Naw, the Internet can not be "read only".  For every consumer, there must be
a provider.  For every download, there is an upload somewhere else.  The
internet IS synchrounous when taken as a whole.  Hey, I just extended the
conservation of energy theory to the Internet!

Tom Veldhouse
veldy at veldy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Troy.A Johnson" <troy.johnson at health.state.mn.us>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [TCLUG] DNS Question!


> True enough. Cable is for users, not servers.
>
> I have problem with the idea of accepting/
> promoting the Internet as a new kind of
> "Television": all one way and read only.
> Another we'll-provide-the-programming-you-
> just-sit-back-and-watch-it medium. Lame.
>
> Sorry for going off half cocked.
>
> Troy
>
> >>> veldy at veldy.net 01/17/02 07:54AM >>>
> I can't blame the guy.  The AUP suggests that you can't run servers.
People
> that run servers, often pull way to much upstream bandwidth at the expense
> of other people on their node.  Why should he have to suffer slowdowns
> because another user is breaking the AUP and getting away with it.  If you
> want to run a web server get a hosting company to do it or get another
> technology for you to deliver your product.  Cable is for users, not
> servers.
>
>
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