Generic terms, Dan. I knew the web when it was only text & Unix
listservs. The post in particular that I replied to included a link to
the Wikipedia Surströmming article, so I wasn't wrong and neither are you.

As for a distinction between the Web and the Internet, I don't see one
and just so you don't think I'm alone, here's my link
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=internet
and here's their quote (note the last paragraph):

> Until the advent of the World-Wide Web in 1990, the Internet
> was almost entirely unknown outside universities and corporate
> research departments and was accessed mostly via command
> line interfaces such as telnet and FTP. Since then it
> has grown to become an almost-ubiquitous aspect of modern
> information systems, becoming highly commercial and a widely
> accepted medium for all sort of customer relations such as
> advertising, brand building, and online sales and services.
> Its original spirit of cooperation and freedom have, to a
> great extent, survived this explosive transformation with the
> result that the vast majority of information available on the
> Internet is free of charge.
>
> While the web (primarily in the form of HTML and HTTP) is
> the best known aspect of the Internet, there are many other
> protocols in use, supporting applications such as
> electronic mail, Usenet, chat, remote login, and file
> transfer.

Remember, Google/Dogpile/Yahoo/Dictionary.com before you speak.

On an almost unrelated note, remember when Bobby Hill ate all the
Lutefisk and became known as the "Smelly Man?"




Dan Logcher wrote:
> George wrote:
>
>> Thanks to everyone for their input. This is why I love the web. If you
>> don't learn something everyday, you're not trying.
>
>
> Hey, George.. just so ya know. This isn't the web, its USENET and has been
> around for a lot longer. You may use a website to post USENET article..
> Unless you mean the Internet.
>
>> The description of Surströmming seems to make the lobster bait the
>> fishermen use here in Maine a more plausible snack. It is made of
>> herring, but with quite a bit of salt and no attempt to can it. Folks
>> joke (or maybe not) with the tourists of how it can be eaten on Pilot
>> crackers, sort of a large saltine cracker without as much salt on it.
>
>
> What about Lutefisk.. I hear that is completely nasty!
>

--
- Peace,George

...... and if you want to know why we're in the mess we're in
READ "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins
ISBN 0-452-28708-1