John, at 21:13 on Oct 28 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

DD>> Actually, B1 isn't neccesary to accept incoming HST calls

JP> Correct; just as I explained.

DD>> B0 will do fine.  B1 _is_ neccesary to force an HST 
DD>> outgoing call, and by flying an HST flag I would be 
DD>> encouraging innocent young Australians to break the law.  
DD>> Subversion I think they call it :-)

JP> Oh bollocks, David. You're really clutching at straws this 
JP> time. |-)

Why fly flags in the nodelist if it is not to invite calls at that protocol/etc?

JP> I suppose that you'd better not park your BMW in a shopping 
JP> mall carpark, just in case it encourages some hooligan to 
JP> swipe the badge, or worse -- the car!

Parking a vehicle somewhere does NOT mean "swipe bits/the
vehicle" to right minded people...

JP> To save you stating that you don't have a BMW, I know. :-)

Actually I do.  And it has never had the badges pulled off it.  Neither has
the wife's - and we do park them on occasion in shopping mall car parks.

David
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