Hi all,

Wondering if someone can point me in the right direction here. Or tell me to shove it, thats fine too.

About a week ago I applied for a Scinet node application, my BBS is Halls of Valhalla. I emailed to scinet@diskshop.ca and also filled out the app directly on diskshop.ca. I haven't had any reply.

Any advice?

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on 22 Oct 2020, Bob Roberts said...

About a week ago I applied for a Scinet node application, my BBS is
Halls of Valhalla. I emailed to scinet@diskshop.ca and also filled out the app directly on diskshop.ca. I haven't had any reply.

Any advice?

Unfortunately Frank has been MIA for quite a while now. I don't believe
anyone else has the ability to approve or setup new nodes, sadly.

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On 22 Oct 2020, jack phlash said the following...

Unfortunately Frank has been MIA for quite a while now. I don't believe anyone else has the ability to approve or setup new nodes, sadly.

Wow. Okay, thats a bummer. I hope everything is ok with him.

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On 23 Oct 2020, 01:43p, Bob Roberts said the following...

Unfortunately Frank has been MIA for quite a while now. I don't belie anyone else has the ability to approve or setup new nodes, sadly.

Wow. Okay, thats a bummer. I hope everything is ok with him.

Hi Bob,

I'm not sure how long Frank will be gone for. I did send him an email a few days ago, and have not heard back from him yet.

What I can do, is give you a new node number, and can set you up here for a feed, if you'd like? I did mention doing this in my email to Frank. It may only be a temporary feed, until Frank gets back, or you could continue to feed from me.

As I am not set up as a hub, there would be no way to route netmail through Frank's system, through scinet.


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I'm not sure how long Frank will be gone for. I did send him an email a few days ago, and have not heard back from him yet.

Hey friends, hate to sound like I'm sandbagging anyone but let's call a spade
a spade. Several of us predicted this would happen. This is a pattern. SciNet will completely die at some point and he may show up in the future to
resurrect it.

Don't get me wrong, Frank is a great guy, and I hate for this to sound like some sort of indictment, but the elephant in the room is that he has a fairly established MO and this whole thing will fall apart.

My suggestion: Let's just kill SciNet now. Let's all abandon it and find some other place to communicate. Having something limp along with some semblance
of broken interbbs games and a message network on autopilot just feels...stupid. Like it's a waste of time.

Who's with me?

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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: ryan to Black Panther on Sat Oct 24 2020 18:36:35

spade a spade. Several of us predicted this would happen. This is a

Yep. Myself included, though I hoped (and hope) to be wrong.

pattern. SciNet will completely die at some point and he may show up in the future to resurrect it.

Yep again. I rejoined because at the time I figured "why not?", but I was wondering how long it would last.

Don't get me wrong, Frank is a great guy, and I hate for this to sound like some sort of indictment, but the elephant in the room is that he has a fairly established MO and this whole thing will fall apart.

Nah, we all love Frank, but it is what it is. I still hope he's just busy and will find more time for BBS stuff sooner rather than later.

My suggestion: Let's just kill SciNet now. Let's all abandon it and find some other place to communicate. Having something limp along with some semblance of broken interbbs games and a message network on autopilot just feels...stupid. Like it's a waste of time.

I'll likely remain connected, but I probably won't post much at all except to direct people toward other networks where appropriate. Anyway, just about everyone who's here is also on fsxNet, and meanwhile there are plenty of people there who aren't also here (something something venn diagram).

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What I can do, is give you a new node number, and can set you up here for a fee
, if you'd like? I did mention doing this in my email to Frank. It may only be >temporary feed, until Frank gets back, or you could continue to feed from me.

Thanks. I was about to offer to do the same thing, or to set his system up
as a point until he gets a real number.


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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: echicken to ryan on Sun Oct 25 2020 12:40 am

My suggestion: Let's just kill SciNet now. Let's all abandon it and find some other place to communicate. Having something limp along with some semblance of broken interbbs games and a message network on autopilot
just feels...stupid. Like it's a waste of time.

I'm against "killing" any bbs network but that's just me.

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On 24 Oct 20 18:36:35, Ryan said the following to Black Panther:

My suggestion: Let's just kill SciNet now. Let's all abandon it and find som other place to communicate. Having something limp along with some semblance of broken interbbs games and a message network on autopilot just feels...stupid. Like it's a waste of time.

