distributed data store, a la eternity
Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
dlv at bwalk.dm.com
Wed Aug 6 07:13:51 PDT 1997
A couple of minor nits in an otherwise excellent article:
Adam Back <aba at dcs.ex.ac.uk> writes:
> So using USENET allows you to point the finger and say "it's not my
> material, it's just USENET posts". Much like altavista doesn't
> issue cancel messages for posts in USENET news, it's not their
> problem, they're just providing a view onto a distributed database.
As far as I can determine, dec's altavista does process cancels - not a good
way to use Usenet these days. :-( However Dejanews doesn't process cancels.
> Just look at the Scientologist battles. It's simply amazing the
> bravery of the Scientologist detractors in face of types of
> harrasement thrown at them.
{Ex-Anti-}Scientologists are scum too. If they weren't nuts, they wouldn't
have joined the cult in the first place.
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