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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: Usenet and causality
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Date: Tue, 22-May-84 11:54:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 22 11:54:24 1984
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Articles reach places before previous articles all the time.
Here's a typical scenario:

foo+---+bar+---+baz+------+
         |                |
       biff+---+boff+---bleff

Joe posts an article on Monday on machine "foo" asking for birthdays of
famous wombats. It gets to "bar" on Monday morning. The "bar"-"baz" link is
set up for midnight calls only, but "biff" gets it right away. "biff"'s
main news feed is to/from "bar", but "biff" sends locally-generated articles
to "boff" as well. "boff" therefore gets a followup from Fred on "biff" before
the original article makes it through baz->bleff->boff.

I know there are other reasons. Suggestions?

Dave Sherman
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