Classic Comp UUCP network.

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Mon Feb 11 11:54:03 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay West [mailto:west_at_tseinc.com]

> Ok, I have been watching the UUCP network thread. I have one
> question - WHY?

Lots of reasons:

JavaScript, Banner Ads, THIS REALLY WORKED FOR ME!!!!,
Registration Required, AOL, Microsoft, "You are not using a
frames-enabled browser," "Your browser does not support
cookies," "These documents are only available in MS Word
format," "This page is best viewed in 800x600 resolution with
internet explorer 4.0 or greater..."

Need I say more? Internet is starting to really suck. Maybe
we can all do better out of our own basements.

UUCP certainly lowers the bar for entry and maintenance of a
useable node to the point where anyone can grab a peesee out
of the dumpster and plug in. (Provided that they know at
least one person who is already connected...) Everybody has
an even chance to participate and contribute. Even those of
us who like to use computers that wouldn't generally use TCP.
:)

A 20 or 30 node UUCP network could probably hold all of the
useful information I've seen on the internet in the last three
years.

As long as the network remains a manageable size, you could
probably count on government to not get involved much, and
the type of business that caused so much trouble on the
internet wouldn't be interested. There's also the fact that
the small level of knowledge required to set up a node, or even
connect to one would be sufficient to weed out utter idiots.
This is no longer true for internet.

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
 
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