January 1993 A rag-tag collection of fugitive humor, some of which is vaguely related to the BBS/Online System world. Editor: Dave Bealer Member of the Disktop Publishing Association Copyright 1993 Dave Bealer, All Rights Reserved Random Access Humor is an irregular production of: VaporWare Communications 32768 Infinite Loop Sillycon Valley, CA. 80486-DX2 USA, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way VaporWare Communications is an operating division of VaporWare Corporation, a public corporation. VaporWare Corporate Officers: Luther Lecks President, Chief Egomaniac Officer Dorian Debacle, M.B.A. Gabriel Escargot V.P., Operations V.P., Customer Service Pav Bhaji, M.Tax.(Avoidance) Carlos Goebbels V.P., Finance V.P., Political Correctness Kung Pao Har Hoo, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. F.A.C.S, C.P.A., S.P.C.A., Y.M.C.A., L.E.D., Q.E.D., op. cit., et al. V.P., Research & Development WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! 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TABLE OF INCONTINENCE: Editorial - Does Electronic Publishing Have a Future?..............01 1992 RAH BBS Industry Awards.......................................02 Take Us to the Promised LAN........................................04 The "Give me a rock" Problem.......................................07 New Association Announced to Promote Electronic Publishing.........09 Goodbye Newsletter, Hello Magazine.................................10 Taglines Seen Around the Nets......................................10 Masthead - Submission Information.................................A-1 RAH Distribution System...........................................A-2 Random Access Humor Page 1 January 1993 Editorial - Does Electronic Publishing Have a Future? by Dave Bealer As mentioned in the debut issue, RAH came into being because I was too lazy to find an outlet for my humor articles after the idea of regularly publishing humor was rejected by the editors of Fidonews. So for the last five months I have been tinkering away in my loft computer center putting out this monthly bit of insanity. Most of that time was spent working in a vacuum, completely unaware of the number of others who were engaged in similarly silly behavior all around the country. My eyes were finally opened in December when I chanced to download an electronic magazine called Ruby's Pearls from some BBS. In addition to being a good publication in its own right, the issue I downloaded contained a bonus, a press release from an organization called the Disktop Publishing Association. That press release is included in this issue, in its entirety. Of course I have long been aware of the efforts by many publishers to release "electronic" versions of their newspapers, magazines and other print publications. According to information recently received from one of those publishers, these efforts have not been terribly successful. This fact causes that respected publisher, editor and distributor to have a "pessimistic view of electronic publishing." Personally, I think it is a matter of having the appropriate material to offer at the right time. My source sited poor performance over the last four years as a reason for his pessimism. Although the online industry has blossomed mightily over the past four years, only now is it approaching the kind of critical mass necessary to make electronic publishing truly successful. Furthermore, I question whether the online community will ever be ready to purchase online versions of existing print publications. Members of the online community have different information needs. Needs which are poorly served by the existing print media (with very few exceptions), when they are served by it at all. The simple truth is that there is already *too much* information available today in the online world. The signal-to-noise ratio in many online conferences is horrendous. Twit filters have been one rather humorous response to this problem, but something more efficient is needed. The future I see for electronic publishing bears little resemblance to the print-based past, as indeed it should. Someone will come up with a way to filter the noise (useless and repetitive information) out of all the material entering the online matrix, leaving only the signal (useful information) for users to receive. A delicate balance between efficiency and censorship will need to be maintained. Whoever solves this puzzle, someone will have to make fun of him or her. I can think of no better candidate for that task than myself. In the meanwhile, look for regular coverage of the latest advances in electronic publishing here in the pages of RAH. I'll try to keep the number of non-humorous articles down to one per month. {RAH} Random Access Humor Page 2 January 1993 1992 RAH BBS Industry Awards by Dave Bealer Every computer magazine has to have an annual awards article in its January issue. It's the law. Since the publishers of RAH are not aware of what the penalties might be for breaking this