gt@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (George Tatge) (10/20/89)
I am looking for a description of USENET that would be appropriate to give to someone who has absolutly no idea as to what it could be. I have been asked to help describe it to new users and I figgured I would see if someone has written such a description already. I have already looked through the monthly info postings and didn't see anything that is really appropriate for people who didn't already have some idea of what USENET is. So, if you have written a description of USENET [for a proposal or something] that might be used as a simple introduction to the concepts of USENET, like how messages are propagated and such, in lay-english. Please mail me a copy. I will summarize all of the messag never had any trouble with telnet numbers. There are thousands of phones at HP alone which are not subject to the switching overload of millions of relatives trying to call into the area. Anyway, I know there would be lots of problems to solve, but probably not impossible ones. The savings in human life and property might be tremendous given an even more devastating quake. gt