I wouldn't do that to Frank... for me this is such a small net that its
really insignificant in my configuration compared to the others I have. His system also connects here like clockwork so I don't think its "right" to just shut it off/refuse connections. Its nice to know his system is alive and working at the very least.

Atreyu

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Greetings Atreyu!

Sunday October 25 2020 12:44, you wrote to Ryan about an urgent matter!:

On 24 Oct 20 18:36:35, Ryan said the following to Black Panther:

My suggestion: Let's just kill SciNet now. Let's all abandon it and
find som other place to communicate. Having something limp along
with some semblance of broken interbbs games and a message network
on autopilot just feels...stupid. Like it's a waste of time.

I wouldn't do that to Frank... for me this is such a small net that
its really insignificant in my configuration compared to the others I have. His system also connects here like clockwork so I don't think
its "right" to just shut it off/refuse connections. Its nice to know
his system is alive and working at the very least.

Same, if the feed goes down then maybe.. But it all seems to be working from my end...



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On 25 Oct 20 10:08:34, Rick Smith said the following to Atreyu:

have. His system also connects here like clockwork so I don't think its "right" to just shut it off/refuse connections. Its nice to know his system is alive and working at the very least.

Same, if the feed goes down then maybe.. But it all seems to be working fro my end...

I think if the convo's are kept up, then maybe it really can be a "free for all" net...

Atreyu

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Atreyu wrote to Ryan <=-

On 24 Oct 20 18:36:35, Ryan said the following to Black Panther:

My suggestion: Let's just kill SciNet now. Let's all abandon it and find

som

other place to communicate. Having something limp along with some semblance of broken interbbs games and a message network on autopilot just feels...stupid. Like it's a waste of time.

I wouldn't do that to Frank... for me this is such a small net
that its really insignificant in my configuration compared to the
others I have. His system also connects here like clockwork so I
don't think its "right" to just shut it off/refuse connections.
Its nice to know his system is alive and working at the very
least.

Same here. I don't have any issues with the network, all seems to
be working fine. Low traffic, granted, but working fine.

I will say it is quite strange for the ZC to just up and disappear
like this - it's been quite a while. Apparently it's not the
first time. Anybody know why he leaves like this? Anybody ever
talk to him about it?



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Greetings Gamgee!

Sunday October 25 2020 19:34, you wrote to Atreyu about an urgent matter!:

Atreyu wrote to Ryan <=-

On 24 Oct 20 18:36:35, Ryan said the following to Black Panther:

My suggestion: Let's just kill SciNet now. Let's all abandon it
and find

Same here. I don't have any issues with the network, all seems to
be working fine. Low traffic, granted, but working fine.

If someone could process new nodes in his absence that would be cool, but otherwise his server working perfectly...



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I wouldn't do that to Frank... for me this is such a small net that its really insignificant in my configuration compared to the others I have. Hissystem also connects here like clockwork so I don't think its "right" to justshut it off/refuse connections. Its nice to know his system is alive and working at the very least.

Ditto...

I signed on knowing that it may go quiet for an amount of time. As long as its working, I'll be here... 'He'll BE BACK!!!' ;)

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I wouldn't do that to Frank... for me this is such a small net that its really insignificant in my configuration compared to the others I have. His system also connects here like clockwork so I don't think its
"right" to just shut it off/refuse connections. Its nice to know his system is alive and working at the very least.

I wouldn't either, if his life looks half like mine since that COVID thing, work hours have gone thru the roof and family time down to a couple hours a week. If he has some free time, he may decide to spend it with his family knowing his other stuff works fine.

We'll know soon enough.

Cheers!

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On 26 Oct 20 11:45:13, Stizzed said the following to Atreyu:

Ditto...

I signed on knowing that it may go quiet for an amount of time. As long as its working, I'll be here... 'He'll BE BACK!!!' ;)

The thing is, its kinda cool having a net thats entirely on auto-pilot.

Atreyu

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On 26 Oct 20 15:48:21, Stackfault said the following to Atreyu:

I wouldn't either, if his life looks half like mine since that COVID thing, work hours have gone thru the roof and family time down to a couple hours a week. If he has some free time, he may decide to spend it with his family knowing his other stuff works fine.

I live in downtown Toronto, same city as Frank. Ontario's daily Covid cases are mostly from here. I'm not sure of the death tally but the work situation for many is a pinball machine in Tilt.

