This may be redundant information to you all, but we felt that it was better that you received too many offers vice none. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you may or may not know, Internet Talk Radio, a "radio" program in the style of NPR's "All Things Considered" is being distributed over the Internet. The "show" is composed of a collection of digitized audio files. The producers of the show intend for the files to be distributed in a coordinated manner, from primary server to secondaries to tertiaries, etc. in an attempt to prevent any one server from being overwhelmed. ANS CO+RE will provide a secondary server. Since this is a new venture, we will distribute the show via a modified anonymous ftp service for the time being. As usage data becomes available we may modify the distribution method. The current files are located on the machine radio.reston.ans.net in the directory /pub/radio. The FTP server on this machine has a slightly modified anonymous account in that it requires a real password. The current password is "ansco+re". The server logs all accesses so we can start collecting the usage data.
From the producer's note:
"You will find two programs in the directory: Geek of the Week and TechNation. Geek of the Week is an interview show and is split into 7 files lasting ~40 minutes. TechNation is an hourly show from KQED (National Public Radio in San Francisco). Each program has a readme file associated with it: date_program.readme e.g., 033193_geek.readme" To obtain the current "show" (~50MB total) use the following procedure: ftp radio.reston.ans.net User: anonymous Password: ansco+re <== NOTE: password required ftp> cd /pub/radio ftp> prompt ftp> binary ftp> mget 03*.au ftp> ascii ftp> mget *.readme We will mail announcements of the availability of future shows to those who are interested. I would appreciate receiving a note telling me whether or not you would like to receive those announcements. Mike O'Connor oconnor@ans.net 703-758-7704