From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b7f81184e76b0532 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-29 05:41:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!195.40.4.120.MISMATCH!easynet-quince!easynet.net!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!server3.netnews.ja.net!newshost.central.susx.ac.uk!news.bton.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: John English Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada In Crosstalk Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:09:12 +0000 Organization: University of Brighton Message-ID: <3E37D278.27F32759@brighton.ac.uk> References: <3E34330C.62C5A6F0@adaworks.com> <29yZ9.2563$c6.2666@bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: straumli.it.bton.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: saturn.bton.ac.uk 1043845681 26421 193.62.183.204 (29 Jan 2003 13:08:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@bton.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 29 Jan 2003 13:08:01 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:33554 Date: 2003-01-29T13:08:01+00:00 List-Id: Wes Groleau wrote: > > >>I think it's like a miniature slashdot effect. > >>C.L.A. mentions the site, and their server can't > >>handle the sudden flood (of twenty-five people). > > > No, this is an issue that Dr. Paus has mentioned befor in this forum -- the > > .mil sites deny access to certain foreign IP addresses. > > I can believe that. > > On the other hand, almost every time > I try to follow an STSC reference in CLA, > (from my Indiana worksite, through > a proxy in Boston, Dallas, or Los Angeles), > it fails. It usually works the next day. Maybe the extra day is how long it takes the spooks to do a security check? :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------- John English | mailto:je@brighton.ac.uk Senior Lecturer | http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je Dept. of Computing | ** NON-PROFIT CD FOR CS STUDENTS ** University of Brighton | -- see http://burks.bton.ac.uk -----------------------------------------------------------------