Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site scorplx.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!scorplx!craig From: craig@scorplx.UUCP (Craig Miller) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: interesting news article Message-ID: <134@scorplx.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 14:35:36 EDT Article-I.D.: scorplx.134 Posted: Fri Jul 27 14:35:36 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 21:08:13 EDT References: <292@ihlpf.UUCP> Organization: Honeywell Info. Systems, Billerica, MA Lines: 59Ron, you forgot (or maybe you didn't see the read the rest of the announcement): ------------------ 'misspelled words' Periodically, in the process of transmitting articles onto the net, random words are misspelld. This generates massive flames upon flames for weeks (sometimes months) aimed at the misspeller (and at other flamers). 'Usenet map' Definitely one of the largest producers of articles. The maps are distributed periodically over the entire network. The volume in the maps themselves is great, but is nothing compared to the volume of mail that is generated when the network readers notice numerous mistakes on the maps and try to notify the map makers of these mistakes. (whose return path is unreachable) 'Un*x' In a related announcement, AT&T confessed that Un*x itself was originally developed in order to increase long distance revenues. Someone there forsaw the possible uses of an operating system which would make it easier to develop machine-to-machine communication programs over phone lines. (see below) 'Uucp' Uucp was purposely written (complete with bugs, so that a newsgroup would be specifically created for the their discussion) to tie up phone lines for the maximum time possible. (How many sites that use long distance to uucp use other long distance services besides AT&T?) Also, some versions of uucp are rumored to support only short phone numbers which make it impossible to use some long distance services. 'Usenet' Usenet was the final non-AI project (all of the projects within Usenet were AI projects) aimed at the ultimate good-for-nothing usage of long distance. Rumors are that at AT&T each employee must post at least 5 articles per month to the net (those that post more get raises) to keep it going. ------------------ Editor's note: the above article does not necessarily reflect the views of my employer (or me, for that matter). Craig Miller ..!decvax!scorplx!craig Honeywell Information Systems; Billerica, Mass. "A man barely alive, but we can reboot him..."