faq what is the dod this is a periodic posting intended to answer the frequently asked question what is the dod it is posted the first of each month with an expiration time of over a month thus unless your site s news software is ill mannered this posting should always be available this witdodfaq is crossposted to all four rec motorcycles groups in an attempt to catch most new users and followups are directed to rec motorcycles last changed feb to add a message from the kotl and a bit of halon version this collection was originally assembled by lissa shoun from the original postings with lissa s permission i have usurped the title of kotwitdodfaq any corrections additions bribes etc should be aimed at blgardne javelin sim es com contents how do i get a dod number by blaine gardner dod dod road rider article by bruce tanner dod what is the dod by john sloan dod the dod logo by chuck rogers dod the dod this started it all by the denizen of doom dod the dod anthem by jonathan quist dod why you have to be killed by blaine gardner dod the rec moto photo archive courtesy of bruce tanner dod patches what patches by blaine gardner dod letter from the ama museum by jim rogers director dod the dod rules by consensus other rec moto resources by various keepers dod misc the rec moto reviews archive courtesy of loki jorgenson dod updated stats rides info by ed green dod and others how do i get a dod number if the most frequently asked question in rec motorcycles is what is the dod then the second most frequently asked question must be how do i get a dod number that is as simple as asking the keeper of the list kotl accept no substitue keepers for a number if you re feeling creative and your favorite number hasn t been taken already you can make a request subject to kotl approval warning non numeric non base number requests are likely to earn a flame from the kotl not that you won t get it but you will pay for it oh and just one little tiny suggestion ask the kotl in e mail you ll just be playing the lightning rod for flames if you post to the whole net and you ll look like a clueless newbie too by now you re probably asking so who s the kotl already well as john sloan notes below that s about the only real secret left around here but a few un subtle hints can be divulged first it is not myself nor anyone mentioned by name in this posting maybe though john was the original kotl second in keeping with the true spirit of unix the kotl s first name is only two letters long and can be spelled entirely with hexadecimal characters the kotl shares his name with a line oriented text utility third he has occasionally been seen posting messages bestowing new dod numbers mostly to boneheads with weenie mailers fourth there is reason to suspect the kotl of being a dead head newsflash a message from the kotl once you have surmounted this intellectual pinnacle and electronically groveled to the kotl please keep in mind that the kotl does indeed work for a living and occasionally must pacify its boss by getting something done your request may languish in mailer queue for gasp days perhaps even horrors a week or two during such times of economic activity on the part of the kotl s employers sending yet another copy of your request will not speed processing of the queue it just makes it longer verification of this phenominon is left as an excersize for the reader if you suspect mailer problems at least annotate subsequent requests with an indication that a former request was submitted lest you be assigned multiple numbers what you think the kotl memorizes the list one more thing the kotl says that its telepathic powers aren t what they used to be so provide some information for the list will ya the typical dod list entry contains number name state country e mail address for example ed green ca ed green east sun com ps while john mentions below that net access and a bike are the only requirements for dod membership that s not strictly true these days as there are a number of denizens who lack one or both blaine dances with bikers gardner blgardne javelin sim es com denizens of doom by bruce tanner dod road rider august reprinted with bruce s permission there is a group of motorcyclists that gets together and does all the normal things that a bunch of bikers do they discuss motorcycles and motorcycling beverages cleaning fluids baklavah balaclava caltrops helmets anti fog shields spine protectors aerodynamics three angle valve seats bird hits deer whistles good restaurants racing philosophy traffic laws tickets corrosion control personalities puns double entendres culture absence of culture first rides and friendship they argue with each other and plan rides together the difference between this group and your local motorcycle club is that although they get together just about everyday most have never seen each other face to face the members of this group live all over the known world and communicate with each other electronically via computer the computers range from laptops to multi million dollar computer centers the people range from college