When I first tried the experimental Gopher sites, I asked the inventors of Gopher if their system could be oriented to also support FTP, should a person be more inclined for going after something one already had researched: rather than the "browsing" that was being done so often on those Gopher servers. The answer was technically "yes," but realistically "no," in that while Gophers COULD be configured such that every file would be accessible by BOTH Gopher and FTP, the real intent of Gopher was to bypass FTP and eventually replace it as the primary method of surfing the Internet. I tried to explain to them that "surfing" the Internet is much more time consuming as well as wasteful of bandwidth [this at a time when all bandwidth was still free, and we were only trying to make things run faster, as opposed to actually saving money. Chapter 7 Listowners vs List Moderators Those Who Would Be King, Part I Chapter 8 Lurkers Those Who Would Be King, Part II Chapter 9 "Lurking Is Good. . .Remember. . .Lurking Is Good" Those Who Would Be King, Part III The Netiquetters "We Are Surrounded By An Insurmountable Opportunity." "It Is Like Drinking From A Firehose." "Be Sure To Have YOUR Messages `Netiquette Approved.'" These sentiments reflect a portion of the Internet who have terrified thoughts and feelings about a wonderful set of opportunties made available by the Internet and other networks. They are afraid of too much opportunity and would like to make sure no one else takes advantage of such great opportunities because it will make themselves look and feel very small by comparison. They want to make sure YOU don't cross the boundaries, simply because THEY ARE AFRAID to cross them. Their thinking is sociological rather than logical, as follows: 1: They are obviously afraid of so much opportunity. 2: They want to reduce the pressure of so much highly available opportunity. 3. This is because they are afraid someone else would make good use of this opportunity and leave them a footnote in their own fields as opportunity shifts into hyper-drive and nothing will ever be quite as sedate, staid, prim, proper, stiff and reserved as it was previous in a paper dominated room, full of stuffed shirts and Robert's Rules Of Order: which THEY used to keep YOU from upsetting Apple and IBM carts with more horsepower than THEY were willing, and able, to use. History is full of examples of those in position of an older variety of power using their power to deny, defy and otherwise stultify anything new, and therefore out of their own immediate forms of control. It is also full of examples of the "Powers-That-Be" so vaingloriously squashing any potential rival powers in much the same manner as a queen bee stings other queen bees to death before they are even born. In such a manner are the ideas of the new refused in a world dominated by the old.