Subj : Re: Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (318)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Nodelist Police Commissioner
Date : Sat Nov 14 2020 17:25:40

Hello Michiel,

On 2020-11-14 10:49:54, you wrote to me:

 NC>> A new net:
 NC>> Host,105,Oregon_Net,Portland_Or,Michael_Pierce,-Unpublished-,300,CM,I
 NC>> B N:awesome.abon.us:24556,INA

 MvdV> I really wonder what inspired them to raise that net from the dead.
 MvdV> "Elsewhere" I read this reborn net is to be populated from net 138, but
 MvdV> that seems to be an error. It is repolulated from net 340.

 MvdV> Most sysops go into a flat spin at even the suggestion of changing node
 MvdV> number, but the sysops from Oregon seem to see it as an outing...

 MvdV> Net 501 does not fir in the "modern" numbering system of
 MvdV> (20xRegionnummber)+[0-19].

 MvdV> Net 340 is not unmanagebly big, so whay split it in two, because that is
 MvdV> what it amounts to.

It's probably a historic and location thing...

 NC>> I think they used the previous version of this net as a base. Because
 NC>> I know that Damon (which I have a link with) has moved at least 2
 NC>> times since living in Portland. So they could have left out the Down
 NC>> nodes.

 MvdV> The Down nodes come from net 340. I see no added value in moving moving
 MvdV> Down nodes to another net. I'd say it is an opportinity to clear the dead
 MvdV> wood...

Indeed.

 NC>> And those empty INA's... :-(

 MvdV> It seems the new NC105 is still at the bottom of the learning curve. Lets
 MvdV> give him a bit of time to do the climbing....

Sure, until the next weekly nodelist. ;-)

Regards, NPC.

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