On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Bill Pechter wrote:
> Sounds good... Mine's up... wanna start swapping systems entries.
> We can use Cnews over UUCP over TCP/IP and use the local ISP's for
> connectivity.
Doesn't UUCP over TCP/IP defeat the purpose of having UUCP as an
independent network? An Internet outage and the UUCP system is
broken. On the other hand, a UUCP network of systems connected via
the telephone network could survive an Internet breakdown. Of course,
back when I worked at AT&T, I was told that there were switches
installed, by law, in the telephone company central offices, so that
the U.S. government could order the telephone systems shut down in the
event of a "national emergency." How nice, Big Brother working hard
for our tax dollars again... just like the highways that are build not
for primary purpose of civilian transportation, but to make it easier
for military vehicles to travel throughout the U.S. and to contain
people in certain geographic areas (e.g. "beltways"... did you ever
think about what the real purpose of those "sound barrier" walls is?)
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Received on Sat Nov 18 2000 - 08:10:12 GMT