[OT] Convention of Communication
Robert Fraser
fraserofthenight at gmail.com
Thu May 28 12:29:18 PDT 2009
Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Frits van Bommel" <fvbommel at REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> wrote in message
> news:gvlsjc$1881$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Denis Koroskin wrote:
>>> FWIW, NNTP (which is used in newsgroups like this) falls into Usenet
>>> category:
>>>
>>> Wikipedia quote (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet#Technical_details):
>>>> On the Internet, Usenet is typically served via NNTP ...
>> Just because NNTP is used for Usenet doesn't mean every NNTP server is a
>> Usenet server.
>> Similarly, not every TCP/IP network is the Internet and not every car is
>> the one I drove to the supermarket last week :P.
>
> "WiFi available here!" [pet peeve]Not every WiFi network is conected to the
> internet[/pet peeve]
One day I would like to walk into a coffee shop my laptop, connect to
Wi-Fi and be able to only explore the cafe's intranet.
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