law, we are not taking any chances. So here they are folks, the first annual Random Access Humor BBS Industry Awards. Literally minutes of painstaking research have gone into making these the fairest, most objective awards available today. >> Vaporware of The Year << PKZIP V2.0 Phil Katz - PKWARE, Inc. The ads have been around most of the year, but the software has yet to materialize. Beta testers are now struggling with version 1.999999998I. The "I" stands for "I think I can, I think I can." >> Friendliest Documentation << Chuck Forsberg - Omen Technology Corp. Chuck's sunny personality shows itself year after year in the warm and friendly documentation provided with such classics as DSZ. >> Best Shareware Communications Software Vendor << No award. They were all bought out by Mustang Software, Inc. >> Most Creative Use of "Scare" Advertising << (tie) Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc. The bovine by-products were really flying when this outfit launched its scare campaign against the TIES escape sequence. They even provided a helpful "test" file, guaranteed to to trigger a TIES reset. U.S. Robotics, Inc. Having accidentally shipped some Sportster 14.4KB FAX/Modems that could actually be operated in HST Dual Standard Mode, USR proceeded to make new friends throughout the online world by threatening legal action against anyone who actually *used* these extra capabilities. They also tried to convince users that a "Trojan Horse" was present in the ROM chips of these bonus modems. If a TH exists, doesn't that mean USR put it there? If so, why are they advertising this fact? Random Access Humor Page 3 January 1993 >> Least Compatible Modem << Gateway Telepath - Gateway 2000 Affectionately known as the "Psychopath" within the Gateway tech support department, this 14.4KB internal FAX/Modem can't even work and play well with others of its own kind. >> Best Hardware Innovation << U.S. Idiotics Messenger Dual Technology Modem/Cabbage Grater With ACSL (Adaptive Cole Slaw Leveling) This device is especially popular with sysops who run their boards out of the kitchen. >> Beast Shareware Software << Dane Quayl Speeling Cheekr by Softwar Toolboks As the documentation for this product puts it: "Who are these guys in horney-rimmed glasses at Harvird and Oxfort to tell peeple how to speel wurds?" >> BBS of the Year << Graceland BBS Memphis, TN. Although callers are required to give their real name at registration, there are no handles needed here. For just a little while, every caller gets to be "The King." Well folks, those are the awards for 1992. Be sure to stop in next year for the 1993 awards. You know, I'm glad that the Graceland BBS won the BBS of the Year award, but I've never understood all this "Elvis lives" fuss. With a small army of professional Elvis impersonators traveling around the country doing shows at seedy lounges, is it any wonder there are so many Elvis sightings? {RAH} --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound Byte: Q: How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb? A: Three. One to screw in the light bulb, while the other two discuss the merits and Freudian implications of the violation of the socket. (submitted by Rick Arnold) Random Access Humor Page 4 January 1993 Take Us to the Promised LAN by Dave Bealer Every year since 1985 has been touted by some "authority" as "The Year of the Network" and 1993 will be no different. Of course all this fuss is becoming more and more like proclaiming 1993 to be "The Year of the Automobile." How? Why? Doesn't everybody already have one, or at least wish they did? Most organizations with more than three PCs have them connected in some fashion, if only to share peripherals. (See the October 1992 issue of RAH for more info on peripheral sharing.) But increasingly, sharing peripherals is not enough. The PC in Fred's office down the hall has many files that absolutely *everyone* needs. The solution? The Local Area Network (LAN). Everyone today knows that LANs are the "must have" solution to almost all problems from payroll to the common cold. What most people don't know is how all this network mania started. The OSI from ISO ================ Way back in the 1970s the International Sadists Organization (ISO), located in Paris, France (where else?) was considering a problem. For years the people of planet Earth had been gazing with awe and wonder at the mighty computing machines run by serious men in white laboratory coats. But now, some upstarts were actually building so- called "personal computers" in their basements and garages. In response to this threat to their technical sovereignty, the men in white coats asked the ISO to formulate a way to further confound the non-technical public. Thus the ISO formulated the Operational Sadistic Interface (OSI). Obviously the ISO had a lot to learn about palindromes. Basically, the OSI was about networks. The theory was that if some twerp was going to make computers themselves easy to use, a good way to make computing impossible to