Rick Van Ruth (3:640/954) wrote to Steven Horn at 00:04 on 06 Nov 2002:

 RVR> I can see your confusion. Taken verbatim you are correct, the
 RVR> problem lies with the FTSC because they forgot to include part of
 RVR> the IP proposal stating that the flag Pvt is a kludge and
 RVR> different to the Pvt used to state a private node ie: there are 2
 RVR> definitions of that flag.

 RVR> In which case Pvt as a kludge is usable as a RIN.

How in the world is someone supposed to read something that has been
omitted from a standard as part of it?  If I wrote a law like that, my
employer would fire me.

 RVR> Otherwise you could be like me, I also am the only one around
 RVR> these parts for some distance, in actual fact the Net I belong to
 RVR> spans over 2500kms and 2 countries. :-)

It's not my idea of a way to spend a Christmas.  Bob Satti gave me my RIN
status over a decade ago and I've gotten quite fond of it.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 

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