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I've never had any intentions EVER of being some kind of a professional BBS or Door author, simply because there is no such thing...BBS and Door software is for hobbiests, real professional programmers don't waste their time with greasy kid's stuff like BBS and Door software. If anybody claims to be a professional BBS or Door author, the least that I can do is laugh at the choice of words that they use to describe themself... Larry Athey <> The Devil...One In The Same? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Yes, that's true. There seems to be this popular conception going around FidoNet and Usenet that I'm somewhere close to Satan or Lucifer simply because I'm not one of those passive little pansies that always lets the whiners and egomaniacs of FidoNet and Usenet push me around...How dare I say _anything_ in response to a flame message using the same tone as the clown who cast the first stone?...Sorry, just because a I'm a programmer doesn't mean that I'm obligated to let people constantly kick me without kicking them back...Bummer, life is hard, if you feel that you've got to flame someone in public then you should expect to get the favor returned by tenfold...If the concept of that is un-nerving, then I would suggest that you keep flame messages to yourself and re-think what you are about to type in a message to someone first...Pretty simple concept, isn't it? The Bogus Mike Jordan FBI Scam: ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ If you are familiar with FidoNet or the BBS related Usenet areas, you've probably heard about this bogus FBI scam that Mike Jordan (1:105/317.0), mjordan@europa.com or mike.jordan@comm-dat.com initiated against me. The guy couldn't stand the fact that someone wrote something for the BBS and BBS Door world that he never could write in a million years, so he went on a mission to discredit, belittle, and defame, this program in any way he could. This first started with flame messages in the FidoNet BBSDOORS echo, and I kindly returned the favor which quickly blew a hole in that overgrown ego of his. As soon as I did that, he had someone log on to my BBS and send him e-mail messages using my UUCP gateway which contained a smattering of death threats...The person who sent the messages logged on using a bogus name, and an alias resembling a user on my BBS of which he was convinced was actually myself (nice try, Jimbo)...When Mike received these messages, he took them to the FBI in Portland, Oregon and tried to file federal charges against me...It would have worked, but the FBI uses certain techniques to trace phone call records, which (just by chance?) showed an incoming call into my BBS from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, four minutes before the time/date stamp on the messages...Even though Mike is trying desperately to convince everyone I begged and pleaded to get out of federal charges, the truth is when the FBI contacted me it was to ask me if I wanted to file charges against Mike for fabricating evidence to file a federal complaint with. If begging and pleading actually works in problems with the FBI, I'm sure John Gotti would have used the technique to prevent himself from being sent to a federal prison...Right?... The "Mikey Jordan YesMan" Saga Continues: ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Since the initiation of Mike Jordan's bogus FBI scam, he became aware of the fact that nothing he could do on his own could kill off my programs, or get me booted from FidoNet. The most he could do is try to cut off my feed to one of his lame echos that I already disconnected from...As soon as he claimed he cut my feed, I quickly reconnected to it just to prove him wrong (again)...When he saw this, he quickly sent out a cry for help to anybody who would listen...The first person he went to is this bitter old battle axe named Della Moore (1:14/787.0), della@horizon.hit.net who is obviously so annoying that only her cat can tolerate her and her kids have all but disowned her (it's even possible they've done that by now). The concept of my existence in FidoNet and the existence of my graphical interface MAX Graphics is such a big thorn in her side, that the FidoNet echo ON_LINE_GAMES has turned into a constant "Whine about Larry & MAX" festival. The jist of their whining which mainly comes from Della Moore, Mike Jordan, Robert Kidwell (1:116/52.0), and Rob Williams (1:105/278.0) is that nobody in the world outside of my beta testers uses MAX Graphics in their BBS...A similar bit of logic explains their actions, an Ostrich will bury his head in the sand if you scare him. This is similar to what a child does if they fear a ghost or a monster is in their bedroom. They will cover their head or their eyes in order to convince themselves that the ghost or monster doesn't exist (out of sight, out of mind). Yet they actually know better than to believe their lies, so they take the smear campaigns against MAX Graphics and myself into other FidoNet echos just to try to spread their fantasies based on nothing more than insecurities and pure denial...Face it, if these people actually believed any part of this fantasy, Mike Jordan wouldn't have begged another programmer for a utility that drops carrier on any terminal program capable of running in MAX Graphics emulation. I often wonder why if Mike is as great of a door programmer as he wants others to believe, then why didn't he write this utility himself?...That tells the whole Mike Jordan story right there... Who Actually Wrote MAX Graphics? ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ According to Mike Jordan, every part of MAX Graphics is stolen, there is no possible way that I could have written it...Della Moore being just as gullible as always has bought this fantasy and is convinced that I am in some way guilty of some kind of illegal activity. However, no matter how many times I ask for the true author of MAX Graphics to step forward and show himself, nothing happens...Insecurity and denial at it's best here, that's all there is to it...I've even openly invinted, and dared them to to turn me over to whatever authorities that will press these charges of which they're convinced I'm guilty of...Until then, I'll be sitting here patiently waiting to see any proof of this accusation of MAX Graphics or any other program of mine being stolen in one way or another...Honestly, I believe we'll all be 6 feet under before that day ever comes... The Fun Never Ends, Yet Another Legal Scam: ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ It never ends, this new scam started with this clown by the name of Tony Campbell (1:109/263+264) when he tried to talk me into selling my source code to my Shotgun BBS specific utilities and doors to him. The guy is a C programmer, not a Pascal programmer, and I already had one experience with the guy where I spent a week trying to explain the most elementary level Pascal programming concepts to him. So I decided I did not want to sell him the source code, and have to go through this all over again for who knows how long this time. Refusing to sell him my source code caused him to explode into the most childish display of underhanded antics I've ever seen...This clown did everything from posting messages from his BBS and another BBS ran by Robert Stoner (1:270/1000.0), using an incredibly obvious alias Gordon East Esq. who is suppose to be a lawyer claiming to sue me for distributing an illegal source code package, plus illegal use of a US trademark, to you name it. Now I seriously doubt any _reputable_ lawyer would log on to a BBS to send legal notices/warnings to anybody. A real lawyer will send you certified _postal mail_, not email, netmail, or echo mail. I have even received the same kind of messages from Robert Stoner because I did the same thing to him that he did to me, I came up with a parody on his software company name (oh darn, what shall we do?). He calls it F.U.S.S. & I said it stands for [F]ind [U]s [S]omeone else's [S]oftware because all he does is buy other people's source code, pastes his name on it, an then takes all the credit for writing the program. Oh well, bummer, I made a joke out of someone's company name. Let's see, am I gonna get sued by MicroSlurpie for trademark abuse now? Get a life.... Final Notes: ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ As far as suggestions for programs go....I am always open to suggestions and ideas for new features so long as they come from the "SysOp" of the BBS running the program...If you are the SysOp of the system running the program and have an idea for a feature that will benefit other SysOps & Users running the program, I'll put it on the wish list....If this seems to be a popular suggestion, then it will be implemented ASAP....Program features are decided on a first come - first serve basis and their level of importance to other SysOps and the public.... ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Official Distribution/Support Sites: ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ BBS: USA MAX Graphics HQ-BBS (Home BBS and Support Site) Where: Alliance, Nebraska Phone: (308)762-2239 (Fax & Data Calls and File Requests) Info: Call here for the latest bug fixes and online examples Baud: 33600 SysOp: Larry L. Athey E-Mail: 1:14/703@FidoNet, maxgfx@ricochet.com FTP: ftp://maxgfx.dyn.ml.org WWW: http://members.ricochet.net/~maxgfx, http://maxgfx.ml.org BBS: Virtual Maddness BBS (Official BBS Utiliteez Distribution Site) Where: Binfield, Berkshire, UK Phone: 44-1344-4222575 Info: Official Europe MAX Graphics Support/Distribution HQ's. Baud: 33600 SysOp: Dwayne Heaton E-Mail: 2:252/314@FidoNet, dwayne@vmadd.demon.co.uk WWW: www.vmadd.demon.co.uk/max.html BBS: The MARS Station BBS (Official BBS Utiliteez Distribution Site) Where: Yermo, California Phone: (619)254-3012 (Data Calls and File Requests) Info: Freq here for latest MAX and BBS Utiliteez files. Baud: 28800 SysOp: Stephen Christopher (Chris) Martin E-Mail: 1:219/308@FidoNet, martinsc@juno.com BBS: The Night Thrasher BBS (Official BBS Utiliteez Distribution Site) Where: Cantonment, Florida Phone: (904)937-9144 (Data Calls and File Requests) Info: Freq here for latest MAX and BBS Utiliteez files. Baud: 28800 SysOp: Larry Thrasher E-Mail: 1:3612/650@FidoNet, yrral@bellsouth.net BBS: The Oak Tree BBS (Official BBS Utiliteez Distribution Site) Where: Ozark, Missouri Phone: (417)581-0868 (Data Calls and File Requests) Info: Freq here for latest MAX and BBS Utiliteez files. Baud: 33600 SysOp: Bob Wingender E-Mail: 1:284/11@FidoNet, classa@juno.com ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ³ ³ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ³ ³ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄ ³ ³ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÚÄÄ ÚÄÄ ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Not just software....It's a computer enhancement! ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Contact: 1:14/703@FidoNet Or: USA MAX Graphics HQ-BBS ³ ³ 111:5308/0@SysopsTechNet (308)762-2239 ³ ³ maxgfx@ricochet.net FAX or Data Calls ³ ³ http://members.ricochet.net/~maxgfx ANSI/ASCII/MAX (No RIP) ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