26 Aug
2014
26 Aug
'14
4:21 a.m.
On Aug 25, 2014, at 2:56 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon(a)orthanc.ca> wrote:
Then we should see about getting them to Warren for
the archives. They are a part of "internet" history that should never be lost.
(Along with the code for pathalias.)
And perhaps a bit more importantly, does he still have the raw data that drove creating
the maps? It would be very interesting to see and compare those byte counts against
today's internet. (I'm also very curious to see the relative flow between the
hubs, and how data fanned out from them.)
I remember when the newsgroup traffic on Usenet hit 5 MB/day. I think that was the third
"death of the net" predicted event. Then someone stepped up and explained (in a
newsgroup) how to work your way through the entire mess, using very optimized applications
of rn and kill files :-) Where is Henry Spencer these days, anyway?!
--lyndon