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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:36:24 GMT
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lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) writes:
> csalwen@northeast.net (Cindy Salwen) writes:
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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
> > 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
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> 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.
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> 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
^^^^^^^^
durrr. That should say "would not" -- it would not be _moved_ here, just
carried here.
--Todd
> thousands of nodes around the net.
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> 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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| (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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