and university students to high tech industry professionals to public access electronic bulletin board users currently rec motorcycles pronounced wreck dot motorcycles it s the file name for the group s primary on line meeting place carries about articles per month it is read by an estimated people most of the frequent posters belong to a motorcycle club the denizens of doom usually referred to as the dod the dod started when motorcyclist john r nickerson wrote a couple of parodies designed to poke fun at motorcycle stereotypes fellow computer enthusiast bruce robinson posted these articles under the pen name denizen of doom a while later chuck rogers signed off as dod nr keeper of the flame bruce was then designated dod nr retroactively and of course nickerson the originator of the parodies was given dod nr the idea of a motorcycle club with no organization no meetings and no rules appealed to many so john sloan dod nr became keeper of the list issuing dod numbers to anyone who wanted one to date there have been almost memberships issued to people all over the united states and canada as well as australia new zealand the united kingdom france germany norway and finland keeper of the list sloan eventually designed a club patch the initial run of patches sold out immediately the profits from this went to the american motorcycle heritage foundation another amhf fund raiser selling denizens of doom pins to members was started by arnie skurow a few months later again the project was successful and the profits were donated to the foundation so far the denizens have contributed over to the ama museum a plaque in the name of the denizens of doom now hangs in the motorcycle heritage museum as often as possible the dod ers crawl out from behind their crts and go riding together it turns out that the two largest concentrations of dod ers are centered near denver boulder colorado and in california s silicon valley consequently two major events are the annual assault on rollins pass in colorado and the northern versus southern california joust the ride and feed is a bike trip over rollins pass followed by a big barbecue dinner the concept for the joust is to have riders from northern california ride south riders from southern california to ride north meeting at a predesignated site somewhere in the middle an additional plan for is to hold an official denizens of doom homecoming in conjunction with the ama heritage homecoming in columbus ohio in july though it s a safe bet the the denizens of doom and their collective communications hub rec motorcycles will not replace the more traditional motorcycle organizations for those who prowl the electronic pathways in search of two wheeled camaraderie it s a great way for kindred spirits to get together long may they flame live to flame flame to live centerbar this official motto of the denizens of doom refers to the ease with which you can gratuitously insult someone electronically when you would not do anything like that face to face these insults are known as flames issuing them is called flaming flames often start when a member disagrees with something another member has posted over the network a typical sophisticated intelligent form of calm reasoned rebuttal would be something like what an incredibly stupid statement you spandex clad poseur this will guarantee that five other people will reply in defense of the original poster describing just what they think of you your riding ability and your cat the denizens of doom the saga unfolds by john sloan dod periodically the question what is dod is raised this is one of those questions in the same class as why is the sky blue if there is a god why is there so much suffering in the world and why do women inevitably tell you that you re such a nice guy just before they dump you the kinds of questions steeped in mysticism tradition and philosophy questions that have inspired research and discussion by philosophers in locker rooms motorcycle service bays and in the halls of academe for generations a long long time ago in computer time where anything over a few minutes is an eternity and the halting problem really is a problem on a computer far far away on the net topologically speaking two machines in the same room in atlanta might route mail to one another via a system in chicago a chap who wished to remain anonymous but who was eventually assigned the dod membership wrote a satire of the various personalities and flame wars of rec motorcycles and signed it the denizen of doom not wishing to identify himself he asked that stalwart individual who would in the fullness of time become dod to post it for him dod not really giving a whit about what other people thought and generally being a right thinking individual did so flaming and other amusements followed he who would become the holder of dod membership thought this was the funniest thing he d seen in a while being the sort that is pretty easily amused so he claimed membership in the denizens of doom motorcycle club and started signing his postings with his membership number perhaps readers