Xref: utzoo news.admin:12347 comp.mail.uucp:5893 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: alt.sex.pictures and the Internet Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 21:34:40 GMT References: <1991Feb12.070519.17476@ns.network.com> <17FEB91194256@alpha.sunquest.com> Followup-To: news.admin Organization: GenBank Computing Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 28 [Peter, this is a bit of a cynical reply, probably more biting than it should be, and it's not really directed to you..] peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >I sometimes think it'd be a Good Thing if the Internet dropped out of >the mail and news routing business. It'd give people an incentive to >fix the long-standing problems with UUCP mail and the black holes in >the UUCP maps. I sometimes think it'd be a Good Thing if all the phone companies were to leave the telephone business. It'd give people an incentive to improve the postal service and air travel systems. Does the phrase, ``Builds Character'' mean anything to anyone? >[...] >I've, reluctantly, given up keeping a full set of maps and started >relying on the Internet to handle routing outside of Texas. The UUCP map mechanism is in bad need of replacement, so that we might better deal with the Internet. Happy President's Day, -- Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net]