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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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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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(...) ^^^^^^^^ durrr. That should say "would not" -- it would not be _moved_ here, just carried here. --Todd (...) (26 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 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

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