Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!ipso!stcns3!dave From: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: USENET loses its backbone Message-ID: <679@stcns3.stc.oz> Date: 4 Aug 88 04:04:14 GMT Reply-To: dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall) Organization: Alcatel-STC Australia, North Sydney, AUSTRALIA Lines: 12 Amusing. Just had a look at the latest in news.announce.newsusers... Someone (Spaf?) has been systematically swapping "backbone" with a phrase from "major", "well-connected" etc. E.g. a "backbone site" has been replaced by "a well-connected site". Hmmm... Did I miss an Important Announcement? -- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU), Alcatel-STC Australia, dave@stcns3.stc.oz dave%stcns3.stc.OZ.AU@uunet.UU.NET, ...munnari!stcns3.stc.OZ.AU!dave MIPS is a four-letter word