11 Feb
2002
11 Feb
'02
4:30 a.m.
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Brian Chase wrote:
For the most part it's pull, but there's a
good bit of push as well.
Based on some recent exchanges, I'm fairly certain you're no fan of
pushed information like spam. Either e-mail or newsgroup based, spam is
not desirable. And then on the web it's not uncommon to have to deal
with pop-up ads. Push happens.
Again, without meaning to fart in anyone's oxygen supply, I don't see how
creating an "alternate internet" over UUCP is going to help you. As you
will quickly realize once you advance one or two steps in the logical
outcome of this, you find that there's not much use of a closed internet
with maybe several hundred participants.
Setting up a UUCP network because it's fun and neat and a worthwhile
learning endeavor: cool.
Setting up a UUCP network because you hate spam and want to create an
alternate internet community: futile.
Time willing, I'll be a node.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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