understand was to make it necessary to hook all the computers in an organization together somehow. Single level networks had been around for some time, but the expert sadists at ISO were too smart to even bother with them. There simply weren't enough buzzwords to throw at unwary users. So the layer principle, which has worked so well for Betty Crocker, was adopted. The layers of the OSI are as follows: Physical, Data-link, Transport, Hysterical, Devonian, Triassic and Application. Geologists search through the layers of network sediment to find the fossils buried within: Acoustically coupled modems; S-100 computers; CP/M; Ethernet (Oops! Sorry...that one is still alive and kicking, by some quirk of fate.); the Timex Sinclair and the Apple Lisa. Random Access Humor Page 5 January 1993 All of these creatures of the computing world failed at networking in one way or another. All of them except ethernet, which has been successful as a species for a long time, even if it hasn't changed much over all that time. Ethernet is the horseshoe crab of network technology. LAN Logic ========= There are three major logical types of LAN, at least from the point of view of signalling: Ethernet, Arcnet and Token Ring. Each of these types is designed to better meet the needs of certain kinds of workgroups. Ethernet - this one almost never got off the ground - users kept passing out from the ether fumes until a reliable method of sealing the cables was found. Ethernet has the advantage of having been around forever, so ethernet has been made to work, however unwillingly, with a wide range of computing platforms. Arcnet - welders seem to prefer this type of network, which is inexpensive and quite serviceable for small workgroups. Token Ring - created by J.R.R. Token, the celebrated "Lord of the Ring." A little known interesting fact is that J.R.R. Token is the husband of Madeline Token, the Secretary of Vaporware Corp. Token Ring is popular with large installations because response time is not significantly degraded when more stations are added. Of course it couldn't get much worse. Let's Get Physical ================== The signals generated by all logical LAN formats need some way of getting to the other stations in the network. The standard solution has long been cables. There are four major types of cabling used in LANs today. They are as follows: Coaxial Cable - this is familiar to most people as the same kind of cable which brings "Cable TV" into their homes. This creates some unique opportunities for the future, like a single coax link which could bring both a network connection and The Brady Bunch to a user's high definition monitor. Coax allows fast data transfer and sports shielding which reduces interference from other signal sources like coffee makers, sun lamps, Game Boys, and other common office appliances. Unshielded Twisted-pair (UTP) - often mistaken for plain telephone wire, UTP is cheaper than coax while offering nearly the same data transfer rates. Lacking shielding, UTP appeals to the daredevils of the networking world. Shielded Twisted-pair (STP) - Similar to UTP, but with shielding, STP is preferred by organizations that practice safe networking. Random Access Humor Page 6 January 1993 Fiber-optic Cable - The fastest of all cable alternatives, Fiber optic cable is sealed, so that users are spared from viewing the unspeakable things being done to the light within. Remember, this *was* designed by sadists. LAN Topologies ============== The cables which carry the signals in a LAN cannot be randomly laid out as the network is built, even though that is inevitably the way it will appear in most cases. A lot of agonizing goes into the design of the wiring layout, or topology, of a new network. Some of this agonizing is even justified. There are three major network cabling topologies: Star; Daisy-chain and Bit Bucket. No matter which topology is planned, the network almost always starts off with a Bit Bucket topology. Network Operating Systems ========================= Every LAN requires a network operating system (NOS) in order to function. MS-DOS is an operating system (OS) and so is OS/2 (even though it rarely operates). These systems are not themselves capable of accessing devices on another machine in a network. OTOH, they do seem to occasionally access data which has no origin on Earth. The NOS, working with the device drivers for the Network Interface Card (NIC) in the user's computer, is able to trick the OS into thinking that the hard disk in Fred's PC down the hall is really the Q: drive in *the user's* machine. Of course, PC operating systems are among the more gullible pieces of software you will ever encounter. They are quite forgetful as well, even to the point of misplacing disk drives that really *are* connected to the machine in which they are "operating." A LAN in Every Pot ================== So what does the future of networking hold? Will Ethernet survive into the true Cyberage? Perhaps one day mankind will network itself into one gigantic, communal