Xref: utzoo comp.mail.uucp:5683 comp.protocols.tcp-ip:14254 comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains:552 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!dww From: dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: More routing question information Message-ID: <3882@stl.stc.co.uk> Date: 1 Jan 91 22:55:20 GMT References: <1990Dec29.182422.8788@kithrup.COM> <75110373@bfmny0.BFM.COM> Sender: news@stl.stc.co.uk Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK Lines: 32 In the referenced article tneff@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes: #In article pcg@cs.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes: #> [ ... kithrup has links to both SCO, a USENET site, and #> ucscc, which is an Internet site but has an UUCP link to #> kithrup, yet does not advertise itself as a USENET site or #> an Internet-USENET gateway ... ] # #Excuse me, but what in the world is an "Internet-USENET gateway"? # #I would not ordinarily object to casual misuse of the basic mail/news #terminology, but when someone of Piercarlo's stature gets it wrong, and #bases an entire long argument on it, I have to wonder what he really means. I shouldn't worry about it - or anything else that Piercarlo posts. It is his normal way to almost totally misunderstand a situation, build a whole false edifice based on a small grain of truth, then post polemics complaining that the situation he has imagined is wrong. I used to argue with him - especially because of that grain of truth which sometimes does need to be dealt with - but I have learned that it is a waste of time. And nobody should believe any of his statements about how the various nets are organised unless they are corroborated by other, competent, people. I am sorry to so denigrate the views of another member of the net: it is not my usual way. But Piercarlo has confused so many arguements with his distorted view of the world that I consider it necessary to warn others. Regards, David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK dww@stl.stc.co.uk ...uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!dww PSI%234237100122::DWW Usenet works on the principle that 10,000 people know more about the answer to any question than one does. Unfortunately they know 10,000 different answers.