Re: Preventing mirroring

Elliotte Rusty Harold (elharo@shock.njit.edu)
Wed, 12 Mar 1997 08:24:52 -0400

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>If on the other side I just copy the FAQ leaving it intact, it probably
>contains a sentence which says who wrote it and where is its home (at
>least I am doing so). People therefore know they are not reading the
>official version.
>

Biggest problem: The mirrored copy is never updated as quickly as the
official version. In my most recent rogue FAQ hunt I found one copy over a
year old. There are other problems, but that's the worst.

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