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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.conterra.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!netnews.nwnet.net!symiserver2.symantec.com!usenet From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages Date: 4 Jul 1996 10:57:28 GMT Organization: Symantec Corporation Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4rg82o$539@symiserver2.symantec.com> References: <31D4AA3A.BC0@www.play-hookey.com> <836073421snz@dsl.co.uk> <31D87436.7C7F@www.play-hookey.com> <4rcp4r$ca@anorak.coverform.lan> Reply-To: tedm%toybox@agora.rdrop.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.6.34.3 X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 In <4rcp4r$ca@anorak.coverform.lan>, brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) writes: > >Ah, well, that's a long story. The UK (believe it or not) has the most >technically advanced and widest telecom infrastructure in the world. >Coupled with this is a government that thinks it's a good idea not to >use it - almost as bad as allowing people to use it and then thinking >that it can be censored. > >The "arguement" goes along the lines of: [long funny story deleted] No, what BT really needs to do is throw this giant party in London in that big tower of theirs, and invite all the government officials connected with regulating the phone system to it. At the height of the festivities they then steal downstairs and ignite the hidden rocket motors in the base of the thing and blast the entire thing off to France. That way they can kill two birds with one stone, they get rid of the regulation and beautify the city at the same time! ;-) Ted