News servers and messsage times [Re: Some tools for D]

[Bruno Medeiros]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Downs wrote:
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> Downs wrote from an hour in the future:
>>>> ...Here's a patch that introduces a vastly simplified map/reduce/filter
>>>> syntax for small functions. Also allows you to use functions instead of
>>>> delegates.
>>>
>>> Downs, man, come back from the future and hang out with the rest of us
>>> here.  Or at least give us some stock market tips.
>>>
>>> --bb
>> Sorry, my system clock was set to local time. It should be fixed now.
>> Apropos, is it really a good idea for the news server to trust the
>> client with the message time?
>>  --downs
> 
> I'm not sure it's the server's fault.
> Actually I just discovered thunderbird has a way to sort by "order 
> received" which uses the message number rather than date.
> 
> Also the messages all have a header like:
>    NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:01:01 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> in addition to the listed date.
> So maybe it's more a newsreader issue.
> 
> --bb

Using the threaded view also makes the conversation appear in the right 
order.

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Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
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