On Monday, March 10, 1997 2:53 PM, Michael Shields[SMTP:shields@crosslink.net] wrote: @ > Analogies are sometimes useful when trying to explain @ > complex technical problems to a non-technical person. @ @ So? This is *nanog*. Where are the non-technical people here? @ @ The thread should be over on piara or something anyway. @ -- @ Shields, CrossLink. @ @ Many lists are for technical people to discuss issues and then other people take the results of those discussions and those threads to other arenas... Sometimes non-technical people subscribe in a read-only mode and they have their "bots" read the mail...this allows them to track more of the Internet which is rapidly expanding... -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation e-mail: JimFleming@unety.net JimFleming@unety.s0.g0 (EDNS/IPv8)