Text 7857, 67 rader
Skriven 2005-03-23 08:00:03 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
   Kommentar till text 7692 av mark lewis (1:3634/12)
Ärende: Swedish Raid on ISP Called Major Blow to Piracy
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Hello mark,

21 Mar 2005 22:56, mark lewis wrote to Michiel van der Vlist:

 MvdV>>>> Björn decided to no longer use the service. Where does
 MvdV>>>> it say that he must?

 ml>>> some of the backbone distribution systems state that if
 ml>>> a moderator wants their echo carried by that backbone
 ml>>> distribution, they must list in the elist...

 MvdV>> So? Who needs them? Welcome to the 21th century. It has
 MvdV>> brought us InterNet for the masses. We don't need anyone to
 MvdV>> distribute our echos. We can do it ourselves now.  These
 MvdV>> distributers are trying to sell water in a rain forest.

 ml> you got =the= answer to your question and now you try to turn it 
 ml> to something that has no bearing on the question at all...

The bearing on the /original/ question - who says a moderator who does not
register his sechos fails to do his job - is obvious: there is no binding rule
that a moderator must list his echos.

 ml> FWIW: you can thank (the) US for 1) fidonet,

BS. The "USA" had nothing to do with FidoNet. FidoNet was invented by a few
individuals, the most memorable of them Tom Jennings. They did that as
individuals, not as representatives of their contry. TJ isn't even a "good
USAian" in the eyes of many of the vocal USAians in here. He is a homosexual
for Christ sake. Shannon Tally and his ilk would crusify him for that if he was
still around.
   
 ml> 2) the internet and 

BS two. The InterNet was not invented in any single place.  It evolved from the
merging of many precursing networks. USAian /and/ European. WWW was invented at
CERN in Switserland.

 ml> 3) the freedom of communication that you enjoy with these 
 ml> technologies ;)

BS three.  

I already had freedom of communication 40 years ago.

 ml>>> since BJ "decided" to not use the list, then he must deal
 ml>>> with the consequences of that decision... having his echo
 ml>>> not carried by certain backbone distribution systems is one
 ml>>> of those consequences...

 MvdV>> I have not seen his echo disappear from any distribution
 MvdV>> system yet.

 ml> thanks to others who have elisted the echotag and not many any 
 ml> differentian between BJ's tag and theirs ;) ;)

So there have been no consequences. Wheter the echo woulkd actually have
disappeared form Z1 distribution is something we will never know as it has not
been put to the test.

So take a hike with your echolist.


Cheers, Michiel

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