of rec motorcycles were struck with the vision of a motorcycle club with no dues no rules no restrictions as to brand or make or model or national origin of motorcycle a club organized electronically it may well be that readers were yearning to become a part of something that would provide them with a greater identity a gestalt personality something in which the whole was greater than the sum of its parts it could also be that we re all computer nerds who wear black socks and sneakers and pocket protectors who just happen to also love taking risks on machines with awesome power to weight ratios social outcasts who saw a clique that would finally be open minded enough to accept us as members in a clear case of self fulfilling prophesy the denizens of doom motorcycle club was born a club in which the majority of members have never met one another face to face and perhaps like it that way yet feel that they know one another pretty well or well enough given some of the electronic personalities in the newsgroup a club organized and run in the loosest sense of the word by volunteers through the network via electronic news and mail with a membership mailing list often used to organize group rides amongst members who live in the same region a motto a logo a series of photo albums circulating around the country organized by dod club patches organized by and even an mtv style music video produced by and distributed on vhs by where will it end who knows will the dod start sanctioning races placing limits on the memory and clock rate of the on board engine management computers will the dod organize poker runs where each participant collects a hand of hardware and software reference cards will the dod have a rally in which the attendees demand a terminal room and at least a sized unix system only time will tell the dod has no dues no rules and no requirements other than net access and a love for motorcycles to become a member one need only ask although we will admit that who you must ask is one of the few really good club secrets new members will receive via email a membership number and the latest copy of the membership list which includes name state and email address the denizens of doom motorcycle club will live forever or at least until next year when we may decided to change the name live to flame flame to live the dod daemon as seen on the patches pins etc by chuck rogers car druhi att com dod dod x x x x x x l f i l v a e m e t o t o f l l a vvvvv i m v e e x x x x x rec motorcycles x usenet the dod by the denizen of doom dod welcome one and all to the flamingest most wonderfullest newsgroup of all time wreck mudder disciples or is it reak mudder disciples the names have been changes to protect the guilty riders and innocent the bikes alike if you think you recognize a contorted version of your name you don t it s just your guilt complex working against you read em and weep we tune in on a conversation between some of our heros terrible barbarian is extolling the virtues of his hopalonga puff a cane to reverend muck mudgers and stompin fueling injection terrible this hopalonga is the greatest beats bmws dead muck i don t mean to preach terrible but lighten up on the bmw crowd eh i mean like i like riding my yuka yuka fudgeo jammer but what the heck stompin no way the bmw is it complete that s all man terrible nahhhh you re sounding like heritick ratatnack hey at least he is selling his bmw and uses a hopalonga intercorruptor not as good as a puff a cane should have been called a woosh a stream stompin you mean wee stream terrible waddya going to do call in reinforcements stompin yehh man here comes arlow scarecrow and high tech let s see what they say eh muck now men let s try to be civil about this high tech hi i m a and the bmw is the greatest arlow other than my b t i love my bmw terrible b t arlow burley thumpison the greatest all american ride you can own muck ahhh look you re making terrible gag terrible what does bmw stand for anyway muck arlow high beats me wilhelm terrible actually my name is terrible hmmm i don t know either muck say here comes chunky bear chunky hey hey hey smarter than your average bear terrible hey didn t you drop your bmw chunky all right eh a little booboo but i left him behind i mean even villy ogle flamed me for that muck it s okay we all makes mistakes out of the blue the west coasters arrive led by tread orange with dill snorkssy heritick ratatnack buck garnish snob rasseller and the perenial favorite hooter boobin brush heritick heya terrible how s yer front to back bias terrible not bad sold yer bmw heritick nahhh hooter hoot hoot buck nice tree hooter how d ya get up there hooter carbujectors from hell muck what s a carbujector hooter well it ain t made of alumican made by tilloslert muck ahh come on down we aren t going to flame ya honest dill well where do we race snob you know chunky we know about about your drop and well don t ride muck no no quiet tread bmw s are the greatest in my supreme level headed opinion they even have luggage made by sourkraut high my too terrible