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Skriven 2007-08-18 23:53:45 av Dennis \(Icarus\) (3901.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Newsgroup back!
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"Amy Guskin" <aisling@fjordstone.com> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C2ED371A02F320C0F0407648@news.verizon.net...
> >> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:51:05 -0400, Dennis \(Icarus\) wrote
> (in article <e5896$46c7bd00$1860878d$5689@KNOLOGY.NET>):
>
> > "Matt Ion" <soundy106@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:bAOxi.68366$_d2.39526@pd7urf3no...
> >> Dennis (Icarus) wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Just because they all use the same road, does not make them the same
> >>> beast.
> >>>> Usenet IS NOT "the web".  Usenet IS NOT "the internet".  Usenet is
> >>>> simply one more "vehicle" of communication.  Period.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Indeed. The NNTP protocols are independent of the TCP/IP protocols of
> > the
> >>> Internet.
> >>> Originally connectivity was provided by UUCP.
> >>
> >> As yes, forgot about that tidbit too... for that matter, the same could
> >> be said of email, which even today does not, in itself, REQUIRE the
> >> internet for transport.  Exchange can still be used independent of
> >> Internet protocols.  Lotus Notes, Novell Mail, even FidoNet mail are
all
> >> examples of once-common non- or pre-internet mail systems.
> >>
> >
> > And that since one has to have a web to NNTP gateway should indicate
that
> > the protocols haven't changed.
> > After all, the gateway provides the link between the two systems. Web
> > front-end to display the message retrieved from what the web server has
> > archived from the NNTP feed.Once the user has finished composing the
> > message, the form goes to the web server, where it uses NNTP to post,
just
> > like any news client.
> >
> > I know, I'm being technical again. ;-) <<
>
> No, no -- you guys are great.  Seriously, I appreciate the clarity of the
> responses to this particular matter.  One thing I wanted to mention that I

:-) Thank you, Amy :-)

> haven't seen yet, though.  Matt pointed out a few messages ago that Usenet
is
> not the Web, and that Usenet is not the Internet.  But what I think a lot
of
> people get confused is that neither is the Web the Internet.  Seriously.
A

Yep.

> lot of people who aren't technical use the terms interchangeably.  I mean,
> I'm just a web design/coding monkey basically, so I'm at a very low
technical
> level compared with many of you here, but even _I_ know that the Web and
the
> Internet are not the same thing.  It occurs to me while reading over the
> messages that this might be an additional area of confusion adding a layer
to
> what confusion already exists.

That could very well be the case.



-- 
Dennis

"For instance, on planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more
intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New
York, wars and so on, while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in
the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always
believed that they were more intelligent than man, for precisely the same
reasons."
--Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, chapter 23.


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