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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 19:59:17 GMT
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csalwen@northeast.net (Cindy Salwen) writes:

> Todd,
> 
> Could you clarify technically what you mean by hosted on this server?  I think
> there is some confusion.  I understand that you are trying to investigate the
> social implications, but I think everyone needs to understand what would happen
> technically to discuss the implications.  If I understand correctly it would
> mean no change to RTL, except that one more server would host it.  Anyone could
> still read it from the server they currently use?
> 
> Cindy


Yes, 100% correct -- it would mean no change to RTL whatsoever, except
perhaps crossposting in headers, which I'm beginning to think is inescapable
in the long-term due to the way caching NNRP servers work.

Anyway, yes, anyone could still read RTL from the server they currently use;
it would be moved here, just carried here just as it is already carried on
thousands of nodes around the net.

BTW, that reminds me of another advantage I forgot to mention -- if RTL were
hosted here, it would be a centralized place that anyone could access,
meaning that article-propagation delays would be eliminated for those
articles originating here by person A and read here by person B.

--Todd



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  Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
 
(...) ^^^^^^^^ durrr. That should say "would not" -- it would not be _moved_ here, just carried here. --Todd (...) (28 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

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Todd, Could you clarify technically what you mean by hosted on this server? I think there is some confusion. I understand that you are trying to investigate the social implications, but I think everyone needs to understand what would happen (...) (28 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

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