perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (12/09/83)
:-)
Sigh,
The last responses have trickled in and the results are inconclusive
at best. To refresh your memories, I asked for people to send me a note
when they received my article. I got 147 responses. 63% of the network
gets the news within 24 hrs. 81% within 48. And 100% of those responding
got the article in 10 days. The 147 responses represent 93 sites (slightly
under 2 replies per site on avg. I got 7 from one site, only 1 from lots
of others.)
Since everyone always claims that there are 100's (1000's?) of sites, I
can only assume that this is circumstantial evidence that there are leaks
in the network. Big ones??? I suggest someone from another site try the
same trick and see how many responses they get.
P.S. I made it to ukc in only 2 days, but some European sites didn't get
it for another week+. California in general doesn't respond. Come-on guys,
surely you can stop gagging each other with spoons long enough to say hello?
:-) (Gawd, this was tiring.)
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Stephen Perelgut Computer Systems Research Group University of Toronto
Usenet: {linus, ihnp4, allegra, decvax, floyd}!utcsrgv!perelgutstimac@tymix.UUCP (Michael Stimac) (12/14/83)
Like, I mean, like who CARES how long it takes the mail to, like, get to, um, another site? Michael (Hates surveys, but no spoons in my mouth :-) ) Stimac Tymshare Cupertino, California