Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod!usc!apple!vsi1!daver!zorch!xanthian From: xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: AMIGA Message-ID: <1991Jan15.120654.26609@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Date: 15 Jan 91 12:06:54 GMT References: <1991Jan13.141911.17636@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <38009@cup.portal.com> <1991Jan14.145533.3429@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: SF-Bay Public-Access Unix Lines: 52 lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren Rittle) writes: > Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com ]a writes: >> lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren Rittle) writes: >>> [...] Anyone know why this article never made it out my way? I am >>> refering to Peter's article that Thad replied to. >> Good question. SOMETHING seems to be wrong. I've seen (in other >> newsgroups) public messages claiming that all mail to me is bouncing >> (which would explain why only 3 new emails since last Wednesday, >> contrasted with the normal 50+ per day), plus over 20 phone calls >> since Friday asking me why email and news is screwed, > The article in question finally made it here. One day and 10 hours > after it was mailed! (I have not checked for ten hours, so it could > have come in as soon as 24 hours after it was mailed.) This would not > bother me, except for the fact that our site got a higher numbered > message from Peter's site (From Peter to be precise) in only a few > hours at worst! Don't let a little matter of a day or two get you down. I'm still getting reorganization votes, as of yesterday at least. Voting closed December 16th. The net can be as much as 3 MONTHS across, counting both propagation and spool expiry times. Also, news is done by a "flooding" algorithm, and it is rarely the case that two articles from the same person reach your site along the same path. >> zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu seems to be ending up in a black hole or the > Don't know about this, I was able to mail to that site (not tha > person...), as of a few days ago. Not the easy way from here; see separate article. > Strange. Loren J. Rittle > ``In short, this is the absolute coolest computer device ever > invented!'' -Tom Denbo speaking about The VideoToaster by NewTek > ``your pathetic architectures won't support it'' - Kent Paul Dolan Ah, fame! ;-) > ``Think about NewTek's VideoToaster! Now think about the Amiga!'' /// It's Amiga /// for me: why Kent, the man from xanth. \\\/// settle for \XX/ anything less? -- Convener, COMPLETED comp.sys.amiga grand reorganization.