Text 2158, 46 rader
Skriven 2004-07-28 07:05:54 av Scott Little (3:712/848)
   Kommentar till text 2153 av mark lewis (1:3634/12)
Ärende: http compatability flag
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 [ 27 Jul 04 13:48, mark lewis wrote to Scott Little ]


 ml> first, i never said anything about under or over equipped users...

If you don't have an unmolested internet connection, you are underequipped. 
Shit, next we'll have email only Hosts.

Besides, a) binkp can run on any port, and b) if your ISP or employer is
blocking anything, it would be a privileged port like 80, not 24554, 60177, or
60179.

 ml> users aren't even part of the point...

Yes they are.  People posting on Fidonet /are/ the "audience."  Entries in the
nodelist are not.

 ml> fidonet to grow is to provide a way for new members to participate as
 ml> full nodes... not as users or superusers...

Wang waving.

I don't know what this fetish is with having a full node number, but it's
dangerous.  Fidonet is not a glorified usenet reader.

 ml> for fidonet to grow, that means that the nodelist has to grow, also...

Yeah, I'm sure there are thousands of people who'd just love to be active
Fidonet members, if only they could get it by HTTP, carrier pigeon, or morse
code.

If Fidonet is to grow, it should attract _posters_ and it can do that far more
easily with points and user accounts that have absolutely no responsibilities
whatsoever.

 ml> otherwise, fidonet ends
 ml> up being numerous small AOL-type entities that can communicate with
 ml> other AOL-type entities...

Huh?


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