heritick dill buck nahhhhh stompin tread high chunky snob yesss yessssss before this issue could be resolved the hopalonga crew called up more cohorts from the local area including polyanna stirrup and the infamous booster robiksen on his cavortin polyanna well men the real bikers use stirrups on their bikes like i use on my hopalonga evening bird special helpful for getting it up on the ole ventral stand terrible hopalonga s are great like polyanna says and yuka yuka s and sumarikis and kersnapis are good too booster i hate cavortin all we know we know booster i love cavortin all we know we know muck well what about mucho guzlers and lepurras snob tread nawwwwww muck what about a tridump terrible isn t that a chewing gum muck auggggg waddda about a pluck a kity heritick heyya muck you tryin to call up the demon rider himself muck no no there is more to mudder disciples than arguing about make two more riders zoom in in the form of pill turret and phalanx lifter pill out with dorsal stands and ventral stands forever phalanx hey i don t know about that and now even more west coasters pour in road o noblin hopalonga s are the greatest maulled beerstein may you sit on a bikejector suddenly more people arrived from the great dark nurth kite lanolin hey bmw s are great men robo nickie i prefer motorcycle to robot transformers personally more riders from the west coast come into the discussion aviator sourgas get a burley thumpison with a belted rigged frame guess gasket go with a bmw or burley thumpison with a roar and a screech the latest mudder disciple thundered in it was none other that clean bikata on her hopalonga cabammerxorn clean like look hopalonga are it but only cabammerxorns muck why clean well like it s gotta be a banger or nothin muck but i only have a banger clean no good chunky sob some of us only have bangers clean inferior stompin hey look here s proof bmw s are better the bimmer boys burst into song singing beemer babe beemer babe give me a thrill road terrible polyanna maulled dill etc wadddoes bmw stand for heritick stompin snob chunky tread kite high arlow beat s me wilhem road terrible polyanna maulled dill etc oh don t you mean bmw and so the ensuing argument goes until the skies clouded over and the thunder roared and the greatest mudder disciple g m d of them all boomed out g m d enough of your bickering you are doomed to riding bigot suction powered mini trikes for your childish actions all no no no puhlease does this mean that all of the wreck mudder disciples will be riding mini trikes are our arguing heros doomed tune in next week for the next gut wretching episode of the yearning and riderless with its ever increasing cast of characters where all technical problems will be flamed over until well done next week s episode will answer the question of to helmet or not to helmet will be aired this is heady material and viewer discretion is advised script for the denizens of doom anthem video by jonathan e quist dod scene a sterile engineering office a lone figure whom we ll call chuck stands by a printer output bin wearing a white cdc lab coat with mechanical pencils in a pocket protector editor s note for some reason a great deal of amusement was had at the first annual dod uni coastal ironhorse ride joust by denizens referring to each other as chuck i guess you had to be there i wasn t chuck i didn t want to be a software systems analyst cow towing to the whims of a machine and saying yessir nosir may i have another sir my mother made me do it i wanted to live a man s life music slowly builds in background riding nortons and triumphs through the highest mountain passes and the deepest valleys living the life of a motorcyclist doing donuts and evading the police terrorizing old ladies and raping small children eating small dogs for tea and large dogs for dinner in short i want to be a denizen chuck rips off his lab coat revealing black leather jacket with fringe boots and cap scene simultaneously changes to the top of an obviously assaulted rollins pass a small throng of hell s angels sit on their harleys in the near background gunning their engines showering lookers on with nails as they turn donuts and leaking oil on the tarmac chuck is standing in front of a heavily chromed fat boy chuck sings to the tune of the lumberjack song i m a denizen and i m okay i flame all night and i ride all day hell s angels echo chorus surprisingly heavy on tenors he s a denizen and he s okay he flames all night and he rides all day i ride my bike i eat my lunch i go to the lavat ry on wednesdays i ride skyline running children down with glee chorus he rides his bike he eats his lunch he goes to the lavat ry on wednesdays he rides skyline running children down with glee chorus refrain cause he s a denizen i ride real fast my name is chuck it somehow seems to fit i over rate the worst bad f ck but like a real good sh t oh i m a denizen and i m okay i flame all night and i ride all day chorus refrain oh he s a denizen i wear high heels and bright pink shorts full leathers and a bra i wish i rode a harley just