intelligence. When that happens, we may finally solve one of the ancient riddles that has plagued the great thinkers since the time of Socrates -- how many sysops can fit on the head of a 24-pin dot matrix printer? {RAH} --------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound Byte: She's not my stereotype. Random Access Humor Page 7 January 1993 The "Give me a rock" Problem by Greg Borek (1:261/1129@fidonet.org) Computer programmers have always encountered difficulties trying to solve real world problems with computers. Some famous problems like the "Travelling Salesman" problem model difficult real world events and are extremely difficult to solve efficiently. Other problems, like how to bury as many expenses as possible in the spreadsheet covering that last business trip or how to get the phone number of that cute girl that just started in marketing, are very common and actually not strictly confined to the world of the programmer. One of the more enduring classical problems in computer science is the "Give me a rock" problem. Although not as thoroughly discussed in university courses as some of the other unsolved problems, it is much more prevalent in industry. The problem is most clearly described by an example. The following is an overheard discussion between a user and a programmer: (Note: Programmer comments in parenthesis are only thoughts and were not expressed vocally). u: Give me a rock. p: What kind of rock? u: You know, a rock. p: (This is going to take quite some time). OK, how about this one? u: No, not that one. p: Well, what's wrong with it? u: It's not the one I wanted. Give me a rock. p: How about this one? Is this the one you want? u: No, that's not it either. I couldn't possibly use that one. It's much too small for one thing. p: (Now we're getting somewhere.) How big is this rock supposed to be? u: Bigger than that one anyway. Give me a rock. p: (Alright, I didn't have anything to do this weekend anyway). OK, here's a bigger rock. u: Boy, are you ever dense. You don't know the first thing about rocks, do you? I couldn't possibly carry that by myself, it won't fit in my wagon, and, worst of all, it's red. We've only ever used big, blue rocks before. Random Access Humor Page 8 January 1993 p: (...and I went to college for this). OK, in order to carry it by yourself I'll get a rock that weighs less than ten pounds, will fit in your wagon, and is any other color than red. Is that what you want? u: Yes, ten pounds sounds about right. Give me a rock. p: How about this one? u: Oooh, that's a nice one. It will never do. Take it back. p: What's wrong with it? u: For one thing it's much too wobbly to stand on. Besides, I saw somebody with a nice red rock over there in that dump truck. Why can't you get me a rock more like that one. I bet that one isn't the least bit wobbly. p: (You don't have the faintest idea what you want this rock for, do you?) You'll need a dump truck for a rock like that. u: I don't have money in the budget for a dump truck. I definitely need a rock more like that one. And get one that fits between my other rocks here. Now that I think about it, it should be at least two feet on a side so it doesn't tip over. And it has to be portable so it should weigh about three pounds or less. Give me a rock. p: Where am I going to find a rock like that? Look, your rock can't possibly have all of those features at the same time. I'll do the best I can to find a rock like that but this may take some time. u: Not good enough. I need a rock now so I can improve my productivity. Give me a rock. ... and so on. Note that the programmer had lost a notable amount of hair while this discussion was occurring. This presentation of this famous and unsolved problem is just an example of the perils facing programmers today. {RAH} ================ Greg Borek is a C programmer with a "Highway Helper" (OK, "Beltway Bandit" - but don't tell his boss that we told you) in Falls Church, Virginia. He has previously been mistaken for a vampire. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Real Programmers don't write specs -- users should consider themselves lucky to get any programs at all and take what they get. Real Programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. Real Programmers don't write application programs; they program right down on the bare metal. Application programming is for feebs who can't do systems programming. Random Access Humor Page 9 January 1993 ************* PRESS RELEASE Ron Albright Contact: Ron Albright Disktop Publishing Association 1-205-853-8269 (Voice) 1160 Huffman Road 1-205=853-8478 (FAX) Birmingham, AL 35215 1-205-854-1660 (BBS) NEW ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED TO PROMOTE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING BIRMINGHAM, AL: The "Disktop Publisher's Association" ("DPA") is an association for parties of all levels who share interest in the dissemination of information in electronic ("computer readable") format. Those eligible for membership include