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Message no. 1
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Reflections Posts
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:00:21 -0700
Is anyone else getting reflection posts..Ya know multiple posts that
are identical??
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Kind of a bummer. Gettin' your butt kicked by a dead guy.
- Lt Col McQueen
The truth is a three edged sword. - Kosh
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are. - B.Bonsai
Message no. 2
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:17:02 -0700
GRANITE wrote:
/
/ Is anyone else getting reflection posts..Ya know multiple posts that
/ are identical??

Vagabound had hotmail do something screwy a few days ago, but it appears to
have cleared up. Someone's mom hit the send key one to many times before
that. And someone else sent a private message twice to the list. Is that
what you're seeing? Or is it something else?

BTW Granite, do me a favor and reply to me privately so we don't have to
clutter the list with this.

If anyone else is seeing double, let me know.

-David
--
"Laugh and grow strong."
- St. Ignatius of Loyola
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ShadowRN GridSec: Enforcer Division
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1068/homepage.htm
Message no. 3
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 22:00:19 -0700
> what you're seeing? Or is it something else?

Actually it seems to have been a local phenomenon..and it seems to
have passed..I noticed it in some private email as well..So it had to
be local.. Thanks to those who answered though..even you DH.. :)

> BTW Granite, do me a favor and reply to me privately so we don't have to
> clutter the list with this.

I am not disreguarding your request out of hand..Replying to the list
for my particular problem stops more OT clutter.. :)
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Kind of a bummer. Gettin' your butt kicked by a dead guy.
- Lt Col McQueen
The truth is a three edged sword. - Kosh
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are. - B.Bonsai
Message no. 4
From: NightLife <habenir@*****.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 01:20:34 -0500
At 12:00 PM 2/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Is anyone else getting reflection posts..Ya know multiple posts that
>are identical??
>--------------------------------GRANITE
> "Rock Steady"

Yes I have. I've been wondering about them for a while. Here's another
question. Why is that sometimes when retreiving email from the list the
reply to a previous question come before the mail asking the question?

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nightlife Inc.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

"I am telling you nothing - merely asking you to remember that death come in
many shades. Some are harsh and infinitely painful to look upon; others can be
as peaceful and beautiful as the setting sun. I am an artist, and many colors
lie on upon my palette. Let me paint him a rainbow, and give you the means to
decide where it ends."

Erik from the book Phantom.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Document Classified
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Message no. 5
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 23:39:36 -0700
> ..... Why is that sometimes when retreiving email from the list the
> reply to a previous question come before the mail asking the question?

That properly falls into the Millenium bug arena..and of course
improperly set mailer time for the most part...
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Kind of a bummer. Gettin' your butt kicked by a dead guy.
- Lt Col McQueen
The truth is a three edged sword. - Kosh
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are. - B.Bonsai
Message no. 6
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 13:26:47 +0000
And verily, did GRANITE hastily scribble thusly...
|
|> what you're seeing? Or is it something else?
|
|Actually it seems to have been a local phenomenon..

Do doo d-dodo...

Sorry... Couldn't help myself. It's that word....
:)
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| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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Message no. 7
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 13:46:31 +0000
And verily, did GRANITE hastily scribble thusly...
|
|> ..... Why is that sometimes when retreiving email from the list the
|> reply to a previous question come before the mail asking the question?
|
|That properly falls into the Millenium bug arena..and of course
|improperly set mailer time for the most part...

Now entirely true.
What happens is, the internet is a packet based network.
What a router does is find a router from the sending host to the receiving
host by the most efficient route.

This has the added complication however, that messages send are often
divided up into many different packets, and sent individually. This leads to
packets from the same message going down many different routes.

The receiving host then reassembles the packets into the original message,
but it can't do that until ALL packets have been received, so a delay
somewhere on the net can delay a message for a while at one destination,
while another gets it almost instantaneously, which then leads to the "I
received the reply before the original, or the rarer "I didn't receive the
original at all".

<BBC>
That was a public information film
</BBC>

:)
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 8
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 13:55:00 +0000
And verily, did Spike hastily scribble thusly...
||That properly falls into the Millenium bug arena..and of course
||improperly set mailer time for the most part...
|
|Now entirely true.

That should, of course, have read No*T* entirely true.
<mutter>
Me and my ****ing typoes
</mutter>

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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 9
From: Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 15:07:00 EST
<snipped Spike's -VERY- accurate reply on 'Packet Delivery' >

Thank you, I knew that Granite's original reply wasn't correct, but I couldn't
remember the system in SR.

On a related POV to this, in the Matrix, is information "direct feed/non-
packeted" or could you "packet" everything and go from there. Would be an
interesting way to lose a Trace ICe.

-K
Message no. 10
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: Reflections Posts
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:27:38 -0700
> Thank you, I knew that Granite's original reply wasn't correct, but I couldn't
> remember the system in SR.

I originally meant this as a bit of a joke.. As this sort of thin
falls into the IDTS catagory of things.. It Does That Sometimes..
Never mind I guess you had to be there.,..
--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Kind of a bummer. Gettin' your butt kicked by a dead guy.
- Lt Col McQueen
The truth is a three edged sword. - Kosh
No Matter Where You Go, There You Are. - B.Bonsai

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