like my dear mama chorus refrain why you have to be killed well the first thing you have to understand just in case you managed to read this far and still not figure it out is that the dod started as a joke and in the words of one denizen it intends to remain one sometime in the far distant past a hapless newbie asked what does dod stand for it s not the department of defense is it naturally a denizen who had watched the movie top gun a few times too many rose to the occasion and replied that s classified we could tell you but then we d have to kill you and the rest is history a variation on the security theme is to supply disinformation about what dod stands for notable contributions and contributers where known include daughters of democracy dod doers of donuts dancers of despair dod debasers of daughters dickweeds of denver driveway of death debauchers of donuts dumpers of dirtbikes note that this is not a comprehensive list as variations appear to be limited only by the contents of one s imagination or dictionary file the rec moto photo archive first a bit of history this all started with ilana stern and chuck rogers organizing a rec motorcycles photo album many copies were made and several sets were sent on tours around the world only to vanish in unknown locations then bruce tanner decided that it would be appropriate for an electronic medium to have an electronic photo album bruce has not only provided the disk space and ftp e mail access but he has taken the time to scan most of the photos that are available from the archive not only can you see what all these folks look like you can also gawk at their motorcycles a few non photo files are available from the server too they include the dod membership list the dod yellow pages the general rec motorcycles faq and this faq posting here are a couple of excerpts from from messages bruce posted about how to use the archive via ftp cerritos edu via e mail the address is server cerritos edu the commands are given in the body of the message the current commands are dir and send given one per line the arguments to the commands are vms style file specifications for rec moto photo the file spec is dod file for example you can send dir dod send dod bruce tanner gif send dod dodframe ps and you ll get back mail messages a directory listing uuencoded parts of bruce tanner gif and the dodframe ps file in ascii oh wildcards are allowed but a maximum of mail messages rounded up to the next whole file are send a send dod gif would send files of k each not a good idea bruce tanner x tanner cerritos edu cerritos college norwalk ca cerritos tanner a couple of comments bruce has put quite a bit of effort into this so why not drop him a note if you find the rec moto photo archive useful second since bruce has provided the server as a favor it would be kind of you to access it after normal working hours california time patches what patches you may have heard mention of various dod trinkets such as patches pins and your reaction was probably i want or that s sick or perhaps that s sick i want well there s some good news and some bad news the good news is that there s been an amazing variety of dod labeled widgets created the bad news is that there isn t anywhere you can buy any of them this isn t because of any exclusivity attempt but simply because there is no dod store that keeps a stock all of the creations have been done by individual denizens out of their own pockets the typical procedure is someone says i m thinking of having a dod frammitz made they ll cost xx xx with xx xx going to the ama museum anyone want one then orders are taken and a batch of frammitzes large enough to cover the pre paid orders is produced and quickly consumed so if you want a dod doodad act quickly the next time somebody decides to do one or produce one yourself if you see a void that needs filling after all this is anarchy in action here s a possibly incomplete list of known dod merchandise and perpetrators patches dod pins dod stickers dod motorcycle license plate frames dod t shirts dod polo shirts dod zippo lighters dod ltf ftl belt buckles dod and patches dod a second batch was done and rapidly consumed by popular demand all profits have been donated to the american motorcyclist association motorcycle heritage museum as of june over dollars has been contributed to the museum fund by the dod if you visit the museum you ll see a large plaque on the founders wall in the name of denizens of doom usenet the world complete with a dod pin here s a letter from the ama to the dod regarding our contributions newsgroups rec motorcycles from arnie skurow arnie magnus acs ohio state edu subject a letter from the motorcycle heritage museum date mon apr gmt i received the following letter from jim rogers director of the museum the other day dear arnie and all members of the denizens of doom congratulations and expressions of gratitude are in order for you and the denizens of doom with your recent donation the total amount donated is now on behalf of the amhf please extend my heartfeld gratitude to all the