Re: lei skami tanru pe la xod

["TommyLee Whitlock" <tommylee@whitlock.org>]

> The WWW is a collection of HTML documents served over HTTP, often using
> TCP/IP.  The Internet is a huge, decentralized network using TCP/IP.

Right, and thank you Billy for your excellent clarification!   

As an analogy, the WWW just a collection of billboards.  (Indeed, I have heard 
the Web referred to as the billboards of the 90's ;))  The Internet is the 
road that takes you by them so you can read them.  The billboards are only one 
service on the road, because there are also rest stops, diners, service 
stations, etc.  

I am on the Internet because I have an internet connection and an email 
address.  However, I do not think of myself as being on the Web because I do 
not have a web site, although I do have a web browser (Netscape) and because 
of my Internet connection, I can browse or surf the Web.  I would be using the 
Web but I still don't consider myself on the Web.  I suppose I make the 
distinction because I have been in the field for 6 years and remember when 
there was no Web.  

How necessary are the distinctions?  It depends on if you want someone to host 
your email service for you or if you want someone to host a web site for you.  
If you ask for a Web connection, you will get a discussion involving designing 
your pages and how much disk space you will need.  If you ask for an Internet 
connection, you will get a discussion on how fast (or what size) of a 
connection you need and what you might be using it for and whether you want a 
dial-up connnection or a dedicated connection.  

However, in English, a slang term for an automobile is "wheels" though there 
is much more to a car than just the wheels.  

I think I've belabored my point to death, now.  Carry on, xod!  

co'o mi'e tomis