The official ezine of the DALnet IRC Network August/Sept, 2002 Issue.

Letter from the Editor DALnet People - User Interview - Freddie_mercury - IRCop Interview - Raditz - DALneter of the Month - Music to IRC To The Moving Pen Amaranthine - Poem Escape - Poem Moon - Poem Sea - Poem Silence - Poem Water - Poem Fun Stuff - Miss_Star's Astrology - Family Unfortunates - Doh! - Squawks - The Confessional In Real Life - Tea For Anyone? - What If? - The Perfect Body – Thinness and Slim Techie's Corner - IRC's Birthday - Looking into Lindows - Adding SSL to ircd - Securing NON-SSL aware Network Daemons using OpenSSL and Stunnel Past Issues - Past Issues

MoonGazing By AedFinn "Come with me. I have something important to show you." "But it’s late, Daddy, and I should be in bed." "This is a special night. We are going for a little ride across the bridge and to the top of Quincy Hill so you can see clearly." "What will I see, Daddy? Shooting stars?" "Perhaps you will, but this is not what I want to show you." "Will you show me more pictures in the stars?" "Just wait until we get there. We are crossing the bridge and then will drive to the top of the hill." "Oh look! I see the lights from our house across the river." "You will see the lights of the whole town from the lookout." "I can see the lights on the bridge, too, and my school and my church." "Sit down while I am driving. You will see everything soon." "But I can’t see. I’m only five!" "Be patient, we will soon be there." "Daddy, it’s chilly and I didn’t wear my coat." "We are here. Come and see." "Ooh Daddy, it’s beautiful. I can see the whole town down there. Which lights are my house?" "Look at the bridge and then a little above it to your right. Do you see those three windows in a row?" "Is that our house?" "Yes, and those lights above the three windows are your bedroom windows." "They are so small!" "I want to show you something else. Look up in the sky. What do you see?" "Stars. Lots of stars, and the moon." "When the moon is round like that, people call that a Full Moon." "It looks big in the sky." "Yes, it is big. Look at the shadows in the moon. Do you see anything?" "I see .. I see the shadows, Daddy." "What do they look like?" "Oh Daddy, I see a face there! I never saw a face there before." "Yes. The face is called the Man in the Moon." "Man in the Moon. I see the Man in the Moon. Thank you Daddy. I love you." © AedFinn 2002