On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 05:40:24AM +0200, Anthony G. Atkielski wrote:
Paul Hoffman writes:
You talk as if you were a root operator and you know what they would
do. In fact, you run an alternate root, not a real root, so it seems
that you knowing what real root operators would do is particularly
unlikely.
There really isn't any such thing as a "real root" or "alternate root"
on the Internet, just as paper currency and coins have no "real
value." It all depends on what the majority decides to do. If
everyone switches to an "alternate root" tomorrow, then the "real
root" won't matter.
That's sounds good, but in fact, it's utter nonsense. It's like saying that
the only difference between rowboat and a cargo ship is what people believe
about them. In fact, if everybody started using one of the alternate roots,
it would simply collapse.
There is far more to the real root system than just human sentiment. There
is heavy duty infrastructure, both human and physical, involved.
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