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- From: Thomas Bjorkman <Thomas_Bjorkman@cornell.edu>
- Subject: Re: Where's the News?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.141029.5143@mail.cornell.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov20.033807.14581@polari>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:10:29 GMT
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- >In article <1992Nov20.033807.14581@polari> peterd@polari.online.com
- writes:
- >>Getting an excelent feed for material here in Seattle.
- >>
- >>Not getting much from the 'outside' world - like
- >>california. can't believe that nothing is being
- >>posted from 'out there'.
- >>
- >>did anybody else notice a 150 plus hour hiatus
- >>in the news? I know that systems sometimes get
- >>a little sluggish but a week? It would have been
- >>nice to have gotten some kind of message explaining /
- >>rationalizing the situation.
- [rest deleted]
-
- In article <1992Nov20.100043.19726@polari> , davego@polari.online.com
- responds:
- >Get used to it. For the past several months, this system, polari, has
- been
- >experiencing periodic lapses in News and Mail.
- [grumbling deleted]>
- >That's too bad. Polari is the fastest system in town for News and Mail.
- If
- >polari was on the internet it would be perfect. But its not. Halcyon
- is on
- >the internet with all it has to offer but is slower than molasses.
-
- I can't be sure how we're connected, but the news from Seattle is getting
- across the country just fine. seattle.general is very active and
- generally the posts are very recent. Although I may be missing some
- stuff, lots is getting out on usenet.
-