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echo: fidonews
to: JOE DELAHAYE
from: WILFRED VAN VELZEN
date: 2015-06-03 19:06:00
subject: Re: As Mark twain once sa

Hi,

On 2015-06-02 11:53:17, Joe Delahaye wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:
  about: "Re: As Mark twain once said ...":

 WV>> So the bird that drops stuff, is downlinking in your eyes? ;)

 JD> No it is downloading   Ask my wife about that.  She stepped out the
 JD> door, got the message, went in to clean up, stepped out the door, and got
 JD> another download.  She didnt like the message 

Lol!

 WV>> Something like this: http://vlzn.nl/shitheads.jpg

 JD> I think I had that on my desk at one time   My boss didnt like it much
 JD> :)

;)

 WV>> But that is a tree, so nothing like the fidoweb! ;-)

 JD> If you come right down to it, the fidoweb is no different then the NAB.

Only if you look at it superficially...

 JD> It connects to multiple sources, just like the NAB does, and it
 JD> collects mail from multile sources, and send it back again.  At least,
 JD> that is the way I see it.

... like you do here. ;)

 JD> The big disadvantage with the FW is the multiple dupes created.

Than you don't understand it. One of the goals of the FW is to create
redundancy. That is what dupes do. So you want a number of dupes. It's no
problem for cost or resources, as long as they are detected right, and most
fido tossers do this today...

Bye, Wilfred.


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