authors, publishers, and consumers of on-disk publishing. "Electronic publishing," in its broadest sense, shall mean the authorship and production for general consumer access of any materials which are primarily read by computer and viewed on "paperless," "digital," and "on-disk" publishing - includes fiction and nonfiction works that are stored and distributed on disk or available by modem access on "bulletin board systems" ("BBSs"). Electronic publishing, in this sense, specifically does not include programs (which are sets of instructions used by a computer to perform other tasks) unless these programs are designed to facilitate the reading of written materials. Examples might include hypertext authoring programs or text viewers. Statement of Purpose The purpose of the DPA includes: 1. To promote, though improved public awareness, the benefits of electronic publishing. These benefits include availability - often on a 24 hour a day, on demand basis - of electronic publications, faster production time, cheaper cost, easier revision and updating, reduced consumption of natural resources, and - using appropriate reader software - enhanced presentation and readability. 2. To provide a forum for discussing the unique challenges of successfully publishing and marketing disk-based publications. Examples might include matching an author or publisher with the appropriate medium for a proposed project. Would hypertext be best? Plain ASCII? Multimedia? 3. A matching service will be organized to place authors - who may not be interested in complexities of marketing and publishing - with publishers who may be willing to assist in these commercial aspects. "Writers write and publishers publish" is an axiom that applies to electronic publishing as well as traditional formats. 4. To share resources for mass marketing electronic publications. Examples might include sharing of costs of mailing publications to user groups, etc. DPA will also assist new authors and publishers in getting press releases circulated and media coverage. Sharing mailing lists with other publishers is another possibility open to members. Random Access Humor Page 10 January 1993 Membership Requirements The only requirement for membership shall be an interest in the advancement of electronic publishing. No fees will be solicited during the start-up phase. Interested parties can contact the DPA electronically at: The DPI BBS - 205-854-1660. Or through electronic mail on CompuServe (75166,2473), MCI Mail (RALBRIGHT), GEnie (R.Albright) or through the mail at the above address. {RAH} --------------------------------------------------------------------- Goodbye Newsletter, Hello Magazine by Bernie Krumb In a further demonstration of just how depraved and egotistical the management of VaporWare Corporation has become, company President Luther Lecks has announced that Random Access Humor will henceforth be known as an electronic magazine, rather than a newsletter. Apparently that bird-brain thinks that merely adding topic sub- headings and a cute little "{RAH}" end-of-article marker can give this rag some class. He is sadly mistaken. This is the sorriest excuse for a serious publication I have ever had the misfortune to work for. In fact I have a good mind to... "Oh. Hi, Vinnie! What are you doing here so late? Vinnie?" "Vinnie, what are you doing with that knife? Put the knife down, Vinnie! Put it down!! Aaarrrrgggghhhh!!" {RAH} --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Taglines Seen Around the Nets Why did CNN cancel that cool "Desert Storm" show? A fool and his money are my two favorite people. Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do. I have a magnetic personality - keep me away from diskettes. STATUS QUO is Latin for "the mess we're in." Anything not nailed down is a cat toy. I saw Elvis. He sat between me and Bigfoot on the UFO. GIVE: Support the helpless victims of computer error. Next time you wave, use all your fingers. The only perfect science is hindsight. Random Access Humor Page A-1 January 1993 Random Access Humor Masthead: Editor: Dave Bealer Acting Deputy Assistant Editor: Scott White Contact: The Puffin's Nest BBS FidoNet: 1:261/1129 Internet: f1129.n261.z1.fidonet.org BBS: (410) 437-3463 (1200-14400/V.32bis) Regular Mail: (Only if you have no other way to reach us!) Random Access Humor c/o Dave Bealer P.O. Box 595 Pasadena, MD. 21122 USA Random Access Humor (RAH) is published monthly by Dave Bealer as a disservice to the online community. Although the publisher's BBS may be a part of one or more networks at any time, RAH is not affiliated with any BBS network or online service. RAH is a compilation of individual articles contributed by their authors. The contribution of articles to this compilation does not diminish the rights of the authors. The opinions expressed in RAH are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the publisher. Random Access Humor is Copyright 1993 Dave Bealer. All Rights Reserved. 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