All we can really do is just hope things are okay with him and family and holding down the fort. If any serious shit happened here in my house, believe me this silly 90's relic place with its equally silly message nets will just have to run themselves until my return.

But I wrote to Stizzed, its actually kinda cool to trade banter on a net that is now entirely on auto-pilot, unmanned, unmanaged. Theres just something badass about (I think) his basement Amiga system tossing mail without a care in the world.

Atreyu

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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: Atreyu to Stackfault on Mon Oct 26 2020 22:42:16

All we can really do is just hope things are okay with him and family and holding down the fort. If any serious shit happened here in my house, believe me this silly 90's relic place with its equally silly message nets will just have to run themselves until my return.

Yep - BBS stuff should be a pretty low priority in anyone's life in general.

But I wrote to Stizzed, its actually kinda cool to trade banter on a net that is now entirely on auto-pilot, unmanned, unmanaged. Theres just something badass about (I think) his basement Amiga system tossing mail without a care in the world.

Ancient systems chugging along quietly and indefinitely *is* cool (until they shit the bed and nobody's there to wash the sheets).

I'm optimistic that Frank will return in a month or a year or a decade. In the meantime, the network can't really grow and a certain amount of discussion will end up happening elsewhere; no big deal.

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I'm optimistic that Frank will return in a month or a year or a decade.
In the meantime, the network can't really grow and a certain amount of discussion will end up happening elsewhere; no big deal.

Can someone explain to me what is expected of Frank or anyone that runs a network? If the network is functioning what is the big deal? If I stop receiving messages from Scinet I'll just delete the Network from my BBS and stop calling out. But that goes for any Network. I'm not going to suggest the Network is killed. My only concern is my own BBS. I don't care if the network is killed or just keeps running in Cyberspace. Did Frank piss some people off or something? I'm feeling like some heads are getting too big like it did
with my Fidonet.

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On 26 Oct 20 15:48:21, Stackfault said the following to Atreyu:

I wouldn't either, if his life looks half like mine since that COVID th work hours have gone thru the roof and family time down to a couple hou week. If he has some free time, he may decide to spend it with his fami knowing his other stuff works fine.

I live in downtown Toronto, same city as Frank. Ontario's daily Covid cases are mostly from here. I'm not sure of the death tally but the work situation for many is a pinball machine in Tilt.

Yeah, things can go south really quickly.

All we can really do is just hope things are okay with him and family
and holding down the fort. If any serious shit happened here in my
house, believe me this silly 90's relic place with its equally silly message nets will just have to run themselves until my return.

Yeah, I usually take a summer hiatus from IT stuff while I run around the
house and the good weather is around. I don't think it's feasible these days
to keep the same momentum year round. There is just too much stuff to look after...

But I wrote to Stizzed, its actually kinda cool to trade banter on a net that is now entirely on auto-pilot, unmanned, unmanaged. Theres just something badass about (I think) his basement Amiga system tossing mail without a care in the world.

Yeah! This is really cool when you think about it. Something tells me they
are somewhat monitored but time is actually very limited to actually interact with them.

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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: hustler to echicken on Wed Oct 28 2020 11:33:16

Can someone explain to me what is expected of Frank or anyone that runs a network? If the network is functioning what is the big deal? If I stop

Mainly keep the net running smoothly and bring new nodes on board as needed. Right now he's fulfilling 50% of that duty, if only because his system is running smoothly when left unattended.

Does it really matter if he doesn't do any of it? Not really. Nobody's mad at Frank or taking this thing too seriously. I think mostly we miss his presence and hope he's doing well.

if the network is killed or just keeps running in Cyberspace. Did Frank piss some people off or something? I'm feeling like some heads are getting too big like it did with my Fidonet.

Nah. One guy suggested we abandon the network. I don't want to do that, but I do agree with ryan on some counts.

A few points:

Most users are sysops. If they can't join this net, most won't call another board just to read/post here. For now, membership is static. This will impact traffic in various ways.

If this network were a government, it wouldn't survive a confidence vote. I trust that Frank set things up well enough to run on autopilot for ages, but I have zero confidence that this network would come back any time soon if his server shit the bed tonight.

This isn't our first SciNet rodeo. It existed years ago, and then one day in 2014 it crapped out (along with a bunch of other stuff) and didn't return until 2019. So, precedent.

Does it really matter? Nah. This is more of a thought exercise than anything else.

