> * Please, let's not overengineer the project. KISS! (keep it simple, stupid)
Yes, sounds like a typical candidate for the Second System Effect.
It just occured to me that one could use NNTP to distribute and query
the database, just specify a mapping between MD5-hashes (or whatever)
and message IDs, create an alt newsgroup, and disable the expiry on
dedicated servers for that group. How many CDs are out there? More
than the average number of postings on a news server at any given
time?
Andreas
-- "It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the Beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion." -- National Lampoon's "Doon"