Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site masscomp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!masscomp!paul From: paul@masscomp.UUCP (Paul Cantrell) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: receiving vs. sending satellite netnews Message-ID: <185@masscomp.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Dec-84 20:35:41 EST Article-I.D.: masscomp.185 Posted: Wed Dec 26 20:35:41 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Dec-84 03:36:02 EST References: <475@vortex.UUCP> Reply-To: paul@masscomp.UUCP (Paul Cantrell) Organization: Masscomp - Westford, MA Lines: 39 Summary: Lauren: I wonder if you would clear up a couple of points about how stargate would work? If we assume that not all people on the network will be connected to stargate for whatever reason, then it makes sense to me that all mail will be sent in duplicate: to stargate and also across the currently existing network. Thus, I really don't see how this would decrease the load on the current backbone machines. As for people who want a more efficient way of receiving news, it is true that they can elect to connect to stargate. However, since this is only a censored (sorry, moderated) subset of the news, I for one would not be satisfied with ONLY stargate; I would still want the other news too... Now if ALL of the news was going to be broadcast, this might be different. I have seen several people guess at why the news is to be 100% moderated. However, I wonder if you would post your reasons for this, straight from the horses mouth, so to say, as I feel it is one of the strongest arguments AGAINST the system. If it is indeed because there are standards for what can be broadcast, isn't something like ROT13 effective for this? If the reasons for the moderation is simply that the network is getting loaded with a tremendous amount of fluff (we all admit that this is true), then it seems to me that more moderated newsgroups are in order, but that this should not be tied directly to the stargate project. I am willing to be convinced otherwise, I just haven't heard your reasons why you think there should be such a strong binding between the distribution method and the control of content on the network. Anyway, I guess that what I am asking for is a clarification of how machines would connect to stargate in both send and receive modes, why restrictions on content are necessary if indeed they are, and most importantly: how all this will affect the rest of the network. Don't get me wrong, I think it is a very interesting experiment, and we are all interested in how it proceeds. I would just like to better understand what the impact is likely to be. PC