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Can someone explain to me what is expected of Frank or anyone that
runs a network? If the network is functioning what is the big deal? If I stop receiving messages from Scinet I'll just delete the Network from my BBS and stop calling out. But that goes for any Network. I'm not going
to suggest the Network is killed. My only concern is my own BBS. I don't care if the network is killed or just keeps running in Cyberspace. Did Frank piss some people off or something? I'm feeling like some heads are getting too big like it did with my Fidonet.

New nodes can't join, new subs can't really be created, old ones can't be removed, interbbs games are completely dead. The network will be in steady state mode until it just stops working. Seems like a shitty way to let things peter out...

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On 28 Oct 20 16:08:22, Stackfault said the following to Atreyu:

Yeah, I usually take a summer hiatus from IT stuff while I run around the house and the good weather is around. I don't think it's feasible these days to keep the same momentum year round. There is just too much stuff to look after...

I hear that. I've been very fortunate with my tech-career that its mostly VPN/SSH/RDP remote work.

Yeah! This is really cool when you think about it. Something tells me they are somewhat monitored but time is actually very limited to actually interac with them.

In contrast, there is the self-appointed nodelist-police in a certain other network that are puzzled why I don't respond chop chop to whatever inane bizarre typo is in a segment or tell RC's to clean up their deadwood... yeah sometimes I do but Covid really made me appreciate some things and I'm not about to pester anyone about a silly message net.

Atreyu

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On 28 Oct 20 11:33:16, Hustler said the following to Echicken:

Can someone explain to me what is expected of Frank or anyone that runs a network? If the network is functioning what is the big deal? If I stop receiving messages from Scinet I'll just delete the Network from my BBS and stop calling out. But that goes for any Network. I'm not going to suggest th

I'm not exactly sure of the topology but would imagine Frank would need to add new nodes to the nodelist... I doubt he is processing segments
automatically to form a master like I do for Fido. Aside from root-level segment changes everything is processed here without any babysitting.

Atreyu

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The thing is, its kinda cool having a net thats entirely on auto-pilot.

HAHAHAHA! Yeah, I guess it is! ;)

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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: stizzed to Atreyu on Thu Oct 29 2020 08:04 am

HAHAHAHA! Yeah, I guess it is! ;)

Everyone be on the lookout for ghosts in the machine.

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Can someone explain to me what is expected of Frank or anyone that runs a network? If the network is functioning what is the big deal? If I stop receiving messages from Scinet I'll just delete the Network from my BBS and stop calling out. But that goes for any Network. I'm not going to suggest the Network is killed. My only concern is my own BBS. I don't care if the network

The issue that brought this up is that the network is functioning well (not
a problem) but no one is available to process new sysop applications (the problem). Black Panther has developed a work-around for the issue.


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Does it really matter if he doesn't do any of it? Not really. Nobody's mad at ank or taking this thing too seriously. I think mostly we miss his presence an
hope he's doing well.

Agreed. With all the crap that is going on, it would be nice to know he is
ok. If anything, this discussion has brought a few folks out of the
woodwork so we at least know they are ok. :)


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New nodes can't join, new subs can't really be created, old ones can't be removed, interbbs games are completely dead. The network will be in steady state mode until it just stops working. Seems like a shitty way to let things peter out...

The interbbs issue might be that nodes that are joined do not have users
which are playing.


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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: ryan to hustler on Wed Oct 28 2020 03:46 pm

Can someone explain to me what is expected of Frank or anyone that
runs a network? If the network is functioning what is the big deal? If I

New nodes can't join, new subs can't really be created, old ones can't be removed, interbbs games are completely dead. The network will be in steady

Is there a waiting list or something to get a node? I peronally would hate to see a network with too many subs like fidonet. 3 users and 120 subs. Talk about overkill. ;-)

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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: Atreyu to Stackfault on Wed Oct 28 2020 06:05 pm

In contrast, there is the self-appointed nodelist-police in a certain other network that are puzzled why I don't respond chop chop to whatever inane bizarre typo is in a segment or tell RC's to clean up their deadwood... yeah

Well said. Well said.

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Nah, we all love Frank, but it is what it is. I still hope he's just
busy and will find more time for BBS stuff sooner rather than later.

I have found some time. I have been keeping an eye on things when I can but really don't need the headache of all the bitching people do on some message nets.

I'm here and back and kept this going the whole time and I plan on keeping it going.

