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| From | Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... |
| Date | 2021-02-21 23:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <BL5oJ-4B2-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <BKXhv-7J1-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <BL4j0-3W8-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 22-02-2021 07:09, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> 5) the mirror debian site (ftp.acc.umu.se) had smelly prefixes as
>> subdomains (apparently Chinese transliterations) {chuangtzu, laotzu}
>
> FWIW, when naming machines in a subdomain (e.g. for .acc.umu.se) it's
> quite common to first decide on a "theme" and then pick names from that
> theme. E.g. a computer lab's nodes may all have names of dinosaurs, or
> names of alcoholic drinks, etc...
>
> Searching for chuangtzu and laotzu suggests these are names of great
> figures of Taoism, so it seems very kosher to me.
The only mirror that has ever pulled anything hinky with me, over about
20 years, was the Australian one: mirror.aarnet.edu.au.
I got dropped any number of times, then advised `server unobtainable',
persistently.
These days, under current circumstances of insanity, I should feel much
more comfortable working of a Chinese server than any number of others.
But then, I'm not a bankrupt national context grasping at straws on the
way down.
Cheers!
Harry.
--
`The World is not dangerous because of those who do harm but
because of those who look on without doing anything'.
-- Albert Einstein
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shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-02-21 14:50 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-02-21 15:20 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-02-22 10:00 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-02-22 10:20 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-02-22 13:10 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Albretch Mueller <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-02-24 17:30 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-02-24 17:40 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-02-24 17:50 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Steve McIntyre <93sam@debian.org> - 2021-02-24 19:50 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-02-21 17:00 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-02-21 22:20 +0100
Re: shadowy, sort of fly by night debian mirrors? ... Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-02-21 23:30 +0100
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