The flooding algorithm of USENET is a wonder. Still worth understanding how it actually avoided endlessly sending the same articles in loops for example.
(I used to run one of the world's busiest USENET nodes from my house for a short while! I did not know that it was pssible to physically wear out hard discs until then...)
(I used to run one of the world's busiest USENET nodes from my house for a short while! I did not know that it was pssible to physically wear out hard discs until then...)