Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cbscc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!cbosgd!cbsck!cbscc!swc From: swc@cbscc.UUCP (Scott W. Collins) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: James Doohan Network Packets Message-ID: <4003@cbscc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Nov-84 16:37:31 EST Article-I.D.: cbscc.4003 Posted: Fri Nov 2 16:37:31 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Nov-84 08:20:14 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 17 , Newsflash! JD is Canadian! ... so, now that we've heard this a million times, let's drop it. I suggest that all situations like this in the future be acted upon like a good packet switching network: it waits a period of time before flooding IMP-news packets to all neighbors in case they got the packets already from other ajoining (sp?) neighbors. Just make sure that youse guise wait different amounts of times, udder-wise (smart milk farmers) wheeze all will send our postings at the same time. How long does user "x" wait? Just write a random hashing function for yourself (with no zero multipliers) and use the output as a guideline for waiting-time. A Hater Of Waste (and other excrement)