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Yeah, I usually take a summer hiatus from IT stuff while I run around t house and the good weather is around. I don't think it's feasible these to keep the same momentum year round. There is just too much stuff to l after...

I hear that. I've been very fortunate with my tech-career that its
mostly VPN/SSH/RDP remote work.

Yeah, remote work have it's good sides but it's bad sides as well. Been
working 100% remote for 10+ years and the bad side is that you share the same space for both work and "fun" which may not be all that great.

The other side of things is that you can get your space the way you want it
and you can defend the point to get more space too. Double edged sword
however.

Yeah! This is really cool when you think about it. Something tells me t are somewhat monitored but time is actually very limited to actually in with them.

In contrast, there is the self-appointed nodelist-police in a certain other network that are puzzled why I don't respond chop chop to whatever inane bizarre typo is in a segment or tell RC's to clean up their deadwood... yeah sometimes I do but Covid really made me appreciate some things and I'm not about to pester anyone about a silly message net.

Some people tend to take some things too seriously. Maybe they don't have enough sampling to appreciate the urgency of 1 thing vs another. Once you did incident response, you tend to think a bit different for a lot of things.

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Re: Re: Scinet node application
By: Netsurge to echicken on Fri Oct 30 2020 02:33:44

I'm here and back and kept this going the whole time and I plan on keeping it going.

Hey fuck you eh?

Just kidding. I'm glad you're still here and planning on staying that way. Hope to see you posting more messages!

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Just kidding. I'm glad you're still here and planning on staying that
way. Hope to see you posting more messages!

So do I. I don't plan on being active anywhere else. TBH, I really didn't
miss the shear stupidity of some echos but this place has always been fun.

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|07disksh0p|08!|07bbs |08% |07bbs.diskshop.ca |08% |07mystic goodness |11SciNet |03ftn hq |08% |07https://scinet-ftn.org

--- Mystic BBS/QWK Gate v1.12 A46 2020/04/13 (Linux/64)
* Origin: % disksh0p!bbs % bbs.diskshop.ca % SciNet ftn hq % (77:1/100)

The interbbs issue might be that nodes that are joined do not have users which are playing.

InterBBS games need a lot of manual intervention by the person running the network. They need to be reset periodically, for example.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: monterey bbs (77:1/128)

Is there a waiting list or something to get a node? I peronally would hate to see a network with too many subs like fidonet. 3 users and 120 subs. Talk about overkill. ;-)

No waiting list, because the administrator is MIA :)

But adding /one/ sub when there's a need is a far cry from having 120 subs suddenly appear. I see your point regardless, just don't think we're there.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: monterey bbs (77:1/128)

No waiting list, because the administrator is MIA :)

Aaaaand I'll go eat some humble pie.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/06 (Linux/64)
* Origin: monterey bbs (77:1/128)

Aaaaand I'll go eat some humble pie.

Mmmmmm, Pie.

|15frank |08// |15netsurge
|07disksh0p|08!|07bbs |08% |07bbs.diskshop.ca |08% |07mystic goodness |11SciNet |03ftn hq |08% |07https://scinet-ftn.org

--- Mystic BBS/QWK Gate v1.12 A46 2020/04/13 (Linux/64)
* Origin: % disksh0p!bbs % bbs.diskshop.ca % SciNet ftn hq % (77:1/100)

Yeah, remote work have it's good sides but it's bad sides as well. Been working 100% remote for 10+ years and the bad side is that you share the same space for both work and "fun" which may not be all that great.

I have been working from remote for 100% since St Patrick's day. At first,
I really loved it. I still do like it, but I have run into the "share the
same space" doldrums some.

I also have started to really miss a few of my coworkers. Granted, if we
were still in the office, we could not really spend much time around each other. We'd still likely be doing all of our meetings remote, just from
our cubes instead of from home. However, there are some coworkers I shall never miss, and my not missing them has started to far outweigh my missing
the others.


* SLMR 2.1a * Remember, to a computer 1 + 1 = 10.
--- SBBSecho 3.11-Linux
* Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (77:1/115)

I'm against "killing" any bbs network but that's just me.

Same here. Scinet still gets read by a lot of people, or at least
"new-scanned" since there isn't much to read.

Maybe when Netsurge started this net there were more people into science fiction. Now it's like a ghost town, but a ghost town worth visiting.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Compufuck | Binghamton, NY | compufuck.xyz:2323 (77:1/142)