Xref: utzoo news.admin:15363 news.software.b:8343 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!uaisun4!mrl From: mrl@uai.com (Mark R. Ludwig) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991Jun19.161512.17705@uai.com> Date: 19 Jun 91 16:15:12 GMT References: <285CA8D6.273B@tct.com> Sender: mrl@uai.com (Mark R. Ludwig) Reply-To: mrl@uai.com (Mark R. Ludwig) Followup-To: news.admin Organization: Universal Analytics, Inc., Playa del Rey (LA), CA Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) In article , mathew@mantis writes: >chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes: >> Its purpose is to transmit *correct* articles. It succeeds. > >No, the purpose of the news transport software is to correctly transmit the >news articles which it receives. Finally, the gauntlet is on the floor. This is the crux. Get out your biggest guns, folks (or longest RFC section numbers, as it were). This is where we stand or fall, because if we have no consensus about the *purpose* of the transport software, said software cannot succeed in its purpose. I agree with Chip's definition: its purpose is to transmit *correct* articles, as defined by the RFCs. Therefore, it must *not* transmit incorrect articles.$$ -- INET: mrl@uai.com UUCP: uunet!uaisun4!mrl PSTN: +1 213 822 4422 USPS: 7740 West Manchester Boulevard, Suite 208, Playa del Rey, CA 90293 WANT: Succinct, insightful statement to occupy this space. Inquire within.