Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wlcrjs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!wlcrjs!rhesmith From: rhesmith@wlcrjs.UUCP (Richard H. E. Smith II) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: Re: re: re: re: ... Message-ID: <563@wlcrjs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 05:09:13 EST Article-I.D.: wlcrjs.563 Posted: Tue Feb 12 05:09:13 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 03:11:11 EST References: <8111@brl-tgr.ARPA> <450@rlgvax.UUCP> Reply-To: rhesmith@wlcrjs.UUCP (Richard H. E. Smith II) Organization: chi-net, Public Access UN*X, Chicago IL Lines: 19 Summary: >> unfortunately many msgs arrive out of sequence, and i read the rebuttal >> before the statement. >It's even worse. Think of USENET as a datagram service. Not only do >messages arrive out of sequence; sometimes they don't arrive at all. Both missing messages & out-of-order happen all the time here, too. I vote for well-edited quotes. >(I'd move this to "net.news", except that the original posting came from >INFO-C, and I don't think "net.news" gets gatewayed to the ARPANET.) > Guy Harris They probably have smoother mail service over there on the "high-priced" net. Let them TRY to post to net.news! (;-)) -- ---------- Dick Smith ..ihnp4!wlcrjs!rhesmith