membership of the denizens the club s new plaque is presently being prepared of course everyone is invited to come to the museum to see the plaque that will be installed in our founders foyer by the way i will personally mount a denizens club pin on the plaque again thank you for all your support which means so much to the foundation the museum and the fulfillment of its goals sincerely jim rogers d o d director p s please post on your computer bulletin board as you all know even though the letter was addressed to me personally it was meant for all of you who purchased dod goodies that made this amount possible arnie the rules regulations bylaws of the denizens of doom motorcycle club from time to time there is some mention discussion or flame about the rules of the dod in order to fan the flames here is the complete text of the rules governing the dod rule there are no rules rule go ride other rec motorcycles information resources there are several general rec motorcycles resources that may or may not have anything to do with the dod most are posted on a regular basis but they can also be obtained from the cerritos ftp e mail server see the info on the photo archive above a general rec motorcycles faq is maintained by dave williams cerritos filenames are faqn txt where n is currently the dod yellow pages a listing of motorcycle industry vendor phone numbers addresses is maintained by bob pakser cerritos filename is yellow pages vnn where n is the rev number the list of the dod membership is maintained by the keeper of the list cerritos filename is dod list this witdod faq surprise surprise is maintained by yours truly cerritos filename is dod faq txt additions corrections etc for any of the above should be aimed at the keepers of the respective texts loki jorgenson loki physics mcgill ca has provided an archive site for motorcycle and accessory reviews here s an excerpt from his periodic announcement the rec motorcycles reviews archives and world famous llama emporium contains a veritable plethora tm of bike and accessories reviews written by rec moto readers based on their own experiences these invaluable gems of opinion highly valued for their potential to reduce noise on the list can be accessed via anonymous ftp email server or by personal request anonymous ftp ftp physics mcgill ca under ftp pub dod email archive server rm reviews ftp physics mcgill ca review submissions questions rm reviews physics mcgill ca note there is a difference in the addresses for review submission and using the email archive server ie an ftp to get started with the email server send an email message with a line containing only send help note if your return address appears like domain subdomain host username in your mail header include a line like or something similar path username host subdomain domain if you are interested in submitting a review of a bike that you already own ed please do there is a template of the format that the reviews are kept in more or less available at the archive site for those who have internet access but are unsure of how anonymous ftp works an example script is available on request reviews of any motorcycle related accessory or widget are welcome too updated stats rec motorcycles rides info some of the info cited above in various places tends to be a moving target rather than trying to catch every occurence i m just sticking the latest info down here estimated rec motorcycles readership k news groups approximate dod membership kotl dod contributions to the american motorcyclist association motorcycle heritage museum over arnie organized rides summer saw more organized rides with the joust in its third year and the ride feed going strong but without the rollins pass trip due to the collapse of a tunnel the east coast denizens got together for the right coast ride rcr with bikers from as far north as nh and as far south as fl meeting in the blueridge mountains of north carolina the pacific northwest crew organized the first great pacific northwest dryside gather gpndg another successful excuse for riding motorcycles and seeing the faces behind the names we all have come to know so well thanks to ed green for the above addition also worth mentioning are the first rec moto dirt ride held in the moab canyonlands area of southern utah riders from states showed up riding everything from monster bmws to itty bitty xrs to almost legal strokes and though it s not an official as if anything could be official with this crowd rec moto event the vintage motorcycle races in steamboat springs colorado always provides a good excuse for netters to gather there s also been the occasional labor day gather in utah european denizens have staged some gathers too your ad here reasonable rates blaine gardner evans sutherland arapeen drive slc utah blgardne javelin sim es com bix blaine g bix com fj half of my vehicles and all of my computers are kickstarted dod blaine gardner evans sutherland arapeen drive slc utah blgardne javelin sim es com bix blaine g bix com fj half of my vehicles and all of my computers are kickstarted dod
