jkrey@ISI.EDU (Joyce K. Reynolds) (09/09/89)
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RFC 1118:
Title: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Internet
Author: E. Krol
Mailbox: Krol@UXC.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Pages: 24
Characters: 62,757
pathname: RFC:RFC1118.TXT
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participants to understand how the direction of the Internet is set,
how to acquire online information and how to be a good Internet
neighbor. While the information discussed may not be relevant to the
research problems of the Internet, it may be interesting to a number
of researchers and implementors. No standards are defined or
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NOTICE:
The hitchhikers guide to the Internet is a very unevenly edited
memo and contains many passages which simply seemed to its editors like
a good idea at the time. It is an indispensable companion to all those
who are keen to make sense of life in an infinitely complex and
confusing Internet, for although it cannot hope to be useful or
informative on all matters, it does make the reassuring claim that where
it is inaccurate, it is at least definitively inaccurate. In cases of
major discrepancy it is always reality that's got it wrong. And
remember, DON'T PANIC. (Apologies to Douglas Adams.)
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Joyce K. Reynolds