[Gzz-commits] manuscripts/pointers article.rst

[Tuomas J. Lukka]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/gzz
Module name:    manuscripts
Branch:         
Changes by:     Tuomas J. Lukka <address@hidden>        03/11/02 14:34:37

Modified files:
        pointers       : article.rst 

Log message:
        Start writing it out. We will save space if we use bold paragraph 
starts instead of subsections

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gzz/manuscripts/pointers/article.rst.diff?tr1=1.79&tr2=1.80&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: manuscripts/pointers/article.rst
diff -u manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.79 
manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.80
--- manuscripts/pointers/article.rst:1.79       Sun Nov  2 14:24:45 2003
+++ manuscripts/pointers/article.rst    Sun Nov  2 14:34:37 2003
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 
 (The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine [waybackmachine]_
 alleviates these concerns, but it introduces
-a single point of failure for the *entire* Web!)
+a single point of failure (XXX and censorship) for the *entire* Web!)
 
 .. <<<We don't propose that every byte of information ever published
    on the Web has to be kept around forever. However,
@@ -380,8 +380,12 @@
 Applications
 ============
 
-A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogeneous Web
------------------------------------------------
+**A File-shared, Decentralized, Heterogeneous Web.**
+The main application we see for pointer records
+is the implementation of a file-shared web
+in a distributed, decentralized and above all
+*heterogeneous* way.
+
 
 - standardizing on pointer records such as ours,
   can provide full static-page (no CGI, no servlet) 
@@ -408,7 +412,8 @@
 
     - should be possible to attach metadata to pointers
 
-- a surprise benefit: distributed wayback machine
+**A distributed wayback machine.**
+a surprise benefit: distributed wayback machine
 
     - as long as anyone has a copy, ...
     
@@ -418,10 +423,8 @@
 
 
 
-Software / media updates
-------------------------
-
-- distributed apt-get / windows update
+**Software / media updates.**
+Distributed apt-get / windows update
 
 - obvious bandwidth savings