Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rayssd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!rayssd!dhb From: dhb@rayssd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Strange time warp??? Message-ID: <544@rayssd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 13:18:12 EDT Article-I.D.: rayssd.544 Posted: Wed Oct 24 13:18:12 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Oct-84 03:35:46 EDT Organization: Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI Lines: 31 I have seen discussions here before about time warps whereby an article could get from one coast to the other several hours before it was posted but the trans-atlantic link has now got that beaten by a mile. The following article arrived here on 10/24 after having passed across the Atlantic and through several sites (not all of which are known for passing the news along in a timely fashion). > Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rayssd.UUCP > Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ru-cs44.UUCP > Path: rayssd!brunix!foxvax1!wjh12!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!ru-cs44!adrian > From: adrian@ru-cs44.UUCP > Newsgroups: net.sources > Subject: rn - part 1 of 8 (reposting) > Message-ID: <785@ru-cs44.UUCP> > Date: Sat, 27-Oct-84 11:44:47 EDT > Article-I.D.: ru-cs44.785 > Posted: Sat Oct 27 11:44:47 1984 > Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 09:44:11 EDT > Organization: Reading Univ. UK. > Lines: 1967 Not bad huh? Passed through seven other sites and STILL got here three days before it was posted. I suppose that the folks in England will probably say that they always knew that "the colonies" were a little behind the times! -- Dave Brierley Raytheon Co.; Portsmouth RI; (401)-847-8000 x4073 ...!decvax!brunix!rayssd!dhb ...!allegra!rayssd!dhb ...!linus!rayssd!dhb