Re: Ada In Crosstalk

[John English <je@brighton.ac.uk>]

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? :-)

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