http://www.1729.com Womcat Bookmarks for Philip Dorrell. Womcat Bookmarks 2.1.0 Internet Technology http://www.1729.com/wiki/HowFastIsTheInternet.html Is the speed of the Internet how fast it takes packets to get from computer to computer, which can be seconds, or is it how long it takes a document to get from writer to reader, which can be years ? Internet Technology Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:44:59 +1200 http://www.1729.com/wiki/TheTroubleWithUsenet.html The design of Usenet is fundamentally flawed, and the main result of this is that the level of moderation is never what either readers or writers of postings want. Either you cannot post to a topic, or the topic you want to post to does not even exist, or you can post, but the topic is overwhelmed by spammers, so noone reads it anyway. Internet Technology Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:44:59 +1200